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2019 Kashmir earthquake

The blurb's linking to Kashmir as to the location of the earthquake is ambiguous if not grossly misleading, when it should link to Azad Kashmir.

I propose changing the blurb to, "An earthquake in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan kills 38 people and injures more than 700 others." Solo Samaritan (talk) 07:40, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

How is it grossly misleading? Surely Azad Kashmir is part of the wider Kashmir region? And phrasing it the current way maintains Neutrality by avoiding the need to step into the thorny question of sovereignty in the region.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:48, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

And Kashmir is part of the wider South Asia region. Why don't you go ahead and rephrase it as, "An earthquake in South Asia...." then? As far as maintaining neutrality is concerned, when both BBC & NYT categorically do mention Pakistan, how about changing the blurb to "An earthquake in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir kills 38 people and injures more than 700 others." Not mentioning Pakistan at all will be akin to WP:CENSORship. Solo Samaritan (talk) 08:14, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Solo Samaritan, I have reverted you on the article. I agree with Amakuru when he says that the current phrase is neutral. There is a name Azad Kashmir that is also known as Pakistan adminstered Kashmir, there is no such thing as Pakistan administerd Azad Kashmir. The quake happened in Kashmir (both Indian and Pakistani areas). by asking the above change, you are attempting to infer that the quake only happened in the Pakistani area, which is factually incorrect. Your suggestion has already been disputed here by 2 of us. and Your edits on the article reverted. Please discuss on the talk page and get consensus.--DBigXrayᗙ 09:09, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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• University of East Anglia - "after talk of establishing such a university in the city began as early as the 19th century" where is this in the article? I see "Attempts had been made to establish a university in Norwich in 1919 and 1947," but no such claim equivalent to that in the blurb. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 06:43, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

 Fixed. It did say something about the 19th century when this blurb was written, in 2009, and I've revived the old source to bring the fact back to the article. Also given the date of 29 September, with a cite, which had somehow disappeared from the article.  — Amakuru (talk) 23:27, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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