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Folks, gud news... Now we can have India local time template using {{Time|IST}} . I got this done with the help of User:SkyLined. -- TinuCherian (Chat?) - 17:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
You may use this code in your userpages :
<div style="text-align:left; font-family:verdana; font-size:8pt; background:white;"> '''My local time is:''' '''{{Time|IST}}'''. Click <span class="plainlinks" id="purgelink">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} <span style="color:black">'''here'''</span>] to refresh.</span></div>
-- Tinu Cherian - 22:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of templates, the INRConvert template can be used in India-related articles to format and display monetary values in Indian Rupees as well as US Dollars. I created the template a while ago, but forgot to let everyone know. The template documentation page has examples on how it can be used. There probably are some calculation bugs, since it's been very long since I've had to use INS :). But please feel free to let me know of any issues – I'll be glad make any changes needed. Thanks AreJay ( talk) 23:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you know why this happens? When this template is used in a bullet point statement the line breaks at its first occurance. Like this for example -
This is not a problem when used in non-bullet statement. Example - In today's world ₹100 (US$1.20) is enough but not ₹50 (60¢ US). -- gppande «talk» 15:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
On a related note. A template to track rupee depreciation would also be welcome. For example, it would be useful to know how much say 10 rupees in 1970 is worth today. The conversion parameters would have something similar to {{rupee value|year}}. However, I do not know where to get such data of the historical value of the rupee. Would anyone be knowing? Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
Based on the discussions in Indian Rupee to US Dollar converter above, I've created a test page located at User:AreJay/INRInflation/test. The template tells users what Rs. value in x year equates to a certain Rs. amount (based on y year prices). The template calculates this amount based on inflation data provided by the government ( [3]; refer to Wholesale Price Index data). The data was then extrapolated and added to User:AreJay/INRInflation/year, based on discussions in the INRConvert section above. The code itself is located at User:AreJay/INRInflation.
Any help in testing the template will be appreciated. Basically, I need feedback on a) template logic (is the template performing as needed), and b) usability (whether the template's parameters are easy to use). Very basic documentation on how to use the parameters is located on the test page. If volunteers could go there and experiment with some test data and provide some feedback, I'd greatly appreciate it (side note: Inflation data in India is only available for fiscal years 1952 through 2007. Therefore, any test data not within this range will error out). Thanks! AreJay ( talk) 06:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
If someone knows about copyrights and the Indian Copyright Act in detail, please could you answer this: [Wikipedia talk:Copyrights#Copyright of Indian Law]. It has wide ramifications for this project. Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:42, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello, everybody. This mystery wikiproject has turned up on a list of projects that have not yet been assigned a position on the WikiProject Council Directory. I was wondering how I should treat it, whether it's a task-force or a project in the making? Many thanks for your help! – Clockwork Soul 15:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
I went to check some other LS pages I didnt do, and there's a conflict with the EC. Some of them have different/wrong candidates as the EC. Some of them are easy to correct, but it's hard to go through all of them again. I guess re-checking can be a to-do.
Also I was wondering the sources for these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha#Karnataka ? It seems 6 constituencies are unamtched with the EC list and thus I don't know which to edit out and bring in the EC lists. Lihaas ( talk) 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a proposal for a bot that would notify WikiProjects when their articles have entered certain workflows, e.g. when they are nominated for deletion or for Good article reassessment.
The question is whether a relevant number of wikiprojects would be interested in using such a bot. You can find details of the functionality, and leave your comments, at the bot request page.
I am posting this message to the 20 largest WikiProjects (by number of articles), since they would be the most likely users. Thanks, -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 12:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Amateur radio frequency bands in India is on WP:FLC. If interested, you can review add comments here. Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I just finished the Assam section with Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency). I'll probably finish Punjab tomorrow.
