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Other · asked by user [] · 2007-07-26 · 61 answers
The idea of the forum is to let devotees around the world help and be helped, so the following humble advice can be given:
1. Keep the posts short.
2. Do not use the forum for endless debates, just post your contribution and let everyone use it (or not).
3. Institutional propaganda or own master glorification not needed (keep in mind there are vaishnavas of many denominations visiting the site.
4. Put your signatures, websites, etc only in your profile area, for the sake of maximum readability
5. Use the "thank you" button to thumbs up or apreciate a post, saving your time and giving the poster credit in their profile
If you still have a question we will be glad to assist you via email ---> pariprashnena [at] gmail [dot] com
1. Keep the posts short.
2. Do not use the forum for endless debates, just post your contribution and let everyone use it (or not).
3. Institutional propaganda or own master glorification not needed (keep in mind there are vaishnavas of many denominations visiting the site.
4. Put your signatures, websites, etc only in your profile area, for the sake of maximum readability
5. Use the "thank you" button to thumbs up or apreciate a post, saving your time and giving the poster credit in their profile
If you still have a question we will be glad to assist you via email ---> pariprashnena [at] gmail [dot] com
user [38] · 2007-07-26
Can email notifications be disabled on request? Or maybe enabled on request? Thanksuser [1] · 2007-07-26
we are working on that...user [1] · 2007-07-26
See the new Notification menu in the left side below the filters.... also in Account -> NotificationYou can subscribe to entire forum, to category or to discussion only.
It should work now
user [62] · 2007-07-27
Jai. All glories to this wonderful initiative...all glories ISKCON devotees. thank you so much. Please accept my humble obeisancesthis site is very much wanted.
also kindly see another new site that has come up ... meant to promote interfaith dialogues. Devotees who feel the urge to discuss and preach to others may visit and join that site to do so.
http://www.spiritualnectar.com
your servant in Krishnas service
Mahaprabhu Caitanya Das
(My Guestbook - http://www.spiritualnectar.com/nityananda/user/mahaprabhu )
user [1] · 2007-08-03
Suggestion subjected upon your personal judgement and convenience:Try to upload some photo and fill a bit your profile to make the forum a more pleasurable and personal experience for all.
We are working on a private message service, so that off-forum relationships can also be developed, and devotees get to know each other better.
user [1] · 2007-08-10
- We just added a spell checker in the comment box for your convenience. Haribol!- Now you can subscribe/unsubscribe email notification of new posts (see link on left panel)
user [1] · 2007-08-10
New page created: "Promote"For those of you that have website or a friend with one :)
Resources to link to us: dynamic box feeds and logo advert.
http://www.pariprashnena.com/page/links
user [1] · 2007-08-10
In 10 days we have reached 100 questions and over 1.000 comments, and with little or no propaganda from the big sites.It seems that word of mouth mainly is what is spreading this service, please keep on telling your friends.
More than ever that topic "without you couldnt be possible" is applicable here.
Just a heartfelt big THANK YOU to all users!!!
user [1] · 2007-08-15
*New feature*"Invite friends" available in the main navigation bar or the Account Options link
Make the most of it!!! Thank you.
user [1] · 2007-08-15
Reorganized categories section:New category: "Social" (thanks to VEDA user por pointing out)
We have merged:
"Food" in "Heath"
"Music" in "Other"
no posts lost in the brahmajyoti :)
user [1] · 2007-08-17
New features!*Quote any message text* in your answer text box, just look for the "quote" link at the far right of any message.
No more cutting and pasting for Prabhus and Matajis.
*Forum accepts BBcode now*.
more on using BBCode :
http://www.bbcode.org/tags.php
for video:
http://www.bbcode.org/extratags.php
Enjoy (transcendentally, that is)
user [1] · 2007-08-19
Those who want to join the new (hidden but open) category "Preaching Strategies" just ask me and I will give them access.user [1] · 2007-08-21
Merged category "Preaching Strategies" into "Other". No posts lost in the venture.user [1] · 2007-08-25
Please use this forum as a humble question and answer facility (pariprashnena). No censorship on (related) themes or comments.But, if we see someone using the forum as a way to advance or impose own agenda on others we will act. Same goes for personal evaluations that cover no purpose.
