User talk:Vanamonde93

Kalaripayattu

Religious fanatics are taking ownership at Kalaripayattu and not allowing any edits deviating from their agenda. The worst part is it is pending-changes protected and they all are confirmed accounts who can make changes without scrutiny. None of them give proper explanation for reverting, and sometimes blatantly reverts multiple edits (edited with proper edit summary) without explanation. Two of them have COI as evident from their usernames (Kalari). Their main business is promoting their POV and highlighting Hinduism part, though Kalaripayattu do have rituals based on Hinduism, the art itself is not a "Hindu art", it just happened to have originated when only Hindu "religion" was prevalent in Kerala. It is a martial art practised by all religious communities, many of the masters are Muslims, the Christians even have a folk dance derived from Kalaripayattu. Some Hindu extremists are "making statements" by projecting Hinduism on an otherwise communally harmonious martial art. BTW, I am also a Hindu, but this is too much.

The first time my edit got reverted (see history here onward), I never thought it was religious agenda, but now it's becoming clearer, as User:Kalariwarrior changed "Indian mythology" to "Hindu mythology" (source says former), and User:Kalari Poothara's recent Hinduism promotion in lead, and as Outlander07 is now trying to re-insert Hinduism claims (not in the source) in lead which I had removed; he had also removed a sourced mention about a Hindu lower-caste community – Thiyya. There are multiple legends on the creator - Parashurama, Shiva, Agasthya; they want Parashurama, not only that, they don't want to attribute it as "legend" (I agree with [1]). I suspect Outlander07 and Kalariwarrior to be the same person, all three are incompetent in editing. The article requires serious cleanup for sourcing and NPOV. Should I report this activity to WP:ANI, or somewhere else, or what? Please help. 2409:4073:498:FC1B:D8B9:3996:7732:334 (talk) 20:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Abusive Language

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Company profile of Power Ledger deleted

During talk regarding deletion of the english version of the Power Ledger article, various notable sources were discussed but ignored and subsequently the page was deleted before it could be edited/updated to have them included. Power Ledger is an actively operating software company that happens to use blockchain as part of its tech-stack, which seems to have attracted negative attention from David Gerard, who's earned a reputation for filibustering talks and vandalising articles regarding real-world implementations of blockchain technology. Previous talks were also unproductive due to filibustering from David but a 'no consensus' was reached. Can the article please be reinstated so it can be updated with new information and sources (including multiple independent reports from major Australian media outlets and information on notable completed and ongoing projects with major international renewable energy providers and government agencies)? -- Warporter (talk) 07:56, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)@Warporter: articles deleted through an AfD cannot be reinstated. However, I can make a copy for you in your userspace if you want to work on a version that is substantially different and is more in line with our policies. --RegentsPark (comment) 14:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

That’d be really helpful, and I’m sure there’s been enough new developments to make a solid article so happy to work on it, thankyou! Warporter (talk) 16:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I've restored it at User:Warporter/Power Ledger. Note that it will need to be substantially different if it is to be moved back to wikispace. --RegentsPark (comment) 16:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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Revdel

Since you're on the RevDel request list, would you mind stopping over at Insect farming to take care of some recent IP edits? Comments like these[2][3] probably shouldn't be in the edit histories. Thanks. Kingofaces43 (talk) 22:40, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

@Kingofaces43: done, thanks for letting me know. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:43, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

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Jack Podlesny re-creation

Hi! I created a page on UGA kicker Jack Podlesny in early August, and you deleted because he was not notable enough, which I agree with at the point. However, over the course of the season, he became the starting placekicker and just yesterday was awarded the Offensive MVP Award at the Peach Bowl. I believe this gives him enough noteriety to have a wikipedia page created for him. Let me know your thoughts! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gcjimmerson (talk • contribs) 16:23, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gcjimmerson: Thanks for checking. The relevant criteria are WP:GNG and WP:GRIDIRON; Podlesny needs to meet one of those to be considered notable. Football isn't my area of expertise, so I may be missing something, but I understand the Peach Bowl is a collegiate match, and so I do not see how it counts towards GRIDIRON. Best, Vanamonde (Talk) 16:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@Vanamonde93: So it looks like the criteria for college players falls under WP:NCOLLATH. I believe he meets one, if not two, of the criteria. One, he hit the game winning field goal as the game closed to beat a Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl. He has garnered national attention for his efforts; if you google his name, you should be able to see this. Additionally, winning the Peach Bowl Offensive MVP is a notable award, which, while not listed in the awards section, is still an award that should be listed on a wikipedia infobox for a football athlete. Please let me know if this meets the notability requirements!

@Gcjimmerson: It's true that NCOLLATH provides additional criteria. However, I don't think you're right about the award being a major national award; and if he genuinely got national media attention, then that should be easy to demonstrate...regardless, I'm not the best person to advise you about this (remember, I only closed the deletion discussion, I did not initiate it or support deletion); I'd recommend asking the football wikiproject. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:50, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok thanks! I will do that; your help is much appreciated.