User talk:Dharmadhatugarbha

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Happy editing! Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk!  11:19, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Blockquote?
? diff. That's ancient.... Have you edited Wikipedia before, and forgot your password? You remind me of a highly knowledgeable Dzogchen-editor; in case you're the same, welcome back! Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk!  11:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

No, I've never edited Wikipedia before. And why have you removed my edits on Buddha-nature page? Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 23:31, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Btw, what you by incomprehensible in "despite my welcome: incomprehensible"? Too technical? Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 23:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 00:13, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Matching prevailing styles in article
Please be aware that different articles have different styles. There are several different ways to make citations - some articles use tags, some use or  templates. Some articles use and other articles use or  templates. You are supposed to match the style existing in the article. If you don't, another editor will take the time to integrate the new content into the pre-existing style. You should not revert these editors - they are doing something you should have taken the time to do correctly in the first place. Skyerise (talk) 20:42, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I just use the visual editor and select the options to format a quotation and reference. In my browser, the quotation is not displayed in a specific block when "quote" is used, but the backend code appears instead; take a look https://imgur.com/a/HceRU92. Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 21:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Then don't use the visual editor? I fixed your addition to the prevailing style, and then you - without changing the content - changed it back to the old style. That was in no way a necessary edit. Skyerise (talk) 21:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

many quotes from the page of buddha-nature are in the blockquote format. Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 22:01, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Yup, other people, maybe even you under a previous username, added them without matching the existing style. But it was 29 using templates to 12 using wikicode, so I converted the wikicode to templates so the article is consistent and now you don't have to count them yourself! Skyerise (talk) 02:51, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Book titles
Also, in general, book titles should not be linked to Worldcat. Or to Amazon, or Google, or anywhere else unless they are available on Internet Archive. Just include the ISBN and or the OCLC parameters. These automatically make the appropriate links from the correct place in the citation. Wikipedia does not favor one resource over another, so in general, we don't make these specific links from the title. Skyerise (talk) 20:49, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

TL;DR

 * 1) Please write paragraphs
 * 2) Please don't rely on quotations to make your points
 * 3) If you do 1 & 2, you don't have to worry about whether to use templates or wikicode, because there will be no long quotations
 * 4) Please don't add clickable external links in the text of the article body
 * 5) Please DO put external links in your citations (when needed) in the references section and those between ref tags
 * 6) Please take the concerns of other editors seriously, without being flippant in your responses.

I think that about covers it. Skyerise (talk) 02:58, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

February 2022
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Buddha-nature, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Skyerise (talk) 04:40, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Sor, I've just written the bloody paragraph you required. What's disruptive about it? Dharmadhatugarbha (talk) 12:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)


 * You keep changing things that don't need to be changed, like the formatting of blockquotes, everny time you add things. Just add the thing, don't mess with the formatting of multiple blockquotes at the same time. Look at this diff? Why are you making all those unnecessary changes? It's nearly impossible to tell what you actually changed. Skyerise (talk) 12:27, 5 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Totally agree. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  12:31, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm not making these changes by myself. I definitely wouldn't go through all quotations to change their format. Apparently this is something done automatically by the visual editor, as I told you before