Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints

message: Why doesn't Wikipedia use "Book of Mormon" instead of "Book of Mormon"? Isn't that the (shortened) title of the book? We ordinarily use italics for the titles of books. I searched the talk page archives here and at Book of Mormon and didn't find any mention of the italics question. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 02:13, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: At Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines, it says "Religious texts are capitalized, but often not italicized (, , , , )." I don't know why, but that's consistent with "Book of Mormon" and common use I've noticed. SchreiberBike | ⌨  03:15, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the specific MoS reference. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:07, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not that this is necessarily relevant, since Wikipedia is its own entity, but that's been the rule in MLA format for at least 30 years. TheOtter (talk) 20:53, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italics 

message: There is a request for comment about mid-sentence and mid-article title capitalization of the in the full name of the LDS Church at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#RfC on mid-sentence and mid-article title capitalization of the in the full name of the LDS Church. Please contribute there. Thank you. SchreiberBike | ⌨  12:51, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on mid-sentence and mid-article title capitalization of ''the'' in the full name of the LDS Church 

message: Hello, with the recent library of congress subject heading change (to not use the word "Mormon"), one of our catalogers here in the BYU Library, Bob Maxwell, created a webpage to assist in the searching of various denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement. You can read it here. It could be useful for us if we are looking for ways other institutions talk about churches within the movement. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:36, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  LoC subject heading change 

message: I've noticed some page titles include the full name of the church such as List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region and some contain a shortened version such as the example's child page List of temples in the United States (LDS Church).
Additional examples using official name of the church:
*List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and politics in the United States
*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah
Examples using "[topic] (LDS Church)" format include:
*Area (LDS Church)
*District (LDS Church)
*Priesthood (LDS Church)
*Sunday School (LDS Church)
*Temples (LDS Church)
The official church position is to use the full name, but "LDS Church" is commonly used outside the church. The shortened version is more concise, uses less memory space, and simpler to read. I see standards directing use within an article, but not the title.
Is there a standard on how a title should be displayed? If not, should there be a standard?
Thanks - Dmm1169 (talk) 19:25, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change titles containing "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" to "[topic] (LDS Church)"?