Wikivinaya:Community Portal

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

Who edits WikiVinaya

Some deliberation is needed on what kind of wiki this will be, will it be completely open in both reading and editing, or will editing be in some way be restricted (this can be done by the admin. Currently anonymous users cannot edit pages; only read. People who create an account can currently edit pages and upload files also.

If WikiVinaya is to be a dependable source, it may be preferrable to have a group of monks or laypeople who are very knowledgeable about Vinaya to do most of the editing. Newcomers to Vinaya are bound to make more mistakes when writing texts, especially in an area like the Vinaya, in which actually practicing the (Dhamma-)Vinaya (as a monk) make the Vinaya very relevant to your life, and thus contibutes significantly to your understanding of Vinaya. This is something which needs to be addressed rather soon, while the premises of WikiVinaya are still being set up. Also the stated purpose of WikiVinaya is not a fixed thing, certainly in the current (beginning) stage of the WikiVinaya.

Please put your thoughts on WikiVinaya:who edits the WikiVinaya

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.