Talk:Sai Baba of Shirdi/Archive 1

message: 61.1.200.58 wrote 
It is not an easy task to narrate the life of a Yogi like Sai Baba, who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. Sai is just a name to identify him as he existed in the physical form. Paramatma (the Supreme Soul) has no name. --Vyzasatya 01:00, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not an easy task 

message: Is it my impression, or has this article been seriously linkspammed? Zanaq 19:29, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: true, thanks for not copying to the Dutch version. I have read the book by Rigopoulos so if time permits may seriously expand this article and the Dutch version. Andries 21:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be great, and while you're at it you might prune some links ;-)  I'd do it myself, but this is not my thing. Zanaq 22:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linkspam 

message: I read some articles a few years ago that the Sansthan was taken over by the government. Does anyone know more about it? Andries 09:37, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sansthan taken over by the governmemt? 

message: There's a book accusing Sai Baba of being a fake in Japanese,  "Hadaka no Saibaba" (http://homepage3.nifty.com/hirorin/bookssaibaba.htm). I would like to see somebody incorporate information from this book into this article.
:Probably this book deals about the other Sai Baba. The mentioning of Indian CSICOP in the webpage indicates this strongly. Andries 16:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I read that the Sansthan is very rich and that the govt wants to take over the Sansthan. Andries 20:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No criticism? 

message: We are a chartiable trust engaged in propagating the message of Shirdi Saibaba.
Our web site has a lot of useful reference information on Shirdi Saibaba.
Please include a reference to our web site  in this subject page.
Thanks.
K.V. Ramani K.V. Ramani 10:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include URL link to our web site with reference info on Shirdi Saibaba 

message: There is no need to add this page into the Sathya Sai Baba category page as a disambiguation link is placed at the top of the page. Please stop doing this. Ekantik 02:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That purpose is already served by the disambiguation link at the top of the page. Wikipedia is not a place for opinions, only authentic material is meant for Wikipedia. Perhaps you should read WP:NOT. Ekantik 03:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: Despite this being an academic source, it is problematic because a lot of Rigopoulos' research contains unverified information such as Shirdi Sai Baba's date of birth, and other things that don't appear to have their origin in contemporaneous and contemporary Sai literature. Just making a point. Ekantik 14:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Rigopoulos may sometimes be uncritical and esp. gullible regarding what Sathya Sai Baba said about Shirdi Sai Baba, but in general it can be used as a source, I think. His book states on page 3 that "No historical evidence is available concerning the time and place of birth [..] ". Andries 17:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rigopoulous book 

message: I'm going to try to find some reputable sources and content which can hopefully add to the quality of this article. However, I have rather a lot of articles requiring attention, so I can't be sure just when I will be able to focus much attention on this one. Badbilltucker 18:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm already on it. I'm just caught up with some other pending Wiki-issues at the moment but I'll get on this article asap. Ekantik talk 06:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

text: And pending a cleanup, is there any justification for the use of an infobox when there is no information to put in it? Having a useless infobox with no useful information is unnecessary. Ekantik talk 06:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

text: See . While I do not consider the Da organization credible in themselves, the leader Frank Jones claimed that Shirdi Sai Baba appeared to him on the subtle plane and aided his mission, so they have done a good job of locating references on Shirdi Sai Baba. The Osborne book I read long ago, is very good and has nothing to do with SSB.
--Dseer 04:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention 

message: This is a suggestion that the editors of this site might consider. If it is not to someone's liking then let it go. It's only a suggestion. There are an enormous number of articles that link to Sai Baba of Shirdi.  It is unfortunate that they arrive at a site with 3 giant banners at the top, making the article appear as an argumentative mess. I am a member of the Wikipedia Hinduism Project. When I have wanted help I will put a notice there, but will not defase the article itself. This accomplishes the aim of gathering knowledgable help without clouding the Wikipedia navigating experience for outsiders. In other words, it's an inside quarrel. The fact that these 3 templates have remained on the face of the page in spite of at least one editor complaining that it was an over-kill, suggests to me that at least one person is emotionally attached to marring the face of this fakir. So this brings me to my suggestion. Please, for the sake of Wikipedias millions of users, can these front page templates be removed? There are other ways of gaining good aceademic help besides making the article look ridiculous. If anything that scares away real aceademics. I hope the person who has insisted on these templates will give this some heartfelt thought. Do or don't. Whether or not Sai Baba performed miracles or not, or whether he was Muslim or Hindu, he still stood for love and honesty. So he's worth letting the world see his face. Thanks for listening. Chris 18:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The birth year of 1838 is not certain. See the talk page. I will revert. Andries 00:03, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I had a talk on Cott12's talk page and he seems to indicate that the DOB comes from "Lord Meher", which is apparently a published book. However I agree that it is generally unverified so please go ahead and revert if you wish. In a matter of days I will beging wholesale work on the article so I may rewrite the whole thing anyway. Ekantik talk 05:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: Who has signed up this article for so many Wikiprojects? This is irresponsible! The talk page was cluttered up with all of those tags before I made them small. If no rationale is given as to why this article should be under the supervision of several different Wikiprojects, I will remove them. Ekantik talk 05:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been more than a month. Get rid of these, since no one has discussed or objected. --Nemonoman 17:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk-page tags - Ridiculous! 

