Talk:Nepal/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Talk:Nepal/Temp was the working page for the article. You can refer to this page for the relevant edit history. olivier 06:16, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Untitled

3/8/05 -- Question about accuracy in the history section: article reads "Ranas ruled as hereditary prime ministers until 1948 when the British colony of India achieved independence." The issue is that India obtained independence in 1947. So is the error here simply a mistake in the year, or did the Ranas actually rule til 1948, which is actually shortly after Indian independence?

Somebody check the localised country name, changed by an IP user? Matthewmayer 22:55, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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Information needs to be added on Maoism in Nepal. --Hemanshu 02:34, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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I'd like to know how Nepal is named officially. Is it "Nepal Adhirajya" or "Sri Nepala Sarkar"? Kahusi 16:20, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The former. The translation, literally, is "Kingdom of Nepal" which is what all the American sources I have cited (almanacs, etc.) say. TheCustomOfLife 00:53, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ethnics of Nepal?

Anonymous user 165.21.154.10 and Chan Han Xiang have added links to "Ethnics of Nepal". This a questionable use of the word "Ethnic". There are "Ethnic Groups", "Ethnolinguistic Groups", "Ethnic Communities" and "Ethnicity" but I don't believe it is correct terminology to refer to the cultural groups of Nepal as "Ethnics".

In any case, this subject is covered in more detail on the page "Demographics of Nepal" than on the page "Ethnics of Nepal".

I would like to delete links from the "Nepal" page to "Ethnics of Nepal" and redirect the "Ethnics of Nepal" page to "Demographics of Nepal". I hope this will not offend Anonymous user 165.21.154.10 or Chan Han Xiang.

Any comments?

It's extremely offensive, both to academic and personal sensibilities. Delete.--LordSuryaofShropshire 00:06, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

It is indeed very offensive and inappropriate. Shorne 11:59, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• • Thanks for your kind response. I will get to it! Alberuni 15:04, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Flag

Can someone improve the image of the flag? The current image suggests that the Nepalese flag is a rectangle half of which is black, which is not so. Shorne 11:59, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Misspell

The loop over the word 'Ra' has to face the letter 'Dha'.

Year required

In the History section, will someone please add the year for:

'Tribhuvan's son, King Mahendra, dissolved the democratic experiment and declared that a "partyless" panchayat system would govern Nepal.'

Tony 03:59, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Desperately needs photos!

It wouldn't be hard to find four or five excellent photos, but Wikipedia has an elaborate process for gaining permission, etc.

Anyone prepared to hunt down some good ones?

Can we delink ALL years, please, since, as far as I can tell, the links have nothing to do with Nepal, and just make the text a little harder to read (there are enough splashes of blue without them).

Tony 04:32, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Further comments

With respect to the recent addition of:

Christ Groups, which are House churches, and the National Churches Fellowship are among the largest Christian churches in Nepal.

I'm unsure why christianity, as a very small proportion of the population, requires more detailed treatment than several other more popular religions that are just listed.

On another matter, is Nepal really the only hindu kingdom? What about Bhutan?

Tony 01:55, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Bhutan has a fairly large Hindu population, but the Buddhists form the majority of the population. --{{IncMan|talk}} 09:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

That is because the person Sarcelles is trying to push his point of view that Christianity is threatened in Nepal. Good job though removing his comments and keeping the article in a neutral point of view.

If christianity exceeds half a million, then should be written something.

Sarcelles 09:02, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

But have a look at the percentage. Just 0.5% of the population is Christian. --{{IncMan|talk}} 09:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

recent changes

Nicholas—I've tinkered with the positioning of the royalty in the 1920s photo. Not sure whether it's better, but I though there were too many photos down the left side before.

I think we urgently need some pics of (1) historic buildings in Kathmandu, and (2) the landscape. There are currently no outdoor pics at all. Any ideas? Tony 02:48, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

I've just sent the following email to a trekker who has lots of outdoor pics of Nepal on his website:

http://www.vic.com/nepal

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Hi Scott

Great pics of Nepal on your site. I'm currently part of a voluntary team that is rewriting the Wikipedia article on Nepal. Wikipedia is entirely non-commercial, and is funded by donations. We hope to nominate it for Featured Article status soon, but this will require the inclusion of several images of Nepal's streetscapes and landscape. The article is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal

I wonder whether you're interested in releasing just a few of your images into the public domain for this purpose. On the info page for each image you'd be fully acknowledged, and there would be a link to your website address.

It would be valuable promotion in return for your generosity; the site will receive millions of hits over the next few years. Please let me know if you're interested.

Tony

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Tony 03:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Status of Civil War

It's been a while since the Government of Nepal and the Maoists signed permanent ceasefire. But the article still says the "ongoing Nepalese Civil War". Also, the page Nepalese Civil War uses past tense now. Shouldn't this be reflected in the main article about Nepal? Asubedi 16:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Review

hi i am saroj khanl from nepal i have sent a long email to nichalp regarding some missing information.hope that will be considered.some pictures of natural landscape and ethnic populations is missing gravely.

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I have pointed out some errors,please go through them for a revision: 1.the GDP and per capita income are extremely high ;per capita is hardly $300 2.the history of nepal is almost a lacklustre block:

      the ancient history of gopalas,mahispalas are missing.
      lichhavy dynasty is ill presented-the golden era of nepali history.
      unification of nepal was a perilious task yet was presented simply.
      the anglo nepal war and sugauli treaty are lacking some vital

information (I had made 2 pages about these topics and is available in wikipedia).not even PM bhimsen thapa is mentioned.

       nepalese Ranas helped british whole heartedly also in the 2nd

world war.

3.economy:

      agriculture makes 60% of GDP,contrinbution of services is not 40%
      remittances yield more than $1 billion (estimate).

4.culture:

       several things lack seriously for example the religious harmony

among the people,specially between hindus and buuddhists as much as they share common temples and worship common dieties.

       culture is diverse as is ethnic tribes,the northern cultures

influenced by tibetan and the southern by indian .

        nepali marriage is of arranged pattern, polygamy is banned by law

and polyandry is prevalent in some tribes (eg Dolpo).divorce rate is extremely low.

        special rituals of nwaran,pasni and bratabandha to neonate,5

month infant and preadolescent boys is performed,gupha for prepubertal girls.

        bel bibaha is a marriage ceremony between a prepubertal girl and

a tree(bel) to earn sacredness.

5.holidays:

      dashain 15 days (mid autumn) and tihar 5 days (late autumn)
       there is no independence day but Martyr's day in feb 18.
      teej (lady's ) festval is an attractive holiday in late summer.

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Thanks for the review Saroj. We'll try and cover all what you've said. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:00, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Nicholas: five climatic zones are missing what lies between 2,400 and 3,600 m. Just something to check in the final run through. Tony 07:54, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:54, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Someone please put in a picture of the royal palace.......Narayanhiti Palace

Its a very important part of Nepal..........as obvious!

tibetans in nepal

i've heard a lot about tibetan refugees in nepal. this has led me to want to learn more about china's occupation of tibet.

There are Bhutani refugees (more than 100,000) living in Nepal for more than last 15 years. This is much more serious issue for Nepal than the Tibetan refugees. Very few westerns are aware of this issue. For more information, please have a look at this: http://www.chhahari.com/bhutan/menu.html

aside from that, of all the countries in asia, nepal is one of the one's i know the least about. i know even less about the maldives, though. Gringo300 11:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Is it still a constitutional monarchy? Didn't the king overthrow the consitutional monarchy in order to implement absolute monarchy in his coup?

Answer: I believe they are currently in the process of re-writing the constitution. Nepal is still a constitutional monarhy.

Kot Massacre

"In 1846, a discovered p overthrow Jang Bahadur, a fast-rising military leader, by the reigning queen, led to the Kot Massacre."

• The Kot Massacre page does not mention that the plot was against Bahadur. On the whole, this sentence is confusing, but I do not know the history well enough to fix it. Pgan002 04:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

"Armed clashes between military personnel and administrators loyal to the queen led to the execution of several hundred princes and chieftains around the country. Bahadur emerged victorious and founded the Rana lineage."

• The massacre killings were not executions. As I understand, these sentences are misleading and need to be reordered. Many nobles were killed during the massacre at the court; the Ranas won; then they began executing loyalists and nobles around the country. Pgan002

>>I always thought the plot that resulted in the Kot Massacre was that the Queen at the time did not want her husband King Rajendra's first wife's oldest son Surendra to be the King but instead wanted her own son on the throne. Jang Bahadur was part of the faction that wanted the rightful son to be the King which resulted in the Massacre where a lot of the military and palace personnel who supported the Queen were executed.<< This is what i remember from studying Nepalese History 10 years ago though, so am not entirely sure.

Panchayat system

"After years of power wrangling between the king and the government, the democratic experiment was dissolved in 1959, that a "partyless" panchayat system was made to govern Nepal until 1989, when the "Jan Andolan" (People's) Movement forced the monarchy to accept constitutional reforms and to establish a multiparty parliament in May 1991."

• The meaning of the sentence is lots due to poor grammar. It is also too long. Pgan002 04:38, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• Also, the panchayat system may be viewed as a democratic system, given the Panchayat page and the Democracy page. Pgan002
• Who was responsible for the setting up of the panchayat system, or how did it happen? Pgan002

Who wrote this rubbish?

1)There were democratic ELECTIONS in 1959!

2) Parliament was DISSOLVED THROUGH A COUP D'ETAT BY KING MAHENDRA on the 15th of december 1960!

3)The Panchayat system lasted from 1962 to the spring of 1990!

4) The Jana Andolan (1990) was from february to april 1990!

All this information is easily available, so WHY ERR ON SUCH BASIC THINGS AS DATES?

Togrim, user of the Norwegian wikipedia, 2006-06-05

Maoist insurgency

"The unilateral ceasefire ended on January 2006 and despite continued human rights violations throughout the one sided ceasefire, the Maoists have continued their killings, rape and torture of ordinary Nepali citizens. The sacked goverment was not elected and no government had been elected by the people since 2002."

• The first sentence does not make sense: it counterposes the ceasefire human rights violations with the Maoists' human rights violations. Pgan002 04:38, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• The first sentence is also ambiguous.
  • Does "one-sided" imply that the government did not stop fighting? If so, it needs to be made more explicit. If not, it is superfluous. Pgan002
  • Who committed the human rights violations during the ceasefire? Pgan002 04:38, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• These two sentences do not connect; the second probably belongs in the preceding paragraph, but I do not know the history enough. Pgan002

• this is Shashank Shrestha, a citizenof nepal adding some of his views on the topic
• cerifications regarding the topic of the 3-month ceasefire.
  • First of all, the ceasefire came directly after an agreement of the maoist rebels with the seven politcal parties of Nepal, in response to the ceasefire, the government opted rather to taunt the maoists (as the minister Tulasi Giri said "We have broken the backs of the Maoists"). **Secondly, human-rights violation during this period was reduced to some level, the most grivieous voilation being the masacre of more than 22 bystanders by a drunk military officer during a festival
  • In addition, the article seems to be highly objective and quiet vitriolic towards both the government and the maoists, which gives the article a more judgemental motif.

• in addition, the government was planning to organise elections on the municipal areas of the country however, this has met with an outright denouncement of the seven chief political parties of Nepal. In addition, out of roughly 4500 possible candidates, there has only been a participation of around 2000 potentail candidates with many withdrawing their candidancy resulting in a clear win for most candidate as they are the ONLY candidate from their municipality.

Please document this:

despite continued human rights violations throughout the one sided ceasefire, the Maoists have continued their killings, rape and torture of ordinary Nepali citizens.

Amnesty in the main lays human rights violations on the govt forces. I do not know about any widespread claims of RAPE against the maoists at all?

Togrim, user of the norwegian wikipedia 2006-06-05

Poor choice of words

The following seem more inflammatory than documentary:

In 2005, after King Gyanendra took over and destroyed the country putting in a disasterous situation, Nepalese relations with India, the US, and the UK have worsened. These three foreign countries have been vociferous opponents to the crackdown on civil liberties in Nepal.

The US is most positively not a 'vociferous opponent to the crackdown on civil liberties in Nepal' (we are busy cracking down on our own civil liberties) it is almost never even reported, and when it is it is usually in favor of the King. It is not even questionable that the King is at fault for the poor situation is Nepal, but 'destroyed the country'? I would request someone that knows this article better than I to update at least those sentances. 12.20.127.229 19:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I would like to point out that This article is unfair to the King as well.

How about adding something about Tourism in Nepal?

Well, they say that the new Nepal has to have its foundations built on the eddifices of smokeless industries like tourism. It would have been a nice touch to the main article if tourism as a sub article can be taken. 202.79.62.12 07:34, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Trafficking in persons/advocacy

Of course I agree that trafficking in persons is a terrible thing. But a long piece about it was added to the top (almost) of this article in this edit, and I don't think it belongs there. I removed it entirely. It might be reasonable to shorten it and put it later in the article, or to spin it off into its own article. In either case, it needs to be written in a more encyclopedic (neutral, non-emotional, non-advocacy) style. FreplySpang (talk) 02:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Regardless of the quality of this edit, the person who did it has a long history of vandalism. THB 22:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Ram Bomjan

I created the Ram Bomjan, the Buddha boy article. Could someone take a look and possibly expand? - Ganeshk (talk) 23:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Foreign Relations cutting

• I took out this mass of unformatted text below from the Foreign Relations section (which is supposed to be a summary not a detailed entry). Some of this text seems useful and may belong in the main Foreign Relations of Nepal article. But this text appears to be a cut-and-paste job from an external source, and so would need rewriting and cutting down. Also, there is a noticeable pro-China bias in the text (is this from a People's Republic of China news publication or magazine?). I'll take another look at this text later to see what can be salvaged for the main foreign relations article. Bwithh 18:25, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Text cutting: "Whereas Nepal's Budha-inspired spiritual, trade and cultural ties with Tibet-China goes back to more than two thousand years, its trade, military and political engagements with states of Magadh, Patali Putra, with East India Company or the British Empire in South Asia and the Republic of India or Hindustan after 1947 bear an eloquent testimony of ancient glory. In accordance with the Indian interpretation of a treaty signed in 1950 between Nepal and post-1947 Hindustan, Indian and Nepalese citizens can travel to each others' countries without a passport or visa (The current situation is that the people travelling across the border need some form of identification). Nepalese citizens may work in India without legal restriction. Although Nepal and India typically have close ties, from time to time Nepal becomes caught up in the problematic Sino-Indian relationship. India considers Nepal as part of its realm of influence, and views Chinese aid with concern. Some Indians consider Nepal to be part of a greater pan-Indian state, an attitude that has caused Nepalese antagonism towards India. In 2005, after King Gyanendra took over, Nepalese relations with India, the US, and the UK have worsened. These three foreign countries have been vociferous opponents to the crackdown on civil liberties in Nepal. China mainly seeks cooperation with Nepal on the issues of Tibet, Taiwan and peace and stability on its western frontiers. Nepal takes pride in the historic people-to-people cultural, spiritual and high land trade relations with Tibet,China. In seventh century, a Nepali princess was married to a Tibetan king. This Nepali princess carried with her image of Buddha and several Buddhist scriptures. In seventeenth century and before plundering of Nepal at the hand of British Empire that started from 1815, the Nepali people, after Nepal, had largest trading and cultural population in Tibet. People-to-people relations between Nepal and China has again started to build up by the turn of the 21st century. People's organizations like the pioneer one China Study Center,Nepal, Arnoko Society, Nepal-China Executive Council, World Cultural Net, Nepal Council of World Affairs, Nepal-China Society, Nepal-China Friendship Association and Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry have been engaged with the promotion of ties at the multiple people-to-people levels-from policy down to specific trade commodity interactions (for reference Fifty Fruitful Years, Comercial Express of Embassies and Overseas Agencies,China@embassy.org.cn,2005,ISSN1605-7686, Nepal-China Relations Towards New Integration (a bilingual publication in English and Chinese languages), Upendra Gautam Ed., China Study Center,China Association for International Friendly Contact, China, 2005, and Changing Face of Tibet (In Nepali language), Chin Adhyayan Kendra, Nepal, 2006, ISBN99933-846-4-x."

Protests

I have two questions about the parts of the Politics section covering the current protests:

1. What is a "dharna"?
2. Who are "the Maoists"? In my recent revision, I assumed they were not one of the seven political parties that I've been hearing about on the news. There should be some background information on this earlier in the Politics section.

-- Beland 21:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

In responce to your questions,

1. A dharna is a protest in which people refuse to eat ( A hunger strike).
2. The Maoists are a rebel group in Nepal who are trying to overthrow the king and establish a communist government. I hope these answers helpled you out! Socom49 00:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

In fact the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has for at least 3 years had the official goal of creating a COALITION govt. And even before that, it has NEVER been their aim to form a "communist government". Togrim, user of the norwegian wikipedia 2006-06-17

Would it be accurate to say that Nepalis in general now think that the King is a fink? 204.52.215.107 17:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

No it would not be accurate. That's a generalization that doesn't belong in wikipedia. lex lapax 20:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

A 'dharna' is NOT a hunger strike. It is a type of protest in which protestors perform gathering or similar sit-in protest( no rallies).

Recent Political Changes

Recent political changes needs more detialed coverage. The second "Jana Aandolan" or people's revolution should have completely new page. Aaniyo 05:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

History Section

I believe that a vandal has removed the 'History' section of this page. Could you please replace it? -Concerned Citizen (Quoi?)

I'm not entirely sure it was removed by a vandal (vandalized). There is a separate article for the 'History' of Nepal (similar to other sections). Links to those articles have been added to the 'See Also' section instead. - lex lapax 09:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

-- Hi lex lapax, how can u say that only Nepalis are vandalizing this article? This kind of stereotype doesn't sound acceptable here. Aaniyo 12:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Where is the 'History' section?? we have to restore it asap.. Aaniyo 11:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Three sections were removed by NumaNumaYay (talk). Here are the links to the edits - Economy edit, History edit, Geography edit. - lex lapax 18:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Protection?

Vandalism is too high that even the country's name stays wrong for about a day. Perhaps a temporary lock will help. -- G.S.K.Lee 10:39, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Nepali repository of images

I am making an Asian repository of images. Please complete the Nepali part as you see fit, preferably similar to those of France, Britain et al:

I will be working on Iran's section. Thanx.--Zereshk 01:37, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Rudraksha

Can someone tell how (linkspam removed) is used as a reference in the article. If it isn't I will remove it in a couple of days as link spam. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I checked this link. In fact it is a commercial website not particularly worthy to be linked to a credible encyclopedia like Wikipedia. Such websites are also useful ones but they should have their separate forum. - Pramod Dhakal

Kingdom of Nepal

Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Nepal I am a person of Nepalese origin. I checked 6 passports dating from 1989 to 2003 and found that the official name given to the country is simply "Nepal" in all of them. Also the citizenship certificates also write the country as "Nepal".

With all due respect to the first contributor, we also have to straighten the facts. Firstly, "Nepal" was an officially recognized name for decades. Secondly, all soveraign parliament has now unanimously proclaimed that the King's reference be removed from all names of state institutions (country being the highest of them all). To add "kingdom of" in this context is no more than a matter of controversy. Note that CIA Fact Book run by Government of USA with full diplomatic relationship with Nepal always referred this country as simply Nepal as long as we can remember; and even the Royalist government of Nepal did not dispute that instead it issued passports and citizenship cirtificates to all its citizens with the name "Nepal". Why in this changed context, when people are overwhelmly opposed to the king, do we want to attach a controversial suffix? Please stick with Nepal, which cannot be anything other than the truth. A beloved encyclopedia like Wikipedia should not drown into "lowly" political controversies. It should stick to generally undisputed facts and take a high and honourable road.

Sincerely, Pramod Dhakal, Ottawa, Canada

Yes, I totally agree with your view. Aaniyo 03:10, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

This is not the point. Someone need to check the current constitution of Nepal to see whether the formal name is "Nēpāl Adhirājya" or "Nēpāl". I know all the political developments in Nepal, I know your feeling, but the name needs to be in accordance with that country's active constitution; only the country's legislators can legally change the name. -- G.S.K.Lee 14:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Information I collected ([1],[2]) clearly shows that a complete rewrite of the current constitution is scheduled, however has yet to happen, hence the country's current formal name must be the same with what it is before the King released his powers, namely Kingdom of Nepal. I will see to it that this information is provided in this way until the constitution is rewritten. -- G.S.K.Lee 10:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Jumping into this late, but Kingdom of Nepal does seem right. As of September 15, the BBC reports it as the full name of the country, and the current version of the Constitution also uses that name. I'm mentioning this now because MED12345678 just changed the article from State of Nepal dom of Nepal, and that seems to be correct. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:32, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

well, in EVERY webpage of the gov. of Nepal they changed "his majesties government of Nepal" to "government of Nepal" (sometimes better, sometimes worse, e.g. http://www.cbs.gov.np/) i guess, there is a reason in that. obviously Nepalis CHANGED that. so why not this website? and i doubt the process of change in nepal is reversible. not anymore. (at least not regarding the king) -- 83.221.68.47 15:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

There are no references!

There are no references in the controversial recent events section. That is pretty bad considering this is a feature article. Anyone who knows of this topic should help out by adding those references and cleaning up some of the language there.--P-Chan 15:49, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Repository of images

Greetings,

I have made an Asian repository of images, similar to the one that exists for Europe. Please complete the part pertaining to this country as you see fit, preferably similar to those of France, Britain et al:

Thanx.--Zereshk 14:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I think Wikipedia is not a repository of images. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Long-winded

Aside from the constant presence of PoV rhetoric in the article, it has the problem of being too long. The 43K warning is not some absolute rule, but in this case a lot of the long-windedness really is evitable. It can be removed or made more pithy, shortening the article. People need to remember that each section is just a summary, with a full article linked at its head which gives more detail. --Kaz 15:11, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Unbelievable

This article has a neutrality tag on it and a grand total of two footnotes, and is a featured article?! --Descendall 03:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

It appears as if some people dropped the ball in making Nepal a FA (primarily due to lack of intext citations). From what I've seen, there have been many articles which have lost their FA status because of a lack of in text citations—please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm all for countries becoming FA's but I'm not sure as if this one was quite ready. b_cubed

References

"Prose contains specific citations in source text which may be viewed in edit mode." It would be good if someone who is more famlair with the content of this page would remove this statement and put actual citations into the text as per policy. A casual reader never should be required to "read the source". --Monotonehell 05:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed that, but the references are still skimpy. I don't really know where some of those dates came from in the history section and it's....Argh!--Rmky87 04:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Peer Review

Has anyone actually seen the peer review of this article, as linked to above? Only one comment was made during the entire thing! Is this some sort of joke? --Descendall 06:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

That was par for the course in 2004. Look at the archives, many got no comments ever. --Dhartung | Talk 10:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikilink dates?

Why are the dates, specifically the years, i.e. "1990", not wikilinked? I've seen them wikilinked in most every article I've looked at. Just wondering. b_cubed 03:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

The convention follows from Wikipedia's Manual of Style. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, excessive linking of dates and years is a problem on wikipedia, not an expected feature Bwithh 17:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Name of Nepal?

There is ongoing debate about official name of Nepal. I suggest all the concerned ones to refer to the current events in Nepal. Also, neither the official nor the unofficial name of Nepal included "Royal Nepal" (you will have to show evidence if you want to mention that). Those who edit wiki just for fun should be barred from doing so. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.219.152.66 (talk • contribs) . --KJ 21:49 Oct 30, 2006 (UTC)

Your only objection appears to be about the official name, so I've removed the "disputed" tag that you added. That tag is only intended to be used when "someone is concerned that the article may be significantly inaccurate." -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 22:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Indo-Aryan "Kelsey Knutson" tribes?

In section number 1 "History", in the 2nd paragraph, the 1st sentence begins: "Indo-Aryan Kelsey Knutson Tribes ...". It seems to me that the term "Kelsey Knutson" is likely not an accurate term, but is the work of a vandal. I don't have the time to check it out, but somebody should.--TGC55 20:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Schools

Can somebody add a section for the list of Major Schools and Universities with contact information of school enrollment division?

Major universities:
Tribhuvan University
Mahendra Sanskrit University
Kathmandu University
Pokhara University
Purbanchal University Asubedi 10:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

translators needed at Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Translation

Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Translation Please add your name under translators--D-Boy 13:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Official name of Nepal

The new constitution just says "Nepal's Interim Constitution" (Nepalko Antarim Sambidhan). So I am removing ``Kingdom of Nepal from the article. Asubedi 10:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

The English translation gives "State of Nepal" [3]. —Sesel 17:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

History of Nepal

There is no mention of Gopal, Mahispal and Kirat era of Nepal in the history which according to Gopal rajbanshawalee, the lineage of Nepalese kings, were the first to rule Nepal. There is no mention of the Brrijs of Janakpur who are now called Madhesis, also I have never heard of anything called Newar era. Newars are dissendants of people (Malla, descendants of Licchawi, Kirat, Mahispal, Gopal etc. and their subjects) who were citizens of Nepal when Prithwi Narayan Shah conquered Nepal. Thank you. --Eukesh 16:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Noted Personalities

Is it necessary to include 'Noted Personalities' on a country-page ?

Eli, Jharana, Rajesh Hamal, Prachanda, and Manisha may not be the most complete list of noted personalities that represent Nepal.

Summit Raj Tuladhar 03:20, 21 April 2007 (UTC)summitraj

It isn't out of the ordinary to include such information. Rarelibra 04:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

origin of name

the term 'Nepal bhasa' means the language of Nepal( Bhasa-language).than how can it be the origin of name of Nepal.--59.91.253.230 10:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice question. There is no definite answer. Some schools of thought consider that it comes from the Nepar tribe of Kirats who were the earliest Newars settled in the valley. These tribes were matriarchial which is illustrated in the fact that the earliest Newa deities are Ajima or mother goddesses. After the gradual Sanskritization and especially the influence of Pali under Ashoka, the Sanskrit/Pali term for "Nepar" became "Nepal" (the r sound has found to be replaced by l in all the inscriptions of the time eg-"lani" for "rani" etc). Later on, after trade with Tibetans, the name of place of Nepars changed to Ne-pa (roughly corresponding to southern land) in Nepal Bhasa. Nepars who later ruled by Indo-Aryan people like Lichchavi and Malla who considered Sanskrit as the formal language. Hence, they called the langauge of Nepal (from Sanskrit) as Nepal Bhasa and used the same term in all their inscriptions. So, the original name of the language got lost and the Sanskritized form of "Nepal Bhasa" remained. So, basically Nepa and Nepal came from Nepar word root. --Eukesh 10:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

"The word Nepal is believed to be derived from Nepa" - 'believed to be': can someone please site some sources??? Jalwikip 12:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I think some body has been asking very basic question here about origin of word Nepal. The word "Nepa:" was the term used to denote to Kathmandu Valley long before unification of Nepal, similarly the term "Nepal Bhasa", which means language of "Nepa:" or "Kathmandu Valley" has been used since centuries before unification of Nepal. After unificattion, Prithivi Narayan Shah used the term Nepal, borrowing it from the original term Nepa:. The fact that both the terms Nepal Bhasa and "Nepa:" existed before unification of Nepal makes it too obvious about the origin of word Nepal. Kathmandu2007 17:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Request review

Dear fellow Wikipedian, I request that you review the sentence and remove the colon if you find it redundant

The country is famous for: tourism, trekking, hiking, camping, mountain biking, national wildlife parks, jungle safaris, river rafting, sport fishing, and its many beautiful temples and places of worship.

Thank you. Regards, User:Kushal_one

--69.150.163.1 17:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Motto of Nepal

An ip user has stated that the true translation of the motto of Nepal is "Mother and motherland are dearer than the heavens" rather than "Motherland is even dearer than the heavens". Can a Sanskrit speaker or an expert on Nepal confirm this fact?

Yes, the motto of Nepal is "Mother and motherland are dearer than the heaven". Please note the singular "heaven". Aaniyo 12:16, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it is 'greater' rather than 'dearer' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.37.76 (talk) 21:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Nepal's Northern Neighbor

To say that Nepal is bordered on the north by the Republic of China indicates to me that the author approves of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. I think it would be good to say that Nepal is bordered on the north by Tibet, thus letting others know we don't accept the Chinese occupation of Tibet. 68.65.122.80 15:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Neither stance is WP:NPOV. As much as I'd agree with you on the issue, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. If the "world authorities" recognise RoC's occupation then thats probably how the text should stand. --Monotonehell 15:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it is better to refer Tibet as "Chinese Autonomous Region of Tibet" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aaniyo (talk • contribs) 20:25, 1 October 2006.

Who is "we" (as in "we don't recognise")?

And I think you're confusing the funny fantasies of the Republic of China (i.e. the regime in Taiwan) about Tibet with the very real rule of the People's Republic of China over the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Of course you still happen to be right in some way: the "Republic of China" also claims souvereignty over Tibet, but they also think they should rule over Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) and parts of Russia, that their capital is in Nanjing and that Beijing should be called Beiping. —Babelfisch 02:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Nepal doesn't recognise Tibet as being a seperate country. She has always voiced support towards the one China policy and continues to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.37.76 (talk) 21:45, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Mahadhesi?

There are a bunch of press articles out currently (January 2007) about a "Mahadhesi" people in the Terai or Madhesh region of Nepal.

I created a stub Mahadhesi article -- but can find virtually no info on the subject.

Please contribute to the Mahadhesi article if you have any knowledge.

There is another article called Madhesh which has much more information. I think it is a good idea to put Madhesi article under Madhesh titled as 'People of Madhesh'. Aaniyo 05:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mahadhesi creator (talk • contribs) 20:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

Don't know where to add this but in the section regarding Newari Culture this statement was made 'definitely the richest culture of Nepal'. I see this as being a very ethnocentric viewpoint. The Tharu culture in Nepal is also very distinct from any other culture (rich as well) and evolved to a large degree within the plains of Nepal. Similar is the case for several other cultures and societies in the Mountains and plains. 'Lakhey is the most popular traditional dance in the entire country' I find this to be too broad and generalised a statement. I also do not believe that the other culture equates to one line about the sarangi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.37.76 (talk) 22:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Politics - language ("giant leap")

The sentence

"The peace process in Nepal made a giant leap in April 2007, when the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) joined the interim government of Nepal."

is highly POV, especially considering the sensitive nature of the subject matter. Suggest revising this to

"In April 2007, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) joined the interim government of Nepal."

followed by perhaps a couple of sentences outlining the viewpoints on the matter (if appropriate citations can be found).

Umeeksk 01:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

External Linking

An external link was recently removed by Mcferran from the Nepal article. The edit comment stated that it was a blog. The link actually points to a wiki dedicated to information about Nepal, similar in spirit to some of the wikia and wikicities wikis. The formatting of the site may be similar to a blog. I am aware of the external linking policies on wikipedia and wanted to find out the reasoning for the comment. Not trolling, just trying to understand. Thanks. lex lapax 17:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

External links needs updated. I have removed some personal websites and added some useful ones. Aaniyo 11:14, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

There's an external link to one tour operator, Nepal Tours Destination. Can we also include the tour operator I am affiliated with, Journeys International (http://www.journeys-nepal.com/)? Or, since there are so many tour operators in Nepal, would it be more appropriate to remove all external links to tour operators? David@sickmiller.com 17:06, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Official Translation of District Names?

Help! I need the official names of the districts in English. There are two versions on Wikipedia. I'm sure it results from transcribing the alphabet from one language to the other. Which is correct? -----Adimovk5 02:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I've added an extra colum for comments. --Soman 12:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

	Districts of Nepal	Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999	Soman's comments
Bagmati Zone	Kavrepalanchok	1.4 Kavrepalanchowk	Kavrepalanchok is a more direct transliteration, 'chowk' is however a rather established translateration into english. Note that nepali wiki writes this name as just 'Kavre district' (ne:काभ्रे).
Bagmati Zone	Sindhupalchok	1.8 Sindhupalchowk	same as above.
Bheri Zone	Bardiya	2.2 Bardia	It should be 'Bardiya' (in Nepali बर्दिया)
Dhawalagiri Zone	Parbat	3.4 Parbut	Parbat is correct
Gandaki Zone	Syangja	4.5 Shyanja	Syangja is correct
Janakpur Zone	Dhanusa	5.1 Dhanusha	Dhanusha is correct
Janakpur Zone	Dholkha	5.2 Dolakha	It could be either 'Dolakha' or 'Dolkha'
Janakpur Zone	Ramechhap	5.4 Ramechap	Either is ok, depends on how to transliterate 'छ'
Lumbini Zone	Arghakhanchi	8.1 Argakhanchi	Arghakhanchi is correct
Lumbini Zone	Kapilvastu	8.3 Kapilbastu	Either is ok, perhaps Kapilvastu is to prefer (even though that contradicts with transliteration of Parbat above, should then be 'Parvat')
Seti Zone	Achham	14.1 Accham	Acham or Achham is ok
Seti Zone	Bajhang	14.2 Bahjang	'Bajhang' is correct

lead section/religion

Request changing

However, on 18 May, 2006, Nepal has now become a secular state.

to something like:

However, as of 18 May, 2006, Nepal has become a secular state.

or

However, on 18 May, 2006, Nepal became a secular state.

I sincerely believe this is a small edit. However, editing a former FA on its way downhill is, a big challenge. I want to make sure that I do nothing stupid to degrade this article even further. Please suggest ways in which the above sentence can be modified. Thank you. --Kushal^t 17:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Monarchy dissolved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7158670.stm -- Evertype·✆ 13:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Reorganizing Nepal Page

Friends, those who are intreasted, in making Nepal page better in quality and add more information in nepal page lets start using this discussion and add more informations in more organised way, as other countries listed in wikipedia have.

Lets make it more fruitful resource on topic "Nepal".

I will be adding more new topics, pictures, graphs on statistical dataz etc. I expect help from you people by getting support in fixing errors in datas and obviously my grammar, and providing resources that you have.

Sudip Regmi (talk)

I can see you've done a good job of collecting these data so far. I was thinking of similar things, we can surely improve this article together. Nishadh (talk) 15:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Nishadh, Thanks for that.

Changes

1) New chart in demographics making reading size of languages easy, and making nepal page more neat.

2) Population structure organized in a table.

3) Ethnic group should be moved to demograhics main page as it is not well prepared data for now it is removed from main page, a better detailed one is already in demographics main page. It needs review, and update. Yes i agree other things too are a bit outdated.

4) Banknote in page updated with new banknote of Rs.500

5) And a Population Density map, it is based in rather old data (is of 1990s), but due to nepal's geography it is still equally true. Population density figure has not changed much. Update is yet not made cause there has been no newer survery from govt. level. That is only what we have till now. And I won't forget to mension it took 3+ hours to design that map according to data available for me to make it good looking wikipedia ( WikiStandard ;-) )

TODO:-

1) Need to make culture paragraph more rich in info. With some pictures as well, I expect you people upload good ones if you have. you can either link it directly or link it here in discussion page, if you want it to be reviewed by others.

2) A new section of tourism is needed as it is a major role player in nepali culture, echonomy blah blah.

3) I will update later..plz write your views too.

I am worried there are too many hands to vandalise data, but few hands to help. Wiki's Nepal page really needs help to make it uptodate as other coutries. "lots of things are too outdated". Also I would love to write if my grammar was good. :-( so plz Wiki's Nepal page really needs your help!!! start writing, collecting, correcting guys!

Sudip Regmi (talk) 09:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Am I crazy or is does this not make sense?

"After a long and rich history, during which the region has splintered and coalesced under a variety of absolute rulers, Nepal became a constitutional monarchy in 1990. This arrangement has been marked by increasing instability, both in the parliament and, since 1996, throughout large swathes of the country that have been fought over by Maoist insurgents. The Maoists have sought to overthrow the monarchy and establish their own form of republic; this has led to a civil war in which more than 12,000 people have died. On the pretext of quashing the insurgents, who now control about seventy percent of the country, the king unilaterally declared a "state of emergency" early in 2005, closing down the parliament and assuming all executive powers." These statements are contradictory of each other.Mikeonatrike (talk) 22:28, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

-Which statements are contradictory? It doesn't really matter now, since the paragraph appears to have been simplified. Glooper (talk) 06:18, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

About HIstory "In 1994 Ben Colledge was born here."

