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The problem with simply stating the various background items as facts as opposed to saying that she claims them to be true, is that there are editors around here who say it didn't happen, so stating these things as unattributed fact invites an edit war. Me, I don't care either way, as I know nothing about the lady. At any rate, it would seem like items such as her being jailed as part of the Quit India movement would be pretty easy to verify, so if you can point to some text source for those items, I think that would be sufficient. -- Gary D 23:24, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)
--- There is a questionable sentence which states that "The French and Belgian governements have also regularly included her organisation in their official lists of dangerous cults." The list to which the editor is refering is a pre-2005 report to parliament . In 2005 there was a decision to stop the unconstitutional list of "official" sects in favour of public freedom of religious expression
Source: [1] Official document: [2]
If anyone wants to contest this, please do, before I erase France from the source list. Shane 08:57, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Well I'm a part of this Yoga so I thought I'd give my views...
I think that the article should have gone into more detail concerning the yoga itself. The Critism is way too long and I assure you is extremely bias. All information of the events in Sahaj are taken from a anti-sahaj view which isn't fair. The article doesn't take a neutral stance at all which would be only fair, I hope you would agree.
Apart from one sidedness here are flat-out non truths
"and then drink the footwash water" this is simply not true.
"Ex-members present evidence of routinely being charged for an assortment of incidentals that include payment to worship Mrs. Shrivastava at ceremonies called pujas, money for expensive "gifts"" All money is given in charity. It is not demanded at all and is just what people feel they want to. Money at puja's is for renting out the place in which the puja takes place or paying for food costs. This is still contributions.
"Shrivastava has advised husbands to beat their wives," not true.
"(with the agreement that they may not visit their children for up to six months)," not true.
"Children who have attended the Sahaja Yoga school, endorsed by Mrs. Shrivastava, have reported malnurishment, unhealthy living conditions, sexual abuse and a substandard educational experience." Well I went to the school for 2 years and I was certainly never sexually abused or received substandard educational experience neither was anyone else. Food was plentiful really I even remember them cooking birthday cake on my birthday which is always cool. The living conditions are equally fine infact I have some of my most memorable experiences in the school which have really changed my life I remember it with nothing but fondness and would like to return someday.
Now to areas which are just twisting truths or not displaying fair judgement on both sides of the arguement.
"such as a crystal swan, silver and gold artifacts and payments, made to Mrs. Shrivastava, in the form of gold bullion." people do give gifts to Shri Mataji, they are not all yogi's because a lot of people respect her. These gifts are not distributions of payements or anything like that at all they are bought by individual people or from one collective who want to pay respect to someone that they admire incredibly. A lot of the time Shri Mataji gets given so much that she doesn't know what to do with it and just gives it away. In my household we have numerous items she has given to my family.
"Some former members suspect that one of Shrivastava's main purposes for the Sahaja Yoga organization is to dupe followers out of large sums of money. They claim that much of the money going to the organization is funneled into her personal bank accounts or into her hands in the form of cash." Well for someone who is apparantly claiming all of this money it makes you wonder why Shri Mataji has started many charities besides Sahaja Yoga ( I beleive Sahaja Yoga is a listed Charity) which must cost her most if not all of the money she has. Money contributed at puja's etc are part of a collective of Sahaja Yogi's, say the English Sahaja Yogi's, to help collective events. This money doesn't even pass its way to Shri Mataji.
"decorate them with swastikas" just a quick explanation. Swastikas were originally ment to signify peace and innocence. In Sahaj this is what the Swastika represents.
"They further assail her claim of discovering Sahaja Yoga in May 1970, alleging that records show she was at a Rajneesh meditation camp at the beginning of that month and did not offer "en-masse self-realization" until 1972." I don't know anything about this Rajneesh but it wouldn't matter about claims of any specific thing as Sahaja Yoga includes philosophies from many religions which we learn from. For example the following people Christ, Mohamed, Moses, Socrates, Confucius, Lao Tze,Buddha and many others. All of these people talk of Sahaj principles in one form or another and are respected highly in Sahaja Yoga.
"couples who are too much in love to divorce" I only know of one case of this happening and the story behind it was extrememly complicated I'll tell what I know of it. This can be misunderstood easily however Sahaja Yoga is about ascent and evolving as mankind. We promote art, music, dance drama etc and learning. Shri Mataji saw that one lady was too much in love with her husband and so told her that her love was blinding her from evolving because she was attaching herself to others rather then freeing herself. So she asked them to divorce as she would bring herself down and also him.
"homosexual Sahaja Yogis to marry members of the opposite sex."