message: I understand that this is supposed to a be a serious biography though very little facts are known about his life. In contrast there is a huge mythology and a big diverse movement came to exist after his death. I think that there should be a separate article Shirdi Sai Baba movement that describes these mythologies. Andries 17:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid that I don't know what you mean since I am not aware of a movement as such, could you kindly give a couple of examples please? Anyhow if you think a split is warranted then that's good I guess. Ekantik talk 02:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IMHO, I don't think the Sai article is big enough to justify a split. The rise of the Sai movement should properly be a topic in this article in my opinion. This could reasonably include mention of Sathya Sai Baba and other celebrities saying they have some sort of connection to Sai.--Nemonoman 14:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already split it. Kkrystian 11:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed split into [[Shirdi Sai Baba movement]] 

message: I have reverted a number of recent edits by a new editor, Asterias. If Asterias wishes to dispute this revert, I'm pleased to listen! I don't understand the relevance of the Notable Devotees section, nor what the criteria for inclusion in this section should be (other than Asterias's opinion). The description of the publishing concern sounds extremely much like an advertisement; I'd like to understand its relevance. The Bibliography is meant to reference works used in documenting the article; it is not meant to be a general collection of books about the subject. If Asterias wants to add info based on the book with references, then the book should be added to the Bibliography. --Nemonoman 17:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverting recent edits by Asterias 

message: The section "Religion, philosophy and practices" is very chaotic. The article requires corrections and expansion. I will be translating fragments from the Polish Wikipedia article which is much longer and near to FA status. Krystian 12:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is chaotic 

message: Allah malik (اﷲ مَلِك) is Arabic for "god is king", not "GOD is the Owner of us All.", as previous version of this article said. --83.131.162.157 09:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allah malik 

message: Andries 21:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I filed a [[Wikipedia:Request for comments]] 

message: Only very few peer reviewed sources exist about this subject (I think only Bowen, White, and Rigopoulos), so I can not see any good reason to remove statement sourced to one of these sources.  This article generally uses poor quality of sources and I think that Krystian's repeated removals of the few statements sourced to reputable sources, such as Bowen are unhelpful for building an encyclopedic article.  Andries 21:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Statement by user:Andries regarding the request for comments

message: See user talk:Andries.
I have already told him that this fragment is to be about Sai's life not about what different people say about it or Him or His behaviour. Just like I don't include devotee's views I do not see the point in including the POV of one single author. Kkrystian 07:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Statement by user:Kkrystian regarding the request for comments

message: I have removed the article from the Good Article page. The writing style, grammar, and references needs work. Plus from the talk page it doesnt look stable. — goethean ॐ 19:38, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  good article nomination failed 

message: The section that states "Swami Kaleshwar publicly worships Sai Baba, and treats him as a great saint and his own guru" (with a direct link to Kaleshwar's site), seems to be an insert for advertisement by Kaleshwar devotees and does not seem proper for the Sai Baba article. Otherwise, one must include how Swami Kaleshwar believes he is in spiritual communion with the deceased spirit of Sai Baba and claims that Sai Baba speaks to him on the spiritual plane. WikiUserTalk 05:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kaleshwar section seems inappropriate. 