Though 1 thing I had with this is that I cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Soman/temp-lsbyelections for 1956. Not too sure about the veracity of this source. Lihaas ( talk) 23:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I also contacted Salilb to co-ordiante. Lihaas ( talk) 16:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
I used the election commission for my sources, but I guess its the same. I can go ahead and at that source to. In the interest of consistency we have 2 versions. 1 with the 2004 results and 1 without. I'm not quite sure how to make the former. The election table links somewhere. But we can always get a bot to do that once the websites are input-ed. Lihaas ( talk) 14:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
Davanagere has existed sicne the 1970's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davangere_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29 But as for Chitradurga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitradurga_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29 it changed even before Karnataka was formed. Lihaas ( talk) 00:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
To Salilb/Lihaas: I have a suggestion. If you can compile all the data in Excel, convert it to a CSV file, we can have a bot create the articles. Let me know. Regards, Ganeshk ( talk) 01:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I've completed Kerala so that just leaves us with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Karnataka is being done by Lihaas. The problem with WB is that many articles have been done by P.K.Niyogi and the layout is different from other states. Should the remaining articles in WB be completed using the format used by P.K.Niyogi or the one we have used for other states? Salilb ( talk) 10:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
It exists in a half-way stage, just thought it would be better to finish it off. Your right it's close to 2009 (late 2008?? you never know), but it looks bad, esp. for wiki project india politics, to have a half-done page. Lihaas ( talk) 00:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
As I was working on the Lok Sabha constituency pages, the following ideas cropped up:
Soshit Samaj Dal, Sikh Pratinidhi Board, Mazdoor Parishad, Akhil Bhartiya Lok Tantrik Dal, Muslim league's (various), Rashtriya Janata Party, Indian National Congress - I (Maybe a sub-section of the inc), Peasants & Worker's Party, All India scheduled caste federation, Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress, Ambedkar National Congress, Kannada Paksha, Rashtriya Hindustan Sena Karnataka, Swarna Yuga Party, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari), Rashitriya Samajwadi dal, Socialist, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyan_Singh, Republican Party of India (Khobragade), Himachel Vikas Congress, Common Weal League, Punjab Depressed Class League
And also the following politicians would be cool: Phoolchand Verma; Dileep Singh Bhuria
Lihaas ( talk) 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes MP and MLA could be added, along with the year, party, and %of votes received. I think there are provisions in the infobox too. But several things need to be factored first. How would a bot deal with cities where there are more than one legislators? What do you mean by "former states"? =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:44, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi I've just been browsing through the Hindustani and Carnatic singers and the POV is absolutely diabolical. Almost every article has little encyclopedic value but rather say what a great singer and success they were and how super fast they were. PLease can you look into it and sort some of them out. It is quite embarrasing to read some of them and reflects badly on the project that are supposed to care for them. Thanks ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 11:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Ronosen and fifteen of his sock puppets were blocked as per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ronosen. However, this guy uses high-tech tools and is avaoiding the block with numerous new sock puppets. One sock-puppet has written thus –
Those who have been blocked in the past have also blown hot and cold but very few have challenged Wikipedia’s basics in such a manner. I believe that in order to enforce the block, more Wikipedians, including administrators, have to take an interest in the matter. The Keshub Chunder Sen page is blocked till 26 July and there already are indications that the page would be vandalised after that. Failing major efforts on the part of Wikipedians, the block on the vandals becomes ineffective in practice.
priyanath and Ragib have so far done a wonderful job in showing the vandals the door and I look forward to their continued interest in keeping Wikipedia clean and healthy.
- Brahmachari ( talk) 13:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
(Earlier discussion on the topic has been archived, see - Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics/Archive 36#Keshub Chunder Sen and Brahmo Samaj related articles)
I need a review done for Amateur radio in India. I plan to feature it soon. Have I left out anything to be covered? =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Just claimed this site for the indian wikiproject. Perhaps the next step is to enhance the india part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Home_rule Lihaas ( talk) 00:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
For those who wish to review/support/oppose: Amateur radio in India is on FAC. Wrote this article in 4 days flat. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:18, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
K. Banerjee Center of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies is a gruesome mess. The gruesomeness is quite distinctive, too: it immediately reminded me of the deleted article on Prem C. Pandey, who perhaps not coincidentally is prominent within the article on the Center.
My gut feeling is that this is such a shambles that even if an article is worthwhile it should be started afresh. Should it be started afresh? Should it be deleted? -- Hoary 01:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Could someone who reads Hindi have a glance at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brhmoism? To be fair to the topic, it help if someone could tell us what the newspaper citations here say. Thx. Gordonofcartoon ( talk) 19:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
BRHMAAND PUJAN SITE This would help an 'Indian Spiritual topic' Brhmoism to get saved from deletion by Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brhmoism?
