"Any effort to try to answer questions that people pose about the church, whether from sincere seekers or critics, is welcome," Millet said. "But we do need to be able to state our position, our doctrine, carefully, or it adds to the confusion."

Millet instructs Mormons and others alike — if a teaching can be found in scriptures, church curriculum and LDS general conference talks, it can be considered doctrine. If one or a few church leaders expressed opinions on a subject but it doesn't meet the former criteria, it does not represent the church's position.

The foundation has a Web site — www.moregoodfoundation.org — but part of Engebretsen's cause is to create multiple Internet sources with accurate information. For example, his Web site urges church members to start blogs that avoid Mormon jargon so people of other faiths will understand the content.

"We're just trying to teach people how to put good content on the Web," he said.

His polygamy Web site quotes LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley at length and provides links to eight articles and texts on the subject.

Engebretsen said BYU did not reprimand him.

"As far as I know, it's not any big deal. We were happy to take it off and happy to find another home for it."

Jenkins said BYU is reviewing the incident. She said an information technology staff worker incorrectly assumed that Engebretsen's submission had been approved.

A Google cache, or snapshot, of a text-only version of the Web site could still be found Tuesday on byu.edu by clicking on the search link and typing the word polygamy into the search box, then clicking on cached under the correct search result.

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