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Welcome to Wikiproject India
Welcome!
Hi, and welcome to the
India WikiProject! We're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India.
There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:
Want to know how good our articles are? The
assessment department is working on rating the quality of every India article in Wikipedia.
Can you code? The
automation department uses automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be tedious to do manually.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! --
Lost(talk)14:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)reply
WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006
Project News
The Performing Community: Thanks to many contributors like you, we're proud to share that our community is the third most performing community. It has more than 50 FAs related to India, to its credit, lagging only behing Wikiproject Biography and WikiProject Military History.
The Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment statistics for India related articles show there are 51 Featured Articles, 5 Class-A articles, 16 Good Articles, 101 Class-B articles, 167 Start-Class articles and more than 4000 Stubs. There were more than 10000 unassessed articles related to India.
Welcome. It has been weeks and months since the idea of newsletter was mooted among the WikiProject India Community. This would be our first full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
This is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips
here. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us know.
Advertisements for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll run special sections, and recurring columns in the coming issues.
This edition special
Cartography Department (Shortcut:
WP:INMAP): The
Department of Cartography within the
WikiProject India is a group of wikipedians who work on providing quality maps related to
India. Their contributions gain more significance as we try to provide more information on places, districts and states of India. As a thumb rule, maps serve better if they are in
SVG format. The
location maps by the cartography department has helped us include location information based on latitudes and longitudes for a give place within India. The
Indian Roadways map is a featured image, one amongst the few best road maps in the world. Still, there is more work to be done. There are 604
districts in India (see
List of districts of India), and each district page needs a map of that district. You can help too. Contact the Cartography Department to learn how you can help in making the best maps in Wikipedia to be India-related!
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at
WikiProject India Outreach Department.
WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006
Project News
Name change of cities in Karnataka: A
straw poll was conducted on the proposal to change the name of cities in Karnataka, per the
Nov 1,
2006 decision by the Karnataka government to rename them from the current anglicised forms. The result of the poll was to change the names. As controversial as the decision may be in the real world, the article
Bangalore in Wikipedia still reflects the old name. You may be interested in knowing
why. Dig the archives.
New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:
WP:INB):WikiProject India now sports a new colourful centralised noticeboard. An effort to make the noticeboard current and dynamic was mooted a few days back, and
Ganeshk came up with the new format. The new noticeboard will strive to be the one-stop shop for all project related information. The shortcut is
WP:INB.
Members List: The
old members list is being phased out to give way for the
new members list. New members are requested to add their names to the new
members list. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the
new list. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
22 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Welcome to the
December 2006 edition of our newsletter.
Time flies past like
matter into the
black hole. It is interesting to notice that we are already into the last month for the year of
2006. 2006 saw
discussions and
development beyond realisation. In the world of
Wikipedia where quality counts than quantity, we have come a long way. We've made better than 'nothing', to say the least, and even that is an achievement. I take this opportunity to thank everyone including those who have dotted the i's and crossed the t's.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us
know. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll be very happy to include them here.
Before we sign off, Advance New Year Wishes, everyone.
The rating process gains more significance as we try to sort out which articles and which topics need more attention to balance the India related
systemic bias within
wikipedia. As a thumb rule, anyone can rate any article based on the related criteria, within the
Stub/Start/B/A levels. However, ratings for
Good Article Status and
Featured Article status go through the nomination processes.
How to?: The "how to" part of assessment is very simple. Just head on to the talk page of any India related page and you'll find the {{WP India}} template. Simply classify the article based on the content and the criteria mentioned
here. You can find the detailed instructions
here. If you think it may qualify for
GA/
FA status, first consider submitting the article for
peer review.
You are receiving this newsletter because you part of
Wikiproject India. If you'd like to change your subscription options, please say so at the
Outreach Department.
Hello.
