Hi,
I've been following List of Chinese inventions for a while and stumbled upon the List of Indian inventions article that I greatly enjoyed reading and that you've largely been responsible for bring up to a respectable standard. Just want to say, you've done a fantastic job! I've been enthralled by much of the India-related articles that you've written. It is refreshing to see an editor who is striving to eliminate the nationalistic, biased content that seems commonplace on Wikipedia. 130.113.81.33 ( talk) 02:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey, can you help point me in the right direction for evaluating the citations you put in? Miller A.L. Altern Med Rev 3 (6): 422–31 is good and belongs in the sci evidence section for sure. I can't for the life of me find either the Mitra & Rangesh reference or the Mungantiwar reference in pubmed.
If they are books referencing other studies, please include cite the studies rather they referenced rather than the book itself (as that does not provide enough for citation checking.) As they stand now, Mitra/Rangesh and Mungantiwar don't fit WP:CITE standards for sci evidence, but I'll give you some time to track those down.
Djma12 ( talk) 19:32, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I like reading your articles. Can you list the articles you have written or re-written. KnowledgeHegemony Part2 09:15, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen your contributions and known that you are an active contributor in articles related to Indian subcontinent.
I invite you to participate in this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suril Shah AfD debate, if you'd have information on the topic, as it is a pretty tricky one and reaching nowhere :-)
Thanks for your time on the matter. Whizsurfer ( talk) 06:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I finally got around to having a look at your re-writes of Indian astronomy and Ayurveda, and I must say that I am very impressed by your work. They certainly look a lot more coherent and well-written than before. Your work on the List of Indian inventions is also very impressive. I think you deserve a barnstar for your excellent contributions to these Indian science and technology articles:
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The E=MC² Barnstar | |
I award this barnstar to JSR for his excellent re-writes of the Indian astronomy and Ayurveda articles, and for his efforts in significantly improving the List of Indian inventions article. Congrats! Jagged 85 ( talk) 22:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC) |
Regards, Jagged 85 ( talk) 22:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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The Indian Barnstar of National Merit | |
I KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 am proud to present JSR The Indian Barnstar of National Merit for his excellent work! He deserves a lot more for revamping articles like Information technology in India, Science and technology in the Republic of India, Indian media Agriculture in India, Architecture of India, History of Indian Science and Technology, Indian astronomy and Ayurveda -- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 06:52, 3 October 2008 (UTC) |
I am surprised to note that in spite of being a "Journalist for a regional Hindi language newspaper" who writes "an occasional column too" you declare that you have know only basic level of Hindi.
hi-1 | इस सदस्य को हिन्दी भाषा का प्रारम्भिक स्तर का ज्ञान है। |
-- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 07:04, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
After having another look through Indian astronomy, I've noticed that you haven't included page numbers in the footnotes. I think it would be better for the article if you include the specific page numbers for each of the citations in the footnites, rather than merging all the citations from a single source. That is probably the only issue I have with your otherwise excellent re-write of the article. Regards, Jagged 85 ( talk) 01:05, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that you use Wikipedia:Sandbox. Its fine but then you will have to face many interuptions and can't save it for long as it is cleaned up by a bot. You rather make your own Sandbox subpage like eg User:JSR/Sandbox and use it as you wish! For more info see Wikipedia:User subpages, -- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 11:02, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
I hate see also lists. I think they're silly. But they're hardly worthy getting into an edit war over, don't you think? I see your point about principles and I don't think it fair to single out traditional Indian medicine over Traditional Chinese medicine or traditional Western folk medicine for labeling as pseudoscientific when in fact they all are fairly much in the same boat, but I really don't think that the answer to this dispute is to remove the article from the ayurveda article. What might be better is to include a statement or two about the pseudoscientific nature of ayurveda in the article referenced from a scientist/critic familiar with the subject. There are plenty of doctors and professors in India who have railed against Ayurveda as pseudoscience and we could simply quote one of them. Would that be ammendable to you? ScienceApologist ( talk) 11:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, nice to see your message. I did enjoy the article and appreciate your work till now. I did feel we can add some more information on who is responsible for mining activity, enforcing mining laws in India, who does exploration, etc. So I did a quick search on some government sites and have pasted some raw text on the talk page of the article. If you feel that text can be added to the article, please do so. Remove it from talk page once done otherwise people might shout copyright infringement.
Also, we should include some major mining accidents that might have happened in India. I have watched the page and would be glad to work with you on it. -- GPPande talk! 10:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow! I must say you have done in-depth research. I learned a lot reading both articles. Keep up! -- GPPande talk! 09:49, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
With Best Wishes, JSR 0562 13:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
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Have a look - User:Mdw0/List_of_Indian_Inventions.
It's not perfect yet, but I think it's a major advance on the table format. Having the images next to the text is so much better. The images mean so much more in the correct context. Going through the list I found one of the biggest problems is the lack of accurate dating, even for the more modern inventions and discoveries. Mdw0 ( talk) 07:16, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I've seen that you've edited my edit on the ISRO page by deleting the line (ISRO currently holds the world record of launching 10 satellites on one rocket ( On April 28th, 2008 )) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isro
Can you explain me why this happened? is it against any policy of wikipedia or is the record taken away or shared by any other space agency?.
FYI, my edit can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Indian_Space_Research_Organisation&oldid=266079019
Regards —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Sekharg (
talk •
contribs) 23:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello JSR, I agree that I did not give the source of my edit. And is it permitted to put that text in the top section if I'd mentioned the external source?
