Template talk:Taoism

message: As with most things on WP, this template is a work in progress.  The content of the template is mostly taken from its Chinese version.  Many of the links on the template are still red.  Most of them have existing Chinese versions.  They need to be translated and sourced.  Here's a list of the redlinked items and their corresponding Chinese-language articles (if one exists).
*De (Daoism) - :zh:德
*Xiulian - :zh:修煉
*Chen Tuan - :zh:陳摶
*True Oneness School - :zh:正一道
*Nan Hua Jing - :zh:南華經
*Shizhou Sandao - :zh:十洲三島
*Shida Dongtian - :zh:十大洞天
*Sanshiliu Xiaodongtian - :zh:三十六小洞天
*Qishi'er Fudi - :zh:七十二福地
Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 02:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Template created

message: Why does Taiping direct to Yellow Turban Rebellion, a rebellion related to the text.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 12:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Taiping is basically the chinese name for the movement of the yellow turbans. I changed the link to Yellow Turban to make it clearer. Zeus1234 (talk) 17:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taiping 

message: Sexual practices taken out of fundamentals, suggest to group as AOB or Peculiar Taoist subjects, note historically this subject was perpetrated by pseudo-daoshi to broadden appeal of Taoism, which was factual up to a point.  Schools of Taoism should also be modified. ACHKC (talk) 01:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Taoism articles are a mess at the moment anyway; I don't think it really matters what is on the template due to the universal poor quality of the articles. Change it if you think it needs changing.Zeus1234 (talk) 11:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansions

message: I noticed that Template:Buddhism infobox has a "[hide]" function. Does anyone know enough Javascript to include it here? Thanks Keahapana (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed that too when I was making the template, and looking at other templates to emulate. I tried to keep the template small, but people kept adding stuff to it. It could simply be culled, and many of the items excised. Zeus1234 (talk) 05:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As the [hide] function has been lost in the conversion to a standardised template form, I've created  as an alternative to this template for articles with space limitations. Skomorokh 01:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hide? 

message: I plan to create an article for "tzu-jan" and add it to the fundamentals on this Template, following Alan Watts' "Tao: The Watercourse Way" as my starting point.  Any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms?  I haven't edited a template before but I assume I would edit it the same way I would an article.  Thanks in advance.  Msalt (talk) 18:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It turns out there is already a page under the alternate spelling "ziran", which I was not familiar with.  Any objection to me adding it to this template?  Or thoughts about which transliteration to list it under? Msalt (talk) 01:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Use Pinyin and keep the 'Ziran' spelling. Wade-Giles should only be used for 'Tao' and its derivatives. Zeus1234 (talk) 03:39, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding "tzu-jan" to fundamentals 

message: I have changed the lead image from 
85px|Taoism to 
 
This was done for several reasons. 
# Traditionally, the ying yang symbol is white and black, signifying empty and full. It is not colored, as that would imply that not all colors are there, and that some colors are better than others, which contradicts the neutrality and balance of the ying yang symbol. 
# Also traditionally,the black and white are side by side, not top and bottom, as they are equal and balanced. Having one on top of the other implies that one is 'better' or dominates the other. Again, this violates the principle of balance that the ying yang symbol is trying to convey.
# And, the ying yang symbol is flat, not '3-D', this is incongruous with the time that the ying yang symbol dates from. Using the golden 3-D symbol for ying yang, is as jarring as using a rainbow colored cross that rotates with a 3-D effect for the main symbol of Christianity.
# Lastly, the symbol should be an SVG file, such as the one that I have replaced it with.
LK (talk) 15:54, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead image