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Can you salt this template mate? It keeps getting recreted by sock of Yasir72.multan, it was his IP socks giving SMS so much grief you had to protect her talkpage. Maybe if he cannot create it again he will give up )Darkness Shines (talk) 08:51, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. --regentspark (comment) 11:13, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Cheers mate, with any luck he will get bored and go annoy another site. Darkness Shines (talk) 11:15, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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Can you make sense of these?
If we start with Dooars, specifically the bit that was added here and subsequent additions credited to a minor academic. This says " According Sailen Debnath the Dooars was the seat of the medieval Kamata kingdom.[sourced to Debnath] Kamatapur emerged as a sovereign state from the middle of the seventh century. I'm already confused. How did we start with the Kamata kingdom (which has no mention of the Dooars) and suddenly get to Kamatapur? Which I assume is Kamtapur (also see the material I deleted there).   Then look at Kamata Kingdom which is a mess - sort of 2 articles together. (I deleted some stuff at . And we have Khen dynasty and Kamarupa kingdom - no Debnath stuff in them but I mention them as related. It does seem as though some kingdoms had various names-  isn't an RS of course, but seems to confirm what I suspect from my research, bad as it's been. My head hurts. Dougweller (talk) 18:24, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Sailen is a professor somewhere in North Bengal and a quick search on Wikipedia  shows that he is much cited here. I wonder why. I'll take a look later but I'm close to giving up on India. Anything that is not a mainstream article is stuffed to the gills with pov material. Wikipedia needs to hire a few people full time just to clean up the mess. --regentspark (comment) 18:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm as lost as you are. Apparently, there was a Kamata Kingdom with Cooch Behar as its capital. Before that, there was the Kamarupa Kingdom but that was in Assam. The Kamata Kingdom was followed by the Koch Kingdom. I guess the first question to figure out is what the geographical boundaries of the doars are. They look to be a fairly small region east of Siliguri and west of Gauhati but the article has no map so that's not very clear. Then, the next question would be whether these kingdoms actually existed and whether they were centered in this region or elsewhere (Assam or Bhutan perhaps). Anyway, I've gotta go for now so this will wait (unless some kind talk page stalker saves us all the trouble by figuring things out!).--regentspark (comment) 19:11, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Debnath is an associate professor - head of a tiny department.. His article here was deleted for lack of notability. Thanks for your help so far. Please don't give up on Indian articles, we need people actually from India who have a head on their shoulders! Dougweller (talk) 19:43, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Forgot - his article was created by the editor reverting me at Dooars (who is also the IP). Interesting discussion on his talk page. If I remove his name from an article I'm guilty of copyright violation. Dougweller (talk) 19:46, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Just saw this on my WL, and felt like clicking through a couple of the links above. This author has been used to cite varying topics in various articles and that doesn't make sense at all on first look. Very rarely would we consider someone an expert on Culture of Europe, Yama (Hinduism), Shiva, India–United States relations, and Bengali renaissance among others. Is this just a case of him coming up first on google books searches that caused this or is there some other reason? Of course some of the statements sourced to him are attributed points of view, that would be ok if his h-index existed outside of WP but it doesn't appear to be the case here. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  22:56, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * He is a prolific writer and has written on a number of topics. But, I suspect, the citations are likely the work of one or a group of editors intent on promoting his work. I'm trying to read up on the history of assam and it looks to me as if the Kamata Kingdom is likely made up. According to this article, nothing much is known of pre-Mughal times Assam. The Koch Bihar Kingdom was the first major kingdom in the area and it was followed by the Kamrupa Kingdom and the Ahoms. Kamata is mentioned as a medieval town. This reference identifies Kamata-Koch Bihar as being a single kingdom whereas our Kamata Kingdom subsumes the Koches under itself which doesn't seem right. There are a couple of books on the History of Assam but that necessitates a trip to the library. Perhaps tomorrow. Still looking. --regentspark (comment) 23:09, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I'll need more coffee before I can even begin to understand the content issue Doug and RP are discussing, but to Spiff's question "Is this just a case of him coming up first on google books searches that caused this or is there some other reason?" See. The formatting style shows that the is the same user, and the references are not "magically" appearing on wikipedia. As for whether they are reliable... unlikely, but I don't want to make a rush judgment while experiencing caffeine deficit. Abecedare (talk) 23:12, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * (off topic question) So, you cleaned up parts of this mess in November 2009, took a break and allowed it to creep back in, and are now going to spend November 2013 cleaning it up again? &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  23:30, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow! I totally didn't recall that, and even now, while I took a look at his contribution list, I didn't even check his talk page till you pointed it out. :) Abecedare (talk) 23:38, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * This is what happens when people take breaks. Breaks shouldn't be allowed. Everyone who has any sense, knowledge of policies etc should be required to spend 25 hours a day, 8 days a week on Wikipedia. They should accept that their compensation - "free beer tomorrow" - will at some point in the next millennium become "free beer today" and that they will have been unfrozen in order to enjoy it. - Sitush (talk) 23:45, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Admins get free beer (and peanuts) in the admin lounge. What do you think Doug, Spiff and I do when we're not online! We also get to watch The Day of the Doctor at a special admin only prerelease a month before the punters (Wednesday night). Sure you don't want to join the club?--regentspark (comment) 01:04, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think I've ever seen more than a couple of minutes of any Doctor episode, so there is no particular attraction there! I've rather gone off beer also of late - doesn't mix well with my meds & I've got another big op coming up at some point. While demonstrating such increasingly miserable tendencies such as these probably makes me ideal admin material, my other significant tendency - to let fly at people - means I'll be blackballed from the club. No one likes me, I don't care! - Sitush (talk) 03:49, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Good luck with your op Sitush. Anyway, I've raised some of this at Talk:Kamtapur. It's interesting to look at and. I don't know if anyone has actually looked at 's talk page or contributions. Dougweller (talk) 18:03, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I guess the two histories to look at are the ones by Gait and by Sarkar (I'm no expert, but those are the only two "Histories of Assam" I can find in my library). It looks to me now that the Kamata and Koch kingdoms are one and the same thing but need to see a definitive history to be sure. I also assume that Parnashree is likely Debnath. I don't suppose a checkuser is much point though. Sitush, good luck with the op. I hope it's not as serious as it all sounds and do keep us posted. --regentspark (comment) 18:43, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * When created, by a fan of User:Abecedare's, it was solely about the proposed state. I've suggested at Talk:Kamtapur one solution is to roll back to an earlier version. Dougweller (talk contribs) 05:38, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Also see - the diff shows the difference between the version Parnashree created and my editing. He claims he isn't here to promote Debnath, but virtually everyone of his edits does just that. I particularly like "Sailen Debnath after a meticulous research" but I'd also like my edit reviewed in case I'm way off base. If I'm not, then this is more evidence we should be removing Debnath sourced material. And we have Alipurduar whose history is based on Debnath and whose college " Alipurduar College has the credit of copyright to a very important book of contemporary history entitled, Social and Political Tensions in North Bengal Since 1947 edited by Sailen Debnath. Apart from this, the college has published so far two books and two anthologies. The books are: 1. Philosophical and Political Thought of Subhas Chandra Bose, 1998, by Sailen Debnath; 2. A Compendium of Gandhism, 1998, by Sailen Debnath; and the anthologies are: 1. International Year of Physics: Approaches & Understanding,2006, with a preface by Sailen Debnath; and, 2. The Need and Prospects of Vocational Education in Undergraduate Colleges in West Bengal,2008, edited by Sailen Debnath." Of course, now we know that 2 of his books are more or less self-published. In fact I think more may be but I need to check that . Dougweller (talk) 07:55, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that says copyright, not published. Dougweller (talk) 08:05, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Sailen Debnath edited in 2010 and was silent till June 7, 2012 when he made one edit. Then, on June 16, Parnashree took over and we haven't heard from debnath since then. Quacks like a duck to me. --regentspark (comment) 12:47, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed - I hadn't noticed the dates. We really need to get rid of this as among other things it's not just made a mess of some articles, I'm not at all convinced that it isn't adding some pretty inaccurate stuff to articles, or adding speculation as fact. Dougweller (talk) 14:26, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