Regards -- Dralansun ( talk) 20:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I jsut started an article on India/Pakistan history but im not sure where to publish it so others can edit ti better. its not too great right now, but it has a base. The Osmanistan article is an importnat part of [failed] partition history thats not up here yet, ya'll may want to look at it. Lihaas ( talk) 02:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Dawn and the education institution are not credible? come on, in the india pages every online (and non-written) media outlet is quoted. Dawn is published too in pak.
ps- No passport for Hyderabad, we'd make it like nepal/bhutan ;) seriously, the whole world is racist to us, how many damn visas, eh? ;) Lihaas ( talk) 22:29, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Merge this article with Hyderabad State article. The state article already has a Hyderabad today section so we can say after partition this princely state was seen as a new area (just like East Pakistan) by few politicians and so can fit as a section. -- gppande «talk» 00:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a broad request, but someone needs to be looking at the writing style of a lot of these articles. Look up Asiatic Lions, look up any Indian history article or articles about Indian clans and there will be some quality issues. The most common thing is that the language can be extremely stilted and argumentative. Make sure that articles do not have thesis, this is supposed to be a neutral source of information. Run-ons and hyper formal language like the use of the word "thus" was found on many of these pages. Articles to check:
Asiatic Lion (Conservation status entry)
Jaipur (look at the intense qualitative judgments the article uses)
Gujarat (check the "weather" conditions - too much authorship)
Overall, the main issue issue is that the writer is being too personal with his/her information. The information is sound, but it needs to be more of an Encyclopedia and not a Lonely Planet Travel Guide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.6.2 ( talk)
This kinda needs attention. The title of the article is a typical example of POV pushing. I think the article should be renamed Renaming of cities in India and more information about renaming should be included, not only the opposition. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 00:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics&action=edit§ion=18 edit
The article Pather Panchali (film) is in FAC. Interested editors please review here. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 02:43, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I nominated the Indian national cricket captains at WP:FLRC. I believe some changes are needed in order to keep this list featured. Please, respond here. Thank you.-- Crzy cheetah 07:51, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
FYI this article is at AfD, discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. Banerjee Center of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies. Banjeboi 08:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
the military of India sidebar is using the triservices crest. That is used only for the Army Airforce and Navy and joint institutions like NDA etc.
It is not supposed to be used for paramilitaries et al.
Request you to change or tell me how and I will change the same.
Cheers ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 13:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
I was doing a bit of copy editing on this article and I noticed that it is badly referenced. I know little of the subject matter; possibly one of your Wikiproject members would know more. Please would someone take a look at the article for referencing and adding more information. -- Escape Artist Swyer Talk to me The mess I've made 22:41, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I nominated the List of districts of India at WP:FLRC. I believe some changes are needed in order to keep this list featured. Please, respond here. Thank you.-- Crzy cheetah 20:28, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
This user has been adding unsourced religious demographic information to a number of Indian state and city articles which I believe to be overstating the percentage of Sikhs (eg. 14% in Mumbai). The problem is that I do not have access to the 2001 census and so cannot confirm this. If it is available online can someone please provide me with the URL? Thanks Gizza Discuss © 23:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
2001 census website: http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ but this does not give religious data at city level. Max u can drill down to district level. In case of Mumbai however, this might hold true as Mumbai is a district of Maharashtra. -- gppande «talk» 14:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated an article that is part of this project - Tourist attractions in Delhi - for deletion, per WP:NOTTRAVEL - Wikipedia is not a travel guide. Jaimaster ( talk) 07:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Wish everyone a happy Independence day. Shyamsunder 20:54, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I would like to request Permanent Link to Meta:Wikimedia India page on top of this Notice Board page along with link to mailing list WikimediaIndia-l
Thanks and Regards Mahitgar ( talk) 07:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
The english translation of the Rgvedic hymn which features in the end credits of 'Bharat Ek Khoj' is not very correct. Especially the end where it is said -We should keep praying to God like that by offering ghee. Havi is offering in a homa or an oblation not exactly translated with 'ghee'. Can this be cleaned up by some Indologist or Sanskrit scholar please?
