`==Mormonism by country== I'd dig it if I saw a category or articles that gave history/information on Mormonism as practiced around the world, a la Category:Roman Catholic Church by country.  Knowing how China treats Catholics I really wanted information on how China treats mormons. This would be a great expansion project for some dedicated editors.   :I don't know how China treats Mormons, but my guess is that there are very few. The LDS church has a policy of not proselytizing in countries where doing so is illegal, so my guess is that there are very, very few native Chinese converts. There are some branches in China, but they're all English-speaking, and my guess would be that they are primarily foreign diplomats and business people and their families who are temporarily living in China.    PS: This talk page is massive and desperately needs archiving.    ::Au contraire, mon ami! (Forgive my bad french. It's actually more like misplaced ISO characters. Whatever.) The Church has a mission in Hong Kong that (coincidentally?) merged into China when China took Hong Kong back. There's even a temple there.    ::And college students. I met a large number of Chinese students at BYU. While not all convert, there is a significant group that does get baptised. In addition, there must be some sort of ``recognition`` with an LDS temple in Hong Kong, but the church would not be allowed to prostelytize on the mainland... -   == Largest Beef Ranch... ==  I was perusing the article and ran across the statement in the finances section, that the church ownes and operates the largest beef ranch in the US/world.  Well that isn't true...  The King Ranch in Texas is a 'bit' larger at 825,000 acres. http://www.king-ranch.com/index_ie.htm  I don't know how you would like to correct the information.  I don't know if you can say that it is the second largest as there isn't a list of top 10 ranches out there I could find.    It is a very large ranch by any measure but not the largest.  :Agree we should change or clarify. Do you know which is larger in production? -   ==Freemasonry==  It is very interesting to find there is no reference in this article to Freemasonry, which is where almost all of the ritual in Mormon worship derives it's origin, even down to the under-garments and the symbolism thereof.  Has anyone considered investigating this further, or is such discussion offensive to Mormons?     ... I don't think it's considered offensive, but probably inaccurate. It may be said that, but such a statement lacks any substantiation and is therefore not a Neutral POV. you can say that some people think that ``Mormon`` rituals derive from freemasonry, but you'd also have to say that Latter day saints themselves believe that their ``rituals`` come instead by revelation. See also heading: ``LDS && Masonry lytourgy/symbols`` in Archive 5.  27 August 2005  :With as much information as there is on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wikipedia, it cannot all be contained on one page.  The relationship of Joseph Smith, Jr. with Freemasonry is explored on the endowment article.  The similarities that you have brought up are explored on the Mormonism and Freemasonry article. These things have not been ignored.    ... [Comment by Trenidor] I don't think it's in anyway related to freemasonry, All of the beliefs are contained in already published and readily accessable sources such as: The Church's Magazines, The Book of Mormon, the Docterin and Covenants, as well as the many Confrence talks and any published work by the church. All of which can be found on the LDS website. The Temple Garment thing is in the D&C;, the fact of the matter is that most people don't realize all the things untill someone points them out, which is one of the reasons they are considered sacred.  ...[Comment from Keith_M] i understand where you're comming from but it is just as equally plausable for the practice of wearing ritualistic garments to have came from the american indian. being indian myself, spirit shirts are incredibly close to the same practice of undergarment wearing by both LDS members and that of other religions. Considering many of the early church missionaries taught the american indians because they were considered a sp