User talk:Crawford88/Archives/2017/July

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Thank you for these words. Will keep in mind. Crawford88 (talk) 07:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

October 2015
Hello, I'm Kautilya3. Your recent edit to the page Being Different appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. 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. Kautilya3 (talk) 06:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * , Are Makarand Paranjape and Marakand R. Paranjape different persons? I thought they are same.
 * I think "Marakand" was a typo. I fixed it now. - Kautilya3 (talk) 07:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Romila Thapar. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Kautilya3 (talk) 09:48, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

ARBIPA notification
Please note that you are responsible for mastering all the Wikipedia policies and editing according to them. Failure to do so can invite sanctions. - Kautilya3 (talk) 09:53, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * , can you please tell me why am I getting this notification? Crawford88 (talk) 05:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Crawford88, everybody editing India, Pakistan, Afghanistan topics eventually gets this notification. But if you show a tendency to ignore policies, you get it sooner. As long as you read and follow all policies you are referred to, you will be fine. - Kautilya3 (talk) 08:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

January 2016
Hello, I'm Joshua Jonathan. I noticed that you recently removed some sourced content from Rajiv Malhotra without an accurate edit summary. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I have restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   14:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Battle for Sanskrit (January 25)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Devopam was:

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Devopam (talk) 07:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Battle for Sanskrit (January 29)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


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SwisterTwister  talk  04:37, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Template: Rajiv Malhotra (February 6)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Anarchyte was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * That's how wiki grows, right? :)


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 Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   08:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Crawford88, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to FBR-600 has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 15:00, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Indigenous Aryans
Dear Crawfird88, I would strongly urge you to stay away from starting contentious discussions about Indigenous Aryans. The matter was settled by an RfC after extensive discussion, and any attempt to repeat it will be considered disruptive and it will be sanctionable under ARBIPA. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 17:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Wiktionary
I have removed this. Wiktionary is not a reliable source. - Sitush (talk) 11:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

"Ashoka" is the commonly used name in English and should not be piped
Most people won't recognise your formulation, so please don't change this again. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 09:31, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

ARBIPA sanctions reminder
The status of Indigenous Aryans theory has been decided after extensive discussion and an RfC. We are not going to revisit it again. If you start pushing it all over again, I will be likely to ask for ARBIPA sanctions against you. Please calm down and read the scholarly sources that have been cited and extensively discussed. Wikipedia is not a blog site or a debating forum. It describes what the reliable sources say about a topic. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:01, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Vedic-Puranic chronology‎, did not appear constructive and has been undone. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   10:28, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   07:52, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Shit-storm
Are you here to create an encyclopedia, or to push a specfic pov? See WP:NOTHERE. See also User talk:Bishonen‎. Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   12:48, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Template: Rajiv Malhotra


Hello, Crawford88. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Template: Rajiv Malhotra".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 02:32, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

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Sabarimala
Fuller explanation later when I have time. Please don't reinstate it as its inclusion was a policy violation. Doug Weller talk 05:58, 30 January 2017 (UTC)


 * For now, I won't. Also I would have appreciated had you posted this on the article's talk page rather than here.


 * I didn't see that you'd posted to the talk page - I was using my iPad on my exercise bike and thought it courteous to give a brief explanation on top of my edit summary, which I assumed you'd read. Doug Weller  talk 08:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Shabarimala Sannidhanam.jpeg
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