User:Presearch/dykdraft

This page contains record for past DYK's that I (Presearch) have contributed, and drafts for current or future DYK listings.

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2011 Apr 9: Social Foundations of Thought and Action
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

DRAFT 3 submitted at (DIFF): Template_talk:Did_you_know

NOTIFICATION of Wikiproject Psychology: DIFF

Draft1 (194 chars): ... that Social Foundations of Thought and Action, a book by Albert Bandura (the most-cited living psychologist), was said to give "outlines of the grand theory" being sought for over 100 years?

Draft2 (194 chars): ... that outlines of a "grand theory", sought for over 100 years, were said to be given in Social Foundations of Thought and Action, a book by Albert Bandura, the most-cited living psychologist?

Draft3 (196 chars): ... that outlines of a "grand theory", sought for 100 years, were said to be given in Social Foundations of Thought and Action, a book by Albert Bandura, the most highly cited living psychologist?

2011 May 7: Dhammapada (Radhakrishnan translation)
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DRAFT 5 FINAL(MAIN PAGE): ... that Radhakrishnan's Dhammapada was recommended reading for victims of the "annihilation-extinction" theory of nirvana?

DRAFT 4 SUBMITTED (DIFF) at Template_talk:Did_you_know

Draft1 (154 chars): ... that the Dhammapada translation by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was recommended as reading for victims of the 'annihilation-extinction' theory of Nirvana?

Draft2 (127 chars): ... that Radhakrishnan's Dhammapada translation was recommended for victims of the 'annihilation-extinction' theory of Nirvana?

Draft3 (135 chars): ... that Radhakrishnan's Dhammapada translation was recommended reading for victims of the 'annihilation-extinction' theory of Nirvana?

Draft4 (123 chars): ... that Radhakrishnan's Dhammapada was recommended reading for victims of the 'annihilation-extinction' theory of nirvana?

Teresa de Jesús (film)
Draft1 (146 chars): ... that Teresa de Jesús, an 8 hour television/DVD mini-series about St. Teresa of Ávila, won the 1985 Spanish TP de Oro for Best National Series?

Dhammapada (Easwaran translation)
DYK page DIFF for moving to special occasion holding area

Draft1 (164 chars; quotes from page 27): ... that Easwaran's Dhammapada states that the joy in the Buddha's message is "that he has found a way for everyone, not just great sages, to put an end to sorrow"?

Draft2 (183 chars; quotes from page 27): ... that Easwaran's Dhammapada states that the joy in the Buddha's message is "the joy of knowing that he has found a way for everyone, not just great sages, to put an end to sorrow"?

Gita Dhyanam
Draft1 ( chars): ... that the Gita Dhyanam, known as the Invocation to the Bhagavad Gita, compares the Upanishads to cows, and claims that God's grace can make the dumb speak?

God Makes the Rivers to Flow
Draft1 (153 chars): ... that Easwaran's God Makes the Rivers to Flow says that when we meditate on a sacred text, we are like sculptors who release an elephant trapped in stone?

Draft2 (178 chars): ... that Easwaran's God Makes the Rivers to Flow says that when we meditate on a sacred text for becoming free from self-will, we are like sculptors releasing an elephant trapped in stone?

Draft3 (177 chars): ... that Easwaran's God Makes the Rivers to Flow claims that we are like sculptors releasing an elephant trapped in stone when we seek God-realization by meditating on a sacred text?

Draft4 (184 chars): ... that Easwaran's God Makes the Rivers to Flow claims that we are like sculptors releasing a trapped elephant when we seek God- or Self-realization by meditating on a sacred text?

Draft4 (185 chars): ... that Easwaran's God Makes the Rivers to Flow claims that we are like a sculptor releasing a trapped elephant when we seek God- or Self-realization by meditating on a sacred text?

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John Palocaren
DRAFT 1 (247 chars): ...that former students of St. Thomas founding headmaster Father John Palocaren range from international spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran and Chief Justice MS Menon to EMS Namboodiripad, head of the world's first freely elected communist government?

DRAFT 2 (223 chars): ...that St. Thomas headmaster Father John Palocaren's former students range from spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran and Chief Justice MS Menon to EMS Namboodiripad, head of the world's first freely elected communist government?

DRAFT 3 (205 chars): ...that St Thomas headmaster John Palocaren's students included spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran, Chief Justice MS Menon, and EMS Namboodiripad, head of the world's first freely elected communist government?

DRAFT 4 (191 chars): ...that Father John Palocaren's students included spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran, Chief Justice MS Menon, and EMS Namboodiripad, head of the world's first freely elected communist government?

Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control
DRAFT 1 (211 chars): ... that "hardly a single aspect of life" fails to receive deep consideration in Albert Bandura's 1997 book Self-Efficacy (book), "one of the most significant books of the last 50 years," according to reviewers.

