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June 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Arihant-class submarine, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. —Gazoth (talk) 22:22, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

You must be referring to this edit. That is 100% sourced. You didn't read the source properly. The author of that column is none other than Admiral Arun Prakash, former Indian Navy Chief.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 10:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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July 2019

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That was a good faith edit. I had tried my best to reword the content to avoid copyright. Thanks for the advice and sorry for replying so late.—VaibhavafroTalk 06:08, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@Gazoth: I think you should curtail your actions a bit. Most of the time, you are roaming around Wikipedia deleting good faith edits. Many of your reverts are totally wrong. As an example, see this edit of yours.—VaibhavafroTalk 13:31, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Uri: The Surgical Strike. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Diff: [1] We don't need personal editorials, like describing an award as "prestigious". We're not here to fawn over a film's accomplishments. Please use neutral language going forward. Thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Understood.-Vaibhavafro , 14 Aug 2019

Thank you, and I know you meant no harm by it. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:36, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Images

Bro can you upload a full picture of INS Arihant and other submarines of its class. The previous image that you've uploaded is not of fine quality? Ritvik0 (talk) 00:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Ritvik0: Remember PM Modi announcing the first deterrent patrol of Arihant? A poster of Arihant was on the wall behind his back. No clear picture is available of that poster. However, this picture is the cropped version of [this] picture. This is the BEST one can do. Vaibhavafro (talk) 02:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Image

Can you upload the picture from a different site? Ritvik0 (talk) 05:17, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Ritvik0: A more clear version is NOT available anywhere. That is the BEST ANYONE CAN UPLOAD! Vaibhavafro (talk) 05:58, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

You can upload it from the another source Today I was trying to do this but I was not able to do it so I request you that please upload it from another source by searching it in the internet. Ritvik0 (talk) 06:39, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Ritvik0: We can upload only those files which are released by the Indian government by using proper licenses. And rest assured, THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN UPLOAD OF ARIHANT. There is nothing else which can be uploaded under government license. Vaibhavafro (talk) 07:43, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you!— Vaibhavafro ^💬 01:49, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Special Group (India)

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@Yoninah:  Done; please comment now.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 15:39, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Glad you agree. But only the reviewer can place an icon. Best, Yoninah (talk) 17:38, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: I am sorry. Didn’t know that.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 17:40, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sandeep Unnithan (October 26)

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Hello, Vaibhavafro! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Utopes (talk) 02:10, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@Utopes: I am not surprised since I was expecting this as a possibility. Most of the discussion about Sandeep Unnithan's extraordinary work exists only on Indian defence forums, where enthusiasts like me discuss about how ONLY he gets to know about top-secret Indian military stuff first. If in future a reliable source writes about Unnithan extensively, I would definitely create an article. Thank you, — Vaibhavafro ^💬 02:46, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello Vaibhavafro! I don't mean to minimize the importance of Unnithan; in fact, I hope for the opposite. As the article was written at the time of the submission, there was no assertion of notability. Expanding on the fact that "he gets to know about top-secret Indian military stuff first" would be a great start. However, I hope you understand that somebody who only writes one book, and co-authors one other, isn't enough to warrant an article at that point. With more information in the article demonstrating more notability, I'm sure that the article about Unnithan could be approved. Thank you for understanding, Utopes (talk) 03:01, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@Utopes: I need some advice here. Sandeep Unnithan was the first to write about-

• The classified details of INS Arighat, S5-class submarine, K5 and K6 missiles. See this.

• First to disclose the presence of the top secret K missile family. It has been speculated that a K-missile test had been undertaken yesterday due to NOTAM and NAVAREA warnings issued from “23-25 October for a flight test”. If true, we will see a Sandeep Unnithan article soon.

• First to write about the ultra-secret Mavericks in 1999.

• Much more

But, there are no WP:RS that clearly state that he was the first. We, the Indian military enthusiasts have concluded this at forums using common sense. A simple google search will reveal that nothing detailed was written before Unnithan. So, can I proceed with adding this in the draft?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 04:23, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Anyways, I have requested deletion of the draft since I am expecting a NO in answer. Regards, — Vaibhavafro ^💬 04:40, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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If you have time...

Hi there. If you have time, please give this article a look over - Indian Military Academy. It is a GA nominee just now and I really hope to make it to GA status. Any suggestions to improve it? Check the talk page for an idea of what I mean if you are not sure, an admin had given pre-GA suggestions which were really helpful. Can you think of any other ways to imrove the article? Thanks. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 13:36, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

DiplomatTesterMan That is already covering the topic quite extensively as far as my personal knowledge of the subject goes. However, I think that a few more historical images are needed. Try and check commons or the army website/twitter for any image that is more than 60 years old and upload it to commons under {{PD-India}}. You can also check the PIB gallery. Regards,— Vaibhavafro ^💬 00:41, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 08:54, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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I have fixed it.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 10:32, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

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@Utopes: Thanks!— Vaibhavafro ^💬 04:42, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I am so not going to be given autopatrolled rights

Lol. Thanks for putting my name on the permissions page but I doubt I am going to get it just now. Thanks. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 10:21, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@DiplomatTesterMan:Yes that's partly my mistake. I should have just said that you created 75 Articles (and not mentioned that 14 have been deleted).— Vaibhavafro ^💬 12:39, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, Oh even then, not mentioning the 14 makes little difference, the checking is done well.

That aside, thanks for starting with Navy Day (India) and pointing it out. I've started making a few changes, will try to get it more into shape in the coming few weeks before this years Navy Week. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 07:04, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

And the autopatrolled thing worked out!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay. Now comes the hard part.... With great power comes great responsibility. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 08:47, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

@DiplomatTesterMan: Yeah exactly. Even I went ahead and read WP:BLP only after I was (surprisingly) granted reviewer rights... And thanks for starting work on that article.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 09:17, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @DiplomatTesterMan: Autopat is of no help for you, it is of help to other WP:NPP users who will no longer patrol your articles, assuming that you know your shit. So any misses that you make while creating new article, will likely no longer be verified and fixed. You are on your own now. you should also check out that NPP page to see what kind of check they do and make sure your articles already include those things or else your articles will miss them. regards. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:58, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

DBigXray, this sounds like such an anti-climax! I could ask someone to revoke this then!... Just kidding. I will see what check the NPP users do. Thanks for the heads-up. DTM (talk) 10:20, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Special Group (India)

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Image question

I was typing my response when you removed your post. I didn’t think your question was silly at and wasn’t bothered by it. I also wasn’t offended by the request you made on my behalf for me to get OK’d as auto patrolled. I just never considered asking for such a user right. If it makes things easier for others than I’ve got no problem with getting it. Anyway, here’s what I was going to post about the image. This is just my opinion and other may feel differently.

Hide the image from the article, click “Show preview”, and then read the relevant section of the article. Try and be honest when doing so and try pretend as if the image doesn’t exist. If you’ve got no real problem (again try and be honest) understanding the corresponding article content, it’s unlikely others will have any difficulty understanding as well without seeing the image. This means that it’s likely not going to be considered to pass WP:NFC#CS.

What you write in the non-free rationale is important, but it’s not as important as what’s written in the article. I look at this photo and I see some soldiers doing something; soldiers usually can be found in places where military operations take place and I don’t need to see an image to understand that. It would be much better to have sourced critical commentary of the image itself in the article. If the image is historic, then there should be reliable sources calling it historic. There are lots of events that are historic, but that doesn’t automatically mean that photos of said event are also historic as explained in WP:ITSHISTORIC. — Marchjuly (talk) 12:53, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thank you for responding. If I instead use it in the Operation Blue Star article, will it satisfy WP:NFC#CS? That article already uses an image in fair use. If your answer is no, I will request speedy deletion.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:16, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

A user has already disputed it's rationale as: "Photo is not the subject of significant sourced commentary. Usage fails to meet WP:NFCC#8." Changing the article to Operation Blue Star should solve this, shouldn't it?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:22, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Leave it. I have tagged it for deletion. Will use {{external media}} instead.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:46, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Simply changing the article where the image is to be used won't matter if there's no real context to justify it's use. As I mentioned above, images of historical events are not necessarily historical images, at least not when it comes to non-free content use on Wikipedia. You'll have a much better chance of convincing others that seeing the image is important to the reader's understanding of the article if you can find critical commentary about the image itself in reliable sources and add that content to the article. A newspaper article about the operation which shows the image is not really helpful, but a newspaper article about the image itself and perhaps how it being released help shape public opinion or caused some kind of controversy would be very helpful. You've asked Whpq about this below; so, perhaps he will further clarify why he feels the file doesn't meet NFCC#8. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:52, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Marchjuly. I fully understand now why this image can't be used under fair use.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:11, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your understanding. I don't have anything additional to say as Marchjuly has covered this qite thoroughly. -- Whpq (talk) 14:57, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Special Group personnel at the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star.jpg

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Whpq, will changing the article (in which the image is used) to Operation Blue Star solve the problem?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:29, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Thankyou for reviewing the rationale of that image. I have tagged it for deletion.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:47, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

SG

Can you share the link of the url you found this image above ? thanks. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:59, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

@DBigXray: Here. Also note that this image comes from a highly credible source: Sandeep Unnithan.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 08:41, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware of this, so I am glad that I know about it. I was under the impression that SFF were the SF group involved in Bluestar. but now this makes more sense. --DBigXrayᗙ 08:59, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

@DBigXray: I just want to tell a few more things since you've shown interest. That Sandeep Unnithan article clearly mentions The Mavericks to be all Indians unlike SFF (he distinguishes SFF from SG). What this means is that these people on Quora are clearly Bullsh*tt*ng. What happens next is that people get confused between SFF and SG and make unwanted ad hoc edits to Wikipedia. We need to keep an eye on this (especially since I am about leave for a Wikibreak, you will have to help).

Furthermore, after the reading and comparing all WP:RS on this topic with all WP:Not Rs, I have come to the following conclusion: SG was initially formed as 4 Vikas of the Special Frontier Force, but later became a separate unit. Afterall, what else can explain the transition to this badge from this?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 10:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

I will keep an eye. it will be helpful if you also copy paste this on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Indian military history task force to attract more eyes.--DBigXrayᗙ 10:56, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Ok. I am posting all this there.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:04, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

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FYI

Hi Vaibhavafro,

It isn't against policy to remove messages from one's own talk page (for IP's and accounts both). It just indicates they've been read. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:31, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Will keep that in mind. Thanks for letting me know.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 19:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Vaibhav

Hi Vaibhavafro,

You're That YouTube channel Defensive Offence guy nah? Who regularly took & publish interview video of Major(R) Gaurav Arya. --Kulbhushan Jhadav (talk) 17:22, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kulbhushan Jhadav: I will neither say no nor say yes. I will keep you in suspense.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 18:18, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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Kautilya3, Are you trying to harass me?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 12:18, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Alerts are not harassment. I am surprised you haven't received this notice till now, having been editing IPA topics for several years. If you don't want to receive such notices, you can put a note saying you are aware of them. See my User talk for example. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:29, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Kautilya3: Ok sorry I misunderstood.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 18:26, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) User:Vaibhavafro you should thank him for informing you. you could have inadvertently violated sanctions on a page if you were unaware. all Indian articles are under this and is enforced strictly on many pages. --DBigXrayᗙ 11:34, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for pointing out Navy Day (India) early in November to me. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but the timing was just correct for Navy Day yesterday, and it is good the article was in a better shape this year. The article was viewed over 130,000 in the past two days. DTM (talk) 06:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

DTM, OMG thats a lot! I didn't plan anything; I would have helped you doing it if not for my planned Wikibreak. I am still trying to leave Wiki for a few months; I hope I am successful in executing that starting in a few days from now. Best, — Vaibhavafro ^💬 07:21, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Seems like you've started the WikiBreak as per the section below. Bye till next year. DTM (talk) 09:54, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

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Although I have replied at talk page of Ajey Nagar, I would also like to save my reply here for future reference. As of approximately 6 hours ago, the page has already been marked 'reviewed' by a New Page reviewer.

There is unambiguous fulfillment of notability guidelines for this article since the subject of the article has been covered by the Time magazine, Press Trust of India, India Today and various other third-party reliable sources. This was not the case an year ago; most of the significant media coverage of the person occurred in 2019, not before that. This is obviously the reason why the article was deleted so many times earlier.

