User talk:Angelo De La Paz

I see we're still reverting back to the 80% Buddhist figure for China, eh? Angelo, are you going to add a reference, please? If you don't do so soon I will revert again. bikeable (talk) 19:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way, Angelo, may I suggest that you stop using "v.v." I don't know exactly what you mean by it, but it is not a common abbreviation in English. I think you mean "etc." best, bikeable (talk) 03:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

OK!"v.v..." is as similar as "etc.".That is not the big problem!Hey!I think you understand a little Vietnamese but I prefer to speak English!Muchas Gracias!

It's a good thing you speak English, because I don't know a single word of Vietnamese. You seem to think I am someone you know, a Vietnamese Christian, but I promise you that I am neither. As far as "v.v.", it may be similar to "etc.", but I have never seen it used in my life. best, bikeable (talk) 16:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

If I was wrong so I will sorry!!!But please forgive it!Good for you because you are an vegetarian!Please read again the explainations in the article!

Islam in India

Dear Angelo De La Paz , here i have gatherd some sources for you regarding population of muslims from date July 2007 from CIA website soo far this is the closest number

Total Population in India : 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) Muslim Population in India : 13.4% Revision on Calculator : 1,129,866,154 X 0.14 = 158,181,261.56 Soo population should be rounded off to = 160 Million

Refference is from CIA Government : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html

And heres some Paragraphs / Columns that have been deleted by Vandalism along with Refferences.--HinduMuslim (talk) 20:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

• And here is the exact numbers:

• • 1,129,866,154 : 100 = 11,298,661.54
  • 11,298,661.54 X 13.4 = 151,402,064.636

You should read: Islam by country and List of religious populations and stop making wrong, are you jealous with your Muslim neighbour Pakistan??? Never im a proud Indian. Pakistan is our Blood cousins nobody can break that relation. from Castes, Names too all Languages. and so on. Come on, Please wake up!!!It's cheap! Indian Muslims also proud of their origin. sorry my vietnam brotherlol. if you ever lived in India or Pakistan then you will understand.

Angelo De La Paz (talk) 21:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Good Job on adding the Population of Muslims. Still it isnt accurate but it goes. However soon i will provide u with the exact year 2008 number of population because on the India/Pakistan news. A Pakistan TV NEWS in India Channel already stated that India Muslim population is shooting really high and may exceed population in Pakistan. You may not know because your are of buddhist/vietnam origin lol but i am from India.

Also provide the missing context listed Below, Christian/Muslim conflicts not only Hindu/Muslim conflict that is also discrimination. Muslims Convert To Christianity because of Hindu/Muslim conflict and so on. so add that too. That is a paragraph to influence Christianity good faiths. and the Christians who fled from India to Pakistan because of the discrimination. thats also why some Muslims converted to Christianity.--HinduMuslim (talk) 23:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

BELOW IS THE MISSING PARAGRAPH WHICH STATES THE MUSLIMS CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY DUE TO HINDU/MUSLIM CONFLICTS.

Muslim-Christian Conflict

For the most part, Muslims and Christians form the same votebank in the left-of-center arena of politics, typically at odds with Hindus. However, in troubled areas of India, Muslims and Christians have come into conflict with each other.

Muslims in India who convert to Christianity are often subjected to harassment, intimidation, and attacks by Muslims. In Kashmir, the only Indian state with a Muslim majority, a Christian convert and missionary named Bashir Tantray was killed , allegedly by militant Islamists in 2006.

A Christian priest, K.K. Alavi, who is a convert from Islam, recently raised the ire of his former Muslim community and has received many death threats. An Islamic terrorist group named "The National Development Front" actively campaigned against him..

OR

Hi Angelo, I removed some of your writing because I think they contain a lot of Original Research, something that is not allowed on Wikipedia (Wikipedia:No original research). If you want to put some of it back, I suggest you do it in small steps. Take one section, make sure it doesn't contain any OR and make sure it is written using correct English, then post it. If you put all of it back without removing the original research and fixing the language it will just be reverted by someone. Best wishes/ Pax:Vobiscum 14:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Muchas Gracias!Thanks for your suggest!I knew and I will do as your suggests!

