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Recent Page Moves
Hi,

I see you've moved some of the Patna Sahib, Keshgarh Sahib, Hazur Sahib and Damdama Sahib. I moved these earlier because I felt "Takht Sri" was superfluous and unnecessary. Please do explain your reasons for moving it back. Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 23:59, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

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Some advise
I see that you have added a box to many pages related to castes. This is on the whole unwise, because it requires us to define in two words the social and hierarchical status of the caste. This is not always clear-cut and is often a topic of dispute. The ready information thus made available on Wikipedia will possibly be incorrect and will often be a fruitful source of discord. Please help to preserve amity on Wikipedia by not adding the box. Hope you understand. Thank you.

Do take a look at Template:India tasks, which contains a list of work that Indians would be interested in. I am sure you will do a wonderful job on Wikipedia with any of those. Regards, ImpuMozhi 23:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi,

I've been watching your contributions to some of the pages on Wikipedia and I'm impressed. Rama's Arrow and I are currently working on the mess that is the Sikhism article to get it up to featured article status. Please take a look, and make your comments on the talk page. Thanks very much! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 22:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

It might not have been your intent, but you recently removed content from Gujjar. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC) Not vandalism, warning removed. AmiDaniel (talk) 09:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * My apologies for taking so long to get back to you; I was in the middle of fending off an onslaught while waiting for an administrator to intervene. Anyway, in looking over the edit again and your other contributions to the page, I agree that the edit was not remotely in bad-faith and have thus removed the warning from your talk page. In the future, please try to use edit summaries as they alert others of what changes you've made to the page and why, and doing so will help to prevent your edits from being mistakenly reverted as such. Again, sorry about this, and please keep up the good work! If you need help with anything, feel free to contact me. AmiDaniel (talk) 09:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

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Sikhism
Hi, I was wondering if you go my message about the article Sikhism? Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 01:18, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've replied on my talk page. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 23:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi again
I see that your main interest lies in matters of caste and community. In that case, you will be able to appreciate better than most people the point I tried to make in my previous message to you. I request you once again, in the interests both of amity and of preventing the dissemination of misinformation via Wikipedia, to refrain from adding the box to various pages. I would in fact urge you to remove the box from pages where it is already placed by you. Thank you. ImpuMozhi 19:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Reply
''Hullo, sir. You are right in saying that I am interested mostly in matters of caste and community. However, in no way am I trying to cause caste or community wars on this site.''
 * Rajat, I never said you were!

''Look at the page, Khatri. It has been vandalised so many times, even before I placed the box there. Its talk page continues to be a battlefield. Surely, I am not responsible for all that.''
 * Perhaps not, but the dispute is precisely about their caste identity. In the midst of the argument, you inserted the box blandly stating that the Khatris are Kshatriyas. They may well be, but that is what the ongoing argument is about. That argument illustrates precisely the points that I made to you in my previous two messages.

As for your castigation, well I agree with you.
 * I cannot imagine what word or phrase used in my previous two messages can be construed as being "castigation". Do let me know.

It is my mistake that I started editing on this site when I should'nt have....From now on, I will just read and not edit.
 * We have a saying in Telugu, related to bringing up children: Uppu veste pappu aya, paalu veste payasam aya. If you put salt in the boiling moong, you have daal; if you put milk, you have kheer. What you make of my advise depends largely upon you. What I intended was to help you edit better, not give up editing. If you choose to persevere on Wikipedia, you may grow to understand the tone and caution suitable to writing an encyclopaedic piece, grow to leaven energy with circumspection, to appreciate nuance, perhaps -- ahem -- even to accept well-meant advise. These are among the real benefits of being part of Wikipedia society. What it takes away is a whole lot of your time! I understand exactly what you mean about WP being an addiction. It can interfere with your work to an alarming extent, and make you think that you had better put an end to it. In that sense, should you choose to depart, I totally understand and respect that resolve. ImpuMozhi 04:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Invitation and Recommendations for writing articles on Hindi Wikipedia
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 * 21) For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.
 * 22) Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.
 * 23) When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.
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Punjabi translation
Hi,

User:Nichalp approached me the other day to translate Template:Nazi symbol into Punjabi. Unfortunately, although my ability to read Punjabi isn't bad, I don't think I can do a decent translation of that. Are you able to do that? Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 00:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

An award!
Hey Rajatghai, I'd like to award you a barnstar for your stellar work on Wikipedia! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 00:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Khatri clans
Thanks for creating the Khatri clans category. I will try to research and add more clans, although I am afraid it will be a slow process because the research required.--Vikramsingh 22:36, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

User: Abulfazl
Insha Allah, By God's help, you will see more changes soon in the Punjabi dialect section. I will try to get more stuff. Abulfazl 08:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear brother, Sat Sri Akal.

