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Hinduism reorganisation

Hello suj, one of the biggest problems in the Hinduism article is that there is so much to talk about but there is not enough space (Wikipedia policies state that the page should not become very long). I think you should try to ask all the Hindu Wikipedians here and others who help write Hinduism articles here. You can send a message to everyone on this List as well as User:Dbachmann whose name is not there but contributes a lot.

Another problem is that there are many "anti-Hindus" here and "extreme pro-Hindus" which are anti-Muslim etc. These people often argue with each other and many controversial things happen. At the moment I do not have much time to help unfortunately because I have school exams coming up soon. When they finish I will try to help. You may realise that the Hinduism article is too hard to make it a Featured Article, so maybe you try to improve another article. The guru Shankaracharya is an FA, and some Good Articles (one step below FA) we have are Rama, Ganesha and Sanskrit. Good luck. Gizza^{Chat ©} 00:39, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for helping on the Hinduism article. It is nice to see somebody making edits that are high quality (there have been problems lately with people making well-intentioned but really bad edits).HeBhagawan 16:47, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Other than the yogas, which aspects of the Hinduism page do you think are not universal? And which are the main universal points that you think it SHOULD contain? HeBhagawan 21:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I am a Hindu also and I want to thank you for your edits to Hinduism related articles. I have made a number of edits to the hinduism article.--Seadog.M.S 20:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Cool

I can't believe you dig the blues too! I love B.B king I went to his concert a little while back. I would have loved to see the Master Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert but he died before I was born. :(. Have a nice day keep up the good work (love the username by the way.--Seadog.M.S

LOVE your reference to Jimi Hendrix, yeah he definitly was the master of the righthanded strat (while being left handed)

You are so cool--Seadog.M.S 18:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

No of course I don't mind, just turned 14. Thank you for your kind words.--Seadog.M.S 18:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I am new to Hinduism (less than a year) and I have heard of the Shaiva Shrastas. But what are they, are they like the Puranas, and is it possible for an american to convert to Hinduism on his own behalf after years of study. It's just I have so much respect for India and it's people. And I have been a vegetarian for a year now--Seadog.M.S 18:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Copyrighted material

Thank you for your note on my discussion page about material I recently deleted. Although I deleted it, I am not an admin on Wikipedia. The owner of the copyrighted material probably needs to contact an admin regarding that material. The website has a very clear copyright statement on its front page. My understanding of Wikipedia policy is that unless a website clearly states that it's material is licensed under the GFDL then the material cannot be copied and pasted to Wikipedia; even if the person doing the copying and pasting claims to be the copyright holder. As I said, I'm not an admin, so the final disposition of the material is not up to me. But thanks for letting me know, I was already aware of the claims that my fellow contributor was making regarding their ownership of the material. TheRingess 21:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwai

Happy Diwai

This is just Seadog.M.S wishing you a very happy Diwali. Have a great day.

I wish you All The Best on the ocasion of the Indian festival of light, Diwali. I am sure that the light of hope, confidence, and all positive attributes shall always remain inside you – lighting your path and guiding you to attain higher and higher levels of excellence in all your endevours! All the best! --Bhadani 15:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Invitation for WikiProject Maharashtra

Hi Freeboson/Archive 1,

A new project has been created, to exclusively deal with Maharashtra and Marathi-related articles. You are invited to join the WikiProject Maharashtra. The project aims to develop Marathi and Maharashtra-related articles to Featured Article-status. You can join the WikiProject by adding your username here. However, don't forget to visit the project page. This is of course, a sister project of Portal:Maharashtra. Come, join us in developing Wikipedia. Thanks,

And HAPPY DIWALI !!!

--NRS | ^T/_M\^B 15:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali

Wishing you a shubh Diwali, and a great time ahead on wikipedia! deeptrivia (talk) 17:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I wish you and your family a happy "Festival of Lights"! Nishkid64 17:36, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy diwali

Happy diwali, nirav

Raj2004 17:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali and best wishes for the coming months.Bakaman _Bakatalk 18:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Another Happy Diwali from me. Gizza^{Chat ©} 23:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali

Anwar and Murali have a happy Diwali

Love from KING DRACULAAAAA

King Dracula 19:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Portal Bangladesh

Happy Diwali. I am a fan of yours and wanting to send a msg for many days. Today I went to Portal Bangladesh and saw it has not been updated for many days (especially the news). I am interested in working on it and can update the news section regularly. It would be better if you give me some advice. It would also be better if someone can create an archive for each of the section. Please reply if you want.Tarif Ezaz Bangladesh 20:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Tantra

Hi Shaivasuj, I will try to help with the tantra-related articles. Thanks for your efforts on those!

You are right that Tantra is an important part of Hinduism. Within the main Hinduism article itself I have tried to minimize references to ALL the sects as much as possible, to avoid making that article too complex and long. And others always come along and want to add additional details about their own sects.Of course, it is necessary to mention the various sects to some extent, but they can only get the detailed attention they deserve in their own articles, so I will help however I can. Jai Ma HeBhagawan 19:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

If you get a chance, please provide your thoughts on the debate over the wording of a paragraph on karma on the Hinduism discussion page. The debate is not over doctrine, it is primarily over wording and clarity. Thanks! HeBhagawan 20:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I haven't had a chance to help with the tantra stuff yet. Good work with the Hinduism article, though, and thanks for your comments on the discussion page. HeBhagawan 15:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Tantra

You may want to note that a new version of the Tantra article has been started at Tantra/temp. Perhaps it would be best to develop that article to the point that it can be moved into place to replace the admittedly ghastly one. Ekajati (yakity-yak) 19:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with this approach. Sometimes it is better to just start from scratch. This applies to several other articles in the project as well.HeBhagawan 15:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Hinduism and an award

Hello Saiva suj, I am so sorry for not replying quickly to your question. I have been very busy, I hope your not offended in any way. You asked why do I desire to follow the Sanatan Dharm. It is very personal in my life but I shall relate a few things to you. When I was younger I stumbled on the Bhagavad Gita, this changed my life forever. I listed closly to Krishna's words as it felt that he was speaking directly to me. I could see the Cosmic Vision right before my eyes. I have been drawn to Hinduism ever since I saw the mystic symbol of the universe AUM. I recently read the Upanishads and the Ved (Rig Veda) and I again was transformed by Their power. I remember always being drawn to the great country of India. I am also a Non-Violent person and a strict Vegetarian. I can not go into every detail of my great desire of the Sanatan Dharm because it would take a life time. I hope my reasons do not seem "Immature" in your mind and viewing. It is just who I am. And here take this Barnstar for all your work in Hinduism related articles keep up the good work.--Seadog ^e 23:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Kama & Artha are lower Purusharths is a wrong statement.

One could say for deploring Kama & Artha as lower Purusharths. It could have been said, just to make people move to Dharma & Moksha. Lot of Sanyasees try to deplore Kama & Artha, particularly Jain Sadhus try to create hate in the minds of people living family life.

Does one not need money to do one's religious duties or support Sanyasees or Brahmins or religious institutions? Krishna has said in Srimad Bhagawad Geeta that "Kama" is my "Vibhuti." In Hindu doctrines "Kama" is supported confining sexual pleasure with one's wedded spouse in the witness of fire (A form of God), Brahmin and society. Is it possible to conquer "Kama" by any average person? Vishwamitra also sliped. When Krishna declared "Kama" as Krishna's "Vibhuti" who are we to deplore "Kama"? Indian has n' number of Sanyasees. With due respect to Swami Bhaskaranandji, I say that anything said in a particular situation or a context should not be incorporated in an article like Wikipedia which shall remain on a public forum for a long long future. Hope everyone will see the damage being done to Hindusim and restrain from continuing with statements deploring 4 pursuits of life. Swadhyayee 14:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hinduism" r Purusharths is a wrong statement.

How? They are referred as Purusharths. swadhyayee 06:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

helpme

Hello, I am having some trouble with the "ref" tags on Kashmir Shaivism, I have included two, and the little supertexts display correctly, however, there is not reference part at the end of the page. I am not sure if I'm supposed to add something or not.