There is no body being forced to do anything. If you wouldn't want to do Sahaja Yoga you simply don't do it. If you were Homosexual and married a member of the opposite sex its because you choose to.
Lastly there always seems to be people that get hurt by taking things the wrong way in life. Its always tragic when it happens because it can happen with people you really value and they turn on you though you still love them. Its a way of life that if you look for negative things you can find all kinds of things that aren't there or are misunderstood.
I have been practising Sahaja Yoga for more then 12 years and have studied in the Sahaja School in India for 10 years. If one really should comment on the Sahaja Yoga school in India it would be necessary to know what many of the students themselves have to say about it. Here is a link which will throw light on aspects of the school- http://www.sahajayoga.org/swan. One may go to the "Previously Featured Articles" section and click on 'Founded in Dharma-Sahaja Yoga Public School' which is an account of the school by the students themselves. I am grateful to Shri Mataji for founding such an amazing and unique school. It has enriched my life in the most beautiful way. I am certain my freinds from the Sahaja Yoga school feel the same way. I am in touch with them and know what joyful and genuine people they are.Most of us ex-students are now becoming Doctors,lawyers, engineers and artists. We are all very healthy and feel blessed to be brought up in such fresh and rejuvenating Himalayan air. I am still practising Sahaja Yoga and am completely content with life as are most of my freinds from school which is certain as I am in touch with them and it can be observed from the article in the above given link. One may also check http://www.sahajayoga.org/swan/ in 'links of interest' section under 'Response to False allegations'to get a more complete picture.
I also went to the School in Dharamsala: today I am no more "brainwashed", uneducated, unhealthy or any other false idea mentioned in this article. Today I have finished my Secondary education, and soon I am going to start at university.
The time I spent up in Dharamsala is an unforgetable one, and I feel truly priviledged to have studied up there with all the benefits (and none of the downsides) and comfort of the modern world surrounded by lush and beautiful nature.
If you have any questions regarding the school, or need to clarify something don't hesitate to mail me: sfacets[AT]gmail.com and I will be happy to answer your questions.
I am not here to contest claims for or against this woman, but to state that this page should be moved so that it is titled simply Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava. Even widely acclaimed historical figures like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa have articles without the honorific Shri or Sri in front of their names, and I support a minimal use of the honorifics and titles in the page names of Wikipedia. Shri or Sri could still be used within the article itself, and for redirects, as it is with Shri Ramakrishna. ~ Achilles 18:41, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Y'all need to stop this revert war over such a minor detail and actually talk about it.
Personally, I find the pro "in the past" argument most persuasive. It seems to be to be more accurate. It conveys that the complaints may not be current. If the complaints are current, then the language is redundant.
But perhaps there is better way to word it? Like, how about we actually attach a date? If we just say "In such and such a time, so and so said" we avoid this whole problem. NickelShoe 04:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
True. :) But I stand by my choice of tense, some of these events have occured in the past, and there have been no current complaints of that genre.
I agree with the date idea, it caters for both POV's. Thanks for the moderation mate ;) Shane 08:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Obviously someone refuses to talk this out (I refer to the latest revert) I propose that this section be removed pending the outcome of this conflict (until a verifiable date is proposed).
