Hi Andries, I shortened the quote from Schonborn and added the following to the cult response part of the article.
Kindly check if you think it is fitting and fine with you. At least, this statement no longer generalizes on the "unreliability" of apostate testimony. It merely states that these testimonies are not representative of ex-members in general. This is an echo of the Schonborn statement from the sociological point of view. Marax 04:11, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Will you please join in at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Willmcw#Come_on , Willmc confirms that 64.81.88.140 is Jossi. Thomas h 08:36, 15 November 2005 (UTC) Well now he relativated it a bit, but in his eyes the entry done as an answer to me about UNA was from Jossi Thomas h 10:07, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Dear Andries, I have replied to your comments at [ Talk:Guru]. Best Regards. Miljoshi 08:05, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
I created a stub article for Reender Kranenborg. I could not find much info in English, so maybe you can expand. Just please do not add books that are not in the English language (these are listed in nl:Reender Kranenborg. Thanks. ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 04:24, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Andries, I changed your "merge from" tag to simply a "merge" tag. I would say both names Sergei Torop and Vissarion are equally known. So it might be better to use a "merge" tag first. But of course, I might be wrong :) Tell me what you think! 199.111.230.195 20:27, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Your now semi-hidden Wikipedia cult is just great for different reasons. Unfortunately it prevented me from pulling this card at Talk:List of purported cults, as a re-make wouldn't be that funny. My other two evidence URLs would have been [2] and [3]. -- Pjacobi 23:21, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
I'll wait a bit, maybe things will cool down, if they don't I'll unprotect it, but will be watching it closely to see if things get out of hand again. For now that's the best anyone can do. Happy editing!
Johann Wolfgang 23:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
i recommend to read this [4], it is about the history of Sant Mat and sheds some light on the guru/god issue which is in it's definition not as common in India as purported by Cultists and supporters but reflects the "Guru is really God in person" behaviour as portrayed by ex-followers of Rawat Thomas h 13:28, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.
The holiday season is coming, let's get off each others back until after the New Year, shall we? ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 16:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
For last year's words belong to last year's language
You know, that the "outsourced" criticism articles on "cults" drive me mad. Whereas I've failed on other subjects, as the sheer amount of stuff strengthened the "splitters", I've trageted a new one: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Local Church controversy.
Care to comment? Do have any reputable sources for criticism?
Pjacobi 15:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Wat mij betreft geen probleem. Opruimen was routine (alles ouder dan een maand krijgt sowieso niet heel veel aandacht op RFC). R adiant _>|< 22:35, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
cp from User talk:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters Andries needs to slow down with his advocacy against gurus andl leaders new religious movements. He finds a certain joy in grouping gurus and leaders of new religious movements with Hitler to the hope to assert the fallacy of guilt by association. This is at the core of the discussion at Charismatic authority, no more, no less. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 16:37, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
You may have not "broken the policy" but you are surely using Wikipedia to advocate your point of view, as stated by you several times including recently on your own user page. The no advocacy policy of Wikipeddia is not designed to be navigated around to "avoid breaking it". WP:NOT is to be embraced as a concept, together with WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:NOR. There is a big difference between these two. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 20:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Dear Andries, I am trying to synthesize the different versions proposed so far regarding this topic:
My latest proposal: While the topic of the validity of testimonies of former members of religious organizations is controversial, some prominent sociologists like Reader Emeritus of Sociology of the University of Oxford, Bryan R. Wilson, puts in doubt the testimonies of a type of critical former members. Wilson goes so far as to say, for example, that some of these adult members who are "prone to bias" sometimes "learn to rehearse an atrocity story." See Controversy about the validity of the testimonies of critical members of religious movements
My proposal tries to put together proposals. I think that Thomas' attempt to provide a quote is ok given the NPOV policy:
Although I do agree that the quote has to put in proper context and nuance as you said in [8]: that Wilson although prominent and a very "reputable source" is quite extreme. Thus, my rendering: "he goes so far as to say."
I placed "put in doubt" rather than "generally advocates skepticism" because he specifies the type. He does not advocate skepticism for all apostates. There is more nuance in his statements, I think.
What do you think? Lafem 05:35, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
There is already an official Wikipedia policy about sources: WP:Verifiability: I quote:
So, non-English sources are OK, within these parameters. If you want to change that official policy, the best way to do this is at Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 03:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
The Charismatic authority page you linked to Adolf Hitler has text missing - you can see the gap where footnote 2 is marked. Perhaps you could fill the gap.-- shtove 11:27, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I had never heard of him until I read the TNR article; and it does not encourage me to want to know more. But it belongs in any article. A URL for it can probably be found through http:\\www.thenewrepublic.com
Good luck, Septentrionalis 03:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your note on my talk page. -- Edcolins 14:10, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
If you have a problem with a witness account such as Mr. Singh's as it pertains to WP:V, please let me know so that we can then proceed to remove all personal accounts from the Criticism of Prem Rawat article. Ah, and when we are at it, let's proceed and delete all the witness accounts against your guru posted on anti-SSB websites such as the one you are a webmaster of, shall we? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 20:03, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I am responding to a Wikipedia:Requests for mediation#Sathya_Sai_Baba initiated by Jossi ( talk ⢠contribs). The parties to the mediation would be SSS108 ( talk ⢠contribs), Thaumaturgic ( talk ⢠contribs) and Andries ( talk ⢠contribs). This would be an entirely voluntary mediation. I have no official status with Wikipedia, and I am not an admin. My only aim would be to assist in dispute resolution. Please let me know if you are willing to have me play the role of mediator by commenting at User:BostonMA/Mediation. -- BostonMA 01:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thank you for accepting me as a mediator on a trial basis. The other two editors have already raised a number of issues about which they have concerns. It would be helpful if you started a section on the mediation page which expresses some of the things you hope might come out of mediation. If you don't feel inclined to express your hopes for mediation, that is OK too, but in that case please let me know that it is OK to proceed without a statement from you. Thanks again. -- BostonMA 15:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I added the following comment to mediation page. I am repeating it here, because I did some major reorganization, and I don't want this to get overlooked in the shuffle.
-- BostonMA 23:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Because the main mediation page has grown so large, I have added a new page User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Nagel as source. Please use the page only for discussion of using Nagel as a source. I have given some of my opinions on the page already. Please give yours. It is my hope that editting work on the main article can proceed at the same time that specific issues, such as using Alexandra Nagel as a source are discussed. -- BostonMA 03:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Jossi is not officially a party to the mediation. However, Jossi appears to have strong concerns about the content of the SSB articles. It would seem formalistic to me not to include Jossi. Do you object? -- BostonMA 03:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thank you for moving the Nagel page. I hadn't noticed that I created it in the wrong space. --
BostonMA 15:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have added a new page User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Use of Websites. Please continue to discuss matters on User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Nagel as source as well. -- BostonMA 03:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have added two new pages. The first page is a Mediator Reminder Page. Occassionally, I will lose track of things to which I ought to respond, or upon which I ought to take action. This page is the place to give me reminders of such things. Please do not use this page for discussion. As I respond to the item of which you are reminding me, I will delete the reminder. So don't place anything on the page that you want kept. The second page is a Reminder Page for the Editors. Please put this page on your watchlist, and review it from time to time. Just as I do, editors may also lose track of items. Questions may be asked which are forgotten or the answers to these questions may not be clear to readers such as myself. I will place such questions on this page. Please do not edit this page at all. Just look at it. If I have included an item that you believe has already been addressed, just let me know on the Mediator Reminder Page. I've added larger links below for your convenience -- BostonMA 03:09, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries. It has now been 2 weeks. Please express whether you a willing to have me continue as mediator, by responding on the main mediation page. Thanks. --BostonMA 02:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries. I have just left a note on SSB108's talk page which you should read. -- BostonMA 19:40, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have added a new mediation page
User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Implementation of Policies. Please express your agreement or disagreement to the opinion expressed on this page. --
BostonMA 20:45, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've added a new question to User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Implementation of Policies. -- BostonMA 22:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've added a new page User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Premanand as a Source. Please respond to the question(s) raised there. -- BostonMA 17:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've also added a new question at User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Implementation of Policies -- BostonMA 23:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've added more to User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Premanand as a Source. -- BostonMA 03:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've added a number of new questions, which can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate links at User:BostonMA/Mediation/Sathya Sai Baba/Reminders for Editors. If it is alright with you, I will just update the timestamp for this message whenver I add something new. -- BostonMA 18:47, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I believe a message directed at you is waiting for an answer.
19:45, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome and your work on Jim Jones! Ecto 23:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries, I could have sworn I replied to your message â I remember exactly what I said â but either I forgot to click "send" or the server ate it. (I wonder which is more likely.) Thanks, anyway! I was very pleased to see your informative edit to the Lead of Prem Rawat, about the groups that the criticism came from. "Oh, look, great Lead now", I thought. "Everybody's gonna be happy." Ha ha, yeah. I guess I forgot to count those archives. Bishonen | talk 01:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC).
For your tireless efforts to introduce more balance in Prem Rawat, I hereby present you with the prestigious Blondin Tightrope Award, represented by this image of the amazing Charles Blondin carrying Jimbo Wales safely across the Niagara Falls. Bishonen | talk 21:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC).
Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:
Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! bd2412 T 05:19, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries, I'm short of time these past days and so have not been able to reply to your message. Sorry but I'll get back to you. Hopefully next week. Best wishes. Lafem 03:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
a) Wikipedia says we should report in proportion to the credibility of the expert. I think it is almost beyond dispute that Wilson is one of the most credible experts on this topic (0pus Dei is under the category of religious organization). Duheim and Zablocki could be mentioned only if their credibility is proportionate to Wilson, and if there are no limitations of space and due proportionality. But their position is not altogether absent in the article. John L. Allen, Jr., another highly credible writer, says that the differences in interpreting the same religious data "depends on one's basic approach to a religious vocation, family life, etc.". And in terms of space proportions, Allen's space is greater than Wilson's. b) General scientific statements of an expert in a field which has greater extension, and by the very philosophical definition of extension, general and science, could be applied to specifics. This is done in these specific subjects, as to Keynesian economics [9], John Dewey [10]. I am sure these experts did not specifically refer to these subjects but their theories are applied to them, because they meant their general scientific statements to be inductions from specifics and later applied to other specifics. c) I read Wilson's paper (but it was not from Scientology but from a human rights or freedom group). Wilson does not brand all defectors as producers of atrocity stories. It is only specific individuals who are. And I am sure you are not one of them. But I think it is important that the people learn from a world expert about these type of individuals, who are few but destructive. It will also protect you and me, if somebody who leaves Wikipedia, for example, one day portray us in a very bad light.
Let's see if this has helped. Lafem 03:27, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
a suspicious anonymous edit. Should we roll back this invisible linkspam? ;-) -- Zanaq 13:39, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I received this via email by someone I do not know. Could you please verify that this is accurate? You have access to that book, right? Thanks. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 17:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
I will not tolerate personal attacks in which you accuse me of hypocrisy. If you don't like my edits, discuss them civilly. This is my last warning. Any further personal attacks from you will be reported to Wikipedia:Personal attack intervention noticeboard. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 22:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Please join me in keeping discussion within the civility that is expected and strongly opposing disparraging comments about editors either in our outside of Wikipedia. .
For example, these comments by Jim "Either this woman's an a**hole who's just trying to distort reality for some stupid reason or she's ignorant yet pompous to boot." and "As far as I'm concerned, Daniella's fake until proven otherwise.� She's certainly ignorant and offensive." are undoubtedly personal attacks and not acceptable. Period. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 18:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Andries your comment on the anti Prem Rawat forum ( http://www.prem-rawat-talk.org/forum/posts/3540.html) that "Wikipedia editors assert that 'Guru Maharaj ji is God' can refer to his father", is untrue and should be retracted. Momento 02:28, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries, please take some time to respond to the questions that were raised in mediation. The currently open questions may be easily found by clicking on the appropriate links here. -- BostonMA 21:11, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Read the above.
Sander 14:10, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Andries, not to pressure you or anything, but I am interested in pursuing the mediation. You began to answer the questions on Premanand as a Source and then abruptly stopped. You have not given a reason for not answering the questions. If you are busy or delayed, I think it is only fair you let us know. If you don't want to answer the questions, just say so. The unanswered questions have been there since February 27th and we cannot move forward unless you participate. Thanks SSS108 talk- email 21:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries. My working assumption is that you are still weighing your responses. However, it occurred to me that you might have missed my comment here. My own watch list is often busy, and I have more than once realized that something went by without me noticing at the time. If you have anything you would like to talk over with me, please feel free to let me know. -- BostonMA 02:41, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Anything can be seen as anything by dishonest people. Are you accusing me of mounting a personal attack against you? If not, you are wasting my time. — goethean ॐ 18:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Andries, I noticed you said my page contained "defamatory" content. Are you aware of the definition of "defamation"? If statements are negative, but true, that is not defamation. If statements are untrue, then it is defamation. Point out anything on my page about you that is untrue, i.e., "defamatory". You are falsely accusing me of defamation without backing up your claims by citing examples. SSS108 talk- email 03:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
I would like to inform about the Arbitration request concerning the long discussion on Talk:Dutch language.
[The link to the Arbitration request will follow soon, as I have to inform you before posting]
Sander 10:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries. I'm sure you read the contributions of SSS108 and perhaps have my talk page on your watch list. So, it is not really necessary for me to tell you that SSS108 is considering filing a request for arbitration against you. I have noticed that your recent edits on SSB seem to be mostly in the right direction. I'm reluctant to put pressure on people when they seem to be trying to do the right thing. However, to be honest, there are several things that I would have brought to your attention eventually, and the fact that SSS108 is considering arbitration makes it seem appropriate to bring them up now, despite your recent good edits.
I have been somewhat disappointed that you have been so slow in responding to comments that I have made directly addressed to you. In the event that mediation continues, I hope that you will try to keep in touch more frequently.
There is a larger issue, however, that I would like to share my feelings about. I would like you to reconsider the answers that you gave to the questions about Premanand's article about inappropriate influence upon the judiciary. Neutral point of view is an a basic policy of Wikipedia. Good editors must be able to distinguish partisanship from a neutral point of view. The ability to recognize what constitutes credible evidence that a crime has been committed from cases where no such credible evidence has been presented, and the ability to recognize when authors are hiding insinuations by phrasing them as questions, these abilities are basic and essential for distinguishing a partisan source from a neutral source. There may be other editors who share your opinions of the Premanand article. However, I think a great many editors would take your answers as a sign of an inability to properly judge sources. I do not want you to be dishonest. If you are truly convinced of what you wrote, please let it remain. However, if on reconsideration you see your answers as unconvincing, I strongly urge you to strike out the comments you made and to change your statements to agree. Sincerely, -- BostonMA 02:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
As you've done some work on Eckankar articles, you might be interested in the suggestion at Talk:Harold Klemp. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 03:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 23:45, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Please remember to always provide an
edit summary. Thanks and happy editing.
Hiding
talk 20:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Andries, your bias is indisputable. Your postings on the anti Prem Rawat forum criticising Wikipedia editors are evidence enough. I will always correct your POV editing. Momento 04:17, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Andries, could you explain why you reverted to a version of the SSB article that did not include the various changes that had been made during mediation (including changes made by you)? Thanks. --
BostonMA 20:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC) My mistake. I apologize. --
BostonMA 00:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I can't find record of the draft you speak of, but rewrite the article or head to deletion review. Good luck. Harr o 5 08:30, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries, please remember that there is still an open question from 2 April 2006. -- BostonMA 01:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Please answer this question SSS108 talk- email 03:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I greatly apologize for my prolonged absense. It will take a bit for me to understand discussions which have taken place. Please let me know if there are issues that you feel are urgent to which I should attend first. Sincerely, BostonMA 22:41, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
THE FOLLOWING TEXT NEEDS TO BE TRANSLATED FROM DUTCH TO ENGLISH FOR THE SATHYA SAI BABA ARTICLE:
Please make corrections here User_talk:Andries/Translations_SSB_1
Welkom bij de club der rouwenden', e-mailt ex-Sai Baba-devotee (vereerder) Leo, aan nieuwe lotgenoten. Hij wil zijn naam niet in de krant. ,,Voor mij is het nu een week dat ik ex ben, en dat na elf jaar. Naar aanleiding van alle geruchten die hij hoorde, nam hij ondanks Sai Baba's verbod een kijkje op internet. ,,Schokkend was het. Ik kon het niet meer afdoen als een complot van negatieve krachten en teleurgestelde devotees. Hij is nu in de rouw. ,,Baba was niet alleen mijn vader en moeder maar ook de grondlegger van mijn wereldbeeld. Ik heb al zijn foto's verscheurd.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Welcome to the club of the mourners, e-mails ex-Sai Baba devotee (worshipper) Leo, to his new fellow-sufferers. He does not want his name in the newspaper. "It has now been a week for me that I am an ex, and that after eleven years. Because of all the rumors that he heard and in spite of Sai Baba's prohibition, he took a look at the internet. "It was shocking. I could not dismiss it anymore as a conspiracy of negative forces and disappointed devotees. He is now mourning. "Baba was not only my father and mother but also the founder of my world view. I tore up all his pictures.
From Dutch original in Trouw newspaper, 6 September 2000 under the title "De ondergang van een goeroe, Sai Baba"translation by the Dutch American Ella Evers is here The Downfall of a guru, Sai Baba
Honderden Nederlandse gelovigen hebben net als hij de afgelopen maanden hun Sai Baba-foto's van de muren gescheurd en zijn boeken weggegooid. Het aantal getuigenissen op internet groeit, van gewone aanhangers, maar ook van 'hooggeplaatsten' die Sai Baba goed kennen. Steevast trok de swami hun broek omlaag en betastte hun geslachtsdelen. Sommigen werden gedwongen tot orale seks. Wie Sai Baba onder vier ogen mag ontmoeten is een geluksvogel. Duizenden moeten genoegen nemen met de vluchtige aanblik van de godheid wanneer hij de zegen geeft.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Hundreds of Dutch believers have, just like him torn their Sai Baba pictures off the wall and threw away his books. The number of testimonies on the internet is growing, from rank and file adherents, but also from 'highly placed persons' who know Sai Baba well. Invariably the swami pulled their trousers down and felt up their genitals. Some were forced to oral sex. Whom can meet Sai Baba in private is a lucky one. Thousands have to be satisfied with a brief sight of the deity when he gives the blessing.
