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Thank you Kautilya3 for these words. Will keep in mind. Crawford88 (talk) 07:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

October 2015

Information icon Hello, I'm Kautilya3. Your recent edit to the page Being Different appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. 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. Kautilya3 (talk) 06:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

@Kautilya3:, Are Makarand Paranjape and Marakand R. Paranjape different persons? I thought they are same.
I think "Marakand" was a typo. I fixed it now. - Kautilya3 (talk) 07:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Information icon Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Romila Thapar. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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ARBIPA notification

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The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

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Kautilya3, can you please tell me why am I getting this notification? Crawford88 (talk) 05:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Crawford88, everybody editing India, Pakistan, Afghanistan topics eventually gets this notification. But if you show a tendency to ignore policies, you get it sooner. As long as you read and follow all policies you are referred to, you will be fine. - Kautilya3 (talk) 08:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

January 2016

Information icon Hello, I'm Joshua Jonathan. I noticed that you recently removed some sourced content from Rajiv Malhotra without an accurate edit summary. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I have restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 14:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Battle for Sanskrit (January 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Devopam was:
The proposed article is not suitable for Wikipedia. Because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles on fictional subjects should cover their real-world context and contain sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's development, impact or historical significance—not just a summary of the plot. You may wish to add this content to an existing article, such as The Battle for Sanskrit. As anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are free to do so yourself.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Devopam (talk) 07:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


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Hello! Crawford88, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Devopam (talk) 07:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Battle for Sanskrit (January 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:
This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the general guideline on notability and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
SwisterTwister talk 04:37, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Template: Rajiv Malhotra (February 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Anarchyte was:
There aren't articles for half of the things he's done. Are you sure this template will be used at all?
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
@Anarchyte:: That's how wiki grows, right? :)
Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

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Indigenous Aryans

Dear Crawfird88, I would strongly urge you to stay away from starting contentious discussions about Indigenous Aryans. The matter was settled by an RfC after extensive discussion, and any attempt to repeat it will be considered disruptive and it will be sanctionable under ARBIPA. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 17:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Wiktionary

I have removed this. Wiktionary is not a reliable source. - Sitush (talk) 11:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

"Ashoka" is the commonly used name in English and should not be piped

Most people won't recognise your formulation, so please don't change this again. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 09:31, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

ARBIPA sanctions reminder

The status of Indigenous Aryans theory has been decided after extensive discussion and an RfC. We are not going to revisit it again. If you start pushing it all over again, I will be likely to ask for ARBIPA sanctions against you. Please calm down and read the scholarly sources that have been cited and extensively discussed. Wikipedia is not a blog site or a debating forum. It describes what the reliable sources say about a topic. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:01, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016

Information icon Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Vedic-Puranic chronology‎, did not appear constructive and has been undone. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 10:28, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Crawford88. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Urrghh...

Merry Christmas! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 07:52, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Shit-storm

Are you here to create an encyclopedia, or to push a specfic pov? See WP:NOTHERE. See also User talk:Bishonen‎#AE-request. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 12:48, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Template: Rajiv Malhotra

Hello, Crawford88. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Template: Rajiv Malhotra".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 02:32, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi Crawford88! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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Sabarimala

Fuller explanation later when I have time. Please don't reinstate it as its inclusion was a policy violation. Doug Weller talk 05:58, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: For now, I won't. Also I would have appreciated had you posted this on the article's talk page rather than here.
I didn't see that you'd posted to the talk page - I was using my iPad on my exercise bike and thought it courteous to give a brief explanation on top of my edit summary, which I assumed you'd read. Doug Weller talk 08:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert

This message contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

Please carefully read this information:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.--regentspark (comment) 13:35, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Shabarimala Sannidhanam.jpeg

Thanks for uploading File:Shabarimala Sannidhanam.jpeg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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