Talk:Uma Thurman

message: redirects here, but this page contains no information about her, not even her name. That should only be the case if "Maya Thurman Hawke" is a pseudonym for Uma Thurman. Since she's starring in a major BBC miniseries, shouldn't she have her own page by now anyway? Serendipodous 08:07, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Did it myself. Serendipodous 18:22, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Serendipodous, non-notable children's names are sometimes redirected to one of the parents' Wikipedia articles, usually in a section about the child. This article already mentioned the child, but not by name until you added the name and the brother's name. Per what is stated at Talk:Brian Austin Green#RfC: Names and DOB's of children in a BLP, we usually don't add the names of non-notable children. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:12, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I created her article. So now if she's not notable it will have to go through AfD. Serendipodous 00:25, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Maya Thurman-Hawke]] 

message: Template:Infobox model ?
64.175.40.194 (talk) 12:50, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:Infobox model ? 

message: I thought I wouldn't modify without discussion.
Although it is right to say that Uma is a Hindu name and an aspect of Parvati, her dad (who I met at a retreat in India) is Tibetan Buddhist, not Hindu.
I would expect that Uma is named after the Tibetan Wealth deity Uma Devi.  Uma Devi is an import originally from Hinduism,but she is a Tibetan Buddhist deity with forms and attributes of Tibetan Buddhism.  She's a fairly obscure deity but she is included in some Nyingmapa health practices and maybe in other schools too.
I should point out also that Hinduism imported plenty of stuff from Buddhism.  So it's not clear what the origin of the name is, but in this context, it is Tibetan Buddhist.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indigocat (talk • contribs) 19:28, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right. Wikipedia should not imply that Uma Thurman or her parents adhere to Hinduism. It should not imply that her parents intended her name to be of Sanskrit origin or to have any connection whatsoever to any Hindu deity. If the etymology is to be included, it should be sourced to a publication that discusses it in the context of Uma Thurman. The two citations provided in the article make no reference to Uma Thurman, so they are utterly unacceptable. See WP:BLP for an explanation as to why Wikipedia should carefully treat sensitive claims such as those about religious views or name choices. Surtsicna (talk) 16:43, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The paragraph describes the origin of the name – nowhere does it claim that Uma's parents are Hindus, not does it mention anything about religious views.  Martin of Sheffield (talk) 16:59, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No, but it implies it. That much is obvious to at least two people. If an adherence to Hinduism is not to be implied, why mention her name being shared by a Hindu deity? Who made this connection anyway? A Wikipedia user? Surtsicna (talk) 17:05, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

text: I now see that the article used to say that her name had Buddhist connections, but the source cited there is no longer accessible. This was replaced with a reference to Hinduism; the reference is accessible and says that Thurman was "named after the Hindu goddess of beauty". So which is it, Hindu or Buddhist? Surtsicna (talk) 17:48, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uma not Hindu name 

message: She stars as the President of the United States in the romantic comedy Prime Series ‘Red White and Royal Blue’. 211.30.39.85 (talk) 09:22, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: As it says, twice. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 14:27, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2023