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[edit] Hi everyone! Please post here your comments

If you are interested in Kashmir Śaivism please drop me a line. If you too are working in the same domain, I think we'll do better by knowing each other and communicating! Also, wherever you can give me advice or point out mistakes, please don't hesitate.Visarga (talk)

[edit] Bold usage

Hello. Before you go too much further on The 36 tattvas. we don't use bold font like that. Most of where you are using bold should be italics. It's in the Manual of Style somewhere, though I couldn't point you directly to it. IPSOS (talk) 14:06, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding citations

Namaste. I was pleased to see that you have shown interest in Trika and Kashmir Shaivism. Your attention to WP:CITE is appreciated. I have a concern over your addition of material by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as a WP:RS. That particular teacher has come up before on other others, and use of him as a WP:RS has been rejected on some articles due to the fact that his works themselves generally lack any sort of reliable sourcing, and he has been associated with certain WP:FRINGE notions. I request that you being replacing any citation to him with something that would be more reliable. Also, when you give references, can you please include page numbers? Mentioning a book without giving a page number makes it difficult to verify the citations. I hope you will take these suggestions in a postive light, as it is always good to have more editors around. Buddhipriya 00:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kaula

That's great. Some minor formatting points you'll want to consider.

  1. We don't use bold text like that. Typically only the first instance of the title subject is bolded. THe other places where you've used bold should be italics.
  2. In headings, only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized
  3. Punctuation goes before the ref tag, and there should be no space before the ref tag either, whether or not it is preceded by punctuation.

As for the content, it looks great! Looks like you've done pretty much what I intended to do slowly in place in the article as I had time... Kudos! IPSOS (talk) 12:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kaula comment

Added comments on talk page. I have updated the rating to B due to exhaustive nature of content. At times, it becomes too abstract for non-experts like me, unaware of detailed terms of Saivism. IMO, the Shaktism article tries to explain terms in simpler words. Please go through it. The abstractness of the article with no WP:OBVIOUS meaning at places, can be an obstacle in further elevation to GA and FA(some day) in rating of the aricle.--Redtigerxyz 07:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I studied Sanskrit at school and coll levels. We had books prescribed by the university. So really dont know what books or sites etc. (you can get in Romania) can you refer to , to learn Sanskrit.---- Redtigerxyz (talk) 16:56, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abhinavagupta

I would prefer the conversation be on the talk itself. Regarding the img at Abhinavagupta, just change the tag to {{fair use}}, instead of {{PD}}. I will give more suggestions on Abhinavagupta. Also you are most welcome to expand Matrikas and Shaktism and you need no one's permission. If there are any issues about your edits, they would be reverted (worst case) or discussed on the talk.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Also since you are interested in Shaivism, you might help in forming a referenced section titled "Worship and festivals" in Shiva like FA Ganesha. I am currently working on it too. I wish to write about worship of Shiva: Lingam worship, Maha shivratri and temples as whole - Jyotirlinga in particular and texts imp in Shiva worship. Also a short para about the cult of Shiva, Shaivism. Please suggest more things that should be written about in the Shiva article, to make complete in all aspect. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Image:Abhinavagupta.jpg : include {{fair use rationale}} --Redtigerxyz (talk) 06:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Edits

Thanks for your recent note about my edit to your Abhinavagupta page. My apology for not informing you as I am still relatively new to wikipedia and am not really that familiar with all of the rules and formatting procedures. Your page is very informative, and though my time is limited I will add any suggestions here in the future. George(talk) 09:09 17 Feb '08. (UTC)