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Ridiculous claims of 120 million Sikhs with spurious sources

Removing these. Unreferenced news articles are not adequate sources for this claim — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.107.213 ( talk • contribs) 21:28, September 20, 2021 (UTC)

Inaccurate edits made by User without sources to back it

This User:Joshua_Jonathan has made an this edit alongside a few others all of a sudden since last week. Which is strange as this did not happen for over 6 months since the info box was created. One of those users who made an edit was User:Mattansilk who was also banned for being sockpuppet ( Just to reiterate I am not saying Joshua or others are related parties of Mattansilk). **Also to note they have made these edits with NO sources and constantly reverting them**

I have no issue with it being referred to as a Dharmic faith. As we share some similar core values and beliefs and should maintain unity with each other.

So the two issues i want to address was: 1) Slogan: This user along with the other users who made the same edits are finding it hard to differentiate between a Sikh jakhaira/Slogan (Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal) and Sikh greeting (Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Fateh). As per Bole So Nihal it clearly states this is the Sikh Slogan as well. https://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/bole_so_nihal_sat_sri_akal.html

2) Sikhism did not separate from Hinduism or any other religion. Sikhs themselves view Guru Nanak was Sikh from birth as the Gurus are a reflection of God. There are many instances of Guru Nanak rejected Hindu practices from at a young age such as sacred thread, caste system etc...

I.e He rejected the sacred Hindu thread as a young boy. Furthermore in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib he states "ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥ Haj Kaabai Jaao N Theerathh Poojaa || I do not make pilgrimages to Mecca, nor do I worship at Hindu sacred shrines."

@ Usingh0663 , @ Jattlife121 , @ Javerine , @ Ronnie Macroni , @ Twarikh e Khalsa - Can also share more light on this.

Classification as an Indian religion

Who classified this who are they to classify it why do we have to classify it why not state it as an Punjabi religion ancient Vedic religion started in Punjab also this is the same as Jainism and some sources also suggest Buddha was a Punjabi prince Dopplegangman ( talk) 13:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi,
Sikhi is an Indian religion in that it originated from the Indian subcontinent. Likewise, it can also be considered a South Asian religion for the same reason.
Since it was founded in the late 1400s - early 1500s (AD) period, I don't believe it would qualify for the "ancient Vedic religion" term, since the Vedic age was between 1500 BCE and 600 BCE. AnyBurro9312 ( talk) 04:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2024

Please also add that the religion began with the help of the funding from the land owner.. Rai Bular Bhatti inherited the position as zamindar of Talwandi from his father Rai Bhoi.[3]

Although a Muslim by faith, Rai was inspired by Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and donated half of his land - over 18,500 acres of agricultural land.

Mehta Kalu, the father of Guru Nanak, was an employee of Bhatti. He was among the first few people who viewed Nanak as someone who was specially gifted by God. The land he donated is now under the control of Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan.[4]

Bular's descendants, the Rai family of Bhattis, have continued to play an active role in the area through to the 21st century.[4]

A portrait of Rai Bular was installed in the Central Sikh Museum of the Golden Temple complex under the supervision of the SGPC on 15 October 2022 to commemorate his important place in Sikhism.[5] His descendants from Pakistan whom were invited to attend the event were unable to due to visa clearance issues.[6] 73.241.96.33 ( talk) 22:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: This text appears to be a straight cut-and-paste from the article on Rai Bular Bhatti. Wikipedia does not cite itself (see WP:WINARS), so an edit request would need to contain the text intended for this article, as well as the actual sources cited. PianoDan ( talk) 22:35, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Relevance of the Prohibitions section?

Does the Prohibitions section need to be present in this specific article if there already exists a separate Prohibition article for that same purpose? AnyBurro9312 ( talk) 05:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply

"The Definition of Sikh"

There is a portion of the page that references the definition for the Sikh as defined by the SGPC.

At the time of writing, this is the definition:

The Definition of Sikh is any human being who faithfully believes in:

I. One Immortal Being,

II. Ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib,

III. The Guru Granth Sahib,

IV. The utterances and teachings of the ten Gurus and,

V. The baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru, and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion, is a Sikh.

However, this definition is restrictive because there are other Sikh sects who do not technically fit this definition, so I propose that this portion of the text be removed from the page because it's technically inaccurate.

This is not to comment on the SGPC in any way, rather to make sure that the Sikhism Wikipedia article is the most accurate when it comes to all Sikhs, not just the majority.

Thoughts? AnyBurro9312 ( talk) 15:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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