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To-do list for 14th Dalai Lama: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2010-02-26

Add information about religious role and policies.
Add note on correct pronunciation of "Dalai"

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A reference

When 12 religious groups assembled in Assisi, Italy, in the October 1986, of at the request of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II. Tenzin Gyatso; recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibetan buddhism, according to The New York Times, the Dalai Lama, a Buddhist leader, “converted the altar of the Church of San Pietro by placing a small statue of the Buddha atop the tabernacle and setting prayer scrolls and incense burners around it.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Standforder (talk • contribs) 04:08, 9 March 2009‎ (UTC)

Homosexuality: "Dirty!"

I saw the Dalai Lama being asked on Irish or British television during the 1980s or early 1990s what was his view of either "homosexuals" or "homosexuality" and I was startled by his vivid and memorable reply: "Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty!" He was walking somewhere, as if going to or coming from a meeting, perhaps, and was accosted in a rather guerilla-journalist manner by some non-mainstream media people, as I recall. My memory of the circumstances has almost vanished. I cannot find any reference to this online and wonder if anyone else remembers seeing this broadcast. — O'Dea (talk) 13:23, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

He is absolutely right; it is dirty. But people can choose to be dirty if they want to. 81.151.237.33 (talk) 12:36, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Suggested move

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Armbrust 08:19, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

14th Dalai Lama → Tenzin Gyatso – WP:COMMONNAME. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:56, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Strong oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. I can't think of a public figure whose personal name is less known. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. In fact he is so well known under the name Dalai Lama that he could almost qualify as the primary topic and displace the existing article Dalai Lama → Dalai Lama (title). Rincewind42 (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Oppose. While there are good reasons to distinguish the person from the office, the current Dalai Lama is universally known in English simply as "the Dalai Lama". The present page title already makes it difficult to find the article on this person without knowing a great deal about him beforehand. 172.9.22.150 (talk) 16:55, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Oppose. I'd suggest withdrawing this one. Did you really mean to argue that he is usually referred to as Tenzin Gyatso? Dekimasuよ! 03:29, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Oppose. Can't believe the nom has cited WP:COMMONNAME, which says completely the opposite of what he's proposing. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:28, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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Dorje Shugden Controvery

An editor Heicth has just removed this section from the controversies section, but it has existed in the article for a long time and we can see with the recent demonstrations against the Dalai Lama over this issue in the USA that it is controversial and very much live. What do the other editors think about its inclusion? It's a current issue.Truthsayer62 (talk) 02:27, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

See WP:BLP. Heicth (talk) 02:28, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The information in that section satisfies all those criteria - neutral, verifiable, a statement of facts. More contributions please. Truthsayer62 (talk) 02:41, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

WP:BLP indicates that biographies of living people are special articles with special rules. Heicth (talk) 02:44, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Apart from needing some slight grammatical improvements, the removed section looked fairly OK to me, and it is notable and worthy of inclusion. I don't see anything to warrant its outright removal. Heicth, if there's anything in there that you believe is not verifiable, is presented in a non-neutral manner or constitutes original research, then by all means improve it. Fuzzypeg ★ 04:56, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

According to that special Misplaced Pages policy on biographies, this material should definitely NOT be included. For example, its says "the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all." — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShenrabandNamdak (talk • contribs) 05:11, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes exactly. Thank you for taking the time to read WP:BLP Heicth (talk) 05:34, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The views of tiny minority is not really the point. There have been major news stories on this recently. When the Dalai Lama is shown on TV, so are the demonstrators so as far as the media are concerned, it's a major issue. I think that ostracising a major part of the Buddhist community is quite a big deal so it warrants inclusion in the article. Truthsayer62 (talk) 08:40, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The Barack Obama article does not mention Birtherism because of WP:BLP. Its the same situation here. Heicth (talk) 14:23, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The section on the ostracization of Dorje Shugden followers should stay in the article as their plight has been and still is a major issue. --Christian Lassure (talk) 23:57, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Shugden claims are baseless. See Dr. Thurman's article or the Indian High Court's decision. And please focus on WP:BLP. In my opinion, Shugden stuff should not brought up in this article. VictoriaGrayson (talk) 04:27, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

The section merits inclusion. This is a significant controversy in the Tibetan Buddhist world, not something that only involves the fringe views of a "tiny minority." The significance is reflected by the fact that it has received significant media coverage from various respectable sources, and it has also received serious attention from academics. The deleted section handled the whole thing in a neutral way and was brief.Sylvain1972 (talk) 17:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Birtherism has received much more serious academic attention and media coverage, and yet is omitted from the featured Barack Obama article due to WP:BLP. Everyone has heard of Birtherism. No common person, or even most Buddhists, know about Shugden. And Shugdenpas are a spinoff of only 1 out of the 6 schools of Tibetan Buddhism. They are a tiny minority. Robert Thurman states: "The cult of Dolgyal Shugden is that of a minor angel or demon, and never has been mainstream" and "The members of the cult do not come from numerous Tibetan sects". WP:BLP states: "the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all." The deleted section made reference to the Western Shugden Society. Columbia professor Robert Barnett says "the Western Shugden group's allegations are problematic...The Western Shugden Group is severely lacking in credibility". When academic sources on Birtherism appear in a Controversy section in the Barack Obama article, then we can insert this Shugden stuff into this article. Otherwise you are adhering to double standards. Heicth (talk) 19:49, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

It appears ShenrabandNamdak has 6 edits in all while being already quite familiar with Misplaced Pages's policy on biographies ; VictoriaGrayson started editing on 9 January and has a total of 111 edits] and is also an expert on biographies although so far he/she has written none. I think it's high time this discussion ended and the unduly removed subsection were replaced where Truthsayer62, Fuzzypeg, Sylvain1972 and myself think it belongs. --Christian Lassure --Christian Lassure (talk) 00:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC) Template:BLP noticeboard Heicth (talk) 01:22, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

In my opinion, including this material in this BLP violates WP:UNDUE and coverage of this belongs properly at the relevant articles, Dorje Shugden controversy and Dorje Shugden. Misplaced Pages is not a soapbox. Cullen Let's discuss it 06:12, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

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