Thanks. -- Ramya ( talk) 19:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. We have several dozen links to four domains, all related by ownership; at least one of these we know has been systematically spammed. See this discussion which includes links to the sites:
Your input on the usefulness of any of these links as encyclopaedic sources would be very much appreciated and I invite you to chip in on the WikiProject Spam talk page.
Thanks, -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 18:45, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Mangalore is currently a Featured article candidate. Reviews and comments are welcomed. Thanks, Kensplanet ( talk) 15:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I enter this notice here because I stumbled on a problem with the biography of famous Indian conservationist and tiger expert [Billy Arjan Singh]. Since I am not sure when anyone will stumble across my comment there, I thought I would post it for the benefit of those dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of India.
Although I have no expertise whatsoever in matter related to India, tigers, or Billy Arjan Singh, I decided to try and address the notice asking for the page to be cleaned up by attempting to determine when Billy Arjan Singh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government. I assumed this would be a simple matter of a little googling, but it turns out not to be. The Indian government's page does indicate that Billy Arjan Singh of Uttar Pradash province was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006, for conservation efforts [1] [2]. Confusingly, Arjan Singh of the Uttar Pradash province received the Padma Shri in 1975, for civil service [3]. Since this info comes from the official Indian government website, and appears on the respective Wikipedia pages, one would expect that to end the discussion. However, numerous news and web articles on Billy Arjan Singh, published prior to 2006, indicate that he had been awarded the Pradma Shri already. Therefore, I leave the matter to editors with more expertise (or time on their hands) to resolve. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chicagoshim ( talk • contribs) 18:13, July 19, 2008
Does anyone think the "Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board" should have its own wikipage. It's importance is pretty high at the moment. Lihaas ( talk) 08:33, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
The Sangh Parivar article is in need of expansion (see discussion linked in the headline). Input of knowledgeable editors welcomed. Jayen 466 10:56, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
The census data is no longer available at censusindia.net but at censusindia.gov.in.
Please comment. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 07:03, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice to have an article about the Indian-American Caucus in the US Congress, especially since the nuke deal is in top gear right now ( Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement). Lihaas ( talk) 01:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
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Folks, gud news... Now we can have India local time template using {{Time|IST}} . I got this done with the help of User:SkyLined. -- TinuCherian (Chat?) - 17:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
You may use this code in your userpages :
<div style="text-align:left; font-family:verdana; font-size:8pt; background:white;"> '''My local time is:''' '''{{Time|IST}}'''. Click <span class="plainlinks" id="purgelink">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} <span style="color:black">'''here'''</span>] to refresh.</span></div>
-- Tinu Cherian - 22:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of templates, the INRConvert template can be used in India-related articles to format and display monetary values in Indian Rupees as well as US Dollars. I created the template a while ago, but forgot to let everyone know. The template documentation page has examples on how it can be used. There probably are some calculation bugs, since it's been very long since I've had to use INS :). But please feel free to let me know of any issues – I'll be glad make any changes needed. Thanks AreJay ( talk) 23:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you know why this happens? When this template is used in a bullet point statement the line breaks at its first occurance. Like this for example -
This is not a problem when used in non-bullet statement. Example - In today's world ₹100 (US$1.20) is enough but not ₹50 (60¢ US). -- gppande «talk» 15:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
On a related note. A template to track rupee depreciation would also be welcome. For example, it would be useful to know how much say 10 rupees in 1970 is worth today. The conversion parameters would have something similar to {{rupee value|year}}. However, I do not know where to get such data of the historical value of the rupee. Would anyone be knowing? Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
Based on the discussions in Indian Rupee to US Dollar converter above, I've created a test page located at User:AreJay/INRInflation/test. The template tells users what Rs. value in x year equates to a certain Rs. amount (based on y year prices). The template calculates this amount based on inflation data provided by the government ( [3]; refer to Wholesale Price Index data). The data was then extrapolated and added to User:AreJay/INRInflation/year, based on discussions in the INRConvert section above. The code itself is located at User:AreJay/INRInflation.
