Category talk:Kashmiri people

Category scope
has changed the scope of this category from "ethnic Kashmiris" to "people of the former princely state" without discussion. I think this was unreasonable. The former princely state is ethnically diverse, and there are various categories for the ethnic divisions, such as Category:People from Jammu, Category:People from Ladakh and so on. This category is for the ethnic Kashmiris. It needs to be respected. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


 * [Copied from User talk:Wasiq 9320]
 * Hi Kautilya3, thanks for bring this up. I am not a very active on WP owing to my busy schedule in real life, or else i would do a lot more editing here. But, i do my best to keep an eye on Kashmir related pages. In J&K, Kashmiris are strictly taken as only the ethnic Kashmiris not other ethnic and socio-cultural groups or tribes. No Ladakhi, Dogra, Gujjar or other non-kashmiri self ascribes as Kashmiri. Pakistani Administed regions of Kashmir has very few Kashmiris. However, people from Azad Kashmir sometimes do self ascribe as Kashmiri, which at best can only be seen as only a territorial term, unless we are talking of some genuine Kashmiris in Muzaffarabad, or few others scattered here and there, in that region. It is important to note that ethnic Kashmiris do not view the people of Azad Kashmir as Kashmiris. Also, books covering the Kashmir dispute use the term Kashmiri only for ethnic Kashmiris, and never as a territorial term. As such, i am for using the proper labeling rather than using misnomers. So, IMO, this category should include ethnic Kashmiris only. Misnomers can be very misleading for the commoner who surf WP. Regards. Wasiq 9320 (talk) 17:35, 4 April 2016 (UTC)