Tamil people has been brought to
FAR. Please be there and help improve the article. There is a lack of people working on Tamil Nadu related articles at present. That's why you are very much needed. Regards.--
Dwaipayan (
talk)
05:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Project tagging:After a brief edit war over the addition of {{WP India}} to ancient archaeological sites now located in
Pakistan, a "pre" parameter was introduced to remove the ROI flag from the template for pre-1947 articles, following
discussion. After another large
discussion on ANI alleging that the automated tagging by
Ganeshbot and
LostBot was "nationalistic", Ganeshbot was briefly blocked. Currently, the bots are again in action.
What is India?:Recently, there have been ongoing discussions
here which discuss the stated issue of "India" the historical region is different from the
Republic of India. It consisted also of modern
Pakistan and
Bangladesh, but a search for "India" automatically redirects to the Republic of India. Should there not be a clarification? . This comes in light of clashes on articles such as
Panini,
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,
Muhammad Iqbal and
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, regarding the status of the individuals.
Swastika on Hinduism templates:Recently, an extremely large and at times emotional
debate broke out regarding the use of the
swastika on
Hinduism templates, given its association with
Nazism. As a result, {{Hindu Links}} now contains an educational message about the use of the swastika, as discussion on a more permanent resolution continues.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:
WP:INCOTW):Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
Before we sign off, Happy New Year, everyone.
This edition special
Translation Department: Can you read and write any
languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!
The translation department of the
India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for
Kashmiri,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Sindhi and
Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.
You are receiving this newsletter because you are part of
Wikiproject India. If you'd like to change your subscription options, please say so at the
Outreach Dept.
Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in
Chennai: Jimbo recently visited
India in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in
Chennai. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis (
[1]). It was widely covered by the press, eg
The Hindu(
[2]), which cited the efforts of
Bhadani (edit count),
Sundar (leadership on
Tamil Wikipedia) and
Ganeshk (Creation of
Ganeshbot to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from
California to attend the conference.
Wikipedia Weekly 15: Wikipedia Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Wikipedia happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors
Rama's Arrow and
Ragib(
listen). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host
Witty lama praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of
featuredcontent. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the
Bengali Wikipedia in his native
Bangladesh, which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year.
Arbitration: Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Welcome to the
March 2007 edition of our newsletter.
Congratulations to one of our most respected writers, bureaucrats and administrators,
Nichalp, who is now entrusted with the
oversight permission. In addition
Riana has joined the administrative ranks after a successful
RfA.
More generally, certain Indian users have recently been subject to real life harassment by banned users, etc. If this is affecting you in real life, please do not hesitate to contact
Wikimedia board members for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required.
Nishkid64, a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a
congenital heart defect. You can wish him wellhere.
Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:
WP:INCOTW):
Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
This edition special
Translation Department: Can you read and write any
languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!
The translation department of the
India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for
Kashmiri,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Sindhi and
Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.
You are receiving this newsletter because you are part of
Wikiproject India. If you'd like to change your subscription options, please say so at the
Outreach Dept.
WikiProject India Newsletter Volume III, Issue no. 001 - June 2008
Project News
Tag & Assess 2008, an assessment drive initiated by the
assessment department began on
June 7,
2008 and will be running until July 2008. Many Wikipedians have started contributing to this mammoth task. This housekeeping activity will help manage articles in better way. You can also get involved!
Bot Assisted Assessment was successfully done using
Bot0612 in May 2008. 1744 articles (18.5%) of all India unassessed articles were marked if they had been assessed by some other project.
IPL was hot on Wikipedia too!!! During the tournament, the article was among the
most frequently edited articles. It is currently the only Indian article in top 100, occupying 58th spot.
Do you know of an article that is currently underrated? If so, please nominate the article at the Assessment Department's request for assessment. This will allow our project to get a better idea of the quality of our articles.
Article statistics and to-do lists
Article Statistics
Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
Is India the largest democracy? A request has been made to
the Mediation Cabal for mediation on
India article. There is currently an ongoing edit war if India be called the largest democracy of world.