message: :: ::: On the Sai Baba of Shirdi page, there is a link  that goes to a webpage owned by Kevin R. D. Shepherd that attacks Wikipedia and Wikipedia editors. There was consensus that the Kevin R. D. Shepherd page be deleted  and there appeared to be several editors who agreed that Kevin R. D. Shepherd's self-publications could not be used as references against various subjects on Wikipedia. Shortly after the Kevin R. D. Shepherd article was deleted, Simon Kidd added the controversial link on the Sai Baba of Shirdi page, which would seem as an attempt to publicize Shepherd's views against Wikipedia and Wikipedia editors by using his article about Sai Baba of Shirdi. I think the link is highly inappropriate for the Sai Baba of Shirdi page and I do not object to the inclusion of the Shepherd references without the link. WikiUserTalk 13:33, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Templeknight, the webpage is about Sai Baba of Shirdi. Towards the end of the article, it attacks a former Wikipedia user 'Moreno'. The webpage is placed where books should go and the link gives undue weight to Kevin R. D. Shepherd. Simon Kidd is a very vocal proponent of Shepherd and when the Shepherd Wikipedia article was deleted, it would seem Kidd included the Shepherd link as a means of retaliation. The Shepherd link is controversial and brings the Sai Baba of Shirdi page to a low point, in my opinion. WikiUserTalk 06:16, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

text: I was asked to comment: at the afd for Shepherd Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin R. D. Shepherd, I said that the only possible notability of Shepherd was as an opponent of Sathya Sai Baba, so it is possible that a citation of his work might be appropriate in such a context. The only possible works of his that would be citable, however, would be published works.  We certainly cannot link to his website in this context. I am a little dubious about even the published books, because they are self-published. I wouldn't accept it for similar material in a BLP, but the subject of this article is deceased. (Whether the link goes to an attack page is moot, as the web source is unusable as a reference, and most certainly not as an EL.)    DGG ( talk ) 17:38, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

text: DGG is a wikipedia administrator, impartial and well versed in wikipedia policy to a much greater extent than Kidd or me. Since no one else has definitively given an opinion, DGG's views are enough to conclude the issue. If agreed, I will remove the Rfc as it has not been "terminated" by me yet. The bot simply removes the Rfc after 30 days. By no means must an RFC last 30 days. WikiUserTalk 04:55, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request For Comment 

message: I don't see why original name should be in Telugu. Shirdi is in Maharashtra and he would speak in hindustani. So better put शिर्डी साई बाबा in devanagari script Gul-o-Khar (talk) 13:14, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Telugu? 

message: Suggest removing introductory sentence stating "Baba"'s use as an honorific in "Indo-Aryan languages." Language families are not characterized by "use" of a particular word. (And especially not when the etymology of the word in question is from Old Persian!)
Suggest replacing and presenting "Baba" as a concept shared by myriad cultural/spiritual movements , with emphasis on social/ideological role of an archetypal "baba" esp. in South Asian context- this is far more germane than what incredibly-massive-family-of-languages (Indo-Aryan!) may arbitrarily use some word. --Gñāna (talk) 11:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A word doesn't characterize a language family! 

message: There is consistent and deliberate effort to change faith of Shri Sai Baba. Even if Hindu references are there on the website, they are mentioned in secondary options and referred after a muslim reference is given. The page has distinctly changed from the year 2002 to make it pro-islamic. This seems to be effort of some sufi saint followers who feel there sufi saint was re-incarnation of Shri Sai Baba or a follower of him. I recommend someone to monitor these consistent effort to sound Shri Sai Baba islamic. There are several wrong mentions that Shri Sai Baba read Quran. There is absolutely no evidence of the same.During the times of Sai Baba, Mughal ruled and created nuisance for Hindus. To keep these mughal crooks at bay, Shri Sai Baba tried to bridge gap between two faiths.Request all Hindu followers to seriously monitor the page content and check the history as to monitor who is doing this consistent changes. Request stringent action for all the false information on this page as it deals with Hindu faith.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.27.118.193 (talk) 11:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It is mentioned in sources that he recited Quran (one of these sources is Marianne Warren, for example, I think you won't accuse her for being pro-islamic or pro-sufist). Also during the times ofSai Baba, Mughals didn't rule India but the British did. Mughal rule was abolished completely at 1857, a year before Sai Baba returned at Shirdi at 1858 and began his activities. Even before this, Mughals were a dependency of the British and they ruled only in name on the very small territory around Delhi. Your comments show ignorance in both Indian history and Sai Baba's life and are completely biased. There seems to be effort not of some sufi followers, but of some Hindus to cut Sai Baba from his Islamic ties. 77.79.175.117 (talk) 06:20, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shri Sai Baba page is being constantly modified to make him look wrongly pro-islam 

message: This page is constantly being updated to look Sai baba as one of many Hindu deities. There millions and millions of Hindu deities and please do not make Sai Baba as one of them. It has  been written that Sai baba was "Avatar" of Dutta. Well there is no such proof for this claim. Even there is no proof whether Dutta was ever existed. Sai baba focused more communal harmony and peaceful society. If you notice his teachings, they not just resemble but in fact they are Sufism. There are many examples like Sai baba where Sufi preachers lived without disclosing anything and all they did is social work. There is nothing wrong in accepting anybody as a God but let's accept with truth rather than changing that God for your convenience.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kumar skr (talk • contribs) 04:54, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sai baba - Hindu deity 

