User talk:Nightngle

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The place to discuss. I like the idea of being bold, but am more of a "Be Mild" kind of person. On the other hand, I have been known to give others some degree of heartburn. I do strive to reach consensus but don't apologize for my opinions - and why should anyone? We all have them, afterall, I don't see mine as less than anyone else's - now, working to drop all discrimination and beliefs is a whole other discussion, isn't it?

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Contents 1 Zen Buddhism in the United States 2 The see also thing 3 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Plum Village book cover.jpg 4 Links on the Mindfulness page

[edit] Zen Buddhism in the United States

I am looking for editors to come to my sandbox at User:Mind meal/Sandbox26 to collaborate on creating a first-class article on Zen Buddhism in the United States. Interested parties can contact me on my talk page. I would like to see a group of research-oriented editors come aboard. I think it may work best if various editors focus on one particular dimension of Zen in America (always backed by references) and we can add various sections, come up with section titles, and eventually bring the article to "completion." While this is a labor of love for me, I fear it will take eons to get the article right alone. With the help of other editors, however, we can make progress much faster. Please contact me before starting to edit my sandbox. I want to know the members I am working with before doing so. While we have had our differences on the Thich Nhat Hanh article, I know you to be a good editor. Thank you. (Mind meal (talk) 19:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC))

I appreciate your comments - and I do recognize that you are doing a lot to develop articles and that's a very good thing. When I first saw your contributions I thought you were one of the folks doing mostly the "fun" stuff like making templates, rules, and pictures. I've been proven wrong, and I'm happy about that. Looks like we're both a little feisty. ;-)

I don't have a lot of time to devote to all this, though. I'll be going back to school soon and work keeps me very busy. I will dabble from time to time. My interest is in re-working the Mindfulness article and branching it off into a better article about Right Mindfulness and allowing the secular uses of the term to develop their own group of articles.

Good luck on your efforts - I'll enjoy reading them. Nightngle (talk) 21:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The see also thing

Then take it out if you like. Remove photos and content however you see fit. Caitriona Reed is relevant to the Nhat Hanh article and detracted from it in no way. Your removal of her link made no sense, and so I think you are trying to own the article. Every time I've edited Nhat Hanh's page I've had to pass the "Nightngle test." Open your hand up some and let it go. Articles here are impermanent. When you are gone, someone will wipe it all away. (Mind meal (talk) 15:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC))

You might want to look in that same mirror about your own desire to be right. I don't apologize for standing up for myself, nor do I apologize for being knowledgeable about the article and wanting it to be stable. It's not my work reflected in the TNH article, but his own. So, no, what is important will not be wiped away.Nightngle (talk) 15:38, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Plum Village book cover.jpg

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[edit] Links on the Mindfulness page

I agree, there are too many links. Most of them add nothing relevant. "Watchfulness, Prayer and Confession"? "THE NEPTIC AND HESYCHASTIC CHARACTER OF ORTHODOX ATHONITE MONASTICISM "? Totally irrelevant. The only reason I didn't remove them was because they've been there so long I figured somehow someone thinks they're relevant. It seems like you are attempting to control this page in such a way as to place undue weight on your own religious conception of what mindfulness is or should be. I am not a spammer. The resource I linked to, while my own work, does nothing to promote either myself or any business interest I may have; I wrote it for the specific purpose of offering the information that I teach to my patients to a greater number of people. There is no other information on the Mindfulness page or any of its linked resources which provides the reader with concise, scientifically informed rationale and instructions for practicing mindfulness, so I tried to provide it to them using a link to the resource I created for that purpose. My qualification is that I am recognized by the state of Illinois as a mental health professional and was trained in the provision of mindfulness meditation training by the current chairman of the APA's division 30. Dgodot (talk) 22:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate you letting me know about your credentials, but the point isn't the quality or relevance of your blog post; it's about Wikipedia guidelines and standards. This isn't about my bias or desire to control this article, it's about Wikipedia rules. It is highly discouraged for people to link to their own work, and it's not allowed to post original research. All that aside, my point is that it's far better to contribute to the article rather than adding to the collection of links - if you have concise, scientifically informed information about mindfulness, then it will be no problem for you to add to the article and cite your sources. I hope you understand, and I hope you contribute content of the article. Thanks, Nightngle (talk) 00:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

What a brilliant idea! Why I don't I just begin spending my time the way that you want me to spend it? Wonderful. Look, it doesn't really make any difference to me if you want to be the mindfulness nazi, you can go right ahead and exert control over whatever little thing you can find for yourself to control. The fact is that I added an external link that added value to the page and you deleted it. You can justify that any way you like, I don't have time to bicker with you. It looks like this is not the first time you've claimed a page and bent it to your will, so you can go right on doing that and hopefully it will add some kind of meaning to your life. Just don't pretend you're helping anything else. Dgodot (talk) 01:10, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

My goodness - how mindful of you. Is this an example of the results you've gotten with your class? Perhaps some further contemplation about your issue with rules would be in order. If you look just a wee bit closer, you'll find that I've hardly done any work on the mindfulness page at all, so sticking with the rules is hardly trying to bend others to my will - but, hey, if it's worked, then maybe it's my new superpower. Nightngle (talk) 15:23, 15 May 2008 (UTC)