Shane 17:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I modified the document, adding the date and removing unverified claims. Please comment. Shane 05:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Some of the criticism shouldn't appear in this article. points such as:
can't even be considered critical in nature - how are these points critical of Nirmala Srivastava? Sfacets 12:54, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Since nobody wants to comment on this, I have removed the aforementioned content. Sfacets 03:27, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 14:49, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
www.freewebtown.com/sahaja-yoga/tssy/origins.htm has video and photographic evidence that Nirmala associated with Rajneesh. There is no such evidence that she 'advised' Gandhi as some sources claim. Given that Nirmala's career has more in common with Rajneesh's than Gandhi's, perhaps this association should be given more emphasis in this article. -- Simon D M 16:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out, after several reversions, that 'Self' in the context of this article is being used as a Proper Noun, and as such is capitalised. Sfacets 21:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
According to WP:EL Wikipedia rules on external links should be:
and should not:
I am using firefox (linux) and find the image on the right does not collide with the 'contents' block, when it is on the left it looks awkward. Maybe problem with my browser, please help? Also on biography pages the usual place of the image is the right hand side! Perhaps putting it on the left has some reason? IrfanAli 08:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Please also note extensive discussions on the Sahaja Yoga entry. Sahajhist 22:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I have requested details of source materials from those involved with the Sahaja Yoga websites which have used these statements for several years. Thank you for pointing this out. Sahajhist 22:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Please do not remove the reference to the University of Virginia website. [4] It is a valid and credible source. -- NovaSTL 08:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
No one said anything about needing a PhD, however (as previously discussed on the Sahaja Yoga discussion page) references to work by author(s) of unclear academic standing may be removed at any time. Sfacets 05:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
06:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
(ftr: Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons) Sfacets
Image:Nirmala1.jpg - Do we know what year this photo was taken? It appears to be quite old. - Will Beback · † · 07:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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What's our source for calling the subject a "pacifist"? I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Pacifist? [9]
See nominee for Nobel Peace prize. Sfacets 04:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough - even though you are contradicting yourself by requesting a reference to validate a primary one and yet find that the letter (also a primary source) is a valid reference. Sfacets 06:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Possibly one could use Shri Mataji's recent comments on Love [10] Sahajhist 01:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
The following statement has been issued regarding this matter:
"Our Deepest Respect to our National Flag
We Sahaja Yogis have the highest and deepest respect for our National Flag, which is the symbol of our National Freedom. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi participated actively in the Quit India Movement. Her father Shri P K Salve was imprisoned by the British because he participated actively in Mahatma Gandhiji’s Freedom movement. It is inconceivable that any member of Shri Mataji’s family would tolerate even the slightest disrespect to our National Flag.
Possibly, at an Independence Day function held abroad, some foreigner Sahaja Yogi brought our Flag and without meaning any disrespect, kept it on the ground. The Flag was respectfully removed immediately on being noticed.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi asks us all to respect National Flags of all countries.
This unintended but serious mistake is greatly regretted. Not even the slightest disrespect to our National Flag will ever be tolerated.
To all those whose feelings have been hurt by this wholly unintended and unfortunate error, we express the assurance that we fully share their anguish and we extend our deeply felt and sincerest regrets and unqualified apologies. For H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Sahaja Yoga Trust Rajendra Kumar Trustee" [12] Sahajhist 01:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
WP:WTA calls on us to avoid using "claim" because it isn't neutral. However if we agree to use it in one instance I think we should allow it in all instances on this page, which would result in the article being full of "claims". ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 |
The problem with simply stating the various background items as facts as opposed to saying that she claims them to be true, is that there are editors around here who say it didn't happen, so stating these things as unattributed fact invites an edit war. Me, I don't care either way, as I know nothing about the lady. At any rate, it would seem like items such as her being jailed as part of the Quit India movement would be pretty easy to verify, so if you can point to some text source for those items, I think that would be sufficient. -- Gary D 23:24, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)
--- There is a questionable sentence which states that "The French and Belgian governements have also regularly included her organisation in their official lists of dangerous cults." The list to which the editor is refering is a pre-2005 report to parliament . In 2005 there was a decision to stop the unconstitutional list of "official" sects in favour of public freedom of religious expression
Source: [1] Official document: [2]
If anyone wants to contest this, please do, before I erase France from the source list. Shane 08:57, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Well I'm a part of this Yoga so I thought I'd give my views...
I think that the article should have gone into more detail concerning the yoga itself. The Critism is way too long and I assure you is extremely bias. All information of the events in Sahaj are taken from a anti-sahaj view which isn't fair. The article doesn't take a neutral stance at all which would be only fair, I hope you would agree.
Apart from one sidedness here are flat-out non truths
"and then drink the footwash water" this is simply not true.
"Ex-members present evidence of routinely being charged for an assortment of incidentals that include payment to worship Mrs. Shrivastava at ceremonies called pujas, money for expensive "gifts"" All money is given in charity. It is not demanded at all and is just what people feel they want to. Money at puja's is for renting out the place in which the puja takes place or paying for food costs. This is still contributions.
"Shrivastava has advised husbands to beat their wives," not true.
"(with the agreement that they may not visit their children for up to six months)," not true.
"Children who have attended the Sahaja Yoga school, endorsed by Mrs. Shrivastava, have reported malnurishment, unhealthy living conditions, sexual abuse and a substandard educational experience." Well I went to the school for 2 years and I was certainly never sexually abused or received substandard educational experience neither was anyone else. Food was plentiful really I even remember them cooking birthday cake on my birthday which is always cool. The living conditions are equally fine infact I have some of my most memorable experiences in the school which have really changed my life I remember it with nothing but fondness and would like to return someday.
Now to areas which are just twisting truths or not displaying fair judgement on both sides of the arguement.