As of now, the following WP:RS are present about the person: Time magazine, Press Trust of India, India Today, Republic World, Times Now, Business Today, Entrepreneur magazine, Femina magazine etc etc. Best regards,— Vaibhavafro ^💬 05:17, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Making Amit Bhadana Article

Please create a Amit Bhadana Article. Vikas.bikaneri (talk) 01:41, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Please accept this Barnstar

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Please accept this Barnstar for your tireless contribution on The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Tessaracter (talk) 16:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Tessaracter: Thanks! This is my first barnstar.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 16:26, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

Hi. According to s.1(2) of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Also, the Indian government still not yet appointed the commencement day. [2] Therefore the act is not yet in force.--Mike Rohsopht (talk) 15:33, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Ok— Vaibhavafro ^💬 15:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

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The recent events have further improved the notability. The nominater has withdrawn the nomination. You might want to review your !vote as well. DBigXrayᗙ 10:36, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

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CAA protest

per, WP:BRD May I request you to self revert and get consensus for this controversial edit on the talk page ? --Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 13:36, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

User:DBigXray: What’s the problem? There is clearly no violation of any of the Wikipedia norms in this edit. Instead, it is you who should try and achieve WP:BRD before removing that. — Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:41, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

I will elaborate on the talk. you have to follow WP:BRD first. And it needs a self revert. --Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 13:42, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Just to clarify the B and R and D here. An IP boldly added this. I reverted it and it will be discussed on the talk page. your revert is conflicting with the BRD here. --Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 13:44, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro --Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 13:51, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Ok.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:08, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 15:01, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

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Mahusha

Hi Vaibhavfro I want to contribute with you in your indian defence and nuclear field articles. Please make me a member of your team. Mahusha 18:40 28 Dec 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Mahusha: . Greetings. I have no ‘team’. I just edit the articles I am interested in. A large portion of those articles are related to Indian military. You can do the same. Feel free to contact me for help (although I won’t be here for a few months). Do visit WikiProject:Indian military history. Best wishes!— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:00, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) As Vaibhav replied. There isn't a team. you do whatever you like. If you need help you can seek help from appropriate task force. indian defence and nuclear field articles come under Military history. You can find them at WikiProject:Indian military history and for more general topic such as History, WP:INDIA is the place. --Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 15:02, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Ok vaibhavfro, I am also Indian & I am also passionable to get our Indian readers and people around the world to get to know about our achievements whether it may be nuclear or any other field. Mahusha (talk) 16:02, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes DBigXray I will, thank you. Mahusha (talk) 16:03, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Vaibhavafro!

Happy New Year!

Vaibhavafro,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Happy New Year! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 11:12, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Same to you DBigXray!— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:06, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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Apology

Hi, I am AGIOS PAISIOS. Because I am a disabled person it is easier to me to copy-paste text sometimes. I will be more careful in the future.-User:AGIOS PAISIOS, 12:47, 15 January 2020

@AGIOS PAISIOS:No problem. Please take care from next time. You can only copy-paste a small portion (1 to 2 lines max.), not an entire paragraph. You can ask someone else for help when you find it difficult to type it yourself. A belated Happy New year to you.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 16:22, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

And please sign your comments (like I do) by typing "~" four times at the end of your comments. Do visit our Teahouse for friendly help in editing Wikipedia.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 16:39, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Poor Sources

Please do not used Right wing propaganda sites like Swarajya mag or opinion pieces. --DBigXrayᗙ 10:39, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

(tps) @DBigXray: Has there been any discussion about Swarajaya mag being a "Right wing" and "propaganda site" either on WP:RSN or somewhere else? Can you please give a link to it? I'm asking since I would like to read more about it. —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 11:58, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Sarvatra, the refs for right wing are in its wiki article. User:Winged Blades of Godric was this part of the discussion on Indian news portals ? DBigXrayᗙ 12:02, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

See the talk page of Citizenship Amendment Act protests. This is not the right place.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 12:38, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

the refs for right wing are in its wiki article. @DBigXray: Sorry for bothering you again, but I don't get what article you are referring to? Please give a link to it. —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 12:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Swarajya (magazine)--DBigXrayᗙ 12:52, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. <facepalm> I was looking at Right wing article. —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 12:55, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

February 2020

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Citizenship Amendment Act protests. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Dey subrata (talk) 02:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