Can anyone explain the context of this line at the very last part of "History"?

Vivianwkli (talk) 06:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

feedback on grammar, syntax ........and my two-cents!

This article has many, many examples of bad grammar and awkward sentence construction. Quite a few sections read as if they've been put through some sort of software language translator. I don't have the time to proofread and correct this entire article, but please know that it needs a great deal of revision. X3210 (talk) 19:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I have put in my two-cents. Other Wikipedians may please improve upon my humble copy edits. Thanks and welcome ! Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 01:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Why has somebody removed Nepal Bhasa terms while naming Nepal and Kathmandu?

It seems as if somebody has removed Nepal and Kahtmandu written in Nepal Bhasa. May I ask why they have been removed? Kathmandu is called as Yen in Nepal Bhasa and that is how the native people of Kathmandu call it.

I think it might be an act of Vandalism or it might be an act of some new type of racists in Wikipedia.

Kathmandu2007 (talk) 18:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

1.Can any one give the reference that shows the first time when word "Nepal Bhasha" is mentioned in scripts ? 2.Is "Bhasha" a newari word? 3.Is "Newari" a deragotory word? if yes why in international language code (ISO code) , its code is NEW. I am a french. We know this language only by "Newari" . Is there any thing wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anju273 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Anju 273, Although you state that you are French, you seem to have contributed to many articles related to Nepal. So, I assume that you have great interest in Nepal ! With regards to your questions, information on wikipedia about Nepal Bhasa answers all your questions, please read Nepal Bhasa.

Kathmandu2007 (talk) 20:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Can any one point out to the reference that support, 1.Nepal presented Newari alphabet in UN ? 2.does any country need to present alphabet of language in UN?

It would be academically correct only if we use facts supported by any documents. Other wise no serious person will use Wiki Nepal section for information regarding Nepal. Rumors and false statement should not be put in Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.213.11 (talk) 16:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Currency abbreviation

Should the currency abbreviation be NPR or NRs? According to the ISO wikilink, it is NPR but the text in infobox says it is NRs. Could we use NPR instead of NRs? If we need to include NRs in the article, could we add a footnote saying what NRs is?

Regards,

Kushal^t 05:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

No response? Kushal^t 15:15, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I will change it to NPR for consistency. Please revert, if needed. Kushal^t 18:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

NPR is ISO abbreviation, NRs is lokal abbreviation. Aotearoa from Poland (talk) 12:38, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Religon

About this edit, what wiki policy are you referring to? Just because you are able to cite something that someone said about a particular topic, does not mean necessarily mean that it is relevant. The person in question is not a scholar but an extremist who was linked to Mahatma Gandhi's killing, including his ideas are the same as adding fringe theories. Pahari Sahib 22:59, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

CNN Reports: Maoists developing republic.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/nepal.ap/index.html

I will edit in the government as: Developing Republic. :-) -- OtherAJ (talk) 02:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

nation?

can anyone explain why in the opening sentence Nepal is referred to as "nation" and not "country"? VZakharov (talk) 09:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Official?

http://www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=490000&lng=1#

w_tanoto (talk) 12:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Kingdom of Nepal

We now need a separate article on the past Kingdom of Nepal --TheFEARgod (Ч) 19:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

In agreement. GoodDay (talk) 20:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeh this article should be created. Ijanderson977 (talk) 21:03, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Support. but I am confused of what should be included? w_tanoto (talk) 23:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

1768-2008 --TheFEARgod (Ч) 08:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I would oppose the creation of an article with that title, the present republic is a direct continuation of the kingdom. However, we could have an article called History of monarchy in Nepal. --Soman (talk) 13:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

even minor state changes have different articles: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia --> Serbia and Montenegro.--TheFEARgod (Ч) 15:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the change from the old federal republic into Serbia and Montenegro involve a change in borders? - Making it more than just a name change? Whereas Nepal remains intact, just changing its style of government. Pahari Sahib 15:44, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

no border changes there, too. See, same map --TheFEARgod (Ч) 16:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay, I stand corrected :-) Pahari Sahib 16:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Continue here discussion on the new article. Similar: German Empire -> Weimar Republic -> Nazi Germany. Just changes in government, like here. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 19:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, Kingdom of England to Commonwealth of England back to Kingdom of England w_tanoto (talk) 19:24, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. You can assist by editing it now. A how-to guide is available.

I had recently tried copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and or spelling the article, and it looks like someone reverted my work. Either you want someone do go through the bother of checking it, or you do not. Decide please. --209.244.189.28 (talk) 19:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Republic of Nepal

We Should Move Nepal to Republic of Nepal since it's their offical name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fire 55 (talk • contribs) 06:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

What's the current offical full name of Nepal? Republic of Nepal ? Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ? Federal Republic of Nepal ? or Nepal ? --1j1z2 (talk) 07:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Its Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Razv (talk) 08:45, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I think there is no need to move the article, rather the official name should redirect here, rather like Federal Republic of Germany redirects to Germany. Pahari Sahib 08:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Disagree. What it would be for Indonesia, Singapore, and other republic's title then? Unitary Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Singapore. It's simply too long, and not uniform with other articles. Nepal should stays as it is, with redirect link from Republic of Nepal and Federal Republic of Nepal. I think there's already redirect from republic of nepal. Also, we need to make Kingdom of Nepal article to reflect the country before becoming republic. Kingdom needs to be stressed here because it's the former form of government w_tanoto (talk) 09:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Incidentally, I had already redirected Federal Republic of Nepal to Nepal before the above post was made, the official name already redirected there too (which I only realised after posting). Pahari Sahib 12:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if a Kingdom of Nepal article is practical at this point as 99.9% of the country's history, thus far, has been as a Kingdom. In other words, there's very little of the current article that wouldn't fit into a Kingdom of Nepal article. Reggie Perrin (talk) 16:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Isnt it a communistic/maoistic or socialist republic now then? 83.108.204.172 (talk) 21:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

For the record, there was an alternative proposal in the interim parliament to declare Nepal as a 'socialist republic', a proposal that got four votes (of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party). --Soman (talk) 22:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

No, Kingdom of Nepal only inclueds the history of Nepal betwwen 1768 and 2008. The rest includes the history of (? - 1768 & 2008- ?).--1j1z2 (talk) 07:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Why you use name Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal? According to interim constitution Nepal hasn't long name, and name "Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal" isn't used on any official Nepalese web-site. Title "federal, democratic republic" is type of government, not name (see at art. 159 and of interim constitution). Aotearoa from Poland (talk) 18:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Just a comment on this edit the omission of the word Nepal was just a mistake. As for the source, Nepal monitor says "Nepal announces a Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra" (Federal Democratic Republic)., the second source confirms the announcement of the " Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal". I just copied Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra from the first source and forgot to append "Nepal". Otherwise I think the sources are fairly clear. Pahari Sahib 16:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

So, your's sources aren't official. On Nepalese governmet web-sites is still used name Nepal. There aren't any information about bill, act, or constitutions amendment wicht introduce new long name of country. The sentensce "federal democratic republic" isn't name of country, this is only type of government. Maby, introducing new constitution give new long name for Nepal, but new name wasn't introduce up today. Aotearoa from Poland (talk) 18:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

citing sources

I demand a source for the word Democratic in the long name of Nepal. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed at any time. Kushal (talk) 21:04, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting the unsourced material. Kushal (talk) 14:17, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Religion

I don't think the section on religion should be quoting Veer Savarkar view's. I don't see how the opinions of someone as controversial as him (and someone who was radical enough to be suspected of involvement in the killing of Gandhi) could be used to describe the role of religion - as his views most people would agree are rather extreme. I don't see exactly what his connect with Nepal is - other than viewing it as purer version of India, I removed the para for that reason. However it was added back on the basis that it describes the role of Hinduism in Nepal, not the views of Hinduism. Maybe I am wrong and the user is right, would like someone from Third opinion to comment. Pahari Sahib 06:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

This is a third opinion. I think the sentence in question (a non-Nepali's opinion on the role of Nepali Hinduism within Hinduism) is far too specific for a a short one-paragraph overview of religion in Nepal. I would suggest moving the text to Hinduism in Nepal, where it can hopefully be expanded upon. Anirvan (talk) 19:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks, I have removed it this article. Pahari Sahib 05:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

syntax error

In the last line of the opening paragraph, please correct "Nepal will continue to exists" to "Nepal will continue to exist" or even better, "Nepal will remain" A. Madhavan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayudu0 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Long name is disputed

Nepalese name सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रीक गणतन्त्र नेपाल is propably OR (see: [4]), and English one is disputed - according to Nepalese government web-sites, UN web-site, US Department of State, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and meny other sites Nepal has only one name - "Nepal" and still hasn't any long form of name. In Wikipedia's only source for Nepelese name (Republic on Paper for Nepal - Nepal Monitor) stetes: The parties who agreed, by signing a 23-point accord, incorporated this in the Interim Constitution (IC) 2007 in the 3rd amendment: "Nepal announces a Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra" (Federal Democratic Republic)., but in linked source to this article (23-point Agreement by the Seven-Party Alliance) ist steted: 1. The following amendments will be made in place of Subtitles and Sub-article (1), (2), (3a). (3b) of Article 159 of the [interim] Constitution: a) Nepal shall be a federal democratic republic. b) The republic will be implemented at the first meeting of the constituent assembly. Provided that, if the King poses a threat to holding the constituent assembly election, a two thirds majority of the interim legislature-parliament can implement the republic by voting for the proposal. The Council of Ministers shall make the decision to submit such a proposal and the Council of Ministers shall present the proposal to the interim legislature-parliament. c) The King shall not have any responsibility for handling any state affairs. d) The Prime Minister shall be responsible for handling all state affairs. e) Until the implementation of a republic, the Prime Minister shall conduct all the duties of the head of state. So, Nepal shall be a federal democratic republic doesn't mind Nepal has name Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal but Nepal is federal democtratic republic. So, there aren't still any reliable sources for confirm long name of Nepal. Aotearoa from Poland (talk) 06:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Withstanding the issue whether there is an established long form or not, i think it should be "संघिय लोकतन्त्रीक गणतन्त्र". --Soman (talk) 22:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

see http://www.nepalnews.com/today/frontpic/2008/jul/jul14a.htm . It is an official event, not a party function. Banner reads Federal Democratic Republic Nepal. --Soman (talk) 22:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I suppose this can settle the issue once and for all, [5]. --Soman (talk) 09:16, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Banner and news from www.kantipuronline.com aren't official sources. Please, show any official Nepelese website that use name "Federal Democratic Republic Nepal". Aotearoa from Poland (talk) 20:54, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

The banner is used at an official event. Kantipuronline is the web portal of Kantipur Publications, which publishes two of the largest daily newspapers in Nepal (Kantipur and Kathmandu Post). Kantipuronline clearly qualifies as a RS in terms of Nepalese politics. --Soman (talk) 22:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Mentions at website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Vietnam, greetings from EU representations. Mention at Radio Nepal, the public broadcasting agency. --Soman (talk) 22:16, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Acording to Fourth Amendments to the Interim Constitution (28 May 2008): "Amendments to the Preamble of the Interim Constitution, 2007: After the sixth chapter, a seventh chapter has been added in the Preamble of the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 (hereafter called “Constitution”): “Declaring Nepal a Federal, Democratic, Republic State by legally abolishing the monarchy.”"; "Amendment in Article 4 of the Constitution: The words “A fully democratic State” have been replaced by the words “Federal Democratic Republic State” in Clause (1) of Article 4 of the Constitution.". And Nepalese version of this name is संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक राञ्य (Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantrānmak Rājya) [6]. So, name Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal perhaps is used by MoFA, but still this name is not official one. According to U.S. Department of State [7] Nepal has only one official name - short one (page updated on June 2008), same according to CIA The World Factbook (page updated on 7 August 2008). Aotearoa (talk) 10:00, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The Government of Nepal has ordered all its mission outside the country to mention Nepal as "Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal" or "Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal" or simply "Republic of Nepal". It has also asked the foreign missions to follow the suit and published it in the national gadzet. So, I don't really think that we should look what the CIA World Factbook or the US Department of State is using to know our own country's name. The change will be reverted. Razv (talk) 17:47, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Error in per capita income of nepal

There seems to be an error in per capita income figure shown for Nepal. It even contradicts with the list of per-capita income of countries of the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sujankoirala (talk • contribs) 12:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

FACTUAL ERRORS AND WRONG DATES!

I have tried to correct some grave factual errors in this article. Somebody reinserts them again.

(I altso fixed up missing and wrong links to nepalese parties. Interestingly enough, nobody has reverted this and reinstated the broken and missing links!)

Okay. If this is supposed to be wrong (in such a generally praised article) well, then it is supposed to be wrong.

Ill just repeat here that:

• To state that "the democratic experiment was dissolved in 1959" IS WRONG!

On the contrary, the ONLY free, parliamentary election before 1991 was JUST in the spring of 1959! The result was a majority for the DC, BP Koirala (the legendary big brother of the present PM) was elected prime minister, and his government started (rather timid) reforms.

Not the END, rather the HIGHLIGHT of "the democratic experiment" was in 1959!

• King Mahendras coup d.etat, dissolving parliament and forbidding parties, was NOT in 1959 but on the 15th of december 1960!

• The "partyless Panchayat system" was formally created by the proclamation of a new constitution on the 16th of december 1962!

• There was NO "Jana Andolan" in 1989! The Jana Andolan (now sometimes called Jana Andolan I, to avoid confusion with the Jana Andolan II of april 2006) started and finished in the spring of 1990!

• The king had to accept multiparty democracy as a result of the Jana Andolan in the spring of 1990.

"The Monarchy" dindt, as the article here says, "establish a multiparty parliament in May 1991". This parliament was a result of a free election (the second in Nepals history, after the first one in 1959) called by the coalition government formed in the spring of 1990, after the Jana Andolan, by Nepali Congress, the alliance of moderate communist parties, and a couple of kings representatives. The parties had a majority in this government, and this was not "etablished by the monarchy" at all.

The person writing this has not been doing his/her homework. THE "FACTS" ARE WRONG! Check any real source, US official documents about the history of Nepal if that is the only things you trust.

THE DATES AND HISTORICAL FACTS I PUT IN ARE THE CORRECT ONES! So WHY does this article HAVE to contain WRONG dates etc???

Then the following stuff about the year of 2005 is nonsense:

In September 2005, the Maoists declared a three-month unilateral ceasefire which was not reciprocated by the royal government; the latter vowed to defeat the rebels by force. A few weeks later, the government stated that parliamentary elections would be held by 2007 even after the failed municipal elections.

• Point one: The ceasefire was prolonged, it was about 4 months long. I put that in, for some reason it is cut out again.

• Point two: "A few weeks later, the govt stated that parl. elections would be held by 2007 EVEN AFTER THE FAILED MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS."

• A: "The municipal elections" werent held until february 2006! So HOW could the government comment on the parliamentary elections "even after the failed municipal elections" - a few weeks after september 2005? For the record: Between the start of the ceasefire and the municipal election there was more than 20 weeks!

• B: How can the poor reader of this rubbish understand what "the failed municipal elections" here refer to? I put in the generally aknowledged facts about this:

+ It was in february 2006

+ It didnt take part in most of the country, only in a few big cities

+ Only small pro-royalist parties took part, none of the parties elected to the last parliament in 1999 (and none of the parties that took part in the last municipal elections in 1997 either)

+ According to press reports (among other things, quoted by US diplomats) only about 20% of the people who could vote, did vote. (In fact, people from the 7-party alliance claimed that the turnout was far below that).

Okay so I put in this, to make the whole thing understandable and factually correct.

Cut out and the old absurd text put in again.

WHY?

WHAT IS THE POINT HERE? IS IT A PRINCIPLE THAT THINGS HAVE TO BE WRONG?

Togrim, user of the Norwegian Wikipedia and writer of over 100 articles about Nepal there 2006-09-29

Here is one more:

"Thus India sponsored Tribhuvan as Nepal's new king in 1951, and a new government, mostly comprising the Nepali Congress Party. After years of power wrangling between the king and the government, the democratic experiment was dissolved in 1959, and a "partyless" panchayat system was made to govern Nepal."

The unsuspecting reader will read this as stating that king Tribhuvan dissolved "the democratic experiment" in 1959, and put the Panchayat system in place instead. However, Tribhuvan died in 1955. It was his son Mahendra who did these things. And this didnt happen in 1959 either, but in 1960 and 1962.

(Sigh)

Togrim, user of the Norwegian Wikipedia 2006-09-29

objections sustained!

jan of leipzig 2006-10-12

Adding on this: On issue of flag , it is mentioned that Red color signifies Rhododendron, which is not total fact. Instead red signifies blood or bravery or courage. Not just the flower. Nepal's flag uses red color from centuries, so citing rhododendron as sing of red color is not correct. Yes flower and flag share same color but interpreting just this would be wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabinesh (talk • contribs) 04:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

june, 2001

Gyanendra kills the family of King Birendra and puts the blame on Prince Dipendra. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.143.217 (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

how confident could you be one that one?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amigod (talk • contribs) 16:45, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

{{editsemiprotected}}

sangiya loktantric ganatantic nepal (not ganatantra)

This is the English Wikipedia, please use English. —Ms2ger (talk) 17:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Kathmandu Population

It is not 700,000 -- it's 2.2 million (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5283.htm) or 2.7 million (2008 estimate on Kathmandu page). I don't know how to edit that table. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edibobb (talk • contribs) 04:49, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

The site (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5283.htm) says that populaton of Kathmandu valley is 2.2 million. Obviously, it contains the three districts of kathmandu, lalitpur and bhaktapur including 4 muncipalities plus other VDCs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itzmerabin (talk • contribs) 22:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Changing nepali font

I don't think this is the right place for such a debate but I don't know which is. The point is that the font used for writing nepali in wikipedia is not so good at all. The words like ganatantra, loktantra do not look nice as the letter tra is not used in the form in simple writing. Some other common fonts like Preeti,etc. could be used instead. --Itzmerabin (talk) 19:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Issues/Unseen

"It was also the only modern nation with Hinduism as its official religion.[citation needed]" <-- It's very true. (Site:In Nepal's Old Constitutions.) And one more thing: FACT: Nepal Gvt. force used to jail/nail Christians etc during that era. Funny, right? But it's eye seen and documented fact.