From Parnashree, I am appalled to see all these attributed to me. You please know it for certain Kamta or Kamata in fact is the same name of Goddess Kamaksha; and the kingdom that came into existence with the dissolution of Kamrup was named Kamta or Kamata Kingdom. The Koch kingdom came into existence after the destruction of Kamta Kingdom otherwise known Kamtapur. As you say Sailen Debnath is a 'minor academic', therefore, references to his books must be deleted; you are at liberty to do that; but along with that you must delete the portions inserted from his books into the Wikipedia talk pages edited by me. I don't want dispute with anybody or academic fight with anybody for Sailen Debnath or for any other writer. Whatever I did, I did for the updating of Wikipedia talk pages on historical topics of North-Eastern India. As I read his books, I found some new information on Kamta Kingdom and Dooars. It is nothing more. You need not worry to clean the mess edited by me; I myself shall do it as you have raised the dispute. I do promise here not to edit any new talk page of Wikipedia today onward.Enough is enough. I am really aggrieved for having emotionally associated myself with Wikipedia. I want the end of it. I have other academic works to do. But I ask you - what have other people in collaboration with you have done? The introductory portion of the Culture of Europe was edited by me; and therein I inserted a few lines from the book of Sailen Debnath (Book entitled, 'Secularism: Western and Indian' published by Atlantic Publisher, New Delhi). Here I find, in the name cleaning, references to Debnath's book has been removed while the portion from his book has been well kept in the talk page. Is it not a kind of plagiarism? If you can not find out the lines derived from Debnath's book, allow me to remove those lines in order to save such a rich page on the Culture of Europe free from plagiarism.--Parnashree (talk) 09:38, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * If the material in Culture of Europe was copied verbatim from Debnath's book, then it is a copyright violation and should be immediately removed. If the material is paraphrased from his book, then it is from an unreliable source and should be removed. So, yes, please remove it. Thanks. --regentspark (comment) 13:28, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon! Saturday November 2
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Bisen
I'd be grateful if you could keep an eye on Bisen. I am on three reverts (plus a reverted page move) and I doubt that the other party is going to go stop. - Sitush (talk) 17:48, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ... and indeed they have not stopped! - Sitush (talk) 17:58, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Jain-Hindu relations
The consensus at Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics seems to be against the deletion of the article without proper AFD. In any case can you give its content? Rahul Jain (talk) 18:32, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

The article did not duplicate any existing topic. Rahul Jain (talk) 18:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That article is essentially similar to the one deleted by RAHaworth . Not to mention that the material is the same, rephrased, as the various Jainism and Hinduism articles that you've created and that have been deleted. I have no comment on the material - perhaps we need a suitably titled article on the subject - but you can't go around trying to endgame the system by adding the same material under different titles. My suggestion is that you incubate the article in user space - I'll be happy to restore it there - and then get some consensus on whether it should be transferred to article space. You might want to consult with User:Fowler&fowler, User:Sitush, and others to get some input into the structure or suitable sources for the article. But, as a one person effort, this isn't going to fly. Sorry. --regentspark (comment) 18:39, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Please restore it to my user space for now. Rahul Jain (talk) 18:41, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Done User:The Rahul Jain/Jain-Hindu relations
 * Thanks. The previous articles was speedily deleted for reasons which I don't think apply to this one. Criteria A10 says that it is "Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic". But the article does not duplicate any other topic as far as I understand. Rahul Jain (talk) 19:05, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * See RAHaworth's comment when he/she deleted the article. The point is that merely retitling it with the word relations, but keeping the same essence is not going to cut it. I suggest working on it in user space, getting input from Sitush and/or fowler, and then moving it to article space. That way, it'll stay there. If I'm correctly understanding what you're trying to do with all these articles is to show the commonalities and differences between early Jainism and early Hinduism. If yes, then the way to do that is to find one source (a peer reviewed article or a book) that focuses on this topic, use that to build a skeleton article (taking care not to plagiarize or copyvio), and then add other references to flesh out the article. If you can do that, the article will stay and we'll put an end to this cycle where you create something and it ends up deleted. --regentspark (comment) 19:14, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Deletion review for Jain-Hindu relations
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jain-Hindu relations. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Rahul Jain (talk) 08:58, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Commented there. Thanks. --regentspark (comment) 12:43, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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Disappearance of SCB
I have moved Disappearance of Subhas Chandra Bose to Death of Subhas Chandra Bose on the grounds that the title presupposed that Bose disappeared. This is in keeping with the precedence set by Assassination of John F. Kennedy (as a repository of various facts, explanations, conspiracy theories, etc).

