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Talk:Vishuddhananda Paramahansa to be deleted

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Hello Scsamanta,

The article on was tagged for speedy deletion, because almost all of the text appeared to be copied from http://www.shivayoga.net/gyanganj/reminsciences-of-dr-paul-brunton/, which is a violation of that page's copyright. I saved it for a short time by changing it to a normal proposed deletion. I also alerted the WikiProject Yoga, so the experts there can decide what to do about the article. You may want to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Yoga.

Namaste, — Sebastian 07:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

December 2015

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Vishuddhananda Paramahansa, but we cannot accept original research. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 01:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Vishuddhananda Paramahansa. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 01:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Blocked for sockpuppetry

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16-DEC-2023

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  Hello Scsamanta! Your additions to Vishuddhananda Paramahansa have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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January 2024

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  Your edit to Vishuddhananda Paramahansa has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Zinnober9 (talk) 23:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain pages (Vishuddhananda Paramahansa) for long term disruptive editing.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:23, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Vishuddhananda Paramahansa for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Vishuddhananda Paramahansa is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Zinnober9 (talk) 01:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply