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Sathya Sai Baba Article

Hi, I don't know if you are familiar with the history of this article but it was recently locked for 7 days due to edit warring. The article was OK before it was totally destroyed through one user's 150 edits in a ten day period in January while nobody was watching turning it into a total assualt against Sathya Sai Baba. The article is being repaired. It has improved a lot in the last month. We have set up a sandbox Sai Baba Sandbox for testing of major changes. E-mail me if you have any questions.Yours Sbs108 (talk) 21:20, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Sathya Sai Baba article - editors

Hi J929, I have been following the recent talk page discussions. If you think User:Ombudswiki is pushing an agenda you can report him in Wikipedia Conflict of Interest notice board. I do agree with you that these activists are starting to disrupt the article pushing their secret agendas. If they don't stop then we may have to report them in other higher level forums in wikipedia. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 01:42, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard

Please add any relevant info!

J929 (talk) 00:25, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

For now the activists seemed to have stopped the disruption. Let's see in future, if we see more disruption then we can present a stronger evidence and reopen an older case. I would suggest you also to keep a copy of the discussion links once its archived so it could be used for future. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 03:31, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I have some questions to ask in the WP:COI. I will post them soon. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 11:44, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I replied in my talk page. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 19:06, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Request for Comment

Can you please add your comments here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Daily_Pioneer_.2F_Sandhya_Jain. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 20:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi J929, In the reliable source board we can talk only about the source - "The Daily Pioneer' and that it was already declared reliable in the earlier reliable source notice board. It may not be an appropriate place to write about the activist. That has to be reported in the Conflict of Interest notice board. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 22:06, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you please add your comments again in the reliable source notice board I think it got over written some how because 2 of us were editing the article at the same time.

I think I got confused some body reverted it later. I don't know why? - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard&diff=315608688&oldid=315608347 Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 23:50, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Clean up Effort

Hi J929,

You might have seen the clean up discussions in the talk page. The concerns raised so far are mainly about the 'Biography' section which uses the primary sources. In the RS discussion it was agreed that the Official Sathya Sai Organisational Websites could be used. I think more than the sourcing the style of writing in the Biography should be made more neutral in tone, more encyclopedic with out too much emphasis on miracles etc. That's going to be a challenge.

It might be easier for us to fix this section as we know this article and its sources well rather than others who are new to this topic. I will appreciate your help. I have also requested Sbs108 to help. I am also planning to start working on this. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 16:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

sounds good...

J929 (talk) 22:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate your Clean Up effort. I have one suggestion. If its possible please condense some of the details under the Biography section. Personally I am Ok with it as I know the article and its sources. But it might be overwhelming with lot of details to new users.

Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 00:41, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi J929,

I have started adding Secondary Sources from Babb, Kent and Others in the Biography Section. I am using the following sources which are available online. All these sources have used Kasturi's biography with their interpretations. For instance you will find supporting references for 1940 Proclamation and other important incidents from Baba's life from these sources.

Google Links of Secondary Sources with Biography References:

• Babb Lawrence: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B8bMjUt6AqIC&pg=PA162&dq=%22Sathya+Sai+Baba+was+born+in+1926%22&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Sathya%20Sai%20Baba%20was%20born%20in%201926%22&f=false
• Kent:http://www.wilfridlaurieruniversity.ca/documents/6484/Creating_Divine_Uni.pdf (Page 6 - Has the biography)
• Kent:Divinity and diversity: a Hindu revitalization movement in Malaysia - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=26sVhUo_aM4C&pg=PA37&dq=%22Sathya+Sai+Baba+was+born+in+1926%22&client=firefox-a&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22Sathya%20Sai%20Baba%20was%20born%20in%201926%22&f=false
• Eade:http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iq1xhNpTlDEC&pg=PA267&dq=%22Sathya+Sai+Baba+was+born+in+1926%22&client=firefox-a&cd=5#v=onepage&q=%22Sathya%20Sai%20Baba%20was%20born%20in%201926%22&f=false
• Global Guru by Weiss - http://www.nzasia.org.nz/downloads/NZJAS-Dec05/7_2_2.pdf (Page 4 - Has the Biography)
• Larson - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vnAk9WefhfwC&pg=PA427&dq=%22sathya+sai+baba+was+born+in1926%22&lr=&client=firefox-a&cd=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

J929 (talk) 01:30, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi J929, In Page 8 - http://www.nzasia.org.nz/downloads/NZJAS-Dec05/7_2_2.pdf - there are more details about his illness as well his declaration that he is Sai Baba when questioned by his father. The same announcement is also mentioned by Kent - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=26sVhUo_aM4C&printsec=frontcover&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false in page 38. We can use these references. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 05:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi J929, Howard Murphet book is viewed as a Devotee material. Probably it could be used as a reference in Biography section other than that I don't think we can use it anywhere else. Did you see this discussion - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sathya_Sai_Baba&diff=337689481&oldid=337130963? - When you get a chance please add your comments. Radiantenergy (talk) 03:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Greetings

Wishing you a Prosperous, Happy New Year 2010. Radiantenergy (talk) 21:54, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks!!! hope you have an amazing 2010!!! J929 (talk) 18:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Reference for Comment

I would appreciate if you could join this discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sathya_Sai_Baba#Reliable_source_for_Pioneer_claims.3F Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 04:28, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Sungazing

The phrase during low UV levels needs a reliable source.Autarch (talk) 17:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Photo scam scan

Hi. Where did you scan this photo from? --Damiens.rf 18:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

an original photo taken by me in Bangalore several years ago. read the meta data. may i ask why?

no scan nor scam. J929 (talk) 18:40, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

The description use to say "original photo (scanned version of print)", so I was worried it could have been a scan of a copyrighted work. My fault I didn't noticed the presence of metadata. And the scam in the title was not intentional.

Nice shot! And thanks, --Damiens.rf 18:54, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

don't worry. haste makes waste.. J929 (talk) 19:05, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

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