User talk:Usedbook

Welcome to Wikipedia! I think you'll find it a fun project to work on. As you can see, our Buddhism articles need quite a bit of work, so a Theravada monk-in-training is most welcome (several monks in to South Korea tried to recruit me, but I thought my Anglicanism would get in the way. :). If you need any help, check out Help and the FAQs. If you need to ask a question, drop by the Village pump. Cheers! -- Stephen Gilbert 01:28 Mar 17, 2003 (UTC)

Hello there, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Naming conventions or how to format them visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --maveric149

You wrote "HealthCanada reports: 160 Canadian cases of SARS as of Apr02"


 * To be precise, HealthCanada is reporting 62 probable and 98 suspect cases of SARS. The WHO table only includes probable cases (except for the US as noted), and that explains why 160 isn't the number reported. -º¡º

Thanks for your work on Bodhi. It's good to see the improvement :)

Could you explain one of the phrases you use? What does 'when all karma has been burnt.' mean? I have very little knowledge of Buddhism so the phrase is unclear to me.

Regards -- sannse 18:59 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)

Use the Move this page feature to change an article title. Cutting and pasting the content leaves the edit history behind, which is bad. Mkweise 01:18 22 May 2003 (UTC)

Hi, Usedbook. See User talk:Mkweise and Wilkipedia:Village Pump for the details, but I've moved Theravada around, and plan to do the others in a few hours, so long as there are no objections to it. Hope that helps. Tannin 03:37 22 May 2003 (UTC)

Hi! Sorry for the delay, I've been out of town and away from the computer. The move in Pali canon sounds like a good idea to me; I'm really not very knowledgable on the subject, and was basing my earlier redirects solely on information I found in the articles as they stood when I first read them. Hephaestos 12:55 28 May 2003 (UTC)

Left a comment for you on Talk:Moment_of_silence Kat 18:01 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Greetings, and sorry for the late reply‹I had been spending way too much time on Wikipedia and had to go cold turkey for a while. The nicest images I've seen are at, but unfortunately those are subject to copyright. I ended up just using google image searches to find images that can resonably be assumed to be unencumbered by copyrights. Mkweise

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Welcome. Please review WikiProject_Islam and help remove the bias that has built up here due to lack of Muslim help editing. Please also recruit scholars and fellow Muslims to ensure scholarly accuracy. Perhaps we must all re-read The Muqadimmah! - an anonymous Asharite

Your comments on editing pages are noted. I was aware I do this and having been trying to minimise edits, but it seems to something a personal style, so it will be difficult. I've only just started editing Wikipedia so it is part of the learning curve I would imagine.

Also is it so much of a problem? If you view page history you can compare all my edits as a whole against the last version by someone else. :ChrisG 12:00, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Hello. You asserted that archaeologists know nothing of the Qu'ran as it is not within the scope of their work. This is untrue, as the search for and examination of manuscripts is of course a significant part of archaeology with cultures which possess writing, like Arabia of 1500 years ago. Are you familiar with the excellent article on Qu'ranic paleography which appeared in the Atlantic Monthy a couple of years ago? It dealt with the discovery of some Qu'ranic manuscripts in, I believe, Yemen which differ noticably from the redaction with which Muslims are acquainted with today. Kricxjo 02:17, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I just wanted to tell you how happy I was to see that the entry on "Hinayana" discussed the fact that the term is a pejorative. It is always irritating to see people unknowingly adopt partisan language in academic discussions. So, thanks. Patrick Grey Anderson 22:31, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Usedbook, you have been very annoying with your Mani prophet. "The last prophet" or "The seal of prophets" never refers to anyone other than Muhammad. Please refrain yourself from editing this pages unless you are 100% sure and confident about your knowledge about the issue. Please consult with other users to enhance your knowledge. --Hiwamy 18:55, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
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Looking for help on a major wiki project
Hey :) I was wondering if you'd be interesting in helping out with www.Knowmore.org, a corporation search wiki we're trying to get off the ground. We could DEFINATELY use some people that know how to make a wiki community great & the site is almost a blank slate at this point.  It's been heavily customized and is designed to help responsible consumers enter any product or company name and immediatly find information about that co. (the main focus of the wiki is corporate & political information in a much more specialized way then wikipedia currently offers) Let me know if you're interested!  aim: knowmoreorg or bernard@knowmore.org

Hello, i borrowed your 'imaginary friend' userbox. I hope you don't mind. -- User:Belthil

about vijaya
sorry about this late reply well, regarding my old article on vijaya, eventhough i wrote that article through my personal research etc, many other users felt that the article wasn't good enough so i just decided to give up on it, but if you would like to re-write it, i would be happy to help :)

Userbox Public Transit
According to The German solution, here’s a a tip for you: (in lieu of the blanked template:User Public Transit). -- Olve 22:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Buddhist pilgrimage sites
Hi Usedbook -

I have three questions about your identification of [Buddhist pilgrimage] sites: Thanks for any clarification/education/citations. LarryR 22:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC) P.S. I really like your userboxes :-)
 * 1) You identify that "the Buddha spoke of holy sites that followers may seek." Where did the Buddha say this? For instance, in which sutta?
 * 2) You write that one of the holy sites that the Buddha mentioned was Kusinara, where he passed away. Did he mention this before he passed way (for instance, somewhere in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta) or somehow after he passed away?
 * 3) Your edit summary comment states, "Pilgrimage is central to the path." What path are you talking about?  The Noble Eightfold Path?