WP:CIVIL

Angelo, do not call other editors a "liar". It is a serious violation of WP:CIVIL, and it's definitely not Right speech. I have had to mention WP:CIVIL to you before. Please be more careful. bikeable (talk) 03:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Hola!That guy (75.36.137.94) was added wrong Buddhist percentage for many countries as Afghanistan,Aruba,Burundi,Anguilla,etc...and I knew that is LIAR and BULLSHIT! 0.3% of Afghanistan's population, 7% in Aguilla,etc... is Buddhists???and without any sources or convinced proof!

I am a Buddhist but I must say the truths,the liar is very serious crime with true Buddhists!I hate to see people think Buddhists are liars!I will happy to see Buddhism growing and Buddhists live in many different countries but I hate the LIARS!

You can compare his or her "LIAR" articles with my articles!!!

Best regards!

You seem to have responded to the admonishment not to do this by doing it again and at more length.—Nat Krause^{(Talk!•What have I done?)} 03:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Respect

Please show respect to your fellow editors by being civil. Sending me an email asking if I'm a communist just because I've edited your text is not very nice. Remember that wikipedia is a collaboration, built using consensus. I think your edits are done in good faith, but they contain Original research and your edit summaries are confrontational. Always use verifiable sources (such as scientific books or articles) to prove your claims. Best wishes/ Pax:Vobiscum 07:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I received the same email, and I don't appreciate it. Be civil. As I said on the Talk page, relying your experiences and background, or my experiences and background, are irrelevant. If Bodhidharma claimed that 80% of China was Buddhist, I would still ask for a source -- and if he could not supply a source, I would revert. Please stick with reliable sources, and once again, do not make assumptions or accusations about other editors. bikeable (talk) 20:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

To Bikeable.In China mainland or Hong Kong and Macau,in mostly families people worship Guan Yin Bodhisattva or Guan Yu or Great Buddha (Buddhism,it could statues or pictures simply) with their ancestor altar together but they also worship another Gods or Goddesses of Taoism in another altar without their ancestor altar.In China,Vietnam,Japan,Korea;in natural Buddhist families (who haven't taken the Refuge) they are always burning incenses for their ancestors,their faiths (Buddhism or non-Buddhism as Taoism,Confucianism or Shinto) every day in any time they could!But in the end of all their prayers (100%) is "Glory to Buddha Amitabha" (Nam mô A di Đà Phật)! Hey!You are not answer my questions yet!Aren't you respect me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelo De La Paz (talk • contribs)

Angelo, please remember to sign your comments with ~~~~. I have plenty of respect for you as an editor and as a concerned Buddhist, but your questions to me were disrespectful and have no relation whatsoever to the article. Wikipedia is about articles, not about editors or their backgrounds. Finally, Angelo, I am tired of telling you about WP:CIVIL. The very next time you make a personal attack like the one I just deleted from the Talk:Buddhism by country page, I will open a WP:RFC on your behavior. You have been warned. bikeable (talk) 22:32, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Length

I don't have any problem with the length of the text, it is the content I'm worried about. Since the editing is getting a bit heated I'd also like to remind you to remember the Three-revert rule (nobody has broken it, I'm just making sure you are aware of it). Best wishes/ Pax:Vobiscum 07:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Appropriate behaviour on Wikipedia

Angelo, I recently edited one of your remarks to remove I comment which I felt was a personal attack on one of your fellow editors. Please be aware that this sort of thing is not considered acceptable on Wikipedia.

Also, you might wish to rethink your position that you are fighting for what you see as the truth using peaceful means. In fact, it seems to me that you are using the resources provided by Wikipedia in a way that contradicts the way in which its creators have asked you to use them; and so, when you look at it this way, you are taking what doesn't belong to you, which doesn't seem very peaceful.—Nat Krause^{(Talk!•What have I done?)} 03:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Buddhism by Country

Thanks, Angelo. I wanted to ask- do you think that "Did you know?" is the most appropriate title for the last section of the article? It seems like some of this information could really be integrated into the intro, or elsewhere in the article. I'm going to tweak the language a little bit in that section of text- I think some of the information is now being duplicated elsewhere. --Clay Collier 08:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh!Thank you so much,for your helps!That is a good idea,you can move "Did you know?" part before "By country" table!And that is one of the most important part which explained for "unknow" or "hidden" Buddhist numbers!

