Talk:Battle of Balakot
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In-light of this, I shall remove it from the infobox of this article.
Unverifiable and Unreliable source
This source: Naqvi, A.Q. (2001). The Salafis (History of the Ahle Hadees Movement in India). New Delhi: Al-Kitab International. pp. 132–139, 148. is unverifiable and also the credentials of the author A.Q. Naqvi. Who is he? Is he a historian? Has the book been peer reviewed? The onus is the editor to go through
The other source: Altaf Qadir (2014). Sayyid Ahmad Barailvi: His Movement and Legacy from the Pukhtun Perspective. SAGE Publishing India. p. 144.
These sources need to go through Wikipedia Reliability noticeboard before being added on the article and the onus is on the editor trying to add these sources. 199.81.206.167 (talk) 16:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Your objection over Naqvi may have merit (apparently it has been cited on the main article on Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi as well), but that of Altaf Qadir is WP:RS. He is assistant Professor at Department of History, University of Peshawar, as source itself states. No other editor has disputed the references. It has been at the article since many months, and as you are the one disputing its reliability, you should take them to WP:RSN.
- And, for your information, the sources don't themselves need to be neutral/unbiased but the content added on Wikipedia. See Sutyarashi (talk) 17:20, 5 January 2024 (UTC)]
- However, I agree with your objection over Naqvi. No other source corroborates his claim. Hence, if you agree, the strength can be written as:
- Sikh: 5000 (Gupta)
- Mujahedeen: 700 (Qadir) to 3000 (Gupta)
- Sikh Loss: Unknown
- Mujahedeen loss: 500 (Gupta)
- Sutyarashi (talk) 17:29, 5 January 2024 (UTC)]
- Yes I agree with you changing the strength to what you mentioned above. Thanks. 199.81.206.167 (talk) 18:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)