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Cleanup

I got an e-mail requesting that I review this article to see if it was sufficiently cleaned up. I re-tagged the article with more specific templates that can be removed as specific problems are resolved.

• NPOV: The sections "Nature and characteristics" and "Janjuas today" make broad, unsourced generalizations about an entire ethnic group. It would be more NPOV to report concrete demographics for which sources can be cited.
• Context: How much of the history here is legend vs. well-attested history?
• Context: None of the historical events and people mentioned have dates associated with them.
• Context: There needs to be an intro before the first section which gives an overview of the entire article. It should give a clear definition. Is this an ethnic group? A very large extended family? What is "Lunar Race"/"Chandra Vans"?
• References: The links to pages in Google's cache need to be converted into direct links, or into archive.org links.
• References: Most of the inline links should probably be converted into footnotes. I would suggest the Misplaced Pages:Footnotes style.
• Context: More geographical and historical context for those not familiar with the Indian Subcontinent would be helpful. Links to related Misplaced Pages articles in strategic places would also be an improvement.
• Copyedit: I have fixed most of the bits that did not align with Misplaced Pages and standard English guidelines for italicization and quoting, but I may have missed some things. The writing is in general a bit rough and needs re-phrasing.
• External links: I don't know why these are here. They should probably be moved to articles about these topics, and this article should link to those.

-- Beland 16:17, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

All the above has been addressed one by one over the past few months. The article is now a complete change from what it was. Citations clearly added, fully referenced and sourced. Language has been improved with a brief explanation of wordings etc. The section of characteristics etc has been removed and replaced with general tribal behaviour as been recognised and distinguished to this clan by sourced historians. Historical and geographical data also been added with links to other pages an clans wherever possible. The legends are clearly stated as legend (general Hindu beliefs) and the well attested history is again fully referenced and sourced.--Raja 21:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Given that the Tanawalis - or Tanoli - link with Janjuas is very dubious to say the least,and at best only valid for a very small minority it therefore, is imperative to address this in text so that the reader is not misled into thinking this issue as non-contentious and thus factual. I have therefore, added this to the article in the appropriate section. I have also amended the section on Tanolis by deleting the quote from The Imperial Gazetteer of the North West Frontier Province as on the relevant page it does not make any mention of Raja Tanoli or Raja Mal. Instead the origin of Tanolis is attributed to Yousafzais and the Barlas Mughals. Hence, the misquote has been deleted. --User: Pakhtun Tanoli 14:47, 15 November 2006

I am extremely busy corrently on academic duties but will soon put everyone of your assertions to rest. You are obviously someone who has difficulties with facts and interpretations

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