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HelloI am well, thanks! I have been busy with school and exams, but my exams are soon to be over so I can return :) --Shruti14 talk • sign 02:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Your edits in the Hungarian Vedic Creationism articleHi! Your edits regarding that article are not in line with any Wikipedia policy. Please consider using the Talk page before removing any sections from it. Thank you. G ambrus (talk) 06:52, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Swaminarayan GAI think Swaminarayan is now ready for a GA - before nominating it, I request you to give your input on the articles talk page. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते 10:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC) SamadhiIf you want to use the I noticed your work to Outline of Hinduism. Nicely done. Please consider joining WP:WPOOK. The Transhumanist 23:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC) Award
New articles on ISKCONUser Eronel189 has created a bunch of new articles on ISKCON. Please take a look at them.
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Talkback![]() You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Mr.TrustWorthy----Talk to Me! 00:35, 20 August 2009 (UTC) Swaminarayan Hinduism articleHi Wikidas, As a new wiki user, I tried to edit the 'others' section of the above mentioned article as I feel it's not correct, only to have my edits removed and the article reverted. I am a member of the gunatit samaj and feel you haven't understood it's position when you talk about it "claiming successorship" I also tried to add in the other wings of the samaj (anoopam mission & gunatit jyot). Is it you I need to speak to about getting my edits accepted? Sincerely Jakrabbit27 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakrabbit27 (talk • contribs) 11:53, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
re: Baghavata Purana discussionHi Wikidas, I'm guessing that it may have been my comments in an earlier discussion on the BP talk page that elicited your 'slagging Prabhupada' comment on Dbachmann's talk page. I didn't take any joy in presenting those very reliable sources that were so unkind to Prabhupada's translation of the Baghavata Purana. But the editor who kept insisting on using Prabhupada as a source in the article left me no choice, and I will respond the same way again if need be. As the article stands right now, I think it's extremely respectful of all traditions, of Krishna, of bhakti, and of a very sacred and beautiful scripture - and reflects my own respect for all of the above. Priyanath talk 20:25, 15 October 2009 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:DVDHaridasa.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:DVDHaridasa.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Redtigerxyz Talk 05:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Question on edit related to Bhagavad GitaHi
I noticed you have removed the titles of 18 chapters from the Bhagavad Gita page Bhagavad gita. Your comment refers to lack of reliable source. I had added a reference to Gita press website as the source. Gita Press is a well known and well established publisher of religious texts. Refer Gita Press page. Sbinfinity (talk) 18:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Sbinfinity
Afd Asaram BapuHello. Thanks for the message. I do understand that over the period of time the article has changed shape and matter but I think that's not enough to mark the article for deletion. I think we should spend time to improve the article and not delete it. Rohit (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC) DYK for ISKCON Guru System
Shaunaka Rishi DasDear Wikidas, I need your advice. I note that you changed the spelling of my name as follows: (moved Shaunaka Rishi Das to Saunaka Risi Dasa: Consistent spelling) I have a problem with this as Shaunaka Rishi Das is my legal name - it represents the legal spelling of my name. the point about consistency is strange as you cannot pronounce the latter spelling properly without Sanskrit diacritics. therefore is it not consistency with a bad norm. I would prefer if, in this case you could change my name spelling back to how others expect it. I am sorry to be late in spotting this but other pointed it out, including people from academia, BBC, government who, when looking me up on google are not sure if it me or not, and I doubt if wikipedia is designed to confuse. I have taken the liberty to write to you as I cannot find out who else to contact. I hope you can help. Shaunaka —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaunaka (talk • contribs) 17:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
You are now a Reviewer![]() Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010. Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages. When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here. If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 01:06, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello! It's been a long time since I've heard from you; hope you're doing well. :) I wanted to ask your opinion on the editing of an article - the Pañcaratra texts are a critical part of the devotional literature of Gaudiya Vaishnavas as well as Sri Vaishnavas; however, there is a clear distinction made about which texts are included in the devotional literature of each tradition. The Pañcaratra article as it stands now appears to be VERY heavily focused on the Sri Vaishnava perspective, and no clear distinction made between the included texts (and derived beliefs/practices) of each religion. Perhaps there should be a reorganization of this article - but how should this be addressed? --Shruti14 talk • sign 17:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
factual error re Prof. Friedhelm HardyYour entry of 4 Aug 2008 on Friedhelm Hardy contains an important error. Friedhelm Hardy did not convert to Hinduism. He was sympathetic to and learned in in all aspects of Hinduism, but he was not a convert. I have edited the page and changed "one of the first and prominent westerners converted Hindu Professors" to "Professor of Indian Religion". Enverhodja (talk) 20:35, 24 July 2010 (UTC) KrishnologyI am rather annoyed with the deletion of Krishnology. I would have preferred turning it into a redirect without going through AfD, in order to preserve the valuable information in the edit history. I consider this the result of your uncooperative attitude. I do hope we can now work together to produce an encyclopedic discussion of the topic of "Krishna theology" at Krishnaism. --dab (𒁳) 09:50, 4 September 2010 (UTC) wait, I see the history has been preserved here. This is a good idea, and I hope we can gradually export the valid items to the live article. --dab (𒁳) 09:53, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
VanipediaDear Wikidas I was wondering if you would be interested to write an article entitled "Vanipedia" in Wikipedia. As yet we have no article about this project. Vanipedia's presence is growing daily and it would be good to have it represented on Wikipedia. Please let me know if this interests you. I am contactable at visnu.murti@pamho.net your servant Visnu Murti dasa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.111.42.40 (talk) 06:25, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Great, I will gather some articles that were written and send them to you. Hopefully in the next two days. Then you can see if it is enough material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.111.73.100 (talk) 16:46, 23 January 2011 (UTC) Hi Wikidas these are the articles that i could find that have been written about Vanipedia. Let me know if any of these help, and if you need more info. thanks for helping. Much appreciated. your servant Visnu Murti http://news.iskcon.org/node/1480 http://www.dandavats.com/?p=6641 http://friendsofthebbt.org/vanipedia-first-year http://friendsofthebbt.org/vanipedia http://news.iskcon.org/node/3145 http://friendsofthebbt.org/[title]-109 http://brihadmrdanga.com/?p=1871 http://brihadmrdanga.com/?p=1375 http://www.dandavats.com/?p=7964 http://www.dandavats.com/?p=5232 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.111.73.100 (talk) 18:05, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Wikidas thanks very much for your honest feedback. The comprehensive nature of Vanipedia's research and presentation should indeed make it very successful in time. I guess we are just not there yet. A little info for you. I founded this project on the 15th of January 2007 when we bought the domain Vanipedia.org. Unbeknown to me, that was the day Wiki turned 6. Now amazingly so, I had not heard of Wiki until only one month previously. Thus it had existed for 6 full years without my knowledge. So after 4 years Vani has come to appreciate very much the ethos of how Wiki runs. While our "wiki" is specific we do draw a lot of inspiration from Wikipedia. We are maybe still (in the eyes of the world) only at the foundational stages of construction. A few people working to get an herculean project rocking. We do not have any independent worldly articles on Vanipedia as yet. Your suggestion to add it on to an existing page (Prabhupada's would be the best) is a good idea. What is the procedure for that? Can you help with this? thanks for taking your time to help me in this learning curve. your servant Visnu Murti dasa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.111.73.100 (talk) 06:24, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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Give me a Break!Hello Wikidas! Regarding the ISKCON logo: You are acting as if no organization in the history of planet earth has ever changed its logo after the founder's logo! The article is about ISKCON, not about your personal opinion of what ISKCON should or shouldn't do. Also you act as if I have added some "illegitimate" logo on the page. I have added nothing. I have simply removed a historic logo which does not belong on the masthead. The historic logo certainly has a place on the page, just not on the masthead. 24.21.65.7 (talk) 00:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Wow, this is one of the strangest things I have ever read! You are accusing me of "conducting business?" That is bizarre. I'm a bookkeeper. How could correctly editing wikipedia be conducting "business?" Very, very strange. Also your questions are completely irrelevant because they all have to do with opinion and not fact. You claim: "The logo designed by the founder-acarya has more value as far as Wikipedia goes..." Actually no. This article is about ISKCON, and whether you like it or not ISKCON has a new logo. If you don't like it, then you can try to have it changed or include the old logo in a historical perspective. You ask: "is there any particular reason you do not like the original logo?" What I like or dislike is totally irrelevant. The old logo is simply not the ISKCON logo. To say that it is would be a blatant falsehood within wikipedia. It is as simple as that. Whether anybody likes the artwork or not is moot. You ask: "Do you have reliable third party source suggesting the reasons why the old logo is not valid anymore?" Another totally irrelevant question. The reason why the logo was changed is totally separate from the fact that IT WAS CHANGED. What is so difficult about the concept that the ISKCON logo was changed and if people are coming to wikipedia to read about ISKCON, the outdated logo should not be on the masthead? You then go on to accuse me of having some sort of "business interest" in correctly editing wikipedia, even though I'm just a bookkeeper!? Come on, please. You then go on to insinuate that because I am a "new contributor" I have less claim to the facts then you. Wikidas, I respect the amount of time and effort and energy you have placed into wikipedia, but from time-to-time you will be wrong, and that's alright! 24.21.65.7 (talk) 07:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello Wikidas. Since you are interested in the history of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and ISKCON in particular, I thought to let you know of the ISKCON-related FAC nomination. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 21:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC) Behaviour not up to the standards of WikiDear Wikidas, you have clearly expressed your disappreciation of [Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda]. Everybody has their own right to the their oppinion. However, to systematically go fishing around articles where could be references to his work and delete them can hardly be considered ethical and in the spirit of Wikipedia. As I can see from your comments, you dispute the value of a reliable source when his works are being referenced. Reliable sources on Vedanta and Advaita can only include those, who are considered an authority on the subject by those who actually study and follow this teachings. Within Hinduism, the Vedanta and Advaita are followed by the seven Akharas established by Adi Shankaracharya. The Mahanirvani Akhara is considered one of the major ones. If you read the biography of the author for which you dispute source reliability, you will notice that he holds the highest title of Mahamandaleshwar in Hindusim as the memeber of Mahanirvani Akhara. His view is not the view of one yogi, but shared by all followers of Adi Shankaracharya. The Acharya of Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara said during the Kumbha Mela 2010 in Haridwar that: "... there are many stars among Mahamandaleshwars of Vedanta but among them the very incredible star is Swami Maheshwarananda..." and other member of the governing body said "... Swami Vivekanada also went abroad, but the work of Swami Maheshwarananda is unexcelled... ". The 15min video from Haridwar recorded in Feb 2010 can be seen here. Do you have other information? Atmapuri (talk) 20:46, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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