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Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please remember to observe this. Thank you. --lTopGunl (talk) 23:04, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Invitation to WLM![edit]

Wiki Loves Monuments - Pakistan
Wiki Loves Monuments comes to Pakistan!
Hi Shakil Chaudhary! WLM is the largest international photographic competition in the world and we are looking forward to expanding it to Pakistan this year. We have been planning to make this national competition really take off; but to do so, we need your help!
Sign up at Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Pakistan and our mailing list if you are interested in being part of the organising team or can help spread the word. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Pakistan User Group[edit]

Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan
Hi Shakil Chaudhary!

We are currently in the process of establishing a User Group for Pakistani Wikimedians with the following objectives;

  • act as a hub for Pakistani editors working across the Wikimedia projects,
  • act as a voice and representative for the Pakistani Wikimedian community,
  • organize meet-ups,
  • establish a Wikimedia Pakistan Chapter,
  • acquire funding for various on-wiki and off-wiki activities including photo competitions, workshops and other public outreach events, and
  • collaborate with the wider Wikimedia community.

As an approved User Group, we will be recognised by the Wikimedia Foundation and officially supported by the Wikimedia movement.

If you reside in Pakistan or actively work on Pakistan-related topics and can help in functional activities of the Pakistani User Group, please join the official planning group mailing list. For more details about the proposed user group, please visit the official page at http://pk.wikimedia.org.

Together we can promote free knowledge in Pakistan!

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Wiki Loves Monuments - Pakistan[edit]

Hi Shakil Chaudhary!

Wiki Loves Monuments, the world's largest photography competition, will be taking place in Pakistan this September. The competition is all about capturing the cultural monuments and heritage sites of Pakistan and uploading these images on Commons to create an online repository which will be freely available to all.

Start taking photos of the sites enlisted here and upload them in September to be eligible for national and international prizes.

Email: contact@wikilovesmonuments.pk
Official website: wikilovesmonuments.pk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsPK

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Hi Shakil Chaudhary!

Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan is organizing an edit drive for Pakistani Wikipedians on Pakistani Cultural Heritage throughout the month of July.
Top three contributors will be given a gift pack containing Wikipedia merchandise.

You can read the event details here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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February 2020[edit]

Information icon Hello, I'm Flyer22 Frozen. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Real names[edit]

The great majority of editors do not use their real names. It is inappropriate to ask editors their names, locations or credentials. Editors who 'out' other editors real names by other means are blocked. You edited an article and were reverted. The proper next step is to open a discussion on the Talk page of the article. David notMD (talk) 11:31, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David notMD and Maproom: Thanks for your comment. I just wrote a detailed comment in Teahouse and it did not appear. Have I been banned or something? If so, it is very unfair. My point about using the pseudonym was about those editors who hide behind it to avoid scrutiny.

No offense, but Flyer22 Frozen seems to have unbounded enthusiasm for reverting edits, but little interest in fixing errors and inconsistencies. For example, she reverted my figure and restored the figure of 102.4 billion for the HEC’s annual budget. She did not realize that it was a 2014 figure.

I left a message for her on her Talk page. Instead of responding to me, she deleted it. At least, I could not see it.

Please look at this sentence.

“Preceded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2002 by promulgation of the Higher Education Commission Ordinance 2002, the universities were formerly accredited by the UGC established in 1947; the institution was revised 1974 and came its modern form in 2002 under the leadership of Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman FRS its founding Chairman, with additional executive reforms granted by the constitution.”

It is difficult to imagine more clumsy and unwieldy piece of writing. It has 59 words. These sentences are no better. Wikipedia and its reader deserve better than this atrocious English. Anyone with good writing and editing skills can write such atrocious English.

"Under a new and revised reforms, the HEC is made responsible for formulating higher education policy and quality assurance to meet the international standards as well as providing accrediting academic degrees, development of new institutions, and uplift of existing institutions in Pakistan."

"The same year, Mohammad Ali Jinnah held a National Education Conference (also known as Pakistan Education Conference) of academicians and state holders to revise the policy of higher education in the country, as he stated:..."

"Many recommendations were directed and accepted by the government to established the UGC as a federal regulatory institution in 1947. Efforts led by Prime Minister of Pakistan Huseyn Suhrawardy led to the imposition of Soviet-oriented first five-year plans which explained the first official education policy in 1956."

