Hello again, everyone! As some of you may be aware, following the release of President Nelson's statement reemphasizing the usage of the proper name of the Church, many people seemed surprised that all relevant changes relating to compliance with President Nelson's request were not immediate. The problem I have with that notion is that, as anyone who owns and operates a website will tell you, there is more to changing a URL (web address) to any site than meets the eye. If, for any reason, the desired domain name to which any website wants to change is unavailable, it takes time to either find other options or negotiate for the desired URL.
Additionally, in that statement, President Nelson had noted that Church departments had started the preliminary work towards complying with that request, and noted that in the coming weeks and months, more information would be provided on this matter. Although the statement was released in August, it was not until the day before General Conference began that we learned that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir would change its' name to the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
Any change takes time, so to assume or assert that such changes should be instantaneous seems misguided at best and disingenuous at worst. Accordingly, today, the Church's official Newsroom page released this statement to explain why a change has not yet been made to the URL for that site yet, and what that process will involve and entail.
I think it is a wise thing that, where possible, Church resources take time to be updated, and I don't think that is unreasonable. So, whenever and however that site changes its' name, I will embrace those changes. I appreciate the Newsroom's publishing this statement to clarify what their process will be. Similar processes may be coming for the Church News website.
I continue to monitor all of those developments, along with any and all other Church and temple news, and will do my best to pass word of those along to you all as I receive them. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Newsroom Releases Statement About Name Change
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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