Add this too:

2008 May - Nepal becomes a republic.

2008 June - Maoist ministers resign from the cabinet in a row over who should be the next head of state.

2008 July - Two months after the departure of King Gyanendra, Ram Baran Yadav becomes Nepal's first president.

Well... I think addition of Timeline will be good.

Time line (A chronology of key events.)

Thanks.

AnThRaX Ru (talk) 20:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

A chronology of key events

I've added subgroup in History group. Data's are from BBC (news/www.bbc). If that violates wiki's GFDL/copyright etc. Someone, please edit/modify those sentences. Or/else I will modify them after few days.

Thanks.

For the sake of Science.

AnThRaX Ru (talk) 21:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I think the chronology is too long and focussed too much on recent events. Yes, there is a lot going on in Nepali Politics nowadays, but only main events have to be put in the chronology. Plus, important events like the the major earthquakes in Nepal's history are not included. It' just too political!!!Itzmerabin (talk) 19:39, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

The subgroup as I said before seems to be too long and cumbersome. So, I will put it in the History of Nepal and remove it from the main Nepal page.--Itzmerabin (talk) 22:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

About Nepal.

About Nepal

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Cleanup

{{editsemiprotected}} please change i'm shakti poudyal.. i live in dillibazar.. near the house of LAXMI PRASAD DEVKOTA. to

Not done: Request unclear.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 04:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Where to put it best?

• Input of Sanskrit Buddhist Texts on Mahayana Dharanis, Strotras and Carygitas of Nepal and its importance to Buddhist world

Austerlitz -- 88.75.193.211 (talk) 10:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

China vs China PR vs not piping at all in the lead

I do have editing privileges but I wanted to know the argument against renaming People's Republic of China as China and piping it to the People's Republic of China. I think it just looks snappier that way. As we are not referring India by its formal name, I don't think we need to refer China by its formal name. Maybe we can say Bihar and UP in India to the south and Tibet in China PR in the north? Its probably too contentious? That's why I am suggesting China or China PR only. Please contribute your input. Kushal (talk) 17:34, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Nepal's foreign relations

There is no treaty between Nepal and (the Republic of) India which stipulates that passport and visa are not requred for legitimate travel between the two countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.40.136 (talk) 15:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

What about the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty?

The Government of India and the Government of Nepali recognising the ancient ties which have happily existed between the two countries for centuries;

Desiring still further to strengthen and develop these ties and to perpetuate peace between the two countries;

Have resolved therefore to enter into a Treaty of Peace and Friendship with each other, and have for this purpose, appointed as their plenipotentiaries the following persons, namely, the Government of India, his Excellency SHRI CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD NARAIN SINGH, Ambassador of India in Nepal; The Government of Nepal, MOHAN SHAMSHER JANG BAHADUR RANA, Maharaja, Prime Minister and Supreme-Commandar-in-Chief of Nepal, who having examined each other’s credentials and found them good and in due form having agreed as follows:

Article I There shall be everlasting peace and friendship between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal. The two Governments agree to acknowledge and respect the complete sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of each other

Article II The two Governments hereby undertake to inform each other of any serious friction or misunderstanding with any neighbouring State likely to cause any breach in the friendly relations subsisting between the two Governments.

Article III In order to establish and maintain the relations referred to in Article I the two Governments agree to continue diplomatic relations with each other by means of representatives with such staff as is necessary for the due performance of their functions.

The representatives and such of these staff as may be agreed upon shall enjoy such diplomatic privileges and immunities as are customarily granted by International law on a reciprocal basis. Provided that in no case shall these be less than those granted to persons of a similar status of any other State having diplomatic relations with each Government.

Article IV The Two Governments agree to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and other consular agents, who shall reside in towns, ports and other places in each other’s territory as may be agreed to.

Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consular agents shall be provided with exequaturs or authorization of their appointment. Such exequatur or authorization liable to be withdrawn which issued to, if considered necessary. The reasons for the withdrawal shall be indicated whenever possible.

The persons mentioned above shall enjoy on a reciprocal basis all the rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities that are accorded to persons of corresponding status of any other state.

Article V The Government of Nepal shall be free to import, from or through the territory of India, arms, ammunition or warlike material and equipment necessary for to this arrangement shall be worked out by the two Governments acting in consultation.

Article VI Each Government undertakes, in token of the neighbourly friendship between India and Nepal, to give to the nationals of the other, in its territory, national treatment with regard to the participation in industrial and economic development of such territory and to the grant of concessions and contracts relating to such development.

Article VII The Government of India and Nepal agree to grant, on reciprocal basis, to the nationals of one country in the territories of the other the same privileges in the matter of residence, ownership of property, participation in trade and commerce, movement and privileges of a similar nature.

Article VIII So far as matters with herein are concerned, the Treaty cancels all previous treaties, agreements, and engagements entered into on behalf of India between the British Government and the Government of Nepal.

Article IX This treaty shall come into force from the date of signature by both Governments.

Article X The Treaty shall remain in force until it is terminated by either party by giving one year’s notice.

Done in duplicate at Kathmandu this 31st day of July, 1950

MurasakiBhakta (talk) 21:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Prithvi Narayan Shah, a nobleman?

This framing of Shah as a nobleman seems to be a little unclear and imprecise. If he was a nobleman, that assumes that there was some sort of regional (and united) political establishment that granted him the title. Considering he united much of the region under his rule, why a 'nobleman.' Why wouldn't it be:

"Prithvi Narayah Shah, King of Gorkha, unified the many small kingdoms in the Himalayan valley after taking the throne in 1743."

This is particularly important since the unifying didn't all happen in 1768; it was a process that took many years! It might even be better to use the term that he used to describe himself. 'Nobleman' (as a concept) seems to have started in feudal Europe (totally different context). Anyone know what Shah called himself? King? Big daddy? (ok, not really).

MurasakiBhakta (talk) 21:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Nepal is surrounded by land

can we say Nepal is surrounded by land instead of saying Nepal is landlocked. The last one is too strong and provides unnecessary discomfort and a bit negative sense of feeling and being. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iskc (talk • contribs) 05:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

What a silly comment. That is the definition of landlocked....Switzerland and most of the mid-western states seem to be okay with this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.62.71 (talk) 02:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Introduction re-written

I have almost completely re-written the introductory three paragraphs of the page. VividTara (talk) 16:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I have added the historical link with Buddhism, with reference to Nepal's being the most-Hindu nation (by some measures - no offense to India) . --Dlawbailey (talk) 18:21, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality under Recent Events?

This is a direct quote under the recent events section: "The seven parliamentary parties (SPA), with support from the Maoists, arranged a mass uprising against the reign of King Gyanendra. The royal government used various means to quell the uprising. Frustrated by lack of security, jobs and good governance, thousands of people took to the streets to demand that the king renounce power outright, but the royal government turned even more ferocious and continued its atrocities including daytime curfews amid a Maoist blockade. Food shortages hit people so that they prepared to march into the city centre and encircle the royal palace. The security forces turned brutal and the king seemed to think nothing had happened so far. Thousands were injured and 21 people died in the uprising, which was meant to be peaceful but turned violent due to the actions of the government and its vigilantes." I don't see this paragraph as neutral. While the paragraphs surrounding it are fine, I take issue with "turned even more ferocious and continued its atrocities," "turned brutal," "the king seemed to think nothing had happened so far," the comment that the people were frustrated not "over government decisions," but instead over "lack of good governance," and the comment that the uprising (note the word choice, an "uprising") was meant to be peaceful but became "violent due to the actions of the government and its vigilantes." All of these comments kind of red-flag the neutrality for me. On a seperate note, the diction does not seem to be up to academic standards in this paragraph. For example, the use of the word "turned" instead of "became" sounds immature, and in any case the word is used redundantly. Sentences through the paragraph could stand restructuring, as some of them sound somewhat disjointed and not all of them flow fluidly from one to the next.

A section regarding the royal massacre mentions that the official documents told us that then Crown Prince Dipendra wiped out the royal family but then goes on to add that some people believe Gyanendra's son did this. If we are to include gossip in this article then, we might as well add masked men, wrath of the gods and things like that to list of reasons for the massacre.

Your argument is a logical fallacy.142.150.48.131 (talk) 16:25, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Small Note on Democratically Elected Communist leaders

It is politicizing to write that only Moldova and Cyprus have democratically elected Communist leaders. Regular elections are held in Cuba, China, and North Korea, whose elected leaders are definitely commonly defined as 'Communist' leaders. Whether those elections are valid is another thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.76.47.126 (talk) 18:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Mnmazur (talk)

hi nepal now very dange —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.101.31.67 (talk) 11:05, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Reorganizing Nepal Page : Experimenting table use --Sudip Regmi (talk) 12:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Ethnic Groups

Ethnic	Percentage in Population
Brahman-Hill	12.5%
Magar	7%
Tharu	6.6%
Tamang	5.5%
Newar	5.4%
Kami	3.9%
Yadav	3.9%
Other	32.7%

Chhetris? Madeshis? Bhotes? 33% "other" hides too much. --LADave (talk) 02:23, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Nepali National Languages

Language	Percentage of Speakers
Nepali	47.8%
Maithili	12.1%
Bhojpuri	7.4%
Tharu (Dagaura/Rana)	5.8%
Tamang	5.1%
Nepal Bhasa	3.5%
Magar	3.3%
Awadhi	2.4%
Gurung	5%
Other	5%
Unspecified	2.5%

Checking

I want to check whether this book fits this article, [8]: Himalayan dialogue by Stan Mumford .

Austerlitz -- 88.72.29.227 (talk) 13:45, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Split into two articles?

Alright, deveral other articles on countries are split into several articles as the political situation or name changed. Take the article on the UK, it's split into Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and, finally, United Kingdom. As the proper name was changed, the country changed, and therefore articles on former countries were made. Other examples include Poland (People's Republic of Poland and Poland).

I'm proposing that a separate article be created for the former Kingdom of Nepal, separate from this article. Mnmazur (talk)

Oppose. I think that the current state of Nepal has an extremely short timespan, and so all the new things that could be added to that article could be placed in the history and politics articles of Nepal. --Fixman^{Praise me} 23:04, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

While I agree that that is possible, may I ask when the timespan does become lengthy enough to warrant two articles? 5 years? 10? More? I mean, there are separate articles for Spain under Franco and the Kingdom of Spain, even separate articles for West Germany and reunited Germany even though they are, for all intents and purposes, the same legal entity (the Federal Republic of Germany). Does Wikipedia have any specific guidelines relating to the creation of multiple articles for multiple encarnations of national states? If not, perhaps it should. If anyone wants to start a discussion, that is. Mnmazur (talk)

Oppose. Nepal is no more kingdom. It has already become republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashesdhakal (talk • contribs)

That's the point. That's why I'm suggesting two articles: one for the current state (the republic), and one for the former state (the kingdom). Mnmazur (talk)

Support. The two are clearly different states in most respects, including name. Yes, the new state is extremely young - but so are several new floundling governments, such as the new Republic of Kosovo. Nivenus (talk) 11:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Economy

Under heading of economy, statistics of 2005 are stated but it has been 4 years and it should be updated. Now inflation not stands at around 2% as stated but is hovering at around 15%. Nepal's budget is also over 286 Billion Rupees. I tried to edit those statistics but apparently it's protected in fear of vandalism. Please moderators, update such data as Wiki is used by many as primary source of information as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabingrg (talk • contribs) 11:00, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

First War of Independence

{{editsemiprotected}} India's First War of Independence has been referred to as Sepoy Mutiny. Kindly correct the error. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankittyagi (talk • contribs) 07:14, 10 August 2009

Not done: Welcome and thanks for wanting to improve this article. From a quick scan, Sepoy Mutiny (or Sepoy Rebellion, as it is in the article) is a commonly used, non-derogatory term for the Indian Rebellion of 1857. According to that article and the India's First War of Independence (term) article, the term "First War of Independence" is still controversial, even in India. With those facts in mind, the current paragraph seems fine. Celestra (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Geography (2nd paragraph)

Lack of punctuation makes it unclear what the 3 divisions are in the list given:

the Mountain, Hill, Siwalik region and Terai Regions.

Please clarify by adding comma, using semicolons, or inserting another "and" (or any other effective rewrite). Ed8r (talk) 15:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Nepali or Nepalese

Like most of the English language speakers/writers, wikipedia also uses Nepalese or Nepali interchangeably to define people of Nepal. But the debate is going on for long time whether people of Nepal should be called Nepalese or Nepali. A report by The Kathmandu Post, a leading English daily, has tried to shed in some light on this as below: According to historian Tri Ratna Manandhar, the first English-language book about Nepal was "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul" (1811) by William J. Kirkpatrick and the second book was by Francis Buchanan Hamilton with a similar title, except Nepaul was now "Nepal" written eight years later. Both books had one thing in common: both the writers were British, and they both used "Nepalese". He noted that perhaps these two books led to the use of Nepalese over the years

But there are many Nepali historian/writers like Abhi Subedi,Mahesh Chandra Regm and others prefer using Nepali instead of Nepalese. Nepali newspapers like The Kathmandu Post, Nepali Times etc. uses Nepali to describe people of Nepal. Even style book of National Geographic uses Nepali to for a native of Nepal. Even if you respect local dialect, i think People of Nepal are called Nepali/Nepalis in Nepali language. Wikipedia too is using Nepali and Nepalese interchangeably. Instead of using both, shouldn't Wikipedia use only one adjective for uniformity and to remove ambiguity? If yes, which adjective should it use? In my view: Instead of using Nepalese, it should be using Nepali/Nepalis. --Rabin (talk) 11:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Why not use "Nepali" as a noun (or adjective) to refer to the language, but use "Nepalese" for everything else -- people, history, architecture, cuisine, etc. etc. The "i" ending is common for languages in South Asia: Hindi, Bengali, Newari, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Awadhi (with exceptions like Tibetan, Urdu, Tamil etc.) --LADave (talk) 17:35, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

I spoke to some UN reprensentatives whilst in Nepal recently (Sep 09) who said that the name Nepal came from a contraction of the two Nepali words "neya" meaning "new" and "pal" meaning era. Thus "Nepal" means "new era".

I can't corroborate this information, but it seem plausible and significantly different to the current Wikipedia explanation to warrant investigation.

Matt Trenchard (mtrenchard at gmail dot com)

116.197.166.36 (talk) 09:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

"Nepal" originally referred to just the Kathmandu Valley. It may have the same root as "Newar" (term for the valley's indigenous inhabitants). This isn't a huge stretch because in South Asian languages, consonants "P", "B", "V" and "W" are conflated to some degree, as are "R" and "L". The meaning of "Nepal" shifted from valley to entire nation after Prithvi Narayan Shah created it from numerous petty kingdoms and moved his capital to Kathmandu. LADave (talk) 15:36, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality

At the end of the Kingdom of Nepal section, it says

"Representatives unanimously passed a motion to curtail the power of the king and declared Nepal a secular state, abolishing its time-honoured official status as a Hindu Kingdom."

This does not sound like a neutral way of describing the change of the religious status of the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guak (talk • contribs) 23:32, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

If you look at the Kingdom of Nepal article, it uses a more neutral description. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 17:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request

{{editsemiprotected}} the height of mount everest is listed as 8,850 instead of 8,848 metres (29,029 ft.)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Piciupd (talk • contribs)

Done  Ilyushka88 Talk to me 21:56, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Airlines in Nepal

Please make a site of all the airlines in Nepal and its passenger travel through that airlines in every year & mostly applied for travelling in related airlines. Hope u wont make disagree with my view. Sorry, If I have said something srong.

mailing address: saroj_shrees@hotmail.com

Hey, but I don't think Nepal has ever had civil war. The maoist problem was an insurgency problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.4.169.10 (talk) 01:49, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

== Why is Newari, or so called "Nepal Bhasa" being so much highlighted? This language is used by only a minority of people in Nepal. Maithili is the second most spoken language in Nepal. The section on Newari needs to be replaced by Maithili. Also, the official calender of Nepal uses Bikram Sambat. Why is the antiquity of Nepal Sambat being mentioned and Bikram Sambat left out?

Has culture section been hijacked?

Newar culture dominates the culture chapter, although Newars are only a few percent of Nepal's population. Since this article is about Nepal as a whole, not just the Kathmandu Valley (historically a Newar stronghold), a more balanced view of Nepali culture is in order. The article should probably cover Pahari (Hindu) culture first since they are the largest group, with paragraphs on Newar, Magar, Gurung, Thamang, Rai and Limbu chulture in the hills, Bhote and Thakkali culture in the mountains, Tharu culture in the inner terai, and mention of essentially Indian cultures in the outer terai. It is unfair and misleading to let one ethnic group take over this part of the article. LADave (talk) 03:43, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Nepal is moving backwards, not developing!

"Nepal has also been noted for its recent speed of development, such as being one of the few countries in Asia to abolish the death penalty and the first country in Asia to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, which the government has a seven-person committee studying after a November 2008 ruling by the nation's Supreme Court, which ordered full rights for LGBT individuals, including the right to marry."

Besides the Communist revolution, social changes like giving rights to perverts and refusing to punish hoodlums is degeneracy! Maybe this should read as "speed of decline", because it is not development in any positive sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.141.136.229 (talk) 12:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Nepal was historically and culturally with India more, and China less.

I have a couple problems with this article. One it makes it seem like India and China are both equal in influcening Nepal when Nepal is more historically and culturally tied to India. Secondly, it gives the impression that the first people were Kirat, which makes no sense, because most of the people that were on the Northern part of the Indian subcontienent were Indo-Aryan. That info can be found here on Wikipedia. But this article cuts out Nepal as if it was always this seperate country, with seperate people, who were seperated cus they were Khirat, and were seperated and influcened slowly by India and China. But no, Nepal, much like Paksitan, and Afghanistan, were all one land of the Aryans along with North India, if you go back far enough. Nepal wasn't divided and then slowly influcned by a India. No it was all one connected land. 71.105.87.54 (talk) 01:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

History part needs to be corrected

I found the history part (unification part, under Kingdom of Nepal) a little misleading. Prithvi Narayan Shah started battles against neighboring states right after he became the king (in 1800 BS, 1743? AD) and it took 25 years for him to reach Kathmandu valley, not three years. Takeover of Kathmandu valley was not easy either. We need to remember three battles of Kirtipur which for most of the time was the part of Kantipur (Kathmandu). Yes, the last one was not like the first two. Prithvi Narayan bought weapons from Kashi but no one has ever written he was actually helped by any of the Indian states. Unification/ expansion of the country was continued until the treaty of Sugauli. Its not correct to assume the unification of Nepal was complete once the three states within valley were unified ! Please, write the history correctly. It would also worth mentioning the previous attempts of unification by Mani Mukunda Sen and others (I guess Yaksha Mall too? before he divided the country for his sons)!