From Dutch original in Trouw newspaper, 6 September 2000 under the title "De ondergang van een goeroe, Sai Baba"translation by the Dutch American Ella Evers is here The Downfall of a guru, Sai Baba
De mythisch-sociologische connectie tussen Sai Baba en de god Shiva is hiermee voor een belangrijk deel uitgelegd. Rest de erotische component van Shiva in relatie te brengen met Sai Baba. Swallow wijst o.m. op Sai Baba's artistieke verschijning in het verleden (Baba danste en zong) en zijn uiterlijk. Baba's voorkomen vertoont eerder vrouwelijke dan mannelijke trekken, en zijn uitstraling is een mengeling van erotiek en ascetisme. Over de wijze waarop Sai Baba het nieuwe tijdperk in gang zal zetten, meent Swallow dat Sathya Sai Baba dit middels eigen rituelen doet, maar dat daarbij "de sexuele beeldspraak verborgen is en aangepast is aan de gevoeligheden van zijn vrij preutse toehoorders."
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE):The mythical-sociological relation between Sai Baba and the deity Shiva has been explained with this to a great extent. What remains is to relate the erotic component of Shiva to Sai Baba. Swallow points among others at Sai Baba artistic figure in the past (Baba danced and sang) and his looks. Baba's appearance shows more female than male traits, and his aura is a mix of eroticism and asceticism. With regards to the way by which Sai Baba will get the new age going, Swallow holds the opinion that he will do this through his own rituals, but that in addition "the sexual metaphors are hidden and adapted to the sensitivities of his rather prudish listeners."
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Middels deze laatste opmerking wordt aannemelijk waarom Sai Baba's sexuele handelingen zoals Brooke en Ord ze naar voren hebben gebracht, grotendeels onder de oppervlakte zijn gebleven: het merendeel van zijn devotees is niet open genoeg om de symboliek te kunnen begrijpen of te accepteren. Totaal onduidelijk is evenwel of Swallow kennis heeft genomen van Sai Baba's handelingen met jongemannen en zijn tweeslachtigheid. Uit de wijze waarop zij Baba als een incarnatie van Shiva heeft geportretteerd, zou afgeleid kunnen worden dat ze het niet meer dan normaal of passend zou vinden dat die gebeurtenissen plaatsvinden. Want Baba toont in de privé-omgeving zijn kant van 'opperste geliefde' en combineert dit bovendien met Shiva-Shakti, de man-vrouw vorm. Baba is letterlijk de levende lingam in de yoni. Aan de buitenwereld toont Baba zijn andere kant, die van 'asceet', van de goeroe die sexualiteit als een functioneel gebeuren uitlegt om als soort te blijven voortbestaan.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): With this last remark it becomes plausible why Sai Baba's sexual acts, as Brooke and Ord told them, have been largely remained under the surface: the majority of the devotees is not open enough to understand the symbolism or to accept it. It is totally unclear whether Swallow knew about Sai Baba's acts with young men and his hermaphrodism. From the way in which she portrayed Baba as an incarnation of Shiva, one could infer that she would have found it normal and appropriate that those events take place. Because Baba shows in his private surroundings his side of the 'supreme lover' and in addition combines this with Shiva-Shakti, the male-female form. Baba is literally the living lingam in the yoni. To the outside world Baba shows his other side, that of the 'ascetic', of the guru who explains sexuality as a functional thing to persist as a species.
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Bij elk nieuw stuk kwam een net iets ander aspect met betrekking tot de goeroe naar voren. Vroon verwees bijv. naar de Indiër Basava Premanand, die al jaren druk doende is Sai Baba te ontmaskeren als avatar. Twee dagen na het verschijnen van de IKON-documentaire vertelde Premanand in het praatprogramma van Karel de Graaf, dat Baba betrokken is bij duistere praktijken als goud- en juwelensmokkel en belastingontduiking.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): With each new piece a slightly different apect with regards to the guru emerged. For example, Vroon referred to the Indian Basava Premanand who has been busy for years to expose Sai Baba as an avatar. Two days after the appearance of the IKON documentary Premanand told in the talk show of Karel de Graaf that Baba is involved in shady affairs, such as gold and jewellery smuggling and tax evasion.
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Na dit Gurupurnima festival steeg Sai Baba's aanzien en bekendheid verder. Tempels werden voor hem gebouwd in Bombay, Hyderabad en Madras. Er trokken Engelsen, Australiërs en Amerikanen naar hem toe. De boeken die van hen over Baba verschenen zorgden tezamen met Baba's reis naar Oost-Afrika ervoor dat hij mondiaal gezien naam begon te maken. En nog altijd lijkt het aantal mensen dat naar hem toegaat toe te nemen. De schatting van de huidige omvang volgelingen, veelal 'devotees' genoemd, loopt flink uiteen.23 Ruwweg wordt het geschat op 50 miljoen, uit allerlei lagen van de bevolking en verdeeld over de hele wereld, doch het merendeel afkomstig uit India zelf. Het Nederlandse Sathya Sai Baba Nieuws heeft een oplage van circa 2800 bladen; in alle grote steden in ons land worden Sai Baba-erediensten en studie-bijeenkomsten gehouden en jaarlijks reizen groepen naar Puttaparthi om een poos in zijn ashram te verblijven.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): After this gurupurnima festival Sai Baba's standing and reputation increased further. Temples were built for him in Bombay, Hyderabad, and Madras. English, Australians, and Americans went to him. The books that appeared by them about Baba led, together with Baba's journey to East-Africa to a world wide reputation. And the number of people that goes to him still seems to increase. The estimate of the current size of his followers, who are often called 'devotees', vary quite a lot. 23 Roughly it is estimated at 50 million from all layers of sociey and dispersed over the whole world, though the majority from India itself. The Dutch Sathya Sai Baba Nieuws has a circulation of 2,800 magazines: in all big cities in our country Sai Baba services and study circles are held and yearly groups travel to Puttaparthi to stay some time in his ashram.
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Beyerstein (1992:3) schat het aantal op 6 miljoen; Riti & Theodore (1993:31) op 30 miljoen, Sluizer (1993:19) heeft het over 70 miljoen en Van Dijk (1993:30) over "tussen de 50 en 100 miljoen."
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Beyerstein (1992:3) estimates the number to be 6 million; Riti & Theodore (1993:31) to be 30 million, Sluizer (1993:19) writes about 70 million and Van Dijk (1993:30) about "between 50 and 100 milllion."
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Voor een scepticus is het beschreven gedrag van Baba juist een bewijs dat Baba nìet alwetend is.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): The described behavior by Baba is for a skeptic evidence that Baba is not omniscient.
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Paradox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
In feite zijn de visies pro-, anti- en neutraal-Baba door de publiciteit meer gemeengoed geworden. De tegenstrijdigheden van en rondom Baba zijn extremer aan het licht gekomen, want in wezen bestonden ze voordien ook al, zij het meer gevoelsmatig. Degenen die niet in wonderen of iets dergelijks geloven, trokken bij voorbaat Baba's kunsten in twijfel, maar hebben nu troeven in handen gekregen in de vorm van daadwerkelijke bewijzen en namen van mensen die Baba's bedrog trachten aan te tonen.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): In fact, the views pro-, anti-, and neutral-Baba have become more common by the publicity. The contradictions of and about Baba have emerged more extreme, because they were already there in essence, though more instinctively. Whoever does not believe in miracles or something similar questioned Baba's tricks in advance, but they are now supported in the form real proofs and names of people who try to prove Baba's fraud.
from Dutch original by Alexandra Nagel under the title "De Sai Parodox" from "Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland", 'Sekten', 1994, nr. 29 published by the Free University of Amsterdam press Not translated into English until now.
Alexandra (30) heeft haar bedenkingen, maar ze zou het vervelend vinden wanneer haar ervaringen alleen maar negatief zouden worden uitgelegd. Aarzelend komt het er uit: in '89 was zij drie maanden in de ashram van Sai Baba. Zij kwam er ook onder de indruk wat zij daar meemaakte en voelde zich zelfs een devotee worden. Maar uiteindelijk ging zij er geheel in de war vandaan en had zij enige tijd nodig om haar evenwicht te hervinden. Hoewel zij het niet graag vertelt vindt ze ook dat ze niets te verbergen heeft: een vriend met wie zij in de ashram is opgetrokken heeft heel vreemde ervaringen opgedaan met de godmens. Ja, inderdaad, op seksueel gebied. We kunnen het hem beter zelf vragen.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Alexandra (30) has her objections, but would be unhappy if her experiences would only be explained in a negative way. Hesitant she tells her story: in '89 she was three months in the ashram of Sai Baba. She became impressed by what she experienced there and she even felt that she became a devotee. But finally she went away totally confused and she needed some time to find back her balance. Although she does not like to tell so, she also thinks that she has nothing to hide: a friend with whom she was associated in the ashram has had very strange experiences with the godman. Yes, indeed, related to sexuality. We had better ask him himself.
from Dutch original by Piet van der Eijk under the title "De Wonderdoener" in the magazine HP/De Tijd, dated 31/1/1992, pages. 46-50, not translated into English until now.