We are working as a efficient group together, but I was not expecting this from you. Be careful next time you add any perspective. Higher level warning will be given if you continue such. Thank you. Dey subrata (talk) 02:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

(tps) @Dey subrata: Can you please elaborate more on how the edit is Vaibhavafro's "own personal analysis"?I mean, the reference Vaibhavafro has added supports it. Is altnews not WP:RS? —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 04:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Sarvatra for promptly pointing this out. Whatever I added in that edit is 100% fully supported by the source.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 06:59, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

For future reference: Please refer to this version of the talk page to know the context of this notice, because I will not be available for the next three months.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 08:58, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Haha, look at this guy. He thinks he can actually take a wikibreak? NOOOB —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 13:29, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

LOL I just noticed, you actually have a 'newbie' userbox at the top XD —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 13:30, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Discussion on alleged biased editing

@DBigXray: You are requested to shift your and mine comments related to a future WP:TBAN discussion on my talk page from Talk:Citizenship Amendment Act protests.

That is not the right place since the topic is about me, not about the article (per WP:TALK). Please comply.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:04, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

moved below. --DBigXrayᗙ 13:33, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Temple destroyed

Moved from Talk:Citizenship Amendment Act protests

@DBigXray:Not only was the Temple gate damaged, the idol of Hanuman was destroyed. This event was rare and needs to be added. Please self revert this edit.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 18:54, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• Vaibhavafro, please see the quote from altnews source that you had added "“The Hanuman idol inside the temple was vandalised wherein the idol’s right arm was broken and the face was disfigured. After things settled, the Hanuman idol was covered with a piece of cloth to protect Hindu sentiments,” said Anand. “There was no damage to the structure of the temple but the right side of the door was damaged. ” Clearly I am not impressed and I would need some convincing before I can self revert myself. DBigXrayᗙ 18:59, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• @DBigXray:Well, why would people attack an idol located inside a temple, if they didn't intend to? This was clearly not collateral damage; it was intended. Such things don't happen all the day. This needs to be mentioned.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 19:03, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• Vaibhavafro are you trying to use the article to paint communal things, the temple a man made structure was between clashes gt damages, does not need a mention here, tomorrow may be a damage happen to a house and the owner may be a hindu, so it will be written a hindu house got damage, stop this irrational concepts here. Attack was on Jamia, shall we call now a Muslim University attacked. Talk rational please, try to avoid POV. Dey subrata (talk) 19:16, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• The fact remains that no source has been presented for your claim "destroyed"--DBigXrayᗙ 19:22, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• @DBigXray:What I wrote in the article was "vandalised", not "destroyed".— Vaibhavafro ^💬 19:30, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• @Dey subrata:What you just said is a classic case of false equivalence. By an extrapolation of your logic, the destruction of Babri Masjid wasn't communally inspired, but was JUST a case of people destroying a structure for fun. Please refrain from such personal attacks and talk sense.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 19:28, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• Again you fail to understand, Babri was not between a clash, it was pre-planned and orchestrated accordingly by one group of people. Here this is different, it by chance was between a clash, ther was no intention involved. Dey subrata (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• Vaibhavafro No one moved your comment, my comment was moved so placed at the previous place, just see the times. Dey subrata (talk) 19:55, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• You did move it and slightly messed-up the order by rearranging them. Anyway, I have tidied things up using bullet-points, because, I don’t want to be blocked for edit warring on such a small issue. Regards,— Vaibhavafro ^💬 20:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Anyway, I have added this incident in the main “Protests” section. This section is dedicated to covering such incidents. Though some editors might consider this incident to not be notable enough for the “Chronology” section, any well-intentioned editor is not expected to dispute this edit of mine.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 00:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@DBigXray: It was our fault that we were not going through the consequences of the incidents. Just see this 1. Hindutva groups were involved in this event. Vaibhavafro I thought you will add a neutral narrative, instead you put all facts into gutter and added a hindu temple was vandalised. Unbelievable !!!! DBX, I think we need to be more careful as such biased attempts will be made in comming days too. Dey subrata (talk) 02:05, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Firstly, whatever I added was 100% fully supported by the source. The warning notice you served me on my talk page was promptly rebutted by another editor. Secondly, I was not aware of that aspect of the incident; thanks for adding that. Thirdly, please stop using logical fallacies. Regards,— Vaibhavafro ^💬 07:05, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Dey subrata, I hope you have now understood that you were expecting too much from User:Vaibhavafro. Based on my own experience of his editings, you can expect twisted narratives that are pro BJP-RSS from him. For now I am collecting these diffs, I will post an arbitration case for a topic ban when I get sufficient examples. DBigXrayᗙ 11:29, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@DBigXray: What aspect of my edits were “twisted narratives that are pro BJP-RSS”? I have welcomed the additional details added by Dey subrata; I have not disputed it even slightly.

