User talk:Sylvain1972

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[edit] Invitation to contribute to Tibetan Buddhism

Hi Sylvain1972, thanks for inviting me to contribute to these subjects. I would be delighted to do so although my knowledge is very superficial, however I have a great respect and debt to the Tibetan traditions and masters so anything I can contribute I certainly will. Of particular interest to me would be some pages on Trijang Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Je Phabonkhapa etc because these figures are widely discussed but in fact there is little information available about any of them. I am not an expert myself but perhaps some experts can be drawn out of the woodwork? I can put together very basic sketches however. On a general note you may have concerns that I am partisan to one particular view, and of course I do have my own views, however one of the things I really appreciate about Wiki is that it enables a broad range of different views to be presented as long as they are well founded, this I very much support, even if they contradict my views. In the meantime if you would like me to review or contribute to any ongoing articles please let me know, I would be delighted to contribute.(Robertect 11:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC)).

Hi, I have just seen that you have mentioned the Tibetan Buddhism project on my talk page. Thanks for the invite! However, I do not know how much I can add. I follow the same tradition as Robert and as he has been involved longer (I think) he can probably offer more than me. It is also not clear as to how many people would consider the NKT to be 'Tibetan'. However, I can give my perspective of living in an NKT Dharma Centre in England and of being a Dorje Shugden practioner if that would be helpful. All the best. Patrick --Patrick K 09:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] portal tubetan buddhism

Im also a (beggining) tibetan buddhist practitioner, but wonder about the wisdom of having a separate portal. I think buddhists are allready quite a small minority here on wiki, and maintaining (general) buddhist portal, project and articles (especially of topics and terms shared with other more numerous religions, like hindu) seems complicaded enough; creating specific portals for subdivisions maybe is not such a great idea? --Aryah 01:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problematic Tibetan Buddhism article (Phende)

Hi. I noticed you have edited other Tibetan Buddhism topics. I spent some time on this article, but it still remains a wretched piece of unencyclopedic writing. If you get the chance, can you look at it? I've left some comments on the talk page.
Thanks,
--A. B. 18:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

You have my total support -- you might add Ngor to your list as well -- it appears very similar. I just put a ton of tags on it. --A. B. 18:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yr comment on talk page for Mipham Gyatso

I _think_ your last reply to MrDemeanour got in between his/her comment and signature, so I moved it back, based on edit history. If this is _not_ the case then I do apologize, but it was a little confusing otherwise. Regards, Zero sharp 16:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burj al-Arab

Hi Sylvain,

Thanks for removing the NPOV and clean-up tags on Burj al-Arab. As you noted, a fair bit of work has been done on it. While the subject has no special importance to me, the low standard of writing on that article was really getting on my nerves. I'm happy that you feel it's now at a readable standard.

I removed the "Criticism" section in accordance with a discussion on Talk:Burj al-Arab with H005. I feel that the currently-listed criticisms are a bit self-serving. I understand your reasons for reinstating the section, and would love to hear more discussion of the issue on the article's talk page.

(talk to) Caroline Sanford 01:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Your recent edits to Heruka

Thank you very much -- the article is in a lot better shape since I last looked in, mostly thanks to your edits. Zero sharp 10:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] "President's Day"

Hi, Sylvain1972,

Forgive me for having to revert a couple of your changes to the Presidents Day article. I left you a note on the discussion page with an explanation; I think you were basing your edits on false information on the discussion page. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts.

--Factman 00:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi Sylvain,

I'm just getting used to the idea of making alterations to wikipedia articles.

After reading your entry on Namgyal Rinpoche, I wondered if it was based on your having met the man, or whether you put it together from what you'd read.

I studied with him for many years and feel there is a glaring omission, but wouldn't want to offend you by re-writing the article.

I note you don't have an email link on your user page, so I'll just have to check in here sometime to see if you've posted a reply... unless you can email me (do I have an email link on my page?)