The ref tag needs to be closed. I will do it for you. -- Lost^(talk) 19:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Done, let me know if anything else required -- Lost^(talk) 19:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much :) Saiva suj 17:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome and I just realised that you are Indian. So here's the official invitation :)

Hello! You look like someone who might be interested in joining the India WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you help us :-) -- Lost^(talk) 17:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Tantra linking

Namaskar! :) Please feel free to edit the links on the Tantrism page but only *after* you've created the stub articles for it, all ght? I saw some grammatical errors there as well, so I formatted the monist and dualist bits into a form that's easy to navigate if the reader wants to know what on earth monism and dualism are--basic Wikipedia editing, really. I recommend that you do the stub articles on the various paths first and then link them separately to their own pages, so the explanation of them (i.e. my links to clarify what monism and dualism are) can stay intact on the page. All right?:) I just made it easier to navigate so the reader (who might not even know what tantra is) wouldn't be disappointed by so many red links on the page, that's all. Keep up the good work--I really look forward to your further articles on Tantric texts!:). It's so difficult to find good, reliable information on the wisdom of the Tantras in English. I really appreciate your work:). Namaste. --Snowgrouse 18:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank Saiva Suj.

Thanks Saiva Suj to retain sense and support the articel against person supporting going on during discussion.

swadhyayee 06:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The matter is put for voting without consensus after you and Baka casting opinion against it. swadhyayee 14:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

You are mis-fed about my version. HeBhagawan has come with comments that you and Baka did not directly comment on removal of two paragraphs by me. swadhyayee 19:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Tantra

The Original Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		This award is for your efforts to improve articles in the Hinduism project, and particularly the Tantra article. The tantra article still needs citations, but even without them your edits are an improvement upon the earlier state of the article HeBhagawan 13:34, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Voting on Hinduism

I just wanted to let you know that on the Hinduism discussion page, where you voted for Priyanath's version of the section on caste, his version has been changed slightly. In case this affects your vote, you are free to change. I think I am actually going to change my vote to his new paragraph rather than voting for my own. lol HeBhagawan 05:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Quote

Namaste, thank you for adding a quote onto my quote page. I thank you dearly. May Shiva bless you.--^ॐ Seadog ^ॐ 22:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you add Naivedhya?

Can you add Naivedhya to glossary, you seem to be familiar with Sanskrit text. This does not mean that I am withdrawing my request to add this to article Hinduism. swadhyayee 09:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

My request to you was as I believe you can type in Sanskrit. Can you check in some Sanskrit dictionary if you have. Looking to your knowledge of Sankrit, you might be having one. swadhyayee 17:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

No, it is not correct. "dh" pronounciation would be that of "dhaja". "dhy" or "dhya" will be pronounced together. Glossary link is here [[1]]

swadhyayee 00:31, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Help me

I would like to know if there are any standards on the distribution/selection of sources for an article. This is specifically in regards to discussions in Hinduism and Tantra. I feel that in both cases, the article has been severely lop-sided to a POV that is not neutral, because of the choice of sources. ॐ नमःशिवाय _{Śaiva Sujīt} सुजीत ॐ 00:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia's guideline on reliabile sources and Wikipedia's official policy on verifability may be handy. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 01:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. —Centrx→talk • 01:32, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Dear सुजीत ॐ,

I am deadly against HeBhagawan for his not allowing other's inclusions. I have also doubts of difficulties of varifying his citations but one thing I would like to point out is, Hinduism has it's roots in Vedant and there may be lot many things which appear to be Vedanti. What's your objection? What wrong are you finding against your mind or against Hinduism? Sujit, there are lot many things of general knowledge for which citations can not be found and is not required. I am not taking side of HeBhagawan who is dominating the contents of this article. He points out all Wikipedia policies. He has taken citing Wikipedia policy his business, the only thing he deliberately ignores is that this is free software means freely editable by any.

I have not read "Tantra" as I am not sure whether I have the knowledge of it or not but if you could put it on talk page of Hinduism, we can just discuss and give the contributor a fair chance to change or include more. It may not be POV but it's just recent inclusion and may be in process of further additions.

