User talk:Smart Sherlock

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Placenames

Please stop changing the names of places in our articles, to different names to those used as our article titles, as you did at Faizabad division‎ and several other articles. We use the Common names in English for our articles, not the "Official names", so changing the name breaks internal links to those articles, and is confusing to our readers - thank you - Arjayay (talk) 12:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, but the common name for that district is indeed Ayodhya. Faizabad was just the pre-2018 official name of the district. The government of the State of Uttar Pradesh sought to change the official name of the district to the common name, and hence they renamed the district also as Ayodhya.

Hope you understand. Smart Sherlock (talk) 19:06, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

June 2023

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan). Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Hamza Ali Shah ^Talk 12:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is it not true that the KPL represents the Pakistani administered part of Kashmir?

Writing only Kashmir gives the false implication that the KPL represents the entirety of the Kashmir region (both the Indian and Pakistani parts).

I understand that as a Pakistani, you would feel a bit offended by this edit. But writing "occupied Kashmir" would be actual vandalism, since it is not a neutral viewpoint.

Writing "Pakistan administered Kashmir" is internationally agreed upon. Thanks, and hope you understand. Smart Sherlock (talk) 15:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence which you edited was about the cities which the teams represent. There is one team representing Jammu, which is not a part of Azad Kashmir, so the teams do not only represent cities in Azad Kashmir. "Azad Kashmir" is the term used for Pakistani administered Kashmir while "Jammu and Kashmir" is the term for Indian administered Kashmir. Thanks, Hamza Ali Shah ^Talk 21:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jammu isn't recognised as part of Kashmir, both culturally and geographically. It is not mountainous. The language (Dogri), attire and the food are very distinct from Kashmir. Same can be applied for Gilgit, Baltistan, Kargil and Ladakh, which are taken to be part of Kashmir due to ignorance. The main source of this confusion arises due to them all being under the princely state of Kashmir.

What better term can we use? Also, 5/6 teams of KPL (Pak) are under Pakistani Kashmir, so can't we say that the teams represent cities primarily of Azad Kashmir? In fact, Srinagar, the historical capital itself isn't represented. Smart Sherlock (talk) 04:47, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 2023

Please could you make an effort to learn about the difference between past tense and present tense in English. Your edit to the article on Faizabad introduced errors because of your failure to understand that the sentence you were trying to change was about the past. What you did only made sense if you thought it was about the present.-- Toddy1 (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The edits I made weren't related to the past Smart Sherlock (talk) 15:52, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

October 2023

Hello, I'm Tumbuka Arch. I noticed that in this edit to India–Pakistan relations, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 07:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did explain the reasons. The statements I removed cited sources only from Pakistan, and hence have a very low chance of credibility regarding the topic. Smart Sherlock (talk) 07:48, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

December 2023

Hello, I'm The Herald. An edit that you recently made to Ram Mandir seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:40, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but the edit was intentional. Smart Sherlock (talk) 17:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles have to say the article name at the start of the lead. Your edit to the article on Ayodhya airport was therefore unhelpful, and has been reverted. If you do not like the article name, there is a process at WP:RM#CM for changing the name of articles. This process involves you proposing a different name, and then using evidence to show why this different name is more suitable. Note that Wikipedia:Article titles applies.-- Toddy1 (talk) 13:27, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Khambhat

Don't move anything associated with Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Khambhat again. You left two or three pages linking to themselves. Readers trying to figure out where the page really was would have been very confused. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 05:57, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024

Hello, I'm Arjayay. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Bagh, Azad Kashmir have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk.
We try and be as neutral as possible in all the disputed territories, please stop trying to make political points - 12:20, 2 May 2024 (UTC) Arjayay (talk) 12:20, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My edits were made as per the consensus on India Pakistan Disputes. Major cities in the Kashmir region, such as Leh, Muzaffarabad, Kargil, Jammu etc have the subtitle "city administered by [country]" in their infobox.

In fact, I had made an error by removing these words and simply writing "city" for Leh. Thanks to @Imranqazi90 for informing me about the consensus on such disputed areas.

I was extending the same format of "city administered by" to other cities in the Kashmir region, as there is no reason for them to be excluded.

Thanks, and hoping for a prompt response. Smart Sherlock (talk) 13:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arjayay Waiting for a reply Smart Sherlock (talk) 19:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Smart Sherlock - as you had not notified me before, I was unaware of your earlier post.
I am unfamiliar with the consensus you are referring to, regarding adding such specific wording in infoboxes. Please provide a link to the relevant page as WP:India Pakistan Disputes, MOS:India Pakistan Disputes, WP:India Pakistan consensus, WP:India Pakistan consensus for disputed areas and other page titles I can think of, do not exist. Many thanks - Arjayay (talk) 20:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arjayay, Imranqazi90 may assist here. They only reverted my edits to the infobox of Leh (I had removed the words "administered by"); while citing a consensus on India Pakistan Disputes.

Imran, please provide the link to the consensus you cited. Smart Sherlock (talk) 16:05, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, here is the link for the consensus made by wikiprojectIndia, Pakistan and China for disputed areas in August-September 2019 : Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics/Archive 69 .

Best regards,

Imran Imranqazi90 (talk) 18:48, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Imranqazi90 - I am familiar with that discussion, particularly regarding no flags in the infobox and the standard opening sentence of the lead. However, I see nothing regarding the "Settlement type" parameter (please point out where, if I am wrong). Having "banned" flags in the infobox, it is contrary to that ethos to then add "adminstered by X" as the settlement type. The settlement type is just a village/town/city, nothing else needs to be said. - Arjayay (talk) 19:07, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then why did the user Fowler&fowler added "administered by X" as settlement type for Jammu, Srinagar and Leh ? I thought when he reworked all the articles to npov the settlement thing was fine. Imranqazi90 (talk) 06:46, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, @Arjayay and @Imranqazi90, what should be followed? Should "administered by" kept in the infobox or not? Strange, at the very least, for some pages to follow this, and some to not. Smart Sherlock (talk) 10:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No-one has even shown a previous discussion about this, let alone any consensus, and User:Fowler&fowler has not edited since 22 April.
I stick with my point above, based upon the consensus for no flags, "it is contrary to that ethos to then add "adminstered by X" as the settlement type. The settlement type is just a village/town/city, nothing else needs to be said".
However, three editors on a user's talk page, cannot make a decision with any validity, it needs to be discussed and agreed at the Wikiproject. - Arjayay (talk) 10:25, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notifications

Hi Smart Sherlock - Just to note that I did not receive your earlier notification ("ping") as you added my name after you had already signed and saved the post. Pings only work when the user's name is added in the same post as the senders signature is added. Any variation after the post has been saved, e.g correcting or adding a user-name, or your signature, will not create a ping. - Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 19:17, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. I'm kinda new here, and am open to learn. Smart Sherlock (talk) 10:10, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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