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For background info, please see User_talk:Saravask#Re._Kochi_article_name. To clear up the confusion, we need a unified consensus rule. We can either pick one of the options listed at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (city_names)#India or people can propose alternate suggestions. Saravask 19:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I was asked by User:Ganeshk to use User:WatchlistBot to tag India related articles. I started with the Tamil Nadu task force arbitrarily. It has been brought to my attention here that there may be some controversy about what is included in the Tamil Nadu task force. I don't have any opinion on the matter, and will be happy to implement whatever the project thinks is most helpful. If that means reverting what I've done, just let me know, and I'll take care of it. I'll watch this page, and try to answer any technical questions that come up. Otherwise, I plan to stay out of the discussion. Ingrid 20:08, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Please see Salcette and Salsette Island. There are two issues:
Attention all concerned Indian Wikipedians While doing a research on Geography of West Bengal, I noticed that the article Geography of India, a FA is in a bad condition, probably it will not meet the WP:GA criteria. The article was featured on June 8, 2005 that is about 2 years back when the Wikipedia was not much organised, so it got FA easily. If any improvement is not done, it will get defeatured within no time. I am pointing out some of the errors in the article:
This was the initial observation. Further comments are expected to improve the quality of the article. Amartyabag TALK2ME 04:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
An article about a General who was Commander in chief of the Madras Army, namely Charles George Arbuthnot, has been listed by ElimintorJR for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles George Arbuthnot. Thank you. - Kittybrewster (talk) 02:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
There is some problem with Infobox Indian Jurisdiction. For eg., see Mussoorie. The page shows this at the top of infobox: [[Template:{{{2}}}|v]] • [[Template talk:{{{2}}}|d]] • [{{fullurl:Template:{{{2}}}|action=edit}} e]. 220.227.179.4 07:48, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I dont exactly know how to spell in Hindi, so I am drawing attention to it. It seems it's Hindi spelling is wrong. The hasha e should be on the la rathaer than the da.
Arnab3k 06:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Template talk:India-bio-stub. Same holds for Template:India-hist-stub. It is almost ridiculous to have flags of the Republic of India on these templates. Thanks, deeptrivia ( talk) 04:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If there are any reasons I am missing for using the Republic of India flags for these much wider categories, they could be discussed, of course. deeptrivia ( talk) 04:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
There's been an RfC on this article for a while. It's India-related, so editors with some knowledge of the north-east might be interested. Hornplease 19:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Soon i'll try to nominate the page Himachal Pradesh for Featured article candidate. Most probably on 24th may. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know that all Tamil Nadu task force articles are now tagged. I will move on to other task forces next, probably skipping around as questions arise. Please feel free to ask here, or on my talk if you have any questions. Ingrid 22:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
The map showing network of National Highways [1] in India is missing. Could somebody please look into it? Jisha (Talk) 08:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Can someone knowledgeable please look into this article: BIMARU. It seems to have become a compalant department against the term. -- Deepak D'Souza ( talk • contribs) 08:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
In my research on a brand name first made famous by Revlon Consumer Products Corporation, I encountered several references within your study area, for an Indian corporation with no ties whatsoever to Revlon or CVC Capital Partners. Among the references found on a search on Google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Natural+Wonder+Cosmetics%22+India:
This firm is apparently headquartered at Delhi. Please start an article on this firm. - B.C.Schmerker 02:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Does this page have any value? They all have their own individual articles. I think that is enough and this article should be deleted. Gizza Chat © 08:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I have rewritten the page Himachal Pradesh. kindly check out the history of the page. thanks Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Geography of India has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Can somebody do something about this article. I have a vague recollection that it was deleted once. It seems to have come back and I had put it up for speedy. An admin has removed the tag today and offered no explanation. The article, atleast whatever is there now, is patent nonsense. Sarvagnya 23:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
What are the copyright issues for Indian stamps, which tag should be used? There are many images of indian stamps with possibly wrong PD-tag! STTW (talk) 14:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Conclusion: After going through all the links mentioned, I understand that the use of stamps in articles is only allowed as Free-Use when the artilce is about the stamp itself. One line mention of the stamp in an artilce does not justify its usage. Also Indian stamps older than 60 years are in the public domain. STTW (talk) 18:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
is this template fine. if you think so anything else can be added then kindly do add the links to the temp. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 10:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I have just created a stub about this unfortunate incident. Please update it as news starts trickling in. -- Gurubrahma 09:20, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be a rule that articles should be written in Indian English, or at least its close relative, British English. There appears to be some concerted ploy by some to silently convert articles into American English, which is not only un-Indian but also goes against the language that the articles were originally written in. An example of this is the History of Tamil Nadu article. — Yama 07:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
On the issue of the patriotism of NRI's and PIO's I dont think they make changes because they are unpatriotic or anything. Its just that they may be used to a particular way of presentation .(which unfortunately is more universally accepted than ours) -Titanomega 13th May 2007
