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Links to SF-related categories were removed with the explanation "got nothing to do with Sci-fi". However, Banker writes about the SF he's written and published in the introductory notes to two SF stories that he's posted online, East of the sun, west of Europe and Small Acts Of Betrayal. Further, in this interview he refers to The Krishna Coriolis as "my SF retelling of the adventures of Krishna", and discusses how he's trying to integrate SF tropes and quantum mechanics into his entire sequence of mythological epics.
Some of this obviously needs to be integrated into the article. I'd been planning to do so anyway along with some other minor revision, so I'll take care of it directly after posting this. Aitch Eye 21:50, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Ashok Banker, the subject of this page, questions the accuracy of this entry and requests that it be deleted in its entirety until such time as the facts can be verified by reliable primary sources. He concedes to the Bibliography and links section being retained; however, he feels there are a few errors in these as well. 210.214.10.55 03:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)User: Ashwin
Unless clarified, I'll be removing these titles in 48 hours.
xC |
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22:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
An IP editor had added large portions of content with refs to the article - see the comparison.
These were reverted by some user Minormorgul, not me, as being wrongly claimed by Banker on his blog. The edit with which Minormogul removed the anon edits was [1]. As is clear from Minormogul's contribs page, he has only one edit to this page, and that was this reversion.
Clearly there is some mischief happening, and I am being blamed for it. I was the next edit on the page, two days later, with this edit per the discussion on the talk page with User ShwTarn (above) about removing copyvios. All I've done is do what was right, and I'm being blamed for ruining this article?? Banker or his friends, whoever is reading this, it wasn't me who reverted the IP edits. Stop blaming me for it.
On this page, there have been dozens of bot reversions, because there are bots running on WP to prevent vandalism and some edits by IPs could be mistaken for vandalism, hence the confusion.
Other examples of reversions on this article for which I am being blamed are -
Now, I've placed all the facts in front of you. The edit history can be accessed by anyone, but Banker hasn't bothered to look up the article history. Instead, since I was the only editor replying or noting large-scale changes to the article on the article talk page, I am being blamed for ruining this article.
What we must realise is the article has been looked over by several editors, both registered and unregistered (ie. anon IPs), and all these changes haven't been noted on the article talk page by all the involved editors. So I have been wrongly blamed.
The blog post by Banker in which I have been blamed wrongly can be seen here - link.
I am no journalist, no failed writer. I've never tried writing a book in my life. I am a science student.
I am on no corporate payroll (sadly), and I am not paid for editing on WP against Banker.
The above sentence about being on a corporate payroll and me being sad about not being on it was a joke. I'd just like to clarify that, otherwise that might end up on a blog post as well, aboutn how malicious WP editors want to be on corporate payrolls, right?
In summary, I am not the person you should be blaming for ruining this article. I just formatted the article to get it in line with manual of style guidelines and made a fuss about having references in the article since that is a rule as well, clearly explained in verifiability rules and the requirement for reliable sources.
I hope Banker and his friends learn to use the 'History' tab on the top of the page, and understand that the edit history does not lie - I am not the person to blame. -xC- 10:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Banker,
The edits by 59.164.41.124, which you mentioned in your blog post are - link.
I have put them all back in - edit link.
The article now strongly leans towards praising you, thus violating WP:NPOV. Thats probably because most of it has been written either by you or your friends. I'd like to start cleaning it up (again), but then I'd have another blog post up on the net, with you trying to shred my online reputation.
I invite you and your friends to edit the article in line with The five pillars of WP to improve the article. Of course, neutral editors are invited as well.
Cheers, -xC- 13:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 13:02, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have carried out some work and some formatting of references to improve the look of the sections, especially the References. However, I notice that there are "Forthcoming" publications in the Bibliography, as mentioned in the posts above. This is not what Bibliography is for. Rumoured (?) releases should be laid out in prose form in the main body of the article, with sources to prove they are "forthcoming". I have tagged the article for that concern.