Earlier, Death of SCB was being redirected to Disappearance of SCB. Also, given that he'd be 116, the oldest living human on earth, and unheard or unseen since August 18, 1945, the likelihood of his being alive is between zero and nil. So, Death of SCB is not a biased title. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  14:33, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. --regentspark (comment) 14:46, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Man
Man does not seem to be available on JSTOR. I'm after Fürer-Haimendorf, C. von. 'Obituary: John Henry Hutton 1885-1968' Man 1968 66-7 Do you have access to it? If not then no worries - I'll ask at WP:RX. - Sitush (talk) 13:37, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Forget that, sorry. It is there but under another title. - Sitush (talk) 13:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Disruption
I'd be grateful if you could keep an eye on User:Passionformusic. - Sitush (talk) 14:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Watching. --regentspark (comment) 15:28, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Query
Could you please tell me who are the other widely known and esteemed academic scholars apart from Jafferlot or Is it the only one on which we are obliged to believe?Thanx ---zeeyanwiki discutez 08:20, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * One is enough. Add the various news sources and we have enough to qualify the claims about Modi and economic development. --regentspark (comment) 13:40, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi,Actually it's not about modi.I just want to know about others cholars for the sake of refrain myself from redundant discussions in future. ---zeeyanwiki discutez 18:48, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That seems like a laudable objective. Here's what I suggest. Go to the websites of the top 100 universities in the world. Look for historians with an interest in India - South Asian studies departments are a good place to start but you might need to look elsewhere as well since they hide out in many places - and build a list. That way you'll have a good starting point. --regentspark (comment) 19:14, 8 November 2013 (UTC)Fair enough,Thanx a lot. ---zeeyanwiki discutez 20:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Also check out Indology and these categories:
 * Category:Indologists
 * Category:Historians of South Asia
 * Category:Historians of India
 * Category:Indian historians
 * Keep in mind that these list are necessarily incomplete; and some of the persons included in these categories are well-known quacks. A few good way to assess whether a social-sciences scholar is reputable is to check their academic qualifications and current/past position; see if they have written any book published by university/academic press; and search for their publications using Jstor. Abecedare (talk) 20:57, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