DRAFT 2 (186 chars): ... that "hardly a single aspect of life" lacks deep consideration in Bandura's 1997 book Self-Efficacy, "one of the most significant books of the last 50 years," according to reviewers.

DRAFT 3 (183 chars): ... that "hardly a single aspect of life" lacks deep consideration in Bandura's Self-Efficacy (1997), "one of the most significant books of the last 50 years," according to reviewers.

DRAFT 4 (195 chars): ... that Bandura's 1997 book Self-Efficacy neglected to deeply consider "hardly a single aspect of life," according to reviewers, and was "one of the most significant books of the last 50 years."

Original Goodness (book)
DRAFT 1 (160 chars): ... that Easwaran's Original Goodness reports a discovery about the human spirit it calls "at least radically transformative" as Einstein's theories (pictured)?

DRAFT 2 (151 chars): ... that Easwaran's Original Goodness, commenting on the Beatitudes, reports a discovery it calls "as revolutionary as Einstein's theories" (pictured)?

DRAFT 3 (166 chars): ... that Easwaran's Original Goodness, commenting on the Beatitudes and meditation, reports a discovery it calls "as revolutionary as Einstein's theories" (pictured)?

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Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives
DRAFT 1 (217 chars): ... that Plante & Sherman's Faith and Health describes scientific meta-analytic evidence that "religious people had, on average, 29% higher odds of survival during any follow-up period than did less religious people"?

DRAFT 2 (192 chars): ... that Plante & Sherman's Faith and Health describes scientific meta-analytic evidence that "religious people had, on average, 29% higher odds of survival... than did less religious people"?

DRAFT 3 (193 chars): ... that "religious people had, on average, 29% higher odds of survival... than did less religious people" according to scientific meta-analytic evidence in Plante & Sherman's Faith and Health?

Contemplative Practices in Action
DRAFT 1 (164 chars): ... that Plante's Contemplative Practices in Action claims that meditation and other spiritual practices act "synergistically... like... complementary food groups"?

How to Start a Revolution
DRAFT 1 (173 chars): ... that How to Start a Revolution, a 2011 BAFTA award-winning film on Gene Sharp's influence, was described as a "vital conversation starter... in a world awash with violence"?

DRAFT 2 (163 chars): ... that How to Start a Revolution, a 2011 BAFTA award-winning film on the "Machiavelli of Nonviolence", was described as a "noble documentary" by the New York Times?

DRAFT 3 (173 chars): ... that How to Start a Revolution, a 2011 BAFTA award-winning film that profiled the "Machiavelli of Nonviolence", was described by the New York Times as a "noble documentary"?

Politics of Nonviolent Action (book)
DRAFT 1 (135 chars): ... that Gene Sharp's The Politics of Nonviolent Action was called "the discovery of disobedience, especially of large-scale disobedience"?

DRAFT 2 (119 chars): ... that The Politics of Nonviolent Action was written by Gene Sharp, who has been called the "Machiavelli of nonviolence"?

DRAFT 3 (179 chars): ... that Gene Sharp's The Politics of Nonviolent Action stated that Gandhi (pictured) "made the most significant personal contribution in the history of the nonviolent technique"?

Reviewed (24 June 2012): Blake Gaudry DIFF

Love Never Faileth
DRAFT 1 (141 chars): ... that Easwaran's Love Never Faileth seeks to "bring to light... volcanic forces that work far, far below the surface strata of consciousness"?

Reviewed (1/5/2012): Seling v. Young, DIFF

From Dictatorship to Democracy
DRAFT 1 (181 chars): ... that Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy was described by CNN as "incendiary advice" that became a "viral pamphlet" and "eventually, some say," inspired the Arab Spring?

Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765-1775
DRAFT 1 (185 chars): ... that Sharp's book on the American Struggle for Independence supports John Adams's claim that the "American Revolution... was... substantially effected before hostilities commenced"?

DRAFT 2 (200 chars): ... that Sharp's book on the American Struggle for Independence supports President Adams' (pictured) claim that the "American Revolution... was... substantially effected before hostilities commenced"?

Reviewed: Liam Phillips (DIFF)

Gandhi as a Political Strategist
DRAFT 1 (154 chars): ... that Sharp's book Gandhi as a Political Strategist argues that Gandhi (pictured) followed only one of six different types of "principled" nonviolence?

DRAFT 2 (171 chars): ... that Sharp's book Gandhi as a Political Strategist seeks to rebut six mistaken views of Gandhi (pictured) that it claims have "masqueraded as 'realistic' assessments"?

Seeing with the Eyes of Love
DRAFT 1 (151 chars): ... that in Seeing with the Eyes of Love, Easwaran states that God "answers every selfless prayer, but the initial unification of desires is up to us"?

DRAFT 2 (157 chars): ... that in Seeing with the Eyes of Love, Easwaran states that God "answers every selfless prayer," but that an "initial unification of desires is up to us"?

