Talk:Walpola Rahula

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"We don't have an article called "Walpola Rahula"". Yes, you do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpola_Rahula

And for some reason it is flagged as not having sufficient neutrality. Does that mean a short biography has to say something nasty about the subject? What is wrong with the article? The facts are correct.

The problem is that you can't use adjectives such as 'the standard' (which implies that others are deficient) or 'good' in describing the author or his works without injecting your own bias (even inadvertently). And no, a biography doesn't have to "say something nasty", indeed, then again you would be violating the neutrality of the article. I have edited this entry slightly to (hopefully) correct this but have simply left the factual information in place.

I noticed there are no birth and death dates given for Walpola Rahula. I know he has now passed away, is this information not available anywhere?-Anonymous, 8/1/06