Keith, (26), vertelt dat Sai Baba hem zei, toen hij was uitverkoren voor een persoonlijke ontmoeting, dat hij teveel aan de meisjes dacht. Maar op een volgende gelegenheid ging Baba verder. "Onverhoeds trok hij mijn broek naar beneden en probeerde hij mij seksueel op te winden. Hij nam mijn hand en legde het op zijn geslachtsorgaan. Toen merkte ik dat Sai Baba tweeslachtig was: niet dat hij half-vrouw half-man was, geen hermafrodiet, nee, van het ene ogenblik op het andere veranderde hij van man in vrouw, compleet met de geslachtsorganen die daarbij horen. Vraag me niet hoe dat kan, maar ik heb het zo ervaren. Het moet ook een soort wonder zijn. Kennelijk leeft Sai Baba toch op een ander niveau dan gewone stervelingen." Dit is wat Keith Ord ons vertelt en wij geven het maar door.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Keith, (26), tells that when he had been chosen for a personal meeting, Sai Baba said to him that he thought too much about girls. But on a next occasion Baba went further. "Suddenly he pulled down my trousers and he tried to excite me sexually. He took my hand and put it on his genitals. Then I noticed that Sai Baba was a hermaphrodite: not that he was half-female half-male, not a hermaphrodite, no, from one moment on the other he changed from male into female, completely with the genitals that belong to it. Do not ask me how this is possible, but I have experienced it this way. It must be some sort of miracle too. Obviously Sai Baba still lives at a another level than mere mortals." This is what Keith Ord tells us and we only convey what he said.
from Dutch original by Piet van der Eijk under the title "De Wonderdoener" in the magazine HP/De Tijd, dated 31/1/1992, pages. 46-50, not translated into English until now.
Keith Ord: "Toen Baba mijn ontsteltenis zag zei hij dat ik niet hoefde te schrikken, want dat ook dit goddelijk was. In grote verwarring ben ik toen naar mijn kamer teruggegaan. Het heeft drie weken geduurd voordat ik er met enkele vrienden die ik daar had ontmoet, onder wie Alexandra, over durfde te praten. Een van de vrienden vertrok na mijn verhaal hals over de kop: hij had exact hetzelfde meegemaakt, inclusief de opmerking van Baba dat dit goddelijk was." Keith ging op onderzoek uit en kreeg van een tiental mannen en jongens te horen dat zij erover konden meepraten. Ze hadden het aanvaard vanuit de gedachte dat ook een godmens niets menselijks vreemd hoeft te zijn, inclusief seksualiteit.
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): Keith Ord: "When Baba saw my dismay he said that I should not be frightened, because this was divine too. In great confusion I then went back to my room anyway. It took three weeks before I dared to talk about it with some friends that I had met there, including Alexandra. One of my friends left after my story in a hurry; he had experienced exactly the same, including the remark by Baba that this was divine." Keith then started to investigate matters and heard from about ten men and boys that they knew a thing or two about it. They had accepted it based on the thought that a godman can be a mere human too, including sexuality.
from Dutch original by Piet van der Eijk under the title "De Wonderdoener" in the magazine HP/De Tijd, dated 31/1/1992, pages. 46-50, not translated into English until now.
Maar zelf is Keith door die gebeurtenis wel uit het lood geslagen. Hij geloofde in Sai Baba, ook in het feit dat hier sprake was van een god in mensengedaante. En dan ineens die nogal agressieve, ongewenste seksuele intimiteit. Hij kon het niet rijmen, "Na enkele weken van innerlijke strijd heb ik met Sai Baba gebroken. Ik realiseer me dat hij huichelt. Hij predikt dat seks alleen mag dienen voor de voortplanting en dat al het andere energieverspilling is van energie en alleen maar de lagere instincten voedt. Dit is wat hij zegt, maar achter gesloten deuren doet hij dan zoiets. Hij spreekt met dubbele tong en dat kan niet voor een godmens. Bovendien maakt hij misbruik van zijn positie."
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE): But Keith himself was thrown off his balance by this event. He had faith in Sai Baba, including in the fact that here we are talking about a god in human form. And then suddenly this aggressive undesired sexual intimacy. He could not reconcile it. "After some weeks of internal struggle I broke with Sai Baba. I realized that he behaves hypocritically. He preaches that sex should only be for procreation and that everything else is a waste of energy and only feeds the lower instincts. This is what he says, but behind closed doors, he does something like this. He speaks with a double tongue and this inappropriate for a godman. Apart from this, he abuses his position. "
from Dutch original by Piet van der Eijk under the title "De Wonderdoener" in the magazine HP/De Tijd, dated 31/1/1992, pages. 46-50, not translated into English until now.
Andries, I sincerely apologize for my absense from Wikipedia and the mediation process. Unfortunately, other obligations have been pressing me. I feel that this point I should state that I cannot promise a return to the process in any reasonable time frame, and I will have to suggest that the parties seek another mediator or some other means of dealing with the remaining issues. Although I believe that progress was made through the mediation, I also understand that the conflict has not been fully resolved, and I apologize for what feels to me as abandoning the parties. I wish it could be otherwise. Sincerely, -- BostonMA 16:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Andries, please see the new Request For Mediation SSS108 talk- email 04:51, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
I can only say that I managed to do a lot of work in Wikipedia (and not on the Prem Rawat article) while you were gone, and that I enjoyed that quite a lot. Hope that your return finds you rested, and that your contibutions to Wikipedia will be not only on that article and the article about your ex-guru. I can assure you that there is a lot of pleasure to be derived from editing other articles as well. â jossi â t • @ 22:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries,
I am fairly new to Wikipedia.
I received the following message from you: "Please read the policies and guidelines for creating a new article, otherwise you may be creating another article that may be deleted. Andries 11:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I do not mean to say that all books by or about Prabhupada have no place in Wikipedia. For example, I voted to keep the Bhagavad Gita As It Is which is a notable book. Andries 11:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)"
I created a page for the book Srila Prabhupada: The Prominent Link, because I feel that it adds a valid perspective on some of the issues associated with succession in the Hare Krishna movement.
I am not sure if it is the content of my page that is not okay, or if there is something in the wording that is not seen as ok.
More info on the book can be found here:
http://www.chakra.org/discussions/SuccFeb4_03_02.html
My goal is not to make an "advertisement" for the book, but rather to add information that I think is important for understand the issues of succession and initiation.-- AlexandreJ 11:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Andries, thank you for the further clarification, and the information about Amazon ranking. For the Wikipedia Google test, is there an approximate minimum number of yielded results that would, in your view, be sufficient in this instance to strengthen the case for possible notability?-- AlexandreJ 12:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Andries, if I modified the page in such a way that it would be about the Prominent Link (henceforth PL) model of initiation...the general paradigm...as opposed to specifically about the book Srila Prabhupada: The Prominent Link, would this make a stronger case for allowing the page to remain?-- AlexandreJ 12:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Andries, thanks for your response. One of the reasons that I see the book as important, is that it provides an additional perspective on initiation/succession, rather than "Ritvik" vs. the ISKCON organization. The book also includes contributions from a number of persons who are, or were, in positions of prominence within the ISKCON organization. In addition to this, it is the first time that I have come across a major statement on initiation/succession in Srila Prabhupada's movement presented as exploratory rather than as supposedly conclusive.-- AlexandreJ 16:13, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Since you said you would accept the intervention of mediation, I made another request: Mediation Regarding The Sathya Sai Baba Article SSS108 talk- email 20:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
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Regarding some of Andries recent edits:
Hi, I'm going to be mediating your case relating to the above article. First thing that we need to decide is what format the mediation should take. I would recommend carrying out the mediation on Wikipedia, specifically [ [11]]. If you have any objection to using Wikipedia, then please let me know. One other thing, if you plan to take a Wikibreak in the next week or so, or know that you will not be around much could you pleaes let me know. -- Wisd e n17 12:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Andries contribs proves he has been very active on Wikipedia and is not on a wikibreak. I see this as a delaying tactic. SSS108 talk- email 13:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Wisden17, it is abundantly clear that Andries is not interested or dedicated to the mediation process despite his former commitment to participate in mediation (he even signed the request within a few minutes of its submission: Reference). Although Andries was willing to agree to mediation, he is now refusing to state whether or not he accepts you as a mediator and refuses to state why he is not giving an answer. Now Andries is claiming that he does want to contribute his time to mediation and is on a wikibreak. Wisden17, you specifically asked both parties (Andries and myself) to inform you if either of us were going on wikibreak and Andries did not give you an answer. Now, however, after repeatedly asking Andries to give an answer regarding mediation, he is claiming he is on wikibreak. From the 16th (when you informed Andries that you were the mediator) to today, Andries has made no less than 76 edits (mostly on the Guru and Sathya Sai Baba articles) and refuses to answer why he won't accept you as a mediator. I think this type of behavior proves that Andries is not committed to mediation and I would like for you to inform me how to proceed with arbitration. Sincerely, SSS108 talk- email 18:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
It is amusing that Sylviecyn (i.e. Cynthia) comes forward to defend Andries. Sylviecyn (i.e. Cynthia) vehemently attacks Jossie on the Prem Rawat Talk Forum and ceaseless sucks-up to Andries. Far be it for Sylviecyn, of all people, to give me advice against rudeness and disdain! Sylviecyn, your words are worthless :-) SSS108 talk- email 02:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Sylviecyn, I do not know whether your real name is "cynthia" or not. It happens to be the name you use on the Prem Rawat Forum, which is the reason I mentioned it (so others can see the type of posts you make there). It appears that the only person talking herself blue in the face is you. Reread my last post and place particular emphasis on the last sentence. Have a nice day :-) SSS108 talk- email 18:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! bd2412 T 23:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
An RFA involving you has been filed: Here SSS108 talk- email 17:20, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries, despite I judge some of your moves rather strange (i.e., the citing policy incident), I consider you to be one of most constructive and sober members of the "anti-cult-fighters" here. If the RfAr passes I can testify to this. But perhaps we can just scale down this to a user conduct RfC. -- Pjacobi 10:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
As you indicated a year ago at Talk:English draughts/to do, the article English draughts needs a discussion of notation. In fact, it currently uses notation ("the White Doctor (10-14 22-18 12-16)") without first defining it! Are you able to supply this missing information, please?— msh210℠ 19:30, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
hi Andries.
