User talk:Mr Birchwood

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Bon courage (talk) 09:54, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bon Courage!

Glad to hear from you. I am curious to know as to reasons behind excluding the sections on the SY page? In sum, they contribute to knowledge about the topic in manner that is both complementary of wikipedia's guidelines as well as regulations, while contextualising a page that is otherwise skewed in an orientalist and xenopohobic light. Encyclopedic knowledge should be embrace all forms, as long as they show stringent adherence to the rule of law. I ask you to reconsider your authoritative air of editing. Mr Birchwood (talk) 10:08, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there! Please discuss article content at its Talk page (or the newly-opened section at WP:FT/N). In short the article must conform with the WP:PAGs, in particular, WP:NPOV, WP:FRINGE and WP:MEDRS in this case. Please remember also not to edit war. Bon courage (talk) 10:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I am well aware of the conventions and rules applicable to wikipedia articles, as the scientific section stringently followed and fulfilled all requirements of academic integrity with reference to well established journals (mind one which wikipedia considers predatory but the wider academic arena does not). Therefore, seeing that you have paid little to no interest in the actual content of the scientific section, I deem that your edits are far from neutral, but rather malicious. I will look for an adjudicator in this matter to settle the dispute. Mr Birchwood (talk) 10:42, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, for transparency and to ensure proper WP:SCRUTINY please could you say (yes or no) whether you have ever edited Wikipedia with other accounts? Bon courage (talk) 11:55, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

By chance, I also forward this question to you too: please could you say (yes or no) whether or not you have edited Wikipedia with other accounts?

To your question – no – I am a relatively new user from beginning of last year, with an academic interest in the fields of hinduism, yoga, and syncretism. Mr Birchwood (talk) 13:03, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, just one account me. Bon courage (talk) 13:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Mr Birchwood. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Sahaja Yoga, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. It is clear from your image upload that you have a conflict of interest regarding this page. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:25, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moi mitä kuuluu!!

So glad to hear from another Scott-Finn :) I, for one, would have called myself ScottishFinnishPalsternakka if I had any sense of creativity ;)

I can see where such assumptions may be drawn, but to elucidate on the topic, I simply have an avid interest in spirituality, be it Sahaj Yoga, Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Samkhya Philosophy, Jung, Hinduism, Nath Panth etc...I have collected a wide range of resources regarding this topic, including some of the submission made onto wikimedia, too. I am affiliated to a University in the Netherlands, and from general interest have sought to bring to light the research conducted on SYM in a much broader context as this is what one of my recent literature reviews was focused on (see first edit in about November or so...) The previous iteration of the page was, due to lack of better terminology, a paskakasa, and I was surprised something so far from reality could be in Wikipedia. Some users are strongly vindictive in this regard, much like a perään ammuttu karhu, but I do hope reason may prevail in subsequent iterations of the page.

Hope this helps?

Would be keen to hear more from you, too! Mr Birchwood (talk) 14:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright query

I notice you uploaded[1] a picture to the Commons as your "own work". Yet the file appears in multiple web locations spanning many years (e.g.[2]). Could you please confirm you are indeed the photographer and copyright holder for this photograph? Bon courage (talk) 13:52, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]