This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue (Issue 2 – July 2008). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
The
last newsletter was more than a year ago and after
feeling the pinch, we got together in working towards in renewing this feature for our members. Fresh pair of legs we are, and hence can greatly improve with your suggestions and ideas. Please feel free to let us know of your thoughts. We hope to release the newsletter on a monthly/bi-monthly basis as per our initial thoughts.
Iravan, the son of Arjuna, is now our 85thgood article. How do we know this? Since last year, more processes have been automated, increasing productivity.
Article alerts update the project with
what's happening to India-related articles, from copyright violations to featured article candidates.
Currently,
11,103 Indian articles need images. Please improve these pages, especially if you enjoy photography! We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the
noticeboard.
»
From the editors…
The
last newsletter was written a year ago. In June 2008,
Indian Premier League was "hot" on Wikipedia, but the article about this year's
IPL has attracted 477 editors, or 53% more than the previous year! Even the number of articles
in the scope of our project jumped by a whopping 18,500+ articles in an year. The 3.2-year-old
India quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians, so join in the fun!
Wikipedians are organizing a
meetup in Bangalore on July 4 or 5. If you are interested, head over to the page and add your name! Topics of discussion include Indian language editions of Wikipedia and
Wikimedia India.
"While
this issue has been resolved, one asks the question – what happens when there is a conflict of opinions? What about a Wikipedia entry on India and Pakistan, or the LTTE and the Tamils? Who can edit? Will the information be true?" writes B. Narasimhan of MiD DAY as deeper implications of the
Scientology arbitration case,1 reminding us of the core principles of
verifiability and the
neutral point of view.
This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just
start editing!
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11:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)reply
WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 2 – July 2009
A prolific editor and
administrator, Bhadani is among the top ten Wikipedians by
number of edits across the English Wikipedia. Congratulations to Bhadani for also making the most number of edits among
Indian Wikipedians!
Wikipedia's India quiz remains a hotspot of the community by continuing to attract old and new Wikipedians. You are invited to join in and have fun!
This is your newsletter, and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome – so feel free to join in! Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just
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WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Wikipedia, and over the past few months the focus has been on improving
article quality. A number of the project's
featured articles underwent
featured article reviews over the past year. Of these,
Darjeeling and
Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period,
Gangtok,
Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and
Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as
Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760),
Marwari horse and
Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of
good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of
featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16.
Due to the recent policy changes regarding unreferenced
Biographies of Living People (BLPs), an effort was started in January 2010 to source all unreferenced BLPs coming under Wikiproject India. 1200 such articles were identified initially and more were added to the list later. Due to the sourcing effort, the number of Indian unreferenced BLPs is down to
565 currently. During February-April 2010, There was a
large scale disruption of
Kerala related articles by a
Thrissur based IP vandal. Editing from a dynamic IP
BSNL connection, the vandal changed dates of birth, death and ages of a number of
Malayalam and
Tamil film actors. Later he added a few international biographies to his list. He also marked some living people like
Arvind Swamy as dead. A month long range block was imposed on his IP range two times and each time he came back to vandalise dates once the block expired. Currently the range has been blocked for three months till September 11, 2010.
Wikipedians in Bangalore have been organising
periodic meetups over the past year, in collaboration with the
Centre for Internet and Society. The next meetup is scheduled for July 18, 2010. Indian and other Wikipedians from all Wikipedias in various languages are welcome to attend.
A discussion is underway
here to reach a consensus regarding the use of Indian number names (lakh, crore etc.) in Wikipedia articles. Please participate and add your comments.
Some unintended vandalism is going on at the Assamese Wikipedia by the
sole active editor. This is a request for Assamese-conversant Wikipedians to
help resolve the issue.
A discussion is in progress
here in order to determine whether non-Western (including Indian) forms of classical music should be referred to by the nomenclature of art music instead of classical music. Please participate and add your comments.
Watchlist the
Articles for Deletions page for India related discussions. Opinions from more Indian Wikipedians are required in many of the discussions.