What are the options regarding SSS108 on Talk:Robert Priddy. He said:
"If my link goes, not only will Priddy's Anti-Site link go, I will begin deleting Anti-Sai critical links on other pages."
I suggested contacting a Wikipedia administrator and, surprisingly, he agreed and said I should do this (the reason seems to be he thinks his attitude will be vindicated), and suggested I contact you about organising this (as I am not familiar enough with how Wikipedia works). So could you tell me how I could go about doing this? Thanks! M Alan Kazlev 05:57, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. -- Tony Sidaway 21:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Tony Sidaway 21:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I did a Re-write couldnât make the sandbox thing work kept resetting so I put it on my user page it mostly the same article as before User:Ansolin/Status of religious freedom in Canada if you have time tell me what you think.original pages Status of religious freedom in Canada. Ansolin 17:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I was more interested in your view on abortion and whither people interpretation of religious view over the official view has reverence in regard to these articles but either way that page you mentioned looks interesting thanks :) Ansolin 20:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
-- Konstable 14:38, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
You have made an edit that could be regarded as defamatory. Please do not restore this material to the article or its talk page. If you do, you may be blocked for disruption. See Blocking policy: Biographies of living people.
Andries, please copy your Contribution Tree with the instructions provided so I can use it as evidence in the RFA. Thanks. SSS108 talk- email 02:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Andries, it is my contention that your statements on the Dutch TV show "Tabloid" do not support your claim that your Anti-Sai article ("Calumny Confirmed") reflects your comments made on that Dutch TV show. Since you have made that claim ( Ref) I ask that you provide the ArbCom with a full English translation to (only) your words on the "Tabloid" show. Since you did not speak for more than 2-3 minutes on that show, I don't think asking for a translation to your words is an inconvenience. Especially when you are trying to defend your position by referencing the Dutch TV show to support your "Calumny Confirmed" article. Thanks. SSS108 talk- email 21:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Andries, then you should no problem providing the transcript to your appearance on the Dutch TV show. What do you have to hide? SSS108 talk- email 22:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
You said, out of your own mouth, that your appearance on the Tabloid show reflected the content in your article Calumny Confirmed. Therefore, the transcript to your words should be provided to support this claim. That you refuse to provide a transcript to support this claim leaves me with the distinct impression that you have something to hide. SSS108 talk- email 15:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Typical escapist reply. SSS108 talk- email 04:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Beste Andries,
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Trivia are not encyclopedic. If one ads references to trivia, they become overemphasized. The next step is giving references for the place and date of birth. It doesn't add anyting to the article, so therefore I oppose having this lengthy references. Electionworld ( talk 07:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Trivia can always be deleted.
You quoted "This guideline does not suggest deletion of trivia sections" from Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles. Here's another quote from the same guideline: "Once a trivia section is empty, it should be removed". I emptied the trivia section (what was not too trivial was already included in the body of the article), and then deleted the "trivia" type section title, per the guideline. -- Francis Schonken 13:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I accept your apology. But I would like to point out that you also broke several wikipedia rules, most importantly civility, and to a certain extent autobiography, and are as likely as me to banned for that (that is not, because these are only minor infringements).
happy editing,
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For the Arbitration Committee. 03:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:Cite_sources/archive10#Intermediate_sources Andries 18:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, as a matter of courtesy I advise you that your insertion of a certain link to Robert Priddy [12] is, in my view and that of other administrators, in violation of the arbitration ruling Sathya Sai Baba. I advise you to avoid re-inserting that link on articles or talk pages. The arbitration ruling is actionable; repeatedly defying it may result in your being blocked for disruption. -- Tony Sidaway 19:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andries,
the request for mediation link you gave is a redlink. When the page is set up i'll look at it. Thanks! M Alan Kazlev 22:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
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I have updated the Cults in Our Midst article entry. Take a look and let me know what you think, on the article's talk page. Yours, Smeelgova 23:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC).
You may wish to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crazy Therapies (book). Yours, Smeelgova 03:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC).
What about this idea for a new category? Category:Scholars and groups accused of cult apologism ? I took the text of the new name directly from the article on Cult apologist. I figure if it's already there, and the apologists are already named as such in the article without objection, shouldn't be a problem...right? Yours, Smeelgova 09:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC).
Well, The Making of a Moonie is an example of a poor article for a lot of reasons, but the biggest reason not to have a table of contents is it looks ugly. An article about a book should describe its contents, sure, but taking the table of contents right out of the book is a bit of a poor way to do it. It's lazy, and it might well be a copyright violation. Besides, if you look at numerous other articles on books, you'll find that it's not done by other editors. Consistency in appearance is a big plus too. FrozenPurpleCube 13:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I had inserted the quote reg. traumatized ex-cult victims and I do not understand why the quote is incomprehensible or what context could possibly be missing. Talk:Recovery_from_Cults_(book) Please explain. Thanks in advance. Andries 09:40, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Beland, I fing your comments on the book recovery from cults moving to a general discussion of the subject which I think is off-topic there. You can have a look at the article cult, sect, post-cult trauma, guru new religious movement etc. You can also on-line read excerpts of the book by Dr. Len Oakes that I think is quite good though somewhat speculative, but his speculations are never implausible, I believe. [13] Andries 20:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I never saw a talk page so I didn't know a vote had been taken. However, I do not know of any other uses of the term Disengagement, save the situation with Israel. Has there ever been a case of a country willingly giving up their sovereign land in hopes for peace? When the Sudatenland, Rhineland, Austria, Chechoslovakia, etc were given to Hitler during appeasement, those were not necessarilly done with the consent of the countries. Only Israel gave land unilaterally to its enemies. I ask you to give me other examples of Disengagement and, if possible, please direct me to the talk page you are referring to. Thanks, Valley2city 03:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Not likely, but thanks for the interest and support. It is disheartening to say the least the way that certain editors with an agenda can band together and push out a specific POV on their particular issue. A good example of this is the number of biography articles where there is virtually no positive information at all, and the article reads like an outright negative attack on this person. This is usually due to the fact that certain administrators and editors collaborate to maintain and control these articles.
Smeelgova 21:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC).
Andries, Thank you for your insightful edits on Recovery from Cults. It really helps individuals and in my humble opinion should be read by anyone considering counseling former members of Cults/NRMs/Sects. PEACE TalkAbout 04:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Please follow proper procedure and inform other involved parties as to your ArbCom requests on his/her talk page and the talk page of the article in question. SSS108 talk- email 21:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm writing to you because I noticed that you contributed to the article and talk section of "Indian Buddhist Movement". I saw the article on the RFC page, then read the article and the talk page. I posted a lengthy analysis of the article on it's talk page and have watched it since.
I would like to invite you to read my analysis and post your opinion. This is a noteworthy topic, but it's currently incomplete and needs reorganization. The effort to improve this article has boiled down to two editors, dhammafriend and hkelkar, who are both engaging in edit wars and attacks on one another. There has been no substantial progress on this article since I first came upon it, so I'm hoping that you and other folks can come back an engage in a refocusing.
I greatly appreciate in advance anything you have to offer.
