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An invite to join WikiProject Russia

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Vymanika Shastra

I saw that you were still active on that page, so I think I can ask you:

I'm trying to verify the spelling, in Sanskrit of the term "Rowdree Darpana" that appears on p23 of the Shastra (in the Josyer translation). It is claimed as meaning "Terrifying Mirror".

The scans of the Sanskrit portions on the Sacred Text Archive only go up to p 10, so I can't verify it using that. However, based on the claimed meaning and the pronunciation, I believe that the Sanskrit should be रुद्रियदर्पण (rudriya darpaNa, terrifying mirror). I have absolutely no experience with Sanskrit, so I can't be sure if the conjugation is correct.

Would you happen to have a copy of the book to check for me, or failing that, experience in Sanskrit to determine the proper conjugation of the word? If you can help me with this, please leave a message at this page. I've also left a copy of this request on the Vymanika talk page. Thanks!70.34.147.3 (talk) 04:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Azerbaijan

Hi Dbachmann. Since you dealt with the quotefarm at Name of Azerbaijan, could you please have a look at recent edits to the article Azerbaijan? I think someone is overstating his point by using too many quotes and giving inappropriate weight to the whole name issue. Thanks. Regards, Grandmaster 20:32, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed religion Manual of style

There is now a proposed Manual of style for religion articles at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Religion/Manual of style. I have some reason to believe that your own expertise in dealing with matters of nationalism might well be of use here, given the large number of groups out there which deal substantially with what might be called ethnoreligions. Any input you might have would be more than welcome. John Carter (talk) 14:22, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

unfortunately I have mostly run out of interest in trying to save Misplaced Pages from these people. It used to be misguided second-generation emigrants (Armenians, Indians, Assyrians/Syrians in the US) defacing coverage of their groups, but now we also get neopagans wreaking havoc on the Neopagan topics. The level of bigotry expressed there by what are supposed to be at least moderately educated people is simply depressing. Any policy even remotely capable of keeping this in check would be one asking for full disclosure of personal adherence or loyalties (WP:COI) and requiring such people to stand down and defer to uninvolved editors (where "uninvolved" of course excludes the militant atheists out to ridicule any religion, that's just as much a WP:COI and just as much bigotry). --dab (𒁳) 08:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Quote on Tradition, Ashes and Fire

Dear DBachmann,

just thanks - vielen Dank für die Analyse des Zitats "Tradition, Asche und Feuer": Es ist so ärgerlich, die Naivität der Leute zu sehen, übrigens schon vor dem Internet, z.B. "der Apfel, der Newton auf den Kopf fiel".

Ich habe den Verdacht, ein ähnlicher Fall von Zitat nur im deutschen Sprachraum ist der Spruch mit dem Wind und den Leuten, die Mauern bauen oder Windmühlen. Oft als "chinesisches Sprichwort" bezeichnet. Gruss WalterH44 — Preceding unsigned comment added by WalterH44 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

kann mich dunkel erinnern, wo habe ich das gemacht? --dab (𒁳) 08:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Nation of Yahweh

I noticed that you proposed a merger from Yahweh ben Yahweh into Nation of Yahweh, back in Jan 2011. However, you only tagged the target page, not the source, and didn't start a discussion. It doesn't appear to me that merger would be desirable, so I'm removing the proposal. – Fayenatic London 11:30, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

The Golden Bough's Popular Culture section

I'm letting you know that I have undone your edit to The Golden Bough, specifically the removal of the Popular Culture section. I believe that it's removal is premature and pruning would be preferable to complete removal, as many of the references in question are substantial in the works which reference it. I welcome your input. --Tarage (talk) 08:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Dbachmann. I have undone Tarage's undoing of your edit. I think you were completely correct to remove the Popular Culture section. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 22:43, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Most of my edits are justified. I do make mistakes, but will as a rule fix them if they are only pointed out to me. But much of my efforts at building decent coverage in more difficult topics have been eroded either by people editing from a perspective of depressing stupidity, or more often from a clearly disingenious agenda, more often than not paired with stupidity of the kind assuming that describing, say, classical Tamil culture, as "CLASSICAL PROTO-WORLD 100'000'000 BCE NOBLE CIVILIZATION" somehow will give the topic more prestige than simply calling it "ancient". I.e. people opening to ridicule their in-group symbols by touting them naively. This has more or less convinced me, over the years, that much of my time here is wasted. I can still recover my own notes to myself from the edit histories, but it is futile to try and keep "the internet" (the depressingly stupid just literate enough to deface the topics they care about the most) from eroding the pedia.

The collaborative idea of investing research into a common pool instead of your own petty publication list has appealed to me very much, but I am now trying to move away from it again and rediscover that I am able to compose my own essays on my own computer, something which I have nearly done without in the years since 2004. --dab (𒁳) 08:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what brought this on, but I meant no disrespect with undoing your edit. I simply wishes to take a second look at it, but it appears you have no interest in it. I'll take this up with PoC. --Tarage (talk) 13:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Recent edits

Hello dab, I'm making an assumption that you were the one making the last three edits here - presumably you'd forgotten to sign in. I have reverted them all as none were discussed at all on the relevant article talk pages, which feels to me to be the right way to proceed. I have however removed the cross-in-circle image from one of the templates, I agree it wasn't appropriate. If my assumption was unwarranted I apologise - however the edits were consistent with what I know your views to be so I hope you'll forgive me. Kim Dent-Brown 10:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

1001 Nights

This article looks as if it's going to be under attack by Persian editors again, who want to expunge all references to it being an Arabic work. Keep an eye on it, if you will, as I'm only allowed so many reverts. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 18:10, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Interessanter Fund im www.

http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=13200&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=1

Grüße Alexander Leischner (talk) 15:22, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Battōjutsu/Iaido merger proposal

I noticed that you proposed a merger of Battōjutsu and Iaido back on Jan 14 2011, more than a year and a half ago. You only tagged the target page, not the source, and didn't start a discussion. I'm removing the proposal. Thanks, Prburley (talk) 17:43, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Still waiting: "Personal information"

Alright, I'll repeat it: "Which I hoped you were going to acquire over time, as you said you started to take university courses, but so far I cannot see it has done much with your misplaced hyperbole" . Excuse me? I suggest you start explaining on what grounds you've produced this fantasy personal information about me and why you thought Misplaced Pages was the venue for it before I take the next step with this. :bloodofox: (talk) 18:24, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Problem editor

Hi. Could you take a minute to study the edits of guy ? He is apparently the resurrection of a user you had some history with, named User:Tirgil34. He has been inserting some fringe nationalist nonsense into a dozen pages, misquoting/falsifying sources , and replacing WP:RS material with fringe Turkish nationalist sources. Kurdo777 (talk) 20:58, 15 August 2012 (UTC)