A large number of images sourced to the Indian government are about to be deleted en masse over the next few days, and the question has been raised as to what, if any, government photos, publications, etc. are considered to be in the public domain (à la the US govt.). The existing copyright and right to information laws do not clarify the issue. If anyone here is knowledgeable about the issue (and especially if you can provide a link to an authoritative reference source), please do so at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#Images from Indian Government. Thanks, Askari Mark (Talk) 22:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
It was suggested that rather than just a single Category:Uncategorised India articles, the numerous stubs with no other categories be placed in workgroup-related categories. Looking at those WGs that have closely related stub categories, I can see the following possibilities:
Any thoughts? Alai 04:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
The above is pretty much what we need. I suggest, you rename:
add the following:
and remove:
Regards, Ganeshk ( talk) 14:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed an needless abuse of the Indian emblem across many political-and non political-related pages. Please use the emblem sparingly. The emblem represents the Central Government of India, nothing else. For example, its use (templates or otherwise) in articles such as District Courts of India, {{ India topics}} {{ Gujarat}} is certainly unwarranted. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I have nominated the page for FAC. Kindly leave your comments. thanks Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 11:03, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Rail transport in India has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Benjism89 ( talk • contribs) 18:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
List of Indian cities on rivers -- interesting list just created, could do with an expansion. =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:24, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm putting this archived discussion back here because it was not completed. deeptrivia ( talk) 06:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Template talk:India-bio-stub. Same holds for Template:India-hist-stub. It is almost ridiculous to have flags of the Republic of India on these templates. Thanks, deeptrivia ( talk) 04:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If there are any reasons I am missing for using the Republic of India flags for these much wider categories, they could be discussed, of course. deeptrivia ( talk) 04:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Editors with large number of DYKs are listed here. Anybody not listed may enter his record. - P.K.Niyogi 06:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
The South Asian WikiProjects have been tremendously productive, which I congratulate you for, and I just wanted to let you know that we're very close to meeting the criteria for a Featured topic covering the countries of the region. Please see Wikipedia talk:Featured topics#Great potential for South Asian countries featured topic. Thanks.-- Pharos 03:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The article on the foodstuff imarti has been nominated for deletion, and the article on jangiri, which is apparently a related foodstuff, is not much better. Input from experts would be appreciated. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The next edition of the newsletter is due in May. In case there is a prolific editor around, I request you to create/ contribute to it. Please let me know on my talk page once done. I will help distribute it. — Lost (talk) 02:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have launched Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian portals in order to upgrade and improve the portals. If you wish to participate kindly add your name in the participants section. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
This quote came out of Talk:Hinduism#Free speech but as the discussion was becoming more and more off-topic, I believe its pertinence lies here.
Also, moving somewhat off-topic, most articles in Category:Genres of Indian art are pretty stubby: Rajput painting etc, and generally Indian art is not well covered. The current account at History of painting is not good either. Johnbod 12:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Indian art is a very underdeveloped area on Wikipedia. Gizza Chat © 02:27, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
BTW, I have noticed that on many an India-related page, various pictures that are more than 60 years old have been declared to be "public domain" on the basis of the Indian copyright law. I read the law recently and (to the extend I understood it), it seems to apply only to photographs taken by individuals who later became citizens of the Republic of India or photographs that were published in (and only in) an Indian magazine. In other words, it will not apply to a photograph of Gandhi published by Time magazine (say) in 1946, unless the photographer later became a citizen of RoI and the copyright was held by him/her. Others might want to weigh in. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 05:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Fowler&fowler «Talk» 13:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I am a bit confused about this. F&F, what does the law mean by magazines? Or did you mean Indian publications? I don't think the PD-law would be restricted to only magazines. If that is the case, many images will need to be speedily deleted. - Aksi_great ( talk) 08:41, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election%2C_2009
i contested the speedy deletion but you guys have to help me in creating the article.plz add more information
i dont have time for all this.plz help me in adding info manchurian candidate 11:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
In India (and also most other common law countries), when writing the name of a case, it is usually written like this:
On Wikipedia, however, people seem to write it like this:
That is, they use "vs." rather than "v." to abbreviate "versus". Is this because of a special rule on Wikipedia? If not, I would like to correct the names to the more standard way of writing them. -- Lexmercatoria 17:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Two India-related Featured articles are Featured article removal candidate now — Rail transport in India and Geography of India. the FARCs are here and here. Please help improve the articles so that the FA status can be retained. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 18:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
In April, User:Xdamr had moved British East India Company to Honourable East India Company (HEIC) without any discussion on the talk page, saying that "HEIC was official name". User:John Kenney moved it back, but yesterday Xdamr again moved it to HEIC.
