Talk:Kharosthi

message: This is an example of a Wikipedia title that won't display properly on my computer.  Even though I have a UNICODE font downloaded (which I imagine most English users won't) I still see "Khar**hi" where the * is an open rectangle denoting a missing character.
I can understand the importance of faithful preservation of foreign references in English text, although it leads to supposedly English-language articles that are unpronounceable by English speakers and often unrenderable on computers configured for English speakers.
If the English Wikipedia is going to run the gamut of foreign language characters, it would be nice to provide a simplified download and installation of the font(s) required to display those characters. User:24.147.11.214 13:08, 25 October 2005‎ (UTC)
* I strongly agree with the above unsigned suggestion. Can anyone please make any suggestions as to how we can get more diacritics added to the characters availabel for editing WP articles? John Hill (talk) 02:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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message: Kharoshti script is abugida just like the rest of brahmi derivatives. either brahmi is derivative of kharoshti or vice versa, there is no chance of two abugidas from indo aryan family having distinct origins. Kharoshti is brahmi derivative just like all the rest of indian scripts, biased scholars are just not accepting this very simple fact.Rameezraja001 (talk) 06:14, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You'll need to come up with citations to support your "very simple fact".  Verifiability is how Wikipedia functions. DRMcCreedy (talk) 21:03, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  How Kharoshti is not Brahmi derivative? 

message: A chronic sockpuppeteer, recently added POV content already present in the article. While reverting the edits that the sock had done in multiple articles, I did the same here per WP:DENY. They were restored without explanation, the sock edit inserted: ""Indo-Bactrian" script was an writing system originally developed in present-day northern Pakistan, sometime between the 4th and 3rd century BCE" into the lead. While the latter part is clearly WP:POVPUSH (already present in the article with a better flow as "used by various Indo-European peoples in present-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It was used in Central Asia as well. An abugida, it was introduced at least by the middle of the 3rd century BCE, possibly during the 4th century BCE, and remained in use until it died out in its homeland around the 3rd century CE."; the alternative names of "Indo-Bactrian", "Indian Pali" and "Arian Pali" as cited in the article  are very uncommon (e.g. ) to merit inclusion in the lead. 
While removing the obvious POVPUSH duplication, I have shifted the alt names to the hist section. Gotitbro (talk) 22:47, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I misread "Indian Pali" as an alt name for this script but the rest of the comment stands. No way is doing away with sockpuppet edits and trying to settle the content is disruptive (WP:STABLE and DENY have already been cited). You can try and reach a consensus here, WP:EDITWARRING is not going to get anywhere. This specific holding on to the edits of a sock should not be a priority.  inviting past contributors for comments. Gotitbro (talk) 07:41, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sockpuppeteer disruption