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The result of this discussion was the articles should not be merged.
C933103 (
talk) 12:37, 8 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Oppose - "Religion in Asia" is too broad, and the topics too disconnected.
Joshua Jonathan -
Let's talk! 06:47, 24 July 2020 (UTC)reply
I should clarify that Sections 1 and 2 of both articles are almost identical in structure, they list the Indian and East Asian religions and then lead on to their main articles. If there is reason to keep both article titles, one section could be merged into the other so that the content wouldn't overlap. But it appears here that Eastern religions is a subset of Religion in Asia, and a distinction can still be made if the former existed as a section in the latter. --
AquaDTRS (
talk) 17:25, 24 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose As stated by
Joshua Jonathan (
talk·contribs) "Religion in Asia" is too broad and merely refers to all the religions practiced in Asia (including the Western/Abrahamic religions of West and Central Asia). "Eastern religions" refers to a specific family of religions which share a common root tracing back to the belief systems of ancient India and China and primarily practiced in East, South and Southeast Asia. (
Sapah3 (
talk) 11:34, 27 July 2020 (UTC))reply
Strongly Oppose Asian religions include both the
Abrahamic religions (One-God religions) and the
Eastern religions (Multiple-God religions). How can you mix up two fundamentally different topics?
Kenwick (
talk) 14:30, 26 August 2020 (UTC)reply
We should have another referendum some point since the 2 account above were mal (malipuative/malicious intent)
I also apose a merger, but just saying this discussion was rigged
Doremon764 (
talk) 22:43, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose – Firstly, as said above, "Eastern religions" is generally used only for the religions originating in South Asia or East Asia (and perhaps some others in the more eastern part of Asia, like Tengrism). It does not include the Abrahamic religions or Zoroastrianism. Secondly, and more importantly, this article is not just about the religions themselves, but also their history and sociology in Asia specifically. Just as we have
Religion in Africa, for example, which is not just about African religions but also the history and practice of other religions (most notably Islam and Christianity) in Africa. If there were an article called "Asian religions", perhaps "Eastern religions" could be merged into it if that would not make it too large, but that is not the case.
Gazelle55 (
talk) 19:26, 24 February 2021 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Editing error in Religious distribution for East Asia
There seems to be an editing error in the Editing error in Religious distribution table for East Asia. — Preceding
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68.195.186.145 (
talk) 09:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)reply
What's the deal with all the zeroes in the Jewish columns in the Religious Distribution section? I thought to myself no way are there zero Jewish people in Japan, I know a Jewish person who lives in Japan. And then I saw Iran and Uzbekistan say they have zero Jews in the table, when earlier in this very article it says those countries have 8,756 and 4,000 Jews respectively. A reader of this (top-importance!) article could easily come away with the very inaccurate impression that there are boatloads of Asian countries with nary a single Jew, which seems to me like a serious flaw.
Idaresay (
talk) 23:12, 8 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Timor Leste
At least the figures of Timor Leste and Vietnam are confused. Timor Leste is a predominantly Christian (Catholic) country.
Arndt1969 (
talk) 06:50, 13 June 2023 (UTC)reply
I see that there must be more wrong figures. Please check and correct
Arndt1969 (
talk) 06:53, 13 June 2023 (UTC)reply