message: Saibaba never revealed about his birthdate, parents or the place where he was born.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vcky92 (talk • contribs) 05:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saibaba Early Life 

message: It has been established, and accepted as a fact that he was born in the town of Pathri. There is a temple as well, Sri Sai Janmasthan Temple, Pathri.
There are claims, and folk tales that he was born in a hindu family. It is also alleged that this information is included in “Shri Sai Satcharitra" written by Govind Raghunath Dabholkar. Could somebody please confirm the information regarding the mentions of his origins in the Charitra?
Thanks a lot. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:12, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: *  would you please help me with that? —usernamekiran (talk) 20:13, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: * There seem to be some references in Sri Sai Janmasthan Temple, Pathri confirming his birth place. If you can include them in Shirdi Sai Baba and provide the birthplace as Pathri, all is good. Feel free to ask me if you have any doubts regarding how to insert book references. Also, considering that you live in Pathri, it might be easy for you to procure a copy of the mentioned book. If you can read it and find the page number where the required information is found, it can be included as well. I found this link revealing the ISBN numbers of the book. RoCo(talk) 20:11, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: *  No, i live in parbhani it is the district headquarter for pathre, just 45 km away. That book is easily available like in 50% of India. I will try to procure it. And i will also try to add the details to the sai baba page. Thanks for the suggestion  —usernamekiran (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  background of sai baba (not the section) 

message: We can create a page on this topic/subject. This temple in shirdi is one of the most visited temples in the world and the third richest temple too. Sanskar RM Khatri (talk) 04:52, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shree Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir Complex, Shirdi 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Religion of Sai Baba is listed as Hinduism while that is with conflict with rest of description on the page itself. Religion should be written as None for Sai Baba as he himself never answered that question clearly. 117.96.224.28 (talk) 13:20, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. — LeoFrank  Talk 06:07, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2018 

message: This article is full of interpretations by devotees while obscuring the few known facts about shird Sai. The interpretations by devotees should go to Shirdi Sai Baba movement though a summary can be left here. The facts are that he was a beggar who was sometimes abusive and even violent. This is well documented. Why can't we write that? Andries (talk) 20:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it needs a great deal of work. The lede alone has a combination of using Wikipedia's voice and presenting excessive details of in-world beliefs that needs to be rewritten. --Ronz (talk) 03:20, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Some parables too seem to have seeped in without any clear distinction between fact and parable. Article needs clean up. I'll start it, but any help would be most appreciated. Notthebestusername (talk) 06:33, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Seperating facts from devotional interpretations

message: The death / Samadhi of Shirdi Sai Baba is conspicuous by its absence in this wiki. I recollect reading about it in the first book about him (rather honestly) by a devotee of his, in Marathi. I think I was reading its English translation (bought at Shirdi) and it was pretty unflattering (by todays standards) and filled mostly with facts. It does describe his death / Samadhi. Can someone please add this section as I don't have the book currently to reference it. Notthebestusername (talk) 06:36, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death - section and information needed 

message: Hello. Could someone please fix this? "The garden continues to be a palce visited by pilgrims..." Should be "The garden continues to be a place visited by pilgrims..." 
I'm unable to fix it myself. Thanks. Diegorodriguezv1 (talk) 17:37, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small typo 

message: I request you to add the following two links to the "External Links" Section:
1) Brief Life History of Shirdi Sai Baba (at hinduismwayoflife.com) 
2) Essential teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba (at hinduismwayoflife.com) Cvrajan (talk) 11:11, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: see WP:LINKSTOAVOID which says such links are not applicable. --DBigXrayᗙ 19:07, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2018 

message: Remove the part that says shirdi sai baba is a part of saguna brahman 2604:2D80:4407:8568:683F:2BC8:D757:F4AF (talk) 01:43, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 February 2019 