If you have some knowledge about the Chadhar clan in East Punjab please update Chadhar, but I request you that the information must not have been taken from Jattan De Itehas.

Second thing, I also want write articles in Punjabi. But I don't know which word porcessor I can find on the net to start writing articles.

Abulfazl 08:59, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Singh
Hi Rajat - Its good that you noted the symbolic importance of the Lion in a detailed way, but I think the article should have 1-2 paras on it in one section, and focus on the people, usage of surname, history, etymology, significance. "Singh" is far more used in Hindu society than in Sikhs, extending into UP, Rajasthan, MP, Bihar and even Gujarat. This Fire Burns.....Always  09:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Hi Rajat, this is the first time we are interacting. Sukh guided me to you. I had asked him a question and wonder if you know the answer. I am copying it from Sukh's page below:

I was trying to work on Chail, which is supposed to have been habilitated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh. Infact, right from my young days, I have heard a legend that the Maharaja had a tiff with Lord Kitchener and eloped with his daughter. He was banned from entering Shimla after that. So he made his palace at Chail. Most of the websites corroborate this. But they all seem to be wrong. To begin with, Lord Kitchener did not have a daughter. Secondly, the Maharaja was born in 1891 and the Lord was in Shimla in the first decade of 1900s. Chail was established in the late 1800s.

If you or any other Punjabi reading this has any knowledge about the subject, please enlighten me. -- Lost 18:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot -- Lost 19:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Jast clans

 * Hi Rajat I tried but it was deleted. I was single to defend. Kindly go and defend otherwise it is a bad trend. One line stub can be expanded over time. We need more hands to defend. Thanks burdak 12:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Castes and Tribes of the Punjab
Just split the template. Add the Jatt tribes to one template and other others to others. That way it will be more appropriate. Street Scholar

Hi Rajatghai. I've replied to your message on my talk page! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 19:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

ANI report
Hi - please have a look at. This Fire Burns Always  06:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Sikhism
Hi! Thanks for joining WikiProject Sikhism. Please visit the project page and give your thoughts on how we can best begin! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 00:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Castes and Tribes of the Punjab
I have, as of now, protected the page to prevent this major revert war. Please discuss changes and reach consensus on the template's talk page.-- May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 04:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes of course you can call me Nirav. Most people incorrectly call me "Rama," when I'm really just his "arrow." This (appears) a straightforward issue to me. I agree with you, and I've given my suggestion on the talkpage. This Fire Burns Always   05:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * To add, I think you should have asked for other people's intervention much earlier. It is indeed unfortunate that you were involved in extensive revert-warring, which might result in a temporary block for you and your opponent. My advice is never think that your work is hijacked, because everything works by community. Please commit yourself not to revert war and hopefully admins who see this will not block you over WP:3RR. Satbir obviously must do the same. This Fire Burns Always   05:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * No your account won't be suspended, but you can be blocked from editing Wikipedia for a said duration of time - 24 hrs, 48hrs. Unrepentants can be blocked for weeks, months. Mostly since you've moved to resolve this issue with the community, admins might overlook this violation but I suggest you commit yourself not to revert war with Satbir or anybody else, and go through WP:3RR. This Fire Burns Always   06:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Just make a clear declaration to Shreshth and on the template talkpage (and with Satbir, I suggest) that you won't enter into another revert war. You should keep this rule in mind if faced with a conflict on any other page. Ideally move to ask for other people's help if the other editor doesn't come to the talkpage to resolve an issue. This Fire Burns Always   06:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes its good. Hopefully this issue will be resolved swiftly. This Fire Burns Always   06:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)