Talk:Area (LDS Church)

File upload
The page is pulling an older version of File:LDS Area US and Canada.png

Any way to show the newer version?

Thanks!-- Dmm1169 (talk) 00:53, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It appears to correct itself. I don't know if it was because I increased it to 401 px rather than 400 px, or if it just takes time to appear.--Dmm1169 (talk) 23:16, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Subpage Created
Hello again, everyone! Today, the Church announced area leadership assignments that will be effective August 1. I have created this subpage for those changes. The changes that will be implemented onto that page are as follows:

Preliminary Note: An asterisk (*) denotes an area seventy.


 * Africa Central Area
 * Outgoing: Matthew L. Carpenter, Thierry K. Mutombo, Ian S. Ardern
 * Incoming: Ian S. Ardern, Thierry K. Mutombo, Paul B. Pieper


 * Africa South Area
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Edward Dube, Marcos A. Aidukaitis, Denelson Silva


 * Africa West
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): S. Gifford Nielsen, Jörg Klebingat, Alfred Kyungu


 * Asia
 * Outgoing: David P. Homer, Benjamin M. Z. Tai, Kelly R. Johnson
 * Incoming: Benjamin M. Z. Tai, Kelly R. Johnson, Michael John U. Teh


 * Asia North
 * Outgoing: Takashi Wada, James R. Rasband, John A. McCune
 * Incoming: Takashi Wada, John A. McCune, J. Kimo Esplin


 * Brazil
 * Outgoing: Adilson de Paula Parrella, Joni L. Koch, Juan A. Uceda
 * Incoming: Joni L. Koch, Arnulfo Valenzuela, Mark D. Eddy


 * Caribbean
 * Outgoing: Eduardo Gavarret, Jorge M. Alvarado, Moises Villanueva
 * Incoming: Eduardo Gavarret, Valeri V. Cordon, Moises Villanueva


 * Central America
 * Outgoing: Brian K. Taylor, Taylor G. Godoy, Patricio M. Giuffra
 * Incoming: Taylor G. Godoy, Patricio M. Giuffra, Ryan K. Olsen


 * Europe Central
 * Outgoing: Massimo De Feo, Erich W. Kopischke, Ruben V. Alliaud
 * Incoming: Massimo De Feo, Ruben V. Alliaud, Jack N. Gerard


 * Europe East:
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Alexey V. Samaykin*, Nikolai Ustyuzahaninov*, Aleksandr A. Drachyov*


 * Europe North:
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Hans T. Boom, Scott D. Whiting, Alan T. Phillips


 * Mexico
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Hugo Montoya, Adrian Ochoa, Sean Douglas


 * Middle East/Africa North
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Anthony D. Perkins, Alvin F. Meredith III, Roland J. Bäck*


 * North America Central
 * Outgoing: Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, Arnulfo Valenzuela, Randall K. Bennett
 * Incoming: Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, Randall K. Bennett, Ricardo P. Giminez


 * North America Northeast
 * Outgoing: Allen D. Haynie, W. Mark Bassett, Vaiangina Sikahema
 * Incoming: Allen D. Haynie, Vaiangina Sikahema, Mathias Held


 * North America Southeast
 * Outgoing: Vern P. Stanfill, Matthew S. Holland, Shayne M. Bowen
 * Incoming: Vern P. Stanill, Shayne M. Bowen, W. Mark Bassett


 * North America Southwest
 * Outgoing: Paul B. Pieper, Jose L. Alonso, Michael A. Dunn
 * Incoming: Evan A. Schmutz, Jose L. Alonso, Michael A. Dunn


 * North America West
 * Outgoing: Mark A. Bragg, Valeri V. Cordon, Gary B. Sabin
 * Incoming: Mark A. Bragg, Gary B. Sabin, Adeyinka A. Ojediran


 * Pacific
 * Outgoing: K. Brett Nattress, Peter F. Meurs, Taniela B. Wakolo
 * Incoming: Peter F. Meurs, Taniela B. Wakolo, Jeremy R. Jaggi


 * Philippines
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Steven R. Bangerter, Yoon Hwan Choi, Carlos G. Revillo Jr.


 * South America Northwest
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Jorge F. Zeballos, Jorge T. Becerra, Rafael E. Pino


 * South America South
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Craig C. Christensen, Joaquin E. Costa, Alan R. Walker


 * Utah
 * Outgoing: Kevin W. Pearson, Evan A. Schmutz, Hugo E. Martinez
 * Incoming: Kevin W. Pearson, Hugo E. Martinez, Brian K. Taylor

My thanks once again to you all. Jgstokes (talk) 04:50, 15 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your work on this!!! The only concern I have of developing a separate page is that changes made between now (ie. updates to references, language, stats, etc.) still get incorporated. One big update is that I'm guessing membership statistics will be updated between now and then. Thanks! Dmm1169 (talk) 16:41, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That has been a problem we've been dealing with for years. But I found a way around it that works. When August 1 rolls around each year, I copy nnd paste in the text from the subpge to this page, citing established policy in the edit summary and including an html link back to the page history on the subpage so anyone can see it. I had to start doing it that way around 5-7 years ago when I no longer had the help of someone with administrative rights who could merge the subpage and its' history into these main pages. So that's the workaround I found for that. If you know of a better method, please let me know. Thanks. Jgstokes (talk) 03:11, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Table format issue when area headers are combined in same table.
I'm using "Make headers of tables display as long as the table is in view, i.e. "sticky" (requires Chrome v91+, Firefox v59+, or Safari)" option "under the Testing and Development" section in Special:Preferences. This feature has been great when viewing other long tables until seeing a table like this where the entire Africa Central header shows up as I scroll down. Simply adding a break to each table should eliminate this issue.