Sincerely, NinzEliza 03:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you are concerned about this section because you suspect that the edits there are from cults such as Scientology? I am not a member of any cult group, but I am interested in cults like you. I do think the Hassan website is worth describing, as is his attitude to cults, which I think in academic terms is somewhat out-dated, since much recent academic analysis of NRMs suggests that in some cases they are less harmful than is sometimes claimed. Also Hassan does appear to label organisations "cults" and this labelling is then widely disseminated on the internet - yet Hassan is citing organisations as cults entirely on his own view. To be honest, your removal of cited and referenced material is easy to see as a bad edit, but I wanted to find out if we couldn't discuss this sensibly. MarkThomas 18:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I have to say I find it very difficult indeed to see how a discussion of Steve Hassan's website and the criteria he uses to label a particular organisation a "cult" are not something to do with Steve Hassan. MarkThomas 18:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Stop reinserting Robert Priddy's Anti-Sai link on his wiki-page [14] in violation of the ArbCom ruling Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba. You were warned specifically about this by Tony Sidaway [15]. SSS108 talk- email 03:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Have you considered WP:TRI? Ekantik 17:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
No problem. It equally gets me when (extremely) controversial pieces of information often go uncited. I happen to be from the former Armenian SSR and so have all volumes of the Soviet Encyclopedia which prove to be useful references when it comes to finding information about specific divisions (namely Armenians however). The figure on the German side, especially the aircraft, seems far too high so I can take a look in the article on the battle of Berlin in my volumes and see if they even correspond to whoever came up with those numbers.-- MarshallBagramyan 19:26, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
http://www.saibaba.org must be trusted because it is one of the most reliable sources about Shirdi Sai Baba you can find. The statement "Why fear when I am here" used to be here: http://chavadi.saibaba.org:8080/index.htm. It was in the Macromedia Flash animation. I don't know where the admins of http://saibaba.org have put it now. 22:07 9 Dec. 2006 (UTC+1) Kkrystian
Andries, but do you know any more reliable sources about Shirdi Sai Baba? If so than use info from them for the article about Shirdi SB. If not, than we have to trust http://www.saibaba.org. 11:31 10 Dec. 2006 (UTC+1) Kkrystian
Why do you think the book by Hemadpant is good for supplying sources? 12:41 10 Dec. 2006 (UTC+1) Kkrystian
Does that mean that I can write about all his miracles in the Wikipedia and write that they are facts? 15:15 10 Dec. 2006 (UTC+1) Kkrystian
Andries, I agree with Kkrystian that you may be off the mark here. Primary Sai Baba sources are limited in the west and in English. saibaba.org provides a resonable source for Sai Baba sayings. Anyone who has visited Shirdi has seen these sayings plastered over all sorts of souvenirs, banners, boodks, etc. They are very much attributed to Sai, and so far as I know, no one disputes that attribution. There is no particular controversy that Sai didn't say these things, at least none that I am aware of, and I think based on my 20+years interest I would have run across this sort of controversy if it existed.
I don't know that any source about Sai provides 'objective' or 'verifiable' information in the Wwstern academic sense. But it would be foolishness to begin to cherrypick from a book (like Hemadpant) as a 'good source', and to disallow cherrypicking from website (like saibaba.org). There is certainly no evidence to suggest that saibaba.org is any way a conterversial or deviant site run by some sort of wingnut fringe group. It seems to be very mainstream in its approach.
As the WP states: Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. This as opposed to straight-up opinion or original, nonpublished research. You can look these quotes up. You can find then decide whether or not to trust the reference source. So I think they pass this test.-- Nemonoman 15:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
This is your second warning. I warned you once before [16] about including the link on Robert Priddy's wikipage. You have also been warned about this by admin [17]. SSS108 talk- email 18:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
This this your third warning. Stop violating the ArbCom Ruling: [18] SSS108 talk- email 18:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Admin thinks it does [20] SSS108 talk- email 18:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Arbcom accepted your case. You need to wait for their verdict. What clarification is required? KazakhPol 20:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Please discuss your proposed changes in the talk page before making changes. This is a policy which editors have agreed before you came. Thank you. Best, avyakt7 00:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
This is your second warning. I warned you once before [21] about including the link on Robert Priddy's wikipage. You have also been warned about this by admin [22]. SSS108 talk- email 18:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
This this your third warning. Stop violating the ArbCom Ruling: [23] SSS108 talk- email 18:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Admin thinks it does [25] SSS108 talk- email 18:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Please stop violating the ArbCom Ruling [26]. They have not ruled that you can include the link you are trying to include on the Robert Priddy page. Until such a time comes, you need to comply with Admin's statement. SSS108 talk- email 06:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Please take a look at this thread. Since you expressed a willingness to engage in mediation with Peter, please accept the proposal on his talk page and we will proceed from there. SSS108 talk- email 03:32, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
moved from article talk
Andries, your presence here - the effort that you have applied over a period of more than 2 years, arguing with others and attempting to insert negative information into Wiki's PR articles - is your entrance fee to the ex-premie forum. You know as well as I do that they would quickly dump you if you ceased to represent their interests over here. I have seen Leason and Lyng's negative comments about you, and observed the way Heller pulls you into line whenever you ask questions that upset the prevailing group think. In other words, Momento, Jossi and others have spent probably hundreds of hours of valuable time responding to your banal and unhelpful offerings so that you can continue your forum participation. You claim to have an interest in cults. The group you are currently involved with was called the "Jim Heller Cult" by Jeff Leason [27] (A.K.A. Roger eDrek), a former member who has apparently been given the boot. It must be very painful for him not to be able to log on for his daily fix of malice and angst. Of course, I'm just speculating. Maybe you could go over to your user page and tell us how you would feel if they gave you the flick. -- Gstaker 16:33, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Warning: Per the final decision in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba, this link [28] is unacceptable.
Information in an article or on a talk page regarding Sathya Sai Baba or organizations affiliated with him which is poorly sourced may be removed. This includes links to websites which contain original research or which consist of personal accounts of experiences with Sathya Sai Baba or organizations affiliated with him. It is inappropriate for a user to insert a link to a website maintained by the user (or in which the user plays an important role)
Furthermore, this issue is not subject to mediation, despite the good intentions of User:Wizardry Dragon. You have been warned before. This is your final warning. If you add this link again I will block you for 24 hours for intentional disruption and further ban you from any further editing of Robert Priddy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Thank you. Thatcher131 16:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Blocked: I have blocked you for your recent edits to Robert Priddy. It should not even have to be said that if a biased personal web site can not be directly linked, it's contents can not be described without a link. After your block expires, you are banned from editing Robert Priddy for one month, or until the request for clarification is acted upon. If you edit the article in violation of this ban you will be blocked again. Thatcher131 19:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Please read the proposition on the Sathya Sai Baba Talk Page. If you agree to it, please sign it. It is an effort to build good faith and resolve controversial issues on the talk page, rather than engaging in edit warring. Thanks. SSS108 talk- email 18:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, there's no mention of Sathya Sai Baba in Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Dana Gillespie, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, et al. -- Mel Etitis ( Îελ ÎÏηÏηÏ) 10:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I would suggest that you discuss the subject, rather than revert again and again the edits made by others. Momento has provided new substantive arguments for the deletion of that material. It would be better to engage rather than quote a BLP noticeboard discussion that has not yet been closed. â jossi â (talk) 21:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Cowman109 Talk 17:22, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes ,the Washington Post did reproduce Mishler's claim. But an exceptional, sensationalst claim that is negative and uncorrororated from a biased, ex-employer who died in the 70's is unacceptable in a biography of a living person. That a newspaper reproduced this claim doesn't excuse it from failing every other test for inclusion. Momento 08:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Mishler's claim is suprising and not widely known. And Wiki policy is that "Exceptional claims should be supported by multiple credible and verifiable sources, especially with regard to historical events, politically-charged issues, and biographies of living people". And none of the scholars who have studied PR or the journalists who have written about PR corroborate Mishler's claim. Melton was well aware of Mishler's interview and chose to ignore most of it. Sophia Coller does not support Mishler's extreme view and Dettmer's has directly contradicted Mishler on many occasions. Momento 20:54, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
May the new year bring you peace, happiness, love, and hope for all things you wish for. â jossi â (talk) 16:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Andries, and a happy new year to you! I was thinking of you when I read Ron Geaves' article "From DLM to EV and Beyond", published 2004 in Nova Religio. Perhaps you already know it, but in case you don't I'm ready to send it as a pdf. to you, if I knew your send-address. Cost me 12 Dollars! (That's why I think not too many people have actually read it. The "Der Spiegel"-bit was only 50 cents). Makes pleasant reading, too. I found it especially intriguing how he describes the "sant"-concept. Best wishes -- Rainer P. 14:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC) âThe preceding unsigned comment was added by Rainer P. ( talk ⢠contribs) 14:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
Let me remind you once again that It is not my responsibility to provide you with a scholarly article that supports your claim. I say they don't exist. You find one. Wiki policy is The responsibility for justifying controversial claims in Wikipedia, of all kinds, but especially for living people's bios, rests firmly on the shoulders of the person making the claim.Momento 20:56, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I was thinking also of edit warring. 3RR vios are almost always a mistake. 67.117.130.181 03:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
You have claimed on my talk page and in an article talk that I reverted three times in 24 hours. Please provide evidence or apologise. Momento 02:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
And while you're at it - you say "re-insert Mishler, corroborated assertion voiced in a reputable source". What corroboration?