Thank you.
user [1] · 2007-10-04
there is concern in our pariprashnena community that some issues are sensitive and freedom of speech can cause suffering to some.As these posts are categorized mainly under "Social", you can avoid seeing those posts or any unwanted category in the following way:
Just go to Categories tab and block Social category.You will not see any of the posts there. Of course, you can block/unblock categories anytime you wish.
user [1] · 2007-10-10
Tulsiananda and govindas108, you are repeatedly hammering the same theme at any opportunity. If you have a cause to advance we recommend you open your own website and make your theme available to the world. Otherwise Pariprashnena becomes a political means, not a questions and answer medium. Your questions aimed at advancing your position will be deleted. Please stick to the rules and stop making this site your "preaching" field.user [1] · 2007-10-11
we have banned govindas108 and Tulsiananda for violating the above even after being warned. Not a thing that causes us pleasure but clearly needed for the well being of the forum.user [1] · 2007-10-12
please choose appropriate category in the drop down menu when posting a question. For now the admins are fixing the astrays, but they will be deleted as normal procedure.user [1] · 2007-10-27
addendum to the "terms of service" as suggested by our userssee it here http://www.pariprashnena.com/termsofservice.php
user [1] · 2007-11-09
How to attach a file to your post:Click on [+]Attachments link at the bottom of the text box, browse for the desired file then save your question by clicking "Add your comments"
user [1] · 2007-12-27
Some users insist on "asking" questions to provoke a response to advance their mission whatever it may be.When admins delete them they get upset and accuse us of narrow minded, biased or God knows what else.
Please understand we have delimited this site for questions that you do not know the answer in the spirit of pariprashnena.
Any effort to advance a mission is not condemned but has its own place on the net.
Hope this helps further clarify what is stated in the terms of service.
user [1] · 2007-12-31
We believe in the good intentions of all Vaishnavas and we wish to part the year unbanning the users that did not abide by the terms of service.It has been a good learning year for all of us and we trust users understand the single purpose of this site, beyond parties and politics:
"To ask a question you do not know the answer"
Please receive our best spiritual wishes for the coming year, Hare Krishna!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and the sankirtan movement!
user [1] · 2008-05-09
we have experienced some down time in the last few hours, we apologize.all is well now.
user [1] · 2008-05-09
Anybody having problems getting the read posts still showing as new?user [1] · 2008-06-11
now the system should recognize your read posts and mark themany problem, please report
user [1] · 2008-06-20
for all Vaishnavas pleasure, two very nice quotes to continue the respectful attitude at pariprashnena:SB 11.28.1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One should neither praise nor criticize the conditioned nature and activities of other persons. Rather, one should see this world as simply the combination of material nature and the enjoying souls, all based on the one Absolute Truth.
http://srimadbhagavatam.com/11/28/1/en
SB 11.28.2: Whoever indulges in praising or criticizing the qualities and behavior of others will quickly become deviated from his own best interest by his entanglement in illusory dualities.
http://srimadbhagavatam.com/11/28/2/en
user [1] · 2008-06-28
How to get automatically notified of Pariprashnena updates[p]
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user [1] · 2009-02-24
Iskcontech is growing with the new family member iskconmedia.com and we have transferred to another server with more bandwidth and disk space available, so you should have a quicker browsing experience now in all our sites.If you happen to see an error message or have a problem in the forum, please contact admins in this thread.
Thank you for your continued support. Hare Krishna!
user [1] · 2009-03-13
For those who were asking for easier downloads at iskconmedia, here you are, zipped by categories:http://www.iskconmedia.com/component/content/article/35-featured-cat/59-download-all-ebooks-at-once
user [439] · 2009-09-07
Hare Krishna:)I am new to this site; so please bear with me while I learn the rules. Will keep things short and sweet--thats a good point actually.
I agree that this forum shouldnt be used to advance oneself or ones agenda.
Thank you for this magnificent site where one can connect with other God-brothers wedded to Krishna Consciousness.
May Krishna shower all His blessings on all devotees and this great site.
Jai Radhe Krishna!
user [475] · 2009-11-22
hw to post queryuser [488] · 2009-12-26
I believe this site can be an excellent venue for the congregation of vaishnava devotees to ask questionsand to answer them in the spirit of vaishnavism
user [1] · 2009-12-30
[quote][cite] Ruchika:[/cite]hw to post query[/quote]Get your username and password (up right side) and start query
user [1] · 2010-01-15
A few notes on the forums workings:- Some devotees are posting several times in a row, that is considered spam and is not allowed, and those posts will be moderated.
