User talk:Elysdir

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Welcome!

Hello Elysdir, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  Vsmith 18:44, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Curiosity

Hi - there was no problem. I just noted on your edit to Gold rush that no one had welcomed you, so thought I'd do my bit and say welcome. Don't know why the welcoming committee had overlooked you. When I see edits on my watch list by users with no talk page, I just become a committee of one. :-) Vsmith 19:45, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shiva

Elysdir, thanks for your comments. I made changes to the Shiva article. Rudra is another name of Shiva. In Shaivism, Shiva is the supreme God. In Smarta or Advaita traditions which is liberal and more ecumenical, God has three aspects, Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. (i.e., Trimurti. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme and Shiva is subordinate. A lot of people made edits without context. I edited some of the entries. Hope this clarifies.

Raj2004 23:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions for improvements on articles

1) A subject's own website is not generally a reliable source, if only because it is unlike to maintain a neutral point of view. If someone has been shortlisted for an award, for example, we should source to that award's own website, if possible. 1a) The ISFDb, like the IMDDb, is not the most solid of sources either. 2) An article should always wikilink terms like University of Michigan and fantasy. 3) Excessive external links are not good, per our guidelines on external links. 4) We want to see articles on the author in general, not just reviews of her/his works, especially if the reviews are from obscure venues. 5) Are you sure you got my e-mail address right? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)