It seems that some historians (esp. those related to the Company) use " HEIC", but " English East India Company" or " British East India Company" are more commonly used terms. Even the Britannica article doesn't use HEIC.
Does anybody know more about this? Was "Honourable" a part of Company's official name or was it just a formal prefix? (like "His Excellency Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam" or " The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled")
Discussion: Talk:Honourable East India Company#Title. utcursch | talk 05:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Dabboo Ratnani needs a proper bio, an infobox, and of course a complete list of celebrities who appeared through the years on his famous calendar. The sample image from his calendar also needs more critical commentary with references. Aditya Kabir 22:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Please check out WP:PINQ. Thanks! -- Gurubrahma 07:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
The template PD-India template as it stands is incorrect. Under the S. 13(2) of the Copyright Act, the relevant criteria are that:
The first sentence should, therefore, read:
The phrase "is in the public domain in India" is important, because the photograph may continue to be protected by copyright in some countries. A full statement, like in Template:PD-US would be better.
I do not have editing rights for the template. Could someone who does please make the change. -- Lexmercatoria 13:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I am currently trying to find out whether the article about Sandhan, a rock band from India, passes the notability criteria; and I would need help by someone who is familiar with music from India. If you can spare some time, please visit the article's talk page and post your comments there. Thank you! -- B. Wolterding 12:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
For background info, please see User_talk:Saravask#Re._Kochi_article_name. To clear up the confusion, we need a unified consensus rule. We can either pick one of the options listed at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (city_names)#India or people can propose alternate suggestions. Saravask 19:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I was asked by User:Ganeshk to use User:WatchlistBot to tag India related articles. I started with the Tamil Nadu task force arbitrarily. It has been brought to my attention here that there may be some controversy about what is included in the Tamil Nadu task force. I don't have any opinion on the matter, and will be happy to implement whatever the project thinks is most helpful. If that means reverting what I've done, just let me know, and I'll take care of it. I'll watch this page, and try to answer any technical questions that come up. Otherwise, I plan to stay out of the discussion. Ingrid 20:08, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Please see Salcette and Salsette Island. There are two issues:
Attention all concerned Indian Wikipedians While doing a research on Geography of West Bengal, I noticed that the article Geography of India, a FA is in a bad condition, probably it will not meet the WP:GA criteria. The article was featured on June 8, 2005 that is about 2 years back when the Wikipedia was not much organised, so it got FA easily. If any improvement is not done, it will get defeatured within no time. I am pointing out some of the errors in the article:
This was the initial observation. Further comments are expected to improve the quality of the article. Amartyabag TALK2ME 04:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
An article about a General who was Commander in chief of the Madras Army, namely Charles George Arbuthnot, has been listed by ElimintorJR for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles George Arbuthnot. Thank you. - Kittybrewster (talk) 02:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
There is some problem with Infobox Indian Jurisdiction. For eg., see Mussoorie. The page shows this at the top of infobox: [[Template:{{{2}}}|v]] • [[Template talk:{{{2}}}|d]] • [{{fullurl:Template:{{{2}}}|action=edit}} e]. 220.227.179.4 07:48, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I dont exactly know how to spell in Hindi, so I am drawing attention to it. It seems it's Hindi spelling is wrong. The hasha e should be on the la rathaer than the da.
