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Mass suicide[edit]

What are the beliefs of the Solar Temple? Emmaglisson (talk) 14:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd summarize it as a mix of Heaven's Gate and the Knights Templar. PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:06, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

to do[edit]

Anyone can do this, but since I seem to be currently the only editor interested in editing this page this is mostly a note for myself, but here are some specific coverage issues/points for expansion that should be added to the article

expand on their arms trafficking, particularly in Australia (plus the fake mass suicide which is in the page now but has no context)
fix up remaining awkward french turns of phrase
expand on canadian activities
expand on the specifics of what went wrong and why
~~replace cesnur sources as they are not reliable~~
expands on the specifics of their theology, what influenced them, etc
expand on how, exactly, this affected the anti-cult legislation
~~write an article for di mambro~~

PARAKANYAA (talk) 22:29, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

my plan for this is to cover the ideological background with regard to neo-templar history/all the inspirations and background here, and have more specific sections on the leader's activities on Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret, because it's quite difficult to summarize the background when you're trying to trace the evolution of all three of these things at once PARAKANYAA (talk) 06:55, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upon review the "cesnur source" is actually a trial document, republished by cesnur. Ideally I could find it somewhere else but I seem to be unable to. It's primary but CESNUR's issues don't factor into it so it seems fine. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+ integrate controversies stuff and beliefs section into wider body PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I probably need to go in more detail on what exactly Fusier and Boisset were arguing respectively. While decidedly fringe on this topic they are relatively notable and mentioned in reliable sources. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:28, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]