Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism

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WikiProject Buddhism

WikiProject Buddhism is a group of people dedicated to improving Buddhism-related contents in Wikipedia. This page contains only suggestions: things to give you focus and to get you going and you should not feel obligated in the least to follow them.

How you can help

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Improve Wikipedia's coverage of Buddhism-related topics:

1. Identify articles related to Buddhism and tag their talk pages with the WikiProject's banner: {{WikiProject Buddhism}}
2. Improve Buddhism-related articles – one suggested way to do that is to expand the WikiProject's start-class or stub-class articles.
3. Create new Buddhism-related articles (see the list of requested articles for suggestions).
4. Add your name to the list of participants and/or place {{User WikiProject Buddhism}} on your user page.
5. Add this page to your watchlist to see what's occurring here and on the talk page.

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Announcements

Announcements

• February 23, 2010: Hi everyone, I am proposing the development of a strategic policy regarding the authorship and maintenance of Buddhism pages, especially concerned with reducing the amount of time spent in long drawn out disagreements. How about contributing your thoughts? (20040302 (talk))
  • 20040302, where is this policy located? --Farang Rak Tham (talk) 10:47, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
    • Farang Rak Tham, You are the first to even respond to my proposal, let alone contribute to it. It remains much as it was back in 2010 – nothing more than a proposal. (20040302 (talk) 16:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC))
      • Sure, 20040302, but where can I read it? I can't find it on your user page.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 17:05, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
        • Farang Rak Tham It wasn't written. I just made the suggestion that we develop one. I am really not sure that it would work anyway :-D (20040302 (talk))
          • 20040302, still a good idea to revive this wikiproject a bit. I've noticed the Thai wikiproject is a lot more active than this wikiproject. We could start by activating the wikiproject's talk page and continue this dicussion over there.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 12:46, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

• December 23, 2008: Hi everyone. I have implemented Turnkey presentation of WikiProject page (more details on the talk page). While this may not be perfectly done as yet, I hope it will encourage more efficient WikiProject operation in the future! All information that previously appeared on this page is archived at this page; much should probably be integrated here. Please help to make the operations of this project as smooth and efficient as possible! /Ninly (talk)

I propose to move Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism/Archive to the other talk archives (e.g. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Buddhism/Archive 3--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 21:54, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism/Recognized content has been created and the vital articles at the bottom give a good guide for important content to improve if anyone is looking for articles to work on. - Aoidh (talk) 16:17, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

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Templates in Use

Templates

The following templates can be used on pages in Wikipedia to associate them with the Buddhism WikiProject. Click on a template's title to see a sample of what it produces when included on a page. For a full list of Buddhism templates see the main template page.

Main templates

• {{WikiProject Buddhism}} — Template to add to talk pages of all Buddhism-related articles
• {{User WikiProject Buddhism}} — Template that WikiProject members can put on their userpages
• {{WikiProject Tibet}} — Template to add to talk pages of all Tibetan Buddhism-related articles
• {{Infobox Buddhist term}} — Template to use for translations of a Buddhist term in different Asian languages

Stub templates

• {{Buddhism-stub}} — Stub template for Buddhism-related articles
• {{Buddhism-bio-stub}}
  • {{Buddhist-clergy-stub}}
  • {{Buddhism-scholar-stub}}
• {{Buddhism-bio-book-stub}}
• {{Buddhism-book-stub}}
• {{Buddhism-mag-stub}}
• {{Buddhism-monastery-stub}}
• {{Buddhist-myth-stub}}
• {{Buddhism-org-stub}}
• {{Buddhist-temple-stub}}
• {{Buddhist-text-stub}}
• {{Mahayana-stub}}
• {{Theravada-stub}}
• {{Tibetan-Buddhism-stub}}
• {{zen-stub}}
  • {{zen-bio-stub}}
  • {{zen-book-stub}}