Arnab3k 06:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Template talk:India-bio-stub. Same holds for Template:India-hist-stub. It is almost ridiculous to have flags of the Republic of India on these templates. Thanks, deeptrivia ( talk) 04:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If there are any reasons I am missing for using the Republic of India flags for these much wider categories, they could be discussed, of course. deeptrivia ( talk) 04:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
There's been an RfC on this article for a while. It's India-related, so editors with some knowledge of the north-east might be interested. Hornplease 19:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Soon i'll try to nominate the page Himachal Pradesh for Featured article candidate. Most probably on 24th may. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know that all Tamil Nadu task force articles are now tagged. I will move on to other task forces next, probably skipping around as questions arise. Please feel free to ask here, or on my talk if you have any questions. Ingrid 22:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
The map showing network of National Highways [1] in India is missing. Could somebody please look into it? Jisha (Talk) 08:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Can someone knowledgeable please look into this article: BIMARU. It seems to have become a compalant department against the term. -- Deepak D'Souza ( talk • contribs) 08:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
In my research on a brand name first made famous by Revlon Consumer Products Corporation, I encountered several references within your study area, for an Indian corporation with no ties whatsoever to Revlon or CVC Capital Partners. Among the references found on a search on Google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Natural+Wonder+Cosmetics%22+India:
This firm is apparently headquartered at Delhi. Please start an article on this firm. - B.C.Schmerker 02:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Does this page have any value? They all have their own individual articles. I think that is enough and this article should be deleted. Gizza Chat © 08:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I have rewritten the page Himachal Pradesh. kindly check out the history of the page. thanks Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Geography of India has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Can somebody do something about this article. I have a vague recollection that it was deleted once. It seems to have come back and I had put it up for speedy. An admin has removed the tag today and offered no explanation. The article, atleast whatever is there now, is patent nonsense. Sarvagnya 23:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
What are the copyright issues for Indian stamps, which tag should be used? There are many images of indian stamps with possibly wrong PD-tag! STTW (talk) 14:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Conclusion: After going through all the links mentioned, I understand that the use of stamps in articles is only allowed as Free-Use when the artilce is about the stamp itself. One line mention of the stamp in an artilce does not justify its usage. Also Indian stamps older than 60 years are in the public domain. STTW (talk) 18:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
is this template fine. if you think so anything else can be added then kindly do add the links to the temp. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 10:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I have just created a stub about this unfortunate incident. Please update it as news starts trickling in. -- Gurubrahma 09:20, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be a rule that articles should be written in Indian English, or at least its close relative, British English. There appears to be some concerted ploy by some to silently convert articles into American English, which is not only un-Indian but also goes against the language that the articles were originally written in. An example of this is the History of Tamil Nadu article. — Yama 07:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
On the issue of the patriotism of NRI's and PIO's I dont think they make changes because they are unpatriotic or anything. Its just that they may be used to a particular way of presentation .(which unfortunately is more universally accepted than ours) -Titanomega 13th May 2007
A large number of images sourced to the Indian government are about to be deleted en masse over the next few days, and the question has been raised as to what, if any, government photos, publications, etc. are considered to be in the public domain (à la the US govt.). The existing copyright and right to information laws do not clarify the issue. If anyone here is knowledgeable about the issue (and especially if you can provide a link to an authoritative reference source), please do so at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#Images from Indian Government. Thanks, Askari Mark (Talk) 22:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
It was suggested that rather than just a single Category:Uncategorised India articles, the numerous stubs with no other categories be placed in workgroup-related categories. Looking at those WGs that have closely related stub categories, I can see the following possibilities:
Any thoughts? Alai 04:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
The above is pretty much what we need. I suggest, you rename:
add the following:
and remove:
Regards, Ganeshk ( talk) 14:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed an needless abuse of the Indian emblem across many political-and non political-related pages. Please use the emblem sparingly. The emblem represents the Central Government of India, nothing else. For example, its use (templates or otherwise) in articles such as District Courts of India, {{ India topics}} {{ Gujarat}} is certainly unwarranted. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I have nominated the page for FAC. Kindly leave your comments. thanks Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 11:03, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Rail transport in India has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Benjism89 ( talk • contribs) 18:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
List of Indian cities on rivers -- interesting list just created, could do with an expansion. =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:24, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm putting this archived discussion back here because it was not completed. deeptrivia ( talk) 06:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Template talk:India-bio-stub. Same holds for Template:India-hist-stub. It is almost ridiculous to have flags of the Republic of India on these templates. Thanks, deeptrivia ( talk) 04:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If there are any reasons I am missing for using the Republic of India flags for these much wider categories, they could be discussed, of course. deeptrivia ( talk) 04:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Editors with large number of DYKs are listed here. Anybody not listed may enter his record. - P.K.Niyogi 06:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
The South Asian WikiProjects have been tremendously productive, which I congratulate you for, and I just wanted to let you know that we're very close to meeting the criteria for a Featured topic covering the countries of the region. Please see Wikipedia talk:Featured topics#Great potential for South Asian countries featured topic. Thanks.-- Pharos 03:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The article on the foodstuff imarti has been nominated for deletion, and the article on jangiri, which is apparently a related foodstuff, is not much better. Input from experts would be appreciated. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The next edition of the newsletter is due in May. In case there is a prolific editor around, I request you to create/ contribute to it. Please let me know on my talk page once done. I will help distribute it. — Lost (talk) 02:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have launched Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian portals in order to upgrade and improve the portals. If you wish to participate kindly add your name in the participants section. Sushant gupta ( talk · contribs) 12:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
This quote came out of Talk:Hinduism#Free speech but as the discussion was becoming more and more off-topic, I believe its pertinence lies here.
