Talk:Dennis Genpo Merzel

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Contents 1 Resources? 2 A press release? 3 Controversial information 4 Recent Edits 5 Edit protected request

[edit] Resources?

Removed from the article:

Most who approach the process with an open mind report an experience of expanded awareness.

I'd like to see any independent source stating that this is true.—Nat Krause^(Talk!) 18:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A press release?

This article strikes me as more of a press release than an encyclopedic article. This may boarder on spam. Perhaps if the article could be expanded with some independent sources it would be better. Nightngle 16:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Roughly half of this article is concerned with Big Mind practice rather than the specific biography of the subject. While I understand that it is his main teaching idea, it should still consist of no more than one-third of the entire article. The “press release” aspect of the article mentioned on the talk page still applies.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   I don’t see any information regarding copyright release or fair use for a couple of the images

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

[edit] Controversial information

I just want to remind editors to reference material that is particularly controversial when editing this or any other article. This is a biography of a living person, and as such statements of this nature require sourcing all the more.(Mind meal (talk) 09:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC))

In the first paragraph it says Merzel is the former president of the White Plum Asanga yet in the biography section it states he is the current president

[edit] Recent Edits

There have been some recent edits (from an IP address, and done piece-meal) that seem directed against the person in question, while they might be true, they are not referenced. If the person responsible would like to comment here on these changes or undo them, that's fine - otherwise I will be reverting several of them.

BananaFiend (talk) 10:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, looks like there has been a lot of work done on this recently, disregard my previous comments BananaFiend (talk) 11:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit protected request

{{editprotected}} Please add Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States to a see also section. (Mind meal (talk) 21:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC))

Done.--Tikiwont (talk) 09:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)