"such as a crystal swan, silver and gold artifacts and payments, made to Mrs. Shrivastava, in the form of gold bullion." people do give gifts to Shri Mataji, they are not all yogi's because a lot of people respect her. These gifts are not distributions of payements or anything like that at all they are bought by individual people or from one collective who want to pay respect to someone that they admire incredibly. A lot of the time Shri Mataji gets given so much that she doesn't know what to do with it and just gives it away. In my household we have numerous items she has given to my family.
"Some former members suspect that one of Shrivastava's main purposes for the Sahaja Yoga organization is to dupe followers out of large sums of money. They claim that much of the money going to the organization is funneled into her personal bank accounts or into her hands in the form of cash." Well for someone who is apparantly claiming all of this money it makes you wonder why Shri Mataji has started many charities besides Sahaja Yoga ( I beleive Sahaja Yoga is a listed Charity) which must cost her most if not all of the money she has. Money contributed at puja's etc are part of a collective of Sahaja Yogi's, say the English Sahaja Yogi's, to help collective events. This money doesn't even pass its way to Shri Mataji.
"decorate them with swastikas" just a quick explanation. Swastikas were originally ment to signify peace and innocence. In Sahaj this is what the Swastika represents.
"They further assail her claim of discovering Sahaja Yoga in May 1970, alleging that records show she was at a Rajneesh meditation camp at the beginning of that month and did not offer "en-masse self-realization" until 1972." I don't know anything about this Rajneesh but it wouldn't matter about claims of any specific thing as Sahaja Yoga includes philosophies from many religions which we learn from. For example the following people Christ, Mohamed, Moses, Socrates, Confucius, Lao Tze,Buddha and many others. All of these people talk of Sahaj principles in one form or another and are respected highly in Sahaja Yoga.
"couples who are too much in love to divorce" I only know of one case of this happening and the story behind it was extrememly complicated I'll tell what I know of it. This can be misunderstood easily however Sahaja Yoga is about ascent and evolving as mankind. We promote art, music, dance drama etc and learning. Shri Mataji saw that one lady was too much in love with her husband and so told her that her love was blinding her from evolving because she was attaching herself to others rather then freeing herself. So she asked them to divorce as she would bring herself down and also him.
"homosexual Sahaja Yogis to marry members of the opposite sex."
There is no body being forced to do anything. If you wouldn't want to do Sahaja Yoga you simply don't do it. If you were Homosexual and married a member of the opposite sex its because you choose to.
Lastly there always seems to be people that get hurt by taking things the wrong way in life. Its always tragic when it happens because it can happen with people you really value and they turn on you though you still love them. Its a way of life that if you look for negative things you can find all kinds of things that aren't there or are misunderstood.
I have been practising Sahaja Yoga for more then 12 years and have studied in the Sahaja School in India for 10 years. If one really should comment on the Sahaja Yoga school in India it would be necessary to know what many of the students themselves have to say about it. Here is a link which will throw light on aspects of the school- http://www.sahajayoga.org/swan. One may go to the "Previously Featured Articles" section and click on 'Founded in Dharma-Sahaja Yoga Public School' which is an account of the school by the students themselves. I am grateful to Shri Mataji for founding such an amazing and unique school. It has enriched my life in the most beautiful way. I am certain my freinds from the Sahaja Yoga school feel the same way. I am in touch with them and know what joyful and genuine people they are.Most of us ex-students are now becoming Doctors,lawyers, engineers and artists. We are all very healthy and feel blessed to be brought up in such fresh and rejuvenating Himalayan air. I am still practising Sahaja Yoga and am completely content with life as are most of my freinds from school which is certain as I am in touch with them and it can be observed from the article in the above given link. One may also check http://www.sahajayoga.org/swan/ in 'links of interest' section under 'Response to False allegations'to get a more complete picture.
I also went to the School in Dharamsala: today I am no more "brainwashed", uneducated, unhealthy or any other false idea mentioned in this article. Today I have finished my Secondary education, and soon I am going to start at university.
The time I spent up in Dharamsala is an unforgetable one, and I feel truly priviledged to have studied up there with all the benefits (and none of the downsides) and comfort of the modern world surrounded by lush and beautiful nature.
If you have any questions regarding the school, or need to clarify something don't hesitate to mail me: sfacets[AT]gmail.com and I will be happy to answer your questions.
I am not here to contest claims for or against this woman, but to state that this page should be moved so that it is titled simply Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava. Even widely acclaimed historical figures like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa have articles without the honorific Shri or Sri in front of their names, and I support a minimal use of the honorifics and titles in the page names of Wikipedia. Shri or Sri could still be used within the article itself, and for redirects, as it is with Shri Ramakrishna. ~ Achilles 18:41, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Y'all need to stop this revert war over such a minor detail and actually talk about it.
Personally, I find the pro "in the past" argument most persuasive. It seems to be to be more accurate. It conveys that the complaints may not be current. If the complaints are current, then the language is redundant.
But perhaps there is better way to word it? Like, how about we actually attach a date? If we just say "In such and such a time, so and so said" we avoid this whole problem. NickelShoe 04:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
True. :) But I stand by my choice of tense, some of these events have occured in the past, and there have been no current complaints of that genre.
I agree with the date idea, it caters for both POV's. Thanks for the moderation mate ;) Shane 08:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Obviously someone refuses to talk this out (I refer to the latest revert) I propose that this section be removed pending the outcome of this conflict (until a verifiable date is proposed).
Shane 17:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I modified the document, adding the date and removing unverified claims. Please comment. Shane 05:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Some of the criticism shouldn't appear in this article. points such as:
can't even be considered critical in nature - how are these points critical of Nirmala Srivastava? Sfacets 12:54, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Since nobody wants to comment on this, I have removed the aforementioned content. Sfacets 03:27, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 14:49, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
www.freewebtown.com/sahaja-yoga/tssy/origins.htm has video and photographic evidence that Nirmala associated with Rajneesh. There is no such evidence that she 'advised' Gandhi as some sources claim. Given that Nirmala's career has more in common with Rajneesh's than Gandhi's, perhaps this association should be given more emphasis in this article. -- Simon D M 16:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out, after several reversions, that 'Self' in the context of this article is being used as a Proper Noun, and as such is capitalised. Sfacets 21:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
According to WP:EL Wikipedia rules on external links should be:
and should not:
I am using firefox (linux) and find the image on the right does not collide with the 'contents' block, when it is on the left it looks awkward. Maybe problem with my browser, please help? Also on biography pages the usual place of the image is the right hand side! Perhaps putting it on the left has some reason? IrfanAli 08:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Please also note extensive discussions on the Sahaja Yoga entry. Sahajhist 22:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I have requested details of source materials from those involved with the Sahaja Yoga websites which have used these statements for several years. Thank you for pointing this out. Sahajhist 22:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Please do not remove the reference to the University of Virginia website. [4] It is a valid and credible source. -- NovaSTL 08:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
No one said anything about needing a PhD, however (as previously discussed on the Sahaja Yoga discussion page) references to work by author(s) of unclear academic standing may be removed at any time. Sfacets 05:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
06:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
(ftr: Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons) Sfacets
Image:Nirmala1.jpg - Do we know what year this photo was taken? It appears to be quite old. - Will Beback · † · 07:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello all, I am the mediator for your case. Please remember to keep things civil, and I thank you for choosing voluntary mediation for your dispute resolution. All parties to this case, please respond on the case page within 96 hours with what you would like to see come from this mediation.
What's our source for calling the subject a "pacifist"? I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Pacifist? [9]
See nominee for Nobel Peace prize. Sfacets 04:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough - even though you are contradicting yourself by requesting a reference to validate a primary one and yet find that the letter (also a primary source) is a valid reference. Sfacets 06:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Possibly one could use Shri Mataji's recent comments on Love [10] Sahajhist 01:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
The following statement has been issued regarding this matter:
"Our Deepest Respect to our National Flag
We Sahaja Yogis have the highest and deepest respect for our National Flag, which is the symbol of our National Freedom. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi participated actively in the Quit India Movement. Her father Shri P K Salve was imprisoned by the British because he participated actively in Mahatma Gandhiji’s Freedom movement. It is inconceivable that any member of Shri Mataji’s family would tolerate even the slightest disrespect to our National Flag.
Possibly, at an Independence Day function held abroad, some foreigner Sahaja Yogi brought our Flag and without meaning any disrespect, kept it on the ground. The Flag was respectfully removed immediately on being noticed.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi asks us all to respect National Flags of all countries.
This unintended but serious mistake is greatly regretted. Not even the slightest disrespect to our National Flag will ever be tolerated.
To all those whose feelings have been hurt by this wholly unintended and unfortunate error, we express the assurance that we fully share their anguish and we extend our deeply felt and sincerest regrets and unqualified apologies. For H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Sahaja Yoga Trust Rajendra Kumar Trustee" [12] Sahajhist 01:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
WP:WTA calls on us to avoid using "claim" because it isn't neutral. However if we agree to use it in one instance I think we should allow it in all instances on this page, which would result in the article being full of "claims". ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)