User talk:Batman from Shimla

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Happy editing! Jay8g [V•T•E] 21:42, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

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RegentsPark (comment) 14:22, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Please note that, per the above notification, you may not make any edits to Indian social groups or Indian military history until you are WP:Extended confirmed. RegentsPark (comment) 14:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@RegentsPark They have ignored your warning. Zalaraz (talk) 00:37, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for alerting me. I have read the contentious topics policy and realize I should not have edited those pages before being extended confirmed. I will not edit South Asia-related history/social topics until I meet the requirements. My apologies. Batman from Shimla (talk) 10:09, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

You have edited caste related stuff again in the article on Chudasama dynasty! DO NOT violate our rules and policies. Ekdalian (talk) 17:16, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

The edit was a sourced, NPOV-compliant improvement addressing the misleading presentation of bardic accounts as historical fact. My intent was solely to improve accuracy per Wikipedia's policies. However, I have noted your concern and will refrain from any further edits to South Asia-related history/social topics. I appreciate the alert. Batman from Shimla (talk) 20:17, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

• You should not make any edits to Indian social groups or military history, however minor or necessary. If you think there is an error, use Template:Edit extended-protected on the article talk page and someone will take care of it. --RegentsPark (comment) 23:52, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Request for Revision Deletion (WP:REVDEL)

​Dear @Daniel Case: I request the suppression of my past revisions under WP:REVDEL due to technical copy-paste errors involving non-English (Hindi) text and broken code snippets that corrupted the revision history. Thank you. Batman from Shimla (talk) 22:31, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Where? Here? In an article? Daniel Case (talk) 22:44, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Dear @Daniel Case: On the main article Vakataka dynasty and User talk: @Siya4vm, please apply WP:REVDEL to suppress the revisions containing accidental private Hinglish notes and non-English text. Specifically, this includes the insertion revision [], the subsequent removal revision [], and the comment posted under the section "Very good work" on User talk:@Siya4vm []. Please note that the issue is solely with the accidental non-English notes attached at the bottom. The core edit itself—"According to the sociologist and anthropologist Bhupendranath Datta, the Vakatakas were of local, non-Brahmanical origin in the Deccan. He noted that they adopted a Brahmanical gotra after gaining political power. He also pointed out that the gotra of the Guptas was of non-Brahmanical designation. Both dynasties were originally outside the Brahminical framework and later adopted Brahminical markers for political legitimacy." is valid encyclopedic material, so please restore/re-add this specific text to the article after suppressing the notes if possible. Thank you so much for your time and assistance with this issue. I really appreciate your help. Batman from Shimla (talk) 23:31, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: I note that edits this user has been attempting to make fall under caste and military history subtopics which are under extended confirmed restriction under WP:CT/SA inspite of all the warnings above. Zalaraz (talk) 01:26, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Well, if he decides to have himself blocked to stop himself, then that's his prerogative and it's good for the encyclopedia. Daniel Case (talk) 04:31, 25 August 2026 (UTC)