Biography templates

• Template:Infobox religious biography
• {{Buddhism-bio-stub}}

Buddhism series boxes for articles

• {{Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Buddhism-related articles
• {{Early Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Early Buddhism-related articles
• {{Theravada Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Theravāda Buddhism-related articles
• {{Mahāyāna Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Mahāyāna Buddhism-related articles
• {{Chinese Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Chinese Buddhism-related articles
• {{Tibetan Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Tibetan Buddhism-related articles
• {{Japanese Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Japanese Buddhism-related articles
• {{Zen Buddhism}} Template to add to appropriate pages of Zen Buddhism-related articles

Footer templates

• {{Buddhism topics}}
• {{Buddhism in the West}}
• {{Buddhism in Sri Lanka}}
• {{Buddhism in Singapore}}
• {{Buddhism in Europe}}
• {{Modern Buddhist writers}}

Other templates

• {{LayTheravadaRebirth}} The Theravāda path of practice
• {{Buddhist devotional practices}}
• {{Buddhist traditions timeline}}
• {{People of the Pāli Canon}}
• {{Infobox six heretical teachers}} Sectarian views in the Pāli Canon
• {{Parami}} The Ten Pāramīs, qualities for a Bodhisatta in Theravāda Buddhism
• {{Four stages of rebirth}} The four stages of enlightenment and obstacles to overcome to attain them

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Assessment

Assessment

Buddhism articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	4	3			8
FL				3			3
A			1				1
GA	5	10	24	28			67
B	28	75	93	247		18	461
C	48	81	192	932		24	1,277
Start	36	82	429	2,078		23	2,648
Stub	2	10	122	1,601		15	1,750
List	3	1	8	91	1		104
Category					2,137		2,137
Disambig					15		15
File					23		23
Project					12		12
Template					139		139
NA	4	4	15	60	78		161
Other					27		27
Assessed	126	264	888	5,043	2,432	80	8,833
Unassessed						1	1
Total	126	264	888	5,043	2,432	81	8,834
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 30,366			Ω = 4.89

For more on assessment of work pertaining to WikiProject Buddhism, see the assessment page.

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Navigation

Navigation

• Buddhism provides an overview of the topic, with short descriptions of all the major subtopics
• Outline of Buddhism is an overview of and topical guide to Buddhism
• Index of Buddhism-related articles is an index of more than 1,300 Buddhism-related articles
• The resource page has some useful resources and reference materials for use when editing Buddhism-related articles
• Buddhist terms and concepts is a rough glossary of terms, needing considerable work to bring it up to date
• Timeline of Buddhism collects events in Buddhist history
• List of Buddhists lists all people notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia who happen to be Buddhist
• Buddhist texts discusses Buddhist texts, divided by tradition
• Recent non-minor changes to Buddhism-related pages
• Schools of Buddhism describes the organization and development of Buddhism's various sects
• Cultural elements of Buddhism
• The project's encyclopedic articles page contains a listing of articles which can be found in reference sources on the topic of Buddhism, and can serve as a reasonable indicator as to what content regarding the topic wikipedia does and does not yet have.

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To Do List

To Do List

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Recent Articles

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Participants

Participants

/If you would like to help, feel free to add your name below. Be sure to watch this page for updates!

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Contributors can also put the {{User WikiProject Buddhism}} userbox on their user page to show that they are members of this project. Placing the userbox on your user page will place you in Category:WikiProject Buddhism participants. You can alternatively place [[Category:WikiProject Buddhism participants]] on your user page to place yourself in the category.

Active users (last edit within last 12 months)

