Talk:Nan Tien Temple

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can we get a better photo of it with out the stitching errors and what not Woof69 (talk) 08:20, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

the site is 26 acres, not several square kilometres. Presumably americans don't know how big a square kilometre is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.110.215.136 (talk) 09:31, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Largest in the southern hemisphere

Regarding the claim that Nan Hua Temple is in fact the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere.

Nan Tien's web site states that it is the largest, which is the reference for this statement.

The Nan Hua Temple article states that it is the largest in Africa, but makes no claim to it being the largest in the southern hemisphere.

Is there some other basis for claiming Nan Hua is larger than Nan Tien ? In the meantime I have reverted the Nan Tien article to include the statement that it is the largest and provided the reference. - Grogan deYobbo (talk) 07:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

This temple is on SBS right now. Adam (talk) 07:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

They just said on the tv show that this is the largest in the southern hem. Adam (talk) 07:14, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, i was about to point out that it's no good having the temple itself point out it is the biggest. We need a third party source. SBS might provide that, but there's every chance they got their info from either the temple website, or more than likely right here on wikipedia (lol) - both of which would make SBS in this case a useless ref. Suggest we remove it completely, or we say "one of the biggest" (even if it *is* the biggest, "one of the biggest" is still accurate, right?). --Merbabu (talk) 07:18, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

How about "It claims to be the largest..." ? - Grogan deYobbo (talk) 07:28, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

That's certainly an improvement and could go in for now. cheers. But, that kind of stuff looks odd in the lead. What about "one of the biggest?" - it kind of hedges bets. While it's not as "precise" it is more "accurate". --Merbabu (talk) 07:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Changed to "one of the largest" (with an explanatory footnote) for the time being pending further clarification. Grogan deYobbo (talk) 23:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I think it is a good change and "one of the biggest" is perfectly accurate. Personally, most "biggest" statements should be avoid and left to the entities marketing dept, not wikipedia (they often strike me as being part of a pissing contest which we don't want in our encyclopedia). Unless the biggest/best/oldest statement is fundamental to the notability of the entity (rather than just a bit curio/trivia) then leave it off - particularly when it is not so clear. cheers --Merbabu (talk) 00:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

This article was reverted recently to "the largest" without neutral 3rd party verification. At the time of writing, Borobudur temple in Indonesia holds the Guinness World Record for being the largest[1] Buddhist temple, and is in the Southern Hemisphere. I will reinstate the wording above shortly. Rainierlad (talk) 15:40, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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Nan Tien University

I'm concerned that the nan tien university needs it's own page, however, I don't think said page would substantial enough. Sydneybuddhism (talk) 12:13, 19 August 2019 (UTC)