Any help in testing the template will be appreciated. Basically, I need feedback on a) template logic (is the template performing as needed), and b) usability (whether the template's parameters are easy to use). Very basic documentation on how to use the parameters is located on the test page. If volunteers could go there and experiment with some test data and provide some feedback, I'd greatly appreciate it (side note: Inflation data in India is only available for fiscal years 1952 through 2007. Therefore, any test data not within this range will error out). Thanks! AreJay ( talk) 06:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
If someone knows about copyrights and the Indian Copyright Act in detail, please could you answer this: [Wikipedia talk:Copyrights#Copyright of Indian Law]. It has wide ramifications for this project. Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:42, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello, everybody. This mystery wikiproject has turned up on a list of projects that have not yet been assigned a position on the WikiProject Council Directory. I was wondering how I should treat it, whether it's a task-force or a project in the making? Many thanks for your help! – Clockwork Soul 15:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
I went to check some other LS pages I didnt do, and there's a conflict with the EC. Some of them have different/wrong candidates as the EC. Some of them are easy to correct, but it's hard to go through all of them again. I guess re-checking can be a to-do.
Also I was wondering the sources for these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha#Karnataka ? It seems 6 constituencies are unamtched with the EC list and thus I don't know which to edit out and bring in the EC lists. Lihaas ( talk) 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a proposal for a bot that would notify WikiProjects when their articles have entered certain workflows, e.g. when they are nominated for deletion or for Good article reassessment.
The question is whether a relevant number of wikiprojects would be interested in using such a bot. You can find details of the functionality, and leave your comments, at the bot request page.
I am posting this message to the 20 largest WikiProjects (by number of articles), since they would be the most likely users. Thanks, -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 12:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Amateur radio frequency bands in India is on WP:FLC. If interested, you can review add comments here. Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I just finished the Assam section with Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency). I'll probably finish Punjab tomorrow.
Though 1 thing I had with this is that I cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Soman/temp-lsbyelections for 1956. Not too sure about the veracity of this source. Lihaas ( talk) 23:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I also contacted Salilb to co-ordiante. Lihaas ( talk) 16:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
I used the election commission for my sources, but I guess its the same. I can go ahead and at that source to. In the interest of consistency we have 2 versions. 1 with the 2004 results and 1 without. I'm not quite sure how to make the former. The election table links somewhere. But we can always get a bot to do that once the websites are input-ed. Lihaas ( talk) 14:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
Davanagere has existed sicne the 1970's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davangere_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29 But as for Chitradurga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitradurga_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29 it changed even before Karnataka was formed. Lihaas ( talk) 00:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
To Salilb/Lihaas: I have a suggestion. If you can compile all the data in Excel, convert it to a CSV file, we can have a bot create the articles. Let me know. Regards, Ganeshk ( talk) 01:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I've completed Kerala so that just leaves us with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Karnataka is being done by Lihaas. The problem with WB is that many articles have been done by P.K.Niyogi and the layout is different from other states. Should the remaining articles in WB be completed using the format used by P.K.Niyogi or the one we have used for other states? Salilb ( talk) 10:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
It exists in a half-way stage, just thought it would be better to finish it off. Your right it's close to 2009 (late 2008?? you never know), but it looks bad, esp. for wiki project india politics, to have a half-done page. Lihaas ( talk) 00:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
As I was working on the Lok Sabha constituency pages, the following ideas cropped up:
Soshit Samaj Dal, Sikh Pratinidhi Board, Mazdoor Parishad, Akhil Bhartiya Lok Tantrik Dal, Muslim league's (various), Rashtriya Janata Party, Indian National Congress - I (Maybe a sub-section of the inc), Peasants & Worker's Party, All India scheduled caste federation, Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress, Ambedkar National Congress, Kannada Paksha, Rashtriya Hindustan Sena Karnataka, Swarna Yuga Party, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari), Rashitriya Samajwadi dal, Socialist, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyan_Singh, Republican Party of India (Khobragade), Himachel Vikas Congress, Common Weal League, Punjab Depressed Class League
And also the following politicians would be cool: Phoolchand Verma; Dileep Singh Bhuria
Lihaas ( talk) 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes MP and MLA could be added, along with the year, party, and %of votes received. I think there are provisions in the infobox too. But several things need to be factored first. How would a bot deal with cities where there are more than one legislators? What do you mean by "former states"? =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:44, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi I've just been browsing through the Hindustani and Carnatic singers and the POV is absolutely diabolical. Almost every article has little encyclopedic value but rather say what a great singer and success they were and how super fast they were. PLease can you look into it and sort some of them out. It is quite embarrasing to read some of them and reflects badly on the project that are supposed to care for them. Thanks ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 11:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Ronosen and fifteen of his sock puppets were blocked as per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ronosen. However, this guy uses high-tech tools and is avaoiding the block with numerous new sock puppets. One sock-puppet has written thus –
Those who have been blocked in the past have also blown hot and cold but very few have challenged Wikipedia’s basics in such a manner. I believe that in order to enforce the block, more Wikipedians, including administrators, have to take an interest in the matter. The Keshub Chunder Sen page is blocked till 26 July and there already are indications that the page would be vandalised after that. Failing major efforts on the part of Wikipedians, the block on the vandals becomes ineffective in practice.
