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Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2024[edit]

this is wrong information if Adam A.S was first person in this world and he was muslim even he was not worshipping and idol then how Hinduism is oldest religion 2001:8F8:1A61:64B0:31BE:C9FB:6B83:77EF (talk) 01:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 01:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

INFOBOX PROPOSAL[edit]

Its relevant to have a snapshot of data of the subject of the article, like I proposed as shown below. Improvements are accepted.


Hinduism
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston located at Fort Bend County in the state of Texas, United States
TypeEthnic religion
ClassificationIndian religion
ScriptureShruti[1]
List
Smriti[2]
List
TheologyPanentheism[3]
Henotheism
Monotheism
DivisionsShaivism
Shaktism
Smartism
Vaishnavism
RegionWorldwide.[4] Predominantly in South Asia with significant population in Middle East, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Western Europe and North America.[5][6]
LanguageVedic Sanskrit[7][8][9]
Origin2300-1500 BCE[10][11]
Indus Valley[12][13]
Number of followersc.1.2 billion worldwide (2023) Increase[14][15][16][17][18]
(Individually referred to as Hindus)
Places of worshipDevasthanam

References

  1. ^ https://educationprovince.com/vedic-literature-hindu-scriptures-its-classification/
  2. ^ https://educationprovince.com/vedic-literature-hindu-scriptures-its-classification/
  3. ^ https://www.hindupedia.com/en/Theology
  4. ^ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-major-religions-of-the-world/
  5. ^ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-hindu/
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130201224548/http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-number.php?sort=numberHindu
  7. ^ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/sanskrit/#:~:text=Sanskrit%20is%20the%20primary%20sacred,early%20as%201700%2D1200%20BCE.
  8. ^ https://www.worldhistory.org/Sanskrit/
  9. ^ https://www.upf.edu/en/web/llenguatges-absolut/llengua-sagrada
  10. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism/The-history-of-Hinduism
  11. ^ https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/world_religions/hinduism/origins.pdf
  12. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism/The-prehistoric-period-3rd-and-2nd-millennia-bce
  13. ^ https://www.harappa.com/content/roots-hinduism-early-aryans-and-indus-civilization
  14. ^ "Can Muslims surpass Hindus in population numbers? Experts say practically not possible". 24 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Hindu Countries 2023". World Population Review. 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  16. ^ "The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010–2050". Pew Research Center. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  17. ^ "The Global Religious Landscape – Hinduism". A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010. Pew Research Foundation. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Christianity 2015: Religious Diversity and Personal Contact" (PDF). gordonconwell.edu. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

Editor8220 (talk) 13:29, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Editor8220: regarding the infobox you added twice diff diff, see Talk:Hinduism#Adding "INFOBOX RELIGION".
Regarding the dates you added,
  • founded_date=2300-1500 BCE
see the third paragraph of the lead, and Hindu synthesis.
Regarding your sources (too lazy or hasty to edit bare references?):

The history of Hinduism in India can be traced to about 1500 bce [...] The development of Hinduism can be interpreted as a constant interaction between the religion of the upper social groups, represented by the Brahmans, and the religion of other groups. From the time of the Vedas (c. 1500 bce), people from many strata of society throughout the subcontinent tended to adapt their religious and social life to Brahmanic norms.

Not 2300, but from 1500 onwards. And that is not in line with what scholarly sources say; see Hindu synthesis;

The origins of Hinduism have been traced to the Indus River Valley in the Indian sub-continent and the peoples who lived there. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions and there is evidence of the existence of Hinduism dating back 4,000 years. By 1500 BCE, Hinduism had already reached a high state of philosophical and religious development which has been sustaining it to the present.

No author, no references, non-academical website (Government of Manitoba (California), Education and Early Childhood Learning), and pure nonsense as quoted above. Non-WP:RS;

Other interpretations of the remains of the Harappa culture are even more speculative and, if accepted, would indicate that many features of later Hinduism were already in existence 4,000 years ago.

Speculative indeed, and, again, not what mainstream scholarship says;

Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script.

Roots, not "founded place." Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 13:31, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I said you can update it with what you can give, I have no opposition with that. But I don't think there is a need to remove the whole thing without giving it a fair chance for the readwrs to have an interpretation. Editor8220 (talk) 13:35, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, see Talk:Hinduism#Adding "INFOBOX RELIGION". No need to repeat that discussion. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 13:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That one has problems I agree, But the one I made was different, I don't understand apart from the timeline and origin point disputes, where is the problem?? Let my edit go published for atleast a week and if any dispute arise, I can revoke it. It feels like two or three people deciding everything. Editor8220 (talk) 13:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dispute already has arisen. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 14:52, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The fundamental problem with an infobox on this article is the need to reduce a complex and nuanced history to parameters that are not designed to encompass complexity. The proposal here demonstrates those problems; many parameters obscure rather than illustrate, some others are actively misleading. The link to the IVC is a misrepresentation. The claim that it is an ethnic religion, likewise. The Scripture parameter is deeply confusing. The claim that Vedic sanskrit is the only language is misleading. The places of worship parameter is just odd. And I'm baffled as to why we would illustrate the world's oldest extant faith with a 21st century temple built in the US. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:07, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024[edit]

I have found new information about the orgins of this religion from a specfic source and would like to add info to this page. 74.219.56.218 (talk) 18:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamedeus (talk) 19:29, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2024[edit]

change Pongal to Pongal or Sankaranti Kkhgug,k (talk) 18:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The term Sankaranti is not mentioned on this page or on Pongal. Jamedeus (talk) 19:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024[edit]

In the last paragraph of the introduction the sentence "...approximately 1.20 billion+ followers, or 15%+ of the..." should be changed to "...approximately 1.20 billion followers, or around 15% of the..." to make it more clear and accord better with the sources which say "approximately" and "15%".

 Done Charliehdb (talk) 09:48, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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