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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistent disruptive editing, including edit-warring at Meena, ownership attitude, and persistent disruptive attempts to get one-sided sanctions imposed on an editor with whom you are in dispute, forum shopping from one venue to another when administrators reject each of your attempts. The length of the block takes into account the fact that you are fully aware of the fact that the dispute you are involved in involves an edit-war, and that edit-warring is contrary to policy, as proved by the fact that you yourself have made a report on the other editor involved at the edit-war notice board. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:58, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Mahensingha,
I'm not familiar enough with Indian topics to know whether this block was justified or not. Maybe you're basically right, but handling it the wrong way? Maybe you're 100% right, and it's so obvious to someone who knows the topic that you shouldn't have been blocked? Maybe you're wrong on this one? But I noticed you just put up a {{retired}} banner, so I thought I'd at least say I appreciate the work you do here, and I appreciate the guts it took to volunteer for ArbCom, and I don't think you should retire. If you agree not to edit the Meena article or its talk page, or interact with the other editor for the duration of the block, I think JamesBWatson would probably be willing to unblock so you can deal with any ArbCom-related issues. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Don't retire. I will take a look at what has been going on some time tomorrow, medication permitting. You and I both know that articles such as Meena are subject to a lot of very inappropriate (in the Wikipedia sense) POV pushing. I'm in a dopey state and cannot really comment further at the moment but please do note my first sentence. Whatever has gone on, it is fixable. - Sitush (talk) 00:18, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Having thought again about the circumstances which led to the block, and having read comments relating to it from other editors, I have decided that, in view of the fact that you had not been blocked before, a block for a week was not necessary, so I have reduced it to three days. However, if you return to editing please do bear in mind the considerations that led to the block, and try to avoid making the same mistakes again. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk)
I have no doubt or question on the Administrative decision taken against me. Respecting the decision of blocking admin I did not even appeal for unblock. But there is something troubling me and that is what shall I do even if I am unblocked. How will I deal with when articles are still being made ill-informative, blanking of well sourced contents and addition of unsourced OR etc. I am thankful to Floquenbeam, Sitush and JamesBWatson for recognition of my contributions and the sympathy shown towards me. I wish and hope Sitush to get well very soon and I request you all to please help resuming my job. Thanks a lot for morale support.--MahenSingha(Talk) 21:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
PI Rajeev
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Hi Mahensingha, I'm not quite sure what your message on my talk page was for - the article had been correctly tagged with a PROD as it is a BLP with no references, but the PROD-ing editor had not marked it as patrolled, so that is all I did. Also, don't forget to sign your messages on talk pages, thanks! Melcous (talk) 17:04, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Dear Melcous, It is perhaps due to the fact that you reviewed the article previously. My intention was not to point that out but to justify the PROD tagging. I am sorry for the inconvenience.--MahenSingha(Talk) 17:15, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
No worries! We were both trying to do the same thing, just not quite understanding each other :) Cheers Melcous (talk) 17:17, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
why this
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User talk:Prajput27 -- why did you give this user a warning about genre changes? You may want to remove your message. — Jeraphine Gryphon(talk) 17:03, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Mentioned in the warning itself, He removed well sourced info from the page Lodhi and added unsourced contents as per his own OR which are nothing but the caste promotional contents. I just suggested him to add only sourced information and can remove the sourced contents only after obtaining consensus over the issue of doing so. However, I would like to know that in what manner you found these edits(1, 2,3, 4, 5) justified. If I am convinced that it was OK, then I will certainly withdraw. Please suggest --MahenSingha(Talk) 19:17, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Do you know what a "genre" is? — Jeraphine Gryphon(talk) 20:19, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Making any change that distorts original structure is so called change in genre (my interpretation, may not be so right). It was the twinkle generated message. I removed it. Is that OK now and to avoid this in future, I will preview what message the twinkle is going to produce before finalizing.Thanks for direction,--MahenSingha(Talk) 20:35, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
That was my point, you accidentally used the wrong warning message. "Genre" refers to music and film genres; there's a specific warning message created for that because too many editors go into album and movie articles to change their genres according to their own interpretation, not what sources say. That's what that warning is for. — Jeraphine Gryphon(talk) 20:40, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2016: Game On!