Hi,
I've been following List of Chinese inventions for a while and stumbled upon the List of Indian inventions article that I greatly enjoyed reading and that you've largely been responsible for bring up to a respectable standard. Just want to say, you've done a fantastic job! I've been enthralled by much of the India-related articles that you've written. It is refreshing to see an editor who is striving to eliminate the nationalistic, biased content that seems commonplace on Wikipedia. 130.113.81.33 ( talk) 02:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey, can you help point me in the right direction for evaluating the citations you put in? Miller A.L. Altern Med Rev 3 (6): 422–31 is good and belongs in the sci evidence section for sure. I can't for the life of me find either the Mitra & Rangesh reference or the Mungantiwar reference in pubmed.
If they are books referencing other studies, please include cite the studies rather they referenced rather than the book itself (as that does not provide enough for citation checking.) As they stand now, Mitra/Rangesh and Mungantiwar don't fit WP:CITE standards for sci evidence, but I'll give you some time to track those down.
Djma12 ( talk) 19:32, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I like reading your articles. Can you list the articles you have written or re-written. KnowledgeHegemony Part2 09:15, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen your contributions and known that you are an active contributor in articles related to Indian subcontinent.
I invite you to participate in this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suril Shah AfD debate, if you'd have information on the topic, as it is a pretty tricky one and reaching nowhere :-)
Thanks for your time on the matter. Whizsurfer ( talk) 06:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I finally got around to having a look at your re-writes of Indian astronomy and Ayurveda, and I must say that I am very impressed by your work. They certainly look a lot more coherent and well-written than before. Your work on the List of Indian inventions is also very impressive. I think you deserve a barnstar for your excellent contributions to these Indian science and technology articles:
![]() |
The E=MC² Barnstar | |
I award this barnstar to JSR for his excellent re-writes of the Indian astronomy and Ayurveda articles, and for his efforts in significantly improving the List of Indian inventions article. Congrats! Jagged 85 ( talk) 22:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC) |
Regards, Jagged 85 ( talk) 22:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
![]() |
The Indian Barnstar of National Merit | |
I KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 am proud to present JSR The Indian Barnstar of National Merit for his excellent work! He deserves a lot more for revamping articles like Information technology in India, Science and technology in the Republic of India, Indian media Agriculture in India, Architecture of India, History of Indian Science and Technology, Indian astronomy and Ayurveda -- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 06:52, 3 October 2008 (UTC) |
I am surprised to note that in spite of being a "Journalist for a regional Hindi language newspaper" who writes "an occasional column too" you declare that you have know only basic level of Hindi.
hi-1 | इस सदस्य को हिन्दी भाषा का प्रारम्भिक स्तर का ज्ञान है। |
-- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 07:04, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
After having another look through Indian astronomy, I've noticed that you haven't included page numbers in the footnotes. I think it would be better for the article if you include the specific page numbers for each of the citations in the footnites, rather than merging all the citations from a single source. That is probably the only issue I have with your otherwise excellent re-write of the article. Regards, Jagged 85 ( talk) 01:05, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that you use Wikipedia:Sandbox. Its fine but then you will have to face many interuptions and can't save it for long as it is cleaned up by a bot. You rather make your own Sandbox subpage like eg User:JSR/Sandbox and use it as you wish! For more info see Wikipedia:User subpages, -- KnowledgeHegemony Part2 11:02, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
I hate see also lists. I think they're silly. But they're hardly worthy getting into an edit war over, don't you think? I see your point about principles and I don't think it fair to single out traditional Indian medicine over Traditional Chinese medicine or traditional Western folk medicine for labeling as pseudoscientific when in fact they all are fairly much in the same boat, but I really don't think that the answer to this dispute is to remove the article from the ayurveda article. What might be better is to include a statement or two about the pseudoscientific nature of ayurveda in the article referenced from a scientist/critic familiar with the subject. There are plenty of doctors and professors in India who have railed against Ayurveda as pseudoscience and we could simply quote one of them. Would that be ammendable to you? ScienceApologist ( talk) 11:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, nice to see your message. I did enjoy the article and appreciate your work till now. I did feel we can add some more information on who is responsible for mining activity, enforcing mining laws in India, who does exploration, etc. So I did a quick search on some government sites and have pasted some raw text on the talk page of the article. If you feel that text can be added to the article, please do so. Remove it from talk page once done otherwise people might shout copyright infringement.
Also, we should include some major mining accidents that might have happened in India. I have watched the page and would be glad to work with you on it. -- GPPande talk! 10:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow! I must say you have done in-depth research. I learned a lot reading both articles. Keep up! -- GPPande talk! 09:49, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
With Best Wishes, JSR 0562 13:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 14:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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Have a look - User:Mdw0/List_of_Indian_Inventions.
It's not perfect yet, but I think it's a major advance on the table format. Having the images next to the text is so much better. The images mean so much more in the correct context. Going through the list I found one of the biggest problems is the lack of accurate dating, even for the more modern inventions and discoveries. Mdw0 ( talk) 07:16, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I've seen that you've edited my edit on the ISRO page by deleting the line (ISRO currently holds the world record of launching 10 satellites on one rocket ( On April 28th, 2008 )) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isro
Can you explain me why this happened? is it against any policy of wikipedia or is the record taken away or shared by any other space agency?.
FYI, my edit can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Indian_Space_Research_Organisation&oldid=266079019
Regards —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Sekharg (
talk •
contribs) 23:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello JSR, I agree that I did not give the source of my edit. And is it permitted to put that text in the top section if I'd mentioned the external source?