Wikipedia:WikiProject Sikhism

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organise information in articles related to Sikhism. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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WikiProject On Sikhism

Scope

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This WikiProject aims primarily to promote better coordination, content distribution and cross-referencing between pages dealing with Sikhism and its sects, texts, terms, philosophies and eventually bring articles up to featured article status.

Departments

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Participants

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To join, just add your name below and please be alphabetical in order:

  1. 84singh84 (Well rehearsed in Sikh and Punjab related Topics. I will only work on topics related to these groups)
  2. Information-Line
  3. onetwothreeabc
  4. K.S. Randhawa
  5. A. S. Aulakh
  6. Acs4b
  7. AlexNebraska
  8. Ajjay
  9. Babanwalia
  10. Badbilltucker
  11. Dilpreet_Singh_Virdi
  12. User talk:Dopplegangman
  13. Harshdeep Singh
  14. Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa
  15. User talk: Gifty Singh
  16. raj
  17. Rajat Ghai
  18. Rama's Arrow
  19. Reev132
  20. Haphar
  21. User talk:Inderpreet Singh Sehgal
  22. ARYAN818
  23. Hari Singh
  24. DaGizza
  25. poohneat
  26. Profitoftruth85
  27. Bakaman
  28. Seadog.M.S
  29. SikhItihaas
  30. UserL Simran Singh Sandhu
  31. User talk:Singhisking101
  32. SIndia
  33. TheoloJ
  34. Theman244
  35. ThethPunjabi
  36. Tindy1986
  37. usingh0663
  38. KSDhanoa
  39. User talk:Misterconginialtastical
  40. Fateh
  41. Sikh-history
  42. Nobleeagle
  43. John Carter
  44. Msp4realmf
  45. utcursch | talk
  46. Ronnie Macroni
  47. Sunny Singh Doad Jalwehra
  48. Kanchanamala
  49. Sukhdev Singh Minhas
  50. User talk:Singhls
  51. MichiganCharms
  52. User talk:Daulakh
  53. Tajtheman (talk) 23:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Lucky
  55. Gman124 talk
  56. Wikiexplorer13
  57. Manpreetsinghbajwa
  58. sehmeet singh
  59. ssriram_mt
  60. To.harpreet
  61. DeludedFan
  62. Harpreet Marwahasaab (talk) 06:45, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  63. User talk:Writer Col Rajender Singh Nirvair Khalsa
  64. Jeeva1
  65. penultimate_supper (talk) 16:14, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  66. Simranpreet singh (talk) 07:32, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  67. Haritdeep Singh (talk) 14:29, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  68. Manas
  69. Kiranjot Kaur Mangat
  70. --DBigXray 11:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  71. Twarikh e Khalsa
  72. CanadianSingh1469 (talk) 05:38, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  73. Shubhdeep Sandhu (talk) 04:22, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  74. Maheep Singh24 (talk)

Goals

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  1. To bring as many articles up to featured article status, while maintaining its neutrality, grammar, cohesion, style et cetera.
  2. To cover all major and minor areas of Sikhism including related sects and the little known holy books.

Recognized content

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Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Sikhism articles by quality statistics

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Good articles

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DYK (Did You Know)s

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Formerly recognized content

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Former good articles

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The following articles have been selected for release versions of wikipedia. Please help maintain these articles at the highest possible standard of quality.

Open tasks

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Current collaboration

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A collaboration effort is used to get several editors focused on a particular article. Unlike some other WikiProjects, there is no time-limit for a collaboration.

The current collaboration is: Guru Nanak Dev

Nominations

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To nominate a page for collaboration, list it below, using the following template:

=== [[Article Name]] ===
'''Support:''' 
# ~~~~
;Comments
* <i>Include a short description explaining why the article should 
  have the attention of the Sikhism WikiProject.</i>. ~~~~

Support:

  1. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 23:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. This Fire Burns Always 00:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Hari Singh 15:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Rajatjghai 16:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Seadog 04:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. ਸਿੱਖ Information-Linetalk 13:05, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Ajjay (talk) 03:49, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I agree that this article require a lot of work. May be we should first decide on the main sub-sections that we should include in the article and then see how we can work on these sub-sections. I think we will require probably 4 weeks to accomplish this task. Hari Singh 15:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC) [-- Moved layout suggestion to article talk page. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 00:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)][reply]
  • Indeed, this should be the ideal article to start on for this portal - The fount of the faith himself. I agree with Hari Singh. We need to develop sub-sections in the article. And I am sure there can be many.

Guru Nanak lived from 1469 to 1539 - a period of seventy years; a long time indeed. Also, it was the time when most of India was in ferment, with the Bhakti and Sufi movements in full swing. Since Qasim's invasion of Sindh in 712, Hinduism and Islam, the two dominant faiths of the Subcontinent had known each other for more than 800 years.

Also, Nanak's life encompassed the transfer of power from the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire, a force to reckon with for the next 300 years (if you count till 1857).

Hence, the most ideal way to start would be to capture the essence of Northern India in general and the Punjab in particular in those days. After all, it was this social and political ferment coupled with the socio-reform movements that would lay the foundation of Sikhism.Rajatjghai 16:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With no objections, this is now our current collaboration effort. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 00:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article layout and formatting

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Example: Sikhism


Important points

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Points I've just jotted down ....

  • In the interest of neutrality, do not use titles and honorifics such as 'Sri' or 'Ji' unless absolutely necessary (for example, Sri Chand is correct, but Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji is not!).
  • Limit the use of the term 'Guru'. Exceptions:
    • When introducing one of the ten Gurus for the first time in an article. Subsequently remove the the 'Guru' title.
    • The "Guru Granth Sahib" is always referred to as the "Guru Granth Sahib", never the "Granth Sahib". When referring to the Guru Granth Sahib several times in a short piece of text, it is appropriate to refer to it as "the Granth" (the same applies to the Dasam Granth or any other holy book with the term 'Granth' in the title).
  • Do not use pseudo-transliterations for terms. [EXPAND]
  • Sanskrit derived words that are prominent in fields outside of Sikhism should use the traditional Sanskrit spelling. For example, 'Maya' (ਮਾਯਾ)and not 'Maia' (ਮਾਇਆ), karma not karm. But 'Panj Piare' not 'Panj Pyare' because this is used within the realm on Sikhism.

Hey about that last asterix, I would suggest actually using whatever transliterations of the words found in the Sikh texts should be used, to emphasise differences in theological meanings of these words within the Sikh framework to other religions. It should also be noted that the Gurus did not just pick out the words from sanskrit per se, yes these words were of sanskrit origin, but only because they had already passed into the punjabi vocabulary and had already changed in pronunciation and spelling. Just some thoughts, what do you think? Onetwothreeabc (talk) 14:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Templates

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Userbox

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Stub templates

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Other templates

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Barnstar

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{{The Sikhism Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Sikhism related-articles.

  The Sikhism Barnstar
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WikiProject Sikhism notice

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Place this WikiProject notice {{WikiProject Sikhism}} at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to the WikiProject Sikhism for guidelines.

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See also

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