Pl. give your mind on talk page of Hinduism and a fair chance to contributor to change the contents or in alternate change it yourself and wait for someone to appreciate or object. swadhyayee 01:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

helpme

I would like to post the link http://www.muktabodhalib.org/index2.htm as an External Link for Tantra, as it is the most valuable resource for tantrikas, making freely available a huge range of tantrika texts. It is a free online library, and requires non-invasive registration. Is this permitted? Please do look at the registration process yourself. ॐ नमःशिवाय _{Śaiva Sujīt} सुजीत ॐ 17:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, at a brief glance it looks OK, I can't give you permission as such just an opinion. For more detail you can look at guidance on external links which gives a more detailed view of what is an isn't permissible. When using {{helpme}} please avoid putting it as the section heading, it doesn't render properly and makes it difficult for helpers to edit just the section. --pgk 19:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Pgk. I do apologize for the header; I was just imitating what I had seen someone else do. Thanks for the link. ॐ नमःशिवाय _{Śaiva Sujīt} सुजीत ॐ 19:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem on the header, just makes life a little easier. --pgk 20:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Anti Hindu propaganda.

Abecedare is placing mischievous links on talk page of Hinduism. A subversive way of placing Non-Hindu mischievous websites. Pl. place your view on talk page of Hinduism to remove entire discussion if we have to retain those links by keeping the discussion. swadhyayee 01:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Mr.Saiva_Sujit. It's "Kaise".

Thanks Mr.Saiva_Sujit. It should be spoken as "Kaise" means "How". Thanks for asking, I am fine. Hope you must be fine. swadhyayee 01:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Tantra

I'm sorry it took me so long to reply to your comment on my talk page.

My only concern with this article is that it conform to Wikipedia's guidelines regarding sources and neutrality.

TheRingess 15:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Tantra

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on Tantra. I wasn't sure if you were still around. —Hanuman Das 00:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Saiva for removing vandalism to the Hinduism page. Keep up the great work, Cheers! — Seadog 20:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I would love to Help!!!

Namaskar Saiva, thank you for coming to me, I would love to make a template for you. All you have to do is do some clarification for me. Basically would you like the template in the style of This or in the style of this? Also please give me all the links that you would like included and the color you would like to be used. Also I am not exactly knowledgeable in the aspect of Saivism but I would love to help. Thank you it is an honor that you have chosen me to help, May Siva bless you. — Seadog 22:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh now I know what style you would like, just tell me the color you would like and every exact link you would like included.— Seadog 22:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Okay, well don't rush yourself either, I will start working on the template later to day when I get a chance but right now I am a little busy. I have already picked out a color scheme. But to make this template work I will need some feed back from you and we need the articles otherwise it will be filled with red links and disambigs. Thank you Saivaji. — Seadog 18:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Some advice, well as you can see Rupa has its own article but it is a Buddhist article. So what you would need to do is create a page called Rupa (Hinduism) or something along those lines. If you are confused or have any questions please feel free to contact me. — Seadog 18:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

What do you think

Namaskar Saiva. Well I just finished the template, I hope I did it right, View it here. If you dislike the color/images/links or I simply forgot something, please contact me. Cheers and I hope this is okay (It was hard work). — Seadog 01:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Saivaji, I am enlightened that you like this. It is up to you to decide on how you want to categorize them. But before I move the template to template space I think that the articles should be created first of course. But try this if you want to create an article on pṛthvi you should probably create it as prthvi...as you can see the difference in the r of the word. I ask this since most people will not be able to search for the first one since they don't have those fonts on their keyboard. Well I wish you good luck and if you have any questions please contact me. I will be out for a little bit though, Cheers. — Seadog 16:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

RIK

Dear Sujit:

I am happy to know about your efforts for the benefit of our community. I wholely support it. Unfortunately, I have read your message only today. Otherwise also, I do not think demonstrations will work in the present political environment. I was hopeful when BJP was in power that they would give good help to our brotheren, but that help did not materialize. The present government is interested only in giving concessions to minorities or OBC and SC/ST. Kashmiri Brahmins are the least of their worry. The Kashmiris have braved their deprivation couragiously and I am sure that they would continue to do so till things change here. It is surely very sad. My roots are from Ganpatyar, from the lane just in front of it. My name is Amar Nath Reu (reuamar@yahoo.com). My great-grandfather migrated to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, but we still have relationships in Kashmir. My wife understands kashmiri and can speak a little kashmiri, her family migrated even later than our family. Presently, our family is located in Delhi. The Delhi (Old - as they are called) Kashmiris have an association here, they are thinking about their own website. Could I contact you for some help in this regard. Regards. Aupmanyav 16:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Hinduism editor

