Talk:Bhagawan Nityananda/Archive 1

message: More stories from devotees are here:
http://www.bhagawannityananda.org/bn.html
I have not compared these stories with the ones on the Nityananda Institute web site. However, I think there is little if any duplication.  Therefore I think it might be worthwhile to add this link. Alfalfahay 14:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Make sure that it conforms to WP:EL and then be bold and add it.  You don't really need to propose changes on talk pages, simply go ahead and make them.  Happy editing!TheRingess 14:50, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Hopefully you are not referring to another editor's good faith edits as vandalism. That's considered a personal attack. IPSOS (talk) 05:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed external link 

message: I don't think it qualifies as personal attack because it was a general statement that did not name anyone in particular. I know I get a bit worked up sometimes, but it gets frustrating when people go around deleting other people's contributions.
Sardaka 10:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal 

message: Well, folks, I didn't start this article, but there wasn't much to it, so I decided to expand it. Hope you like it.
Sardaka 11:27, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded article 

message: Why did you delete the references to Meditation Revolution? We're supposed to provide references when possible, and Med.Rev. is the main source of info.
This is why I'm not working on the SY articles anymore. Too many cooks spoiling the broth.
Sardaka 09:55, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I saw the notice asking to discuss external links here. The notice is a good idea. My proposal is very simple. A link to the official website run by the Indian Trust responsible for maintaining Nityananda's SamadhiTemple/Shrine. I'm a bit dubious on some of the other links. They reflect the claims of third parties which may or may not reflect the views of the subject, Nityananda. At least there is no documentation that Nityananda intended to be or represent himself as the Parampara Guru of any particular tradition.  In any case, kindly consider adding a link to Shree Bhimeshwar Sadguru Nityanand Sanstha. -Vritti 06:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: The long quote included in reference 6 should not be there. It belongs in the text. I'm not sure how to fix it, because I'm not familiar with this way of doing references. Afraid I might muck the whole thing up.
Sardaka 03:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't appear to be the case. It appears that the editor who created the note intended the quote to be in the note. And I agree with that decision. IPSOS (talk) 03:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 6. 

message: I quickfailed this article because the vast majority of the sources come from organisations which deify him and thus cannot be considiered to be reliable. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 05:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quickfailed 

message: In regard to footnote no. 6, I edited the quote out of it because a quote like that doesn't belong in the refs. On WP:REF it says that references consist of title, author, date and page number. Nothing else.
The quote was reverted by another editor, but the fact remains that quotes belong in the article, not the refs.
Sardaka (talk) 10:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnote 6 

message: Greetings - I have added the YouTube pointer in the External Link section.  As it is completely neutral and of great historical value to the subject matter, I added it directly without submitting it first.  Feel free to remove if you wish. --Cminard (talk) 15:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, it's a wonderful video. No need to discuss addition first unless they don't conform to Wikipedia's core content policies.TheRingess (talk) 01:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nityananda Video external link 

message: Nityananda did not found the siddha yoga group,therefore the siddha yoga template is unnecessary.muktananda was just one of the many disciples of nityananda.one cannot claim that he  was his sole successor.Sarangsaras (talk) 07:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No claim is made that he is the sole successor.  The template is fine here, as would a template for any other group that descends from nityananda.TheRingess (talk) 15:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

text: This is not a forum for discussing issues like this.  Please see note at top of page.  The template does not violate any of Wikipedia's policies, so is allowable.  Please also read WP:AGF and WP:OWN.TheRingess (talk) 13:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

text: That sounds like a great idea to me.  The template was created by another editor, I believe their motive was to make it easier to navigate articles associated with SY, I don't believe their motive was to imply that SY is the only lineage Nityananda is associated with.  I might be wrong though, but am willing to assume good faith on the part of the editor.  Making a new template and including it also, or expanding the existing template to include subjects not related to SY (not preferable in my opinion) are both much preferred options (imho) than constantly reverting an acceptable template and having inappropriate discussions on the talk page.  I look forward to the new template.  Thanks for the suggestion.TheRingess (talk) 21:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I did not presume any lack of good faith on the part of the existing template author(s). Since the SY template is used on other SY pages having nothing to do with other lineages descending from Nityananda, I think a new "Nityananda's lineage" (or should we use "parampara"?) template would be suitable which could then also be included on appropriate SY pages. —Whig (talk) 06:03, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

text: Sounds like a very good idea to me.  I would think the title of the template could even simply be "Bhagawan Nityananda", as it would imply all articles related to him.  However either lineages or parampara are fine, although lineage is perhaps a better word for an English speaking/reading audience.TheRingess (talk) 06:54, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nityananda had no successor and he did not found the siddha yoga group