And, also Nepal lost newly won areas in the treaty of Sugauli but not the right to recruit her soldiers. Nepal has never been under that type of provisions. Remember all those battles between Bhardars during the period of sugauli treaty to the rise of Jung Bahadur. Most of them involved military power. If it meant the British and Indians were allowed to recruit Nepalese people in their army, it needs to be re-written clearly.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.177.58.43 (talk) 05:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

No one is born religious

The Buddha is described as being "born as a Hindu". Would it be better to say that he was born to Hindu parents, as no new-born child could properly be described as holding religious views? 121.216.123.46 (talk) 11:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Duncan

Your logic is understood but you have to also take into consideration that he was probably a religous Hindu also. He did study Hindu scripture and he never said he didnt believe in all Hindu teacehings or Hindu gods. Yes I know he didnt say he belived in god but he didnt say he didn't. And he also believed in Karma, being vegetarian, Re-incarnation, Dharma, and I would think after being borng into a Hindu family that he would believe in some aspects of Hinduism then. 71.105.87.54 (talk) 01:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Nepal is moving backwards, not developing!

"Nepal has also been noted for its recent speed of development, such as being one of the few countries in Asia to abolish the death penalty and the first country in Asia to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, which the government has a seven-person committee studying after a November 2008 ruling by the nation's Supreme Court, which ordered full rights for LGBT individuals, including the right to marry."

Besides the Communist revolution, social changes like giving rights to perverts and refusing to punish hoodlums is degeneracy! Maybe this should read as "speed of decline", because it is not development in any positive sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.141.136.229 (talk) 12:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Not sure how to edit articles on Wiki but this article says Buddha was born a Hindu. Not true. Hinduism as we know it today did exist in the Buddha's time and didn't really develop to some centuries later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.198.204 (talk) 17:37, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't necessarily want to undo an edit made to this discussion, 20:42, 7 March 2010, by 76.92.160.232, whereby the crucial word "not" was deleted from the original poster's statement "Hinduism as we know it today did not exist in the Buddha's time and didn't really develop to some centuries later;" but removing the word "not" now renders the sentence completely nonsensical. I am woefully ignorant of the origins or current practices and beliefs of either Hinduism or Buddhism, but from the most superficial perusal of Wikipedia's articles on these it's clear that the poster's original statement must be literally correct -- that "Hinduism as we know it today did not exist in the Buddha's time (etc.)" I'm certainly not prepared to get into any argument over the status of Hinduism at the time of the Buddha. In any case, this entire paragraph beginning with "Not sure how to edit articles on Wiki..." should logically be posted under the preceding Section 9, No one is born religious rather than here in this next "moving backwards, not developing" section.Milkunderwood (talk) 21:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Supreme Court Decision

The Supreme Court Decision on equal rights for LGBT is from December 21, 2007 and not November 2008 as stated under the chapter Government and Politics. 84.215.162.141 (talk) 15:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

error in Neotectonics section

The text presently reads "Erosion of the Himalayas is a very important source of sediment, which flows via several great rivers (Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra) to the Indian Ocean.[39]"

Wrong - the Indus flows to the Indian Ocean (to the west of the subcontinent), but the Ganges/Brahmaputra river system flows to the Bay of Bengal (to the east of the subcontinent).

This needs to be rewritten, but I don't have access to the source cited as "[39]". Milkunderwood (talk) 17:06, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and corrected the erroneous flow direction of the Ganges/Brahmaputra, even without having access to the source ref, since as originally written it was obviously wrong and misleading. Someone may want to clean this up further. Milkunderwood (talk) 19:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition?

"Nepal is commonly divided into three physiographic areas: the Mountain, Hill, Siwalik region and Terai Regions."
That looks like four regions, not three...? -- megA (talk) 15:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Tourism

Putting in some things about tourism, which is the most important economic activity in the area is necessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eba123 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

spelling/typo

The standard spelling of Kathmandu in Nepali (according to नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश) is काठमाडौं, not काठमांडौ (note the location of the dot). Can someone correct this please? 69.232.200.244 (talk) 01:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Changing the Emblem

The National Emblem of Nepal included in this article is inaccurate. In the present image the National Motto is spelled incorrectly. It could be replaced with a more accurate one at:

• [| New, more accurate Image]

Please check this png image for reference: [| PNG image to check accuracy]

Thanks for your consideration. PraShree (talk) 03:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

AlanLeMap (talk) 11:55, 10 May 2010 (UTC) Please note there is a small error near the end to the Nepal Article about the flag. In brakets it mentions the flag of Ohio. The Swiss flag is also not rectangular, as it is a square. This information woudl add completeness to the information in parenthese, but is minor detail. I have not checked for other non-rectangular flags. regards, A. AlanLeMap (talk) 11:55, 10 May 2010 (UTC)posted 10th May 2010AlanLeMap (talk) 11:55, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Map doesn't make sense

Please would someone add a sensible map to this article. All I wanted to know was where in the world Nepal is, not have to look at a map of the world as a globe. I don't need to see the whole continent. A simpler map would make it much easier to understand. Anyone got a better map? This one is already on wiki, why is it NOT being used? Thanx xx Veryscarymary (talk) 14:38, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

non-quadrilateral

Are there any non-rectangular, but quadrilateral national flags? If not, let's change the description to non-rectangular. If so, could we get a citation (or at least an example of one such)? Thanks, — sligocki (talk) 18:08, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

I haven't heard anything from anyone, so I was WP:BOLD and changed it to read more nicely, please correct and discuss here, if this is wrong. Thanks, — sligocki (talk) 08:35, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it was really easy to find a ref. — sligocki (talk) 08:43, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Dansong22, 1 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Many Nepalese people have become Christians. I think it's important to mention in the page.

Dansong22 (talk) 23:20, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. If you have a reliable source with that information, please post a new edit request with that information. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:16, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

should remove zone

current constitution of nepal doesn't recognize the "zone".king mahendra used that on his regime "panchayat" but now constitution doesn't mention about it. i agree that people still use zone but i am talking about legal document. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.122.76.216 (talk) 03:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Kalitimes, 18 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} In the Government and politics section - After "2009, Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned" Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed PM. He resigned and ruled for some 6 months (after resignation). Now, the PM is Jhala Nath Khanal.

This is very important political change that can't be overlooked. Thanks.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned - Refer - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/04/nepal-maoists-army-chief-president-maseeh-rahman Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed PM - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhav_Kumar_Nepal On 3 February 2011, after seven months of political gridlock in which no candidate could muster enough votes to be elected as Prime Minister, Jhala Nath Khanal was elected as Prime Minister by the Constituent Assembly -- Refer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhala_Nath_Khanal

I hope that helps - Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalitimes (talk • contribs) 02:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Kalitimes (talk) 20:40, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Bility (talk) 23:18, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Flag image border

I think the flag image on this page looks quite bad with a border. --62.255.194.126 (talk) 12:42, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Please recify the serious mistake

Just learned the facts about nepal most of the things are correct but there has been serious mistake regarding kapilbastu- the birth place of buddha. The article states that buddha was born in lumbini in nepal and later on went to kapilbastu in india. But the fact is lumbini is one of the zone of nepal where kapilbastu is its headquater and its one of the town. It contains beautiful temple,foot print of buddha and historical palace...kapilbastu lies in india is fake...please rectify this error. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.70.86.66 (talk) 14:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

gupha

GUPHA is for girls only, not boys. Boys have BRATABANDHA.and mongolian(matwali)gurung,kirat,tamang.magar boys meaning mongolian have chewar GUPHA means 'cave'. The prepubescent girl is placed in a room away from sunlight for 12 days. She is prepared for a 'marriage' with the SUN-god. During the 12 days, they are not allowed to see sunlight, mens who have had their bratabandha.

-Gyami

i don't understand why indo aryan look is view by some as better,if all of us are the same humans and also mongoloid people have many of the most brilliant cultures in the world,with the developed japan,korea and singapore and the emerging china or malaysia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.175.1.250 (talk) 05:37, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Request for edit

Ther sentence about 8 out of ten mounbtains 'of postcard beauty' is unclear and irrelevant. Please remove. The number of the world's highest mountains in Nepal is covered earlier. 2.102.207.118 (talk) 11:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Done. Vsmith (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 98.101.157.163, 15 June 2011

Subdivisions section needs to be edited, as the text is colliding with a picture.

98.101.157.163 (talk) 14:17, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Just checked the section. There is no collision of text with the image. —Abhishek ^{Talk to me} 17:37, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

New Coat of Arms

There is an updated and more accurate version of the coat of arms of Nepal now available at Image. Please considering replacing the current image.PraShree (talk) 04:40, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Dating

Hi, I'm interested in meeting girls with ... erm, sorry ... I mean I think the following paragraph would benefit from some dates:

"Nepal is first mentioned in the late Vedic text, Atharvaveda Parisista as a place exporting blankets, and in the post-Vedic Atharva Siras Upanisad.[17] In Samudragupta's Allahabad inscription it is mentioned as a bordering country. The 'Skanda Purana' has a separate chapter known as 'Nepal Mahatmya', which "explains in more details about the beauty and power of Nepal."[18] Nepal is also mentioned in Hindu texts such as the Narayana Puja.[17]"

109.153.232.146 (talk) 02:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Inflation number way off

According to the http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Nepal the current rate of inflation in Nepal is 13.2%, not 2.9% as stated in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.38.250.5 (talk) 16:36, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Religion 4

In this site, the name of religion ranked in 4th position has been named as MUNDHUM ,this is wrong.The actual name of the religion must be Kirat. 113.199.227.187 (talk) 08:33, 28 May 2011

References to Buddha's enlightenment and other activities in India were removed as details of Buddhism should be stated on the Buddhism wiki pages- this is about what happened in Nepal and not a treatise on Buddhism. Similarly, if additional information on the Buddha's activities in India are desired, this can always be added to the India wiki. Encyclopedia1742 (talk) 20:08, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Pokharelbipin, 10 August 2011

Lord Buddha was born and raised in Nepal; not in India. The original Kapilvastu, as per the international border, is inside Nepal. Kapilvastu is one of the 75 districts of modern Nepal also. India is making fake Kapilvastu in Bihar city now days. The construction of fake Kapilvastu is going on war-speed and Indian Government is funding huge amount for it.

Pokharelbipin (talk) 19:18, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Topher385 (talk) 20:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Come on wikipedia, its a fact that kapilvastu lies in nepal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapilvastu_District. it is true that india has claimed kapilvastu to be located in bihar, india, however, UNESCO has acknowledged it to be in nepal based on scriptures found ashoka's pillar in tilaurakot,kapilvastu, nepal.(note, insecured indian fanatics also claim jesus to have visited india in his teenages which is equally untrue, and points to the fact that many indians can go to any length of absurdity to gain an undeserved sense of national glory.) also the paragraph on the place of birth of lord buddha needs to be corrected and rephrased because of its pro-indian tone, which is irrelevant given the article is about nepal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.244.178.171 (talk) 15:33, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 87.240.223.124, 28 August 2011

In the History section, Ancient subsection, 3. paragraph, last sentence. Please change "te" to "the", since that's how you spell it. 87.240.223.124 (talk) 12:18, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Done. Thanks, Nikkimaria (talk) 13:04, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Wrong stipulation about Maithili language

In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithili_language is stipulated that Maithili language „is the second largest spoken language of Nepal (around 12%)” but in this article it come with only 5%. P.S. This „5%” is in Languages, even in a picture from main Demographics Maithili language seems to have 12%. Other languages have also different numbers there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.233.93.72 (talk) 00:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Earthquakes in Nepal

It is strange that the fact that Nepal lies in an earthquake-prone zone is not even mentioned. Perhaps someone can put up a page (if it does not already exist) about earthquakes in Nepal. (Manoguru (talk) 18:18, 9 December 2011 (UTC))

Inner-Terai

Nepal's inner-terai valleys including Dang-Deukhuri and Chitwan deserve mention. These large valleys, mostly situated between the Siwalak and Mahabharat ranges are a significant part of the country's physical geography and have culturally-significant inhabitants, especially Tharus.

The inner-terai also has great economic importance. In addition to the exploitation of timber by Indian loggers, they have become agriculturally important, first through absentee landlords during the Rana period. Then when endemic malaria was controlled during the 1960s they became the focus of immigration by land-hungry families from the middle hills.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.53.234 (talk • contribs) 10:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The text in emblem is wrong

The text in the emblem is wrong, it should read "जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी" instead of what's there. Please change it. Here is a correct emblem that's already in the wikimedia commons.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Nepal.svg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.229.128 (talk) 20:47, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Update

Would you (who has authority to edit the main page of Nepal Wikipedia)update the political setup and government related news of Nepal. I dont find it has updated since the time of Prachanda as a prime minister. That would be useful if someone edits that page and update the content.

I would like to mention it is not the only flag in the world that isn't rectangular. Switzerland's flag is square.

What exactly needs to be updated? A square is a type of rectangle. CMD (talk) 12:17, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Wrong text in emblem

We have been trying to get this corrected for almost an year now. Please correct it, and if you donot have the knowledge, skill or will to do it then, let us do it. The right text is: "जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी" instead of what's there. Here is a correct emblem that's already in the wikimedia commons.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Nepal.svg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.64.218.64 (talk) 16:25, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Stop discrimination towards UCPN-M

Every UCPN-M leader of Nepal are marked as "(Maoist)" in the page while no others labeled - neither is Ram Yadav labeled as "Congress" nor was Kumar Nepal labeled as Marxist-Leninist.

Westerners should stop hostility towards UCPN-M. It has been described as a terrorism group even though it wons a great majority in the Constituent Assembly. --123.125.157.10 (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Corruption

Nepalese people has become hostile of Corruption from almost all the Goverment run organisation,whereevr you go will found sorrounded by such people. In a Example recently i visited for applying My passport to District Office.

Where i noted one of the person known to me had been threre for his citizenship card of his Son.All the documents produced were found to be inorder, but the Incharge was nt accepting the documents. I checked up the documents and then argued the Incharge but he didnot agrred and thretning to go for verification and this will take long procedure.I mainatined ok please proceed for inquirry, later after 2 hours, i came to know that he took bribe of Rs 750/- and agreed to give citizenship by tomorrow.

Myself had to come next day only to get receipt of my Passport application Form which was a minute work for the Incharge.

In School adminstration have been run by politician and corrupted people, only the relatives and the person who can bribe the authority, politician can do job over there. Degree and quality education has no become meening less. Even i am remembeing my old days till BS 2046 -2047, the quality of education were very high,students were doing very well. But today only quality education is for rich people who can afford fees of Boarding scool. In villages only certificate to be collected.

Need to have a serious thpough on todays development,and Nepal progress ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.241.189.72 (talk) 10:18, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Development?!

I quote: "Nepal has also been noted for its recent speed of development, such as being one of the few countries in Asia to abolish the death penalty[47] and the first country in Asia to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, which the government has a seven-person committee studying after a November 2008 ruling by the nation's Supreme Court, which ordered full rights for LGBT individuals, including the right to marry.[48]"

This is so POV! Development means institutions of higher learning, high standard of living, successful social institutions, lack of corruption, etc. NOT pandering to the homosexual lobby. And about the death penalty, I guess those US states that have it like Texas are undeveloped third world nations? Give me a break. Remove this silliness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MosheEmes (talk • contribs) 03:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Birthplace of Buddha

The sentence in the article - "Buddhism, though a minority faith in the country, is linked historically with Nepal." doesnot seem to convey the full message. After reading it a question that comes to mind is Why is it historically likned with Nepal?. It is a known fact and widely accepted that Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal unless otherwise there are graduated scientific discovories to prove it otherwise. Please complete the sentence as "Buddhism, though a minority faith in the country, is linked historically with Nepal as the birth place of Gautama Buddha the founder of Buddhism." (Ned.eddie (talk) 15:33, 12 May 2012 (UTC))

Wiki's insert about Nepal has left out, in its language section, the fact that one of the languages of Nepal which is called KUSUNDA is on the verge of instinction. As of late, the last person alive today, who speaks the language fluently, is a woman by the name of Gyani Maiya Sen. I believe that this important fact should be duly noted. A professor of linguistics at Nepal's Tribhuwan University, Madhav Prasad Pokharel, has spent a decade researching the vanishing Kusunda tribe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.135.9.81 (talk) 08:53, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Birthplace of Gautam Buddha

The information provided on "Nepal" page about Buddhism does not suffice. It should be clearly written that the "birthplace of Gautam Buddha was Lumbini, Nepal" Whosoever contributed to the article should provide such crucial information while writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.169.236 (talk) 00:57, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

I give up on the incorrect coat of arms text

This is my third post regarding the terribly incorrect text in the coat of arms. We corrected the text and uploaded in in the commons, but somehow the experts at wikipedia decided to delete it (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Nepal.svg). Its unfortunate that whoever is editing the page on Nepal, clearly has no understanding of Nepali language. As of now I have officially given up trying to correct people who don't care about being correct. Also, @MosheEmes sounds like a typical republican nutcase. If you don't like that line then rephrase it. Because, clearly, on certain issues Nepali constitution and judiciary system is way more "human" than the American's. And hence, that fact should be mentioned, albeit in a different form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.64.218.95 (talk) 14:57, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Kingdom of Nepal

The first paragraph of the section entitled Kingdom of Nepal contains mistakes and unverified info. For example, the name of the father who recorded Shah's conquest of the Kathmandu Valley is Giuseppe. A detailed account of the fighting can be found in Account of the Kingdom of Nepal by Father Giuseppe (1799), London: Vernor and Hood (http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA307&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zulufive (talk • contribs) 10:11, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Population of Nepal

The 2011 AD census clearly reports that the population of nepal is: 26,620,809 The one written needs to be updated please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.244.35.248 (talk) 12:52, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Infrastructure

The article is severely lacking in the Infrastructure section. More hard facts are needed. (Manoguru (talk) 10:28, 6 July 2012 (UTC))

Someone needs to put something on health and education of the country. (Manoguru (talk) 09:01, 19 July 2012 (UTC))

Something also needs to be said about community forest, which is a success story of Nepal. (Manoguru (talk) 06:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC))

Edit request on 15 July 2012

Nepali language represents to all the langauges that are spoken in Nepal. Khas language is not only Nepali langauge.

