User talk:Skaptij

Hello, Skaptij, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Red Director (talk) 23:29, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of User:Skaptij/sandbox[edit]

The page User:Skaptij/sandbox has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. – bradv🍁 21:03, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Skaptij/sandbox[edit]

A tag has been placed on User:Skaptij/sandbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

G3: Hoax - see Special:AbuseFilter/1002

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Home Lander (talk) 02:22, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

November 2019[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:06, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Skaptij (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

My apologies for any inconvenience I may have caused the Wikipedia community through keeping a weatherbox in my sandbox, which I am well aware of is not to be used a file storage space. If unblocked, I will seek to become a productive member of this community by editing real pages.

Decline reason:

This unblock request has been declined due to your history of vandalism and/or disruption to this encyclopedia. However, we are willing to give you another chance provided that you can earn back the trust of the Wikipedia community. To be unblocked you need to demonstrate that you are willing and able to contribute positively to Wikipedia. You can do this by:

Familiarizing yourself with our basic rules.
Read our guide to improving articles.
Pick any pre-existing article you wish to improve.
If you have trouble choosing an article to improve, see this index of articles needing improvement for ideas. Once you have decided on the article you will propose improvements to:
1. Click the Edit tab at the top of that article;
2. Copy the portion of the prose from that article that you will be proposing changes to. However:
  - do not copy the "infobox" from the start of the article (i.e., markup like this: {{infobox name|...}});
  - do not copy any image placement code (i.e., markup like this: [[File:Name.jpg|thumb|caption]]);
  - do not copy the page's categories from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: [[Category:Name]]);
  - do not copy the stub tag (if there) from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: {{Foo stub}});
3. Click edit at your talk page, and paste at the bottom under a new section header (like this: == [[Article title]] ==) the copied content but do not save yet;
4. Place your cursor in the edit summary box and paste there an edit summary in the following form which specifies the name of the article you copied from and links to it (this is required for mandatory copyright attribution): "Copied content from [[exact Name of Article]]; see that article's history for attribution."
5. You can now save the page. However, if your edits will include citations to reliable sources (which they should), add the following template to the end of your prose: {{reflist-talk}}. Once you have added the template, click Publish changes.
Now, edit that content. Propose significant and well researched improvements by editing the selected portion of the article. Please note that we are not looking for basic typo corrections, or small unreferenced additions; your edits should be substantial, and reflect relevant policies.
When you are done with your work, re-request unblocking and an administrator will review your proposed edits.
- If we (including the original blocking admin) are convinced that your proposed edits will improve Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, you will be unblocked.

If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}" to your talk page. Thank you. Yamla (talk) 11:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Copied content from Gurdwara Panja Sahib

Gurdwara Panja Sahib (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਪੰਜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ (Gurmukhi), گردوارا پنجا صاحب (Shahmukhi); Urdu: گردوارہ پنجہ صاحب) is a famous gurdwara located in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan. The shrine is considered to be particularly important as the handprint of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, is believed to be imprinted on a boulder at the gurdwara.

History[edit]

According to Sikh legend, Guru Nanak along with Bhai Mardana reached Hasan Abdal in Baisakh Samwat 1578 B.K., corresponding to the summer of 1521 CE, when according to Sikh legend, Guru Nanak's handprint was imprinted onto a boulder. The Gurdwara was named Panja Sahib by Hari Singh Nalwa, the most famous general of the Sikh Empire. He is credited with having built the first gurdwara at the site.^[1]

-- edit -- However, the sanctity of this site long predates Sikhism, originating as a shrine within the Gandharan Buddhist kingdom of Taxila. Nearby still stand the ruins of a Buddhist monastery complex. In 630 AD, Xuanzang witnessed the shrine of the Nagaraja Elapatra 70 li northwest of Taksasila, where "its pure and limpid waters were fringed with lotus flowers of different colors." At the shrine, locals, accompanied by monks, would pray to the dragon for rain and for fair weather by snapping their fingers. ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] -- edit --

Legend[edit]

Under a shady cool tree, Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana started reciting Kirtan and their devotees gathered around. This annoyed a local saint, Shah Wali Qandhari.

According to Sikh legend, Bhai Mardana was sent three times to Shah Wali Qandhari by Guru Nanak so that he would provide him with some water to quench his thirst. Wali Qandhari refused his request and was rude to him. In spite of this, Mardana still very politely stuck to his demand. The Wali remarked : "Why don't you ask your Master whom you serve?"

