Living system 11 · Everyone gets credit
Credits & Thanks
This is a community archive, not a finished book. It exists because of the people who lived these stories, the institutions that preserved them, and everyone who helps keep it accurate. Here is who and what makes it possible, and how we handle sourcing.
How we source
Three levels of certainty, shown honestly
Not everything in Sikh history is settled fact, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. Every entry in every collection carries one of three tiers, so you always know what you are reading.
Well documented and widely agreed by historians, with a source you can check.
Revered accounts carried through the Panth. Deeply meaningful, and marked as tradition rather than dated record.
Modern estimates and readings, such as population figures, offered as best effort and open to correction.
With thanks to
The shoulders this stands on
We summarise, credit and link back. We do not claim others' work as our own.
Photography & media
Nearly every image here is a freely licensed photograph, credited on its own card and linked to its origin.
- Wikimedia Commons contributors and photographers
- Period paintings and portraits held in public collections
Knowledge & references
Each entry links to where you can read more and check the claim yourself.
- Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica and SikhiWiki
- The Nobel Prize, universities and institutional archives
- The public reporting of humanitarian organisations we describe
Seva organisations
The service stories are drawn from the public work of groups we admire, linked back to their own pages.
- Khalsa Aid International, United Sikhs and Nishkam SWAT
- All India Pingalwara and the Midland Langar Seva Society
- EcoSikh and countless local Sangats and gurdwaras
Open tools
Built with generous open work from the wider web.
- The Global Map uses globe.gl by Vasco Asturiano, built on Three.js
- Type: Libre Bodoni, Public Sans and Noto Gurmukhi via Google Fonts
- Punjabi translation assisted by machine translation, reviewed for the interface
You, next
The archive is never finished
Every collection has a Suggest an entry button, and every suggestion carries your name to credit. An editor reviews each one for accuracy and sources before it publishes. If you spot an error, tell us the same way and we will fix it. This belongs to the Sangat, so help it grow.
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