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September 2012

Hello, I'm Boing! said Zebedee. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Bhati, but you didn't provide a reliable source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! 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. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:28, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Bhati. Please review the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:38, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Really, you must not add material to Misplaced Pages articles without providing reliable sources to support it - please see WP:RS for what constitutes a reliable source, and WP:CITE to learn about how to cite them. You may be right, but without sources people can add all sorts of personal judgments, and caste/tribe articles are fraught with controversy - even if you are correct about what you are writing, other people may not be, and so we simply cannot accept unsupported assertions. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions

You also need to be aware that there are discretionary sanctions applied to articles about castes and social groupings in India and nearby countries. The official warning is as follows...

The Misplaced Pages community has permitted administrators to impose discretionary sanctions on any editor who is active on any page about social groups, explicitly including caste associations and political parties, related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Discretionary sanctions can be used against an editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. If you engage in further inappropriate behavior in this area, you may be placed under sanctions, which can include blocks, a revert limitation, or an article ban. The discussion leading to the imposition of these sanctions can be read here. Please familiarise yourself with the information page at Misplaced Pages:General sanctions.

Part of the "normal editorial process" is to provide reliable sources for any material you add to articles - and you must abide by that. I'm sure you are perfectly honorable in your intentions, but we have had many editors who have not been, and who have engaged in many caste disputes here, which is why these sanctions were developed. So, as a well-meaning editor, please be careful not to expose yourself to these sanctions. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:57, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Please use the time you are blocked to read the policy pages you have been given links to, and to search for reliable sources for the changes you wish to make. I suggest that, once the block is lifted, you present your sources on the article talk page for others to review - and only make the changes when you can get a consensus that accepts them. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:01, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Pk041, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits to the page Rana Muhammad Akram Khan have not conformed to Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy, and may be removed if they have not yet been. Misplaced Pages articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Misplaced Pages also has a related policy against including original research in articles. As well, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to the new contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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Edit Summaries

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The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. If you are adding a section, please do not just keep the previous section's header in the Edit summary field – please fill in your new section's name instead. Thank you. - 220 of 20:33, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

October 2012

Hello, I'm Torreslfchero. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Bhati that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Misplaced Pages needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it’s one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Torreslfchero (talk) 09:32, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Misplaced Pages, as you did at Race and ethnicity in the United States Census with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. DVdm (talk) 10:01, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

CCI Notice

Hello, Pk041. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Contributor copyright investigations concerning your contributions in relation to Misplaced Pages's copyrights policy. The listing can be found here. For some suggestions on responding, please see Responding to a CCI case. Thank you. kashmiri 05:26, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. kashmiri 12:11, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:University-College-Lahore-logo.jpg

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July 2013

When adding links to material on external sites, as you did to Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, please ensure that the external site is not violating the creator's copyright. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website's operator has created or licensed the work. Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright. Misplaced Pages takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you believe the linked site is not violating copyright with respect to the material, then you should do one of the following:

• If the linked site is the copyright holder, leave a message explaining the details on the article Talk page;
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If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. Please stop adding copyvio images to Misplaced Pages articles. You have been warned several times on Commons about your copyvio actions, to no avail. An admin report is to follow. kashmiri 14:36, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

November 2013

Hello, I'm Smsarmad. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Shabbir Sharif‎, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. SMS 17:44, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Raheel Sharif, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. SMS 17:18, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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Final warning

Look, you've had both standard warnings and a notice regarding the caste sanctions in the past. You've also been blocked before for your disruption. You seem not to be learning because you are making exactly the same poor contributions as previously and, worse, you are obviously editing while logged out also. Do it again and you'll find yourself looking at a long block or topic ban. - Sitush (talk) 14:24, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Bhati. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Misplaced Pages 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.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Misplaced Pages is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. SMS 14:42, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Punjabi Rajput

Please don't make up information as you appear to have done at Punjabi Rajput. The awards stuff needs sourcing and I've no idea why you have been appending caste/clan names to those of individuals: if that is indeed a part of their name then the linked articles will probably required amendment ... with sources, of course. - Sitush (talk) 16:25, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Sitush. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Rana (title), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sitush (talk) 18:28, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Misplaced Pages's policy on edit warring. Thank you. -- SMS 19:23, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

You may respond at WP:AN3#User:Pk041 reported by User:Smsarmad (Result: ) if you wish. You appear to be edit warring on topics which are covered by WP:GS/Caste. You have already been warned of those issues since you have received {{uw-castewarning}}. Unless you can provide a convincing response at the noticeboard it is likely that you will be sanctioned. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 19:34, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Your response was completely inadequate. I have applied a block of 72 hours for continuing to edit war in caste related articles subject to discretionary sanctions. Your edits must be supported by reliable sources (see WP:RS, not facebook pages and blogs. Further, when you are reverted in contentious articles such as these, it is all the more important to cease making the controversial changes and use the article's talk page to gain consensus for your edits. Kuru (talk) 15:16, 23 December 2013 (UTC)