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Wisher08 (talk) 16:18, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you mention what Wiki page is this message in reference to? Waonderer (talk) 06:22, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See the notice again. It concerns any articles you have edited that are related to India, Pakistan or any other South Asian country. Wisher08 (talk) 16:10, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that. It's just not specific enough. I have made many edits on many pages that will fall in that category. How am I supposed to know which ones were "contentious". I thought since you cared enough to drop a message here, you could help me. Or was it a generic message everyone gets who edits "that page"? Waonderer (talk) 13:41, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes everyone who edits those pages can get this notification. Wisher08 (talk) 13:04, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert of Vanamonde might be called contentious but I think it was a misunderstanding, he meant that announcements were not enough even if in secondary sources, we need sources discussing the subject in some detail. Doug Weller talk 16:09, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]