Talk:British Raj#Requested move
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| title = "British raj" in (a) raj (noun, 2, added June 2008, (b) British (adjective, Compounds, C2, added December 2008)
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| comments = The lead of Wikipedia's article had in 2006 and early 2007 referenced the short two line entry on the "British raj" in the OED second edition 1989. In June 2008, when the OED entry was revised for the third edition, it had borrowed some of Wikipedia's words, in a paragraph is smaller print. This was noted in my post of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:British_Raj/Archive_4#The_OED_(on-line_edition)_has_clarified_its_definition_in_view_of_the_language_of_this_page! 19 August 2008 on the Talk:British raj]. It was noted then, and is being noted again now, not as a case of plagiarism (as the we had borrowed the OED's lead sentence as well, i.e. that the dependence is two-way), but as a source of pride, viz that Wikipedia had come of such age and reputation that even the OED had used our language almost verbatim in this instance. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:48, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Small matter of capitalized phrase
I’ve just altered “Direct rule” to “direct rule” once again, and so it ought to remain, for “direct,” unlike “Crown” in reference to the British Crown, is not a formal name of anybody or anything. Hence, e.g., Steinback’s Understanding the Victorians, one of the works cited here, tells of “direct Crown rule.” Indeed, all the works cited in the paragraph where I’ve made this edit use the phrases “direct rule” or “direct colonial rule,” the words all set in the lower case.
I address this caution in particular to Fowler&fowler, a spirited editor of this WP article, who redacted this change (as part of a larger redaction) when last I made it (on 28 November), and who bears a username derived from a pair of grammarians and so ought to know better than to capitalize “direct” in this usage. Mucketymuck (talk) 21:01, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
:I agree with you. I only vaguely remember the revert you refer to; perhaps I wasn't paying attention or was tired. Apologies. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:28, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
The British Raj and surrounding countries are shown in 1909 map is wrong
what about somali state what about the dervish? 2600:480A:4A51:9300:4B47:B516:5449:8C86 (talk) 20:11, 1 May 2025 (UTC)