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What is Editorial Policy on Bad External Links?

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Thanks for Magha Puja article!

Hi Thanissaro - just wanted to thank you for creating the Magha Puja article. Good job! Happy Uposatha day! Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 15:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Buddhism in the Netherlands

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--Victuallers (talk) 14:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Book?

Are you the same Thanissaro who appears as the 3rd author in the 5th edition of Robinson et al, Buddhist Religions? Peter jackson (talk) 11:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Is this really a case of a copyright infringement?

{{helpme}} There is a user who persistently removes a link to a news article claiming it is a copyright infringement. The user in question does not discuss changes, but just deletes things, with a comment in the edit summary. The edit in question is this one [1]. Am I missing something? Is this criticism justified? If it is not justified and the user in general continues with this behaviour, is there something that can be done about it? Thanissaro (talk) 21:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Links can't be copyright violation. However, in this case, the links that were removed were all spam anyway, so all well and good that they're gone. KTC (talk) 21:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, those weren't spam links. I made a mistake like my ad-blocker because of the word 'advert' in the URL. What were deleted there were links under the references section. That come under Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Those images are hosted on a geocities site, which mean it normally wouldn't pass the reliable criteria. However, (some of) it looks like newspaper clippings to me, with me not being able to understand what it say, and hence where it came from, I can't comment whether it constituents reliable sources. (Of course, I'm completely ignoring whether the linked to website are hosting those images legally...) KTC (talk) 03:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I presume the bit of the article where you're using those articles as references already provide that summary. Otherwise yes, citing giving the date/newspaper title etc. using {{Cite news}} would be the way to go, all assuming the newspaper pass as reliable sources. KTC (talk) 07:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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The role of faith (saddha) in Buddhism?

The article on the Kalama sutta has a sub-section, "Faith in the Kalama Sutta", which has changed quite a bit over time. I've heard this debate outside of Wikipedia and since you're an expert, I'd like your opinion for the article.

It might also be good to take a look at Faith in Buddhism. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 03:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Gongtham.jpg

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A kitten for you!

Thanks for making wonderful articles!

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Proposed deletion of Dhammakaya Open University

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Merger discussion for Thongsuk Samdaengpan

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Merger discussion for Luang Por Dhammajayo and Luang Por Dattajivo

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Possible removal of AWB access due to inactivity

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Dhammakaya

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DYK for Chandra Khonnokyoong

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DYK for Luang Por Dattajivo

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Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

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Discussion about Dhammakaya Movement

You might want to weigh in this discussion about the Dhammakaya Movement. Thanks.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 21:23, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Magha Puja has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Thanissaro. Magha Puja, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. EnterpriseyBot (talk!) 12:01, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Magha Puja

On 3 December 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Magha Puja, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the government of Thailand has branded the Buddhist celebration Magha Puja as a day of spiritual love and gratitude, to compete with Valentine's Day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magha Puja. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Magha Puja), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2019 (UTC)