NEPALI languages are: 1) Khas(according to well known linguist Mr Bal Krishna Pokharel, original name of this language is KHAS, not Nepali) 2) Maithili 3) Bhojpuri 4) Rai 5) Newar 6) Limbu 7) Sunuwar 8) Tamang 9) Tharu etc.

Thejay4u (talk) 14:55, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Military and foreign affairs

The standard rifle used by the Nepali Armed Forces seems trivial. It would be more useful to provide more strategic-level information. What are the main security concerns? What is the mission of the Armed Forces? Are they concentrated more towards China or India? Just my two cents! --Lacarids (talk) 16:27, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 September 2012

There is a spelling mistake in the last paragraph of Infrastructure / Energy. Please change "...because off high tariff..." to "...because of high tariff...". Thank you. 94.194.200.220 (talk) 18:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Torreslfchero (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Margareth Thathcer has been a Prime Minister.

....oh no she hasn't....Oh yes she has....At that section that is labelled as "republic", could someone please remove the citation needed thingys. Either that Nepali bloke who is called Nepal was a PM or he was not. My actual intention was to find the reason why Nepal (the country) was called Nepal. I have no intention to know of a yak that is slacking of.

I think I will have a read about how many have been head of state of this country for the past half a century or so. --88.89.69.104 (talk) 22:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Same-Sex marriage in Nepal?

Nepal has no official acts, rulings, orders for same-sex marriage. However, definitions to third gender has been provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.244.52.165 (talk) 08:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Official names

Please give me a timeline of Nepal's official since 2008 after the fall of the Kingdom of Nepal. Thank. ༆ (talk) 01:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Grammar clarification

From the second paragraph in the article, second sentence:

The mountainous north has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. The mountains in northern Nepal have eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali.

From Neotectonics:

As such Nepal is prone to frequent earthquakes, a major earthquake happening within every 100 years. As such Nepal is prone to frequent earthquakes, a major earthquake typically occurs every 100 years.

Writerpierce (talk) 15:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Wrong indication of boarder countries for 8000+ mountain Kangchenjunga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.64.134.242 (talk) 15:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Wrong indication of boarder countries for 8000+ mountain Kangchenjunga

Could somebody please rectify a terrible mistake on the wikipage belonging to Nepal?

There are several 8000+ metre mountains indicated to be on Nepali-Chinese boarder, amongst these Kangchenjunga.

However, she is on Nepali-Indian boarder !!!

F mark from Geography for the author.

For details see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.64.134.242 (talk) 15:27, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

History (needs to be written differently)

Until Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the Kathmandu Valley in the 1760s, Nepa/Nepal/Newar only referred to the Kathmandu Valley. This valley forms only a portion of Nepal today. The name Nepal was then extended from the valley to refer to the entire country created by Prithvi Narayan Shah. The article's take on the history of Nepal combines these two facts which results in the history section before the 1760s only encompassing the history of this valley and not most of the rest of what is today Nepal, much of which was part of numerous empires and kingdoms, many of which had little to do with the Kathmandu Valley. This is especially true of the Medieval period section. There was really no distinction between the kingdoms of what is today's southern Nepal and the Gangetic Plain (in today's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) so this should be clarified as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akhipill (talk • contribs) 04:33, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Its a misconception harbored by many. Kathmandu valley was called Nepal only in Shah and Rana era. Before that, Nepal existed as a country with Kathmandu valley as its central city for a very long time before being divided during the late Malla era. Please read any standard text book about the territory of Nepal during Manadeva or Yakshya Malla (as examples). As opposed to UP or Bihar, southern Nepal was never ruled by Muslims or British (except for 4 districts which were handed back to Nepal by the British). So, there is a definite distinction between the two. Thank you.--Eukesh (talk) 16:26, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

With all due respect, I study the history and politics of South Asia for a living and what Eukesh is saying is not true. I have no doubt that numerous "standard" textbooks in Nepal present history in such a distorted manner because they either are genuinely ignorant or seek to create a nationalist account. So the initial statement by Akhipill is in fact true and not a misconception and I cannot find any evidence to substantiate your statement. For the sake of everyone, I direct them to this well researched article on the topic here: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1848&context=himalaya. I'm not trying to take the side of India or Nepal here. History needs to be written objectively, free from nationalist distortions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.15.20.154 (talk) 06:43, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Flag

The Nepalese flag in the infobox has a 1px outline that surrounds it. This may erroneously suggest that the flag is quadrilateral, when it actually isn't. Is there a way to remove the border outline? Cheers! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 10:14, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 7 May 2013

I have found two gramitical errors under the section "Government". [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal#Government ] 1:) The second sentence in the second bullet should have its sixth word, "thee" changed to the word "the". The current sentence is as follows: Constituent assembly is working as thee legislature of Nepal at present. The edited sentence shall be as follows: Constituent assembly is working as the legislature of Nepal at present. 2:) The third sentence in the second bullet should have its first word, "Legislative" changed to the words "The legislature". The current sentence is as follows: Legislative is composed of 601 members. The edited sentence shall be as follows: The legislature is composed of 601 members.

ACTUALLY, LETZ GET TO THE POINT, NEPAL WAS CREATED BY TIKA ADHIKARI..HE'S IN AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW..HE CFEATED NEPAL AND LEAVE IT FOR SOME REASONS BUT LOOKING AT THOSE FILTHY NEPALESE PEOPLES BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDE, HE DECIDE TO TAKE IT DOWN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pakit.mar (talk • contribs) 11:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

I hope my request is carried out. 96.33.21.100 (talk) 23:52, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Done RudolfRed (talk) 00:08, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

GDP figures

An editor has changed it again, but has left the old IMF reference in these edits. The new 2011 figures might be found at the gov't site. Could someone please check and add the new ref? Thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 June 2013

Hello posters and editors of this content. It is Nepali, not Nepalese. Let's be honest to ourselves, we are Nepali. I know it is just a word and doesn't make much difference on the surface level, but it is problematic in a deeper level. I hope all the Nepalese words will be replaced by Nepali as how it should have been in the first place. Many thanks, Nepali.

Itisnepali (talk) 09:12, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Both can be used according to this article. I'll mark the request as answered for now, but you are free to continue the discussion and add another request if there is consensus to change to "Nepali". jonkerz ♠talk 12:56, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

See also Talk:Nepal/Archive 1#Nepali or Nepalese. jonkerz ♠talk 12:58, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Why do Nepalis think they were always separate from India?

Do any nepali people go to school? I mean if you go back in time there was no India, Nepal, paksitan, it was all part of ancient India. It is the same peo[ple, the same religion, the same languages, the same culture, and yet nepali continue to act like they are always separate from India. Its like, do any of them pick up a map? There is no such thing as a nepali race, just like there is no indan race, its the same freaking people! Its like saying people in Nevada were never part of California? It doesn't make sense...its the same land!....Buddha was not nepali lol...Buddha was froma Hindu family in Ancient INdia.....Hes not indian or neplai I mean what is this!??!?.......THis is what Pakistani people do. They act like they were never paart of India and it makes no sense then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.13.86.182 (talk) 21:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Misleading or Incorrect phrase

The lines "Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty of kings from 1768, when Prithvi Narayan Shah unified its many small kingdoms" is misleading as the Madhesh region was not exactly "unified" by any of the rulers of within the boundary of the nation presently called NEPAL. Land Transfer aggreement between the East India Company and Nepal needs to be quoted instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deswaali (talk • contribs) 06:15, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

May 18 proclamation

Look here for starters, [9]. I can see some editing has already been done but we need a unified approach to bring all Nepalese articles up to date, perhaps leaving the ones on the exact power of the King until a final decision is reached. I will start on the army pages. Horses In The Sky ^{talk contributions} 09:53, 20 May 2006

After the May 18 act shouldn't the opening be changed, Nepal is no longer an "official" Hindu kingdom - 2006 democracy movement in Nepal? TallAlex 04:18, 6 September 2006

Wrong bank note!!!

The bank note of 'one Nepalese rupee' is outdated! Doesn't someone have a recent one with King Gyanendra on it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.197.98 (talk • contribs) 04:15, 4 July 2006‎

National symbols of Nepal

Bird - Lophophorus (Danphe), Animal - Cow, Flower - Rhododendron (Lali Gurans), Color - Crimson Red (Simrik) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcmpsc (talk • contribs) 15:04, 31 October 2006‎ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.83.228.233 (talk • contribs) 11:15, 25 December 2006‎ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amiitu (talk • contribs) 21:40, 13 May 2009‎

National animal?

Please confirm the national animal of Nepal. Most refs say "cow":

• Shrestha, Nanda R. (2002). Nepal and Bangladesh: a global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-57607-285-1. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Cow Known as gai in Nepali, it is a national animal of Nepal. ...
• Albala, Ken (25 May 2011). Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Virtually no one eats beef (cows are the national animal of Nepal, and killing a cow used to be a capital offense).
• Rai, Bandana (2009). Gorkhas: the warrior race. Gyan Publishing House. p. 136. ISBN 978-81-7835-776-8. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

However, some say "tiger" :

• Smith, Ethan; Dauncey, Guy; Goodall, Jane (1 November 2007). Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering. New Society Publishers. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-86571-566-0. Retrieved 1 January 2012. ... where they are the national animal of India, Malaysia, North Korea, South Korea, Nepal, Bangladesh and China ...nepal is an land luck country and it has huge himalayes — Preceding unsigned comment added by AshLin (talk • contribs) 21:18, 31 December 2011‎

Chalukyas?

It says in the history section that Nepal was influenced by the Chalukya Empire. I find it hard to believe that the Chalukyas (originally from Karnataka and ruling over Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh) could have had any influence on Nepal. I would like to verify this statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.124.77.161 (talk • contribs) 02:33, 18 November 2006‎

information

why did the editor deleted this bolded information?

Until the Sugauli Sandhi (treaty) was signed, the territory of Nepal also included Darjeeling, and Tista to the east, Nainital to the south-west and Kumaun, Garwal and Bashahar to the west. However, today these areas are a part of India. As a result, Nepal shares no boundary with Bangladesh now and the two countries are separated by a narrow strip of land about 21 kilometres (13 mi) wide, called the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck. A huge majority of Nepalese still live there (almost 2 million). Efforts are underway to make this area a free-trade zone.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MongolGurkha (talk • contribs) 17:54, 27 August 2009‎

Incorrect census results

The Federation of National Christians of Nepal said that it could prove from church records that there were more than 2.5 million Christians in the country (i.e. approximately 9.3% of the population), but the final report of the 2011 census, which was published towards the end of last year, recorded just 375,699 or 1.4% of the population. The preliminary results of the census, however, which were declared in late September 2011, had put the number of Christians at 2 million. Dr K.B. Rokaya, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Nepal, said that the enumerators did not visit every house, and when they did, they presumed that anyone with a Hindu name was a Hindu. As a personal example, Dr Rokaya also said:

"When enumerators came to my house, they asked questions about family members but not about our religion. My wife noticed they had already marked us as Hindus."

An accurate percentage of Christians and other non-Hindus in Nepal is very important as the country’s first elected representatives implement reforms.

The fact that these census results are disputed should be noted on the wikipedia entry.123.255.9.39 (talk) 07:33, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

www.barnabasfund.org 8 January 2013 123.255.9.39 (talk) 07:42, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Why has there been no action on this edit request? If the number of people identifying themselves as Hindu had been grossly under-reported in a Western country's official census results, there would be outrage, demonstrations, media coverage... (especially if the preliminary census results were much closer to the actual figures, as they were in this case). Is it because the main group affected is Christians? Isn't that discrimination? I wonder what Hillary bhai would say about this? 121.74.47.173 (talk) 03:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

It is now THREE MONTHS later, and there still has been no action on this edit request... Why are Nepali Christians being discriminated against by Wikipedia, which is supposed to be unbiased and neutral?121.74.47.142 (talk) 08:45, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Siddharta Gautama accurate dates

You have Siddharta Gautama as "traditionally dated 563–483 BCE". Modern scholars of Buddhism generally agree that new research, corroborated by archaeological evidence, indicates correct dates of 480 - 400 BCE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.167.192.209 (talk) 00:34, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Nepal is not yet Federal Democratic country

This article says Nepal as a Democratic country but Nepal is not yet Democratic country. The Head part should be just Democratic Republic of Nepal instead of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subedi.chem (talk • contribs) 12:49, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

This is a misunderstanding about the debate in the Constituent Assembly. The 4th Amendments (2065 Jestha 15, May 28, 2008) of Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 has already defined Nepal as a Federal Democratic Republican State. The word "Federal" has been unilaterally removed by Nepalmandal and till now the Nepali word Sanghiya / सङ्घीय is now presented. --110.96.229.116 (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Nepal has already been a Federal Democratic Republican State since 2065 Jestha 15 (May 28, 2008)

Please respect the current Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007) with all six amendments and add the term Sanghiya / सङ्घीय to the Nepali name of the state. --110.96.229.116 (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Also, it is advised to follow the constitution to call it Federal Democratic Republican State of Nepal rather than Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. --110.96.229.116 (talk) 19:20, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

See Talk:Nepal/Archive 1#Long name is disputed.

I confirmed from the source linked in the article that these are the names per the US Board on Geographic Names:

• conventional long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• conventional short form: Nepal
• local long form: Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
• local short form: Nepal

—Wbm1058 (talk) 02:19, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I searched the interim constitution that you linked and found the search term "Federal Democratic Republic" in three places:

• Part 1, item 4, p.56: "Nepal is an independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive Federal Democratic Republican State."
• Part 17, item 138, p. 216: "Nepal shall be a Federal Democratic Republic."
• Item 159, p. 250: "Nepal shall be a federal democratic republican state."

Given that I didn't find a definitive statement, like The official name of the state is..., and item 138 does say Federal Democratic Republic, I'm going to accept the U.S. version for now.

However, given that user:Nepalmandal twice made unexplained edits changing the name #1 #2 and the United States' long form does include Sanghiya, I'm restoring that. Am I correct in assuming that Sanghiya is the word for Federal?

 Partly done – regards, Wbm1058 (talk) 03:17, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

PHOTO

Why does it include a picture of Prachanda speaking along with the communist flag in prominence? I am not making a political statement but this picture in no way suits the grandeur of this article or this country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prachanda.jpg Much better choice for the political section would be of peoples revolution mass. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam Adhikari (talk • contribs) 19:58, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Unverified claims

Madheshis, though having supported the British East India Company during the war, had their lands gifted to Nepalese. Can anyone provide source for this claim?? Were there even Madheshis in Nepal during that time? I thought they acquired citizenship after indian government sponsered maoist came to power?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhoti Randian (talk • contribs) 16:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Map Update

The map does not include South Sudan, it needs to be updated. --WhyHellWhy (talk) 04:27, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Troll attempt by indians

'By 250 BCE, the southern regions came under the influence of the Mauryan Empire of northern India, and Nepal later on became a nominal vassal state under the Gupta Empire in the fourth century CE.' Reeaaaaaaaaally? and this is based on what evidence? Don't blabber hypothetical stuffs. Same Mangelorean troll attempting to rewrite Nepal's history. And where is the map of Ancient Nepal??? Are you afraid entire North india would be shown inside Nepal or what?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhoti Randian (talk • contribs) 16:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

written by rabin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.139.193.233 (talk) 01:43, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Well firstly it is usually not good to assume that it is any ethnicity without evidence, for all it is known it could have been an irish person who edited it in based on research, also it should not matter, ethnicity is not a factor in this, its whether or not the info is relevant or true. secondly it is well noted in both Mauryan and Gupta pages not only in Wikipedia, but on numerous archaeological discoveries, such as edicts from Ashoka the great. the Mauryan's are described as having influence in fact most of modern day Nepal was a part of the empire, there are about 50 citable sources but it would be better to read through the page than copy and paste - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire Also, the Gupta's are even believed by some scholars to be from Nepal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Gupta_dynasty reading through that could yield some insight, and they did control southern areas of Nepal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire

Whether or not Nepal owned areas of india is not really relevant to the time periods you were questioning during which they were neighboured and controlled to varying extent from these dynasties, HOWEVER it is also important to note that india is something that has existed starting in 1950, other than that there was no india controlling or being controlled in respect to Nepal, india itself was split into many kingdoms of Hindus and Buddhists, pretty much the only similarities between them were the Dharmic religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, the ethnicity or uniqueness of Nepali people compared to "indians" is just as diverse or wide as the differences between a Punjabi Hindu and a Bengali Hindu, since this is a article on Nepal you should find reliable images and good researched information to add more on Ancient Nepal and the varying sizes and areas of control of the kingdoms of the area or ethnicity, however that may be better covered in the main linked article, - History of Nepal 70.69.172.92 (talk) 11:02, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Also look at Rabindohal's edits, he didn't add that section, so please don't accuse 'innocent people', but rather the people that added it 70.69.172.92 (talk) 21:11, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2014 in Nepal#Largest_cities

All country shows template in largest cities so Nepal's largest cities also shows template.

Page shows Largest cities below template in Nepal#Largest_cities.