If you've just joined, add your name to the
Members section of WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
Looking forward toward more contributions from you!
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at
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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010
English WikiProject News
After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias.
Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up
the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, a
bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to
Twitter was created and launched by
User:Logicwiki.
What's New?
Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while
Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile,
Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16.
The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the
previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011.
In October there was a heated
discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of
Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by
Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.
The
Bengali Wikisource, which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to
List of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.
The uploading of Tamil technical words donated by
Tamil Virtual University to the
Tamil Wiktionary was completed in October. The words were donated by the
Government of Tamil Nadu due to lobbying efforts by Tamil Wikipedians during the runup to the
World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 (WCTC) in June. Nearly 70,000 words were uploaded increasing the word count in Tamil Wiktionary from 1,20,000+ to 1,90,000+. This has brought Tamil to the 10th place (from 17) in the list of
largest wiktionaries and has earned it a place in the
Wiktionary front page logo. In addition, Tamil Wikipedians set up a stall at the WCTC and introduced Tamil Wiki projects to people from all walks of life.
The
Hindi Wikipedia and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into the
WikiBhasha translation and contribution toolkit developed by
Microsoft Research.
Mumbai and
Delhi held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and
Bishakha Datta met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later,
Hyderabad also held its first meetup.
Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the
Centre for Internet and Society, with the
nineteenth meetup in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the
community newsletter. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Wikipedia Foundation.
The first
Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in
Bangalore and
Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in
Delhi also held a meetup the same day.
The Malayalam Wikipedia held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.
This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010.
Looking forward to more contributions from you!
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A tag has been placed on
Webdelasalud requesting that it be
speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the
criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the
guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
You may want to consider using the
Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on
Selbourne, Ooty, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under
section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read
the guidelines on spam and
Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact
one of these administrators to request that the administrator
userfy the page or email a copy to you.
naveenpf (
talk)
10:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)reply
WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest
Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require
assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.
As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a
Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.
If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from
Part One of the Assessment Guide.
Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.
You can sign up on the
Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.
The article will be discussed at
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Want to know how good our articles are? The
assessment department is working on rating the quality of every India article in Wikipedia.
Can you code? The
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! --
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WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006
Project News
The Performing Community: Thanks to many contributors like you, we're proud to share that our community is the third most performing community. It has more than 50 FAs related to India, to its credit, lagging only behing Wikiproject Biography and WikiProject Military History.
The Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment statistics for India related articles show there are 51 Featured Articles, 5 Class-A articles, 16 Good Articles, 101 Class-B articles, 167 Start-Class articles and more than 4000 Stubs. There were more than 10000 unassessed articles related to India.
Welcome. It has been weeks and months since the idea of newsletter was mooted among the WikiProject India Community. This would be our first full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
This is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips
here. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us know.
Advertisements for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll run special sections, and recurring columns in the coming issues.
This edition special
Cartography Department (Shortcut:
WP:INMAP): The
Department of Cartography within the
WikiProject India is a group of wikipedians who work on providing quality maps related to
India. Their contributions gain more significance as we try to provide more information on places, districts and states of India. As a thumb rule, maps serve better if they are in
SVG format. The
location maps by the cartography department has helped us include location information based on latitudes and longitudes for a give place within India. The
Indian Roadways map is a featured image, one amongst the few best road maps in the world. Still, there is more work to be done. There are 604
districts in India (see
List of districts of India), and each district page needs a map of that district. You can help too. Contact the Cartography Department to learn how you can help in making the best maps in Wikipedia to be India-related!
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at
WikiProject India Outreach Department.
WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006
Project News
Name change of cities in Karnataka: A
straw poll was conducted on the proposal to change the name of cities in Karnataka, per the
Nov 1,
2006 decision by the Karnataka government to rename them from the current anglicised forms. The result of the poll was to change the names. As controversial as the decision may be in the real world, the article
Bangalore in Wikipedia still reflects the old name. You may be interested in knowing
why. Dig the archives.
