There is currently a lawsuit going on over the use of the name "Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" between the Community of Christ and the South Restoration Branch in Raytown, Missouri.
The dispute is over which group has the legal right to use the RLDS church name. Therefore, I think NPOV dictates that the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints NOT simply redirect to Community of Christ but instead explain the contraversy that is going on over the name. -- BenMcLean 15:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have access to how the case is progressing? It seems to me that knowing what is going on might help us understand what to do with this page. Ricktopher 06:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm not so sure the weight is undue. While it may be true that Community of Christ outweighs the Restoration Branches in terms of number of members, it is quite likely that the Restoration Branches outweighs Community of Christ in terms of number of members who actually care about this issue.
Furthermore, since the article on Community of Christ has always been the place for RLDS history, why should the RLDS article suddenly have to have that history when ownership of the name is under dispute? Before the lawsuit ever began, this page should have been either be a list of groups or should have been for the purpose of listing RLDS history from before 1860 up to the name change to Community of Christ in 2001. To demand an entire history be put here all of the sudden when none was required here before is inconsistant. -- 75.43.30.3 14:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
The name "Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" was redirected on August 3, 2007 from Community of Christ to a separate article, which contravened an agreement reached a year earlier (see Talk:RLDS (disambiguation)) as a result of an offline discussion between representatives of the Community of Christ and Wikimedia Foundation. The redirect to the Community of Christ article is being restored. Information on the lawsuit can be merged into one or more of the articles listed at RLDS (disambiguation). -- Blainster 09:24, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Offline discussion? Very interesting. Was this a public or private meeting? It is rather a silly thing to fight over, but its mainly the PageRank which Wikipedia gets that makes it matter. So does trademark status dictate this kind of thing, even when the trademark is disputed? I mean, how does wikipedia handle trademark and copyright disputes? Perhaps the sort of content that was here belong(ed) in an article called "South Branch Case" or something. -- BenMcLean ( talk) 21:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)