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[edit] Taoism article
The article above is current good article candidate. The nomination has been placed on hold for reasons indicated on the articles talk page. Any efforts to address these concerns would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Badbilltucker 17:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Religion
The group indicated above was recently revitalized for, among other things, the purpose of working on those articles whose content is such that the article does not fall within the scope of any particular denomination. To most effectively do this, however, we would benefit greatly if there were at least one member from this Project working on those articles. On that basis, I would encourage and welcome any member of this Project willing to work on those articles to join the Religion WikiProject. Thank you. Badbilltucker 14:46, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you Bill. I'll join the Wikiproject Religion but don't know how active I can be.Itsmejudith 15:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Celestial Masters
I wrote this article (Way of the Celestial Masters) and have recently had a problem with someone else who changed the name to Tianshi School, which I don't think is a good name for the article. I really would like people to respond to this debate, which last time only had three votes. I've restarted the change process because I believe there need to be more votes to gather a consensus, and because since then, I believe my argument in favor of the name 'Way of the Celestial Masters' has been clarified. If you can, please read what I have written (the long section), and take into particular account the google numbers, as well as Wikipedia's naming policy. Then vote! All this is at Talk:Tianshi School. Thanks.Zeus1234 00:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Omnipotence
I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for an announcement, but I did not find a Taoism-related articles noticeboard. I have been trying to put in other (hinduist, toaist, buddhist) views into now mostly western (christian) articles about religious concepts. I have learned about taoism by means of self-study and know to little of taoist literature to make good references. So my edits are rediculed and erased, leaving one sided western view articles. One of these articles is Omnipotence. Would somebody be so kind in checking the taoist views i wrote to be correct, elaborate them and add useful references? Thanks in advance Teardrop onthefire 08:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sure this is a good place for your request. I'm in a similar position to you so I won't be able to help much. You could also leave a message at WikiProject Religion.Itsmejudith 11:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- A message has been left there. Badbilltucker 14:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- This is indeed a good place for such a request. If you don't have access to academic sources, I would suggest you search google books, which has many very good academic books about Taoism. You do a search for whatever you need, and then reference the results that come back. Of course Google books is limited, but it is better than nothing. I would be happy to look over your writing though.Zeus1234 14:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Assistance in building articles
I would really appreciate any help that could be offered on the following articles. Don't be shy about diving into the edits. If there's a disagreement, we can always work it out. Be bold!!!
- Taoic religion --- expanded from stub, needs more work, especially filling out sections in editor notes and referencing claims
- Mantak Chia --- expanded from stub, needs more work, especially his teachings, criticisms against him and needs more sources
- Internal alchemy --- created from scratch, needs more work, suggestions for how to expand this article appreciated
Thanks ahead of time for any help!! Vassyana 13:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know much about Taoic religion and Mantak China, but I can offer some suggestions on how to improve the article on Internal Alchemy. There are several good resources for this topic (all of which are available on Google Books). Firstly, there is Isabelle Robinet's book Taoism: Growth of a Religion which has a chapter dedicated to Neidan, and is very readable. There is also the Daoism Handbook which has a chapter on Neidan as well. There is also Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China which offers a more scientific approach to alchemy.Zeus1234 16:45, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Thank you for the suggestions. Vassyana 23:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Taoic religion
I have nominated Taoic religion as a good article. Feedback is welcomed. Vassyana 10:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- I think you should consider adding a photo or photos. I don't think the map itself is enough. Maybe just add some photos of temples or something.Zeus1234 13:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- Advice taken. Thank you. Vassyana 15:23, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] in need of references
I believe the article Taoist_sexual_practices should be checked for references and stated claims by someone with expertiese on the subject. If somebody would point me into the direction of reliable references I would be more than happy to help out. Teardrop onthefire 16:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
That article is a bit of a problem. Before I almost completely rewrote it, it was filled with lots of new-age crap that was totally unreferenced and poorly written. I sourced and wrote the part about ancient practices, but have no idea where to look for stuff about the new age practices (which I didnt write). People quite adding unreferenced parts to this section as well. Should it just be completely deleted I wonder? Zeus1234 20:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- The part on contemporary female practices is sourced, but that's the only part.Zeus1234 21:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