New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:
WP:INB):WikiProject India now sports a new colourful centralised noticeboard. An effort to make the noticeboard current and dynamic was mooted a few days back, and
Ganeshk came up with the new format. The new noticeboard will strive to be the one-stop shop for all project related information. The shortcut is
WP:INB.
Members List: The
old members list is being phased out to give way for the
new members list. New members are requested to add their names to the new
members list. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the
new list. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
22 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Welcome to the
December 2006 edition of our newsletter.
Time flies past like
matter into the
black hole. It is interesting to notice that we are already into the last month for the year of
2006. 2006 saw
discussions and
development beyond realisation. In the world of
Wikipedia where quality counts than quantity, we have come a long way. We've made better than 'nothing', to say the least, and even that is an achievement. I take this opportunity to thank everyone including those who have dotted the i's and crossed the t's.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us
know. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll be very happy to include them here.
Before we sign off, Advance New Year Wishes, everyone.
The rating process gains more significance as we try to sort out which articles and which topics need more attention to balance the India related
systemic bias within
wikipedia. As a thumb rule, anyone can rate any article based on the related criteria, within the
Stub/Start/B/A levels. However, ratings for
Good Article Status and
Featured Article status go through the nomination processes.
How to?: The "how to" part of assessment is very simple. Just head on to the talk page of any India related page and you'll find the {{WP India}} template. Simply classify the article based on the content and the criteria mentioned
here. You can find the detailed instructions
here. If you think it may qualify for
GA/
FA status, first consider submitting the article for
peer review.
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Outreach Department.
Hello.
Tamil people has been brought to
FAR. Please be there and help improve the article. There is a lack of people working on Tamil Nadu related articles at present. That's why you are very much needed. Regards.--
Dwaipayan (
talk)
05:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Project tagging:After a brief edit war over the addition of {{WP India}} to ancient archaeological sites now located in
Pakistan, a "pre" parameter was introduced to remove the ROI flag from the template for pre-1947 articles, following
discussion. After another large
discussion on ANI alleging that the automated tagging by
Ganeshbot and
LostBot was "nationalistic", Ganeshbot was briefly blocked. Currently, the bots are again in action.
What is India?:Recently, there have been ongoing discussions
here which discuss the stated issue of "India" the historical region is different from the
Republic of India. It consisted also of modern
Pakistan and
Bangladesh, but a search for "India" automatically redirects to the Republic of India. Should there not be a clarification? . This comes in light of clashes on articles such as
Panini,
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,
Muhammad Iqbal and
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, regarding the status of the individuals.
Swastika on Hinduism templates:Recently, an extremely large and at times emotional
debate broke out regarding the use of the
swastika on
Hinduism templates, given its association with
Nazism. As a result, {{Hindu Links}} now contains an educational message about the use of the swastika, as discussion on a more permanent resolution continues.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:
WP:INCOTW):Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
Before we sign off, Happy New Year, everyone.
This edition special
Translation Department: Can you read and write any
languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!
The translation department of the
India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for
Kashmiri,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Sindhi and
Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.
You are receiving this newsletter because you are part of
Wikiproject India. If you'd like to change your subscription options, please say so at the
Outreach Dept.
Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in
Chennai: Jimbo recently visited
India in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in
Chennai. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis (
[1]). It was widely covered by the press, eg
The Hindu(
[2]), which cited the efforts of
Bhadani (edit count),
Sundar (leadership on
Tamil Wikipedia) and
Ganeshk (Creation of
Ganeshbot to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from
California to attend the conference.
Wikipedia Weekly 15: Wikipedia Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Wikipedia happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors
Rama's Arrow and
Ragib(
listen). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host
Witty lama praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of
featuredcontent. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the
Bengali Wikipedia in his native
Bangladesh, which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year.
Arbitration: Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended.
Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?
Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are
21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
Welcome to the
March 2007 edition of our newsletter.
Congratulations to one of our most respected writers, bureaucrats and administrators,
Nichalp, who is now entrusted with the
oversight permission. In addition
Riana has joined the administrative ranks after a successful
RfA.
