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Welcome to the '''Community Portal of WikiVinaya''', the area where you can find out what's happening on or with WikiVinaya and get into contact with (other) contributors to WikiVinaya.
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==Contributing to the WikiVinaya==
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The '''[[WikiVinaya:Main Hall|Main Hall]]''' is a forum where discussions can be held, and where you can get responses to comments, questions, observations etcetera.
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Although these different practices can all be included on WikiVinaya, it should at all times be clear what the 'status' of a certain practice or rule is:
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'''Some useful links:''' [[Special:Newpages|New pages]] - [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] - [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted pages]] - [[:category:Everything|Categories]] - [[Help:Contents|Help]] - [[wikivinaya:Guidelines of discussion|Guidelines of discussion]]
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Current issues on contributing to the WikiVinaya
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===Origin or Status of a rule (or comment)===
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Although rules with different origins can all be included on WikiVinaya, it should at all times be clear what the 'status' of a certain practice, rule or comment is:
#Is it Buddha-Vinaya (contained in the [[Vinaya Pitaka]])?
#Is it Buddha-Vinaya (contained in the [[Vinaya Pitaka]])?
#Is it one of a number of variant interpretations of a passage or rule in the Vinaya Pitaka?
#Is it one of a number of variant interpretations of a passage or rule in the Vinaya Pitaka?
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#Or is it a current practice, of which it maybe cannot be said that it has a basis in any rule contained in the scripture of the Tipitaka?
#Or is it a current practice, of which it maybe cannot be said that it has a basis in any rule contained in the scripture of the Tipitaka?
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The WikiVinaya can be read and consulted by anybody, but if you want to contribute to WikiVinaya, and edit or add articles or pages, you should open an account. Opening an account can be done very quickly by clicking on the link on the top of this page.
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Maybe people can put forth ideas or suggestions to achieve this on the following page: [[WikiVinaya:Distinguishing_origins_of_rules]]
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===Standardizing the Structure===
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If at any time articles on the Vinaya-rules do come into being on WikiVinaya, it would be good to have a kind of format for these articles; their structure, things that should be or should not be included in them, etcetera. These standards should not be overly limiting, but should also give good guidelines for creating articles which avoid certain 'pitfalls' and are high in clarity and quality, and give some commonality to the different articles on the various rules.
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Please add your comments here: [[WikiVinaya:Standardizing the Structure]].
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* Work out a style guide for standardising the articles on rules etc. as soon as possible to avoid having to do a lot of re-formatting later! Please contribute to [[Pacittiya 1 (Theravadin Bhikkhupatimokkha)]].
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* Gradually put up some articles on rules: first stubs and a minimal explanation, we can add detail later. (see [[Pacittiya 1 (Theravadin bhikkhupatimokkha)]])
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* Articles on particular 'hot topics' that draw on all the books and chapters of the Vinaya-piṭaka and other sources. E.g. on [['Schism']] [[General vs. Specific Confession]] (Please add your own.)
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Various notices
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===Opening an account===
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The WikiVinaya can be read and consulted by anybody, but if you want to contribute to WikiVinaya, and edit or add articles or pages, you need an account. More information on how to get an account on WikiVinaya can be found [[wikivinaya:apply_for_account|here]].
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===About editthis.info===
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The WikiVinaya is hosted on www.editthis.info, which uses the same 'engine' as the Wikipedia. This is nice for when you have some experience on Wikipedia already. You can find the help section [[Special:Help|here]].
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This site can now contain up to 5 MB of upload-content (images etcetera I think, I suspect text is 'unlimited' content). This 5 MB limit can be relatively easily changed to 25 MB by making some links from other websites to http:editthis.info, and reporting those links to editthis.info. More than 25 MB costs money... So please be aware of this when uploading images.
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More info on this: ''*To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.''
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===Pali and translations===
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When editing or adding to the WikiVinaya, an effort should be made not to mix the original 'Vinaya of the Buddha' with later interpretations, scriptures and practices. This may be done by dividing the articles up in different paragraphs, or splitting articles up in smaller articles. Contributors to the WikiVinaya are encouraged to always include references to texts in order to avoid confusion about who said what, when. The purpose of this is to make it easy for readers to make the distinction between the words of the Buddha and the various opinions and interpretations which are of a later origin and of a commentarial nature. The references should be sufficiently clear so that they can be verified by who chooses to do so.
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The WikiVinaya is aimed at the Vinaya of the Pali Canon (or Tipitaka), so sometimes some quotations in the Pali language will need to be included, but please be sure to accompany those by an accurate English translation.
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The Vinaya Wikia is aimed at the Vinaya of the Pali Canon (or Tipitaka), so sometimes quotations in the Pali language will need to be included, but please be sure to accompany those by an accurate English translation.
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Current revision as of 13:16, 23 July 2006



Current issues on contributing to the WikiVinaya

Origin or Status of a rule (or comment)

Although rules with different origins can all be included on WikiVinaya, it should at all times be clear what the 'status' of a certain practice, rule or comment is:

  1. Is it Buddha-Vinaya (contained in the Vinaya Pitaka)?
  2. Is it one of a number of variant interpretations of a passage or rule in the Vinaya Pitaka?
  3. Is it a commentarial comment on the Vinaya, written down (many) centuries after the passing away of the Buddha?
  4. Or is it a current practice, of which it maybe cannot be said that it has a basis in any rule contained in the scripture of the Tipitaka?

Maybe people can put forth ideas or suggestions to achieve this on the following page: WikiVinaya:Distinguishing_origins_of_rules

Standardizing the Structure

If at any time articles on the Vinaya-rules do come into being on WikiVinaya, it would be good to have a kind of format for these articles; their structure, things that should be or should not be included in them, etcetera. These standards should not be overly limiting, but should also give good guidelines for creating articles which avoid certain 'pitfalls' and are high in clarity and quality, and give some commonality to the different articles on the various rules.

Please add your comments here: WikiVinaya:Standardizing the Structure.

To Do


Various notices

Opening an account

The WikiVinaya can be read and consulted by anybody, but if you want to contribute to WikiVinaya, and edit or add articles or pages, you need an account. More information on how to get an account on WikiVinaya can be found here.

About editthis.info

The WikiVinaya is hosted on www.editthis.info, which uses the same 'engine' as the Wikipedia. This is nice for when you have some experience on Wikipedia already. You can find the help section here.

This site can now contain up to 5 MB of upload-content (images etcetera I think, I suspect text is 'unlimited' content). This 5 MB limit can be relatively easily changed to 25 MB by making some links from other websites to http:editthis.info, and reporting those links to editthis.info. More than 25 MB costs money... So please be aware of this when uploading images.

More info on this: *To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the Link Quota Page to increase your uploads quota.

Pali and translations

The WikiVinaya is aimed at the Vinaya of the Pali Canon (or Tipitaka), so sometimes some quotations in the Pali language will need to be included, but please be sure to accompany those by an accurate English translation.

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