User talk:Gaura79

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Radhanath Swami
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Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj
Hi there, you seem to know something about Vaisnavism. Do you know anything about the above subject? Any books that mention him (besides mine and Radhanath Swami's book)? Any citations? Years ago I made a page for him but it got deleted for lack of citations. They're like, "If he is not mentioned anywhere then how is he notable?" Good question. But a starkly amazing point for anyone who ever knew him. He was the single most all-around popular Gurubhai amongst all the disciples of Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati. Funny, Babaji could probably not care less. But I wish it could happen. Any ideas? Cheers--Rickbrown9 (talk) 16:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Would be nice to have an article on him in Wikipedia. I think there's coverage in reliable sources, we just have to find it. Let's see if I can dig out something we can use.-Gaura79 (talk) 19:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

FP nomination for Yogapith temple
Hello, Gaura79. Would you be interested to review the FP nomination for Yogapith temple? Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 07:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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October 2019
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April 2023
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Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
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April 2023
 You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring, as you did at A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Bbb23 (talk) 16:09, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Blocked for sockpuppetry
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts&#32;per the evidence presented at Sockpuppet investigations/Gaura79. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Bbb23 (talk) 21:14, 23 April 2023 (UTC)


 * What are the concerns to address? I have been blocked before CheckUser evidence had been obtained. I don't have any relation to the account Nihalojha. Gaura79 (talk) 22:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I also don't understand the rationale by which Gaura79 has been blocked before a proper sockpuppet investigation. I note that has still be no CheckUser. Is that normal? At the moment it seems like they have been blocked based on one admin's suspicions. I personally don't see any similarity between his editing style and the alleged socks. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 09:30, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I also urge Bb323 and Yamla to review the block based on a CheckUser evidence. Or else, how do you expect Gaura79 to address the allegations? Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 12:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Admins can block users based on their own investigation into behavioural evidence. They do not need to list a reason. Based on what I can see Gaua79 is a fanatical Hare Krishna who identifies as such on multiple wikis and has disrupted the Wikipedia article on A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada by deleting reliable sources. The white-washing claim is entirely valid, see his edit here, he did this 4 times. That is deleting a huge amount of text without a valid reason. He even removed academic sourcing that documented Swami Prabhupada's opposition to evolution. His claim above that he objected to one source is obviously not the truth as he has removed 4 references, not one. Basically anything negative about Swami Prabhupada, Gaura79 will delete from the article. This is not neutral editing. His claims about meat-puppetry are also false. Editorkamran was the first to add many of those sources but they are reliable. I do not know who Editorkamran is and have not collaborated with him, he merely added reliable sources so I restored them. We do not need to remove reliable sources from Wikipedia just because they may contradict our personal beliefs.
 * Cinosaur is urging admins to review the blocking. Nothing wrong with that but this user has not been active on Wikipedia since September 2022 but suddenly pops up to leave multiple messages to have Gaura79 un-blocked? This was likely a case of Gaura79 emailing Cinosaur. Based on Gaura79's own comments above he has some odd ideas about editing on Wikipedia as he is describing different editors as being his "opponents". This is not a football match. There are no opponents here. Gaura79 appears to be close to WP:NOTHERE, the user has had about 5 warnings before on his talk-page about edit-warring on articles related to Hare Krishna. I am not seeing productive editing from this user, only disruption. Psychologist Guy (talk) 15:10, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * 1. I will just ignore your insults and come strait to the point: Yet again you blaming me in something I haven't done. There's no need whatsoever to give distorted interpretations to my actions: I clearly explained in review summaries and on the article's talk page the reason for reverting your controversial edits. I'm not against this information remaining in the article, it just has to be better sourced and put into context, because this is encyclopaedia and not a tabloid or Wikiquote, especially considering that we're dealing here with topics related to pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. Another editor  already pointed out these problems with your edits on the talk page   but you conveniently ignored his arguments. 