More generally, certain Indian users have recently been subject to real life harassment by banned users, etc. If this is affecting you in real life, please do not hesitate to contact
Wikimedia board members for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required.
Nishkid64, a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a
congenital heart defect. You can wish him wellhere.
Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:
WP:INCOTW):
Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with
news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
This edition special
Translation Department: Can you read and write any
languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!
The translation department of the
India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for
Kashmiri,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Sindhi and
Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.
You are receiving this newsletter because you are part of
Wikiproject India. If you'd like to change your subscription options, please say so at the
Outreach Dept.
WikiProject India Newsletter Volume III, Issue no. 001 - June 2008
Project News
Tag & Assess 2008, an assessment drive initiated by the
assessment department began on
June 7,
2008 and will be running until July 2008. Many Wikipedians have started contributing to this mammoth task. This housekeeping activity will help manage articles in better way. You can also get involved!
Bot Assisted Assessment was successfully done using
Bot0612 in May 2008. 1744 articles (18.5%) of all India unassessed articles were marked if they had been assessed by some other project.
IPL was hot on Wikipedia too!!! During the tournament, the article was among the
most frequently edited articles. It is currently the only Indian article in top 100, occupying 58th spot.
Do you know of an article that is currently underrated? If so, please nominate the article at the Assessment Department's request for assessment. This will allow our project to get a better idea of the quality of our articles.
Article statistics and to-do lists
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Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
Is India the largest democracy? A request has been made to
the Mediation Cabal for mediation on
India article. There is currently an ongoing edit war if India be called the largest democracy of world.
This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue (Issue 2 – July 2008). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
The
last newsletter was more than a year ago and after
feeling the pinch, we got together in working towards in renewing this feature for our members. Fresh pair of legs we are, and hence can greatly improve with your suggestions and ideas. Please feel free to let us know of your thoughts. We hope to release the newsletter on a monthly/bi-monthly basis as per our initial thoughts.
Iravan, the son of Arjuna, is now our 85thgood article. How do we know this? Since last year, more processes have been automated, increasing productivity.
Article alerts update the project with
what's happening to India-related articles, from copyright violations to featured article candidates.
Currently,
11,103 Indian articles need images. Please improve these pages, especially if you enjoy photography! We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the
noticeboard.
»
From the editors…
The
last newsletter was written a year ago. In June 2008,
Indian Premier League was "hot" on Wikipedia, but the article about this year's
IPL has attracted 477 editors, or 53% more than the previous year! Even the number of articles
in the scope of our project jumped by a whopping 18,500+ articles in an year. The 3.2-year-old
India quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians, so join in the fun!
Wikipedians are organizing a
meetup in Bangalore on July 4 or 5. If you are interested, head over to the page and add your name! Topics of discussion include Indian language editions of Wikipedia and
Wikimedia India.
"While
this issue has been resolved, one asks the question – what happens when there is a conflict of opinions? What about a Wikipedia entry on India and Pakistan, or the LTTE and the Tamils? Who can edit? Will the information be true?" writes B. Narasimhan of MiD DAY as deeper implications of the
Scientology arbitration case,1 reminding us of the core principles of
verifiability and the
neutral point of view.
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WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 2 – July 2009
A prolific editor and
administrator, Bhadani is among the top ten Wikipedians by
number of edits across the English Wikipedia. Congratulations to Bhadani for also making the most number of edits among
Indian Wikipedians!
Wikipedia's India quiz remains a hotspot of the community by continuing to attract old and new Wikipedians. You are invited to join in and have fun!
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WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Wikipedia, and over the past few months the focus has been on improving
article quality. A number of the project's
featured articles underwent
featured article reviews over the past year. Of these,
Darjeeling and
Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period,
Gangtok,
Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and
Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as
Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760),
Marwari horse and
Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of
good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of
featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16.