Alansw

Alansw, I think you should go ahead and edit in whatever you feel is appropriate. I don't know anything particularly about the topic, I just put in what I could piece together.Sylvain1972 14:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buddhism by country

hi -- this article is a mess, and I think the numbers are completely off. But please, please, don't add countries for which we don't have numbers! Originally the article listed every country in the world, and most of them didn't have any data. It was a disaster. I'd like to do through soon and redo the whole article, but I really don't think adding new countries at this point adds anything to it. thanks! bikeable (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I can see your argument, but it is also helpful as a list of articles regardless of the numbers, so I think it adds that.Sylvain1972 17:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
But the articles you added don't exist! of course, once they do, we should add them, but having a redlink to an article on every country doesn't add to the article. bikeable (talk) 19:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
No, but it is helpful to see what exists now and what doesn't. I plan to start the two articles I added shortly - that's why I added them.Sylvain1972 19:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tibet

Hi I am fascinated in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism and have adde dmany new articles on buddhist monasteries such as Ramoche Temple and Shalu Monastery. Would it be possible to merge your project into WikiProject Tibet -after all much of the traditional culture and biographies etc are Tibetan buddhism anyway, I feel it could create abetter coordination . PLease see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China. If it became WikiiPorject Tibet the Tibetan Buddhism would be an intergral part of it of course . What do you think? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

You may also be interested to know that I have added a gallery of Dalai Lamas !! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer, but I think it is best to avoid merging the topics. They are distinct, after all, and it can't hurt to have two. However, any help you'd like to offer to the Tibetan Buddhist project is appreciated, of course.Sylvain1972 13:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi. The decision by Wikiporject China was to create a project WikiProject Tibet. However I too agree with you that there is a disinction between Tibetan tradition/religion and Chinese takeover. Your project is now a part of WikiProject Tibet but I am keeping all of the categories for Tibetan Buddhism (I also created some new ones) which are now part fo Buddhism and Tibet. For example please see Talk:Ramoche Temple. THis article geographically is part of China so goes in that category. However spiritually it is part of Tibetan Buddhism project so that tag puts it in not only the Tibetan Buddhst category but also in Tibet articles. E.g for the Dalai Lama the tag clearly cannot be Chinese! but has a Tibetan Buddhism tag which automatically places it also in the Tibet category but not CHina. I feel this is the best way to do it. I also improved the Tibetan Buddhism template and have begun adding it to articles which I couldn't beleive were not tagged like the Panchen Lama! THis way your project is working with Tibet whilst avoiding the CHinese tagging whilst focusing on solely Buddhism articles. For example Lhasa has two tags yet being under the same project - this is to show that the Tibetan buddhism project is still very much in operation but is part of the wider Tibetan framework. It wasn't my decision to merge them but if you understand they haven't really been merged just organized more strongly. YOu'll beginning to see a big improvmeent in you rproject by my tagging system and I'll continue creating new Tibetan-Buddhist articles. I hope you see the idea. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't begin to stress how important I beleive this is and like you I agree that Tibetan Buddhism is an important and highly interesting subject. PLease add to the Tibetan Buddhism section of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tibet and state the goals etc articles needing improvement etc. ALso I beleive your Portal:Tibetan Buddhism is great!!! and should be linkeed on every Tibetan buddhist article in the template showing it simportance ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't beleive the article which haven't been organized. Why has Drepung Monastery and Je Tsongkhapa not been tagged!!!!! They now have the Tibetan Buddhism tag. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Please can you respond to me I know you are there!! Are you as interested in Tibetan Buddhism as I am? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 21:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canada's Soverignty

...is hotly debated among historians so it's hard to give you a straight answer. However, by 1931 Canada was declared "equal" to Britain within the Commonwealth. Yet because the Canadian founding fathers had forgotten to give themselves a process to amend the constitution, that power technically stayed with Britain until 1982. Does that work? Kevlar67 20:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

The main goods are at Constitutional history of Canada. Cheers. Kevlar67 20:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks that's helpful.Sylvain1972 13:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)