• CycoMa2 I used to identify as a buddhist when I was young. But buddhist thought still influences my way of thinking to this day.
• 20040302
• Alexamies
• Alexoneill
• Aoidh
• Badabara - interested in all schools of Buddhism, primarily Tibetan
• Bill Huston (talk)
• Brusque Dandelion, Gelugpa, Madhyamaka
• Cermus 5 July 2011. I studied Buddhism from an academic standpoint in college, primarily Tibetan and Nichiren. I still keep up on it and can help contribute to various pages in the project.
• Chris Fynn (talk • contribs) • Himalayan Buddhism • Tibetan language.
• Dakinijones Article Zen Peacemaker Order is currently my main personal project
• dchmelik
• Euphoria42
• Farang Rak Tham My main interest is Theravada Buddhism. I can read Thai quite well and can help translate pages about Buddhism from Thai.
• Firvales73
• FrederickII - Buddhist History
• Ghostexorcist - I tend to edit and create articles in some way associated with Buddhism.
• heniwa
• Javierfv1212 Buddhist history, texts, meditation
• JimRenge
• Joshua Jonathan - Main interest Zen Buddhism, but also wider Buddhist history and philosophy
• Keahapana
• KGF0 - Mostly Tibetan, and within that mostly Nyingma
• ­ॐ Kris (☎ talk | contribs)
• Kungming2
• Maxim Stoyalov
• MojaveScout
• Nexenhero91
• Ninly (talk)
• Nosmetana (talk)
• OrganizationTheory - Expertise in Vajrayāna
• Ph0kin I specialize in Japanese Buddhism, particularly the Pure Land and Shingon schools.
• PhilKnight
• Pratyeka
• Richard Buddhist, Writer and Educator
• Robert Daoust - Buddhism and suffering; I am not a Buddhist but I specialize in the subject of suffering.
• Saimdusan Talk|Contribs 06:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• Rojer The Great Aurther
• Secretlondon I'm studying Karma Kagyu
• Shruti14 ^{t c s}
• Skyerise (talk · contribs) - Tibetan Buddhism (Nyingma & Drikung)
• Sultec
• Usedbook
• Walt Roth
• Wikiman5676 - My main areas of focus are on Thai Buddhism, Taiwanese Buddhism and general Theravada Buddhism.
• Velthorion Interested in this religion, even more for Tibetan

Inactive users (last edit longer than 12 months ago)