Due to the recent policy changes regarding unreferenced
Biographies of Living People (BLPs), an effort was started in January 2010 to source all unreferenced BLPs coming under Wikiproject India. 1200 such articles were identified initially and more were added to the list later. Due to the sourcing effort, the number of Indian unreferenced BLPs is down to
565 currently. During February-April 2010, There was a
large scale disruption of
Kerala related articles by a
Thrissur based IP vandal. Editing from a dynamic IP
BSNL connection, the vandal changed dates of birth, death and ages of a number of
Malayalam and
Tamil film actors. Later he added a few international biographies to his list. He also marked some living people like
Arvind Swamy as dead. A month long range block was imposed on his IP range two times and each time he came back to vandalise dates once the block expired. Currently the range has been blocked for three months till September 11, 2010.
Wikipedians in Bangalore have been organising
periodic meetups over the past year, in collaboration with the
Centre for Internet and Society. The next meetup is scheduled for July 18, 2010. Indian and other Wikipedians from all Wikipedias in various languages are welcome to attend.
A discussion is underway
here to reach a consensus regarding the use of Indian number names (lakh, crore etc.) in Wikipedia articles. Please participate and add your comments.
Some unintended vandalism is going on at the Assamese Wikipedia by the
sole active editor. This is a request for Assamese-conversant Wikipedians to
help resolve the issue.
A discussion is in progress
here in order to determine whether non-Western (including Indian) forms of classical music should be referred to by the nomenclature of art music instead of classical music. Please participate and add your comments.
Watchlist the
Articles for Deletions page for India related discussions. Opinions from more Indian Wikipedians are required in many of the discussions.
If you've just joined, add your name to the
Members section of WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the
next issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
Looking forward toward more contributions from you!
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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010
English WikiProject News
After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias.
Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up
the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, a
bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to
Twitter was created and launched by
User:Logicwiki.
What's New?
Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while
Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile,
Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16.
The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the
previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011.
In October there was a heated
discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of
Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by
Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.
The
Bengali Wikisource, which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to
List of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.
The uploading of Tamil technical words donated by
Tamil Virtual University to the
Tamil Wiktionary was completed in October. The words were donated by the
Government of Tamil Nadu due to lobbying efforts by Tamil Wikipedians during the runup to the
World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 (WCTC) in June. Nearly 70,000 words were uploaded increasing the word count in Tamil Wiktionary from 1,20,000+ to 1,90,000+. This has brought Tamil to the 10th place (from 17) in the list of
largest wiktionaries and has earned it a place in the
Wiktionary front page logo. In addition, Tamil Wikipedians set up a stall at the WCTC and introduced Tamil Wiki projects to people from all walks of life.
The
Hindi Wikipedia and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into the
WikiBhasha translation and contribution toolkit developed by
Microsoft Research.
Mumbai and
Delhi held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and
Bishakha Datta met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later,
Hyderabad also held its first meetup.
Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the
Centre for Internet and Society, with the
nineteenth meetup in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the
community newsletter. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Wikipedia Foundation.
The first
Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in
Bangalore and
Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in
Delhi also held a meetup the same day.
The Malayalam Wikipedia held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.
This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
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This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010.
Looking forward to more contributions from you!
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A tag has been placed on
Webdelasalud requesting that it be
speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the
criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the
guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
You may want to consider using the
Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on
Selbourne, Ooty, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under
section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read
the guidelines on spam and
Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
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naveenpf (
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10:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)reply
WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest
Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require
assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.
As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a
Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.
If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from
Part One of the Assessment Guide.
Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.
You can sign up on the
Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.
The article will be discussed at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daisy Ogle until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Clarityfiend (
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10:27, 5 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Hi Petkows! You're receiving this notification because you were previously listed at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Tamil Nadu/Participants, but you haven't made any edits to the English Wikipedia in over 1 year.
Because of your inactivity, you have been removed from the list. If you would like to resubscribe, you can do so at any time by visiting
Wikipedia:WikiProject Tamil Nadu/Participants.
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