Also, moving somewhat off-topic, most articles in Category:Genres of Indian art are pretty stubby: Rajput painting etc, and generally Indian art is not well covered. The current account at History of painting is not good either. Johnbod 12:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Indian art is a very underdeveloped area on Wikipedia. Gizza Chat © 02:27, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
BTW, I have noticed that on many an India-related page, various pictures that are more than 60 years old have been declared to be "public domain" on the basis of the Indian copyright law. I read the law recently and (to the extend I understood it), it seems to apply only to photographs taken by individuals who later became citizens of the Republic of India or photographs that were published in (and only in) an Indian magazine. In other words, it will not apply to a photograph of Gandhi published by Time magazine (say) in 1946, unless the photographer later became a citizen of RoI and the copyright was held by him/her. Others might want to weigh in. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 05:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Fowler&fowler «Talk» 13:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I am a bit confused about this. F&F, what does the law mean by magazines? Or did you mean Indian publications? I don't think the PD-law would be restricted to only magazines. If that is the case, many images will need to be speedily deleted. - Aksi_great ( talk) 08:41, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election%2C_2009
i contested the speedy deletion but you guys have to help me in creating the article.plz add more information
i dont have time for all this.plz help me in adding info manchurian candidate 11:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
In India (and also most other common law countries), when writing the name of a case, it is usually written like this:
On Wikipedia, however, people seem to write it like this:
That is, they use "vs." rather than "v." to abbreviate "versus". Is this because of a special rule on Wikipedia? If not, I would like to correct the names to the more standard way of writing them. -- Lexmercatoria 17:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Two India-related Featured articles are Featured article removal candidate now — Rail transport in India and Geography of India. the FARCs are here and here. Please help improve the articles so that the FA status can be retained. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 18:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
In April, User:Xdamr had moved British East India Company to Honourable East India Company (HEIC) without any discussion on the talk page, saying that "HEIC was official name". User:John Kenney moved it back, but yesterday Xdamr again moved it to HEIC.
It seems that some historians (esp. those related to the Company) use " HEIC", but " English East India Company" or " British East India Company" are more commonly used terms. Even the Britannica article doesn't use HEIC.
Does anybody know more about this? Was "Honourable" a part of Company's official name or was it just a formal prefix? (like "His Excellency Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam" or " The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled")
Discussion: Talk:Honourable East India Company#Title. utcursch | talk 05:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Dabboo Ratnani needs a proper bio, an infobox, and of course a complete list of celebrities who appeared through the years on his famous calendar. The sample image from his calendar also needs more critical commentary with references. Aditya Kabir 22:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Please check out WP:PINQ. Thanks! -- Gurubrahma 07:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
The template PD-India template as it stands is incorrect. Under the S. 13(2) of the Copyright Act, the relevant criteria are that:
The first sentence should, therefore, read:
The phrase "is in the public domain in India" is important, because the photograph may continue to be protected by copyright in some countries. A full statement, like in Template:PD-US would be better.
I do not have editing rights for the template. Could someone who does please make the change. -- Lexmercatoria 13:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I am currently trying to find out whether the article about Sandhan, a rock band from India, passes the notability criteria; and I would need help by someone who is familiar with music from India. If you can spare some time, please visit the article's talk page and post your comments there. Thank you! -- B. Wolterding 12:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)