DRAFT 3 (136 chars): ... that every "deep desire" is a prayer, and God "answers every selfless prayer," according to Easwaran's Seeing with the Eyes of Love?

Reviewed (26 Sep 2012): Template:Did you know nominations/Julius Achon

Porter Sargent
DRAFT 1 (123 chars): ... that Porter Sargent was "perhaps the most outstanding and consistent critic of the American educational scene" in 1949?

DRAFT 2 (160 chars): ... that Porter Sargent's Handbook of Private Schools supplied "the most comprehensive critiques of education published anywhere," according to Arthur Moehlman?

DRAFT 3 (149 chars): ... that Porter Edward Sargent's Handbook of Private Schools was viewed as giving "the most comprehensive critiques of education published anywhere"?

Carol Lee Flinders
DRAFT 1 (116 chars): ... that Carol Lee Flinders coauthored Laurel's Kitchen, described in 2009 as a "renowned cultural countercultural "?

DRAFT 2 (124 chars): ... that Carol Lee Flinders coauthored Laurel's Kitchen (1976), recently described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook"?

DRAFT 3 (125 chars): ... that Carol Lee Flinders coauthored Laurel's Kitchen in 1976, recently described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook"?

DRAFT 4 (125 chars): ... that Carol Lee Flinders in 1976 coauthored Laurel's Kitchen, recently described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook"?

DRAFT 5 (126 chars): ... that in 1976, Carol Lee Flinders coauthored Laurel's Kitchen, recently described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook"?

DRAFT 6 (117 chars): ... that Carol Lee Flinders coauthored Laurel's Kitchen, recently described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook"?

The Making of a Teacher
DRAFT 1 (199 chars): ... that The Making of a Teacher quotes spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran that he "never knew anyone in India who tried to become a spiritual teacher.... It's not a job you apply for — it finds you"?

Conquest of Mind
DRAFT 1, NEEDS CHECKING/REFINING (145 chars): ... that Easwaran's Conquest of Mind gives advice on how to become a skilled juggler (pictured) in controlling one's mental "likes and dislikes"?

Reviewed (27 Dec 2012): Template:Did you know nominations/Jatindra Mohan Sengupta

Comment: Hook fact and quote "likes and dislikes" are verifiable online on page 48 of the 2010 edition HERE. Moved on 26 Dec from user space to article space.

Marcelle Auclair
DRAFT 1 (186 chars): ... that Marcelle Auclair, co-founder of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Catholic Saints Teresa of Avila and Bernadette of Lourdes?

DRAFT 2 (170 chars): ... that fashion magazine Marie Claires co-founder Marcelle Auclair' also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Saints Teresa of Avila and Bernadette of Lourdes?

DRAFT 3 (179 chars): ... that fashion magazine Marie Claires co-founder Marcelle Auclair' also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Catholic Saints Teresa of Avila and Bernadette of Lourdes?


 * ALT1: ... that fashion magazine Marie Claire co-founder Marcelle Auclair also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Catholic Saints Teresa of Avila and Bernadette of Lourdes (pictured)?

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 * ALT2: ... that fashion magazine Marie Claire co-founder Marcelle Auclair also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Catholic Saints Teresa of Avila (pictured) and Bernadette of Lourdes?

Vitakkasanthana Sutta
DRAFT 1 (189 chars): ... that the Vitakkasanthana Sutta suggests that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one," so should spiritual aspirants replace unskilled with skilled thoughts?

DRAFT 2 (170 chars): ... that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one," the Vitakkasanthana Sutta urges spiritual aspirants to replace unskilled thoughts with skilled thoughts?

DRAFT 3 (206 chars): ... that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one," the Buddha's Discourse on the Removal of Distracting Thoughts urges spiritual aspirants to replace unskilled thoughts with skilled thoughts?

DRAFT 4 (181 chars): ... that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one," the Buddha's Discourse on Removing Distracting Thoughts teaches replacing unskilled thoughts with skilled thoughts?

DRAFT 5 (181 chars): ... that the Buddha's Discourse on Removing Distracting Thoughts says that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one," one can replace unskilled thoughts with skilled thoughts?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Two (1964 film)

Krishna Prem
DRAFT 1 (169 chars): ... that the WWI British fighter pilot Ronald Nixon became widely revered as a Hindu saint and was hailed as a "great soul" by Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?

DRAFT 2 (168 chars): ... that former British fighter pilot Ronald Nixon became widely revered as a Hindu saint and was hailed as a "great soul" by Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?

Ladakh International Film Festival
DRAFT 1 (143 chars): ... that the Ladakh International Film Festival, held in the Himalayas at more than 11,000 feet, is the highest-altitude film festival in the world?

DRAFT 2 (136 chars): ... that the Ladakh International Film Festival, held in Ladakh at more than 11,000 feet, is the highest-altitude film festival in the world?

Reviewed:

Cassian the Monk
has 11 reviews