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Mentioning caste in a BLP article

Caste of a living person (WP:BLP) requires self-identification in an interview per WP:CASTEID policy. Find an interview from a reliable media in which Uma Bharti explicitly said "I belong to Lodhi caste". The source you provided [1] has no self-identification. The article writer says that she belongs to Lodhi caste, which doesn't work per our WP:CASTEID policy. Hope you get it. If you have further queries, discuss in the talk page of the article. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:50, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Here is a YouTube video with time stamp of herself saying that she belongs to Lodhi caste,

Video named, "Uma bharti in aap ki adalat (part 1)" at 10 mins 2 sec.

Wikipedia isn't allowing to share the video.

Hope, you get it and will not remove the particular people of their castes. Thank you. XlycanX (talk) 12:03, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I've found it and added it in the article. The time is around 10:15. Please keep the policy in mind when you edit other biography or caste list articles. The policy doesn't apply to dead people, but reliable sources are always needed. Happy editing. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:19, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Please add her to notables in [[Lodhi (caste)]], as she is being removed from there too. Thank you. XlycanX (talk) 12:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Varma (surname)

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