How about making the beginning of the featured lead like this: "The early life of Joseph Smith, Jr...." so as to have a link to Smith's article in the first sentence? Dralwik 21:35, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I disagree with the above - it would be too easy for people to think the featured article was Joseph Smith and skip the early life link - and Joseph Smith, Jr has not gained feature status. However, I do have a suggestion. The first sentence does not mention JS's claimed vision - perhaps this one would work better (see below). Trödel•talk 19:21, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
The early life of Joseph Smith, Jr. covers the period from his birth to the end of 1827, when Smith claimed to have had a theophany (called by his followers the First Vision); and to have located a set of Golden Plates engraved with ancient Christian scriptures, buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York.
I agree with Trodel - we'll leave the title linking as it is to avoid confusion. Raul654 06:34, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
I agree with the wording now. I just wanted a link to Joseph Smith, Jr.'s article. Dralwik 04:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)