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[edit] Nair

Hi! I noticed your edits to the Nair article. Nairs are not known as a tribe in the actual sense. They are a Caste. --vi5in[talk] 15:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, the problem is that in Wikipedia, things need to be attributable. I believe that most anthropologists consider Nairs to be a caste. There really is not basis to call them a "tribe". It might be true that they were a "tribe" before the Namboothiris came to Kerala. But I think they are currently known as a caste. So we probably have to go with what is current. If you have a source that states they actually were a tribe (in the past), then you are welcome to add the information. Thanks for the site, though. It has some very interesting info! --vi5in[talk] 16:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello, your edit most probably must have gotten lost in the recent edits. Someone was adding a "Sexual Life" section that had nothing to do with the article. Why don't you start a discussion in the talk page with your concerns? Just be warned though. A lot of people will come there with opinions/conjecture/original research. What we want is (attributable) facts. --vi5in[talk] 17:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello, don't be disheartened :). I have posted my thoughts on the issue. As always, I maintain that we need a reputable source. On Wikipedia, we usually describe or label a topic according to what it is known most commonly. This usually also means that we go with what something like Encyclopedia Britannica says. Britannica calls Nairs a Hindu Caste (although on Britannica, Nair is spelt as Nayar and so one could argue that the name needs to be changed. However, almost everyone spells it as "Nair"). What I propose is that we could have a paragraph or a section somewhere that describes Nairs as a community, perhaps from the perspective of Nairs themselves. Since we cannot allow Original Research, we need to make sure that this perspective is backed up by references. --vi5in[talk] 19:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:SS.jpg

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[edit] Unspecified source for Image:My_India.jpg

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[edit] Hello

Hello,

I went ahead and reverted the changes. It's not too hard. :) Just click edit and revert to a previous version. If this continue, post a message on WP:ANI. --vi5in[talk] 18:01, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pulayar

I saw you edite that page, I have made it into inline citation, please check it Taprobanus 16:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)