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RFC removal
I would request that you please cite the specific guideline you were referring to when you made this edit, otherwise I can only assume that you were editing in a disruptive and counterproductive fashion. Semitransgenic talk. 16:57, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:FORUMSHOP. Also, you might want to ask yourself how sensible it is to ask for an RM review when an RM is ongoing. --regentspark (comment) 18:38, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * there are two very separate matters addressed: 1) renaming an article; 2) the application of WP:HONORIFIC. Individuals are free to engage with either topic, I requested an RFC on the matter of WP:HONORIFIC, you are attempting to deny that right. I see nothing that states explicitly that editors cannot simultaneously request an article move and an RFC.   Semitransgenic  talk. 18:46, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * If you can't see that your RM and the RfC are the same thing, then I can't help you. I'm not going to revert it again but forum shopping is never a good long term strategy on Wikipedia. Waste of time for everyone and that's bad. --regentspark (comment) 18:50, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you view an attempt to engage the opinions of other editors as "bad" or a "waste of time." I cannot dictate responses, and there may be a majority of editors who will disagree, I'm fine with that, it's a perfectly valid outcome, what I find problematic is the lack of considered debate when it appears warranted. Semitransgenic  talk. 19:10, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The waste of time is when we're forced to indulge in the same "considered debate" in multiple places. But, like I said, I'm not reverting you. --regentspark (comment) 19:12, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * well, it was all in the same place before you deleted it! You also have not addressed the question of the possible misapplication of WP:HONORIFIC ("Where an honorific is so commonly attached to a name that the name is rarely found in English reliable sources without it, it should be included.") or that if we were to actually apply such a guideline, in the context of "religious" figures, WP:NCCL would be more accurate. Semitransgenic  talk. 19:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You don't have to explain anything to me. I thought you were forum shopping, possibly in good faith, so I removed the RfC. You don't accept that and have reinstated it. Any discussion about what policy is applicable where should go in the discussion or, in this case, in both discussions. --regentspark (comment) 19:27, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for your explanation, odds are both the RfC and RM will amount to nothing anyway. Semitransgenic  talk. 19:42, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Help needed re : Sang river
Hi, Regents Park. I am writing to you as it is within your Admin power to solve my problem easily. I recently created article Sang river. Later, when I noticed that I had mentioned small r in river so I wanted to move page to Sang River.

But there already exists a page by Sang River but it speaks of another river named Sai River and I find that the title of article therefore is incorrect, which should be actually Sai River. So I tried moving Sang River to Sai River but there already exists a Disambiguation page by that name. Can you please, therefore change name of article to Sai River and delete the redirects - so that I can move my article to proper name. I hope you get what I am trying to convey - it is so confusing to explain. Regards. Jethwarp (talk) 08:33, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Further, there is also an atricle named Sai River (Gujarat), which speaks of some other river called Auranga River or this river I dont know?? Also I will have to look who has created such wrong named articles. Jethwarp (talk) 08:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Note - the current article Sai River (Gujarat) and Sang River both are created by User:Yasht101 and both are based on single source - going by that source Sai River (Gujarat) is correct but Sang River is hoax. Please therefore, I request you to please delete Sang River so my created Sang river can be moved to it.Jethwarp (talk) 09:43, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Deleted and moved. Could you check whether the data in Sai River (Gujarat) is about the Sai River? --regentspark (comment) 13:07, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot!! And yeah, I checked it - the data in Sai River (Gujarat) is about Sai River only. So that article is fine. Good night. Jethwarp (talk) 17:50, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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Assuming
I am not about to get indeffed, any chance at all you could see if you have access to this please? Darkness Shines (talk) 22:57, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In your mailbox. --regentspark (comment) 23:15, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Cheers mate, I need to post you a crate of beer. Darkness Shines (talk) 00:18, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm fairly close to RP, so you could always post it to me and I'll pass it on. Maybe. And with the definition of "close" being within 12,000 miles ;) Then again, I have a vague memory that RP is a Mother's Ruin fan. As far as the indef thing goes, I've not really tried to work my way through the fracas but it irked me that any outcome should be based on so strict an interpretation of common sense that it amounts to lawyering. That would be unfair. - Sitush (talk) 00:54, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * No, no. I don't wake up in the morning and start working on avoiding malaria like a relic of the Raj - much prefer that close relative of haggis! DS, I'm surprised you should know better than reporting stuff on Arb enforcement, ANI or any of the other drama boards. When has that ever worked for you? --regentspark (comment) 01:54, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, my memory fades. Probably due to an excess of The Balvenie (40 y.o., when someone is kind enough ...) My prior mention of "irked" reminds me of a saying by A. E. Housman: "Three minutes' thought would have told him he was wrong, but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time". Not that I'm passing judgment because, like I said, I've not really tried to trawl through all of the reverts etc. - Sitush (talk) 02:03, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * To be honest mate I filed because I knew if something was not done then TG would have continued as he usually does. He is the one who wrote in the info box the mission was a success, it obviously was not, what with India bombing the crap out of Pakistani targets the very next day. And of course I felt sure it was a BLPPRIMARY issue as well as a BLP one what with the use of the blog. Darkness Shines (talk) 08:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Next time bring it up on noticeboards or an RfC. For example, you could have asked, neutrally, on WT:IN for fresh eyes on the article. We don't want to lose you and we definitely don't want to lose both you as well as TopGun! --regentspark (comment) 12:45, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Proto Shiva
Pashupati seal Does not shows seated ithyphallic. It shows animals surrounding a human. All of 24 tirthankararas are associated with 1 animal.For Example Lord Mahavir is associated with Lion, Pasarvnath with snake, Rishab with Bull, Shantinath with Deer. The striking feature is that, there is deer below the seat of human (Exactly this is the way jains put one animal as a symbol below the seat of their Tirthankaras). All tirthankars are shown sitting in lotus position/Yogic Mudra on a seat/throne. All tirthankars are nude but not ithyphallic like shiva. I saw similarities and some mistakes. Therefore i shared my knowledge. I think it is good to have others opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.204.213.43 (talk) 00:00, 17 November 2013 (UTC) Jainism teaches tolerance to other religions but it also teaches to stand for truth. Hinduism and Jainism both originated from Indus civilization and both are as old as history can go. So, how can one say that there cannot be (or must not be) any Jain idol or picture in Indus valley? how can one say that there cannot be roots of Jainism in Indian history/Indus valley? Yes, Pashupati is one of the names of shiva. Hinduism is very popular in India. Can any one tell me if, Hindus place a small icon of animal under the seat/throne of Shiva exactly like this in picture?

