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Please also note that the lack of an edit summary is a frequent symptom of vandalism. While there is no sugestion of such on your part, edits are frequently reverted as vandalism based on the missing edit summary alone. I B Wright (talk) 12:45, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Oh, out of curiosity, was this an automated message, a part of common procedure, or is it in reference to edits I have made without filling out the edit summary? Looking at my contributions, this would be minor corrections to typographical errors, so I suppose my question can better be rephrased as, is it mandatory then that all edits have the summary filled out even if they involved only fixes to a misspelling of a one word, misplacement of punctuation, and the like where the reasoning for the edit would be obvious? Sol Pacificus (talk) 08:35, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Homophobia reference in lede

After taking a good look at that lede I decided to add a ref after all as you requested, however it is not necessary to add citations to the lede if they are sourced in the main article. Tagging it as you did makes it look like an unfounded piece of editorial, when it is in fact a legitimate part of the article's summary. The reason I added a ref for you is because the rest of the lede is overlinked, making it look out of place, so I understand your position. In future please check the body of the article before tagging the lede with "citation needed", "dubious" or anything like that. It's common practice to leave citations out of the summary. Many thanks! Edaham (talk) 01:54, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Yeah I was actually aware of that policy and had even considered taking a closer look at the body to double-check, but I decided against it for whatever reason that I don't remember—most likely that I was in a rush and also felt a bit weary. I think I also thought that either way, the sentence, which in hindsight seems more opinionated than factual (though I'm aware it is not technically so as it's only describing what sources say), stood out awkwardly in the introduction without any citation and as a standalone sentence at the end. At a glance, a reader might think some random anon had added that in as his own personal opinion and tried to disguise it as the thoughts of some vague source. Indeed, that's what I immediately assumed at a glance. I think if we don't want to cite it because it's cited in the body, it should at least be expanded a little to merge it more naturally into the introduction so it doesn't seem like someone's random addition. Sol Pacificus (talk) 17:37, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

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Sikkim

Pl do not revert changes without discussing the same first. An old image has been changed with a better quality picture of the Temi tea Garden. - Subhrajyoti07 talk 02:23, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry for my hastiness, but the principal reason why I reverted the edit is because of the glaring error at the top where the word "mountain" and now "cherry mountain" is written for no explainable reason. The words just sit there non-sensically. This is disruptive to the page, and I assumed that it was vandalism. I had not noticed that the edit was accompanied by a change in an image as well until after I reverted it, but because I was in a hurry, I really didn't wish to spend another second checking over it. My main concern was that the disruptive edit at the top had to be dealt with promptly. To be honest, I'm quite perplexed that, after undoing my edit, you repeated that mistake. Sol Pacificus (talk) 02:51, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Its Cherry Resort. The building inside the Temi tea garden is a resort owned by the Govt. of Sikkim as is the garden. They are promoting tea tourism. I have removed the reference of the Cherry resort from the image description. Trust that addresses the issue. - Subhrajyoti07 talk 03:02, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

I don't think you understand. Look at the very, very top of the page here. There is the word "cherrymountain" floating at the very, very top above even the first sentence of the article. That was the only issue. I don't understand why that was there, and I assume it was an oversight. Sol Pacificus (talk) 03:09, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

True, now I see it. Yes mountain or cherry mountain either of them made no sense and I have no idea how it creeped in my edit. However in the latest edit the same line has been deleted and not reflecting anymore. Thanks. - Subhrajyoti07 talk 09:28, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

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