Template talk:Infobox Hindu temple

message: needs a caption parameter for the pic.--D-Boy 17:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a provision to include a caption now. Please see if it is okay.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 15:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  caption box for pic 

message: Instead of having 2 separate lines for script name and script - can we have it in a single line? To be more clear, right now under the name section, we show:
Script name :	Malayalam
Script :	വൈക്കം മഹാദേവ ക്ഷേത്രം
Can the box be updated to show it as 
Malayalam: വൈക്കം മഹാദേവ ക്ഷേത്രം
- Virtualage (talk) 04:57, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, I can do that. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:54, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Script name

message: Why is the image parameter deprecated? Banaticus (talk) 02:58, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody knows?  Should it be undeprecated? Banaticus (talk) 04:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the image parameter deprecated? 

message: Needs Telugu field in the script. Telugu language being 3rd largest spoken in India.--Vin09 (talk) 15:26, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Vin09, a few options.  (1) we can add this as a parameter, we just need to know the placement, (2) we go with the method used by , which allows for free form transliteration parameters, (3) we used something like .  Frietjes (talk) 14:17, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Telugu

message: the symbol for Hindu temples in many maps, such as the OpenStreet map, is the om symbol. Is it possible to replace the the gray triangle marker in this template with the om () symbol? Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 18:39, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: possible, yes, but we should see if anyone objects.  the only major issue I see would be colour contrast. Frietjes (talk) 18:40, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: @Frietjes: choose whatever color combination works. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 18:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ms Sarah Welch, done, will see if anyone complains. Frietjes (talk) 19:01, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marker 

message: Hi can we replace all languages (tamil, malayalam, chinese, bengali, etc.) with native_name and native_name_lang. I believe adding only few languages may lead to disputes and may be it is violating neutral point of view (NPOV) policy of Wikipedia as
1. India is having many languages and
2. Temples are distributed not only in the states where the mentioned languages are spoken but all over India.
And always I believe it would be better that a temple be mentioned in English and its native name only instead of all other language. This may reduce disputes. agasthyathepirate agasthya 19:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: agasthyathepirate, I added  and . Frietjes (talk) 14:21, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Since we have native name now, shouldn't the different languages be removed  & ? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 03:10, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes , native name can refer to all different languages in India. Thats my initial suggestion too, to remove all local languages. , I hope we can remove all local languages with a single native name. agasthyathepirate(talk) 13:43, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  , first we need to empty :Category:Pages using infobox Hindu temple with multiple names by moving those to the  possibly using the  template to visibly indicate the language where appropriate.  a bot could be useful for this task. Frietjes (talk) 14:16, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:   Can it be done with a script or it has to be done manually? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 16:24, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: , I could write some javascript to do it.  Frietjes (talk) 17:44, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

text: I disagree with this, Agasthya. A settlement within a linguistic region may use its native language alone. But in case of temples, this doesn't apply. 1) many temples have been renovated by kings of different regions and have inscriptions in different languages. 2) though temple is in a linguistic region in present day, it need not the be case always. Some have been in different linguistic region earlier. 3) Some temples are in border regions and have names in different languages (not talking about variant of same name) 4) Many Temples have been mentioned in literary works of different languages. 5) Some temples still use multiple languages to worship the gods and hymns/mantras/poems are in different languages. So, I would suggest adding the native name as well as in english and also in the relevant languages in which the temple is mentioned historically or has a literary work based on that in that language. This way we can include the appropriate ones. All the above mentioned points invalidate your second point. "India has thousands of languages" is not a valid statement here. We aren't adding all(or specific) languages (with intention) to create disputes. In case, if any language is associated with a temple, let it be included. I am not talking about giving variations of a same name in different languages(like chandra, chandran).  I hope this doesn't create dispute :) -தமிழ்க்குரிசில் (talk) 16:26, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Can you please write and run that script. Thanks in advance. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 03:13, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I could write some javascript to do most of it, but I'm not going to be the one to execute it. Frietjes (talk) 15:09, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I will be happy to try if you could let me know how to do it. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 16:30, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