Some of the "Epic India" sources (which still remain as References), and the external link (which I removed as this is allowable) do not work. The servers at epicindia.com/indianenglish are empty of the necessary files, and one cannot refer to the items promised through the use of those references. So duly tagged to illustrate that concern. Thanks. Ref (chew) (do) 21:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Have deleted the entire section "Forthcoming" after searching extensively and finding no sources to corroborate the crystal-gazing. Browndog72 ( talk) 18:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 12:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Deleted birthdate as there is no reference or link to corroborate the date given apart from Banker's own website, which as per Wikipedia rules is not to be considered a reliable source. Browndog72 ( talk) 16:46, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Have deleted a total of six paragraphs as there are no references cited, and even after extensive searching online and offline, I am unable to find reliable sources to confirm any of the statements. Also, most of the statements appear to be in the nature of 'crystal gazing' which is specifically against the guidelines of Wikipedia's Biography articles. If and when someone has reliable sources confirming the same, kindly cite those references before reinstating the statements in the same or altered form. Also, some are patently outdated, such as the statements referring to publication in mid-2008 (which is long past) and the alleged 'note' on Banker's website, which is nowhere to be found. Presumably, these statements were added in good faith a long time ago by editors who read rumours on forums or on blogs and remained unchallenged all this while.
Will attempt to construct a more accurate and balanced biography of Banker over the next month or two. Would appreciate any help. Browndog72 ( talk) 11:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I had placed a picture of Ashok Banker. This image can still be seen at the commons here. However User:Browndog72 deleted it citing "copyright concerns" and "doubts" about whether it was indeed Ashok Banker. The image is released at flickr with a license acceptable by Wikipedia as can been seen at the flickr page of the image. I have uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons with the Flickr uploadbot which does not accept images unless they have Wikipedia compatible licenses. Moreover it is indeed Ashok Banker as can be confirmed with a simple Google image search. I request Browndog72 to address my queries. -- Belasd ( talk) 02:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. This is regarding the picture of Ashok Banker that you removed. I am wondering what is the copy right concern that you have? The image was taken by Cory Doctorow and released under the correct license which I uploaded from flickr. You can check this out at commons here. If it did not have the right license it would have been deleted sometime ago. Also why do you think this is not Ashok Banker? I attended one of his reading sessions sometime ago in Mumbai. He has put on a little weight but otherwise he looks just like the picture. -- Belasd ( talk) 02:29, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia article " Prince of Ayodhya" has been changed to redirect to this author's article. I have found several reviews that describe "Prince of Ayodhya": [3], [4], [5], [6], & [7]. While not all of the reviews could be considered as reliable sources, I think that there is enough supportive evidence to justify a Wikipedia article on "Prince of Ayodhya". Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:25, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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Links to SF-related categories were removed with the explanation "got nothing to do with Sci-fi". However, Banker writes about the SF he's written and published in the introductory notes to two SF stories that he's posted online, East of the sun, west of Europe and Small Acts Of Betrayal. Further, in this interview he refers to The Krishna Coriolis as "my SF retelling of the adventures of Krishna", and discusses how he's trying to integrate SF tropes and quantum mechanics into his entire sequence of mythological epics.
Some of this obviously needs to be integrated into the article. I'd been planning to do so anyway along with some other minor revision, so I'll take care of it directly after posting this. Aitch Eye 21:50, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Ashok Banker, the subject of this page, questions the accuracy of this entry and requests that it be deleted in its entirety until such time as the facts can be verified by reliable primary sources. He concedes to the Bibliography and links section being retained; however, he feels there are a few errors in these as well. 210.214.10.55 03:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)User: Ashwin
Unless clarified, I'll be removing these titles in 48 hours.
xC |
☎
22:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
An IP editor had added large portions of content with refs to the article - see the comparison.
These were reverted by some user Minormorgul, not me, as being wrongly claimed by Banker on his blog. The edit with which Minormogul removed the anon edits was [1]. As is clear from Minormogul's contribs page, he has only one edit to this page, and that was this reversion.
Clearly there is some mischief happening, and I am being blamed for it. I was the next edit on the page, two days later, with this edit per the discussion on the talk page with User ShwTarn (above) about removing copyvios. All I've done is do what was right, and I'm being blamed for ruining this article?? Banker or his friends, whoever is reading this, it wasn't me who reverted the IP edits. Stop blaming me for it.
On this page, there have been dozens of bot reversions, because there are bots running on WP to prevent vandalism and some edits by IPs could be mistaken for vandalism, hence the confusion.
Other examples of reversions on this article for which I am being blamed are -
Now, I've placed all the facts in front of you. The edit history can be accessed by anyone, but Banker hasn't bothered to look up the article history. Instead, since I was the only editor replying or noting large-scale changes to the article on the article talk page, I am being blamed for ruining this article.
What we must realise is the article has been looked over by several editors, both registered and unregistered (ie. anon IPs), and all these changes haven't been noted on the article talk page by all the involved editors. So I have been wrongly blamed.
