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John the Baptist

Wikipedia was not made for Mandaeans only. You obviously have a religious agenda per WP:AGENDA which is not allowed. Stick with the common name per WP:COMMONNAME. You have not once provided a source to support the change other than, I assume to be your own assumptions. Start a discussion at Mandaeism talk page. Jerm (talk) 00:47, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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This is disruptive — please stop, or you may be restricted from making further edits. Thanks. El_C 00:51, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

In Christianity he is known as John the Baptist, Mandaeans prefer John the Baptizer, Islam uses Yahya Bin Zakaria, in Hebrew he is Yochanan Ha'Matbil. I used John the Baptizer in parts of articles related to Mandaeans. He is still named John the Baptist in articles pertaining to Christianity. I dont see you complaining of what he is called in Islam, what exactly is the problem?

The problem is that you are not using the common name. And please sign (using four tildes: ~~~~) and indent your comments. El_C 01:03, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Please don't continue reverting while this is still outstanding! El_C 01:05, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Apparently you are upset because I am not using his name known in Christianity. It looks like you have your own agenda.

I'm not upset and I have no agenda except adhering to policy. Just trying to impress upon you the urgency of the situation. El_C 01:12, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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El_C 01:13, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

So, from what I understand, I have to use John the Baptist, his Christian name, in articles or parts of articles pertaining to Mandaeism?

You have to observe WP:ONUS, because Wikipedia works on consensus, not by fiat. El_C 01:51, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

The article on John the Baptist uses John's Moslem name Yahya 24 times. Why is that allowed?

The word is Muslim, and if you're not going to bother signing or indenting your comments, I will cease responding to them. In answer to your question: that usage seems to be in context. If you deem this not to be the case, feel free to bring this up on the article talk page. El_C 02:46, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, the article clearly distinguishes the name as Islamic related/Arabic. John the Baptizer is obviously John the Baptist. There is no need to create a redirect for something so trivial. And as for the argument that Mandaeans prefer to call him John the Baptizer, that's a claim. Jerm (talk) 02:55, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

You seem to think I have a some sort of agenda, and I assure you I don't, I just felt there is not enough information about Mandaeans on Wikipedia. I didn't know using John the Baptizer instead of John the Baptist would be considered biased since the book on them by GRS Mead is titled Gnostic John the Baptizer. I do not wish to be construed as biased or having some sort of agenda over something trivial. Please delete every edit I made on wikipedia and revert all articles to before I signed up. Thank you