- Keep in mind that the philosophy of this forum is that the user asks a question opening a thread in the appropriate section and others answer. Each question should be enclosed in a thread so that later others can find it easily.
- Try not to open a thread so that others make questions... that is the forum itself function.
From now on we will delete or moderate posts that go astray from the original question or breach the above guidelines.
There is no lack of disk space, so feel free to open as many different questions as you may need.
user [1] · 2010-02-21
we made a screenshot with info how to operate in pariprashnena.com, see attacheduser [1] · 2010-02-22
user portnoy has been banned for repeated use of foul language and insultsuser [510] · 2010-02-24
Dear admin. I actually forgive portnoy (Purushottam Prabhu) for this transgressions. He was very passionate, but I take all the blame. Because he is so senior (even if not practicing at the moment), and because he was the first Prabhupada disciple who was his personal servant, I would appreciate if you unblock him. He is extreme, but we will benefit from his association (provided he does not put others down too much). I will understand if you can not do it -- I only judge it by the photo he uploaded and by the fact that he spoke about some incident from early days with Brahmananda.user [1] · 2010-02-24
when foul language and abuses come online, it makes very difficult to pay a deaf ear from the admin point of view. We will unblock portnoy this time, but everybody must understand that a basic order has to be maintained as this is obviously a public place.user [510] · 2010-02-24
thank you, I trust that he will change, it was very gross of him.user [1] · 2010-02-25
Lately there are some users that are getting constantly in the mood of flaming and personal attack. From now on, we will apply very strictly the policies of no foul language and no personal attack or abuse by anyone. Last warning.user [1] · 2010-03-10
if the individual siva srigovindadas vrishadevadas lallasamayi yamalaaryuna continues to make multiple accounts we'b4ll have to contact his internet provider and consequences may occur.user [1] · 2010-03-11
we are going to upgrade the forum software, so expect a blackout ranging from a few hours to a couple days if things go nuts... Hare Krishna and thank you to all users for their time!!user [1] · 2010-03-14
Done the upgrade, and seems to be working. Please report any problems to pariprashnena@gmail.comuser [1] · 2010-04-25
Nrsingha d, aka Bhakta David has been warned privately and still came as provocateur, so we banned him at the moment.user [1] · 2010-05-06
Remember this is a question (genuine) answer site, all other submissions will be deleteduser [447] · 2011-01-07
No, I think this has to do with when the database is saved before transfering to new software.I have seen this at another forum, where several days posts were all gone afterwards.
user [1] · 2011-01-07
Please take into consideration that feeding the trolls can result in losing your posts.We do as much as we can, but please understand that its a tedious work to go
through the mesh and then even if you find some they become unrelated
to the context because the others are deleted
happy new year btw
user [38] · 2010-10-11
Thumbs up for the fast reaction on spammer.user [1] · 2011-01-03
Really appreciate devotees here pointing sdg new identities. Makes our work easier. He is using proxy servers, so it will be cat and mouse. We have a one click delete user, so not a big deal. Thank you again.user [1] · 2011-01-03
WARNING - we are going to implement some security patches in a few days to stop proxy servers. That could block legit users in certain settings. If you can'b4t access the site please email pariprashnena@gmail.comuser [447] · 2011-01-08
It was just me and Veda having an exchange. From Jan 2nd, nobody else was taking part there, at least not to my knowledge.user [166] · 2011-01-24
user [1] · 2011-01-22
if someone is missing Ramanandasa, he is sdg and its been removed.user [1] · 2011-01-15
New feature: subscribe to all or any discussions category via email in your profile.user [1] · 2011-01-15
to post Youtube video, just copy and paste the embed code they give in the original videouser [1] · 2011-01-08
Pardon me. The copy of the database was 1 hour fresh and during the change the forum was out, so not new postings. I wouldnt have to say otherwise, it won'b4t cost me any money :) Read the explanation above again, please.user [1] · 2011-01-09
copy and paste the missing data and start a new discussion if you wish to recreate it.user [1] · 2011-01-09
testing themes....user [447] · 2011-01-09
I would have done that, if I had that missing data ...Anyway, I sent Veda a PM asking him what hed like, well work it out there.
user [1] · 2011-01-09
Added:- ability to quote - message editor
user [447] · 2011-01-08
The date seems to be wrong, one day behind - it says Jan 7 when it should be Jan 8.