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thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2019 

message: 142.147.59.129 (talk) 04:59, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —KuyaBriBriTalk 13:50, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2019 

message: The only name of Sai Baba was Sai Baba. He was not known as Chand Miya ever in his lifetime. 24.185.101.178 (talk) 22:15, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sai Baba is famously known as Chand Miyan(former name before his conversion to being Hindu Saint from Pindari Islam caste background). Citations are already being requested for resources.HinduKshatrana (talk) 10:32, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. (for both requests) — MRD2014 (talk) 23:53, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 August 2019 

message: His name was Chand Miyan and he doesn't belong to Hinduism, how you have written Hinduism. He was betrayer and cheater. He used to eat pork and beef, he used to drink wine, he used to abuse ladies who come to him. He used to live in mosque. How you claim him to be Hindu religious. His quotation was Allah Malik. 
He was mlechcha. Please edit it or let me edit this page. Rgovindm (talk) 03:36, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the infobox as it was set to state he was a Hindu. The body of the article doesn't make that claim. Read the article. He obviously wasn't Mleccha either, if that's what you mean. Doug Weller talk 15:49, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  His name and religion 

message: A controversey was recently triggered by an announcement by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that Pathri village (in Parbhani) was Sai Baba’s birthplace and a grant of Rs. 100 Crore would be awarded to develop Pathri. Claiming Sai Baba was first spotted in Aurangabad's Dhoopkheda, Pune Mirror, Jan 20, 2020. This was bitterly opposed by Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust who state that the claim is  not historically substantiated. The author of Shirdi Gazetteeer Pramod Aher has stated that 8-10 different claims exist regarding Sai baba's birthplace, none of them pass the historicity scrutiny. शिर्डी रविवार से अनिश्चितकाल के लिए बंद; उद्धव ने पाथरी को साईंबाबा का जन्म स्थान कहा था, स्थानीय लोगों को ऐतराज, Dainik Bhaskar, Jan 17, 2020   Shirdi residents called for an indefinite bandh over the claim, which was later called off.Shirdi locals call for shutdown over Sai baba birthplace row, temple remains open, Jan 19, 2020  
The claim that Sai Baba was born in Pathri as Haribhau Bhusari was made by Vishvas B. Kher and published in a book "Sai Baba of Shirdi: A Unique Saint" (1991) with M. V. Kamath. In the eighth edition of Sai Satcharitra published by Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, the claim was inserted, but was removed in later editions. The current Trust alleges that during 1984-89, Sitaram Dhanu and Vishvas Kher, both residents of Pathri, had caused the mention of Pathri inserted in the Sai Satcharitra, which was not present in the earlier editions.  विवाद / सरकार ने कहा- साईं का जन्मस्थल पाथरी; सौ करोड़ मंजूर, भक्त बोले- दो सौ करोड़ दे दो, लेकिन जन्मस्थली की मान्यता मंजूर नहीं, Dainik Bhaskar, Jan 18, 2020 Vishvas B. Kher's claim the source when Pathri is claimed to be Sai Baba's birthplace. The theory that he ws born as Haribhau Bhusari in a Brahmin family, was originally claimed by V.B. Kher in 1975. Simply put: Contesting claims over Sai Baba, Atikh Rashid, Indian Express, January 21, 2020 
Sai Satcharitra, the only authoritative account by Dabholkar states:
"Nobody knew the parents, birth or birth-place of Sai Baba. Many inquiries were made, many questions were put to Baba and others regarding these items, but no satisfactory answer or information has yet been obtained. Practically we know nothing about these matters."[http://www.saibabaofshirdi.net/satcharita/sai4.html  Shri Sai Satcharitra, 
Chapter 4, SAI BABA’S FIRST ADVENT IN SHIRDI] ( I have the Marathi text, unfortunately it is not in standard unicode.)
Malaiya (talk) 00:48, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth place controversey

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message: The daily pooja is not being performed in a pious manner.
The priests or pujaris are not performing the pooja properly.on the platform near Samadhi they chit chat, discuss,laugh,&shout loudly
Their feet touching Samadhi & main idol.
They don't attend to parayan immediately after Aarthi.wait for some body to bring the books,
They always 
Hide something behind main idol and search for them.
Even Kireetam is being handled by a single hand.
Flowers are thrown on Samadhi instead of placing them.
They should be trained to place the net in the nights.
The two shawls to be placed in the night after Aarthi  on the Baba,s feet&on the Samadhi feet are being hold in the armpit. 
The back doors are always open creating disturbing to poojas..
These are few noticed during the lockdown period which needs to be corrected. 2409:4070:410C:CFE9:0:0:132A:48AC (talk) 02:01, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. No edit requested; also appears like your own opinion. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  03:06, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2020 

message: Reidgpierce1981 (talk) 10:41, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 11:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Self-reverting. I don't quite know what to do with the "and guru" behind it. Reopening request for someone that knows. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 12:00, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Not done:  ~ Amkgp 💬 18:30, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2020