The blog post by Banker in which I have been blamed wrongly can be seen here - link.
I am no journalist, no failed writer. I've never tried writing a book in my life. I am a science student.
I am on no corporate payroll (sadly), and I am not paid for editing on WP against Banker.
The above sentence about being on a corporate payroll and me being sad about not being on it was a joke. I'd just like to clarify that, otherwise that might end up on a blog post as well, aboutn how malicious WP editors want to be on corporate payrolls, right?
In summary, I am not the person you should be blaming for ruining this article. I just formatted the article to get it in line with manual of style guidelines and made a fuss about having references in the article since that is a rule as well, clearly explained in verifiability rules and the requirement for reliable sources.
I hope Banker and his friends learn to use the 'History' tab on the top of the page, and understand that the edit history does not lie - I am not the person to blame. -xC- 10:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Banker,
The edits by 59.164.41.124, which you mentioned in your blog post are - link.
I have put them all back in - edit link.
The article now strongly leans towards praising you, thus violating WP:NPOV. Thats probably because most of it has been written either by you or your friends. I'd like to start cleaning it up (again), but then I'd have another blog post up on the net, with you trying to shred my online reputation.
I invite you and your friends to edit the article in line with The five pillars of WP to improve the article. Of course, neutral editors are invited as well.
Cheers, -xC- 13:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 12:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 13:02, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have carried out some work and some formatting of references to improve the look of the sections, especially the References. However, I notice that there are "Forthcoming" publications in the Bibliography, as mentioned in the posts above. This is not what Bibliography is for. Rumoured (?) releases should be laid out in prose form in the main body of the article, with sources to prove they are "forthcoming". I have tagged the article for that concern.
Some of the "Epic India" sources (which still remain as References), and the external link (which I removed as this is allowable) do not work. The servers at epicindia.com/indianenglish are empty of the necessary files, and one cannot refer to the items promised through the use of those references. So duly tagged to illustrate that concern. Thanks. Ref (chew) (do) 21:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Have deleted the entire section "Forthcoming" after searching extensively and finding no sources to corroborate the crystal-gazing. Browndog72 ( talk) 18:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Browndog72 ( talk) 12:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Deleted birthdate as there is no reference or link to corroborate the date given apart from Banker's own website, which as per Wikipedia rules is not to be considered a reliable source. Browndog72 ( talk) 16:46, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Have deleted a total of six paragraphs as there are no references cited, and even after extensive searching online and offline, I am unable to find reliable sources to confirm any of the statements. Also, most of the statements appear to be in the nature of 'crystal gazing' which is specifically against the guidelines of Wikipedia's Biography articles. If and when someone has reliable sources confirming the same, kindly cite those references before reinstating the statements in the same or altered form. Also, some are patently outdated, such as the statements referring to publication in mid-2008 (which is long past) and the alleged 'note' on Banker's website, which is nowhere to be found. Presumably, these statements were added in good faith a long time ago by editors who read rumours on forums or on blogs and remained unchallenged all this while.
Will attempt to construct a more accurate and balanced biography of Banker over the next month or two. Would appreciate any help. Browndog72 ( talk) 11:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I had placed a picture of Ashok Banker. This image can still be seen at the commons here. However User:Browndog72 deleted it citing "copyright concerns" and "doubts" about whether it was indeed Ashok Banker. The image is released at flickr with a license acceptable by Wikipedia as can been seen at the flickr page of the image. I have uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons with the Flickr uploadbot which does not accept images unless they have Wikipedia compatible licenses. Moreover it is indeed Ashok Banker as can be confirmed with a simple Google image search. I request Browndog72 to address my queries. -- Belasd ( talk) 02:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. This is regarding the picture of Ashok Banker that you removed. I am wondering what is the copy right concern that you have? The image was taken by Cory Doctorow and released under the correct license which I uploaded from flickr. You can check this out at commons here. If it did not have the right license it would have been deleted sometime ago. Also why do you think this is not Ashok Banker? I attended one of his reading sessions sometime ago in Mumbai. He has put on a little weight but otherwise he looks just like the picture. -- Belasd ( talk) 02:29, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia article " Prince of Ayodhya" has been changed to redirect to this author's article. I have found several reviews that describe "Prince of Ayodhya": [3], [4], [5], [6], & [7]. While not all of the reviews could be considered as reliable sources, I think that there is enough supportive evidence to justify a Wikipedia article on "Prince of Ayodhya". Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:25, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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