User talk:Buddhipriya/Archives/2011/May

Help me
Hello Buddhipriya can you help me in improving the article of Brahma Purana. I'll be very much grateful to you if assist me. Thank you.--Soumit Banerjee (talk) 12:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

My regrets that I have not replied in a timely manner. I have not been on Wikipedia for some time, and so only saw your message today. I hope that you have made progress. I have no particular knowledge of Brahmapurana but it is a good example of a work that deserves more attention. Best regards, Buddhipriya (talk) 22:17, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Upanayana
Thanks for your suggestion. I am sure you will agree that there are many rituals followed in our Hinduism that have come from our predecessors through word of mouth. As you said most of them have some references and some might not have any. My edition of Upanayan regarding "Keeping the knots of the Upanayana thread on the left shoulder" was advised to me by a well learned Sanskrit Scholor. I thought of sharing the same with Wikipedia communities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cnananthan (talk • contribs) 04:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You are quite right that many aspects of Indian ritual are not well-documented in books. The limitation we have on Wikipedia is that our editing must conform to the guidelines outlined in Identifying reliable sources.  In general that means that material that is not well-sourced can be deleted at any time.  When you want to add something that is not well-documented, consider suggesting the edit on the talk page for the article first, to see if others agree.  With issues such as ritual, something that you learned in your own family or via oral tradition may be different from how others understand things, and discussion on the talk page can help determine if your view is widely held.  Also, when you make posts please sign them by adding four tilde marks at the end, which will automatically add your username.  Best regards, and keep at it.  Buddhipriya (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)