User talk:Joshua Jonathan

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What's the measurement of holiness?

Please see my latest edit to Buddhism

Likely to be controversial.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 03:19, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Removed within half an hour... I've re-inserted your line, at another place in the lead. Best regards, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:36, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Admin involvement request

Please see the Talk:India page. Since you are the last person to make a change there, am writing to you. Are you an admin? I request involvement of other wiki editors and admin to resolve points mentioned here. Can you help please? How do I go about it? Does this require going to dispute resolution? Please guide.--Mayasutra [= No ||| Illusion =] (talk) 00:22, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Mayasutra

I've answered at the talkpage. Keep calm, don't forget to breathe ;) Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:04, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Clarification

Hello, please clarify this. Is it disallowed to mention verbatim what both OED and EB mention within ref tags as in this. Thanks. --Mayasutra [= No ||| Illusion =] (talk) 04:49, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Mayasutra

I think it's nonsense, and I'm looking forward to the policy which says so. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:01, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Joshua, Looking at this diff, I know that it apppears that additional citations to EB and OED are being added. But that is not the case: what is happening is that existing citations to those same refeernces (using the {{sfn}} tag used throughout the article) are being duplicated (using the inconsistent and incomplete {{cite}} template). Placinng this on your page, because the discussion on Talk:India is such a lengthy mess, and because the misunderstanding seems to be raising tempers between you and I, which is unwarranted (and, personally disheartening to me) given our long history of cooperative editing. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 06:01, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the clarification! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 07:35, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Abe, Am not sure I understand what you mean when you say it "appears" that way. I simply quoted within ref tags what the sources mention. Which is pretty clear in the example you mention reg this diff. If there is a technical issue with the citation style, feel free to correct it. However, either the source must be mentioned verbatim within ref tags; or the sentences in the article must be reworded. I request you and Joshua to take a look at the issues raised in the talk page. Thanks.--Mayasutra [= No ||| Illusion =] (talk) 07:44, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Mayasutra

Stop, no further discussion here! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 08:20, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

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This is not OED Abecedare (talk) 15:16, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

But it can be checked by others! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 15:51, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Yikes, what edit note.

Some guy is changing this article from traditional to modern - I don't understand why. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_and_drugs&curid=2550591&diff=631680540&oldid=631680225 What do you think. Hafspajen (talk) 00:11, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Drugs and religion... I've just reorderder Talk:Ego death chronologically; might be symptomatic. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:41, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh, that's the same guy... Ego death wa slaready protected because of his edits. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:57, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

He looks dead. - edit notice. - well, now he went blanking the whole buddist section plus two more. 17:23, 30 October 2014‎ HafspajenHafspajen (talk) 18:47, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry button get stucked when I tried to sign. Now he is makig le trouble at talk, but I won't respond because it is no point in discussing further - I responded once and - what did that lead to? So - but maybe it would be a thing for ANI. Hafspajen (talk) 18:47, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

May be next step. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:45, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Eh, you mean they use drugs? Because you added a ref on it. But I mean the whole stuff it is about constiousness - at least in Tibetan Buddism. (have you noticed by the way that gost have a gray colour)? Hafspajen (talk) 20:19, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Dharma - a beautiful word?

Hi Jonathan, in one of those debates we had on some page you said, "Dharma is a beautiful word." On my user page, I had written that Valmiki had recast Dharma in terms of rational debate. A good example of such debate, one that I was introduced to when I was 12 or 13, is this one between Rama and Vali. Would you like to give it a read, and then we can talk about it? Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 21:25, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Kautilya3. It would be too much now to talk about it, but I'll have a look at your userpage. I like the word because of the connotation of "the way things ought to be", in the sense of "the universe has meaning and purpose". For me, that purpose is in working for the good of others. Like Gandhi, I guess. Best regards, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I'm scrolling through this webpage; I'll have to give it a closer read. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:42, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Precious

enjoy the peace of mind
Thank you for quality articles on Buddhism, such as Zhongfeng Mingben, for quoting and explaining, for inspiring images and "enjoy the peace of mind", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 2 November 2014 (UTC)