Largest cities or towns in Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics 2021 Nepal census
	Rank	Name	Province	Pop.	Rank	Name	Province	Pop.
Kathmandu Pokhara	1	Kathmandu	Bagmati	845,767	11	Janakpur	Madhesh	195,438	Bharatpur Lalitpur
	2	Pokhara	Gandaki	518,452	12	Butwal	Lumbini	195,054
	3	Bharatpur	Bagmati	369,377	13	Tulsipur	Lumbini	180,734
	4	Lalitpur	Bagmati	299,843	14	Budhanilkantha	Bagmati	179,688
	5	Birgunj	Madhesh	268,273	15	Dharan	Koshi	173,096
	6	Biratnagar	Koshi	244,750	16	Nepalgunj	Lumbini	166,258
	7	Dhangadhi	Sudurpashchim	204,788	17	Birendranagar	Karnali	154,886
	8	Ghorahi	Lumbini	201,079	18	Tarakeshwar	Bagmati	151,508
	9	Itahari	Koshi	198,098	19	Gokarneshwar	Bagmati	151,200
	10	Hetauda	Bagmati	195,951	20	Tilottama	Lumbini	149,657

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 11:50, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Too many spurious claims

'since this article is written by a disillusioned indian, it is but obvious that he has personal bias against Nepal and Nepalese people. I would urge all people who might use this article as a source or material of reference on Nepalese history to double check all the facts and claims made here and verify them from some neutral and unbiased source. Some examples of the obvious troll attempt by the mangelorean is the use of words like 'heavy reparations' - 'without any quantification', superflous use of superlatives, unverifiable claims linking ancient Nepalese rulers to non-existent (at those times) entity called india, differentiation between Madheshis and Pahades using words like Madheshis and Nepalese (though both are of same nationality), no mention of details from the accounts of Xuanzong, use of unrelated photos etc. and render this entire article useless ' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpt muji (talk • contribs) 13:35, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Use this map

http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1e8d764535928c026d295710e3608135?convert_to_webp=true in the history of Nepal section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpt muji (talk • contribs) 13:47, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 June 2014

Nepal's Demonym is Nepali or Nepalese not Madhesi, Madhesi people are consisting of ethnic groups residing in Terai plains of Nepal. All Medhesi people are Nepali people, just like a Bihari people are Indian, Bihari is not India's Demonym. 49.244.178.167 (talk) 06:34, 21 June 2014 (UTC) Please remove Madhesi as Nepal's Demonym. All Madhesi people of Nepal, who are recognition who all are bonafide madhesi ethnic Nepali people. All Madhesi people proud to be who are bonafide Nepali people. So Nepal's Demonym is Nepali or Nepalese. Gorkha is Nepal's former name so world people known as Nepali as bravery Gurkha people. Please Change in wikipedia page is Nepali Demonym is Madhesi Nepal's Demonym are Nepali, Nepalese or Gurkha only Source : http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030900a.htm http://meropower.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/nepal/

Done Sam Sailor ^Sing 03:56, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2014

i want to something add in the information

Barun Chaurasiya (talk) 10:39, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — Ascii002 ^{Let's talk! Contribs} 10:56, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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The Country Studies — published by the Federal Research Division of the United States Library of Congress — have been dedicated to the public domain and can be copied freely. -- Tobby72 (talk) 16:40, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Minor capitalization issue

I have no account, but there's a minor clean-up issue that bothers me in the opening text: "a decade-long Civil War involving the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (Now known as the Unified Communist Party of Nepal)" The first word here in the parenthetical ("Now") should be in lower case. Thanks to anyone who can fix that for me! 96.249.4.15 (talk) 00:04, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

edit request

link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushil_Koirala please — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.16.186.25 (talk) 09:03, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 September 2014

The line "Janakpur (Pop.: 2,97,776)" must be removed, it seems to be copy-paste error. 195.91.175.97 (talk) 21:32, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Already done I have already corrected it. Cheers! Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 00:10, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 September 2014

211.127.115.58 (talk) 08:47, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not requested a change.
If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 09:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Geographic Division of Nepal

The geographic division of Nepal is mentioned in this page as Mountain Region, Hills Region and Terai Region. I do not think it is correct. It should have been Himalayan Region, Mountain Region and TeraiRegion.

We should know the difference of the word mountain and hills. Basically hills are very small compared to mountains. The mountains that lie in Himalayan region and Terai region are so huge, tall and massive that we cannot call them him. It will be like calling a 'Tiger' a 'Cat'.

Also, Himalayas are also mountain but they are special kinds of mountain that lies in between tibet and south indian plateau. Alpes, Andes are also mountains. So we should not be confused with the two distinct region, Himalayan Region and Mountain Region. And we should not take Himalayan Region as the part or subset of Mountain Region in case of geographic division of Nepal. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugan.shakya.np (talk • contribs) 15:38, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2014

Nepal's official language is Nepali language. So please make and add cateogory of Category:Nepali-speaking countries and territories just like a (Category:English-speaking countries and territories) Nepal's official language is Nepali language. So please make and add cateogory of Category:Nepali-speaking countries and territories just like a (Category:English-speaking countries and territories) 49.244.210.148 (talk) 12:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Done Its here. Category:Nepali-speaking countries and territories. AmRit GhiMire "Ranjit" 13:21, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Concerning the claim that Siddhārtha Gautama was born in Lumbini being represented in the article as fact

I've reverted this edit again because, as the numerous discussions at Talk:Gautama Buddha show, the claim that Siddhārtha Gautama was born in Lumbini is not a universally accepted fact, it's only one claim of many and as such, per Wikipedia policy, the article cannot say "Siddhārtha Gautama was born in Lumbini" as if it's a universally accepted fact, or even one accepted by a majority of sources, because it isn't. - Aoidh (talk) 07:25, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Right and it is likely going to remain disputed. Bladesmulti (talk) 08:29, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Same issues at Talk:Gautama_Buddha#Birthplace and subsequent sections. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:42, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

This sentence "Lumbini is considered as the birthplace of Gautam Buddha according to Buddhist narratives." presents NPOV. This sentence does not claim Buddha to be born in Nepal. So, I think this can be added. -- Ascii002 (talk · contribs · guestbook) 10:02, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

What Buddhist narratives are you referring to? And have you read Wikipedia:Gautama_Buddha_Birthplace_sources_and_quotes? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:23, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Only "Buddhist narratives" that support that POV, which is anything but WP:NPOV. It's more than a little telling that it's only editors, often canvassed editors, with a singular focus on Nepal-related articles that want to add this kind of pro-Nepal claim. - Aoidh (talk) 00:24, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Nepal/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: 3family6 (talk · contribs) 18:43, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   The results of Earwig's tool don't reveal any copyvio or close paraphrasing issues.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Though Earwig's tool didn't find anything, I did find this passage, "However increasing access to secondary education (grades 9-12) remains a major challenge, as evidenced by the disturbingly low net enrollment rate of 24% at this level. More than half of primary students do not enter secondary schools, and only one-half of them complete secondary schooling. In addition, fewer girls than boys join secondary schools and, among those who do join, fewer complete the 10th grade." This is a verbatim copy from the World Bank source. This is completely unacceptable, and suggests that there could be other copyvios in this article, that Earwig's tool didn't detect. In fact, a further check with the Duplication detector also found multiple copyvios from the World Bank source. This is a major, major, problem, and needs to be solved ASAP, regardless of the GA issue. In fact, in light of this problem, and the lack of sources that I mentioned below, I will have to fail this article.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The ruling granted full rights for LGBT individuals, including the right to marry[67] and now can get citizenship as a third gender rather than male or female as authorized by Nepal's Supreme Court in 2007.[68]" - Should be "...right to marry, and individuals may register as a third gender..."--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "Cricket in Nepal is making quick progress as the Nepal cricket team has won the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four and the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three[163] simultaneously hence qualifying for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier." - reword to something like "... ICC World Cricket League Division Three[163], thus qualifying for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier."

   "Since the establishment of the national team, Nepal has played its home matches on the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground.[citation needed]." - This sentence should follow this one: "Cricket has been gaining popularity since the last decade.".--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   The lead has too many citations in it. This is a GAR, not and FAR, so it is okay if there are some citations in the lead, but this is excessive.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The 'Skanda Purana' has a separate chapter known as 'Nepal Mahatmya', which 'explains in more details about the beauty and power of Nepal.'" - Why is this italicized?

   Some paragraphs contain only a single sentence. These should be merged into another paragraph.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Inappropriate use of bold font in the Geography section. Native names should be italicized.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "Highest Mountains in Nepal. [49]" - Should be made into a sub-section, with "Highest Mountains in Nepal" as the title.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   Has a reference section, but doesn't follow a consistent format. Many of the citations are bare urls.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Three of the external links I don't think are appropriate for that section. The World Bank profile is specifically for 2011, though you can navigate to other years. I think this would better work either as a direct citation in the article, or in the further reading section. The article on glacial activity is already listed in the further reading section, where it is a better fit, and should not be duplicated in the external links section. And this article on the Nepal conflict also belongs in further reading.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Citations to reliable sources, where necessary:

   Citation needed tag in the lead, as well as many more scattered throughout the article. Numerous, and I mean numerous, paragraphs lack citations. I considered quickfailing this article because of this, but I will give editors a chance to rectify this issue, as I believe that the material is verifiable, just not cited.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   What makes RoyalArk.net a reliable source? And even if it is reliable, there must be far better reference options than that website that mention when the kingdom was established.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Citation #4, this link, doesn't have any info on Nepal.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   "The 'Skanda Purana' has a separate chapter known as 'Nepal Mahatmya', which 'explains in more details about the beauty and power of Nepal.'" - this is a quote, and thus needs a citation.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Dead links: [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35].--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   Two more deadlinks, from the "External links" section: [36], [37].--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   A lot of citations don't exactly support what they are supposed to. For instance, this reference lists publications by Nepal Journals Online, but does not support the claim that Nepal has produced "fine scholarship." Or this reference, which is used to establish Nepal's world position in press freedom. Or this source, which is supposed to support the election results of 2013. These are just three of many, many examples.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   C. No original research:

   While I mentioned above that there is a significant amount of material needing citations, there is no indication that this is original research. Everything in this article appears verifiable, just a good portion of it lacks citations.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   In the sports section, it says that football is the most popular sport, but devotes all of two sentences to it. Conversely, a full paragraph with eight sentences is devoted to cricket in Nepal. The paragraph on association football should be expanded. Also, are football and cricket the only sports in Nepal? Surely there are some others that deserve a mention.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   Cuisine section should mention, in a sentence or two, Newa cuisine.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   Culture section doesn't mention music at all, even though it links to the music article. Should have a short paragraph on music.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Focused:

   The article stays focused on the subject, well-rounded.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   Neutral, presents conflicts and politics in a balanced way. Not overly negative or promotional.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

   Fairly stable. There was an edit war in November, but this does not seem typical of the article history, and the conflict was resolved.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   All are licensed for public domain in the US, most for global use.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

   Images are relevant, with suitable captions.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

7. Overall: Failed due to numerous problems with referencing, and, more importantly, several copyright violations.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 00:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

   Pass or Fail:

Review comments

These are my initial comments. This article will take many days for me to review. My grad school applications are mostly done, so I should be able to work on this every day now.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 January 2015

RESTORATION OF THE NATIONAL FLAG OF NEPAL The national flag of Nepal is very unique in the world. It has deep spiritual meaning that common people do not understand because it was made from Tantric method very long ago by our saints from the blessing of Guru Gorakshanath. To know about the national flag of Nepal, first of all, people must understand what tantra means? The world is regulated with the three energies; Yantra (machines / computers), Mantra (Power of words) and Tantra (Cosmic energy drawn with the help of our physical body). And, during Vedic culture our national flag was prepared through Tantric method. This spiritual practice still exists in the Guvaju of Newar community or spiritual masters of Nepal. Triangular Shape: The triangular shape represents to trident as used by the God Shiva for destructing evils, ignorance and darkness. For this, the God Shiva receives spiritual support from the three mothers; mother of the earth, mother of the ether and the mother of the universe. Thus, the three points represent to the cosmic power of the three mothers. Next, the moon relays the sun ray to the earth in a triangular shape which stimulates our thought for creativity and lovingness for the nature. Three Color: The three colors; red, blue and white represents the color of our Soul. In fact, we come down to the earth with pure three colors from the universe just before entering mother’s womb. Father and mother’s copulation is just the medium for the growth of the colors. The blue, red and white colors represent protective, destructive and creative qualities respectively. The three colors also represent the intrinsic qualities of human being; Raja, Tama and Sata Guna. These three colors are the fundamental element of all the living creatures and must be balanced with apt conscience. The Sun: If we look from the Vedic astrology perspective, the Sun is the soul of the Universe and it is the fire and its rays are channeled through the Moon. The Sun is the life-giver to the whole planetary system. He is the King, giver, active, destroyer but for creation. The Sun and male sperm has the same quality; Helium element. The Sun represents the positive (Pingala or Yang polarity) - the father principle and the creator. The 12 cones of the Sun symbol in our national flag represents 12 Zodiac (months) and shows how the Zodiac has ruled the whole non-living and living creatures. The Moon: The Moon does not shine with its own light but reflects the life-giving energy flowing from the Sun. Moon is the water element and represents (Ida or Yin) negative - the mother principle. She is Queen, passive, womb-like, receiver and protecting. She plays the most vital role in nurturing the Mother Nature. The eight cones of the Moon symbol in our national flag replete the power of eight mothers (Asta-matrikas) and the Eight Nagas (Asta Nagas) who have protected all the living creatures. * The four Vedas spread in four direction (4 + 4 = 8) is also the meaning of 8 cones shown in the moon. Thus, the Sun has 12 cones + the Moon has 8 cones symbolizing the completeness. In tantric calculation (12+8= 20) number 20 is considered as the complete phenomena. Now, when there is completeness the law of nature works vibrantly, symbiosis in creatures prevails and peace & harmony exists in human beings. This is the real meaning of our original national flag. Therefore, let’s restore our national flag for peace and prosperity of Nepal. The present national flag is upside-down. This is the reason why everything is topsy-turvy and the political situation is chaos all the time. No doubt, Vastu has predominant effect in our daily life. Similarly, the national flag of Nepal is the main Vastu of our country. And, when the main Vastu is not in its proper position then it is foolish to anticipate for peace and order. What happens when we act against the nature? Obviously, madness and chaotic situation just like the present Nepalese are experiencing. It is just like having electric current shut down in a house when the negative positive forces of the flag are kept upside down. In the nature too, The Sun is on top and the moon down. In our ancient temples has the bronze flag with the Sun atop. Idiots of that time could not change the flag in those temples because of the vibrant swirling energy but they changed in government offices and small temples. Many priests were compelled to hide the original flag and keep the duplicate flag outside. Why was the flag politicized? The dunce leaders of present Nepal can not understand the fact as their mind is occupied by pig-dung. I shall give some evidence when the conscious government asks to me. I have been telling this fact since 2068 “Favorable constitution and political stability in Nepal is impossible unless we restore our original flag.” Now, the time has come to ponder upon the fact, know the reality and save our nation’s chastity.

                                                                                   --- TUSHITA-NEPAL

• The 5th Veda is being used from Nepal by Guru Gorakshanath for the welfare of all living creature.

202.70.67.56 (talk) 07:53, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

PLEASE CHANGE THE ORIGINAL FLAG ! WE HAVE SUCH ORIGINAL FLAGS IN VARIOUS OLD TEMPLES VIZ. PATHIVARA TEMPLE, TALEJU TEMPLE, KUSESHWOR TEMPLE, GORAKH DHAM TEMPLE..

Unclear request. Bladesmulti (talk) 07:56, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

edit request

In the Kingdom of Nepal section, it is written that He embarked on his mission after seeking arms and aid from India..... India as a nation came into existence in 1947. So how did he seek arms from India in late 1700's??? Please provide clarification to how a country called 'india' existed at those times. If not please change it to, neighboring state or whatever Kingdom was present at those times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.135.160 (talk) 02:38, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Please change Gopal in the ancient history section to gopal bansa or link this to that isolated article. MontanaWest (talk) 23:24, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Done Stickee (talk) 08:52, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Nepalese vs. Nepali

Isn't this a meaningful distinction? "Nepalese" for anything regarding Nepal, and all citizens of Nepal, "Nepali" only for the dominant (Nepali-speaking) ethnic group. Thus, the Newars, Tharu etc. are Nepalese, but not Nepali. Is this the way the terms are used in sources? --Florian Blaschke (talk) 07:55, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

They are not too different from each other. Websites in English language use Nepalese more than they would use Nepali. Bladesmulti (talk) 07:58, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2015

please also specify the country as the birth place of lord Buddha.It can be a great help to make the world know Nepal as the land of Buddha and avoid the misconception that Buddha was born in india.AS Lumbini,the birth place of buddha is in Nepal and also enlisted in world heritage site,it can be marked as birth place of Buddha. It can be a great helping hand if you can make some amendment and assist Nepal in the global process to make people know it as the birth palce of Buddha. thank you

124.41.252.115 (talk) 13:13, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:19, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Response inappropriate. The request is clear that nepal must be introduced as Birthplace of Gautam buddha . AmRit GhiMire "Ranjit" 11:06, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

The request is "please also specify the country as the birth place of lord Buddha" there are several problems with that, not least of all the fact that "the country" did not exist at the time, so it's inaccurate to say that he was born in a country that didn't exist, especially when not all sources agree even on where the birthplace was specifically, so listing a specific location in Wikipedia's voice would be inappropriate. More importantly, however, the article already contains the information you're referring to, and mentions the UNESCO site, so what's being asked is already there. - Aoidh (talk) 12:36, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

 Not done for the reasons explained immediately above - Arjayay (talk) 12:52, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Confused data

EU (46.13%), the US (17.4%), and Germany (7.1%) are its main export partners.

Is Germany not included in the European Union figure? Skinsmoke (talk) 00:11, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Duplicate sentence on tourism potential

The sentence below is duplicated 1) Under Economy 2) Under Crime

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The spectacular landscape and diverse, exotic cultures of Nepal represent considerable potential for tourism, but growth in this hospitality industry has been stifled by political instability and poor infrastructure. Despite these problems, in 2012 the number of international tourists visiting Nepal was 598,204, a 10% increase on the previous year.

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It should be removed from 2) and the remaining text in paragraph 2) combined with the previous paragraph.

