Talk:Sikhism
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Ridiculous claims of 120 million Sikhs with spurious sources
Inaccurate edits made by User without sources to back it
This User:Joshua_Jonathan has made an this edit alongside a few others all of a sudden since last week. Which is strange as this did not happen for over 6 months since the info box was created. One of those users who made an edit was User:Mattansilk who was also banned for being sockpuppet ( Just to reiterate I am not saying Joshua or others are related parties of Mattansilk). **Also to note they have made these edits with NO sources and constantly reverting them**
I have no issue with it being referred to as a Dharmic faith. As we share some similar core values and beliefs and should maintain unity with each other.
So the two issues i want to address was: 1) Slogan: This user along with the other users who made the same edits are finding it hard to differentiate between a Sikh jakhaira/Slogan (Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal) and Sikh greeting (Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Fateh). As per Bole So Nihal it clearly states this is the Sikh Slogan as well. https://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/bole_so_nihal_sat_sri_akal.html
2) Sikhism did not separate from Hinduism or any other religion. Sikhs themselves view Guru Nanak was Sikh from birth as the Gurus are a reflection of God. There are many instances of Guru Nanak rejected Hindu practices from at a young age such as sacred thread, caste system etc...
I.e He rejected the sacred Hindu thread as a young boy. Furthermore in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib he states "ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥ Haj Kaabai Jaao N Theerathh Poojaa || I do not make pilgrimages to Mecca, nor do I worship at Hindu sacred shrines."
@Usingh0663 , @Jattlife121 , @Javerine , @Ronnie Macroni , @Twarikh e Khalsa - Can also share more light on this.
Spacing issues
There is an unusual space before the rendering of the first paragraph. It's not clear why this is happening but it seems to be related to Template:Sikhism sidebar.
One fix attempt which kind of worked was moving the "{{Sikhism sidebar}}" line below the lead (right above 'terminology') rather than at the top. This fixed the issue, but introduced other issues (it moved the navbox further into the article, and also introduced an extra space below the lead which is still a problem).
Despite attempting to debug for a while (comparing with articles without the issue) I have been unable to resolve the issue. Help would be appreciated. JDiala (talk) 08:04, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
From "Sikhism" to "Sikhi"
I propose that that all references to "Sikhism" ought to be changed to "Sikhi" to better and more accurately reflect the canonical name of the faith. ForwardIsland4328 (talk) 08:47, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
Protect this page.
To keep it from inaccurate edits, you could see the amount previous topics addressing this issue. ~2026-44021-4 (talk) 01:45, 21 January 2026 (UTC)