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Exir KamalabadiJoin Esperanza! 01:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
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If you scroll up on the talk page for Indian Buddhist Movement, you'll find that I have made a complete analysis of this article with several suggestions. Would you care to comment on them, or provide further information in response to my suggestions! Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I'm want to buy a book or two on this topic so that I can help improve this article. Are there any books that you would recommend on this [1]?
In the article that you are trying to include in the Indian Buddhist Movement article, it says 300,000 people. That is three hunderd thousand, not three million. Furthermore, I have found no other article that makes the same assertion. In fact, the Times of India stated 30 people in it's article covering the same event. I understand that number is probably wrong. Can you provide an article from a source that doesn't have "Buddhism" or "Buddha" in the title of the reporting organization? I think that would meet with less criticism.
It's an unfortunate reality that critics of this article will not let you move foward if you don't provide sources that are absolutely above reproach. I am no such critic. I genuinely wish to help you improve this important article.
Feel free to leave me a response on my talk page.
Sincerely, NinaEliza 18:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello Shrilankabuddhist,
Again, in the article that you are trying to include in Indian Buddhist Movement, it says 300,000 people. That is three hundred thousand, not three million.
NinaEliza 04:50, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I am very sorry that user Hkelkar keeps removing your sourced edits. Please understand that he does not represent all of Wikipedia, and neither do I.
Right now, there is a very long talk going about what to do with Hkelkar. Please trust that the right thing will be done, whatever it is.
Please be patient. I welcome your discussion, and I respect you. I understand that what you are doing is done in good faith. I do have concerns about this article, but now is not the time to address them.
Sincerely, NinaEliza 18:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. Can you justify the existence of "nomadic tribes" and "criminal castes" in Mumbai. Also, I request you to refrain from digressing into various peripheral details about Hindus in Sri Lanka, such as Tamils, and LTTE. These are not only irrelevant, they can only cause unnecesary tension as they are very emotive issues. Also, could you please refrain from using the "h" in Sri? Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
From TFA:
“ | Towards social welfare, the Government have undertaken to remove the stigma of untouchability in respect of scheduled castes and to assimilate the scheduled tribes in the general population without destroying their hereditary traits. The rehabilitation of ex-criminal, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes in gainful and stable avocations has also been undertaken. | ” |
Notice "ex-criminal" and no mention of Mumbai at all.Hkelkar 14:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
ShrilankaBuddhist, I removed this section because Hkelkar created an article about it. [Kerlanji Massacre] is where you would want to put such things, if they're unbiased and the source is well-established. Please see the talk page first before adding anything. NinaEliza 18:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
ShrilankaBuddhist, please see Kherlanji Massacre. I'm sorry about the link. If you ever have any problems with a link, you can put the phrase into the Wikipedia search window and find the article.
ShrilankaBuddhist, so far there is only one reliable news source that say the family who was murdered were Buddhists. The URL is:
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=123634&category=India&catID=2
If you go to the Kherlanji Massacre article, you'll see that Hkelkar has used that link as a reference. So far, it's the only news source to make this claim. I'm afraid you're going to need to stop trying to add this information to Indian Buddhist Revival until there are more reliable sources that state that this family was Buddhist. NinaEliza 19:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello Shrilankabuddhist - I am afraid that your statements and edits do not conform to NPOV not to WP:RS. Please see my comments on the talk page. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
India Buddhist revival/Dalit Buddhist Movement/Buddhist Revival in India has been moved to Buddhism in modern India. utcursch | talk 15:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC)