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Proposal: Pruning redundancies, moving parts of this template to other templates, and possibly a new template
This template has gotten quite large, which is understandable given the extent and depth of Hinduism. I wonder if it may be better to move part of it over to other templates to allow this one to be pruned a bit. In-fact these templates already overlap significantly, which only adds redundant bulk to all them. Pruning the redundancy would help with the bulk and also eliminate any confusion about where new additions should go and which template belongs where.
In particular, I think it may be best to move parts of theConcepts list, particularly the "Ontology", "Mind", "Ethics", and "Epistemology" sublists, toTemplate:Hindu philosophy. To keep the relevant articles connected it would be necessary to swap the sidebars on many of these articles, but I don't mind doing this.
TheTexts list could similarly be trimmed by moving material toTemplate:Hindu scriptures and texts and using that template on relevant articles.
TheGurus, sants, philosophers list is extensive and largely disorganised, only grouping names into three vague time periods. Organising the list would add a lot more bulk to this sidebar, so I think it may be best to create a new navbox likeTemplate:Catholic saints. Like that navbox, the new one could be more organised than the current list here at this sidebar. Organising the list better at a new navbox wouldn't just allow this sidebar to be pruned a bit, but would also make it clearer who is included and why. In contrast, the current arrangement invites editors to add names arbitrarily.
I suggest pruning all individual names from this template, moving them to a navbox, and listing only prominent named groups with collective articles like theAlvars andNayanars here, with a link to thelist article for particular individuals.
@Hororoka: Is there a reason for the order you chose for the traditions list? Your edit summary said you alphabetised things but you actually undid the alphabetical order, in favour of what looks like an arbitrary order. I'm also not sure why you removed the line break; it was there to make the link block balanced, rather than awkwardly isolating one link on a line by itself. --Scyrme (talk)19:10, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Someone's been reverting myedit saying I need to get consensus here. Basically, the Upanishads listed are the Mukhya Upanishads, so I wanted to put up a Mukhya Upanishads section below Upanishads, below which all 10 of them would be listed.BlacklightMG (talk)00:02, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: please providereliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ―ItcouldbepossibleTalk15:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
