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Stop Vandalism[edit]

Hey User:Damien2016 , why are you continuosly reverting my edits. And does the native name in Nepali language also needs source. Please stop this inappropriate copyedit, move and revert of any articles on english wikipedia. (The China Room (talk) 17:10, 16 January 2017 (UTC)) The China Room (talk) 17:10, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can add Nepali language however you added other stuff which was unsourced hence the reason it was reverted. Damien2016 (talk) 18:12, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is already pages named Mithila, India and Mithila, Nepal which all describes the Mithila region well in the regional context. What is the use of creating too many duplicate articles? (The China Room (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2017 (UTC)) The China Room (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mithila, India describes a aspirant state and Mithila, Nepal describes the Nepal part of Mithila. Am article to cover the historical region is needed, similar to Punjab and Bengal having three articles. Please refrain from removing sourced content. Damien2016 (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Stop edit warring[edit]

Neither of you should edit war. Discuss what you want to see here, on this talk page.
Both of you could improve your edit summaries. This especially applied to Damien2016. This edit accuses the IP of vandalism and socking, neither of which is justified.

Yaris678 (talk) 17:54, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the user received a warning for using sock IP's and the vandalism relates to the inclusion of unsourced content. See here for the sock warning:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/The_China_Room/Archive

The user not only uses sock IP's but lacks a basic grasp of the English language and has never included a single reference in any edit on this or any related page.

Damien2016 (talk) 18:01, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Map used in the article[edit]

@Damien2016: The map used in the article is not showing whole of the Mithila (region). Moreover it doesn't show all Indian-Controlled lands in same colour. Hence, it should be removed and a better map should be used. Thanks. - Ind akash (talk) 12:15, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should keep this map for now until a new and better map can be found. Thanks Damien2016 (talk) 12:28, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Lead[edit]

Please understand that using "some adjoining districts of Nepali Province No. 2" is inaccurate and "eastern Terai of Nepal" is supported by sources and is more accurate as it also includes Sunsari, Morang etc. Moreover using "most of Northern Bihar..." is also inaccurate as Mithila also includes some South Bihar districts like Munger etc. Thanks.— Jakichandan (talk) 02:09, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Moreover the article currently says Mithila region is mainly located in Indian state of Bihar. and also that Mithila region extends into Nepal Terai. This basically means it includes some parts of India as well as some parts of Nepal. Infobox also includes both countries. As for map, it can be removed till a better map is available. Thanks. —Jakichandan (talk) 02:15, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree with you!! And suggest that you ask for this article to be protected for some time if this anonymous user continues edit warring. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 07:51, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Region in Asia" with ″proposed Indian state map″- lead with broken an ″incomplete definition″- adding only a small sentence after three lines like ″It extends into Nepal″--- what an encyclopedic Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. Mithila is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in Asia- doesn't matter how many districts are now in Nepal or India even Nepali part is much important than any other part of accent Mithila as it Was capital REGION of Kingdom of the Videhas. It seems you people have nothing but political interrest here like indo-nepali relationship. Now fix the lead sentence at least and if possible remove the proposed state map -even this map is not correct for Mithila region in India at all, as some parts of Jharkhand have Mithila speaking parts! —2A0A:A540:B9D7:0:18FC:F12E:46AB:7A4E (talk) 11:11, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

and you BhagyaMani! - never ever underestimate IP users! acquiring a wikipedia account takes not a century but right knowledge may be ! Learn well !!—2A0A:A540:B9D7:0:18FC:F12E:46AB:7A4E (talk) 11:15, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are no proofs for alleging 'political interest'. Moreover, I had already said above that the map could be removed, (however, it does include Maithili speaking parts of Jharkhand apart from parts of Bihar). Wikipedia is not a WP :forum and we are not here to judge which part of Mithila is "more important". We can only go by what the reliable sources say and not by anyone's personal point of view or original research. Thanks.—Jakichandan (talk) 12:02, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if there is a concensus on removing map, so I am removing it. Thanks. —Jakichandan (talk) 12:21, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mithila, a region or a capital city ?[edit]

Ancient texts provide ambiguous definitions of Mithila. In all early texts Mithila is identified as capital of Videha or Tirbhukti. While it happens only after Karnatas of 11th-14th CE that Mithila appears as a nation. Hence please keep this distinction on the page. Let's not be biased. For full details of how Mithila is defined in various texts, follow this link - http://brahmipublication.com/thesiteofmithila.html— Preceding unsigned comment added by Scyfie (talk • contribs)

@Scyfie: Mithila has been used to refer to both, the capital of the Videha as well as a synonym for Kingdom of Videha (also called Tirhut). See this source. In modern-day it has been defined as a cultural region. This article is for Mithila (region) i.e. Present-day cultural region. There is another article for the ancient kingdom, Kingdom of the Videhas. If you want to create an article for ancient city, you are free to do it with reliable sources. Thanks.—Jakichandan (talk) 14:29, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jakichandan: How do we know if this article is only meant for the region that is synonymous with Tirbhukti or the ancient city of Mithila (that could be Janakpur/Sitamarhi itself) ? Why not better create a disambiguation page ? And btw the vast "region" that is being identified as Mithila is by no means a homogenous region with a cultural similarity. All people or even most people, don't call themselves Maithils, not even the majority of this vast region speaks Maithili. This is claimed in the article btw.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Scyfie (talk • contribs)

@Scyfie: Wikipedia doesn't permit original research. Moreover the lede states "Mithila is a geographical and cultural region", which means the article talks about present day geographical and cultural region. The fact that the current location of the capital city of the Kingdom of the Videhas is disputed, is already mentioned on the Kingdom of the Videhas page. Thanks. —Jakichandan (talk) 15:26, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jakichandan: Thanks. Convinced.Scyfie (talk) 15:36, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Followings are the two more famous edibles in the cuisines of Mithila: 1.Makhaan(A popular edible grown by farmers in pond) 2.Paan(Paan is basically consumed after the completion of food especially on any occasion)

Famous personality: Kalidas was a very renowned poet and scholar who was also a true devotee of goddess kali. His life journey is very inspiring. The place where kalidas was born is still adored by the people of mithila(maithils). Jhaaashutosh69 (talk) 14:24, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]