Template talk:Infobox Buddhist temple

message: Might I make a few suggestions for things to add to the template? The Japanese Wikipedia's version of the template includes alternate names for the temple, the primary image enshrined there (i.e. which Buddha/Bodhisattva - Amitabha, Dainichi, Kannon... and in what aspect), groupings the temple is associated with (such as the 33 Kannon temples of the Tokyo area, or the 88 of the Shikoku pilgrimage), and important cultural properties. I imagine that many of these are relevant for temples outside Japan as well; other countries' cases may suggest other attributes instead.
Also, a minor quibble, but is there a reason we list the phone number? That seems a bit...
Thoughts? LordAmeth (talk) 13:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  a few things to add 

message: *Re phone numbers - WP:NOTDIRECTORY and inappropriate - so removed.
*I've made all parameters optional as per request made of me.
*Seems silly to have webpage as next section - its no different in characetr to the address/country information. That said, long winded url addresses look messy, so for the display show alternative text of "website". If one wishes the parameter can still have its own alternative text eg as "http://www.foo.com National" which would show as National website. Some rather more advanced coding is needed than just  to cope with urls that might include parameter assigning (ie include a "=" which gets treated as assigning parameter value in this our template vs an assignment within the url address). Finally absence of website value could mean one of 2 things - either editor does know the value to enter, or the temple has no website - so an option of "None" been permitted.
*usage instructions moved over to a /doc subpage (so these can be edited separately without riosking upsetting the template coding)
Let me know if anyone has any queries or wish-list. David Ruben  Talk  01:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Functionality and optional parameters

message: To user Drfunko:I undid your deletion for several reasons: 
* I believe this is not only the right place for the link (because the article explains many things that are indispensable to understand the structure and function of a Japanese temple), it is the also the only place where the article can get some exposure. Where else should I put it?
* I think that, rather than this glossary be out of place, you should think that it's the other glossaries, for example for Thai temples, that are missing. They should be there too. Glossaries for China, Thailand, Korea and Vietnam. 
* Where it is, it bothers no one. If you don't need it, just ignore it. 
That article is the result of a month of work. Please do not delete the link again before discussing the subject with me. 
urashimataro (talk) 13:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to "Glossary of Japanese Buddhism" 

message: If you look at Mount Omoto there is a map as well as an image; are | map / | location parameters that might be usefully included here? (See Template:Infobox mountain) --Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 08:55, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like there are some map parameters active, for example pushpin_map, and map_caption, that perhaps have been added since the above comment was made. However, they seem to be missing from the documentation. Are there any other parameters missing from the documentation? --papageno (talk) 02:01, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map