Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Religion and philosophy

• Talk:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - same issue as next item. 22:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc. - a single editor with socks keeps attempting to remove cited information and replace it with offtopic uncited original research. Four editors are nearly unanimous in rejecting it. 23:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Christmastime greetings—a brand new article I have created as a merge of former articles Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings. Would like comments20:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Guru#Removal_of_critical_websites dispute between two editors regarding the inclusion or exclusion of one website (Sarlo's Guru Rating Service) in the external link section. 07:26, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Rick Ross (consultant): Dispute over amount of criticism in article and whether a NPOV tag should be added to the article. 09:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Dispute about the use of the article talk pages of talk:Sikhism where the controversy is described and other article talk pages. Contributor nr. 1 has archived what he sees as inappropriate off-topic announcements made by contributor 2 purportedly to recruit other contributors sympathetic his POV on the article talk:guru. Contributor 2 opposes this archiving and says that it is fine to make announcements on article talk pages. Other talk pages involved are Talk:International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness, and Talk:Sikh_Gurus 15:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Muhammad: Dispute re the age of Muhammad's wife Aisha is covered in the Aisha article; section in the Muhammad article pointed to that article to cover the controversy. Editors introducing language and references in the Muhammad article stating their position as fact. They have been asked to let the dispute stay in the Aisha article, where there is room for it; they insist that the other side of the dispute is original research, or supported by what they believe to be low-quality references, and that it can therefore be ignored. 09:17, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Opus Dei: Debate over whether article is neutral and encyclopedic in tone, how much space should be devoted to supporters vs critics, and whether a NPOV dispute tag should be on the article page. 10:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Patrick Henry College: Disagreement over whether or not media sources indicate a conflict over the Administration's narrow interpretation of the school's Biblical Worldview or a lack of academic freedom caused by the school's Biblical Worldview. 01:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Roman Catholic Church/Name: An ongoing discussion (most of which can be found at Talk:Roman Catholic Church) of whether this article, and related articles, should be styled "Catholic Church" or "Roman Catholic Church." Part of the argument relates to whether or not the various articles dealing with the Church should be merged into one, and what it should be called. Underlying the discussion are the claims made by other Churches to be independent from Rome and yet remain Catholic. The involved editors have been invited to contribute arguments and proposals at Talk:Roman Catholic Church/Name (few have so far done so). A similar debate occurred earlier this year, and can be found archived at Talk:Roman Catholic Church/Archive3. Fishhead64 05:17, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Aleister Crowley and Talk:Aleister Crowley (biography) - Is it ever acceptable on Wikipedia to fork a person's biographical details off as a separate article from their primary one? 01:36, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:God -- Dispute is over external links section. A link that is interactive in nature but concerning issues involved in the philosophy of conceptions of God is opposed on grounds that its format is interactive--not a point by point text. Its removed with the edit summary of, "Rm flippant, frivolous, unencyclopaedic links." I disagree, and find them apropos for the external links section. The 2 editors who oppose me generally oppose my POV on all other articles. I need more editors to comments so I can see what the consensus is on the dispute, and if these types of links are really not allowable in this format in the extrnal links section.06:43, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Acharya S -- In discussing this author's two books, there is a debate over whether or how much of her critics' (positive and negative) opinion to discuss, include, or quote. 23:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Islam_and_anti-Semitism -- There have been several issues on this page. The most recent are the removal of entire sections[1][2]. The other debate is on: whether or not the quotes put in the section of "historic events of Muslim persecution"[3], are indeed examples of "persecution" [4]. 10:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Wendy Doniger -- Pranathi has a proprietary interest in this page, which is largely devoted to airing a particular point of view regarding her scholarship. Balance could be achieved by adding more about other elements of her career. Pranathi had removed the POV tag, so I have replaced it. -17:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I had merely replaced a POV tag with an 'Off balance' tag and explained myself on the talk page. I welcome adding other elements of her career. But User:Hornplease has responded to this RfC and proposes to severly trim criticism and will not respond to my specific valid objections. I believe he is not neutral and entered the debate with a marked POV. Would someone really neutral please step in? --Pranathi 22:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Whoops, fascinating. Had no idea I was mentioned here. Yes, somebody else neutral please step in, I can't do this all alone. One of the worst cases of article ownership I've seen, going back months and months. Hornplease 06:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Traditionalist Catholic -- An editor has proposed a wholesale renaming of the references to traditionalist Catholics to traditional Catholics, on the grounds that a numerical majority of traditionalists appear to refer to themselves as traditional rather than traditionalist. This is contentious because those who accept Vatican II (i.e. the great majority of all Roman Catholics worldwide) may also justly themselves as following the Catholic tradition, and therefore being traditional Catholics. Although there are numerous "breaks with tradition" in the history of the Church, Vatican II does seem to be one of the more contentious. There is no one defined group of "traditionalist Catholics", it is (as usual with resistance to change in large and well-established churches) a disparate group of loosely associated fellow-travellers, of which the most notable group is probably the Society of St. Pius X. Which just about exhausts my knoweledge of the topic, as an Anglican and former Methodist :-) It's a bit of a teapot tempest, but there are strong feelings very much in evidence and I believe that wider input will serve to calm tempers and come to an appropriate resolution. Just zis Guy you know? 19:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Passover -- Dispute over whether a section called Passover in the Christian tradition (now moved by an editor to a new article) should remain in this article. Fishhead64 05:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Rapture -- A dispute over whether a section called "God's 40 Day Warning of the Rapture" should be included in article. 20:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Prem_Rawat -- Dispute as to whether a small group of Prem Rawat's critics are a significant enough group to warrant mentioning. Article would benefit from genuinely neutral comment especially with regard to clarification of Wiki policy on this.23:51, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Passover (Christian holiday). There's a problem between ASmolderingWiki and me on one side and Csernica aka TCC on the second side. In my view no one can insert NPOV template without real effort to find a compromise. TCC refused to improve the article. 11:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
• talk:Gurunath. AfD on this issue has been met with complete apathy except from two editors at odds with each other. It would be good to get other people's opinions here. Thanks. 03:12, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses controversy. A revert war is occurring between two versions of the article. The main issue seems to revolve around the section "Common Critical Blood Questions" and whether or not it should be included. 00:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Islamism. The discussion is currently centered around proporly defining Islamism without including adherents of Islam and demonizing their scripture. A new introduction has been proposed. 19:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Roman_Catholic_Church#Temporary_solution:__Catholic_Church_disambiguation_page. Part of the ongoing discussion of what to do with the article Catholic Church - in this case, a proposal to remove it as a redirect to Roman Catholic Church and keep it temporarily as a disambiguation page until consensus is reached on rewriting the article with merged material from Catholicism, Catholic, and One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. 01:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadar. Like other articles by the same editor, it is full of such statements as "fundamentalists thrust Islam by hook or by crook... by sexual harassment and forcible abductions of the daughters of Hindus and other satanic misdeeds". Please comment. 14:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Muhammad Recently, there has been quite a dispute over whether the point-of-view by some that Muhammad is the founder of Islam should be included and, if so, how. 02:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Pope Stephen A long argument about the oportunity to rename Pope Stephen III into Pope Stephen II and so on until Pope Stephen X into Pope Stephen IX (and to keep Pope Stephen X as a redirect to Pope Stephen IX). Švitrigaila 07:59, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Jesus Issues remain, possibly requiring input from impartial (non agenda!) linguists, regarding what is known about etymology of the Hebrew and Aramaic forms, etc. in the "Name" section of the article. 19:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC); updated 19:05, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Jesus-Myth and Talk:Historicity of Jesus There are disputes on how minority issues dealing with the non existence of Jesus as a real historical figure should be represented and the levels of competence required to be classed a scholar. 18:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Early Christianity and Talk:Christianity The details of history of the very early church are in dispute. 18:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Father David Bauer Should "Father" be in the article title? 23:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Roman Catholic Church#REQUESTED MOVE to Catholic Church Based on naming conventions, what is the appropriate article title? 01:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC) VOTING CLOSED.