text: In case of many names, opt for none. Further, you can see MOS:IS for some clarity. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 14:51, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks easy, then. In the section above, you appeared to be waiting for instructions on how to clean up the category. It looks like you can simply go into the articles in the category and strip out the various parameters with script names. It's only 1000 pages, so it shouldn't take too long. Go for it, and let me know if you get stuck. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:04, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, 1000 pages manually is not possible. Is there any script? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 18:35, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: ??? I fixed 100+ pages for you in half an hour the other day, without using a script. In what way is 1,000 pages "not possible"? Open up 20 or 30 pages in browser tabs, click Edit on each one, delete the language parameters, click Save. Then do another 20 or 30 pages. If you do 30 a day, you'll be done in a month. I find that it takes much less than one minute per page. (edited to add: I think the number of pages with actual script language parameters is closer to 350. Work on the pages in  first, and then I'll take another look at the template code to see why there are so many more in the "multiple names" category.)– Jonesey95 (talk) 21:08, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

text: should not be removed. Please strike it from the list above. – Jonesey95 (talk) 10:12, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. It was added because I worked with it. Gone now. -DePiep (talk) 11:10, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replace all languages with Native name 

message: Someone here needs to figure out how to choose which native name to use, in which language, for articles like Annapurna Devi Mandir (four non-English names) in . – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:04, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: In case of many names, opt for none. Further, you can see MOS:IS for some clarity. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 14:51, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks easy, then. In the section above, you appeared to be waiting for instructions on how to clean up the category. It looks like you can simply go into the articles in the category and strip out the various parameters with script names. It's only 1000 pages, so it shouldn't take too long. Go for it, and let me know if you get stuck. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:04, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, 1000 pages manually is not possible. Is there any script? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 18:35, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: ??? I fixed 100+ pages for you in half an hour the other day, without using a script. In what way is 1,000 pages "not possible"? Open up 20 or 30 pages in browser tabs, click Edit on each one, delete the language parameters, click Save. Then do another 20 or 30 pages. If you do 30 a day, you'll be done in a month. I find that it takes much less than one minute per page. (edited to add: I think the number of pages with actual script language parameters is closer to 350. Work on the pages in  first, and then I'll take another look at the template code to see why there are so many more in the "multiple names" category.)– Jonesey95 (talk) 21:08, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: How to choose

message: It looks like there are a few hundred articles using one of the "name" parameters that do not exist in Infobox religious building. The only allowed name parameters are , , and . I have adjusted the template to find articles using those parameters and place them in . – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorting remaining "name" parameters

message: Last week I have celaned up the ~800 infoboxes with these language issues in .  had some 100 articles with multiple parameters used: . Also,  listed infoboxes that used only one single abandoned parameter (usually ; ~800). I used the most useful name in , usually a single local language name (in non-Latin script). Also when a name in English was strongly different from article title or infobox title, I kept it in . Also when the extra names was made extra carefully (e.g., using  template) I kept those. In other cases, I deleted the extra names and the abandoned parameters. Keeping a meaningful different name this way implies also that the name kept may not exactly be a native name. I preferred keeping the info instead of over-deleting. Sometime the  needed an adjustment along in the process.
The abandoned parameters  now are unused and removed (and declared unknown). I will have the dedicated code and its category deleted (not the uknown parameters category). -DePiep (talk) 23:38, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: should not be removed. Please strike it from the list above. – Jonesey95 (talk) 10:12, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. It was added because I worked with it. Gone now. -DePiep (talk) 11:10, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleaned

message: I have cleaned the whole 1000+ pages. Is the template ready for being converted into redirect? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 05:58, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, great work! Did you have a plan for ? – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:49, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The are deprecated anyways, can be cleared post redirect too. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 00:32, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Complete merge?

message: This template has been turned into a redirect, but there are still 900+ pages in  and 136 pages in . Those should probably be fixed before the template is redirected; the categories will slowly empty out on their own now that the template has been redirected, but the errors will still be present in the articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:03, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect without finishing maintenance categories?  

