Talk:List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region

message: Graphics
It would be nice to have some graphics similar to what is available this page, or this poster. I'll see what I can do with MapPoint.
Columns
I was trying to think of some columns that could be different than List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that would be more "geography" focused. I was thinking we could include the numbers of wards/stakes included within the temple district - those kind of things. And leave sq ft and style off.
Flags
I mean flags in the sense of small graphics to indicate status - maybe we could use a Green Dot for completed and operating, a red dot for underconstrution, a orange dot for being renovated, a red circle for announced but not under construction or something like that. We could also do the same to indicate size/construction style of the temples
your thoughts? --Trödel 14:43, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some thoughts 

message: Unless the Church hierarchy officially defines it as a part Central America for its own internal purposes, Mexico should be moved from Central to North America. Neither Mexicans nor Central Americans see Mexico as belonging to Central America. Bolivian Unicyclist 13:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking the same thing.  I am workingn on some maps, so will change it when I get to it.
I see you re-ordered Mexico, but I see Federal District is at the top and not in the list alphabetically.  Is there a reason why? Bytebear 17:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Combination of a couple of factors: the D.F. is "officially not a state", so I thought maybe it'd be better not to mix it up with the states. Also, I wasn't sure whether to alpha-sort it by "D" or "F" (although, as things stand, that's not an issue until Durango gets a temple). No argument if you want to move it. Bolivian Unicyclist 18:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes no difference to me.  I just figured you had a reason, being specific about the order, otherwise.  I was thinking of moving Utah, California, East US and West US to separate sections, to coincide with the maps.  This isn't a real need so if you have objections, I won't bother. It just seems odd to have the Utah map so far from the Utah entries. Bytebear 21:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I see what you mean about Utah and California. If my opinion counts for anything: Go for it! Bolivian Unicyclist 14:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mexico

message: I added all the maps finally.  I tried to be consistant, but had to hack a few of the maps to get them to look right, so please don't complain if the borders aren't correct (or even there).  I also am having problems with the labels on the Oceania map, so if you know how to edit maps, please help.  I may add some global maps to tell you where you are, but I think people should be able to figure it out.  
I also made the maps, and the geographic lists a template, so they can be used on the temple pages easily. I hope you like. Bytebear 00:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think that it looks great! Bhludzin 23:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps 

message: I have been thinking about this particular list, and I think that maybe the Style column should be dropped.  The Style column is on the comparative list and that list can be sorted geographically if anyone wants to look at the temple architectural styles relative to geography.  In this list, the Style column data looks too crowded, and it pushes the map image off to the right.  When I made the list, if I had envisioned the maps, I would not have included the Style column, but now that the list is a collaboration I feel obligated to ask before removing it.  Any objections or thoughts?
Bhludzin 21:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style 

message: I setup a page to outline the standards for the data going into the temple here: 
Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement/Temples
It will effect this page in the following way:
* The data on this page will no longer be needed but will be a subpage of the talk page of each temple.
* A new template  will need to be created to house the formatting for the geographic list 
Please comment on the standardization WikiProject talk page, and please edit the proposed standars where appropriate. --Trödel 00:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standards for Temple Data 

message: I notice on the map that the Billings Montana temple shows up in Wyoming. Anyone care to change? -Visorstuff talk 18:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Billings Montana in Wyoming?

message: I have created a way to use the same data that is on the other list pages. This is a sandbox demonstrating the usage. Please provide feedback - yea/nea/etc --Trödel 20:56, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure about the "edit" button...  If it could be just a bit larger (like the size on the other two lists) it would be legible.  Also, I think it would look better right-justified in the cell (with the temple name staying left-justified). Other than that, it looks great. – jaksmata 04:54, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I can't figure out a way to right justify text within the cell (that is the way that I would prefer it as well) - without splitting it into two cells which then creates additional problems - do you know of a way? --Trödel 15:39, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

text:  I just updated to use two cells and supress the border between them - how does that look. --Trödel 15:54, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

text: I think that looks good.  I was thinking of using html "div" tags and thier "align" property, but I understand that not everyone likes doing that. – jaksmata 13:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template use 

message: This temple: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Warsaw_chapel.JPG exists, but is not included on any of the two English wikipedia lists...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.205.159.98 (talk) 20:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That is not really a "temple" as defined by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  It is a chapel used for regular, weekly worship services.  There is no temple in Poland. – jaksmata 20:43, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

text: It not that the building is abnormal, it's just that it's a meetinghouse, not a temple. However it is nice example of modern meetinghouse design (see :commons:Category:Meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Warsaw for more pictures of it). From the size of the building, and the style of the steeple, it's probably either a stake center or intended to become one. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 22:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not a stake center, there is not stake in Poland.  Temples are special buildings that have very different uses than regular chapels.  There are only 141 operating temples world wide, but there are 3,000 stakes, and the LDS Church probably owns in the neighborhood of 10,000 chapels, while using several thousand more rented buildings, although the last two figures are total guesses (the 3,000th stake was formed last November, and about 10 more have been organized since).John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:27, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warsaw Poland 

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message: The Urdeneta Temple is incorrectly placed more around where Ilogan is.  Urdenata is further south and more to the west.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urdenata Temple 

message: The Indianapolis Temple is under constuction, it is not yet operating.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:35, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I would also point out that the Philadephia Temple should be shown in Pennsylvania, and the Washington Temple should be shown just north of DC in Maryland.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:40, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indianapolis not yet operating 

message: All the dots on the Europe map are north-west of where they should be, so Hague is in the middle of the north sea and Kiev in Belarus.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:36, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Europe map shifted 

message: The Tucson Arizona Temple is missing from the southwest US map.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:36, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tucson Temple missing 

message: The Arequipa Peru Temple was announced last October but is still missing from the South America map.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arequipa Peru Temple missing 

message: Newly announced Belem temple is on the map but not in the chart.
Rio de Janeiro temple is in the list but not on the map.
Serkul (talk) 05:35, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazil Temples 

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I noticed that the Bangkok Temple is displayed at the location of Dhaka, Bangladesh on the Asia map. I tried to solve it, but didn't succeed. - Tristan Surtel (talk) 21:03, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Have they announced a specific location for it yet? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:52, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: They haven't, but it would be misleading to show its location on the map in Bangladesh. - Tristan Surtel (talk) 20:24, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

text: Looking at it more closely, all of the dots on the Asian map are off on their coordinates. I poked around a little, but the coords in the templates seem to be accurate, so I'm not sure what needs to be fixed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:   there was a serious problem with all the markers in Template:List LDS Temple World Map.  basically, they required manual placement by changing the  and  parameters.  I updated it to use the latitude and longitude values provided by the data templates instead.  for places without a definite location, you can use  to specify the pin placement.  I will have a pass at adding this parameter for some of them.  and, I still need to make a corresponding update to the regional maps ... Frietjes (talk) 17:12, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I added the map above so we can see what's happening. Please let us know once the regional maps have been updated. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:26, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I had this great plan to have the points automatically placed on the map, but then ran into the template complexity limit with transcluding pages landing in :Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded.  so, for now, you just have to manually place the points in the map template, see Template:List LDS Temple Asia Map for the map above. Frietjes (talk) 22:21, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Okay, I think they are all where they should be now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 02:42, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bangkok Temple 

message: Why is the Phoenix temple marked as closed? pbp 00:19, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phoenix still open 

message: Among the announced temples are Russia (location unknown), India, Sierra Leone and Port Moresby.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.23.187 (talk) 20:35, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  A number of omissions 

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message: The Quito Ecuador Temple status is "completed" which is a status not previously listed. I've added it to the color scheme as a blue icon rather than the default red since it's status is located between groundbreaking and dedication. Blue is already used for "under construction", "dedication scheduled", and "dedication postponed".  Color schemes are handled by Template:LDSmap.-Dmm1169 (talk) 21:54, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Completed 

message: The Kyiv Ukraine Temple status is listed as "Operations suspended". I've assigned the status color as "Black" which is also used for "Closed for renovations" and "Rededication scheduled".  The church still owns the temple, it hasn't been destroyed/operated by others, and therefore I would have to assume that it will reopen once conditions warrant. Color schemes are handled by Template:LDSmap. This change is needed as may be used more frequently in the future for other temporary closures due to political unrest, disease outbreaks, and renovations. Black refers to temporary closures and does not apply to temples permanently closed, destroyed, operated by others, or delayed/suspended before initial dedication. See Template:LDSmap for more info.-Dmm1169 (talk) 23:28, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operations suspended 

message: Proposal to add rededication/open house fields and merge/remove unnecessary fields in the process. These fields may be used in infobox templates, the extended list template shown in LDS in [Country]/[State] pages, possibly the temple comparison pages, and potentially future pages.  The fields cannot be added until all LDS Temple templates have it included, otherwise it will cause an error in the display. See Template talk:LDS Temple#New fields, removing unnecessary fields for discussion. -- Dmm1169 (talk) 12:54, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  New fields, removing unnecessary fields