What I see, however, is that there is a slight-to-moderate lack of WP:DUE weightage of narratives from right-wing groups in some Wikipedia articles. That’s why I try to fix that (per WP:NPOV). But some editors misconstrue my edits anyway.

Nevertheless, I think that you will never find ANY “evidence” against me to get a WP:TBAN on me. Honestly, I didn’t expect such a statement from you.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 11:53, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, The title of this thread itself is a wonderful example of the "twisted narrative" without factual basis. "I try to fix that " is one excuse to defend blatant right wing POV edits, but you should know that we value NPOV. NPOV is one of Wikipedia's three core content policies, and something that is non negotiable. It is quite easy to spot for anyone if you are editing with NPOV or RSS POV. Making edits that deliberately shift the POV towards right wing with an excuse of "trying to balance" is a classic case of WP:TE. You have already been given a DS alert on Indian topics. Regarding finding of "any diffs", FYI, I already have a list of diffs collected on this case from the articles on my watchlists, and it is up to you to provide me more of it by continuing the RSS POV pushing on Indian topics. I am glad that we got a chance to discuss this, so now I hope that my bringing out an Arbitration case will not be a complete surprise. You should expect it. regards. DBigXrayᗙ 12:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@Vaibhavafro: and @DBigXray: Please do not make this a WP:BATTLEGROUND. Both of you are very good wiki contributors and I personally would hate to lose out anyone of you. Let's assume good faith on each other's part and tone down the accusations a bit.

@DBigXray: I would suggest you to reduce the labelling of "RSS-POV" and "right-wing". No one likes to be labelled as something which they may not be actually.

@Vaibhavafro: I suggest to you hold out for a while. This article is still a current event and DBX is editing it from the beginning. In fact, he is the biggest contributor to this article. So once it is no longer a current event, you can start making it more NPOV or Balance it properly.

Just two bits of mine. Cheers. —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 13:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Sarvatra, Thanks for the note. I think my comment above is elaborate enough to point out the specific problem and how I plan to address it if Vaibhavafro continues this. I know he is an experienced contributor, which is why I felt it appropriate to provide a warning so that he can resolve the concerns going forward. If you or Vaibhav believes that there is no problem in his editing and everything is peachy, then we all can continue doing what we are doing right now and once I have a strong case I will bring it out and let the WP:AE decide on the merits of the case, Vaibhav can defend himself on AE, when that happens. regards.DBigXrayᗙ 13:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I am a NOOB with regards to Wikipedia policies; I only know the bare minimum I need to know for editing. Today was the first time I visited WP:AE.

The only articles related to Indian politics to which I have significantly contributed are 2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. I can’t recall any other significant contributions of mine. The main reason why I am on Wikipedia is to improve the quality of Indian-military related articles and those related to India’s space programs. The rest of the topics I am interested in are already well-covered by other editors.

I am pointing the aforementioned things out to highlight my interests, and, highlight that I am not on Wikipedia for editing controversial political articles.

Nevertheless, I would be grateful to DBigXray if he can suggest ways in which I can improve the neutrality of my contributions to controversial political articles.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

If that is the case then you better continue editing military articles, as there is less scope to introduce political POVs in articles on weapons and armaments. If you have strong opinions on a political topic, it is better to not edit that article, or restrict your editings on that topic to non controversial improvements such as ref improvements/ copy edits/ etc. WP:NPOV, WP:TE and the related essays, pretty much cover everything, so it may be a good idea to read them again even if you have read it in past. DBigXrayᗙ 15:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@DBigXray:I want to frankly tell you a few things about myself (I am not being egocentric): WP:TE clearly states-...everybody has bias...Bias is not in and of itself a problem in editors, only in articles. Problems arise when editors see their own bias as neutral, and especially when they assume that any resistance to their edits is founded in bias towards an opposing point of view. I clearly have a personal bias (obvious). And I am civilised enough to be able to restrain myself from showing that bias while editing Wikipedia (I have a decent presence on forums, which I use to share my thoughts unrestrictedly).