One again,thank you!Best wishes! Angelo De La Paz 08:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the Communism issue, I did remove Vietnam from the list with China and North Korea- you're right that the policy in Vietnam has been different from that of the other two. In Laos and Cambodia the situation is a little more complex- in Cambodia, for instance, Buddhism was officially dis-established until the early 80's, and there were areas of the country that were essentially cut off until quite recently. Attitudes have also undergone changes in response to the changing policies, the way that Buddhism is supported by the government, evangelism, etc. Laos has some similarities, but also has even more geographic isolation of some communities. I suppose my point is that while there is every reason to believe that Buddhism is a significant majority in each of these countries (well upwards of 90%), it's difficult to get completely accurate numbers given the political situations there. I think in such cases, the best course is to accept official estimates- even if they seem low- while offering explanations of why these estimates might be low, or what reason there is to believe that the actual numbers are higher. It would also be good somewhere in the article to point out that this article is based on a different premise from similar articles dealing with monotheistic fates- it simply doesn't mean the same thing to say that China is x% Buddhist as saying the the US is y% Christian, as most Western faiths assume that religion is an exclusive category. --Clay Collier 11:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah!Your opinions was right!I read many press about my birthplace country Vietnam.The Communist government is changing and pro-Buddhism;from 2004 to now,in Vesak day (Buddha's birthday) president,prime minister and government officals have attended (they didn't with Xmas or any others).Buddhism is the most well-treated religion!Many pagodas,new and bigger monasteries (in future,that maybe one of the biggest Mahayana Buddhist monasteries in South East Asia),giant statues of Buddha or Guan Yin Bodhisattva,etc...all is going to building from now to 2010 when the Vietnamese government will publish the national book of "top 100 Buddhist wonders and records of Vietnam".The Vietnam Buddhism (Mahayana or Theravada) is in Renaissance period.Government said: Buddhism is the most important,oldest (nearly 2000 years) and largest (over 15% have taken Rufuge of Three Jewels but total is over 85% total population) religion in Vietnam which is the most influence in Vietnamese culture,history,protect national independence and societal charities.The freedom of religion in Vietnam is very well and maybe is best in current Communist countries!You can read here (Youth Press) and I've seen it is true:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=5647 http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=28624 http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=28589 http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=28503 http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=27775 http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=26350 http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=24514 http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=21987 http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=11725 http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=15144

Best wishes to all! Angelo De La Paz 13:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Vietnam map vetting

I've sought you out because you identify yourself as a Vietnamese speaker and a map lover. Take a look at the map that I've made for the Geography of Vietnam article.

What I'd like you to do, if you have a minute or so, is to vet the spellings that I've used on the map. Wherever possible, I've endeavoured to use the proper Vietnamese spellings for towns' names, that is to say, with all the diacritical marks. I am relatively sure that every provincial capital, along with Hà Nội and Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, is spelt right, since I took the title of the vi:WP article about each one as authoritative. I am not so sure about the other places on the map.

Anyway, it shouldn't take very long, as there aren't really very many places on the map, and if you find any mistakes, could you point them out, with corrections, on my Talk page? I can easily correct any mistakes on the map.

Thanks! Kelisi 01:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Xin chao!Nice to meet you!

Geography is one of my favorite subjects (it rank 2nd after English).I will help you:

• 1/We look at Northwest which is bordered with Laos and China:

-Edit: Muong Tè===>Mường Tè.

-And you should remove Bang Beng out.

• 2/Northeast:

-Bac Mế===>Bắc Mế

-Hạ Long is not innerland,it is the famous bay of Vietnam.It is located in the middle of the line between Cẩm Phả and China.

• 3/North Central: (the area from Thanh Hoá to Huế):

-Edit: Muong Hin===>Mường Hin

-Edit: Kỳ Son===>Kỳ Sơn;

-Remove some un-important or very small village as Duong Long, Vĩnh Son(double wrong spelling),Thánh Lang Xã

• 4/South Central and Western Highland (Tây Nguyên):

-Remove some less polular or very small village as An Lão,Phú Nhón

• 5/No problem for the South Vietnam,that was right and exactly!But you should edit island of Phú Quoc===>Phú Quốc

You are welcome!Best regards! Angelo De La Paz 14:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Oops!I've forgot to look at the small map of area around Hanoi.

• Edit:

-Ha Nội===>Hà Nội

-Pha Lai===>Phả Lại

• Remove:

-Nam Đien

-Hạ Long

-Xóm Lón (Xóm Lớn)

-Đông Sàng

-Vĩnh Đong (Vĩnh Đông)

-Chi Nê

-Thiet Trà (Thiết Trà) Angelo De La Paz 14:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! The changes will be appearing in a few minutes. I haven't followed your recommendations to remove all those places, although a few have gone. I realized at the beginning that Chi Nê and Thiết Trà probably weren't very big, but I just thought a few places here and there would make the map a bit less empty. What you could do is suggest a few places for inclusion that I've left out. I'd also like more than three rivers (Black, Red and Mekong) to be named. I've found it impossible to relate en:WP, vi:WP or even de:WP articles with what appears on this map, as no article seems to have illustrations, not even in the usually excellent geographical coverage usually found on de:WP (and needless to say, I can't read Vietnamese).

Kelisi 15:54, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

You can see here for more details ("Englishize" Vietnamese):

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/vietnam_pol01.jpg

Here is largest or main cities of Vietnam as CIA (But Hong Gai is not exactly,it must named Hòn Gai or Hạ Long,in Vietnam we like to call it as Hạ Long):

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/ciamaps/vn.htm

I think we should use Vietnam map of University of Texas and change from English-Vietnamese names to original Vietnamese names!I will help you to do it as soon as possible.You could give me the list of names of places which is you don't understand before!

And I can help you to know exact Vietnamese original name of these places!You can ask me to help anytime you need!You are welcome! Angelo De La Paz 17:36, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

• Names of main rivers in Vietnam:

-Mekong===>Sông Cửu Long (Nine Dragons)

-Red River===>Sông Hồng

-Black River===>Sông Đà

-Sông Cả is the river which is located from Kỳ Sơn to Vinh (nothern Central area).It is also one of popular rivers in Vietnam!

Thanks again. As for the utexas map, I think there really are only 5 placenames there that I don't already have (the first is, of course, a river):

1. Song Chay
2. Dien Chau
3. Ron
4. Loc Ninh
5. Ha Tien

The correct Vietnamese spellings will appear on the map, along with those other forms you've given me (I haven't done those yet), as soon as I know what they are.

I'll be able to impress everyone with my correct spellings when I visit Vietnam next Tết!Kelisi 21:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

OK!Here is the correct Vietnamese names of these places:

1. Song Chay===>Sông Chảy
2. Dien Chau===>Diễn Châu
3. Ron===>Ròn (Exactly,it is the place of twin capes are:Ròn Lớn/Large Ron and Ròn Nhỏ/Small Ron===>Mũi Ròn/Cape Ron)
4. Loc Ninh===>Lộc Ninh
5. Ha Tien===>Hà Tiên

• I think you should delete Thánh Lang Xã (northern Central,Quảng Bình province) and Dương Long (Nghệ An province) because in these provinces's maps,it wasn't show and I don't see where is it!And I suggest you should change names for some places as:

1. Cu lao Thu===>Cù lao Thứ (small island in South China Sea,southern Vietnam)
2. South China Sea===>Biển Đông
3. Gulf of Thailand===>Vịnh Thái Lan
4. Gulf of Tonkin===>Vịnh Bắc Bộ

Angelo De La Paz 22:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

What do you think? Is Sam Son an important enough place to put on the map? The article doesn't give its population, but it seems to be a popular resort. Kelisi 02:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I think you could add Sầm Sơn into the map.Because that place is one of the most popular beaches in northern Vietnam!But it is very close capital of Thanh Hoá provinces!

There you go. How's that? For the record, that makes six versions of that map that I've uploaded to Wikipedia, my most modified map, I think. Kelisi 15:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Some suggestions!

Hi everyone!

I am managing the articles of Buddhism by country (with User:Bikeable);List of religious populations and a little of Christianity by country (with User:Vexorg) and maybe I hope in near future,I can contribute for projects of another religions as soon as possible!

The first;I think we need to update new census of July 2007 from source from http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbrank.pl which is I think is the most exact!And total population of the World as July 1,2007 is 6,671,226,000.I made it for Buddhism first!

