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Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Latter_Day_Saint_movement#Gila_Valley_Arizona.2C_and_temple_names for a discussion as to why "The" is an official part of the temple's name and included in the article's title. Shereth 13:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Hill Crest's WikiLaser! (BOOM!) 21:44, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gila Valley Arizona TempleThe Gila Valley Arizona Temple – I realizes that this has been discussed before, (see here) but no consensus was reached and no change was made. However, I believe that it was leaning to including the word "The". Although I do not like the word "The" in the name of this article, the "official name" includes "The" (See Offical LDS Temple website and Offical LDS Newsroom). Additionally this isn't the only temple to use "The", See The Hague Netherlands Temple. I think it was incorrectly moved from The Gila Valley Arizona Temple by Eustress in November of 2011 (see here).--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 21:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it was moved to "The Gila Valley Arizona Temple" concurrent with the linked discussion; as you have stated, it was moved to "Gila Valley Arizona Temple" without discussion last November. I see no compelling reason why it was moved at that time and see no reason why it should not be moved back to the full, if somewhat awkward, title.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shereth (talkcontribs)
Comment: I'm sorry but you are incorrect. It meets the conditions at WP:THE. Just read the next line...
"These conditions are sometimes met if the page name is:
Clearly it meets #2 and #3. The "official or commonly used name" and "the commonly used proper name" is "The Gila Valley Arizona Temple".--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 15:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally as Shereth pointed out, it was decided back in August of 2009 that it meet WP:THE and the "The" should be included, but User:Eustress moved it without discussion in 2011. It should be moved back.--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 16:05, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The key word there is "sometimes", and I still fail to see why an exception is warranted here. If the geographical reference employed "the" I would be entirely in support. The key here is that the title does not and no other temples within the same categorical group employ "the" in the title.--Labattblueboy (talk) 16:33, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The name of the geographical reference isn't really pertinent to this discussion, but rather the name of the subject of the article itself. ARTEST4ECHO has supplied ample evidence that the building's official name as presented on church documents includes "The" as part of the name. As you have pointed out yourself no other US temples use "The" as part of the name; the fact that this appears to be a unique case promulgated in numerous official sources seems to validate that its use is intentional rather than erroneous. As I pointed out in the previous discussion it's not our place to proofread or correct errors that the church may have made in the naming of this temple, nor is it our place to truncate part of the name because we feel it fits in a little better with the rest of them. Shereth 18:24, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, the official name (that selected by the church) is almost irrelevant, it's which name is most common amongst reliable sources. Finding independent sources was not terribly easy. An Eastern Arizona Courier article employed "The" [1] as did KCSG [2]. Deseret News employed lowercase [3] [4] [5]. KSL is inconsistent and has employed both lowercase[6] [7] and upercase [8]. So my observations amongst independent media is Eastern Arizona Courier, KCSG employ "The", Deseret News does not employ "The" and KSL is inconsistent. The results are not convincing enough for me to be in support. I could be convinced is a number of other media outlets, once again not church related, were shown to employ the capitalization as a preference.--Labattblueboy (talk) 20:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Again, you are incorrect. Per WP:The The official name is the only thing that is relevant.--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 12:26, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to say but official name is most certainly not the only , nor likely most important, factor that is relevant. Rather, its the name selected through reliable sources, hence the news article search above. Unless you can show that independent reliable sources are employing "the" widely you don't have my support.--Labattblueboy (talk) 04:04, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What dose the USGS calling the City a different name have anything to do with the name of the temple. The official name used "The".--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 12:25, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So were supposed to ignore Wikipedia rules? Per WP:THE the Offical name is ALL that is relevant so it should be included.--ARTEST4ECHO (talk/contribs) 13:57, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.