I don't know if you noticed, but we both had the same idea ! :-)
I hope the editor see the messages ... Abecedare 21:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

"Sweeping changes"? Strong language... too strong in my opinion. I have explained my edits. If you disagree, then edit them back. I have no intention of getting into edit wars. However, I prefer to maintain my anonymity as did the the artisans of the Gothic era in European art, or the great writers of the Hindu smriti who only took aliases of other mythical figures for fun. Latah --68.173.46.79 21:11, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Well I hope you will at least work on other pages in the Hinduism project. You seem to have a lot of knowledge and you are good at cooperative editing. Take care,

Namo Shri Vishwanāthāya HeBhagawan 03:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Anonymity in Hindu Scripture

I'm not talking about Shankaracharya, or Goraknath's crew.... these people are the exception who prove a general rule.... we don't know who wrote the Vedas, we don't know who wrote the Mahabharata (though legend has it that it was Ved Vyaas with the aid of Ganesh... historically not a solid reference), Ramayana was Valmiki? there're doubts... the Ashtavakra Gita... pretty much all of the Upanishads... when you take into account the number of unknown authors and compare that to the number of known authors (like Shankara, or Patanjali), it's pretty indicative that the ancient and classical age Hindus were far less interested in propagation of their names than people have been the last several centuries. Peace, bro~ -- 68.173.46.79 16:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I can't talk scholarship with someone who believes in the divine origin of texts. --68.173.46.79 21:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Your guesses are as ludicrous as your pomposity. You have no idea what I am or how much I know. But relying on ideas of divine nada are not appropriate material for an encyclopedia article. You have to differentiate between faith-based understandings of the arsha-dharma tradition and scholastic understandings. Linguistic and other such studies leave almost no doubt that the Vedas are a compilation of centuries-worth of different poets and "writers" shlokas. Veda Vyaas (the Splitter of the Vedas) may very well have existed, but regardless, much of our scriptures are not written by provable individuals. Ramayana and the Mahabharata could very well have been written by two individuals or many people... we just don't know. You believe one thing, but you cannot prove it, necessarily, unless you go on to become the next great Indologist, in which case, I salute you. Regardless, I won't be talking to you any longer. Your arroganct assumption that your ability to quote Sanskrit, which I might do lest it distract from the point at hand, gives you some sort of authority brings to mind a shloka by a luminary far greater than you or me...

bhaja govindam, bhaja govindam, bhaja govindam muRHmate sa(n)praapte sannihite kaale, nahi nahi rakshati dukrinykarane

Peace, jigga --68.173.46.79 22:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Religious views on masturbation

Hi. Could you explain in more detail your rationale for wishing to remove the text you struck through struck through at User:CyberAnth/Religious_views_on_masturbation? I just want to hear more clearly the problems you see with the text and if they can perhaps be remedied. The talk page is at User_talk:CyberAnth/Religious_views_on_masturbation. Thanks for your input! CyberAnth 05:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I replied to your response on User_talk:CyberAnth/Religious_views_on_masturbation. CyberAnth 05:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Yikes... masturbation... --68.173.46.79 16:05, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks Saiva! I have yet to learn how to give barnstars ... :-) Abecedare 08:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

cats

In order to stratify Category:Hindu religious figures, I created cats for Category:Vaishnavite religious figures and Category:Saivite religious figures. Of extra note I created Category:Kashmiri Saivites. I know youre in the Saivite wikiproject so just giving you the heads up.Bakaman 19:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