message: First step I made was to clean up the documentation & maintenance categories, to stabilise the  situation. By now, the documentation shows the actual template options. -DePiep (talk) 21:22, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Below, I propose #Parameter_improvement. When accepted, the new parameter names will be requested for the target infobox. Make a nicer, clean list. -DePiep (talk) 13:31, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have #cleaned all multiple names. Tried to keep a useful , remove others & abandoned parameters. Also other unknown parameters (emptied the category). Some 900 articles affected (edited). -DePiep (talk) 07:37, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Step 1: cleanup, make good doc

message: :(later more) -DePiep (talk) 21:22, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yesss. Is also why I used the "preparation" wording. I think datarows/parameters like  (Temple tank, a building feature) could be added to the target template. I am preparing that request to add such Hindu data rows. The merge says: add 1500 articles to 6000 current instances. -DePiep (talk) 21:56, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

text: Improvements before-merging are discussed & done per separate section #Parameter improvement. By now, these are done. -DePiep (talk) 16:42, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Step 2: target template preparation

message: : Preparing. -DePiep (talk) 11:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: . Updated documentation. Edited ,  to use new embedding principle. -DePiep (talk) 12:06, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Step 4: Sandbox live

message: From current . 88 articles have input for the deprecated parameters:
| Direction_posture => facade_direction
| Pushakarani => temple_tank
| Vimanam => tower
| Tradition => tradition
| sthala_vriksha => temple_tree
Title
Muktinath
Thiruppathisaram
Ranganathaswamy Temple
Sun Temple
Vaitheeswaran Koil
Nataraja Temple
Ramappa Temple
Nellaiappar Temple
Meenakshi Temple
Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswami Temple
Arunachalesvara Temple
Thirukadalmallai
Thiruevvul
Sundararaja Perumal temple
Sthalasayana Perumal Temple
Thenupuriswarar Temple
Kartikeya Temple
Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Thirupparaithurai
Sreevallabha Temple
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple
Tiruvaikavur Temple
Baijnath Temple
Rajagopalaswamy Temple
Mahalingeswarar Temple
Ranganathaswamy Temple
Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple
Kazheesirama Vinnagaram
Pazhavangadi Ganapathy Temple
Nageswaraswamy Temple
Kasi Viswanathar Temple
Anbil Sathyavaheesvarar temple
Maanturai Amravaneswarar Temple
Garbharakshambigai temple
Thiruvisanallur Sivayoginathar Temple
Agniswarar Temple
Saranathan temple
Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana Perumal Temple
Kola Valvill Ramar Temple
Nagannathaswamy Temple
Thiruchsemponsey
Thiruvaikunda Vinnagaram
Thirumanimadam
Thiruthevanartthogai
Thiruthetriyambalam
Thirumanikkoodam
Thiruvellakkulam
Thiruppaarththanpalli
Thalai Sanga Nanmathiyam
Parimala Ranganatha Perumal temple
Loganatha Perumal Temple
Gajendra Varadha Temple
Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple
Thiru Aadanoor Temple
Thirupullabhoothangudi Temple
Srivaikuntanathan Permual temple
ThiruVaragunamangai Perumal Temple
Alwarthirunagari Temple
Vanamamalai Perumal temple
Thirupuliyangudi Perumal Temple
Irattai Thiruppathy
Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple
Vaithamanidhi Perumal Temple
Naimisaranya
Uthirakosamangai
Masilamaniswara Temple
Vandiyur Mariamman Temple
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple
Pasupatheeswarar Temple
Masilamaniswara Temple
Amirthakadeswarar Temple
Mudikondan Kothandaramar Temple
Thirukoteeswarar Temple
Kodandarama Temple
Arjuneswarar
Dhenupureeswarar Temple
Ardhanareeswarar temple
Chikka Tirupati
Narasimhaswamy Temple
Prasanna Venkateswara Temple
Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple
Kalyana Venkateswara Temple
Nithyakalyana Perumal temple
Pura Girinatha
Shiva temple
Sri Rajagopala Swamy temple
I support conversion of these parameter names to the proposed lower-case, English-language parameter names. – Jonesey95 (talk) 09:48, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I will change those in the articles (~87 by now). After that, the merge is a bit simpler (no need to merge those deprecated synonyms). -DePiep (talk) 10:23, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Articles with these parameters

message: It would seem that District should appear under Location. Gjs238 (talk) 13:50, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  District appearing under Religion