Alan uk2 (talk) 11:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

 Fixed I agree, it made no sense in the Crime section. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Clarification please

From the economy section: "Besides having landlocked, rugged geography, few tangible natural resources and poor infrastructure, the ineffective post-1950 government of uneducated old self-centered Politicians and the long-running civil war is also a factor in stunting the nation's economic growth and development.[105][106][107]" I think I understand what is trying to be described here, a government that is ineffective and possibly corrupt, however "...uneducated old self-centered Politicians..." is poorly worded and vague.121.223.72.157 (talk) 10:52, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Gurung

The language Gurung appears twice in the recognized language section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinium (talk • contribs) 21:21, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

@Quinium: Fixed, thanks. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:26, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Largest City

Kathmandu is the capital but not the largest city. Recently Biratnagar, (formally 2nd largest city of Nepal) is declared as the largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu lost its 1st position due to 2015 Nepal Earthquake that left 60,000 buildings collapsed and nearly 8,000 people dead in Kathmandu. plese correct. (Nepalibabu009 (talk) 06:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC))

Biratnagar's population in 2011 was around 261,000 and Kathmandu was over 1,000,000. Despite the earthquake it will still be the largest. In fact with the re-building attracting job seekers, it will probably get bigger. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 10:11, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Entry about 2015 earthquakes.

"On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal.[63] Two weeks later, on May 12, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit Nepal, killing 48-68 people.[64][65]"

Should this be on the "Republic" section, which is about politics...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SergioPFloyd (talk • contribs) 23:46, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Error regarding the flag

"Nepal's flag is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape" is wrong. The Swiss and Vatican flags are not rectangle but square. Please replace rectangle with quadrilateral. Also, please explain why this page is protected. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.98.152.108 (talk) 08:09, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

 Not done See Rectangle and Why is a Square also a Rectangle?, but thanks for keeping an eye on these details. The page was protected here due to persistent vandalism. You can create an account and edit for 4 days and you can then edit this page. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 19:00, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

edit request on July 24, 2015

In 'Kingdom of Nepal' section, it is written that Prithvi Narayan Shah embarked on his mission after seeking arms and amunition from india'. How is it possible when india as a country came into existence on 1947 A.D.? Please change it to 'after seeking and amunition from neighboring countries which lies in what is nowadays india or just neighboring countries'. Wikipedia should not spread false informations like a country called 'india' existed before 1947. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.135.160 (talk) 24 July 2015

The citation given doesn't mention where he got his arms and ammunition, so I have removed it. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 06:22, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Coordinate error

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—5.156.110.106 (talk) 23:51, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

You haven't said what you think is erroneous, but I've emended the country's coordinates to point to a spot near the center of the country. Deor (talk) 00:33, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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Earthquake blurb out of place

At the end of the Republic section, there is a minor blurb about the recent earthquakes. It doesn't really fit in that section, but I'm not sure where it should go. Any ideas? N^oformation ^Talk 19:05, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

edit request

The commercially available hydro power is 44100. The same reference says so.

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Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2016

I want to add some photos of Nepal in this page.So I want to edit

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GDP and Per capita GDPs of Nepal are incorrect. Please, correct them. Aman Rajiv Goel (talk) 10:15, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

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"Mongolian" as a Nepali language group

How did the assertion that the Mongolian language is one of Nepal's "four major language groups" survive 7 years and over 1,800 edits? First of all, Mongolian is a single language, not a group. Secondly, the language group it belongs to, the Mongolic languages is not spoken in Nepal, nor am I aware of any contribution of any of those languages to any language that is spoken in Nepal. Judging from the Languages of Nepal article, I believe that it might be replaced with "Munda languages", but I'll leave that to people with access to the proper sources. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:08, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Wiki

How to write for the page which is protected from vandalism? Mentos3d1 (talk) 10:59, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

@Mentos3d1: Which article are you talking about? You can make edit requests on protected articles, see WP:EDITREQ. INVISIBLE^knock! 11:03, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

The Flag

Could someone write about the Nepali flag's history and the meaning behind it? What doe the flag stand for, and why does it have such a different shape — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.197.30 (talk) 10:51, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2014

Sid MrSiddhant (talk) 06:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Nepal

Brahmin is the most respected caste/ethinical group. MrSiddhant (talk) 06:39, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Guru Pokhrel

Born on 09.09.1995 to Mr MJFI and Merr DEro , Mr. Guru Pokhrel is student leader for Nepalese Student in DElhi. Currently member of NSU His role on promotion of student welfare is huge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.64.36.27 (talk) 05:38, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

correction on the topic of nepal

Nepal is a country not a state — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nepalicityzen (talk • contribs) 12:52, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Prime minister of Nepal has recently changed. The new PM is Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) Salim Prajapati (talk) 14:34, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Prime minister of Nepal has recently changed. The new PM is Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda). Salim Prajapati (talk) 14:35, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Done, mate. Inimesh (talk) 15:09, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Newari is a language not a Newar

I think In place of Newar, it should be written Newari in Recognised national languages ..

Since Newar is a community,  not a language! ! अाशिष पौडेल (talk) 17:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

@अाशिष पौडेल: Hi, as explained on Newar language article, Some people in Newar community, including some prominent Newar linguists, consider the derivation suffix -i found in the term Newari to constitute an "Indianization" of the language name. These people thus hold the opinion that the term Newari is non-respectful of Newar culture, Hope it helps. - INVISIBLE^knock! 08:24, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

ok Mohankhadka89 (talk) 18:47, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Secular link

please change ((secular)) to ((Secularism|secular)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:4305:c70:598:4d:9eb2:b400 (talk) 17:27, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

 Done — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 18:31, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

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Southern plains in Nepal is called Terai region not Madhesh region. Madhesh is an informal name to the plains on the eastern parts of Nepal. But as a whole, the southern plain region of Nepal is called Terai region. So, please change the word Madhesh region to Terai region.

Deadsoulvamp (talk) 08:12, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

 Not done - Do you have a source to support what you're saying? - Aoidh (talk) 09:33, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 June 2016

The statement that Nepal is the "first" Asian country to "rule in favor" of same sex marriage is extremely misleading. Both the article cited to support that assertion, and the general wiki chart on same-sex marriage, make clear that the Nepal court only "suggested" in 2008 that the legislature enact same sex marriage, and that this was under discussion some time after that.

The sentence should read instead that

"Nepal is the only Asian country where the possibility of Same-Sex Marriage has been proposed in the high court and in the legislature. As of this time, Same-Sex Marriage does not exist in Nepal."

The citation need not be changed

2605:A601:56A:F801:CCE:B91:50BA:BA8F (talk) 08:37, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template.  ^B E _C K ^Y _S A ^{Y L} E _S  14:05, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

I would support this change and do change it now. Note there are articles LGBT rights in Nepal and Same-sex marriage in Nepal to which we can refer for more sources. The sources in those articles support this change. Also i added links to those articles from this article in the text. SageRad (talk) 13:02, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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"please change, "The regional languages Maithili, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and rarely Urdu of Nepali Muslims are spoken in the southern Madhesh region. Many Nepali in government and business speak Maithili as the main language and English as their de facto lingua franca" to "The regional languages Maithili, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and rarely Urdu of Nepali Muslims are spoken in the southern Madhesh region. Many Nepali in government and business speak Maithili as the main language and Nepali as their de facto lingua franca"

49.244.42.58 (talk) 16:28, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Not done for now: I can't see any difference between

"The regional languages Maithili, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and rarely Urdu of Nepali Muslims are spoken in the southern Madhesh region. Many Nepali in government and business speak Maithili as the main language and English as their de facto lingua franca"

and

"The regional languages Maithili, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and rarely Urdu of Nepali Muslims are spoken in the southern Madhesh region. Many Nepali in government and business speak Maithili as the main language and Nepali as their de facto lingua franca"

Please explain further - Arjayay (talk) 18:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

The difference is in the end where "English" is replaced by "Nepali" as the de facto lingua franca. Now this is explained, have made the change for the above IP user. Still could use good sourcing for what is considered the lingua franca. SageRad (talk) 13:05, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Languages

I think there are many more languages than listed in the sidebox now. Currently lists "Maithili, Newar, Tharu, Gurung, Tamang, Magar, Awadhi, Sherpa, Kiranti, Rai, Limbu, Bhojpuri" but there are more spoken languages in Nepal.

This source lists many languages.

This edit removed Bodo language but it's listed there, and also Bodo language says it's spoken significantly in Nepal. SageRad (talk) 14:19, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2016

On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal.[60] Two weeks later, on 12 May, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit Nepal, killing more than 8500 people in Nepal in total. ,

Aprilhalf (talk) 06:29, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

References

Partly done: changed wording. Anup [Talk] 02:39, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

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There are some grammer mistakes

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 06:35, 12 December 2016 (UTC).

National anthem

Please fix the national anthem of Nepal. Make the able to play. Madapsubedi (talk) 00:25, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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The use of State v/s Province

The Nepal related articles are all rife with the use of both `state` and `province` interchangeably.

Though these words are just labels provided to the administrative divisions in the country, choice of a particular word would provide a great deal of clarity. Key difference seen in our neighboring countries: Chinese Government defines provinces which are created with very little autonomy & the Indian Government defines states which have a greater degree of autonomy. Chinese Central government can dissolve/define provinces whereas the Indian counterpart needs to take the state in confidence (even though it still has greater deal of power with respect to US Federal govt).

The Nepali word for the division is `प्रदेश` which is translated to English as State. Also, the official translation of the constitution of Nepal defines such divisions as States rather than Provinces (not a single mention). So, I think each and every references to the `provinces` should be converted to `states` to resolve ambiguity.

Sharcnd (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

References

Link vandalism?

Can you please check if there is a link embedded in the infobox country box? Here and and some other computers I checked, there is a link to a twitch stream not related to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phsilva (talk • contribs) 04:52, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

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remove Urdu from Language Usernamedestiny (talk) 16:36, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

 Not done as per the Interim Constitution of 2007 which states in Article 5 that all languages spoken as mother tongues in Nepal are considered national languages. - Urdu is spoken by 2,6% of the population - Arjayay (talk) 17:05, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2017

The entire page is rife with bogus claims, fake citations, and, unverified statements. Please add citation needed on all those claims that have not been verified or cited properly. In 'Ancient' section it has been stated that, "The first inhabitants of Nepal were properly of Dravidian origin whose history predates the onset of the Bronze Age in South Asia (around 3300 BCE), before the coming of other ethnic groups like the Tibeto-Burmans and Indo-Aryans from across the border." I think it should be 'probably' and not 'properly'. 'By 250 BCE, the southern regions came under the influence of the Maurya Empire of North India and parts of Nepal later on became a nominal vassal state under the Gupta Empire in the fourth century CE. Beginning in the third century CE, the Licchavi Kingdom governed the Kathmandu Valley and the region surrounding central Nepal.' There is no citation provided for this. Can you please add 'Citation needed' Or please remove it? 'By the late eleventh century, southern Nepal came under the influence of the Chalukya dynasty of South India.' Again no citation provided. Citation needed. Or please remove it. In 'Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)' section it has been stated that, 'A dispute with Tibet over the control of mountain passes and inner Tingri valleys of Tibet forced the Qing Emperor of China to start the Sino-Nepali War compelling the Nepali to retreat and pay heavy reparations to Peking.' I think it should be 'compelling the Nepalese' and not Nepali. Nepali is just the language. Nepalese is used to denote the people. 'Madhesis, having supported the East India Company during the war, had their lands gifted to Nepali.' It should be Nepalese here as well. Further the link provided in the citation is fake. Citation needed. Or please remove it. ' In 1923, the United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship that superseded the Sugauli Treaty of 1816.' Same fake citation again. Can you please add 'Citation needed' Or please remove it as well? 'The perpetrator was Crown Prince Dipendra, who committed suicide (he died three days later) shortly thereafter.' Citation needed. There has never been an inquiry of this crime, and, Dipendra was only accused of the murder but never proven guilty in a court. Please either add 'allegedly' or remove it. In 'Economy' section it has been stated that, 'A long-standing economic agreement underpins a close relationship with India.' What agreement? Citation needed. In 'Demographics' section it has been stated that, 'Nepal is multicultural and multiethnic country because it became a country by occupying several small kingdoms such as Mustang, Videha (Mithila), Madhesh, and Limbuwan in the 18th century.' Citation needed. Further the reasoning provided seems provocative with use of the word 'occupying'. In 'Religion' section it has been stated that, 'Shiva is regarded as the guardian deity of the country'. Seems like a dubious claim. In the first paragraph, it states that Nepal is now a secular federal democratic republic. Aren't the two things contradictory. Perhaps it should be changed to 'was regarded' rather than 'is regarded'. 2600:8801:3581:FB0:DD31:86E6:E795:BE51 (talk) 09:49, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Power~enwiki (talk) 05:20, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

I've made the change that Dipendra was merely the alleged perpetrator and never formally proven guilty. The rest, if you provide specific sources, they can be added. Power~enwiki (talk) 05:20, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Reply - - "Really so you can upload an entire garbage of an article without any citations but need citations to remove it? Look, I am not making any claims, it is you (or whoever wrote the article). So, either add citations to your claims or remove claims made without citations. Don't make a mockery of Wikipedia." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.216.14.1 (talk) 06:30, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Your English is awful!!!

you've written: "13 sub-metropolises", pun: change your policy otherwise I'll call the police!!!
metropoleis is the most accurate, and metropoles is a simplification
you've locked your mistakes because you don't tolerate corrections!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4116:5D00:D107:C01D:3CDF:DA90 (talk) 14:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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North korea declares war on Nepal Why?????

KATHMANDU/PYONGYANG: North Korea says the Nepal has effectively declared war after US officials placed its leader Kim Jong Un on a list of sanctioned individuals who have committed human rights abuses.

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Han Song Ryol, the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s director-general of the Nepal affairs department, added in an interview with the Associated Press that if planned joint US-South Korea war games south of the Demilitarized Zone went ahead next month, it would likely result in a vicious showdown for which the United States would be responsible.

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The North is already under heavy sanctions for its nuclear program and usually responds to the military exercises with aggressive rhetoric, but Mr. Han said putting its leader on a sanctions list on July 6 crossed a “red line.”

“The Prachanda administration went so far to have the impudence to challenge the supreme dignity of the DPRK in order to get rid of its unfavorable position during the political and military showdown with the DPRK,” Han said.

“The Nepal has crossed the red line in our showdown,” he said. “We regard this thrice-cursed crime as a declaration of war.”

A week after the nepal placed sanctions on Mr. Kim, North Korea responded by cutting off its last remaining formal line of communication with ktm, called the pokhara Channel, and said that all interactions between the countries would have to be handled under “war law.”

The Nepal placed Kim and 10 other individuals on the list after the Nepal Human Rights Commission alleged his connection to human rights abuses, including the North’s use of political prisons and intolerance of any kind of political dissent.

While Nepal State Department Officials claim that the sanctions are designed to make North Korean officials reconsider their decisions to commit human rights abuses, Han said the US lacked the moral high ground on both the nuclear and human rights fronts, citing the recent police shootings of blacks and the fact the US was first nation to develop and then use nuclear bombs against humankind.

But Katina Adams, a State Department spokeswoman for East Asia and the Pacific, indicated the new sanctions on Kim were intended to press the North “to refrain from actions and rhetoric that further destabilize the region and focus instead on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its commitments and international obligations.”

However, as next month’s war games approach, which last time included exercises the North sees as practice at invading and carrying out “decapitation strikes” (maneuvers that aim at taking out top leaders), Han ramped up the threatening rhetoric further.

“Nobody can predict what kind of influence this kind of vicious confrontation between the DPRK and the United States will have upon the situation on the Korean Peninsula,” he said.

“By doing these kinds of vicious and hostile acts toward the DPRK, the U.S. has already declared war against the DPRK. So it is our self-defensive right and justifiable action to respond in a very hard way.”

“We are all prepared for war, and we are all prepared for peace,” he said. “If the United States forces those kinds of large-scale exercises in August, then the situation caused by that will be the responsibility of the United States.”

(Source: The Christian Science Monitor/ www.csmonitor.com) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iboyhacker52 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

 Not done -- Unclear what changes you want to make. Keira1996 08:47, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

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Nepal's currency is only Nepalese Currency not Indian currency. There is no difference between Indian currency and Dollar or other currencies. Gcarun88 (talk) 06:05, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

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210.55.232.228 (talk) 07:20, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

In the Currency section, It has mentioned that INR( indian currency) that is not True. We, Nepalese have Our own currency. As you know that our country is surrendered by India in three direction So people go to indian market near to border for shopping so they use INR for the transaction that doesnot mean INR is Our currency. We really disappointed by this posting, Please rectify ASAP.

Thanks

Done Nihlus 13:42, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Ethnic groups

Why is Muslim put under the ethnic groups category? A Muslim is a follower of Islam, not an ethnicity. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 08:38, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Nepal

Language- Sherpa

Jangbusherpa (talk) 01:32, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Nepal

Recognized regional languages Sherpa Ethnic groups Sherpa Religion 50 % Buddhist 50% Hinduism

This information were missing on Wikipedia. Jangbusherpa (talk) 01:39, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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Nepal is not the only country in Asia where same-sex marriage has been proposed. Taiwan actually allows same-sex marriage. 2A02:908:2220:5880:99DE:E3DA:2894:C00C (talk) 20:40, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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Please remove dubious claims without proper citations

In the history section, there's a contradictory claim regarding the first or early inhabitants of Nepal or more appropriately the Kathmandu valley. Firstly it has been mentioned that Tibeto-Burman-speaking people probably lived in Nepal 2500 years ago with a citation that leads to Library of Congress page that isn't of Nepal and argues that there is no archaeologic evidence of the Gopal Bansa or Kirati rulers, only mention by the later Licchavi and Malla eras but then goes on to say that the first inhabitants of Nepal were properly of Dravidian origin whose history predates the onset of the Bronze Age in South Asia (around 3300 BCE), before the coming of other ethnic groups like the Tibeto-Burmans and Indo-Aryans from across the border. Once again with a citation that nowhere says Dravidian people were the first or early inhabitants of the Kathmandu valley or have a credible archaeologic evidence that suggests that Dravidian people were in fact the early inhabitants of the Kathmandu valley.

On the contrary number of sources and documentation suggests the existence of Kirat rulers and their long reign over the Kathmandu valley.

Please remove dubious and biased claims. — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Nepalpatriot (talk) 09:29, 13 December 2017 (UTC)]] comment added by Nepalpatriot (talk • contribs) 06:47, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Infrasturcture

The information about the Nepalese infrastructure is probably outdated. Especially this remark '15 out of 75 district headquarters are not connected by road' is no longer true. Aside from Simikot all headquatres are now connected by road. --Danielvandermaas (talk) 15:36, 22 January 2018 (UTC)