For the heads up, we dont categorize by caste on wiki. I saw you edit on Vasugupta. If you want to note someone is a pandit please make those edits on the article and/or add them to List of Kashmiri Pandits. We Indian editors some time ago came to a consensus that we're not dividing people by caste on wikipedia.Bakaman 21:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Though I dont doubt what you're saying, the whole Rajput, Jat, Yadav mela convinced us not to categorize people by community.Bakaman 23:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Note to Talk:Hinduism participants

Namaste. You may have been involved in a discussion on Talk:Hinduism recently moved to The Hinduism notice board. If you wish to continue said topics please discuss on the noticeboard. Also please add WP:HNB to your watchlist, so we can help out all the WP:HINDU editors when needed. Thanks.Bakaman 05:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Hinduism#Super-review_of_article

Hi, please see this. I am hoping that the Hinduism editors can finally discuss the article formally section by section. More information is given there. Thanks Gizza^{Chat ©} 10:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Belated Happy Maha Shivaratri!

To my fellow Shaivite friend. I hope you are enjoying your "Wiki-break." When you return to full activity, please see the Shiva and Lingam pages, both of which are in terrible shape. Thanks Gizza^{Chat ©} 07:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Nice to see you back on the Hinduism page after such a long time. The page is quiet and stable for the moment, which is not necessarily a bad thing ... but it can be further improved by the addition of tantra and criticism sections, as we all had discussed ages back. Feel free to take the lead on that.
Also, The Behnam was searching for Kshmiri editors on the India talk page and your name was put forward; in case he hasn't contacted you yet, you may want to ping him. Cheers. Abecedare 04:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Indian collaboration of the week news

As mentioned in Wikiproject India newsletter of March 2007, the weekly collaboration of the Indian wikiproject has fallen from its once high feats. This message is to request the users to visit the collaboration page and help rejuvenate it.

The present collaboration of the week is Religion in India. Please go through the talk page of the article to see the proposed changes in the article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Invitation

Would you be interested in joining a team effort to bring the Tantra article to featured article status.

If so, please see Talk:Tantra#Team Tantra

TheRingess (talk) 16:19, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Kaśmir Śaivism

Hello Saiva suj, I see you are also a contributor to the article on Swami Lakshman Joo, a noted advocate and scholar of Kaśmir Śaivism in the 20th Century. I am in the process of formulating a contribution to the Kaśmir Śaivism article; to include a modern context, specifically the contribution of Swami Muktananda and his followers (particularly Swami Shankarananda Saraswati) and the renewed interest in the practice and teachings of Kaśmir Śaivism in recent years. I would appreciate it if you could take the time to visit the discussion and perhaps offer comment. I had originally approached User:Buddhipriya for comment so there is some discussion on that users talk page, but you will find the most recent discussion here. Yogidude 21:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Wolfram

I'd say that no, it's not ludicrous to call Wolfram a mathematician. (Maybe inadequate, but not ludicrous.) I replied at the article talk. Pete St.John (talk) 16:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter Volume III, Issue no. 001 - June 2008

Project News Tag & Assess 2008, an assessment drive initiated by the assessment department began on June 7, 2008 and will be running until July 2008. Many Wikipedians have started contributing to this mammoth task. This housekeeping activity will help manage articles in better way. You can also get involved! Bot Assisted Assessment was successfully done using Bot0612 in May 2008. 1744 articles (18.5%) of all India unassessed articles were marked if they had been assessed by some other project. What's Featured and Good? Five new articles were promoted to featured article status in 2008: Western Chalukya architecture, 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Preity Zinta, Kannada literature in the Vijayanagara Empire. Two new lists were given featured list status in 2008: List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar, List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality. There is currently one Indian article as a featured article nominee. Two more articles, (Bengali language, Kazi Nazrul Islam) are undergoing featured article reviews. You could help save these two articles by leaving your comments or assisting the involved editors. Three articles are undergoing good article nominations: Anekantavada, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Santosh Subramaniam. IPL was hot on Wikipedia too!!! During the tournament, the article was among the most frequently edited articles. It is currently the only Indian article in top 100, occupying 58th spot. Do you know of an article that is currently underrated? If so, please nominate the article at the Assessment Department's request for assessment. This will allow our project to get a better idea of the quality of our articles. Article statistics and to-do lists Article Statistics Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. India articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 19 20 16 10 8 73 FL 1 4 2 1 1 9 A 2 3 3 8 GA 4 5 7 12 16 44 B 87 128 194 153 263 825 Start 74 208 530 946 2730 4488 Stub 36 159 428 2540 18644 21807 List 360 360 Assessed 221 526 1180 3665 22022 27614 Unassessed 1 7 46 92 12815 12961 Total 222 533 1226 3757 34837 40575 Complete To-Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Sibichen K Mathew, Dominic Emmanuel, AK Merchant, Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Akhand Pratap Singh, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More... Cleanup: , Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Medical college (India), All India Radio, More... Merge: Raghava Rama, Sammar Bahisht, Sathya Sai Baba movement,More... Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri, More... Stubs: Anand Math, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Bhojpuri Wikipedia articles, Maithili Wikipedia articles, Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assessment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template