Momento 10:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
In the article Criticism of Prem Rawat, it will soon become an issue that the section regarding Reender Kranenborg contains a translated quote of the author. I predict that this section will likely require a direct quote of the Dutch language original in order to preserve the translated quote as given. As you seem to be the "go-to" guy (or gal) on this sort of original language matierial, I'm going to you. If you would be able (and so kind as) to provide this information, either into the footnote directly, to the relevant article talk page, to my talk page, or here it would help with future preservation of this part of the article. I would be more than happy to assist with its incorporation. Thanks in advance. Mael-Num 02:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
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The finding in the proposed decision doesn't say that you added unsourced criticism of SSB to the article; it says that you added a description of the contents of Priddy's site to the article, and that those contents contain unsourced criticism of SSB. Perhaps you're confusing it with some other proposal in the workshop? Kirill Lokshin 20:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Andries, Just getting into reading and researching. Hope you are well. PEACE TalkAbout 07:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, did you miss the first part of that finding ("Andries has editwarred extensively and repeatedly inserted links to an attack site maintained by Robert Priddy") and the next two ("Andries has sometimes used such material inappropriately..." and "Andries runs an attack web site")? The fact that many of your edits are acceptable is fine; but that doesn't really excuse the unacceptable ones thrown into the mix. It's my opinion that it would be best for everyone involved if you (as well as a number of other parties) were no longer editing this particular set of articles.
(Obviously, you might not agree with my assessment of the situation; but there's not much we can do about that, unfortunately.) Kirill Lokshin 17:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, the issue is not really a question of whether or not you have your own experiences here. The question is somewhat simpler:
Obviously, reducing or eliminating your external activism would be a factor in your favor, in terms of demonstrating that your purpose here wasn't essentially activist in character; otherwise, it is somewhat difficult to reconcile having you actively campaign against SSB off-Wikipedia and yet write a neutral biography of him on-Wikipedia. Kirill Lokshin 23:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
In a sense, about Rawat's claims to divinity. As I understand it, the basic gist of his proclaimations on the subject was that God was essentially abstract and unknowable, but can be understood through a medium. I've even seen interviews with Rawat to this effect, where he likens God to energy, which cannot by itself be observed, with the implication that we can observe its effects, such as light and heat radiated by a light bulb. In this context, Rawat placed himself as more relevant than God, because his teachings were knowable, where as God is hopelessly beyond comprehesion. Is my understanding in this respect accurate? Mael-Num 00:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks for removing the vandalism that I missed when I reverted. Stizz 14:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
The problem is, he's on arbcom probation for doing just that. FeloniousMonk 16:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
well, whatever, it is not acceptable to cite a range of "6-100 million" and dump a bunch of references. You should say "typically estimated around 10 M (adherents.com), with high estimates ranging as high as 100 M (some source)". Otherwise, the numbers are just worthless. A single biased "reference" may shoot it to "6 to 500 million" leaving with no idea as to the range of reasonable estimates. Please fix it. dab (ð³) 20:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
by the way, can you shed light on why the guy's name is spelled Sathya? That appears to be a blatant misspelling of satya (that is, the deity in question is called satyanÄrÄyaá¹a. Is the spelling with th due to some vernacular sound change, or did it originate as an honest mistake? dab (ð³) 20:41, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
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I, Smee, award this barnstar to Andries for getting a bad rap for being a good editor. Thank you. Smee 11:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC). |
Thanks for your addition! Great find. Please hang around the TM pages all you want. Sethie 20:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know the following. Is it okay to ban a person [from a set of articles] indefinetely for?
Such banning as you discuss
here is based on disruption due to use of Wikipedia for advocacy.
Fred Bauder 14:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! -- Ozgod 20:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Andries, may I suggest that you desist from using editwarring as your default modus operandi? It is not so difficult, you know. Revert once, if you must to show disagreement with an edit, but then please pursue WP:DR. Editwarring accomplishes nothing beyond getting dinged for 3RR and creating a toxic environment that is not conducive to editing. â jossi â (talk) 21:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
What should I have done on Robert Priddy when all dispute resolution was not responded to? Simple answer...walk away for as long as needed. Maybe forever. There is not a topic that any one of us needs to edit. The earlier that an editor in the course of editing at Wikipedia understands this concept the better it is for them, the community, and the encyclopedia. (This is also a response to the above situation about 3RR issues related to Prem Rawat as noted in the above topic on this talk page). When ArbCom looks for solutions to disputes, in the final analysis we are not going after fair to the editor. We are going after what is best for accomplishing our goal of writing the encyclopedia. Take care, FloNight 13:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Your recent edits to WP:BAN and WP:COI may reflect a misunderstanding on your part. First, you have not been banned as yet, as the case has not closed and there is no majority vote for the ban. Second, from what is available at the findings of fact, COI is not the basis for the proposed ban. â jossi â (talk) 20:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
That Jossi was able to reverse the sockpuppet finding with regard to Momento by merely raising his voice. It's this sort of thing that's given me the impression that Wikipedia is a joke. Mael-Num 03:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
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The above-named arbitration case has closed and the complete decision can be found at the link above. Andries, Wikisunn, SSS108, and Freelanceresearch are banned indefinitely from editing Sathya Sai Baba and related articles or their talk pages. Ekantik is instructed to make all future Wikipedia contributions related in any way to Sathya Sai Baba under a single username. Kkrystian is reminded that all edits must be supported by reliable sources. Editors involved at Sathya Sai Baba are encouraged to use better sources and improved citation style. The remedies in the prior decision Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba regarding poorly sourced information remain in force and apply to all editors working on Sathya Sai Baba and related articles. The Arbitration Committee reserves the right to amend these remedies as required and to issue additional remedies as necessary to provide a positive environment for collaboration on the Sathya Sai Baba article, even if no additional case is brought forward. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 00:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
So you know, a category you created has been proposed for renaming at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 8#Category:Psychics. -- Milo H Minderbinder 13:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know exactly what you find objectionable about the compromise version I crafted and proposed. If you think it is unacceptable, please let me know why. Only if you express what you find lacking in it can I rewrite the draft to accomodate any concerns. I am trying to make a version acceptable to all parties, including you. Thanks. Vassyana 04:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I will ask a third and final time that you explicitly state what is unacceptable about the compromise version to you. If you fail to do so, I cannot take your concerns into account and they will not be reflected in the final version. Vassyana 15:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Techniques of Knowledge. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Thank you. Be cautious and consider your actions. Vassyana 18:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I have deleted your comment about dharmic religion on the GAC list. It is not the appropriate place for debate and discussion. If you object to the term take it to the appropriate talk page. Vassyana 05:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I will only ask once that you stop your disruptive and inane comments on Talk:Taoic religion. If you object to the term Dharmic religion, you may take it up on the appropriate article. I am not replying to your demands on the Taoic religion page, outside of the two last replies I provided.
Vassyana 23:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
There's a guy out there re-writing this category definition because he says it was written by a noob or non-expert, and he knows better, so he'll just fix it. I don't think he's even heard of Weber. -- Orange Mike 20:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Could you please quote the exact fragment from the book that says that there are several other gurus claiming to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba? Krystian 13:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
The list is only used for charisma in a Weberian sense of the term which differs significantly from the everyday loose use of the word. There is no inidication that any of the mentioned sources for Louis Farakhan use the term in a Weberian sens of the word. Andries 14:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Appreciate your input at the article and talk, I am at impasse dealing with standerd TM talking points, have reported apparent COI at noticeboard.-- Dseer 00:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
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andries............you have to appreciate we have already gone 16 rounds of crap with BKs who know fine about the truth of their history , activities and beliefs.....or have it at their fingers tips to find out
so you come along a year later and start doing exactly what they did or trying to removed items by slapping citation marks on them........citations marks simply because some of them did not even know their own history and some of them were trying to cover up what they did not want to make public
ok........so how many of the reference have you actually read to know if that is true and verifiable or not?????????????????
this is what we had the last time.........they had obviously not read the material.......or thought it did not exist...................and demanded each and every line to be a copy and paste exactly from some academic journal , in my humble opinion and on the good evidence of all their attempts to defuse matters via administrators to cover things up
there is not even any point me doing the work and spelling things out to you if you are going to start up with the same attitude...........look at the contrary dates and figures from their own publications , and give me a break but it is not original research to suggest that 1932 and 1936/7/8 are not the same nor is the decent of god into an indian man at the ages of 51, 54 or 60..........depending on which material you take that from
so........either the topic becomes 3 foot long address each and every piece of punctuations , or the editors sit down and do their homework first and see that all the references have already been given ,and the material has been edited into a readable fashion Green108 17:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
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Note that WP:BLP reads (my highlight):
Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material â whether negative, positive, or just highly questionable â about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space.
The comment was a BLP violation by that user. He was not referring to a source, but his personal opinion in violation of policy. And if such application of policy irritates you, so be it. â jossi â (talk) 23:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Please participate in discussions productively. Forum shopping and non-constructive criticism will not help you attain your article building goals. Instead, it will cause a loss of good faith and reinforce the perception that you are a disruptive editor. Civilly identify specific problems with the article and briefly propose specific solutions. If you feel your opinion is overruled by the loud voices of others, there are acceptable ways to solicit outside opinions. Feel free to ask for help at the appropriate WikiProjects. File an RfC about the differing versions to draw in more editors. Your input is most welcomed, but you need to be more conscious of the impression you leave upon others. Be well!! Vassyana 23:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Andries, as already tried sometimes in the past, I'd like to ask you to look at some totally different article where you may be able to contribute to Wikipedia's coverage and correctness (unfortunately it seems a subject of some dispute too, but at least an unrelated one).
