Jim Jones: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added material about Jones's early life, beliefs, historical context, and development of Peoples Temple; revised first paragraph. | Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 09, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: ABC News - 40 years after the Jonestown massacre: Jim Jones' surviving sons on what they think of their father, the Peoples Temple today. | Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - 40 years after the Jonestown massacre: Jim Jones' surviving sons on what they think of their father, the Peoples Temple today. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - The Keep - Jonestown, Paradise Lost: An Investigation of Jim Jones and the People�s Temple (PDF). | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Making of an American Demagogue: Jim Jones. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encycloepedia of Indianapolis - James Warren (Jim) Jones. | Jun 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - Countdown to Armageddon: The Reverend Jim Jones and Indiana. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Added a cross-reference to cult. | Feb 22, 2023 | ||
| Added detail about Jones's claims of psychic powers and regarding the number of people killed on November 18, 1978. | Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Jim Jones� From Poverty To Power of Life and Death. | Jun 04, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Biography of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. | Oct 05, 2018 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 22, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Jim Jones. | Aug 21, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcating Service - Biography of James Warren Jones. | Mar 24, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 04, 2002 |
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