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Teahouse. I did not notice that you had added your edit to the infobox. Only the major dispute is notable for the lead or the infobox. I have now added three major tertiary sources. You may add your claim supported by
reliable sources to the geography section in a brief sentence or in a footnote. Best,
Fowler&fowler«Talk»17:48, 1 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Please enlighten me about what constitutes as a major and a minor dispute, and please also point me to where consensus about the categorisation of Kashmir, Arunachal, Kalapani, Doklam etc into major and minor has been achieved on wikipedia. Please do not revert my edits for the sole reason that in your personal point of view one dispute (of the ones mentioned) is major while all others are minor. Thank you.
Pankykh (
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19:15, 1 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Please read
WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE. The purpose is to "summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article." As for Kashmir, it is a major international dispute; it is the oldest before the United Nations, first appearing in early 1948. The others are not recognized so, by a consensus in scholarship Wikipedia's touchstone for a statement's worth. Please see
WP:SOURCETYPES.
Fowler&fowler«Talk»21:11, 1 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Please also read
WP:TERTIARY, which states, "Many introductory undergraduate-level textbooks are regarded as tertiary sources because they sum up multiple secondary sources. Policy: Reliable tertiary sources can be helpful in providing broad summaries of topics that involve many primary and secondary sources, and may be helpful in evaluating
due weight.
Please seek consensus on the talk page for the removal/moving of the disputes from the lead. Please do not address me with “I asked you to do X, do X”. I am not anyone’s slave. The article is not anyone’s personal property. I have provided the citations, including tertiary source for at least one of the disputes, and can provide tertiary source for another one.
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21:42, 1 October 2021 (UTC)reply