Talk:Untouchability

message: The National Geographic source here needs to be treated with considerable care. For example, it says  which is then expanded upon and is complete nonsense. The statistics may be valid but the explanations are pretty dodgy because the writer appears to have misunderstood the basic concepts. - Sitush (talk) 11:12, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes that article doesn't seem to be neutral, it is like some activist petition, it is written by a author who has written nothing except some content of a "children book". I will support the removal of that link. Sitush what you think about this book? We just have to mention that there is still some prejudice, nothing else. Bladesmulti (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That book is an excellent source, both in itself and as a means of tracking down further sources. I've used it quite a lot and have it on my "to buy" list. - Sitush (talk) 12:03, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Geographic source 

message: how is it there?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.166.27.235 (talk) 12:34, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Nepal

message: In Western cultures, the word means someone who is "above the law".  While here it appears to mean the lowest of society, as you literally don't want to touch them.  Is that correct?Kneel behind Zod (talk) 05:08, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does "untouchable" mean? 

message: I removed this part of the sentence from the intro, since these groups are not listed in the untouchable groups section. I'd have no problem with this being restored if there are reliable sociological sources that say that these are untouchable. Smurrayinchester 11:35, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "blacks in America and South Africa, and Hutu and Twa of Rwanda" 

message: It is bad if social phenomena like untouchability are captured by all kinds of special interest groups. Romani in Europe may be informally discriminated against and may have various social disadvantages (e.g., worse-than-average schooling etc.), yet they are not "untouchable". Nobody confines a Rom to certain jobs, there is no formal discrimination, and -- unless a Rom reveals this fact through clothes or otherwise -- people are not interested in whether somebody is a Rom, and they are not asked this question. Calling Romani "untouchable" by Roma advocates, making Roma helpless victims of a discriminatory environment, distracts from the real problems, many of which are rooted in Roma culture and lifestyle.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.54.206.236 (talk) 15:08, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are "Romani" mentioned as untouchables in the end of the page? 

message: In this edit, you removed Some recent theories of the origin of untouchability as a source, and added Patrick Olivelle's Dharmasutras as a source.
Please justify your removal of the earlier source. Also, please provide a page / section number in Patrick Olivelle's Dharmasutras book that supports your assertion -- the book doesn't seem to mention the words "untouchable" or "untouchability" at all. It does mention 'Outcaste' (1.20.14):
A religious text is a primary source, and isn't a good source without scholarly analysis / commentary. Please have a look at WP:RS. utcursch | talk 15:37, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha! We edit-conflicted and your note here simply confirms some of what I was saying in my note above around the same time. - Sitush (talk) 15:44, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Outcastes = avarnas = untouchables I hope this answers ur query.Hindutva (talk) 17:55, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  If that's your source, it's not a good one - the passage doesn't say anything about the origin of the untouchability (which is what your edit pertains to), and as mentioned earlier, this is a primary source. utcursch | talk 18:01, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patrick Olivelle's ''Dharmasutras'' 

message: Please Tok me 2409:4063:4005:D754:0:0:1DAE:C8A1 (talk) 12:50, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  English 

message: What is a untouchability 103.99.19.24 (talk) 14:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untouchability 

message: Baosnxkkxndksndb is rubbish and bye 223.230.24.67 (talk) 12:44, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baosnxkkxndksndb in ancient times