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the hillside swept bare behind it;
the last echoes died on the white slopes;
the new mount glittered and lay still in the silent valley."
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Guess who-o. guess they forgot

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I already noticed, and responded. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:26, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As a reminder: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truthprevailsalways/Archive. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 10:19, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For diligent work done on the confusing and politically hot topic of Veerashaivism/Lingayatism. Iṣṭa Devatā (talk) 15:54, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It all looks much clearer now. Iṣṭa Devatā (talk) 15:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Iṣṭa Devatā: thank you! Sincerely appreciated. All the best, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 18:05, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Entertainment

Please see [1]. JimRenge (talk) 11:57, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 12:13, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yaditiva

I don't know. The changes here match the main articles. This is indeed a mess, but it's annoying that the Mitchiner date in the article is 250CE but I can't find the date in the source.[2] I'd prefer ANI myself, and don't have time until Sunday to look more carefully as it would require a lot of checks. Doug Weller talk 17:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay; thanks. But at least, see Bhāsa. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 20:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just FYI,
  • I tried to clean up the Yuga Purana page a little.
  • The date range on the Pāṇini page has been in flux, because a (different) user is rejecting sources that say 4th century BCE.
  • In addition to Bhāsa, Yaditiva has made several more clearly unconstructive edits that misrepresent sources: for instance, changing Pingala's date from 3rd/2nd century BCE (I've checked the cited book) to 5th century BCE; replacing the sourced estimates for the Nyaya Sutras (6th century BCE to 2nd century CE) and the Vaisheshika philosopher Kanada (6th-2nd century BCE) with only "6th century BCE"; and outright deletion of entire sourced sentences, often with misleading edit summaries ("added content", "fixed typo"). This user has persisted in this despite repeated notices (from @Arjayay and others) to stop. Also, there are certain anonymous IPs (here, here, here) which also have a similar style of unconstructive edits.
Avantiputra7 (talk) 03:02, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

removing the editor's archiving

This seems presumptive. Other messages will be posted on that talk page years in the future. Who are you to re-arrange a deceased editor's talk page as if it were your display case? Chris Troutman (talk) 20:53, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Chris troutman: if there are messages added to the page in the future, MiszaBot will archive the condoleances-messages first, so they will disappear. That's why I removed the bot; other futire messages can be archived manually, if necessary. And regarding your question "who are you to": I've helped Corinne repeatedly with organising her talkpage, including adding MiszaBot. See also her response; and User talk:Corinne/Archive 13#Archiving for a delightfull correction on "archiving." Best regards, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 21:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Meh. I understand your point; that's not what I'd prefer. I hope this sort of thing does not become a trend. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:48, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I hope so too. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 21:53, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Another example of MSW's incompetence

HERE MSW says "should not be seen as a social reformer" is a direct quote of Richard Gombrich. I checked the source and its a quote of Christopher Queen. Not Richard Gombrich.VictoriaGrayson (talk) 16:24, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]