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Do you have a cite for the suspicion/allegation that Laurel/Lauren faked her own death? Given her past history of fraud and misrepresentation, it certainly ''seems'' plausible, but given |
Do you have a cite for the suspicion/allegation that Laurel/Lauren faked her own death? Given her past history of fraud and misrepresentation, it certainly ''seems'' plausible, but given my past history of mental and physical illness, it seems more than plausible that she died at the age of 61. I only ask because someone is bound to complain about a rumor in a Wikipedia article that lacks verification, especially considering that Willson/Stratford still has a very vocal (if only miniscule at this point) contingent that supports and believes her claims. - [[User:Chadbryant|Chadbryant]] 23:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC) |
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Again, welcome! Chris Roy 17:03, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hi, please make sure your articles are more than just a collection of external links. Wikipedia:the perfect stub article will give you an idea about the minimum necessary for an article. Angela. 00:52, Mar 14, 2004 (UTC)
Hi - I've a little query about your recent edit to Paul Wittgenstein. Could you take a look at the bottom of Talk:Paul Wittgenstein when you've got a minute. Ta--Camembert
Hi. We had an edit conflict on Talk:Spiritualism in the "Blatantly POV" section. I put my comments above yours, I was just wondering if you thought I was right on my specific points. --Vaergoth 08:40, 23 July 2005 (UTC) (UPDATE) I wouldn't mind working on the cleanup for Spirituality, but you weren't at all clear on which parts you thought needed clarifying. I could make it my pet project, but since you placed the tag I'd like to know what needs to be done. Do it here or on my talk page.
- Hi, I think you're absolutely right. This'll teach me to read/respond to Wikipedia discussions when I'm that tired & can't properly form my thoughts into words. I assume you meant Talk:Spirituality? I wonder if Maprovonshal confused spirituality with spiritualism. Which says he didn't really read it carefully perhaps! I need to work on the Spiritualism article also, it needs more detail.
- On Spirituality, sentences need to be tightened up and clearer definitions provided. What Maprovonshal was objecting to as "Fox News style" is actually the use of passive voice ("the car was owned by George W. Bush" as opposed to "the owner of the car was George W. Bush"), which is considered very bad style nowadays by journalists as well as people in the legal professions. But this is easily remedied. Spirituality has several definitions depending on context.
- Spirituality vs. religion - Generally, the word "religion" refers to organized belief systems and outward expressions. It's when someone else tells you what to believe, or tells you what to do if you believe. The word "religion" comes from a Latin word for tie or binding. This would have more to do with reinforcing our ties to a particular set of belief systems, or a particular society (cf. Fundamentalist churches with their emphasis on the American flag and "patriotic" messages). Spirituality in this sense is related to personal feelings about spiritual matters such as "is there a God?", life after death, etc. rather than an outward practice.
- But people also speak about spirituality where the word "religion" is too narrow a term to describe what a certain group is doing. I have seen a lot of references to "Native American spirituality", for instance, referring to cultures where there is no separation between the everyday and the spiritual. Every act, even the most mundane, has spiritual significance of some kind, but there are also specific ceremonies that can be seen as religious. Even in societies such as the Plains Indians' where one's personal relationship to the Great Spirit is given the highest value, there are many group ceremonies, and again these tend to reinforce cultural norms or values.
- When the article says "Those given to speaking of "spirituality" rather than "religion"", or "'Being spiritual' is often discussed as goal-directed," a good idea is to cite examples and sources, usually from weblinks or quotations from books. (There are lots of links at the bottom, but putting citations right in the paragraph where they are talked about, or at least footnoted, is good practice.)
- It should be brought out that spirituality has several meanings and the tone of the article should be elevated so as to eliminate the idea that spirituality is merely another piece of New Age drivel. One of the things that bugs me the most about so-called "skeptics" is that they keep citing New Age as "proof" that all religious and spiritual ideas are unworthy of belief. I'll have to think of more later. Thank you, we'll work this out! --Bluejay Young 20:36, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
Bad day?