Do I still need to be 'extra-careful' while editing controversial articles, just because I have shown a bit of my bias on talk pages?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 17:31, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Dummy section for testing archive setup

This is a dummy section meant for testing the bot archive setup on my talk page.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 11:15, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion

Hi, I saw that you created an article for the new Air Defence Command, a tri-service command. There are also other tri-service commands as you know and have helped with. But the category for some of them is Category:Joint military units and formations in Asia. Is this still a suitable name? Does this need to be discussed somewhere else (Indian milhist talkpage) or is a non-controversial suggestion and could be implemented without much of a fuss? DTM (talk) 12:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@DiplomatTesterMan: Yes, I agree with you. We need to create a new category called “Category:Joint military units and formations of India” for Indian articles and put this new category under Category:Joint military units and formations in Asia. I think this will be a non-controversial thing to do, so no need to worry.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 01:55, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Would "joint" and "tri-service" mean the same thing? "Joint" covers all "tri-service"... but does "tri-serivce" cover all "joint"? DTM (talk) 14:12, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

@DiplomatTesterMan: No. “Joint” and “tri-service” aren’t necessarily the same. For example, the US military has 5 branches (excluding Coast Guard). But in India, we only have three military branches. So “Joint” and “tri-service” are the same for India.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 03:14, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Also note that in the US, a true “joint command” is called a Unified combatant command. As a result, Wikipedia has a category called “Category:Unified combatant commands of the United States Armed Forces”. But, even this category is contained within Category:Joint military units and formations of the United States. Congruently, we also have to create a new category called “Category:Joint military units and formations of India” for Indian joint formations. Also note that agencies such as Armed Forces Special Operations Division are not full-fledged commands; they are only ‘joint formations’.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 03:25, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Cool down

may I request you to drop this confrontational and hostile tone in which you are writing your edit summaries and talk page comments on the riot article. Please check wP:CIVIL once again. and repeat Om Shanti Shanti. --⋙–DBigXrayᗙ 07:17, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Debate is not confrontation.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 07:34, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, I am talking about the tone. I know from past experience that you can put on a much better tone. ⋙–DBigXrayᗙ 07:44, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Ok. I’ll soften my tone further if you insist. I have a concern that some amount of WP:STONEWALLING is going on there.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 07:48, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, It is a controversial article. A hostile tone will not help in any way. People have difference in opinion. Thanks for considering my request. ⋙–DBigXrayᗙ 08:23, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

@DBigXray: Could you also please request our friend Dey subrata to cool down? Going by their replies, they seem to think about me as a creature of low intellectual capacity who is incapable of understanding the intricacies of editing Wikipedia. In one of their recent replies to me, they said that I am giving them headaches. As per WP:CIVIL, they could have just said that they aren’t going to reply to me.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 08:32, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, I am sure your assumption on Dey's thoughts are not correct. His comment was less on you and more on everyone who was starting new threads on same topic. I hope you have been here for long to understand that existing talk page threads should be utilized instead of starting new ones on same topic.

Dey subrata, Please note, every suggestion I gave to vaibhav (in my comments above) also applies to you. Please try to keep a formal and civil tone in your replies. Lets keep the discussion friendly and focussed on the topic of the thread. regards ⋙–DBigXrayᗙ 08:37, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I am off to a Wikibreak (hopefully). Hasta la vista until next time.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 09:59, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

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If someone do not participate in a discussion that does not always mean oppostion to your proposal, non participation may be due to many other reasons . I tried to put arguments supporting two points made by you i.e. the Islamic extremism and temple vandalism at the CAA protest talk page, realised no point of arguing with users who fails to see reason, refuses to accept when can't counter you.2405:204:3323:9B54:74E0:D3F4:A8D0:A375 (talk) 08:13, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I know; I just gave up since no one was coming forward to leave a comment in my support. Also, since I am a relatively new user, I was being threatened with sanctions. That’s why I left arguing.

