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Thank you for creating Origin of the Bhagavata Purana.

User:Doomsdayer520, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for this informative new article, but I wonder if the title is accurate. The article does not actually nail down the book's origin, but instead lists research on or theories of that origin. This should be evident in the article's title in some fashion. I will leave it to the experts, but for pointers see WP:NAMINGCRITERIA.

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Hi @Doomsdayer520:, appreciate the review! In a nutshell, it is impossible to reliably date this or any other Vedic or Puranic literature. The article was originally intended as a section in the Bhagavata Purana, but it turned into a somewhat lengthy process to "disentangle" the layers of claims, mostly repeating claims themselves repeating other claims, often ultimately based on pure speculation or even nothing at all. Evidence-wise, it all boils down to a reference by Al-Biruni around 1000 CE. The issue of the origin of the Bhagavata also seemed to be somewhat of a contentious issue, so was hoping to put that to rest.

If you have any suggestions to improve the article, then they would be most welcome. Had considered adding a section exploring the 'inter-textual' aspect of this Purana, elements of which can be traced back to the RigVeda. Problem is, the Vedas can't be reliably dated, either. And dozens (if not hundreds) of Vedic texts have been lost over time, too. Another issue is that although it seems quite certain the Bhagavata is a later Purana - the legend of Matsya in it, for example, seems almost-certainly to be adapted from the likely-earlier Matsya Purana - but there is no way to prove this (i.e. it's all purely speculative). Carlduff (talk) 10:16, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

@Carlduff: - Thanks for the informative response, but I have absolutely no dispute with any of the content in the article. I am not anywhere close to knowledgeable on the topic but as an interested reader I find the text convincing. My initial concern was simply about the article's title per Wikipedia naming conventions. The title of the article may give the reader the idea that it nails down the origin of the Purana, but you have said above (believably) that such a thing is unlikely. Therefore I am merely suggesting a change to the article title, something along the lines of Theories on the origin of... if it doesn't become too awkward. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 19:03, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Doomsdayer520:: Yes, my thinking was/is that as the article is a general reference intended for the lay-person (especially to settle disputes since claims are often taken at face-value), a more generalised (albeit imprecise) title was best. It's easy to find and remember, and I believe most searches would be phrased this way. However, your point about that lack of precision is right. If the title is a problem, then I suppose a new article could be created and a redirect left on the current one. Happy either way. Carlduff (talk) 16:23, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Taittirīya Brāhmaņa a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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User:Polyamorph Totally understand! Used your advice and moved to correctly-accented page, so much appreciated as well. Can I ask: Do major edits in my sandbox copied and pasted into existing articles count? Carlduff (talk) 21:40, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Great! Copy/pasting from your sandbox is fine. Cheers, Polyamorph (talk) 09:04, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Varaha

Please familiarize you with yourself with the following policies, which are not adhered to in the article:

• Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing:
  • "Mythologically, according to Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, a well-known historian, Boros are “the offspring of son of the Vishnu(Varāha) and Mother-Earth” who were termed as ‘Kiratas’ during the Epic period."

Ref: "Mythologically, according to Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, a well-known historian, they are “the offspring of son of the Vishnu and Mother-Earth” who were termed as ‘Kiratas’ during the Epic period.": The entire sentence is plagiarized, but without quotes. Write in your own words.

• WP:QUOTEFARM: The article is filled with quotes. Again, paraphase and write in your own words.
• WP:SYNTHESIS and WP:UNDUE: The Gita does not mention Varaha, but mentions sacrifice, which is related to Varaha. This is an WP:UNDUE and synthesis for Varaha.
  • The "black boar" statement in Mahanarayana Upanishad statement is another example of synthesis. Neither reference says the black boar is referred in the Upanishad.

You may go through some articles at Wikipedia:Featured_articles#Religion,_mysticism_and_mythology, which will give a better idea how the best articles in Wikipedia are written. While lot of hard work has gone in this article, the article is going into unnecessary details and it will be very difficult to non-Hindu to understand the article.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

@Redtigerxyz:: Appreciate your feedback. I'll address each point:

1. The "close paraphrasing" referred to in regards to the Boros People has nothing to do with me; that info was added by different contributor.

2. Your claim that 'neither reference says the black boar is referred in the Upanishad' (i.e. refs 55 and 59) is demonstrably false. Daniélou (ref 59) refers to the earth being 'raised by a **black boar** with a hundred arms' (penultimate paragraph of p168) and Eggeling (55) states 'the earth is said to have been uplifted by a **black boar** with a thousand arms' (ref 451:1 on the linked page).

3. No explanations or examples have been given to support why you believe there is too much detail or whether a non-Hindu would have difficulty understanding the content, most of which consists of paraphrases of Puranic myths. Regardless, I see no problem anyway since you and other editors can edit and simplify as you wish.

