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@Twarikh e Khalsa: Come on now, you know why most of the content was removed. We absolutely cannot allow 17/18th century vernacular sources or Raj era sources (Maculiffe) on Wikipedia. You can't penalize me for removing content sourced from them when I'm the one abiding by the rules. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 02:10, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Making drastic changes needs the consensus among various editors in order to come to a final decision.Also wikipedia isn't entirely against the idea of using older sources. Older sources can be used, but they can't be used excessively. Twarikh e Khalsa (talk) 02:20, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Suthasianhistorian8
To be fair this page does excessively rely on older literature/sources.Although wikipedia isn't entirely against the use of older sources,older sources can't be used excessively zwhich this page has a tendency of). So i do understand why you made this page a stub.However i also think a consensus should at least be reached first before making a large change such as this.Plus there are secondary sources out there that do provide or may even add further context to this particular battle. Twarikh e Khalsa (talk) 02:25, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes as I've said before on the Battle of Kartarpur talk page, there's nothing wrong with writing this article based on authors like Dalbir Singh Dhillon, Surjit Singh Gandhi, Tony Jacques etc, but not using 18th century sources is an established policy. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 02:41, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How do you propose we reach consenus? I'm open to anything. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 03:15, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Suthasianhistorian8 you can alert any experienced editors who may be familar with source issues regarding wikipedia articles.
If you know of any editors than you can let them know by tagging them. Twarikh e Khalsa (talk) 21:47, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Twarikh, @RegentsPark:, could you provide some elucidation here? Thanks. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 22:38, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]