That article has apparently been hijacked by biased editors who think that their bias is neutral. So, whenever they see left-wing extremism, they go into a state of cognitive dissonance.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 03:34, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

I consider the riot page is also baised.

You know something, they just protected the riot talk page also, although there were angry comments, yet I felt protecting the talk was not needed. 47.31.163.49 (talk) 17:59, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

@47.31.163.49: I fully agree with you. You can still ask for help at WP:TH, if you need any.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 18:12, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Answer

On second thought, I will answer here, but please don't mention that username any further. In answer, there was WP:OUTING, so they chose to WP:VANISH. El_C 18:32, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Oh... I hope they return someday. Thanks for telling.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 18:42, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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Help creating article

Hello,

I want your help in creating an article of Indian YouTuber. Because i don't know much english and reffrences. I need your help. I want you to contribute to that article.

I request you.

I hope for you.

Don't disappoint me by saying no.

I am waiting for your reply. Mr. Bikaneri (talk) 10:57, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

@Mr. Bikaneri: Sorry bhai; I am really busy till August. So, I will not edit Wikipedia till then. Please ask for help at the teahouse.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 12:35, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

bhai, I have created Draft:Amit Bhadana (yutuber), please see. Is this correct and was it submitted? Mr. Bikaneri (talk) 09:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

I left a comment in your favour.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 05:33, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Don't accuse editors of WP:BITE without doing due diligence Comment

At Draft talk:Amit Bhadana (yutuber) you accused Praxidicae of biting a newcomer. Please note that WP:BITE wouldn't apply to a WP:SPA account that is very likely a UPE and is attempting to WP:GAME the system. The article has been recreated and speedy deleted so many times (20+ times) that the draft and mainspace spots for it are salted. The intentional misspelling of the disambiguation is a pretty big red flag. You can also see on the user's talk page that they've created three different instance of this draft alone in a span of less than 24 hours. Just some easy things to look out for before you go and accuse an editor as experienced as Praxi of WP:BITE. Cheers Sulfurboy (talk) 06:47, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

@Sulfurboy: I didn’t mean it as a serious accusation. That user appears to be bitten, as was also noted [3] by KylieTastic. I felt compelled to leave a comment there in their support because they pleaded for help on my talk (in the thread above). I am sorry if I caused any offence. Regards,— Vaibhavafro ^💬 19:10, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Help

Bhai, Amit Bhadana ban chuka he. Magar notability issue aa agya he. Aap usse fix karwane me madad kare. Thanks Hindu Viki (talk) 02:17, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Tayi Arajakate. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to The Hindu seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 11:38, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

I created a new section for controversies in which I listed all the controversial allegations against The Hindu. How is this an NPOV violation? Please enlighten me.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 15:46, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, cherrypicking quotes from the references, while completely omitting their primary context is a pretty blatant NPOV violation. You've been here long enough to understand this. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 15:53, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Please see the talk page of the article in question. As I mentioned earlier, I simply listed all the controversial allegations against the newspaper. Such a list is bound to seem negative. Furthermore, I did mention the context of the allegations i.e; the family dispute, didn’t I? Any improvements are surely welcome.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 15:58, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page The Hindu has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. This is in reference to Special:Diff/981820603 also see Talk:The Hindu § Section about controversies and criticisms is missing. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 17:29, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

My edit summary in Special:Diff/981820603 accurately describes what I did; I restored the content you deleted in Special:diff/981780581 without providing a tenable explanation. In fact, IMO, this warning should have been served to you for what you did in Special:diff/981780581.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 17:47, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

This primarily concerns your inflammatory accusations of WP:STONEWALL in the edit summary. Accusations like these can easily be considered a form of personal attack and is certainly not suitable for a constructive discussion especially when made right after starting a discussion. Your rejection of my objection itself is also not a lack of "tenable explanation," that too an objection with which you engaged with at the talk page. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 22:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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@Vaibhavafro: I didn't know that it was official logo, so that I removed it. After you mentioned "official logo", I checked its source and found it's official. It was my mistake that I didn't checked it's authenticity before removing it in first place. Sorry. —15:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)FoxtAl (talk)

It's okay, no problem.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 13:58, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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