User talk:Mikemarssss

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September 2021

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September 2021

Hello, I'm Ekdalian. You have been adding or changing content in an article, Bengali Brahmins, but you didn't provide a reliable source. You are still providing Raj-era source in spite of being informed that such sources are not accepted in caste articles as per long term consensus here in English Wikipedia. Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia or unexplained reverts like you have done. You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Bengali Brahmins; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Hello I was unable to find reliable sources from the post-colonial era as most of them were not accessible. My intention was not to involve in disruptive editing. I am just against the removal of existing accessible references. However, I found two articles. Kindly look into the following articles and add them.

PAÑCA GAUḌA AND PAÑCA DRĀVIḌA: CONTESTED BORDERS OF A TRADITIONAL CLASSIFICATION Madhav M. Deshpande Raychaudhuri, Tarak Chandra and Raychaudhuri, Bikash 1981. The Brahmans of Bengal: A Textual Study in Social History. Calcutta: Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India.Mikemarssss (talk) 14:42, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article block for disruptive editing

You have been blocked from editing Bengali Brahmins for two weeks for persistently adding content without a reliable source. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen | tålk 13:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Bengali Brahmins

@Mikemarssss: Caste-related pages are often protected due to obvious abuse. You can Request at the Talk:Bengali Brahmins of Which Topic You Can Add in The Bengali Brahmin , Anyone who is WP:Extended confirmed can edit the page. Use the talk page to get agreement for any changes you want to make. You can use the Template:Edit extended-protected on the talk page. Someone who has the ability to make the change can then act on your request, if it has consensus.Best Regards. Jiggyziz ^{🇮🇳Any Help🇮🇳? Contact Me.} 09:14, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]