Talk:Bhagawan Nityananda
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[edit] External Links
I saw the notice asking to discuss external links here. The notice is a good idea. My proposal is very simple. A link to the official website run by the Indian Trust responsible for maintaining Nityananda's SamadhiTemple/Shrine. I'm a bit dubious on some of the other links. They reflect the claims of third parties which may or may not reflect the views of the subject, Nityananda. At least there is no documentation that Nityananda intended to be or represent himself as the Parampara Guru of any particular tradition. In any case, kindly consider adding a link to Shree Bhimeshwar Sadguru Nityanand Sanstha. -Vritti 06:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reference 6.
The long quote included in reference 6 should not be there. It belongs in the text. I'm not sure how to fix it, because I'm not familiar with this way of doing references. Afraid I might muck the whole thing up.
Sardaka 03:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- That doesn't appear to be the case. It appears that the editor who created the note intended the quote to be in the note. And I agree with that decision. IPSOS (talk) 03:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Quickfailed
I quickfailed this article because the vast majority of the sources come from organisations which deify him and thus cannot be considiered to be reliable. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
For example, consider the line of the article: "Nityananda had the power to transmit spiritual energy." This is nothing but dogmatic religious preaching; what's it doing in wikipedia? Isn't wiki supposed to be more of an academic reference, rather than a storybook? The idea that Nityananda transmitted "spiritual energy" of any sort is just mythology. The article gives no evidence to support this speculation, or indeed any hint what "spiritual energy" means. The fact is, no evidence exists that Nityananda transmitted anything, any moreso than a hypnotist or a rock star "transmits spiritual energy."—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.142.2 (talk) 20:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Footnote 6
In regard to footnote no. 6, I edited the quote out of it because a quote like that doesn't belong in the refs. On WP:REF it says that references consist of title, author, date and page number. Nothing else.
The quote was reverted by another editor, but the fact remains that quotes belong in the article, not the refs.
Sardaka (talk) 10:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nityananda Video external link
Greetings - I have added the YouTube pointer in the External Link section. As it is completely neutral and of great historical value to the subject matter, I added it directly without submitting it first. Feel free to remove if you wish. --Cminard (talk) 15:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- Great, it's a wonderful video. No need to discuss addition first unless they don't conform to Wikipedia's core content policies.TheRingess (talk) 01:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