 * Hi Usedbook -


 * Fantastic!!! Thanks for the education! Would it be okay if one of us (you? me?) added the Thanissaro (1998) reference in an endnote or in-line link at Pilgrimage?  (By the way, I'm totally impressed that you were able to link directly to the paragraph in question!)


 * FWIW, not to put too fine a point on it, my concern about "central to the path" was not so much about the text you included and then subsequently deleted but about the so-called "edit summary" ("Pilgrimage is central to the path. removing some previous writing") that you wrote when deleting the modifier ("Although pilgrimage is not central to the path, ..."). Sounds like we're on the same page though.


 * Honestly, my initial question issued forth from my own Theravada householder practice. Seeing your reference made me wonder to what degree is pilgrimmage part of traditional householder practice, what's the source, what's the rationale.  You've definitely helped a great deal with your answer here.  Thanks so much again.


 * In addition, the Ven. Mettanando Bhikkhu article you referenced looks excellent! Maybe should be added as an endnote to the Wikipedia Mahaparinibbana Sutta article (which, now that I just looked at it, needs some development!) -- some day?


 * Mahametta!
 * LarryR 15:34, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Einstein quotation
Hello Usedbook. I was researching the Einstein quotation you have on your user page to include in a forthcoming book on Buddhism, and found that Wikiquote flags it as misattributed. It occurred to me that you might (a) wish to know this (b) be able to research it a bit more. I shall try to track down the Helen Dukas book mentioned there. Incidentally, the grammar in the final sentence doesn't look like the work of a professional translator to me. That sort of thing is sometimes a giveaway. Regards --Shantavira 14:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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Revert at Suvarnabhumi Airport
The airline no longer operates the route as it is no longer available booking on their website. 05:28, 31 August 2023 (UTC) 47.13.131.183 (talk) 05:28, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for our contribution, 47.13.131.183. There was a misunderstanding but all is good now. Thank you. Usedbook (talk) 03:54, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Preto River (Amapá) moved to draftspace
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October 2023
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made&#32;to Familicide: you may already know about them, but you might find Template index/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. ––– GMH MELBOURNE  14:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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Venezuelan War of Independence
Hello, I recently made a change to a page that had two duplicate paragraphs, deleting one. Sorry for not explaining! 2601:189:8002:4E0:25DF:65DE:F36F:F783 (talk) 14:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for letting me know, I see now and will make the correction. Usedbook (talk) 14:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Vajrayogini
Please do not "fix" things you don't understand. While Vajrayogini has the word "yogini" included, in Tibetan Buddhism, the term yogini refers to a human female practitioner, while the term dakini refers to a female deity. The terms are not interchangable. Vajrayogini, like most higher tantric deities, is considered a Buddha, which you removed. I reverted you edit for these reasons. Skyerise (talk) 12:27, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Firstly, the message you've left here comes across as rude. We are all trying to understand here. The introduction at Vajrayogini requires a facelift to bring clarity to the reader and perhaps the Tara article can be of some inspiration. Vajrayogini is important in Vajrayana but the article needs to also reflect it's origins in India, how it is regarded in Hinduism, and especially other Buddhist traditions from a neutral point of view when possible. A section for etymology is missing. Vajrayogini acts as a meditation deity and, according to Britannica, the "female embodiment of the cognitive function leading to Buddhahood" - to bring a third party perspective. At the root is a yogini, regardless of one's spiritual practice or beliefs. One can easily say "Buddha and a ḍākiṇī" is contradictory also and for the record. I'm not interested in pursuing my own editing on the article so please be assured, I'm not here to argue. Vajrayogini is considered a female Buddha in Vajrayana (no problem) but, for many other practitioners, this is not the case or is slightly different and should be reflected in the article's introductory paragraph. The Tara article is a better example. I look forward to working with you on our article. Also, it was a quick edit as I was rushed off the computer for many hours (haven't made an edit since) so perhaps I should have waited and took more time for consideration. My apologies for this, Skyerise. I can see how my edit can be problematic. Usedbook (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2023 (UTC)


 * My apologies if my comment came off as rude. I've taken your suggestions and rewritten the lead. However, unlike Tara, Vajrayogini is original to Vajrayana and while inspired by Hindu tantra, is not derived from a pre-existing Hindu deity as Tara was. She is exclusive to Vajrayana and does not appear in non-Vajrayana traditions. One could also say that calling Tara both a Buddha and a Bodhisattva is contradictory, but it isn't. All Vajrayana deities represent both the path and the result. Thus Tara represents both the path of the Bodhisattva and the result of becoming a female Buddha, while Vajrayogini represents the path of the dakini and its result of becoming a female Buddha. Again, a yogini is a human practitioner of yoga, primarily understood as physical yoga such as Hatha yoga, and the article linked is pretty clear about that. Yogini is primarily used in a Hindu context: dakini in that context means something more like witch; in a Buddhist context, yogini may refer to a human female practitioner, but never to a female deity; deities are differentiated by using the word dakini. Sometimes female practitioners will call themselves "dakinis", but this is a misuse of the word. Skyerise (talk) 10:32, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Arcline Investment Management
Hello Usedbook,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Arcline Investment Management for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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