• 1337 Tibet
• AD64
• adrian_wch
• User:Ahangama
• Alex Shih
• Amberastar
• Andi 3ö
• Andrewaskew (talk)
• Angelo De La Paz
• Ano-User A member and Dharma instructor of the Nichiren sect Risshō Kōsei Kai
• Arrow740
• Arundhati Lejeune
• Atomaton (talk · contribs)
• Azmildman (talk · contribs)
• Balder777 (talk · contribs)
• Balaji Ramasubramanian I am an engineer and an enthusiast of Theravada Buddhism. I practice Buddhist meditation and have a lot of interest in philosophy, psychology and physics.
• Bardock the Mexican
• Berganus ^talk -- 16:32, 12 july 2009 (UTC)
• Bhuston (talk)
• Blackbirdnz
• Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Bodigami 14:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC) / 2552 Buddhist Era
• Brain
• Buddhi (talk)
• Caspian blue, mostly interested in Korean Buddhism, Seon, and related cultures.
• Cesdeva (talk)
• cheezisyum21
• Colincbn
• csifit
• Dammit McFadden
• dbw146 - Religious Studies major with concentration on Buddhist Studies
• Deebkie
• deeptrivia I am managing Portal:Buddhism and would need a lot of support from here.
• Dienekles (talk) My first complete article: Madyamika Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug, Mahamudra, Madhyamika (Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika), and Japanese Zen. I'm happy to help in regards to any of these subjects!
• DiverDave
• Dhammananda
• Antony Woods
• Dharmalion76
• Djlewis
• Dzogchenpa
• Ehm1883
• Endine8
• Eroux108 - My main areas of focus are on Tibetan Buddhism.
• Esteban Barahona
• Eukesh
• Findemnow
• Flarpster
• Frank Walsh (1962)
• Foresterr - Early Buddhism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka
• Furthershore
• Geof Bard  गीता Discussion ^{May Buddha-Nature fill the whole universe now}   Getting basic definitions and history right, clearing up "unskilled" prose... so-called "primitive" and "sectarian" Buddhism, conciliar Buddhism, early Mahayana,Nagarjuna, HHDL,TNH, Xian-B. dialogue...
• Geronimo20
• Golgofrinchian Member of Rochester Zen Center.
• Greenwood1010 A member of Risshō Kōsei Kai sect
• Guttormng mostly Eastasian Buddhism (Chan/Zen), socially engaged and modernity.
• Helpsome
• Illusory ego (talk) MA student in Tibetan Buddhism.
• IM3847 - I'm working on a design related to Buddhism, which will help me to work on Wikipedia simultaneously.
• Invokingvajras - Practicing Buddhist with B.A. in Religious Studies and Japanese. Studied abroad at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan and Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• Jacobdaun
• Jeong Hwa-Yong, Theravada, Thai Forest Tradition, Buddhism in Australia and Creative Commons photography
• Jet123 - I'm Buddhist
• Jewelheart, Maha-Ati practitioner, Longchen Foundation
• jmlee369
• Jonathan 6 May 2014, 13:55:00 (UTC)
• KashKarti - Mainly focused on Indian Mahayana and late South Asian Buddhism
• Kester ratcliff (talk) - ex-monk of six years and now lay academic, specialising in early Buddhism, critiquing later developments especially Theravada tradition, Vinaya studies, and history of the early sectarian period
• SparrowHK
• Kripkenstein
• Kstigarbha - I'm Ph.D. Candidate of Buddhism.(specialize in Zen Buddhism) and I'm managing Portal Buddhism in Japanese Wikipedia.
• Lodu
• User:maletu early Buddhism, suttas, American forms, dialogue.
• User:Manishbaj I am a Nepalese Buddhist
• User:Manthatmandala student of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism and student of the FPMT
• Mekinna1
• Mind meal (talk 10:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)) Zen Buddhist who enjoys research.
• Mizu onna sango15 I am a Buddhist mostly specializing in Mahayana, Pure Land and Zen Buddhism.
• Myo007 I am a Very Strong Theravada Buddhism.
• Nat Krause
• Nightngle
• NinaOdell | Talk 14:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC) Mahayana Buddhism mostly.
• Noisemonkey (talk) Nichiren Shōshū Buddhist
• Nyarlathotep1001
• Opfallon (talk) Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Pali, Indian Buddhism.
• Orgyen 1108
• Ormr2014
• Pasdecomplot Knowledgeable in Tibetan buddhism
• Path3 (talk) Theravada Buddhism, mostly interested in Suttas and Ven. Ñāṇavīra Thera.
• Prasangika37
• Rabbit36 (talk) Undergraduate in Eastern Religions, focusing on Buddhism and Japanese religious traditions
• Rain Mateo
• Ranjith Sutari talk
• Raymond Leonard Student of Buddhism
• Redplaidbuddhism I am a law student in NYC, interested in furthering my Buddhist practice
• Riwo Specialist in Nothing and Nothingness.
• rudy
• USer:Sacca
• Samnak PJ Concepcion Dharma/Zen Teacher, Author writing now about Vipashyana, into Socially Engaged Buddhism
• Saposcat
• Shehanw (talk)
• Sherab1180 (talk) 18:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC) Tibetan Buddhism
• Sigvid
• Siru108
• SparrowHK
• User:Spasemunki
• Steven Grant
• Swampfire (talk) 00:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• SWR2.9 (talk)
• Tadyatha
• Tdudkowski
• Teishin (talk · contribs)
• TheRealGrantma (talk · contribs)
• Tinylittlewoman, studying Tibetan Buddhism
• TooTallSid, Zen student, willing to create new pages on notable American Zen teachers
• Trulystand700 I am a Buddhist.
• Truthbody (talk)
• Underneath-it-All
• UrbanHaiku - I'm a Vietnamese Buddhist in America.
• Vajrayosidbhagesuvijahara Tibetan Buddhism, Tantra, Madhyamaka, Dzogchen
• VictoriaGrayson
• Vinodh^{Ta wiki Userpage} I have started Wikiproject Buddhism in Tamil Language and I mostly Translate the en wiki Pages to ta wiki. Looking Forward to participate in the Main Project too.
• Wingspeed: theravada, Nagarjuna, interfaith dialogue; pic-captioning a speciliaty :D
• User:Woodenbuddha Buddhist and writer
• Writtenonsand (talk) 19:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• Zen Mind
• Zenwhat, particularly Zen and Vipassana
• ZeroEgo^{, any but particularly from Dzogchen} lineage perspective
• Ewj001 03:48, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
• Staffwaterboy ^{Critique Me} 01:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
• Rosario Berganza

Cleanup

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.