User talk:British Raja

Vandal Deletion of References from articles
Hi British Raja , Please do not delete references from articles as you have done in articles Cheers, Intothefire (talk) 13:35, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hari Singh Nalwa in this edit
 * and also in article Khatri here.

This reference was merely updated and not deleted - please note that the author in both cases was the same.

I also hope you are not the same as anonymous ip Intothefire (talk) 13:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 117.102.12.8and
 * 119.152.30.33

No, I am not.

Vandal deletion of references again on article Hari Singh Nalwa
Intothefire (talk) 06:47, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Deletion of same references again on 8 February 2009 by British Raja which was deleted by this user earlier as well see above post

deleting links to Kashibai
you have deleted links to Kashibai, his grandmother on 2 occasions (I counted only two, I am unsure how high the real number is) here and here. What's the reason for that?--Profitoftruth85 01:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Profitoftruth85 (talk • contribs)

There is no proof that Kashibai was his grandmother. Please find a reference to this statement.

February 2012
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 * I have just reverted your edits at that article once more. Have you ever read WP:RS or frequented WP:RSN? Sources from 1845 are simply not good enough, nor are hagiographies etc. - Sitush (talk) 14:40, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Why are sources from 1845 'not good enough' for the Hari Singh Nalwa page....they seem to be extensively quoted (innumerable Wikipedia pages)....what if a source from 1845 (or about) is the ONLY source of information on a particular subject....e.g. Lepel Griffin's 'Chiefs of the Punjab'?

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Hari Singh Nalwa
Hi, I appreciate the time that you are spending in trying to improve Hari Singh Nalwa but I am afraid that a lot of the sources simply are not good enough. I have raised one issue at Talk:Hari Singh Nalwa - regarding Vanit Nalwa - but there are problems with, for example, Lepel Griffin also. I am unsure whether you are aware of the constraints of WP:NOENG but given the controversial nature of the article subject I feel that you need to heed it. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 18:06, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I am sorry I do not understand your posts....could you please clarify (everyone does not understand wikipedian language)... From the above I understood: 1. There is a problem regarding Vanit Nalwa, therefore I re-read her book to find out if she had provided any cross-references (pl see that I now refer to her book only when she is quoting a primary source) else I am looking at other sources. I do not understand - is there a problem with Vanit Nalwa or is there a problem with the information. 'NAI' refers to the National Archives of India: is this source to be considered reliable? The only reason I quote Nalwa is because she provides cross-references. Many others say the same thing, but provide no references.

2.What I understood from the latter half of your message was that the poems should be given in the language in which they were written (if not English). There is no war...

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Please explain in simple English what exactly you mean...


 * Is there any reason why you are adding more unreliable sources when there is an active discussion? - Sitush (talk) 09:31, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Look, I am trying to be polite and to seek consensus etc. Are you going to engage in discussions at Talk:Hari Singh Nalwa or not? - Sitush (talk) 09:54, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Could you please enlighten me - 1. Why is 'Sachdeva' unreliable? 2. What is unreliable about an eyewitness account given in 1836-7 by a traveller (not Sikh, not British but an Austrian/German) about a wall surrounding a city?
 * Article talk page, please, not here. It would help if you could provide a diff if you think that I have removed the items that you state. - Sitush (talk) 10:07, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * And please revert your reinstatement of the poem, per WP:BRD. If you edit war here then you could well find yourself blocked. - Sitush (talk) 10:09, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Please see above...also what does this mean "if you could provide a diff"?

Please guide me...I obtained permission to reproduce a map, however the author had given permission only for reproduction on the wiki page relating to the subject...when I posted the map, it was removed (I said that I had the author's permission in an email). What can I do? Making the map is tedious...

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