Talk:Rainbow Gathering

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: We read "2018 World Rainbow Gathering is going to happen in Taiwan.[88]" But 88 is a 2013 article, Jidanni (talk) 14:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 World Rainbow Gathering is going to happen in Taiwan? No references. 

message: This article currently reads to me as very biased with a clearly negative point of view. Most of the negative comments  reference the same source. Somebody with an agenda seems to be responsible for much of its current state.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:E6CD:2801:8D16:FC1F:66B6:F70A (talk) 03:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: agree. "Spiritually, there is a strong tradition of Cultural appropriation, with the largely white attendees performing their ideas of Indigenous ceremonies, African drumming, Rastafari, Eastern religions, Neopaganism, and freethought. " seems particularly troubling.  Leaving the race bashing aside... Africans don't have a lock in on drums, all cultures have drums.  And there are certainly genuine Rastafarians, Buddhists, etc... there.  Neopaganism isn't white?  as for "freethought", wikipedia's own page says <<Critical thought has flourished in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, in the repositories of knowledge and wisdom in Ireland and in the Iranian civilizations, and in other civilizations, such as the Chinese, and on through heretical thinkers on esoteric alchemy or astrology, to the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation.>>  this hardly seems like "Cultural appropriation". 173.93.205.188 (talk) 18:32, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The examples ("...their ideas of Indigenous ceremonies, African drumming, Rastafari, Eastern religions, Neopaganism, and freethought...") appear to be original research, but the claims of cultural appropriation that are sourced should remain in the article. Schazjmd (talk) 19:39, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced the blanked content that was sourced. While there is an appropriation section, it is well within policy guidelines to briefly mention these things whenever spirituality or reputation of the group comes up, as it is a core component of the Rainbows' identity and activities. This has been stable, sourced content for years and you will need broader consensus from editors in good standing to remove it. Additionally, there is significant criticism of the group in this article as there is a great deal of criticism in WP:RS sources. There has been increasing ecological destruction and violence at these events over the decades. It's no longer a small, hippie gathering. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 20:18, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not NPOV 

message: I plan to revise the two shortened footnotes "Niman 1997" & ""Sentelle 2002" in accordance with Help:Shortened footnotes &  so that the full citations will appear in a separate reference list (commonly called Sources) instead of being tossed in willy-nilly with the other footnotes. Please see WP:SRF#References list & Template:Sfn#Usage for examples. Peaceray (talk) 05:59, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shortened footnotes