RegentsPark

Drastic impairment on Jat article * must be removed

Hey men so sorry to bother your but this time i got deliberative statement which i generally dont know how to figure this one out Short subject:(Removed revision of User talk:DelphiLore

Hi man, i eagerly want to approch some intelligible and visionary editor for some information circled around the article based on Jats regime can you please try to remove the dubious statement more likely to be a Joke

I don't know which troll is editing this, but NO, Jats are NOT an "Iranian tribe". Furthermore, there is practically nothing left of the Zutt people, those Indus pastoralists settled in 6th-11th century Iraq, so to imply that proper Jat clans live in modern Iraq is a lie! The most you can say is that there is still a district (Abu al-Khaseeb) named after them. But you should remember, as mentioned in the Zutt article itself, that Zutt was a generic exonym used by Arab chroniclers! Good luck trying to prove definitively that such-and-such Zutt is definitely a Jat. Heck, geneticists and historians argue that the Jats of Balochistan and Sindh aren't related to other Jats, so first focus on proving that!

Powerinhand (talk) 23:11, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Powerinhand:. I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are asking above. RegentsPark (comment) 13:04, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Possible IP-range sock

Hi, it is regarding this IP range, some of whose edits you have reverted here. Apart from this and this (which were reverted), they have also added similar unsourced content over a period of time in this article which I've reverted. Likely a sock of User:Srimonbanik2007, which is obvious from these [1] [2] stat related unsourced edits in the infobox, a characteristic of the sockfarm, apart from the Bengal centric edits. I'd like to request page protection on this article, ECP if possible, since they are known for quickly making random edits to get auto-confirmed rights as discussed here. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fylindfotberserk: I've semi-protected the articles for 3 months. Will watch to see if a named sock arrives but there isn't enough evidence for ECP. You could file an SPI and ask for blocking that IP range if that's warranted. Let me know if there is further disruption. RegentsPark (comment) 12:54, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll keep a close eye on them articles. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

They've just had a go at Ethnic groups in South Asia, which I reverted back to the last good version (by Fylindfotberserk). Narky Blert (talk) 11:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Narky Blert: Thanks. This sockfarm is being problematic lately. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:41, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

I suspect they will always link to a DAB page which I wrote & for which I always get pings (at a rate of 3-4/week, sigh). Now I know what to look for and who to notify... Narky Blert (talk) 14:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• I protected that page as well. Blocking the range is probably a good idea but that's beyond my competency. Perhaps @331dot: can take a look. RegentsPark (comment) 14:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  I must say I'm not an expert at range blocks either. I could probably figure it out, but not at present. 331dot (talk) 14:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Kitten

Why did you revert my kitten? I had one this spring and this summer. Was the originator a sockpuppet, or what? I could have erased the text if I only wanted the picture of the immature Felis catus Robert McClenon (talk) 05:48, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Obviously trolling. But I get the wanting to keep the kitten! RegentsPark (comment) 16:57, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

By the way, as you might have inferred, the reason I no longer have a kitten is that she is no longer a kitten, but is still a Felis catus. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:08, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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The Signpost interview ...

Hey, long time no talk, and thanks for your support at my re-RFA! Re the interview: I know it was a very long time ago, but while we did have an interesting conversation about a possible interview (here's your side), unfortunately it didn't work out. However, I was later interviewed in the Signpost in 2017. While I'm grateful for your !vote, the wiki-archaeologist in me doesn't like the idea of people trying to chase down a non-existent interview because of it, if you know what I mean. Would you mind adding something referencing this message of mine? Or would you be OK with me doing that? Graham87 (talk) 16:23, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Goodness. I must be getting senile! Thanks for pointing this out and I've added a mea culpa to the support. Abject apologies! RegentsPark (comment) 16:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Cool thanks. No worries. Graham87 (talk) 16:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Principality of Pataliputra

I want you to check your arguments again.

All of them are wrong JingJongPascal (talk) 10:50, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Page move

Hi, A new user with little experience moved these pages and turned them into kingdoms. Although, these are small princely states. There is huge difference between a kingdom and princely state or estates. Hence as per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:RMUM we need to restore its original name. I did it for some pages but for these three, I need the assistance of an admin as I am unable to move them back.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pudukkottai (original title: Pudukkottai State)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ramnad (Ramnad estate)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pratapgarh (Pratapgarh State)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bikaner (Bikaner State)

Adamantine123 (talk) 04:44, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Undone as contested moves. I've also dropped an explanatory note on that user's talk page. RegentsPark (comment) 15:19, 26 November 2024 (UTC)