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Thanks for the information. I am a new editor and I will try to do better. -- Zhamidz (talk) 11:37, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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Text coherence

If you rearrange the sentences in a text, the end result will not necessarily be coherent. Take a look here, your version of the text is:

Mankiyali is not mutually intelligible with any of the surrounding languages. Lexical similarity tests have revealed that it shares a slightly higher percentage (41–42%) of its core vocabulary with the Kohistani languages Gowro and Bateri, and a third with the Shina language Ushojo, that belong to the Dardic group. However, it also shares a little over a third with the local varieties of Hindko and Gojri. The somewhat higher similarity with Bateri could indicate a common origin, which would be consistent with the oral traditions of the community

Just try reading it. It first starts with the neighbouring languages, then quickly jumps to the far-away Kohistani, talking about "slightly higher" percentages (slightly higher than what?), then goes back to the neighbouring languages to give the percentages there, before jumping once again to Kohistani in the next sentence. Try reading the previous version and see if any of these sudden jumps or non-sequiturs occur there. – Uanfala (talk) 12:36, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Well, I know that. It starts with the neighbouring languages, but the sentence is negative. – Zhamidz (talk) 15:22, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@Uanfala: Whatever you did is also acceptable, but mentioning the dardic languages firstly is better, because the similarity with Hindko and Gojri is due to the influence – Zhamidz (talk) 18:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Well, starting with the neighbouring languages means the text flows more naturally from the previous paragraph. If you would like to change that, then no strong objections on my part, but please do so in a way that doesn't result in the problems I pointed out above. Don't just revert. – Uanfala (talk) 19:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

May 2021

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Jaipur ‎, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article.
You don't avoid the WP:BURDEN of having to provide a reference just by adding a CN tag at the end of your edit - Arjayay (talk) 14:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Saraiki region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Saraiki region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. The single source provided does not even mention this "region".(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:05, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Well, I agree with you that the article page needed improvements. I was busy thus I wasn't able to do that, nor anyone else. And if I revert once again, I will improve it. Thanks for your attention. –Zhamidz (talk) 09:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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