User talk:Beren Dersi

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Beren Dersi, good luck, and have fun. – Thebirdlover (talk) 01:24, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

"Per WP:MOS"
You've rearranged Candy with the edit summary "move classification after history per WP:MOS". WP:MOS says nothing about this. It probably makes more sense to talk about what candy actually is before talking about its history. Can you tell me which page you actually meant to link to? I have looked for a style guide for food pages, and I have found none. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:23, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Arranged marriage - Timeframe
The lede of arranged marriage continues to be very confusing. It reads:

"In modern era, arranged marriage has continued in royal,[2] aristocratic families and ethnic minority groups in developed countries;[3]"

"Modern era" links to modern history, which is generally understood as lasting from 16th century - early 20th century. The article modern history reads: "The modern era began approximately in the 16th century". The formulation of the lede remains very problematic: it implies that throughout all of the "modern era" in "developed countries" arranged marriages were restricted only to "royal, aristocratic families and ethnic minority groups". First of all this is not supported by sources and is contradicted by the lede and article itself which state that it was only from the 18th century onwards that non-arranged marriage became somewhat mainstream. Also the source for royal marriage is for Princess Diana's marriage to Charles - this is generally referred to as contemporary history rather than modern history. I cannot access the other source for "ethnic minority groups in developed countries" but I believe it refers to the contemporary era too. Also terms such as developed countries/Western countries should not be used when discussing societies from centuries ago.

I changed "modern era" to "more recent times". It is still problematic, but I think it is better. If an exact timeframe cannot be given, at least it should not appear misleading. The lede still needs work. 2A02:2F0A:507F:FFFF:0:0:5679:AED5 (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I started a RfC to engage other editors: Talk:Arranged_marriage.

Delhi Sultanate
Ok. My inputs have been edited and made brief. No problem.I have also cleared an ambiguity. It was a very confusing phrase creating contradictory meaning. Let it be there as it is.Ghatus (talk) 06:57, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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Kautilya3 (talk) 10:21, 5 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks. The notice applies to @Ghatus, you and I. So far, only @Ghatus has reverted edits to remove tags and inserted non-WP:V and WP:OR content. Let us collaborate to improve the Khilji dynasty article, through a constructive discussion on its talk page. Beren Dersi (talk) 13:14, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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