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Afghanistan in South Asia's map

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A discussion is taking place at Talk:South Asia#Afghanistan in map to decide how Afghanistan should be shaded or included in a map of South Asia to indicate the extent to/frequency with which it is considered a part of the region. GreekApple123 (talk) 20:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Bar-e-Sagheer has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 February 8 § Bar-e-Sagheer until a consensus is reached. CycloneYoris talk! 17:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My sad duty

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It has become my sad duty to once every five years reduce this article to its more precise meaning shorn of random imaginings from old grandiose histories. The Indian subcontinent is not the Indian tectonic plate. The term predates the notions of tectonic plates, mid-ocean ridges, seafloor spreading, and continental drift.

(There is a very special meaning used in geophysics for the very northern region of the Indian continental crust that (I believe) has either subducted under Eurasia, or a mid-layer that has pushed into Asia and added to the crustal thickening of Tibet; pardon me my memory is failing this minute. But this is specialty usage and belongs to a note of a two sentences at best.)

"Indian subcontinent" is a very basic term, one among those on whose precision WP's credibility hinges. It is important not to turn this page into a blog, and thus Wikipedia into a laughing stock. Could someone also help with fixing the infobox? I am pinging Remsense, Fylindfotberserk.

Pinging also RegentsPark to please keep an eye. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:40, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]