User talk:Hightilldeath

Hey, in the wiki page Chopra, I am unable to verify that the surname Chopra is EXCLUSIVE to Khatris in the reference provided Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. The surname is apparently used by other communities too. Can you please give a better source in support of the surname being exclusive to khatris, if not then can you delete the first line of the page where it's claimed that Chopra is a Khatri Hindu and Sikh surname originating in Punjab region Piyushkumar911 (talk) 16:35, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Chopra surname
The book "The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland" is a valid source. There are very limited valid sources available in case of Indian surnames. Sources from the british era are invalid. As the source says that Ramgharias also use this surname. I am adding that info to the page. Hightilldeath (talk) 23:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, my point was not about "The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland"'s validity but about its limitation since it primarily deals with surnames present in UK which I said can be limited due to Sampling Bias, I know people who are neither Ramgarhia nor Khatris who use this surname in haryana but as I said in another talk page that my personal acquaintances can not be considered as evidences to be included in Wikipedia. However, there are many articles on the recent Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra where he has been called a person from Ror community (one of the articles has interview from his family) like this one in english and this one in hindi. After knowing this, one does with deal with the ambiguity ?

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:32, 22 May 2022 (UTC)