"During this time, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had the MoF spent 70% of natural resources on higher education efforts; enrollment in the universities increased to 56%."

"During this time, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had the MoF spent 70% of natural resources on higher education efforts; enrollment in the universities increased to 56%."

"In 2002, President Pervez Musharraf took over the initiatives in devolving the UGC into Higher Education Commission in 2002."

"Around 50%-70% of federal budget is set for the development on science and higher education, particularly distributed to HEC, highest in the financial history of Pakistan."

"Prioritizing the expansion of the higher education in the country, HEC's financial budget is estimated near ₨. 57.8 billion, which is more than that of Pakistan Steel Mills, PIA or any other state-owned enterprises’ allocations. Currently there are more than 65 sites which are operational all over Pakistan and availing this facility for conducting lectures, meetings and other events etc."

"At the end of every academic year,A 3 credit hour research based activity is not envisioned.The attendance criteria of 70 - 75 percent is not strictly applied in Under Graduate Research Classes."

Pervez Hoodbhoy has been quoted as saying: "HEC have made higher education more expensive." This is misleading. This is what he wrote: “Hyper-inflated salaries, recommended by the HEC, have made higher education more expensive.” Thanks for your time and attention. Let me assure you that I have nothing personal against her. I am willing to work in collaboration with her.

I would like to add that I have edited dozens of Wikipedia articles. I edit Wikipedia articles with the utmost sense of responsibility. As for the conflict of interest issue, I am not an employee of the HEC. I have not been paid for it. Shakil Chaudhary (talk) 13:10, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked Teahouse and your contribution is there, dated 4 February. You are not the first (nor the last) to suggest using true names. It was a Wikipedia policy choice. As content is supposed to stand on the quality of the references rather than the credentials of the contributors, this appears to work. Editors are within their rights to delete (or archive) content on their own Talk pages, as Flyer did. If I may be of guidance, I suggest making modest-sized changes to articles, with Edit summary descriptions each time. That way, an editor may not feel moved to revert everything you did because they disputed some of it. All of the content you changed is available at View history, so you will not have to recreate it. Lastly, there are two levels of conflict of interest: paid and not. If you were asked to make changes, even if not in any way compensated, you should state so on your User page. David notMD (talk) 20:24, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Shakil Chaudhary, reverting you was not about failing to realize anything. You should not be replacing sourced material with unsourced material. Read WP:Verifiability. And per Maproom, read WP:COI. I've been clear that I am not invested in that article and that I will not be guiding you. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 23:17, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David notMD and Maproom: I am sorry to bother you again. Flyer22 Frozen is, again and again, making the point that I replaced sourced material with unsourced material. She is not answering the question that at least one figure that was sourced is from 2014. It is no longer correct. The current annual budget of the HEC is not 102.4 billion rupees. She has also not answered this question of mine: Why didn't she fix the language errors in the article? I feel like asking her: Are you happy with the quality of the article? Don't Wikipedia readers deserve better than this?

She has also not answered this point of mine. 'Pervez Hoodbhoy has been quoted as saying: "HEC have made higher education more expensive." This is misleading. This is what he wrote: “Hyper-inflated salaries, recommended by the HEC, have made higher education more expensive.”'

I really don't want to waste time on this issue. However, I have two questions: (1) How do I get the unfair block lifted? (2) Is it OK if someone working for the HEC makes the edits after identifying himself or herself? After all, the organization has updated information with it. Another question, if you don't mind: If the HEC management wants to make a complaint to Wikipedia, whom should they contact? Shakil Chaudhary (talk) 08:46, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(1) What block? I have seen no evidence that you have been blocked.
(2) Someone with a Conflict of Interest should generally avoid editing the article at all. Wikipedia should be written by neutral persons adding information from sources independent of the subject.
(Another) If the HEC management wants to point out an error in the article, they should do so on its talk page. Maproom (talk) 09:15, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Flyer reverted your contribution on 2 February and has since made no edits and has made clear no knowledge of the topic nor interest in improving the article. Flyer did not "write" anything; rather, restored the article to an earlier version. You were reverted for not following Wikipedia rules (primarily deleting content that had valid references), not as a criticism of your contribution. Going forward, I recommend you declare a conflict of interest on your User page and make a series of modest changes, each time explaining what was done in the Edit summary. As Maproom pointed out, at all times strive for a neutral point of view. David notMD (talk) 13:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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stop lying about pakistan[edit]

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