I'm going to separate each section as separate tables to eliminate this issue. Thanks.-- Dmm1169 (talk) 22:38, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Venezuela to Change Areas in August
Effective August 1, oversight for the nation of Venezuela will transition from the South America Northwest Area to the Caribbean Area. My thanks once again to you all. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 22:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

2024 Changes in Area Leadership
The area leadership assignments for 2024 have been announced. I have created a subpage of this page to hold the changes until then. The changes that will be implemented, by area presidency, are as follows

Preliminary Note: An asterisk (*) denotes an area seventy.


 * Africa Central Area
 * Outgoing: Ian S. Ardern, Thierry K. Mutombo, Paul B. Pieper
 * Incoming: Thierry K. Mutumbo, Paul B. Pieper, Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier


 * Africa South Area
 * Outgoing: Edward Dube, Marcos A. Aidukaitis, Denelson Silva
 * Incoming: Carlos A. Godoy, Denelson Silva, Vaiangina Sikahema


 * Africa West
 * Outgoing: S. Gifford Nielsen, Jörg Klebingat, Alfred Kyungu
 * Incoming: Alfred Kyungu, Adeyinka A. Ojediran, Isaac K. Morrison


 * Asia
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Benjamin M. Z. Tai, Kelly R. Johnson, Michael John U. Teh


 * Asia North
 * Outgoing: Takashi Wada, John A. McCune, J. Kimo Esplin
 * Incoming: John A. McCune, J. Kimo Esplin, Christopher H. Kim


 * Brazil
 * Outgoing: Joni L. Koch, Arnulfo Valenzuela, Mark D. Eddy
 * Incoming: Joni L. Koch, Ciro Schmiel, Mark D. Eddy


 * Caribbean
 * Outgoing: Eduardo Gavarret, Valeri V. Cordon, Moises Villanueva
 * Incoming: Jorge F. Zeballos, Valeri V. Cordon, Vern P. Stanfill


 * Central America
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Taylor G. Godoy, Patricio M. Giuffra, Ryan K. Olsen


 * Eurasian (formerly Europe East):
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Alexey V. Samaykin*, Nikolai Ustyuzahaninov*, Aleksandr A. Drachyov*


 * Europe Central:
 * Outgoing: Massimo De Feo, Ruben V. Alliaud, Jack N. Gerard
 * Incoming: Ruben V. Alliaud, Jack N. Gerard, James W. McConkie III


 * Europe North:
 * Outgoing: Hans T. Boom, Scott D. Whiting, Alan T. Phillips
 * Incoming: Scott D. Whiting, Marcos A. Aidukaitis, Alan T. Phillips


 * Mexico
 * Outgoing: Hugo Montoya, Adrian Ochoa, Sean Douglas
 * Incoming: Hugo Montoya, Sean Douglas, Moises Villanueva


 * Middle East/Africa North
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Anthony D. Perkins, Adilson de Paula Parrella, Roland J. Bäck*


 * North America Central
 * Outgoing: Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, Randall K. Bennett, Ricardo P. Giminez
 * Incoming: Randall K. Bennett, Steven R. Bangerter, Ricardo P. Giminez


 * North America Northeast
 * Outgoing: Allen D. Haynie, Vaiangina Sikahema, Mathias Held
 * Incoming: Allen D. Haynie, Mathias Held, Robert M. Daines


 * North America Southeast
 * Outgoing: Vern P. Stanill, Shayne M. Bowen, Ahmad S. Corbitt
 * Incoming: Craig C. Christensen, Ahmad S. Corbitt, Massimo De Feo


 * North America Southwest
 * Outgoing: Evan A. Schmutz, Jose L. Alonso, Michael A. Dunn
 * Incoming: Jose L. Alonso, Michael A. Dunn, Jonathan S. Schmitt


 * North America West
 * Outgoing: Mark A. Bragg, Gary B. Sabin, Adeyinka A. Ojediran
 * Incoming: Mark A. Bragg, Takashi Wada, Peter M. Johnson


 * Pacific
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Peter F. Meurs, Taniela B. Wakolo, Jeremy R. Jaggi


 * Philippines
 * Outgoing: Steven R. Bangerter, Yoon Hwan Choi, Carlos G. Revillo Jr.
 * Incoming: Carlos G. Revillo Jr., Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, Michael B. Strong


 * South America Northwest
 * Outgoing: Jorge F. Zeballos, Jorge T. Becerra, Rafael E. Pino
 * Incoming: Jorge T. Becerra, Rafael E. Pino, Juan Pablo Villar


 * South America South
 * Outgoing: Craig C. Christensen, Joaquin E. Costa, Alan R. Walker
 * Incoming: Joaquin E. Costa, Alan R. Walker, Eduardo Gavarret


 * Utah
 * Outgoing/Incoming (No change): Kevin W. Pearson, Hugo E. Martinez, Brian K. Taylor

My thanks once again to you all. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 06:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)