Talk:Agastya

message: As Agastya is a more widely used name across India and since this article is more comprehensive, I suggest that this article be retained with Agastyar converted into a re-direct. I'd wait for comments till the 4th of November before merging these articles. --Gurubrahma 06:42, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge notice

message: //was a Vedic Siddhar or sage//
wheather Tamil Akattiyar and rig vedic agathya are same or different .
how could be creater of tamil language too indo aryan tonque sage????
when did actually rig veda had written down in text ?Porulur Poosan Kaviyarasu Gounder (talk) 14:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: //was a Vedic Siddhar or sage// he is tamil siddhar Porulur Poosan Kaviyarasu Gounder (talk) 18:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: To all 

message: No reply by those whose rised question about articles neutrality and single source  issue(now i had placed more books in referrence section) 
still no reply , so we can take this as a green signal to remove those tags Porulur Poosan Kaviyarasu Gounder (talk) 14:36, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: still waiting for reply ,from whom created  the neutrality issue and this that last date to remove neutrality tag is 15th of this month within this time discuss back Porulur Poosan Kaviyarasu Gounder (talk) 08:06, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I can Remove the tags Porulur Poosan Kaviyarasu Gounder (talk) 19:33, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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message: The reference to Bodhidharma and Kung-fu seem fat fetched.  I looked up the wiki page for kung-fu and there are no references to any bodhidharma.  I think the submitted has drawn inspiration from a tamil movie that alludes to the possibility that a pallava prince who traveled to china created kung-fu.  Academic citations or research references to this aspect of Agastya's influence on martial arts is missing. I deleted the reference to bodhidharma.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sescaugust (talk • contribs) 15:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to Kung-fu 

message: , , others: is this a WP:RS? For now, I intend to leave it in, but would appreciate your thoughts. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 14:28, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The author, Iravatham Mahadevan, seems notable. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 14:40, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Indeed, I have seen his name in many places. I would expect his coverage of the Agastya traditions of the South is quite solid. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 18:12, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks both. Will keep it then. Will also summarize it for balance and when I can find a second RS as a confirmation that the view is non-WP:FRINGE. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 19:26, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source check: Agastya and Indus Civilization 

message: welcome to wikipedia. Why are you edit warring by deleting sources and sourced content? Please explain your concerns. You also added "www.tknsiddha.com/medicine" which is a commercial/blog-like website, which is a questionable source. Please explain how it meets WP:RS and WP:MEDRS guidelines? Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 16:37, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for starting a discussion. I don't know what to make of the source. I don't think it's reliable nor due mention. --Ronz (talk) 17:25, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of sources, Works of Siddhar Agathiyar, etc 

message: Hi, Ms Sarah Welch .
This source 
http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/index.php?sfx=pdf
does not state "A-ga in Sanskrit means a mountain, and Asti means thrower.", at least I couldn't find it. If it is present then the page they are mentioned in should be mentioned in the citations. I also wonder why the etymologi section of the Tamil name "Agatthiyar" was reverted. I also wonder why Agastya is mentioned as both Indo-aryan and Dravidian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muvendar (talk • contribs) 
:I removed the content because it was sourced to a book published by Nortion Press. It advertises itself as a self publishing outfit, making it a WP:SPS, or unreliable. Please don't use such sources in this article or anywhere else in wikipedia. We already have Tamil Agathiyar in infobox etc, there is no need to repeat. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 11:15, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The challenge is that ancient history is often hazy, and we don't know for sure. If some state one thing, others state another thing, then we can't take sides per WP:NPOV guidelines, and need to state both. Note this is in one summary sentence in the lead that is listing controversies about him, and all this is further explained in the main article. Per WP:LEAD guidelines. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 17:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notion Press publications removal

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message: Please review WP:OR, WP:V, WP:RS and other content guidelines of wikipedia. You cannot just insert or randomly replace 1200 to 1800 BCE for Rigveda dating. Which scholarly sources support your proposed changes? Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 03:53, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are not my edits. So you need to replace that portion of the text alone and stop making bulk reverts. Nittavinoda (talk) 03:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Nittavinoda: In future, please practice what you ask of others: "don't bulk revert". I have added back what seems appropriate. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 04:02, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I do not have to practice it. That is your job since you're the one having an issue with a portion of the content. There might be other editors like you who might dispute some other content of the text and keep reverting instead of selectively editing that portion of text which they have a problem with. I cannot keep re-adding my edits every time somebody does that. Nittavinoda (talk) 04:34, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rigveda and 1800 BCE, etc 

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