Talk:Igor Kufayev

Spiritual transformation

A large chunk of unsourced material keeps getting added. Since the subject is a living persons we should not be adding any unsourced material, especially material that makes unusual claims. As it is, most of this article is unsourced and it should be cut down substantially.   Will Beback  talk  23:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Spiritual orientation

The information relating to the spiritual orientation of the subject form an inseparable part of his biography, without it the article reads incomplete. It is often impossible to obtain sources from the press as the spiritual movements, in this case Transcendental Meditation Movement, do not base its activity on the PR or press related enterprises. I suggest to add a new section 'Spiritual orientation' of the subject or to restore the removed one 'Spiritual transformation' with slight editing for better reading.   Mahasidhi  talk  18:27, January 22, 2011(UTC)

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Commercial Spam

This is an ex-painter who now offers coaching seminars and who is not hugely important or sucessful with that. The "Philosophy and Teaching" section is an extensive reproduction of his public announcements and videos. There are no independent accounts, observations, comments. There are no books published by a regular publisher. The current last two paragraphs look like an advertisment. So couldn't the "Inner Transformation" and ""Philosophy and Teaching" be much reduced? Kjalarr (talk) 15:08, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes. The article is supported mainly by WP:PRIMARY sources, and contains a fair amount of wholly uncited material. Without what Kjalarr calls "independent accounts, observations, comments", or as Wikipedia says Reliable (Secondary) Sources, the subject's notability must be in some doubt. At the moment the article borders, if not on advertising and commerce, then on hagiography, i.e. it appears to be written by devotees rather than as a neutral encyclopedia article complying with WP:NPOV. It urgently needs cleanup (reduction of primary text and sources) and reliable secondary sourcing. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Although there was some ground to point out the use of primary sources, which needs to be addressed, the reduction that was applied to this page on December 14h is quite inconsiderate. This page has been extended and elaborated on by several contributors since 2008. Several sections that were removed on December 14th, have been in good standing for many, many years, and after this inconsiderate, destructive removal, the page now reads as merely an accidental summarisation of a few loose facts.

This page has been called to deletion back in 2009 and the result of the discussion was to keep it. By now it is endorsed by Arts & Entertainment Group, rated by Yoga Coverage on Wikipedia, WikiProject Biography, etc.

Everyone taking proper notice, will acknowledge that Igor Kufayev has been successful as a professional artist. So it is only appropriate that this is reflected in the use of language and the flavour of expression. Note that aesthetic delight and the refinement of perception are a feature and methodology in its own and very relevant in Classical Advaita Tantra, a tradition Igor Kufayev subscribes to as a spiritual teacher and adept.

May I add that it is quite insensitive to have removed parts about the death of Igor’s first daughter Laura, while this life event is relevant as a major influence in being an artist, and becoming a spiritual guide.

So all in all it’s good that this page gets a shake up and that more valid links from external sources are included, which I will contribute to in the coming hours and days. Meanwhile, to have a representable page, not a vandalised one, I have reverted the big reduction that has been done. Bear with me while I am updating the text and references.

--Maliczilyas (talk) 17:57, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Well-meant, I'm sure, but wrong to attempt to restore uncited text before finding sources. The first step is to find Reliable Sources, and the step after that is to rewrite the article, one bit at a time, citing the relevant source for each bit. Putting uncited text first doesn't work, has never worked, and isn't going to work. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:16, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I noticed you simply removed it all again. With the help of a few friends we will remodel the page, paragraph per paragraph, with the required sources. It would be much appreciated if you could let the page take form during the coming week without interfering on every individual edit, giving us some time to do it properly in its entirety, thank you.--Maliczilyas (talk) 20:32, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I did indeed, and I explained exactly why on your talk page. "Without interfering" could be read as inflammatory, but perhaps English is not your first tongue. Whether other editors let your edits stand however depends on you: if you and your "few friends" - I hope these are not devotees? (make sure they all read WP:COI) - all edit sensibly using WP:RS and encyclopedic tone, and strictly avoid hagiography or use of Kufayev and other primary sources then it should be fine. Obviously I'll keep a careful eye on developments. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

A new editor has seen fit to restore various materials that were deleted from the article for three reasons: WP:PRIMARY - materials other than "basic facts" cited to Kufayev or other primary sources close to him; WP:UNDUE - excessive material for what seem to be rather minimal facts, such as that a critic spoke favourably about a painting; and WP:NPOV - that the tone seemed non-neutral, indeed at times positively promotional or even devotional. In the case of an article like this one about a living person, Wikipedia's WP:BLP policy requires scrupulous neutrality in tone and comprehensive citations to reliable independent sources. Restoring material that has already been commented on by various editors and then actually deleted in line with the discussion and the tags at the top of the article is decidedly unhelpful. If there are individual claims and sources that need to be discussed further, let's have that discussion here; edit-warring them into the article (WP:EDITWAR) is not a way to proceed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:10, 25 December 2022 (UTC)