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August 2020

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Questionable changes

Hi there. No disrespect is intended but virtually every change you made in this edit is problematic for a multitude of reasons, including unexplained removal of a hidden comment, miscapitalisation (in contravention of MOS:HEAD), misuse of ampersands, unnecessary leading zeroes in numerals like "01" vs "1", repeated names like "Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi", incorrect formatting of nicknames, which in English usually goes <First "Nickname" Last Name>, etc. So sorry, but it's like you have very little understanding of what we're actually trying to accomplish here. If English isn't your strongest suit, maybe consider editing at a Wikipedia in your native tongue until your English strengthens. Thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:12, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Continued problematic changes

Re: this edit, "as of", is the correct phrasing, not "as on", we use DMY dates (day month year) in Indian articles, so "13 July 2020" is correct, not the format you changed it to. You erroneously changed a correct link from [[Bengali language]] to [[Bengali]], which then pointed incorrectly to a disambiguation page, and you inexplicably removed italics from a TV show title. So basically every choice you made in that edit was wrong for one reason or another. Here, you removed proper formatting of nicknames (ex: Meenali "Meenu" Patel, which is how it would be formatted in most major English-speaking newspapers) instead opting for bizarre parentheticals and excessive usage of "a.k.a.", and you have miscapitalised "present", which is neither a proper noun nor the beginning of a sentence. So again, more sloppy changes. If you continue to demonstrate a lack of competence at editing, you will certainly have your editing privileges interrupted to prevent damage to the encyclopedia. Other edittors are not required to clean up after your slop. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:25, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Stop with the excessive AKAs, please

Re: these changes, I've already explained this to you: stop with the excessive use of AKA. When we format nicknames, we typically include them in the body of the name, wrapped in quotations. See MOS:NICKNAME. The fact that you personally don't adhere to English grammar norms does not mean that we make the encyclopedia look amateurish. Get up to speed quickly, please. It's also pointless to include nicknames when they are obvious short versions of the character's first name. We don't need to catalogue every bloody name, nickname, alias, joke name a character has used in the series. That's what Fandom.com is for. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:15, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Re: this, again, stop with the excessive AKAs. If you aren't willing to adhere to basic English norms, and MOS:NICKNAME, then your editing privileges will be interrupted. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:50, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

April 2021

Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Rithvik Dhanjani. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Please read in particular MOS:ITALICS. DMacks (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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