2. So where is "behavioural evidence" here? After I've been blocked for 48 hours a new guy comes registers in Wikipedia and posts some messages on the article's talk page, blaming other editors in "not reading Swami Prabhupada's books", insulting other editors and demanding removing Views section without presenting any sound arguments. If you look at the article's history you'll notice that there have always been some heated discussions over its content, nothing new here. Why would I create such a sockpuppet? What for? To avoid 48 hour block? How would it bring me closer to the desired result? Please answer me that. 3. For your information I don't use WP:SUL. I'm registered under my real name in the Russian Wikipedia, that's where I'm mainly active. I don't edit Wikipedia in other languages. Gaura79 (talk) 20:11, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I can't comment on the SPI, it is up to the admins but you are a disruptive user so it isn't a loss that you got blocked. You white-washed material 4 times and you got blocked for edit-warring for 48 hours, I don't think you should pretend you did nothing wrong. You basically want to remove anything negative about Swami Prabhupada. It was explained to you on the talk-page why those references are reliable. You are also mis-quoting other users such as Hob Gadling. Nowhere did this user agree with your edits or say what you seem to be claiming. This seems to be some sort of "war" to you. Hare Krishna vs other editors. I don't want to get sucked into your nonsense.
 * On the other Russian Wiki you linked to you also identify as a Hare Krishna and because the rules are much less strict over there you have been editing many of those articles from an entirely positive way but it doesn't work here. How much have you received from ISKCON for your editing on the Russian Wiki? I see that you wrote most of the Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Russian Wikipedia article and you have been editing it since 2007 obsessively. In-fact you basically wrote that entire article in 2015. I just translated that article and there is not one criticism of Swami Prabhupada on it, no mention of any of his offensive, racist or pseudoscientific views. The article has an excessive 498 (!) references and treats Swami Prabhupada as some sort of hero. This very much looks like paid editing. There is much conflict of interest here. Sorry I do not approve of your editing, it is not neutral. Swami Prabhupada had some good ideas but also a lot of bad ones, we can't just cite positive things about people, we have to report what reliable sources say. The Russian Wiki article you wrote is one of the most biased articles I have ever read. It is not neutral editing. You have been blocked and I have no interest in interacting with you again so I will not respond here further. Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:42, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Most of what you wrote is off-topic, but I'll answer you nevertheless: Your reaction to everything is very emotional and you just want to create conflict out of nothing. I've reverted the article to the pre-war version not because I wanted to whitewash it (and remove all the critical information that you want to add to it), but because I think it's a better way to deal with the situation. Discuss first, add stuff later. This is how it works in the Russian Wikipedia. you also identify as a Hare Krishna - so what? Hare Krishna is one of the topics that I'm interested in and which I've been studying for years. Why I shouldn't write articles about Hare Krishna? because the rules are much less strict over there - it is not so, the rules are almost the same in every wiki. And believe me, there are editors in Russian Wikipedia who don't like Hare Krishna and Prabhupada and they keep an eye on those articles. The article has an excessive 498 (!) references - yes, there are many reliable sources on Prabhupada out there. Surprised? Swami Prabhupada had some good ideas but also a lot of bad ones, we can't just cite positive things about people, we have to report what reliable sources say. - this is pretty obvious. The Russian Wiki article you wrote is one of the most biased articles I have ever read. It is not neutral editing. - thank you for your feedback, but I guess you haven't read it after all, otherwise you would have noticed that it does contain a lot of criticism, I even used Ekkehard Lorenz articles quite a lot. There is much conflict of interest here. - that's why your feedback is welcome, but not in the form of insults, of cause, and not in the form of false accusations, that mislead admins into blocking other editors for nothing.Ilya Mauter (talk) 22:20, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Because of the personal attacks, I have revoked TPA.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:58, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The guy is rightly furious that he's been indef blocked based on (unproven) accusations of being a puppet master. I don't see any personal attacks here, only what seems like a crusade on the part of the accusers. This whole process has been very irregular and I think he/she has a right to question it. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 18:08, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bbb23, the indefinite block you have effected was based solely on the allegations by two dissenting editors. It was not verified by behavioral patterns, nor was a CU requested to provide technical evidence of sockpuppetry. To be fair, Gaura79 had every reason to be upset, yet he did address the allegations pointwise. Could you please re-list Gaura79 vs. Nihalojha for a CU investigation? Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 18:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)