priyanath and Ragib have so far done a wonderful job in showing the vandals the door and I look forward to their continued interest in keeping Wikipedia clean and healthy.
- Brahmachari ( talk) 13:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
(Earlier discussion on the topic has been archived, see - Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics/Archive 36#Keshub Chunder Sen and Brahmo Samaj related articles)
I need a review done for Amateur radio in India. I plan to feature it soon. Have I left out anything to be covered? =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Just claimed this site for the indian wikiproject. Perhaps the next step is to enhance the india part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Home_rule Lihaas ( talk) 00:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
For those who wish to review/support/oppose: Amateur radio in India is on FAC. Wrote this article in 4 days flat. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:18, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
K. Banerjee Center of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies is a gruesome mess. The gruesomeness is quite distinctive, too: it immediately reminded me of the deleted article on Prem C. Pandey, who perhaps not coincidentally is prominent within the article on the Center.
My gut feeling is that this is such a shambles that even if an article is worthwhile it should be started afresh. Should it be started afresh? Should it be deleted? -- Hoary 01:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Could someone who reads Hindi have a glance at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brhmoism? To be fair to the topic, it help if someone could tell us what the newspaper citations here say. Thx. Gordonofcartoon ( talk) 19:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
BRHMAAND PUJAN SITE This would help an 'Indian Spiritual topic' Brhmoism to get saved from deletion by Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brhmoism?
Regards -- Dralansun ( talk) 20:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I jsut started an article on India/Pakistan history but im not sure where to publish it so others can edit ti better. its not too great right now, but it has a base. The Osmanistan article is an importnat part of [failed] partition history thats not up here yet, ya'll may want to look at it. Lihaas ( talk) 02:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Dawn and the education institution are not credible? come on, in the india pages every online (and non-written) media outlet is quoted. Dawn is published too in pak.
ps- No passport for Hyderabad, we'd make it like nepal/bhutan ;) seriously, the whole world is racist to us, how many damn visas, eh? ;) Lihaas ( talk) 22:29, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Merge this article with Hyderabad State article. The state article already has a Hyderabad today section so we can say after partition this princely state was seen as a new area (just like East Pakistan) by few politicians and so can fit as a section. -- gppande «talk» 00:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a broad request, but someone needs to be looking at the writing style of a lot of these articles. Look up Asiatic Lions, look up any Indian history article or articles about Indian clans and there will be some quality issues. The most common thing is that the language can be extremely stilted and argumentative. Make sure that articles do not have thesis, this is supposed to be a neutral source of information. Run-ons and hyper formal language like the use of the word "thus" was found on many of these pages. Articles to check:
Asiatic Lion (Conservation status entry)
Jaipur (look at the intense qualitative judgments the article uses)
Gujarat (check the "weather" conditions - too much authorship)
Overall, the main issue issue is that the writer is being too personal with his/her information. The information is sound, but it needs to be more of an Encyclopedia and not a Lonely Planet Travel Guide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.6.2 ( talk)
This kinda needs attention. The title of the article is a typical example of POV pushing. I think the article should be renamed Renaming of cities in India and more information about renaming should be included, not only the opposition. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 00:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics&action=edit§ion=18 edit
The article Pather Panchali (film) is in FAC. Interested editors please review here. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 02:43, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I nominated the Indian national cricket captains at WP:FLRC. I believe some changes are needed in order to keep this list featured. Please, respond here. Thank you.-- Crzy cheetah 07:51, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
FYI this article is at AfD, discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. Banerjee Center of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies. Banjeboi 08:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
the military of India sidebar is using the triservices crest. That is used only for the Army Airforce and Navy and joint institutions like NDA etc.
It is not supposed to be used for paramilitaries et al.
Request you to change or tell me how and I will change the same.
Cheers ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 13:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
I was doing a bit of copy editing on this article and I noticed that it is badly referenced. I know little of the subject matter; possibly one of your Wikiproject members would know more. Please would someone take a look at the article for referencing and adding more information. -- Escape Artist Swyer Talk to me The mess I've made 22:41, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I nominated the List of districts of India at WP:FLRC. I believe some changes are needed in order to keep this list featured. Please, respond here. Thank you.-- Crzy cheetah 20:28, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
This user has been adding unsourced religious demographic information to a number of Indian state and city articles which I believe to be overstating the percentage of Sikhs (eg. 14% in Mumbai). The problem is that I do not have access to the 2001 census and so cannot confirm this. If it is available online can someone please provide me with the URL? Thanks Gizza Discuss © 23:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
2001 census website: http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ but this does not give religious data at city level. Max u can drill down to district level. In case of Mumbai however, this might hold true as Mumbai is a district of Maharashtra. -- gppande «talk» 14:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated an article that is part of this project - Tourist attractions in Delhi - for deletion, per WP:NOTTRAVEL - Wikipedia is not a travel guide. Jaimaster ( talk) 07:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Wish everyone a happy Independence day. Shyamsunder 20:54, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I would like to request Permanent Link to Meta:Wikimedia India page on top of this Notice Board page along with link to mailing list WikimediaIndia-l
Thanks and Regards Mahitgar ( talk) 07:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
The english translation of the Rgvedic hymn which features in the end credits of 'Bharat Ek Khoj' is not very correct. Especially the end where it is said -We should keep praying to God like that by offering ghee. Havi is offering in a homa or an oblation not exactly translated with 'ghee'. Can this be cleaned up by some Indologist or Sanskrit scholar please?
Thanks. -- Ramya ( talk) 19:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. We have several dozen links to four domains, all related by ownership; at least one of these we know has been systematically spammed. See this discussion which includes links to the sites:
Your input on the usefulness of any of these links as encyclopaedic sources would be very much appreciated and I invite you to chip in on the WikiProject Spam talk page.
Thanks, -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 18:45, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Mangalore is currently a Featured article candidate. Reviews and comments are welcomed. Thanks, Kensplanet ( talk) 15:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I enter this notice here because I stumbled on a problem with the biography of famous Indian conservationist and tiger expert [Billy Arjan Singh]. Since I am not sure when anyone will stumble across my comment there, I thought I would post it for the benefit of those dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of India.
Although I have no expertise whatsoever in matter related to India, tigers, or Billy Arjan Singh, I decided to try and address the notice asking for the page to be cleaned up by attempting to determine when Billy Arjan Singh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government. I assumed this would be a simple matter of a little googling, but it turns out not to be. The Indian government's page does indicate that Billy Arjan Singh of Uttar Pradash province was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006, for conservation efforts [1] [2]. Confusingly, Arjan Singh of the Uttar Pradash province received the Padma Shri in 1975, for civil service [3]. Since this info comes from the official Indian government website, and appears on the respective Wikipedia pages, one would expect that to end the discussion. However, numerous news and web articles on Billy Arjan Singh, published prior to 2006, indicate that he had been awarded the Pradma Shri already. Therefore, I leave the matter to editors with more expertise (or time on their hands) to resolve. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chicagoshim ( talk • contribs) 18:13, July 19, 2008
Does anyone think the "Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board" should have its own wikipage. It's importance is pretty high at the moment. Lihaas ( talk) 08:33, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
The Sangh Parivar article is in need of expansion (see discussion linked in the headline). Input of knowledgeable editors welcomed. Jayen 466 10:56, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
The census data is no longer available at censusindia.net but at censusindia.gov.in.
Please comment. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 07:03, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice to have an article about the Indian-American Caucus in the US Congress, especially since the nuke deal is in top gear right now ( Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement). Lihaas ( talk) 01:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)