Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hinduism/Shaivism

Category:Religious leaders
The current organization there is abit muddled, and needs some discussing how to deal with. A general proposal for cleaning it up is posted at Category talk:Religious leaders, and more input would be great. It doesn't address the issue of Religious leaders/religious workers/religious figures, but that is another issue that exists. Badbilltucker 22:08, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

people actually joined this
neato.--D-Boy 08:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hindi project
I am creating article on all 63 Nayanar sanths on hindi wiki. Refer to hi:श्रेणी:नायनमार. Kingrom T 00:57, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I can't speak hindi.--D-Boy 14:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

History of Shaivism
I'm starting work on the "History of" article - there's a lot of information there that might better belong on "Shaivism" proper. I don't want to just wipe it out, I want to move it to someplace where it can be found and used. I'm going to very carefully move sentences and paragraphs (with the names of the original contributors, best as I can) to here. WikiTypically, there are very few attributions but I'll be sure to move them too. Please harvest.

~ Otterpops 17:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I am now working to upgrade Shiva so coordination between those articles would be helpful to both. Buddhipriya 00:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Red Links
"Saivam" especially. Change title? Redirect? ~ Otterpops 18:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The current page is Shaivism, as the romanization of "Shiva" is being used widely across articles. See comment I just placed regarding this on Talk:History_of_Shaivism Buddhipriya 00:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
As you may have heard, we at the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team recently made some changes to the assessment scale, including the addition of a new level. The new description is available at WP:ASSESS.
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New member
Hello. I am a new member of this project. I edit articles related to Hinduism and India. As I tag articles for projects, I also post articles of questionable notability on the Hinduism talk page. In the future, as some of these articles are related to the Shaivism Wikiproject, I will list the names of these articles here. Also, on another note, is there a process underway to tag articles for this project? This seems to have stalled. I have helped tag for other projects, and can help here if needed. If anyone has any comments, questions or advice - I am open to suggestions. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 16:26, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Sanskrit revival
Sanskrit revival - as this is a phenomenon relevant to the 20th and 21st century, the subject should be expanded to reflect this transition from one century to another. As this is a large subject, the addition of many editors from diverse perspectives would benefit the expansion of this article. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 18:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Saivism
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Coordinators' working group
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

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 * Any thoughts? Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 21:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Any one interested??? Please include your name below: Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 15:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
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Saivism articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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 * Dear All I am R.Muthusamy from Chennai. I am interesting in contributing in Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism/Shaivism. Kindly communicate the possibility. Regards. Iramuthusamy (talk) 17:35, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Hinduism/Shaivism articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 02:56, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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request for review
Hello and greetings to all the participants. I am trying to publish a page on Swami Avdheshanand Giri, head of Juna Akhara, request for review from editors. Page name is Draft: Swami Avdheshanand Giri. Shatbhisha6 (talk) 06:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Hinduism/Shaivism articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion
Category:Hinduism/Shaivism articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 20:21, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Nithyananda
One of the usual CoI "editors" who show up to promote this guru is peppering Talk:Nithyananda with demands for changes to the article, based on no sources or promotional sources or junk sources. However, they have made a claim that his (sourceable) confirmation as a mahamandaleshwar of Mahanirvani Akhara is very significant and belongs in the lead section. I don't know enough about the subject to be sure. "In 2019, nine foreigners were given the title mahamandaleshwar for the first time at the Kumbh Mela" isn't very encouraging, but for all I know the title means much more in the M.A. context. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  06:19, 17 January 2024 (UTC)