The second;I think we should make the new style for all article of any religious populations by country (Buddhism by country; Islam by country; Hinduism by country) just like Christianity by country did with minimum percentage and maximum percentage from many sources (government,CIA,etc...).But in my mind and mostly people we all know the populations of Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Hinduism could estimate nearly right but with Buddhism,it is very HARD!Some sxample:

1. Christianity in France (51%-85%), Belgium (38-84%),etc...
2. Buddhism in China (21.3%-80%), South Korea (27-48%),etc...

How do you think about my suggestions?

And I want to invite User:Vexorg (Christianity), User:Opticals and User:OsamaKBOT (Islam), I with Clay Collier and User:Bikeable (Buddhism);etc...to found "The Union of Wiki Project Religions".So I want to hear your opinions and replies about that!

Thank so much!God bless all of you! Angelo De La Paz 09:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Nice to meet you

Hello. I think you're an interesting person to be friends with so if you like we can be friends on wiki. Nice to meet you! You're contributions are very interesting and you seem genuine! Punkymonkey987 19:54, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Mabuhay!Nice to meet you too!My mother is also the mixed race of Northern Vietnamese with Filipino-Hispanic.I like to meet everybody!Take care! Angelo De La Paz 20:01, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Your removal of {{failed verification}} tags without any explanation

I see that in this edit you removed two {{failed verification}} without any explanation as to why you removed them.

One tagged statement where you removed the tag asserts that http://www.vietnamembassy.us/news/story.php?d=20070202130018 supports the assertion that the lower limit of the range of the percentage of Buddhists in the population of Vietnam is 16%.

The second tagged statement where you removed the tag asserts that http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/4130.htm supports the assertion that the population of Vietnam is approximately 85% Buddhist.

As far as I can tell, neither of those sources support the assertion in support of which they are cited. Am I missing something here? -- Boracay Bill 23:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

First,that is the census of Government.16% is the numbers of people who have taken the Refuge including all sect of Buddhism in Vietnam: Mahayana, Theravada, Hoa Hao, Tu An Hieu Nghia, etc...Total numbers and it divides by total population of Vietnam in 2005. Angelo De La Paz 10:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand that. I was about to revert your change, but I see that someone else has already done that. -- Boracay Bill 11:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

FLC for Religions by country

Hello. I've added a comment at the FLC for the above article, listing numerous problems that need to be rectified before my oppose can be safely struck out. I would highly recommend you acquire the aid of other editors, or perhaps people at the article's relevant WikiProject, as the article faces a host of significant problems. Best of luck! Regards, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 02:15, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Miss World 2007

Stop making unnecessary edits to the article, naming conventions of the delegates are according to the National Organizations, the Miss World list dont obey correct spellings. You noticed that with Zi Lin Zhang, which isnt the chinese convention. Please respect that and do not revert the edits. As the creator of the article I will revert it when neccesary. Keep it that way! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edwintd (talk • contribs) 20:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

WP:WLA

This user wants you to join the
Los Angeles area task force.

(♠Taifarious1♠) 02:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup on Religions by country

Sure The article has a lot of arbitrary formatting and bolding, the table's values don't always add up to 100%, a lot of it is unsourced, and some of the numbers vary wildly, the columns with Hindu percentages are impossible to organize, as they include superfluous symbols in addition to actual numbers. The entire second section about disputed territories should probably be cut or shortened. These are a few of the problems with the article. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 15:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

So if you could, please cooperate with us to make it, thank again!But I think that article contains multiple sources and it's very hard to add up to 100% for all countries, I think it wasn't a big problem!Regards!

Angelo De La Paz (talk) 15:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Request for vote

Hi Angelo. Regarding this topic, recently there have been controversies. I've written NPOV paragraphs to put in the specific article, can you vote for them here? --Esimal (talk) 18:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

WP:REVERT

Please do not revert good faith contributions without an edit summary. It is against policy. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

India holding 2nd Largest Muslim population in World

I never added anything into the article. that article was just reverted to the first article ever made. and who are you to control that article???? your a buddhist from china or something your not even from India. as you may not know but from the India News already said Muslim population in India is shooting high and will soon be 1st country with most muslims... you want me to put that refference than?? your not even from India i dont understand why your a Wannabe self wants to participate in a article that you have no idea about.. please stop acting like ur Indian and stick with articles that are related to buddhas or chinese muslims. --HinduMuslim (talk) 04:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

The reffernce regarding India holding 2nd Largest Muslim population in World is already mentioned in first paragraph and as well as more in Refference Link. You can browse through Refferences to make your self clear.