As far as the name " pashupati seal is concerned, it was given by a british archaeologist. Probably because Hinduism was very popular and Shiva rides on bull. Also because pashupati is one of the names of shiva. But, this is a modern nomenclature, there is no such name as 'pashupati seal' in brahmi language. It is not the name written on the picture. Therefore i am sharing my knowledge of history. dissemination of knowledge is not a crime...why my posts are deleted with bias? Yes I have been to Kathmandu Pashupati Nath temple and i have seen the idol of shiva. It is different !Dr Prashanna Jain Gotani (talk) 00:41, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

I think Lord Shiva is also called as "Adinath Shiva" and he is associated with "OX/Bull". Many historians have quoted that "pashupati Seal" or " Proto Shiva" is sitting on "buffalo". However, "buffalo" is associated with 'god of Death' or 'Yama' not Shiva.Hence there is mistake while looking at the seal/picture.[5]. In every picture of shiva there is snake in throat,crescent moon, matted hair, sacred ganges, mount kailash, trishul and damru missing in this picture.[6] I have decided to add some references on demand:

1) Picture of Tirthankara Shantinath in lotus/Yogi position on a seat with Deer engraving on his seat: [7], [8], http://www.ejainism.com/shantinathmaindes.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantinath,

2) Picture/Idols of 24 Jain Tirthankara in lotus/Yogi position on a seat with specific animal engraving below their seat: [9], http://www.idjo.org/site/24_Jain_Tirthankars.aspx

3) Short biography and Picture of Tirthankara Shantinath with animals surrounding him. [10], http://www.jainoutlook.com/shantinathprabhu.php

4) Short biography of Tirthankara "Adinath Rishaba" (aka 'Ri-Shiba'). [11], [12], http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=74977, http://www.ejainism.com/rishabhamainevents.html,