Holy cow!
http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Autism&diff=20151523&oldid=20134451
That was pretty POV. Anyway, thanks for your help on Autism pages :). --RN 02:38, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
You're very welcome. See my response to you on your talk page -- I was trying to be journalistic and point out what "critics said" based on what I'd read on no-cure pages which are critical of the cure-autism movements. But of course if it's inappropriate I'll fix / take it out.
And the Children Shall Lead
To keep a standard format to the Trek pages, I removed your edits from this episode because I think its "poor taste" when people mix all the "behind the scenes" and "blooper stuff" to a synopsis which was written in a third person point of view without trivia tid bits written into it. Stuff like that should always go into the Trivia section at the bottom of the page (like all the others) and so I have moved your comments there. Cyberia23 06:15, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Mary-Sue Parodies
Tamara Raymond's "Clara," and Tuulikki's "Mary Sue Invasion" come to mind first. On ff.net, I only personally know Yu-gi-oh parodies, and the best of those are found in Tamara Raymond's C2. So, please review them, and see if they're fit to include.--Chercher E. 12:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Glad to be of help! Are you gonna work them into the article?? Chercher E.
Walk-In
Hi; you have requested some information on Hindu walk-in legends of yore. Hindus acknowledge many bodies: a physical body, an astral body, a mental body, a refined body of the soul, and so on. The only essence that is not a body, and therefore not tranferrable, is the Atman. So, a walk-in, as described in the book Merging with Siva by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, can take one or many of these bodies. This is a story turned legend of a yogi taking up to the mental body of a recently dead boy:
[1] Saint Tirumular's story is very interesting. He was an accomplished yogi, or siddha from the Himalayas in North India, and he was sent on mission from there by the rishis of the Himalayas to South India to spread the purest teachings of Saivism to the people there. Hinduism is a missionary religion. Everyone within it is on a mission or is purifying himself through sadhana enough so that he can be given a mission for the religion from some great soul or a God perhaps. This is the pattern within Hinduism, and Saint Tirumular's mission was to establish at one point in time the final conclusions of the Sanatana Dharma, the purest path of Hinduism, Saiva Siddhanta.
When Tirumular arrived in the south an extraordinary miracle occurred, a boon from Lord Siva to help him in his task. As Tirumular was walking through a forest he came upon a pitiful scene. A herd of milk cows were standing around their young cowherder who had just died for some reason, and it was evident from the lamenting of the herd that they had loved him very much. So touched was Tirumular by this scene that he was inspired to relieve the anguish of the gentle cows through his siddhas, or yogic powers, by bringing the dead cowherder back to life, if only for a short time. So he sat down in deep meditation, left his own body and entered the body of the cowherder, causing it to stand up again and carry on as usual. He comforted the cows and led them back to their village, leaving them there. He returned to the forest for his own body, but no matter how he searched he could not find it! It had simply vanished! Again he sat down in meditation to see what he could discover and by his spiritual insight he discerned that it was Lord Siva Himself who had taken his body, leaving him with the cowherder's body.
Tirumular accepted the will of Siva immediately and went on his way in his new physical form. This exchange had a real advantage, however, for he could now speak Tamil, the language of all of south India at that time, and he knew all the culture and customs of the South as a native Tamilian.
Best, Subramanian talk 14:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I'm afraid the only thing I've done to this article is make a small edit to the categorisation. I haven't had anything to do with writing the article. -- Necrothesp 17:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Do you have a cite for the suspicion/allegation that Laurel/Lauren faked her own death? Given her past history of fraud and misrepresentation, it certainly seems plausible, but given my past history of mental and physical illness, it seems more than plausible that she died at the age of 61. I only ask because someone is bound to complain about a rumor in a Wikipedia article that lacks verification, especially considering that Willson/Stratford still has a very vocal (if only miniscule at this point) contingent that supports and believes her claims. - Chadbryant 23:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)