4. Totally agree with your criticism regarding the synthesis of the Gita and Varaha (and agree with you removing it).

5. Heavy quoting is my writing style; I do not like paraphrasing too much. Still, moot point as I've no plans to contribute further to wikipedia. Carlduff (talk) 17:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Personalized attacks

Carldruff, your personalized attacks on Joshua Jonathan at Talk:Dashavatara#Old tricks are neither helpful nor reflecting well on you. If you wish to discuss actual article content, please do so in a civil manner laying out what changes you are proposing and what reliable secondary sources support those changes. If on the other hand, for whatever reason, you find yourself unable to contribute on the page or collaborate with the editors active there, please find other articles or areas on wikipedia that may be a better fit.
I am writing this note instead of giving a templated warning because your other contributions show that you are capable of making positive contributions to the project and are not here just to snipe and troll. I hope you'll reconsider your conduct at Talk:Dashavatara. Abecedare (talk) 17:15, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Terribly sorry, Abecedare, I didn't realise people like Joshua get to take ownership of articles, start edit wars, revert changes without explanation, ignore legitimate criticism, manipulate other users, shit all over people's time and effort, and knowingly disseminate false information in articles... as long as he's polite about it. I've no plans to contribute to wikipedia again because of people like him and like you. Your loss, not mine. Carlduff (talk) 17:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Hindu edits

Sorry that you are no longer active on Wiki as an editor but completely understand. I am having similar experiences as you with the same editors too. You can see this on my talk page on edits related to Rigveda and Talwade. The admins can't seem to decide on why Tilak is an unreliable source and so far I have had three separate reasons one after another. They come up with a new reason after I successfully refute the previous one. ga11 (talk) 22:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

@Gauri a11: I totally understand your frustration. Unfortunately, I was not the first contributor to have problems with their manipulativeness and mind-games, and you will not be the last. There is no point in taking the issue to the senior editors / admins either, as they are even worse, and you'll just be threatened, insulted and mocked (as I and others have been). I suspect this is why many Hindu-related articles on Wikipedia are neglected. That's just the way it is on this site. You might be better off spending your time and energy elsewhere. Carlduff (talk) 08:25, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes I agree with you. There seems to be hardly any neutral point of view. In fact, in my experience one of the admins actually wrote false information publicly with no fact-checking and not even a warning was issued of any kind. Anyway, you know how all this works so no point in just repeating it. If you are curious though, take a look at my Rigveda Tilak talk page and Padmakar Vishnu controversy. In any case, you are absolutely right that this is not a worthwhile use of our time. In fact, this makes me even more motivated actually to work outside Wiki with other organizations to fight what appears to be some serious POV pushing. I would suggest you do the same and devote time to other organizations that are working to counter this. Use this experience to get motivated and work with others outside Wiki.Best of luck to you! ga11 (talk) 21:44, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Aspersions

You may want to read WP:ASPERSIONS and to provide evidence for your rant. Please avoid pinging me for baseless accusations, unless it's to report me at an appropriate administrator's noticeboard. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 14:17, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Maybe you should read that very article yourself, given - as very clearly stated on Gauri a11‬'s own page - you did in fact accuse him without any evidence of having conflicts of interest. Nice way to treat a new user giving his time and energy for free. You obviously don't like being accused of things... even if actually true in your case. Also, I already tried taking the same issues I encountered with the same people to the admins, and just got cussed, insulted, mocked, and threatend for it. That's why you can't hold onto new users, and why Hindu-related articles are neglected. Carlduff (talk) 14:23, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Criticism is fine when justified and done properly. Attempts at shaming for trying to help editors and to protect the encyclopedia when necessary are not (and it won't work on Wikipedia). —PaleoNeonate – 23:22, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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I have revoked Gauri a11's talkpage access. Please stop using their page as a discussion board; the talkpages of the articles in question are the right place for that. If you make any more personal attacks on User talk:Gauri a11 or elsewhere, you will be blocked. Bishonen | tålk 22:31, 27 August 2020 (UTC).

@Bishonen: What 'personal attacks' are you talking about, exactly? I called you a bully because you blocked a user based on a blatently false accusation of 'not being here to help create an encyclopedia'. His contrib history alone proves this to be false, and you know he was angry and frustrated about how he was treated before understandably saying he wanting to leave. You could've shown a bit of respect to the guy instead of just blocking him like he was nothing. Feel free to block me anyway. I honestly don't care. Carlduff (talk) 22:50, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

You missed my point completely

I realise it's probably a waste of time explaining myself, but I'll try. Of course I know the difference between astronomy and astrology and that Vartak was using astronomy as an argument to push arctic ancient origins, not astrology. It's the point good Indian scientists are making, that science should not be used as a vehicle to push a political argument, which was what Vartak was doing. As for Guari, it's no coincidence that his first editing interested as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the fathers of Hindutva. Doug Weller talk 09:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I fully understand what you are saying, and the recurrent spats with presumed or apparent Indian nationalists on the wiki. I am also certain you and the other editors usually involved in these spats (e.g. Joshua) give a lot of your free time and energy to benefit the wiki, too. My point - based on my own experiences and observations of some of these other spats (including with Guari) - is that the same contributors and admins can come across as dismissive, unfair, and outright hostile to others, usually escalating conflicts and then punishing people when provoked into reacting. It comes across as bullying, whether intended or not. It does not help that the same admin citing various WP policies (albeit rarely ever specifics) in the process themselves often ignore and violate the same policies without anything being said about it. Carlduff (talk) 11:46, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

I tried hard with Gauri. And failed. Some new editors just won't accept that we have policies and guidelines that need to be followed. Doug Weller talk 13:27, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Meant to link to [1] as an example. Of course, NPOV is a policy few new editors are going to understand. Doug Weller talk 13:53, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

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