5) Picture of Tirthankara Rishab dev with animals : [13] Dr Prashanna Jain Gotani (talk) 13:48, 17 November 2013 (UTC)Dr Prashanna Jain Gotani (talk) 13:55, 17 November 2013 (UTC) Dr Prashanna Jain Gotani (talk) 13:57, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Dude!
You're in the running? Good for you--well, good for them. I mean us. Good luck to you, RegentsPark. Drmies (talk) 05:17, 17 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey that is great news... because I assume you have perfected cloning technology to ensure that your work in the trenches remains unaffected while the facsimile rakes in all the abuse at arbcom. Perhaps you can share the tech. with Drmies, so that you have company/co-target there. Abecedare (talk) 05:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Lol. Yes, I hope that you and Drmies are both cloned. And good for us. Dougweller (talk) 11:06, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Though, looking at the sheer number of questions - some of which seem to be asking for a dissertation - I'm not sure I'm completely sane :) --regentspark (comment) 12:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Just say "per Floq." Drmies (talk) 14:56, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea. Or, better still, both floq and I should just respond to everything with a "WWDD" (figure that one out!).--regentspark (comment) 15:37, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm stumped. My suggestion would be WWNYBD, and that's easy enough. Drmies (talk) 04:41, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Nah. That would never work. Way too sensible for Wikipedia :) 13:55, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

History
Thanks for answering my questions for arb. I would like to keep them rather general over there. I said I would like to go for facts not opinions for a reason as you guessed ;) - The prejudice that Pigsonthewing (his name is Andy) and infobox editing are an explosive mixture is quite common and - I believe - not justified. Kindly look at the history of the Planyavsky case and find out if there was anything contentious, and if, where, - I would learn. Did you know that Andy wrote this article and hook when he faced to be banned a third time? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

ps (after reading above): I promised 3 questions and now it will be at least 5, sorry ;) - just keep answers simple, and yes, I accept "per XYZ". Compare the answer by Richwales to my #1, for example, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I responded there, wishy-washy-ily. I haven't looked at anyone else's responses and probably won't till the time to vote comes up. Which is when I'll kick myself and say "why didn't I think of that!"  --regentspark (comment) 14:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * (ec) I asked my last, liking what you said. I also like that you don't look at other responses! But looking at the facts of the Planyavsky case is a completely different topic. Simple questions seem to have been ignored - and I urge you to do better if elected. Looking at that case: Who installed the infobox? Was it contentious at all? Was it a normal edit, a bold one or "disruptive"? (If bold, why? If disruptive, disrupting what?) I need to learn, seriously, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

 * Thanks. Neutrality tastes good! --regentspark (comment) 21:31, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Help
Ćöūłđ ÿóǜ pļęẩṩệ ṱẳḱễ ầ ḹṍốḵ ẚẗ ṭḫịṩ? Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  14:39, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I guess DD is, in his usual inimitable style :), handling it. --regentspark (comment) 21:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Btw, I'm almost finished with Death of Subhas Chandra Bose. I'm next going to work on a new article Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany.  Could you let the Special Bureau on India article remain undeleted for a few weeks more?  Thanks.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  16:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure. I'll get rid of the prod so that no one else deletes it. --regentspark (comment) 16:07, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Small mistake
I think its a little mistake here... it should be Jainism and Hinduism instead of User:Jainism_and_Hinduism. Rahul (talk) 17:12, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Very careless of me :) Fixed.--regentspark (comment) 17:23, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for quality contributions to articles on India and Pakistan, such as Jinnah, for after thinking some more, for mediation and for offering to serve arbitration, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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for running. You made the candidate pool better with your presence. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:57, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Definitely! - Sitush (talk) 06:14, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Article merge?
What is your opinion of AAP Manifesto (2013 Delhi Assembly) as a standalone article? - Sitush (talk) 06:13, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Definitely merge into AAP. I don't think we have articles on party manifestos! --regentspark (comment) 11:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Andf this one, which looks like it might be a case of WP:NOTINHERITED? - Sitush (talk) 06:48, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Restored the redirect there. It was previously AfD deleted. --regentspark (comment) 11:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Share your opinion?
For these articles:- Bladesmulti (talk) 11:07, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Narayan Sai (2nd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Ramendra Nath
 * Articles_for_deletion/Territorial disputes of India and Nepal
 * Commented on Ramendra Nath. Not sure about the others. --regentspark (comment) 14:57, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Your edits at Ashok Sundari
Hello RegentsPark recently you removed a source at the above mentioned article which was this. This source is also used at other places in the article. This source seems unreliabe to me. This source mentions that "Ashoka Sundari was destined to marry Nahusha, grandson of Yayati of the lunar dynasty. There is reference to a demon who tries to abduct her but she escapes and curses the demon that he will be killed by her husband. Ashoka Sundari and Nahusha marry in the hermitage of Sage Vashisht.". However in actual Nahusha was father of Yayti and Nahusha actually married Viraja daughter of Pitrs. It is providing wrong information which is itself a sign of unreliability. I want to ask your advice whether this source is reliable at all. If it is unreliable shall I remove it from the article? MythoEditor (talk) 07:11, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree that Patnaik is not a reliable source and support removing it entirely from the article. Ideally the article itself should be merged with Shiva (or into a list of Hindu gods and goddesses if there is some such thing).. --regentspark (comment) 13:52, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I didn't understand what you meant by Patnaik is not reliable source. Which source were you referring to? MythoEditor (talk) 18:02, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The midday source and the speaking tree source. Both are by Devdutt pattnaik. (See my comment on the article talk page.) --regentspark (comment) 18:04, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Delete Ashokasundari
This entire article does not have any source. Also it seems this article was created on basis of personal opinion. I think this article should be deleted. I'll wait for some time to check whether any reliable sources can turn up about it. But still I'll like to ask how should we proceed. Should it be submitted for quick deletion or should it be submitted to WP:AfD? MythoEditor (talk) 06:19, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Also I am certain somebody will again try to create this article again without taking into consideration about reliable sources. I think it should be locked permanently unless and until a reliable source can be found. MythoEditor (talk) 06:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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Deleted sources from the aritcle Ashokasundari that had actually nothing to do with the article
User:Redtigerxyz had added a few sources to the above mentioned article:


 * http://books.google.com/books?id=N7LOZfwCDpEC&pg=PA345
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=uGbXAAAAMAAJ|year=1992
 * Also he cited a book called Puranic encyclopaedia : a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature by Vettam Mani. I couldn't read this book on Google books however I did find a full text about it here.

The thing is that they all tell about Nahusha/Nahusa and Yayati however none of them actually said anything at all about Ashoksundari. In fact the Puranic Encylopedia by Vettam Mani I've mentioned says that Viraja married Nahusha. It is clear that none of these sources have anything to do with Ashoksundari. As a result I have removed those sources from article. Also needless to say these sources themselves prove that the information in the article of Ashoksundari is wrong. MythoEditor (talk) 06:11, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I'm surprised. Redtigerxyz is usually a careful sort of editor. I'll ping for comment but it does look like the article needs to be deleted unless some sources can be found. --regentspark (comment) 11:35, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I do agree on waiting for some time for any reliable sources to turn up. I want to ask you whether this article does match the criteria for quick deletion and should I submit it for that or should I submit it to WP:AfD? MythoEditor (talk) 13:20, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Since notability is asserted, you can't speedy delete it. It'll have to go to AfD. I'd wait for Redtigerxyz to comment first just in case there are other sources though, frankly, it doesn't seem to warrant more than a line in the article on Shiva. --regentspark (comment) 15:34, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Which notability? I didn't understand. MythoEditor (talk) 17:21, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * She is described as a "regional Hindu goddess". According to CSD A7, you can't speedy delete an article if it makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines (see WP:A7). --regentspark (comment) 18:11, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually the sources did contain her story. I couldn't find her because of different spellings. MythoEditor (talk) 10:06, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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Sockpuppet investigations/Allthekidsinthestreet/Archive - same editor. Dougweller (talk) 07:16, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Raised Sockpuppet investigations/Allthekidsinthestreet. Dougweller (talk) 07:40, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Figured they were a sock. Thanks for following up. --regentspark (comment) 13:52, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * CU confirmed, blocked. Dougweller (talk) 17:31, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! Happy Holidays to you too. Hope you get some snow up there. --regentspark (comment) 18:47, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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