I assume a significant part of the secondary literature is in Dutch (hopefully not in Frisian, I don't thing we have many native speakers of Frisian at hand).
Pjacobi 13:49, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Please stop repeating your threat to revert without warning. It is certainly not civil and following through on such threats is disruptive editing. Given your history, or at least the outside perception of it, continuing with such actions, or similarly disruptive tactics, is likely to result in blocks to prevent such disruptive editing. I ask you to reconsider the attitude and stance you are using. When you civilly bring up specific points, they usually seem to be valid concerns. It serve your interest in improving the article to do that, instead of resort to generalized complaints and threats of revert wars. Vassyana 19:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Today I uploaded an image of B. Premanand which I had taken on 12 January 2007. I also added his year of birth which you had asked for earlier. He refuses to divulge his date of birth. I will try to get some information on him shortly. I recently had a chance to know closely. MANOJTV 03:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I completely understand the debate can get very intense at Talk:Prem Rawat. However, please refrain from personal attacks. A number of your recent comments could be considered personal attacks. [34] [35] (From WP:NPA: "Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done. When in doubt, comment on the article's content without referring to its contributor at all.") Please try to stay cool when things get hot. If you find yourself too heated to comment civilly, edit something else for a while and come back to respond. Take care! Vassyana 06:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
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Created new article on book, Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?. Was pleased I was able to find lots of reputable citations for this article. Further discussion can go on the article's talk page, but thought you would like to know. Smee 10:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC).
I see that you keep stating that editwarring is an appropriate behavior. I would recommend that you re-read Wikipedia:Edit war that states, unequivocally that Reversion wars between competing individuals are contrary to Wikipedia's core principles, reflect badly on both participants, and often result in blocks being implemented due to violations of the three revert rule. Instead of performing pure reverts, disputing persons should cooperatively seek out methods of compromise, or alternative methods of statement. While edits made in collaborative spirit involve considerably more time and thought than reflexive reverts, they are far more likely to ensure both mutually satisfactory and more objective articles. In the case of less experienced contributors, who have unknowingly made poor edits, reversion by two or more people often demonstrates that such reversions are probably not fundamentalistic or in bad faith, but instead closer to an objective consensus.
A statement that you will abide by Wikpedia core policies, would be a good step forward in the right direction. â jossi â (talk) 21:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Your comments at that user's talk page are unnecessary and unhelpful. His request was rejected by the MedCab and the ArbCom. User pages are not for polemics, for discussion or personal or legal matters or similar misuses. User pages are also not the place to discuss named individuals. You will be very ill advised to inject yourself in that person's dispute. I will remove my reply to you from that user's talk page, and I would appreciate if you stop blowing on the ambers with the hope to start a fire. â jossi â (talk) 15:54, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
You have made three reverts at Prem Rawat. Please avoid violating the rules. Vassyana 23:59, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, Andries, did you see this? I don't know the article well enough to say, but I rather suspect the nomination of WP:POINT, considering that the whole editing situation was the subject of arbitration recently. Maybe you'd care to comment, especially on stability and NPOV, at WP:FAC? Bishonen | talk 21:24, 21 May 2007 (UTC).
This is a current hold on editing Prem Rawat. Please review the talk page. Please respect this cooling off period. The page was unprotected under the belief that the disputing parties would take the week off. Thanks. Vassyana 18:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
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In the case of Shirdi Sai - he has been described by many people in different ways, the sentence you added is only about one person who described him. Look, Andries, this section is to be about his life and not what somebody thinks about him.
ABout the Sathya Sai article - this sentence is NOT a teaching of Sai. It's just what he said. He also said people should brush their teeth twice a day and that will not be put under the "Teachings" section neither will this! Kkrystian 16:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
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Hey, Andries, thanks for your recent contributions to Night of the Long Knives. I think the link is a good one, but I think it should be part of "See also." Take a look at my comments on the talk page and let me know what you think. Thanks,-- Mcattell 18:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
You linked to a set of drafts on your userpage. [37] This is not usually a problem except for Sathya Sai Baba drafts. Please place {{db-author}} on the top of those drafts to have them deleted, to avoid any potential conflict. Thanks! Vassyana 21:56, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I didn't read your message in time but, it ended in no consensus anyway from what I can see. Bulldog123 13:54, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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Not that I care much about it, but your recent creation of Category:Wikipedians who used to follow Sathya Sai Baba may be in violation of Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Sathya_Sai_Baba_2#Remedies. â jossi â (talk) 03:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
The problem with Andries is that despite his long time in Wikipedia, he as yet to understand how Wikipedia policies work together. WP:RS is a guideline that explains WP:V, but WP:V is only one of three other core policies. Waht these policies do is to afford the possibility of encyclopedic articles that are informative, neutral and verifiable. The question is not "Is source X a useful source for Wiklipedia", rather, "Is source X in the context of article Y, for claims Z a useful source for Wikipedia?" Andries fails to understand this, and that lack of understanding already created many problems for him in the recent past. â jossi â (talk) 15:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
If you could, Andries and in your own words, Andries, what is the overall aim of Wikipedia? â jossi â (talk) 16:57, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Andries. I’ve taken the liberty of posting a updated version at [ Rawat Bioproposal nr2] which I think may offer a way forward. The text has been treated with the approach toward rhetorical and semantic neutrality that I’ve argued for at [38], in addition I’ve reintroduced some of the scholarly references that were taken out in later edits, although this by no means meets your arguments for a criticism section. I have edited the Bibliography list to show only those items that are referenced in the text – which should make it clear what is in and what is not. The text also now reflects what references actually say – something which at a number of points in the existing versions is not the case.
I realise there are issues which are awaiting mediation, the updated version is only 48k in size so there is room for additional material should that be required. However having read through all of the existing reference material I have come to the opinion that rather than a criticism section in the biography much of the scholarly material would be far more appropriate to the | Techniques of Knowledge article. It seems to me that past editing of the PR articles has led to a confusion of a personal Biography with the history of a belief system, the practice of meditation, and the functional history of organisations. For any progress to be made I think these various strands have to be unwound if articles useful to readers unfamiliar with the territory are to be created. -- Nik Wright2 10:33, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi Andries,
In case you might be interesrted, there is some discussion going on about whether or not Wikipedia should include an article about Kenneth Wapnick at:
Requesting your opinion re reinstating the Kenneth Wapnick article... and at
Request to rescind your decision to delete the Kenneth Wapnick article on July 6, 2006. Your input at the Admin's page would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
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Hi Andries,
I wanted to let you know that I closed the AFD/CFD that you started due to forumshopping. It is considered bad etiquette to request outside perspectives on the same subject in multiple places as you did with the RFC/AFD/CFD. I left the RFC open as it should be the prefered method of resolving an issue when possible. Balloonman 04:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
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Please don't be stupid. Is Tibetan or Chinese Buddhism an "Indian religion" in the sense you have changed it to? Remove "dharmic religions" if you must, but you must not alter the meaning, and introduce inaccuracy whilst you are doing so. I think you will have to expand & be specific. Johnbod 13:15, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
This time your edit may have been less wrong, but it is still wrong. Johnbod 14:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't foillow your question. The concept of "dharmic religions" is clear. There are numerous reliable sources on the relevant faiths. It's not necessary to have a book with the exact phrase in the title. There have been numerous phrases used over the history of comparative religion: just as there have for the "abrahamic" faiths. "Abrahamic" is also a relatively new phrase, but the distinction between what usec to be called "Semitic" and "Aryan" faith-traditions has been recognised in comparative religion since the 1850s. Paul B 13:29, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Didn't you notice that there is a DRV in place?I know you did, as you commented there. So please, do not do a massive delete of wikilinks until the DRV is completed. Also note that Dharmic religions now redirects to Dharma. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 15:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Andries, you might not be aware of this, but your recent comments on talk pages increases the number of links to 'Dharmic religions'. -- Fullstop 22:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
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If you continue to troll talk:Main page you will be blocked. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on my talk page. Dharmic is a huge concept that falls into many areas. The best place to work out how it should be presented on Wikipedia is at WikiProject Religion. I looked over some of the posts on your talk page and you appear to be trying to swim up stream. Content is never more important than Civil behaviour. Also, we try to resolve things though discussion, the end of which a disinterested person determines where the consensus resides. With the matter resolved, most people move on. Once you get a sense of how Wikipedia works, things generally move along easily. I'm sure you have other interests. Perhaps spend some time working in non-contentious - biographies of people who have passed away, plant, insects, trees, geographic areas. Spend some time at AfD providing comments. Wikipedia seems to have endless areas in which to get involved. Moving around helps keeps us from getting too caught up in a particular topic or too attached to content we added to the encyclopedia. -- Jreferee ( Talk) 14:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Please have a look. thanks in advance, Comesincolors 21:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks for providing the quote - including it on the discussion page is not providing the quote - (obviously, since no one could find it) Sfacets 12:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
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