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Edit in the subject Sardari of Mukherjees
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PK Mukherjee (talk) 13:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC) I am PK Mukherjee & I noticed that you edited a historical fact "Sardari of Mukherjees" for ref I posted a magazine's ref 1. "Probasi" a Bengali magazine 1918" 2. "Wild Life Camp magazine"Dated 24th November, 1969, & "Settlement of Dholpur" 1898, I think these are enough evidence, Mr MahensinghaPK Mukherjee (talk) 13:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Dear PK Mukherjee, Caste or community promotional magazines/books/sites are not reliable sources. The reference shall be from an established academic source. I suggest you to please go through the various editing policies specially WP:RS on wikipedia before editing. Your sources must be verifiable, failing which the contents often face problem with other editors. Discussion with other editors and reaching to a consensus over the contents is another better way to make the contents stay on wikipedia. The article shall not be edited in impression of any caste/community/region/religion etc., instead it shall be written from neutral point of view (WP:NPOV). Wish you happy editing.--SMahenS(Talk) 17:50, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Dear SMahenS, I am an Ex Army as well as a History lover, I don't wish to launch any cast or community, above mention magazine or books don't belongs to any particular cast or community. I am related with this said great family, so I have a lot of photograph & books as evidence, now these sources is in bad condition, so it is my responsibility to update the Dholpur History, some historian also wrote about this family, wiki using their other books as ref, by the way your instruction will be help me, but it would be more better if you inform me before your edit. Jai Hind — Preceding unsigned comment added by PK Mukherjee (talk • contribs) 05:14, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Nice to know about you and your interest. Still I suggest that apart from above-mentioned sourcing policies and neutral point of view, also go through WP:COI. Actually the purpose of wikipedia is different. It is open so if not only me, anybody is free to edit the contents and violation of policies still remains objectionable. Simply editing does not serve the purpose, you shall also ensure permanency of the contents. Jai Hind.--SMahenS(Talk) 10:33, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
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GI edit-a-thon 2016 updates
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to add a surname
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Hi... i am divyesh gagiya
I read the list of surname and i don't found my surname.
Plz add
Cast: ahir
Sub cast: sorathiya
Surname: Gagiya
Plz add this surname "Gagiya" Divyesh Ahir (talk) 11:44, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
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One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1
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2016 GA Cup-Round 2
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Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Sainsf took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 765. In second place, MPJ-DK earned an astounding 742 points, and in third place, FunkMonk received 610 points.
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Sir, you wrote that Aphariyas/Affariyas of Rewari are from the Jadaun clan (you gave the reference of Rajputana Gazetteers). But Aphariya/Affariya is clan of Ahirs. Jadaun and Ahir are 2 different communities. Jadaun is also a clan of Ahirs. So, Aphariyas are different from the Jadauns, because they are 2 different clans of Ahirs.
I am from the Affariya clan (from the village Kheda Dabar, in Delhi) and its a clan of Yaduvanshi Ahirs.
Rulers of Rewari (Rao Nand Ram, Rao Balkishan, Rao Ruda Singh, Rao Tula Ram, etc.) were from the same clan (Aphariya) and they were well known Ahirs.
So, please remove the statement from the page where it is claimed that Affariyas of Rewari belong to Jadaun clan, because these 2 are different clans.RishabhFOREVER (talk) 10:17, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Articles on Wikipedia are not caste based. The purpose of any article is to define or give information about the title term in the light of what the various reliable sources say. What you say or claim here is already present in the article but the the view what other sources say will also be included.--SMahenS(Talk) 14:47, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
DRN help needed and volunteer roll call
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Thursday saw the end of Round 2. Sainsf once again took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 996 (a higher score then he received in Round 1!). In second place, MPJ-DK earned an astounding 541 points, and in third place, Carbrera received 419 points.
In Round 2, 142 reviews were completed! At the beginning of April, there were 486 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 1, there were 384. Another demonstrable way in which this competition has made a difference is in the length of time articles languish in the queue. At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 9 months [1]; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months.[2] It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep lowering the backlog as much as possible.
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Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by 
MPJ-DK (submissions), 
Hurricanehink (submissions), 
12george1 (submissions), and 
Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with 
J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.
Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by 
Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by 
Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. 
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