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	West Bengal is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on June 7, 2009.
Article milestones Date Process Result September 14, 2006 Peer review Reviewed September 15, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted November 2, 2006 Featured article candidate Promoted January 1, 2018 Featured article review Demoted February 9, 2018 Featured article candidate Not promoted Current status: Former featured article

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Please share your thoughts and comments on, discussion about replacing infobox settlement with Infobox Indian state or territory on Indian states and union territories pages. Discussion:- Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics

This infobox is customised for Indian states and union territories. It gives more specific, constant, described  and dedicated information.

Template:Infobox Indian state or territory. Tojoroy20 ( talk) 16:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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Do not repeat the name of capital and largest city. Just do this for capital and largest city. 49.146.22.36 ( talk) 06:12, 4 March 2023 (UTC) reply

Which means do not repeat the name of capital and largest city. Just do this for capital and largest city.

| seat_type = Capital
and largest city 49.146.22.36 ( talk) 06:12, 4 March 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done: Your proposed change will display "Kolkata and largest city". Changing the "seat_type" to "Capital and largest city" would make the parameter too long. M.Bitton ( talk) 13:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC) reply

The {{ Infobox settlement}} used on this page is going to be replaced with {{ Infobox Indian state or territory}} as per the Proposal and Consensus of RFC. Any questions/suggestions? Discuss Here.

You can also contribute by replacing Infobox settlement with Infobox Indian state or territory on other pages , or by improving this one. Tojoroy20 ( talk) 20:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC) reply

 Done Replaced — Tojoroy20 ( talk) 21:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC) reply

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Emblem of West Bengal.svg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 07:42, 18 May 2023 (UTC) reply

''As of now, West Bengal is divided into 23 districts.'' instead of ''As of 1 August 2022, West Bengal is divided into 30 districts.'' Ritwik Mahata ^t@lk 10:54, 15 October 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Community Tech bot Ritwik Mahata ^t@lk 14:20, 15 October 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Ohnoitsjamie Ritwik Mahata ^t@lk 18:45, 17 October 2023 (UTC) reply

 Done OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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File:Emblem of West Bengal (2018-present).svg, resize it plz

 Not done for now: This image appears 2 places in the infobox. Please explain which one you want resized, what the new size should be, and why this is necessary (they both look reasonable to me). Jamedeus ( talk) 18:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC) reply