Current proposals and discussions Is India the largest democracy? A request has been made to the Mediation Cabal for mediation on India article. There is currently an ongoing edit war if India be called the largest democracy of world. Interested in a specific topic? Article watchlists have been automated using Ganeshbot. Just locate your watchlist to keep track of all articles within the topic. Example:Wikipedia:WikiProject Chennai/Articles. Wikipedia India Quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians and remains a hotspot of the community. You are invited to join in and have fun. From the Editors If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject India and also may choose to get this newsletter get it delivered as desired. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 2 – July 2008). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! The last newsletter was more than a year ago and after feeling the pinch, we got together in working towards in renewing this feature for our members. Fresh pair of legs we are, and hence can greatly improve with your suggestions and ideas. Please feel free to let us know of your thoughts. We hope to release the newsletter on a monthly/bi-monthly basis as per our initial thoughts. Contributors to this Issue Mspraveen (Co-editor) Gppande (Co-editor) Tinucherian (Co-editor, Distributor) Did You Know? ... that India was the 44th most visited page on Wikipedia in February 2008 and it received received 706,558 visitors in May 2008? ... that if you need any help, advice, or have any announcements to make regarding India-related articles then you can do it here?

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WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 1 – June 2009

Project news Congratulations to the West Bengal workgroup for having their flagship article featured on the Main Page! The Indian states workgroup is also involved in maintaining articles about India's states and union territories. » WikiProject Indian roads was recently started as a new workgroup, to standardize and improve articles related to Indian roads, mainly the National and State Highways. After all, India has the second largest road network in the world. Iravan, the son of Arjuna, is now our 85th good article. How do we know this? Since last year, more processes have been automated, increasing productivity. Article alerts update the project with what's happening to India-related articles, from copyright violations to featured article candidates. To do… During the last few weeks, peer reviews for the recent general election and 2003 Afro-Asian Games (held in Hyderabad) were opened and are waiting for more comments, as are several articles at the peer review department. Sikkim has been nominated for FAR, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay has been nominated for FAC. » Currently, 11,093 Indian articles need images. Please improve these pages, especially if you enjoy photography! We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

From the editors… The last newsletter was written a year ago. In June 2008, Indian Premier League was "hot" on Wikipedia, but the article about this year's IPL has attracted 477 editors, or 53% more than the previous year! Even the number of articles in the scope of our project jumped by a whopping 18,500+ articles in an year. The 3.2-year-old India quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians, so join in the fun! Wikipedians are organizing a meetup in Bangalore on July 4 or 5. If you are interested, head over to the page and add your name! Topics of discussion include Indian language editions of Wikipedia and Wikimedia India. RegentsPark, one of the prominent members of our project, was promoted to adminship this year. If you'd like to know who are the most avid editors of Wikipedia by number of edits, refer to this list. "While this issue has been resolved, one asks the question – what happens when there is a conflict of opinions? What about a Wikipedia entry on India and Pakistan, or the LTTE and the Tamils? Who can edit? Will the information be true?" writes B. Narasimhan of MiD DAY as deeper implications of the Scientology arbitration case,1 reminding us of the core principles of verifiability and the neutral point of view. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! — [sd], Ganeshk and Tinu Cherian Project · Portal · Members · Noticeboard · Discussion+

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