Talk:Rainbow Gathering

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2018 World Rainbow Gathering is going to happen in Taiwan? No references.
We read "2018 World Rainbow Gathering is going to happen in Taiwan.[88]" But 88 is a 2013 article, Jidanni (talk) 14:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

Where can I upload sound recordings
I have roughly 17 years of field recordings from rainbow gatherings mostly from US gatherings, but a few world gatherings, too. My web site with featured recordings: https://soundsfromtherainbow.org/ I feel the oral tradition is still the primary medium of rainbow subculture, and it would be a nice addition to feature a link to said recordings for curious ears. Thoughts? I've never wiki edited before so forgive if this is the wrong place to ask. Tenalihrenak (talk) 00:07, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have attended about 15 of the US gatherings & have been editing Wikipedia since 2010. I use the same nickname at the gatherings & as my Wikipedia user name.


 * The media repository for all Wikipedias & other WMF projects is Wikimedia Commons (usually just called Commons). To upload files, you can use the Upload Wizard. The advantage of loading it to Commons is that other language Wikipedias & other Wikimedia projects can also link to the files.


 * You will need to chose one of three licenses: CC0 (essentially releasing it into the public domain), Attribution/CC-BY or Attribution-ShareAlike/CC-BY-SA. This page will explain licensing better than I can.


 * I hope this helps! Peaceray (talk) 05:43, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Not NPOV
This article currently reads to me as very biased with a clearly negative point of view. Most of the negative comments reference the same source. Somebody with an agenda seems to be responsible for much of its current state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:E6CD:2801:8D16:FC1F:66B6:F70A (talk) 03:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * agree. "Spiritually, there is a strong tradition of Cultural appropriation, with the largely white attendees performing their ideas of Indigenous ceremonies, African drumming, Rastafari, Eastern religions, Neopaganism, and freethought. " seems particularly troubling. Leaving the race bashing aside... Africans don't have a lock in on drums, all cultures have drums.  And there are certainly genuine Rastafarians, Buddhists, etc... there.  Neopaganism isn't white?  as for "freethought", wikipedia's own page says <>  this hardly seems like "Cultural appropriation". 173.93.205.188 (talk) 18:32, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The examples ("...their ideas of Indigenous ceremonies, African drumming, Rastafari, Eastern religions, Neopaganism, and freethought...") appear to be original research, but the claims of cultural appropriation that are sourced should remain in the article. Schazjmd   (talk)  19:39, 24 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I replaced the blanked content that was sourced. While there is an appropriation section, it is well within policy guidelines to briefly mention these things whenever spirituality or reputation of the group comes up, as it is a core component of the Rainbows' identity and activities. This has been stable, sourced content for years and you will need broader consensus from editors in good standing to remove it. Additionally, there is significant criticism of the group in this article as there is a great deal of criticism in WP:RS sources. There has been increasing ecological destruction and violence at these events over the decades. It's no longer a small, hippie gathering. - CorbieVreccan  ☊ ☼ 20:18, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Shortened footnotes
I plan to revise the two shortened footnotes "Niman 1997" & ""Sentelle 2002" in accordance with Help:Shortened footnotes & sfn so that the full citations will appear in a separate reference list (commonly called Sources) instead of being tossed in willy-nilly with the other footnotes. Please see WP:SRF & Template:Sfn for examples. Peaceray (talk) 05:59, 13 July 2023 (UTC)