• Talk:Prem_Rawat#Finally.2C_definitive_proof_of_the_accuracy_of_the_Mishler_Interview_transcript Dispute about whether or not an endorsement by a radio station director renders a radio broadcast transcript as 'official' enough not to require that it be posted in articles as an 'unofficial transcript'.05:02, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Gotama — dispute about Gotama's dates (and a related dispute about sources and reference). 21:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Prem_Rawat#Anti-wikipedia_article_by_ex-premies Dispute about the inclusion of an external link. 17:45, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Dispute is resolved, external link is now included. If there are revert wars these can be addressed. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 21:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath Questions over inclusions from autobiography. Could someone with knowledge of Hindu gurus & sects comment, please. 02:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Qadianism Ongoing issues of WP:NPOV, WP:OWN, Wikipedia:Citing sources, and likely WP:POVFORK (of Ahmadi). 04:24, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Haydar Dispute on whether this should be an article or a disambig page (see also Haider and its history, and whether it is a WP:POVFORK of Ali (see also Haydar-e-l-Karrar). 01:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Mahavatar Babaji Request input from more outside editors on a dispute regarding a mention of what is felt to be a rival sect. 00:33, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Mother Teresa Requesting editors to comment on assessing is there is widespread criticism of Mother Teresa, and the weight that should be given to critics POV in the article about her.20:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Falun Gong Request input on phrasing dispute relating to reporting FLG's and its founder's public statements. 17:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Roy Gordon Lawrence Continual additions of POV and unsourced info by author. Request extra eyes on subject 15:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Citywide Church Continual additions of POV and unsourced info by author. Request extra eyes on subject 15:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Freemasonry Should the article include information regarding signs and symbols used by masons in the 1800s? 02:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Ayn Rand and Talk:Objectivism and homosexuality -- Should these articles include Category:LGBT rights opposition or not? 18:09, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Traditionalist School -- Was merged with Radical Traditionalism, original merger has yet to comment. More opinions on whether the two articles ought to be merged or separate would be good. 07:04, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:God#External_links - A discussion about inclusion of an external link on the article, more people needed. 06:47, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Council of Jerusalem original research dispute19:50, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Unfulfilled Historical Predictions by Christians Questions about page title. (See also: Homestarmy) 16:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Jahbulon Questions over notability of title with long, complex debate. (See also: AFD request)10:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Republic_(dialogue) Question over re-inserted paragraph. 02:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Bible_Broadcasting_Network Questions over re-inserted section and dispute about no original research rule. 20:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Nishan-E-Haider Dispute about sources and other evidence. 13:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• talk:Beliefs_and_practices_in_the_Sathya_Sai_Organisation and User:BostonMA/Mediation#Links_in_Beliefs_and_practices_article dispute about the external links section. The closely related article Sathya Sai Baba is the subject of wikipedia:mediation by user:BostonMA. 13:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Zhuangzi — dispute over, among other things, the claim that Zhuangzi influenced Western philosophy on the grounds that his work was an indirect influence on the film The Matrix which is a piece of Western philosophy. 08:53, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Intentional stance has been rewritten extensively and could use some more eyes on it. 18:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Joseph Smith, Jr. Major NPOV dispute, NPOV tag keeps being removed while dispute still in progress bcatt 14:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Freemasonry Link to a cite being constantly removed based on the statement that it is not-accurate. Newer cites are not available as they are secrets. Should the older cite remain in article untill a reputable source says it is not-accurate (and then such disagreement described in text), or should the older cite be removed based on the say-so of those privy to the newer cites? 14:04, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Dispute over whether this page should include the cartoons in question, and where they should be placed in the article.
• Talk:Pope Pius XII - Issues about the extent to which facts require sourcing, and about balance as to presentation of pro-Pacelli and con-Pacelli viewpoints.
• Talk:Solipsism - what cannot be explained by appealing to the free will of an omnipotent solipsist?
• Talk:Reason - debate between two editors over the question of whether Reason may be considered a "faculty of first truths." Large sections of quotes to support this view have been removed and reinstated. Additional input would be helpful.22:16, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Buddhism - slow edit war over a featured article between immediatists and eventualists; article has been taken to WP:FARC in an attempt to force immediate change.
• Talk:Dianetics:_The_Modern_Science_of_Mental_Health#pasting_here.2C_discussion_of_the_significance_of_the_volcanoA certain Church of Scientology Confidential citation which only one editor has access to.19:08, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Altruism - Ongoing edit war concerning whether and to what extent Objectivist criticisms of altruism should be incorporated. I've temporarily incorporated both views in a side-by-side box, but this fork is not the ideal solution. 01:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Islamofascism (term) Propsed merger to Neofascism and religion.21:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• Aryan invasion theory and Max Müller POV dispute concerning the content of paragraphs repeatedly added and deleted concerning the origin of the theory of Indo-Aryan migration into India. 00:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Cartesian materialism POV dispute involving the definition of Cartesian Materialism. 09:59, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Louisiana Baptist University - Entry is locked to discuss if diploma mill accusations should be included. The school is unaccredited. 07:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Islamist terrorism#I'm back from the block - Debate over whether the page should be moved to 'Islamic terrorism'. There is no such debate at christian terrorism and jewish terrorism, and resolution can't be reached.--19:08, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Kwanzaa Disagreement about relevance of a reference to the SLA. Please help. --22:06, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:The_Skeptic's_Annotated_Bible dispute about "no original research" rule. There are two resources that are in question and they are currently listed on the page as links; one to a copyrighted book on Amazon.com and the other to a web site. 22:15, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
• talk:transcendental meditation a mess. NPOV removed and replaced. Anything critical of TM orgnaization is explained away. A very critical study of the TM technique is removed, another rebutted, inside the article. Quotes that challenge the validity of TM are taken out or paraphrased, so meaning is lost. See also the Rfc on TM article in Maths, science, and technology 23:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
• talk:Sathya Sai Baba dispute about extensive quoting of a homepage. 22:29, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Pope_Pius_XII,Talk:Pope_Pius_XI, Talk:Centre_Party_Germany, Talk:The Great Scandal, Talk:Hitler's Pope, Talk:Ludwig Kaas, Talk:Rhenish_Westphalian_Industrial_Magnates, Talk:Holocaust(Jews section-accession to power), Talk:Adolf Hitler ( no linking to Kaas, Pius XII or Hitler's Pope or Reichskonkordat . All related to EffK provision of source to all and more articles, and showing Talk:Systemic Abuse, though not allowed airing there . Not a content issue, but a revisionism issue. Painful and un-admissable truth prevented from good faith sourceing by neverending disputes. Avro Manhattan 50 edition book classed as hate, and proves longstanding controversy from 1949. Discussions on all pages with verifiability . EffK 19:01, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Israel_Shamir Can someone please take a look and advise whether the 'Controversial Views' section is Original research? It contains no outside references and puports to be a representation of the subjects views based on his published work. Argument about the merits does seem pointless if it is simply OR.JohD 06:37, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Ontological_argument#Removed_link - Dispute whether this link on the ontological argument constitutes vanity material, e.g. does the fact that the page is owned by a person make it a "personal web page"? --Wade A. Tisthammer 23:10, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:List of 10 longest-reigning popes#Citing_Sources - Dispute over source of list and St Peter's papacy. 19:57, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Charles Chiniquy Dispute over NPOV language and whether the article should mention and link to Jack Chick. 00:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Astrology -- Disputes over NPOV, including/removal of skeptical views. New opinions required. 08:43, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
• Category talk:Lamas -- Request for comment about style use. --Dorje 01:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
• Talk:Mythology -- Evil on the attack! Or defence!
• Talk:Nostradamus -- Huge disputes over NPOV, promotion of him as a psychic, including/removal of skeptical views. There are at least three different versions that are repeatedly reverted to by various editors. Need new blood, especially those well-versed in NPOV issues, as all three sides claim their side is NPOV. 21:26, 26 December 2005 (UTC)