Talk:Maṅgala Buddha

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I disagree with this WP:DRAFTIFICATION by User:Rosguill. Sure, the quality is low, but I could quickly verify the basics, and nothing is contentious, and mainspace is where pages get improved. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

No objection at this time if you were able to verify the basics. I'm going to go ahead and add a POV tag because the article is written from a POV that takes the entire mythological account of the subject as fact, including outlandish claims such as the idea that this Buddha was 120ft tall. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 18:01, 10 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

I've tagged it for sourcing issues as well- this is primarily sourced from the Buddhavamsa, a primary source, and I can't find (or read) a couple other linked sources. There's a bit of a WP:BIAS issue because this topic hasn't been of major interest to Western scholarship. Agree the POV issue needs work, but I'd suggest letting some of the primary-sourced material stand simply because it's readily verifiable. --Spasemunki (talk) 21:56, 10 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Outlandish facts. Point there. There is verifiably something about a mythical Maṅgala Buddha, but is it sparse, and does not appear to be mainstream. I assume that it is a local tradition somewhere. This is an immediatism vs eventualism philosopical issue. I think this needs time in mainspace for source collection, cross referencing, categorisation, etc. It could well be destined for a merge. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:04, 12 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

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