Mardana Ji went back to the Guru in a miserable state and said "Oh lord! I prefer death to thirst but will not approach Wali the egoist."

The Guru replied "Oh Bhai Mardana ji! Repeat the Name of God, the Almighty; and drink the water to your heart's content."

The Guru put aside a big rock lying nearby and a pure fountain of water sprang up and began to flow endlessly. Bhai Mardana quenched his thirst and felt grateful to the Guru.

On the other hand, the fountain of Shah Wali Qandhari dried up. On witnessing this, the Wali in his rage threw a part of a mountain towards the Guru from the top of the hill. The Guru stopped the hurled rock. Clear, fresh spring water gushes out from somewhere behind the rock and spills over into a very large pool. An imprint of a right hand was carved on the rock while it was built in the Mughal style by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839).

Observing that miracle, Wali became the Guru's devotee.

-- edit -- An alternative version of this legend (representing a modified form of the original Buddhist narrative, with Nanak as the Buddha and Wali Qandhari as Elapatra) is as follows:

“Janak Raja had two servants, named Moti Ram and Nának. On the occasion of a particular sacrifice the Rája appointed separate duties to each of his servants, and amongst them Moti Rám was appointed to keep the door, and Nának to remove the leaves in which the food had been wrapped. During the ceremony a dog rushed in through the door towards the Rája. Moti Rám followed the dog and broke its back with a stick, when he was severely reproved by Nának for his cruelty.

Rája Janak then addressed his two servants saying, 'Moti Rám you have behaved as a Malechh, but you, Nának, as a man full of compassion. In the Kal-jug you will both be born again; Nának in Kálu Khatri's house in Talwandi, and Moti Rám as Wali in the house of a Mughal in Kandhár.'

When Bába Nának was reborn , he went to Wali's house in Kandhár, and said, 'Do you remember me?' 'No,' said Wali, 'but do you open my eyes.' Then Nának opened the eyes of Wali, and he saw and remembered his former birth, and fell at the feet of his former companion. Nának then turned Wali into wind and himself into water, and they both came to the town of Haro, which is now called Hasan Abdál, where Nának placed his hand on the rock, and they resumed their shapes. But ever since then the pure water has never ceased gushing forth from the rock, and the pleasant breeze has never ceased playing about the town of Haro." ^[7] -- edit --

References

^ Nalwa, V. (2009), Hari Singh Nalwa - Champion of the Khalsaji, New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 229-31, ISBN 81-7304-785-5
^ Watters T. (1904). On Yuan-Chwang's travels in India. pp 241-242 ISBN 81-2122-645-7
^ Gazetteers Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94 (Robertson, F. A)
^ The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) (Dr. H.S Singh)
^ Buddhist site in Hassanabdal almost lost to encroachers (Dawn.com)
^ Walking with Nanak (Haroon Khalid)
^ Gazetteers Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94 Robertson, F. A

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

I fixed a few formatting problems caused perhaps by trying to use the visual editor to make source code edits, but not all.

Comparing with the original, I can see where you have made additions, but I don't consider your sources to be cited well enough for a reader to be able to locate them for verification.

As best I can tell, almost all of the content has to be encapsulated in an advisory "according to legend" - this is a story that cannot otherwise be verified. It looks like you may have removed one of those, which I would argue is a mistake.

Your ability to follow the instructions you were given is only so-so. All of the images, categories, and probably the external links should have been removed before you started to make your improvements. I wish the instructions included a way for you to indicate your changes, to make it easier to focus on the improvements you are proposing. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:00, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have added back the reflist-talk template that you mistakenly removed when taking out image links and other stray content.

I found that the gazetteer reference is available at archive.org, but it is a book of almost 350 pages. In cases like these, you would want to include the URL https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.531243 and indicate the page number(s) where the information can be verified. If you can do the same for your other references, including ones that were already present, it would go a long way towards showing that you can make productive edits. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Nalwa, V. (2009), Hari Singh Nalwa - Champion of the Khalsaji, New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 229-31, ISBN 81-7304-785-5

[2] Watters T. (1904). On Yuan-Chwang's travels in India. pp 241-242 ISBN 81-2122-645-7

[3] Gazetteers Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94 (Robertson, F. A)

[4] The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) (Dr. H.S Singh)

[5] Buddhist site in Hassanabdal almost lost to encroachers (Dawn.com)

[6] Walking with Nanak (Haroon Khalid)

[7] Gazetteers Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94 Robertson, F. A

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]