User talk:Varahinatha

February 2024

Hello. I wanted to let you know that your recent edit(s) to Revolutionary movement for Indian independence have been removed because you cited the information you added to another Wikipedia article or an external wiki. As discussed at our policies on circular sourcing and self-published sources, Wikipedia and other wikis should not be used in citations because they are not considered reliable sources. You are welcome to re-add the information using a different reference, perhaps from the article you originally linked to. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 10:28, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi AntiDionysius, thank you for your note. I have this additional reference supporting my edit: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3517678

Gupta, Amit Kumar. “Defying Death: Nationalist Revolutionism in India, 1897-1938.” Social Scientist, vol. 25, no. 9/10, 1997, pp. 3–27. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3517678. Accessed 9 Feb. 2024.

Would it suffice to undo the reversal if I added this reference? It seems completely valid to the best of my judgement. Actually, I'm a bit new to editing wikipedia and am not sure how to proceed at this point, kindly do advise if updating the reference for my edit to the one cited above would be ok. thanks Varahinatha (talk) 11:02, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Absolutely, you can add the material back in with that reference. The problem was only that it was cited to another Wiki; if you instead have an academic source, that's great.

There's a handy guide to referencing for new editors here, which explains quickly & easily how to insert references (including academic ones) in a nicely-formatted way.

Also, there's a more general list of resources and links for new editors here, if there's anything else you're curious about. And feel free to reach out on my talk page if you have any questions. AntiDionysius (talk) 11:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks I will do so, wish you a great weekend ahead. Varahinatha (talk) 11:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

You too! AntiDionysius (talk) 11:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)