Talk:Shastriji Maharaj

message: The previous version of this article contains little information about Shastriji Maharaj but is instead a disjointed series of anecdotes that do not provide an overview of his life and contributions in a way that would be useful to any user of Wikipedia. Furthermore, the episodes had no references and are therefore difficult to verify.  Since the page hasn't seen much activity for quite a while, I decided to take a chronological approach to document Shastriji Maharaj's life and activities in an effort to generally improve the article. Rooneywayne17 (talk) 15:36, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes to the article

message: Hi, this article about Shastriji Maharaj has way more info than required, which is confusing to any person genuinely interested in knowing about him. I propose deleting the second half of this article, and making it a better summary of his life, rather than making it a list of incidents which is not going to look good here on Wikipedia. Let me know your views - will wait for a week before proceeding. wildT 14:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length 

message: The edit which states that Shastriji Maharaj was 'reprimanded in Vadtal temples is confusing. First, the sentence sounds awkward. The edit is implying that Shastriji Maharaj was trying to make his way back into the Vadtal Sampraday and instead he's being denied through the judges ruling. In actuality, Shastriji Maharaj's affidavit (used by the judge to render a ruling) clearly states that he and his associates seceded 24 years ago from the Vadtal and Amdavad gadi's and currently have no connection with either. Further, new temples have been erected and are being managed accordingly. I think the edit distorts the meaning of the reference in Williams' book. Accordingly, I'm reverting the edit. 
Actionjackson09 (talk) 00:06, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Schism Leading to the Formation of BAPS 

message: I have reviewed the references thoroughly, removed duplicate citations and added page numbers. I believe this clean-up warrants the removal of the page number tag on the page. Apollo1203 (talk) 04:36, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Numbers for Citations 

message: remove the this is part of vashvism because shastriji maharaj's sampraday BAPS believes BHagwan Swaminarayan to be the supreme deity not vishnu vashvinism believes Vishnu is the supreme deity  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HEAD3535 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You've got a point there; nevertheless, Swaminarayanism developed within Vaishnavism, and is regarded by scholarship to be a subtradition of Vaishnavism. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:21, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: BAPS believes BHagwan Swaminarayan to be the supreme deity

message: Hi , I have edited the first sentence to provide better clarity on the timing. Since the edit addresses the “when” tag, I had removed it. I also removed the “by whom” tag, as it doesn't seem appropriate here. While weasel words can sometimes be vague and ambiguous, “they may also be used in the lead section of an article or in a topic sentence of a paragraph, and the article body or the rest of the paragraph can supply attribution” WP:WEASEL. Since the lead sentence clearly states he was the founder of BAPS, it seems self-explanatory that he was accepted as the third spiritual successor by BAPS followers. Appropriate further detail is provided in the article body. Apollo1203 (talk) 13:34, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: thanks for taking notice. Williams (2018) p.62, though, doesn't describe Shastriji Maharaj as the third spiritual succesoor of Swaminarayan, but as the second successor of Gunatitanand Swami as manifestation of Swaminarayan, as accepted/described by the BAPS. I've corected the text diff accordingly. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:53, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  'By whom' Tag 

message: you added the tag, but you didn't add the explanatory talkpage-section, but of course you're referring to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Moksha88 and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Systematic NPOV review needed in the BAPS topic area. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:34, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long-term POV pushing 

message: The whole article is based on references from Swaminarayan Aksharpith, which is owned by BAPS. How is this even neutral? There is no point of view from vadtal diocese. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimit7patel (talk • contribs) 16:13, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased Article