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I first encountered Totten's books while reading up on his chronological speculations and his British Israelism, and I think that his influence on that movement alone is deserving of a Wikipedia entry (although I no longer have easy access to his writings, so I can only create a stub at this time). His military science career is also intriguing, and I wonder if anyone with expertise in that area (or who has access to library resources at UMass or Yale) could do a little digging and see what they can find there. Demmeis 00:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of Charles Totten's name

From what I can tell, most contemporaneous sources seem to have his name as "Charles A. L. Totten," and his full name as "Charles Adiel Lewis Totten." Is the spelling here, "Adelle", just a mistake? Also, if the common usage of this name is "Charles A. L. Totten," then would it be good to rename this article to that? Rudolph85 (talk) 12:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to short bio from 1903, his full name is Charles Adiel Lewis Totten. Rudolph85 (talk) 02:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It would appear that "Adiel" is the correct spelling. The Cullum's Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (listed in this page's references - although not linked as a reference) has him listed as "Charles A. L. Totten" and "Charles Adiel Lewis Totten". Butlerblog (talk) 20:45, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References to British Israelism

There was a reference to Herbert Armstrong, the Worldwide Church of God, and Christian Identity as adherents of British Israelism. I removed this for two reasons. (1) It's not specific to Totten. While Armstrong was a proponent of British Israelism, there is no reference that he was specifically influenced by Totten's work (like he was with J.H. Allen, who he possibly plagarized). Armstrong is referenced in articles about British Israelism, but this page is about Totten specifically, so it's irrelevant to the page's subject matter. Same for Christian Identity. (2) The sentence was poorly worded so as to imply a relationship between Armstrong, the Worldwide Church of God, **and** Christian Identity. While Armstrong was a believer in British Israelism, he was/is not associated with the more extremist Christian Identity views. Same for the Worldwide Church of God, whose views are not Christian Identity views. If someone really insists on bringing this irrelevant content back into this page, please at least reword it so there isn't an improper connection drawn between these two separate groups. Butlerblog (talk) 21:07, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]