HinduMuslim is originally from Kashmir and has been orderd to revert Article to First Article Ever Made on Islam in India. I did not change anything, I just reverted to First Article Ever Made on Islam in India.

I respect your Buddha culture but i dont see any relation between India Islam and your nationalality. Leave article for real citizens who are from India origin. --HinduMuslim (talk) 00:54, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Islam in China

I see you've again deleted Editingman's link at Yuan Dynasty to Islam during the Yuan dynasty, on the grounds that it is "advertising". I can appreciate that you feel this is not a notable or relevant topic, but it's hard to see that it's "advertising". The article (and others like it) seek to trace the status and history of Islam in China, which is no worse than many other topics that find their way into Wikipedia.

At any rate, if you are going to revert, it would be preferable to make a response on the talk page (which I referred you to) rather than simply leaving a short edit summary.

By the way, since you are the creator of the following articles:

Buddhism in Brunei

Buddhism in Bulgaria

Buddhism in Central Asia

Buddhism in the Czech Republic

Buddhism in Hong Kong

Buddhism in Libya

Buddhism in the Maldives

Buddhism in the Middle East

Buddhism in Reunion

Buddhism in Saudi Arabia

Buddhism in Senegal

Buddhism in Ukraine

Buddhism in the United Kingdom

do I detect a certain amount of "religious competition" between you two?

Bathrobe (talk) 09:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

The articles he is plugging into the Chinese history articles are not what we refer to as "advertising," unless the articles are stating something like "Join Islam now and travel to Islamic China for authentic Chinese-Muslim cuisine!" Lol. However, it was good of you to delete his links for the "See also" sections of the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasty articles because he was ignoring the fact that Islam during the Tang Dynasty, Islam during the Song Dynasty, and Islam during the Ming Dynasty were all hidden links within the main prose of the article (or maybe he was not ignoring it, but just ignorant of the fact because he didn't read the articles carefully and investigate the hidden links already in them). I wouldn't go as far as to say his edits are vandalism; however, it is quite apparent that you and this Muslim fellow are close to engaging in an edit war. I wouldn't advise that; I would talk to the guy first.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 16:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Hi, thanks for sending me a reply. The user Editingman is kind of irritating because he keeps adding back a BBC link that is not a primary source (no named author, and the website only gave a vague estimates, possibly 20-100 million and not an absolute number) and repeatedly pushing these contents onto articles that might not need them. However, I'm not sure if editingman has violated any wiki rules yet? Do you think he has? Edit war? Three revert rules? But if he keeps adding back his contents without discussing it, I'm sure we can ask Administrators to send out warnings.--TheLeopard (talk) 18:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to all your reply comments!Take care! Angelo De La Paz (talk) 19:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Please stop reverting excessively

You are in danger of violating the three revert rule on the article Islam in India. Please do not use edit summaries as the only means of communication. When you revert another's edit, go to the talk page to discuss it with them. Continuing to revert the work of others without discussion is disruptive and can result in being blocked. It is clear that you wish to improve articles at Wikipedia. Doing so requires a collaborative attitude. I urge you to avoid reverting the article in question further UNLESS you can establish consensus on the talk page of the article in order to do so. If others disagree with you, you can always seek dispute resolution at such places as Requests for Third Opinion and requests for comment and neutral, uninvolved editors will give their opinion of the situation. Even if it takes time for this dispute resolution to work its course, do not continue to revert and obstruct changes to the article you disagree with. Even if the "wrong" version gets left up for a day or two, it is better than being blocked for editwarring. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 20:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Stop putting back the 1 billion Buddhists, 400 million Toaists figure!

AsiaSentinel only says that the HIGHEST ESTIMATE is 400 million, not that it is actually a decent one. Vipassana Foundation makes a crazy claim (1.2 billion!) that is contradicted by every other source on the amount of Chinese Buddhists, and his only evidence is the largest Mandarin language Buddhist forum is larger than the Western one. Well, thats because theres at most 6.5 million Buddhists in the West, but 4.5 million in Taiwan and 100 million in China! Please talk about this on Talk:Religion in China, instead of just reverting! Saimdusan Talk|Contribs 23:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)