Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sikhism/Archive 3

Merger proposal between Indian religion, Eastern religion, and Eastern philosophy
I have proposed a merge of these three articles. Please see Talk:Eastern philosophy.

Also, for those of you who are Sikhs, I am sure you may find my claims about Sikhism there to be spurious. This disagreement is acceptable. Because nevertheless, I am sure you agree that Sikhism is not distinctly "Indian." Zenwhat (talk) 01:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Sanatan Singh Sabha
May I request an administrator, who can feel confident about the subject-matter of the article on Sanatan Singh Sabha, to visit the talk page of that article, and read A.S. Aulakh's objection [objection], and my response to it [response], and his reply to my response [reply]. I would request the learned administrator to check every single statement in my response by referring to the original article [The current article is the one edited by A.S. Aulakh]. If the administrator finds my response to the objection valid, and also finds the reply incoherent, then may I request the administrator to restore the original article. Thanks.Kanchanamala (talk) 10:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Sikh Politics
I am increasingly alarmed at the the distortion of Sikh topics by Indian Nationalists. If you look at the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalistan there are allegations that Sikhs that want an Independant country from India are all Pakistani agents or terrorists. The article has several allegations of terrorism added, there is a seperate article on Indian terrorism to discuss these.The overall article has been edited in a way as an attack on Pakistan using Sikh topics.There are many movements that have not been involved in violence that want Independence.

Information about Sikh Independance and human rights violations even when referenced are speedily deleted by some of the Indian editors on Wikipedia  There seems to be an editors war between Indians and Pakistanis and Sikh topics are being caught up in this. On the discussion there are has racist remarks such as the word Khalsa (a term that is applied to othodox Sikhs) means laughter which is without foundation.

Another site which has Indian nationalist editors distorting is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmit_Singh_Aulakh

Please can ensure that fair editing is restored on this, a few editors have tried to do this but are overruled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Singhls (talk • contribs) 09:28, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Photo request
Surely with all the Sikhs we have on Wikipedia, someone can provide better photos for Kesh than the current one. Yes, it's made by the US federal government so it's free, but a) it only shows head coverings (not Kesh), and b) using this image makes Sikhs look like terrorists on a wanted poster. Kafziel Complaint Department 04:39, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Expand Infobox church/sandbox to cover all places of worship?
There is a proposal to convert the draft infobox template Infobox church/sandbox into a template that can be used for all places of worship. We would like your views on whether you think this is a good idea, and if you are able to help identify parameters that would be relevant to the religion that your WikiProject deals with. Do join the discussion taking place at "Template talk:Infobox church". &mdash; Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 03:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Joining
Could I, I am a Sikh, you can see by my name Taj which comes from the Taj Mahal.Tajtheman (talk) 19:54, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

2 articles that I recently added to WP-sikhism
I have just tagged two articles - Malaudh and Phulkian Sardars Sidhu-Brar bans. Both articles seem to be candidates for good articles. But, they might be copyvios and the style of the articles may need revision. Prashanthns (talk) 10:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

List of gurdwaras
I would looked over at List of gurdwaras page, it contains all information from other Gurdwara lists so I suggest that this be turned into a disambiguation page for the othe rgurdwara lists. Gman 124 talk 21:34, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
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Articles flagged for cleanup
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HELP!!! NEEDED for Article on Sikh Rajputs
Someone put a tag on "Sikh Rajputs" article that it will be deleted in five days etc., this article can not be deleted as Sikh Rajputs exist and most claims made in the article are true as well known to local Indians in Punjab only the need is that some interested and knowledgeable editors with access to proper history books etc. can eventually come forward and develop the article properly in time, quoting credible sources. Foreign born and raised editors with no direct local Indian knowledge are requested not to vandalize it as per their own fastly held thoughts and beliefs.

Thanks

Atulsnischal (talk) 06:47, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi

When you get time kindly assist with developing the article, it needs some badly needed refs too, it is being vandalized, check talk page.

Thanks

Atulsnischal (talk) 06:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Sikhism
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AfD nomination of Sikh Rajputs
Sikh Rajputs, an article that involves this WikiProject, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Sikh Rajputs. Thank you. Mspraveen (talk) 04:03, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Could we have a bit of help here? I don't know enough about the topic to properly improve it, but the problem is having one major editor with a serious conflict of interest and partisan views (e.g. referring to the Operation Blue Star era as the "Sikh Holocaust"). Outside views with knowledge of Sikhism would help. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 01:50, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Sikh extremism
I would like to draw people's attention to the above article which is currently created by a single user and in a disgusting state. Since I lack the expertise to rewrite it neutrally I would like to draw the attention of people who might be able to. DJ Clayworth (talk) 22:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)