Talk:Eastern District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

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I am removing the extended list of congregations & missions. I certainly see the value of an article on a middle judicatory for a major american denomination, but not for the directory style list. Athanasius • Quicumque vult  18:39, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 26 January 2019

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The result of the move request was: Moved to alternate proposal endorsed by nominator. (closed by non-admin page mover)  SITH   (talk)   20:43, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

– Use natural disambiguation rather than parenthetical; for consistency; and to avoid some malplaced pages (e.g. New England District (LCMS) exists without New England District existing as an article). Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:15, 26 January 2019 (UTC) --Relisted. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:32, 2 February 2019 (UTC) --Relisting.   SITH   (talk)   12:54, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Eastern District (LCMS) → LCMS Eastern District
 * Michigan District (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) → LCMS Michigan District
 * Nebraska District (LCMS) → LCMS Nebraska District
 * Southern District (LCMS) → LCMS Southern District
 * Kansas District (LCMS) → LCMS Kansas District
 * South Dakota District (LCMS) → LCMS South Dakota District
 * Texas District (LCMS) → LCMS Texas District
 * Atlantic District (LCMS) → LCMS Atlantic District
 * Central Illinois District (LCMS) → LCMS Central Illinois District
 * Northern Illinois District (LCMS) → LCMS Northern Illinois District
 * Southern Illinois District (LCMS) → LCMS Southern Illinois District
 * English District (LCMS) → LCMS English District
 * North Wisconsin District (LCMS) → LCMS North Wisconsin District
 * South Wisconsin District (LCMS) → LCMS South Wisconsin District
 * Oklahoma District (LCMS) → LCMS Oklahoma District
 * Iowa District East (LCMS) → LCMS Iowa District East
 * Iowa District West (LCMS) → LCMS Iowa District West
 * Southeastern District (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) → LCMS Southeastern District
 * Montana District (LCMS) → LCMS Montana District
 * North Dakota District (LCMS) → LCMS North Dakota District
 * Florida-Georgia District (LCMS) → LCMS Florida-Georgia District
 * Northwest District (LCMS) → LCMS Northwest District
 * Indiana District (LCMS) → LCMS Indiana District
 * Minnesota North District (LCMS) → LCMS Minnesota North District
 * Minnesota South District (LCMS) → LCMS Minnesota South District
 * Ohio District → LCMS Ohio District
 * Missouri District (LCMS) → LCMS Missouri District
 * Mid-South District (LCMS) → LCMS Mid-South District
 * Wyoming District (LCMS) → LCMS Wyoming District
 * SELC District (LCMS) → LCMS SELC District
 * New England District (LCMS) → LCMS New England District
 * New Jersey District (LCMS) → LCMS New Jersey District
 * California-Nevada-Hawaii District (LCMS) → LCMS California–Nevada–Hawaii District
 * Rocky Mountain District (LCMS) → LCMS Rocky Mountain District
 * Pacific Southwest District (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) → LCMS Pacific Southwest District
 * While the Eastern District webpage does use "LCMS" before the district name, this is not standard practice among the other districts of the LCMS.

Cranberryzing (talk) 05:44, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is not standard practice. It is more complicated than an issue of it being a middle judicatory. Complicating this is that two of these districts were formerly separate denominations--the English District used to be the "English Synod"... in some ways it is still like a separate denomination within a denomination, as all moneys are kept internally and they have a bishop leading the district (typically in the other districts they are called district president instead of bishop). In the 70s, this district split in half and they are ELCA now...it is more like how the Eastern Rite Catholics are Catholic but not Roman Catholic. If you renamed the Maronite Catholic Church to have Roman Catholic in front of their name, it would probably ruffle some feathers. The other district that used to be a separate denomination is the SELC District (LCMS), formerly the Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church. Putting LCMS before the name rather than after seems inappropriate to be when members of these districts in particular would probably not do that.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 20:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * If I was doing it, I would rename each page to have "of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod" following the word district. Hopefully no one would be offended. Let us know if you are. Acronyms get mixed up with Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry and the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore when people search things.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 20:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Comment from nom I'd be happy with "XXXX District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod". Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * please check the diff of the edit I'm making now, I'm boldly correcting a mistake in the proposal, if it's supposed to be there feel free to revert.   SITH   (talk)   22:33, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks, that's good. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 07:41, 15 February 2019 (UTC)


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Requested move 24 September 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 22:29, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

– Spaces around en dashes per MOS:DASH and consistent with the outcome of the RM just closed at Talk:Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:41, 24 September 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:39, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Eastern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Eastern District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Michigan District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Michigan District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Southern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Southern District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Kansas District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Kansas District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * South Dakota District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → South Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Texas District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Texas District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Northern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Northern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * English District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → English District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * North Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → North Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Oklahoma District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Oklahoma District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Iowa District East of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Iowa District East of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Iowa District West of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Iowa District West of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Southeastern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Southeastern District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Montana District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Montana District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * North Dakota District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → North Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Florida–Georgia District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Florida–Georgia District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Northwest District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Northwest District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Indiana District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Indiana District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Minnesota North District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Minnesota North District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Ohio District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Ohio District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Missouri District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Missouri District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Mid-South District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Mid-South District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Wyoming District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Wyoming District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * SELC District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → SELC District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * New Jersey District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → New Jersey District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * California–Nevada–Hawaii District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → California–Nevada–Hawaii District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Rocky Mountain District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Rocky Mountain District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
 * Pacific Southwest District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → Pacific Southwest District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod


 * Support - The names should be consistent with the main article. Indyguy (talk) 17:41, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.