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A question regarding Sayana and Madhava
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ethnicity
i am glad to hear it! If you are not taking it personally, and don't find my comment especially interesting or useful, then you need not comment on it! Best, Slrubenstein | Talk 14:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Assyrian population
Hello dab, sorry to bother you, but I would like to know where you came up with these numbers for the Assyrian peoples population; "Iraq+ Syria ca. 0.5-2.5 million", the 2.5 million is way to high, and when I wanted to discuss them user:Chaldean said that it was you who came up with those numbers. This was the ref [1]. Thank you. The TriZ (talk) 15:19, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hamlet's Mill
Any particular reason you commented out that Puhvel quote? --Gwern (contribs) 01:00 6 June 2008 (GMT)
- the reason is WP:SYN: the passage tried to scrape a point out of a completely unrelated discussion in the source quoted. --dab (𒁳) 07:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- I don't follow; one of the main criticisms of the articles was that the authors were relying heavily on wrong, coincidental, or tenuous linguistic similarities and etymologies - which is exactly what that quote pithily summarized. --Gwern (contribs) 02:37 7 June 2008 (GMT)
Merge article
Can you please merge Thuya into Tjuyu please? The merge tags have been on both articles since December 2007. Its a repeat article on the same person but the Tjuyu article is more substantial. Thank You, Leoboudv (talk) 06:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- why didn't you do it yourself? --dab (𒁳) 07:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. I thought only Admins could merge articles preferably after a long discussion. But the merge tag had been on both articles for 6 long months and nothing was happening. I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank You, Leoboudv (talk) 10:21, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Egyptians
Could you please join the discussion at Talk: Egyptians\Religions, names? Certain editors are insisting on including Ancient Egyptian in the intro autonym and infobox language sections.--Yolgnu (talk) 09:57, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Copyright problems with Image:Stereographic Projection Northern Hemisphere.png
An image that you uploaded, Image:Stereographic Projection Northern Hemisphere.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Vinhtantran (talk) 14:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Mannaz
Hi, dab. Regarding your quick reposting of the merge tag on the Mannaz page. I removed the tag because of consensus reflected on the Runic studies talk page. If you oppose, that does not help against the majority, please front your opinions on the correct page to seek a compromise. I would appreciate it a lot if you did not revert my edits when I have given very valid reasoning for my actions. I would rather prefer that you posted a message on my talk page telling that you disagree, instead of making an edit that could, in some cases, lead to an edit war. As I dislike heated articles and discussions, I will not revert your edit before we have talked this through. Have a good day, –Skadinaujo T•C 11:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Patricianship
ie Patricians, but not the Roman ones. Any additions on the Swiss patrician classes very welcome, especially the nitty-gritty on how the constitutions which recognised a patrican class worked - or on anything else in the article. Thanks Johnbod (talk) 01:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: Image:Stereographic Projection Northern Hemisphere.png
The image had been tagged as a copyright violation, and looking at the site it appeared to be a copyrighted image. Sorry for the mistake; I've restored the image and given it a more descriptive PD tag. (ESkog)(Talk) 07:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Your view is requested
I was referred to you by User:Wikidas. Please take a look at my complaint about fringe theories and undue weight at Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard.
My original explanation to Wikidas was as follows:
Could you please take the time to look at Kalki? It is currently (in his own words) guarded by Ghostexorcist. And I don't have the experience to know how to make changes that don't get reverted. These are my concerns about it. See if you agree.
- An inordinate portion of the article is devoted to subjects tangential to the Hindu concept under the heading "Modern variations of the Kalki prophecy." I think this title itself is a contradiction in terms. What modern variation of the prophesy is there in Hinduism? It might read "modern interpretations" but Ghostexorcist will not allow even this to be discussed.
- The way the section is put together it gives the impression that the views of one author Savitri Devi Mukherji that Adolf Hitler was Kalki is a part of Hindu thought. By excluding other similar silly notions he puts un-due focus to that one idea, making Hinduism look morally baron.
- By having this Nazi allusion follow directly after Alejandro Biondini, a Nazi in Argentina, Ghostexorcist is de facto insisting on giving the Kalki concept a nazi connotation and I can't understand his motive.
- Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Undue_weight holds that Wikipedia is not a repository for opinions that almost no one holds - such as that Hitler was Kalki - a view that apparently a single Hindu author who is now dead had. By insisting on having this rare opinion kept highlighted he gives the impression this is a genuine Hindu view by not saying it is not. This seems a clear case of "undue weight" as defined by Wikipedia.
What I was hoping is that you might know one or two experienced editors like yourself that could bring some weight to bear on that article. As it is it goes nowhere as all serious changes are reverted by Ghostexorcist who says he guards the article. Thank you for your time.
- I have already replied at WP:FTN. I don't know about Alejandro Biondini, I have doubts about his notability too. I think you misunderstand WP:UNDUE: it does not state that "Wikipedia is not a repository for opinions that almost no one holds". For example, nobody believes in a flat Earth, and yet the topic still makes for a fascinating article. See also WP:TIGERS. Nobody here, I hope, believes that "Hitler was Kalki". It may still be interesting to document the idea, if sufficient notability can be established. A notion does not need to be widely held to be notable, otherwise most of our mythology articles would need to go. dab (𒁳) 16:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
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- Well I see I may have misunderstood the policty. It should be called "Non-notable fringe theories." (: But thank you for your attention and clean-up. I think it is much better. I half expect Ghostexorcist to immediately put back Alejandro Biondini. But thank you for trying. Vedantahindu (talk) 16:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I never received an alert that my edits were being discussed on the fringe theory board. However, having learned of it, I have posted a few comments. Thank you for your comments concerning my edits. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 18:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
