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A discussion for moving Odisha related articles to "... Odisha" from "... Orissa", and to built clear consensus whether all related articles will henceforth use Odisha in the articles is taking place here. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion. Amartyabag TALK2ME 16:05, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the move. Hindustanilanguage ( talk) 06:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC).
I'd caution against going for a global RfC, as it is highly likely to get bogged down in wikiwars between different groups of nationalistic editors (can you imagine that the Serbs and Albanians are going to compromise on this? Never mind the Greeks and Turks, Ukrainians and Russians, or Azeris and Armenians.). The end result will be no decision one way or the other, but a hell of a lot of bad feeling along the way, which is likely to spread into other fields within Wikipedia.
I do understand the argument that someone who was born in what is now Mumbai only knew it as Bombay. However, we are not writing Wikipedia for that person (who may well be dead). We are writing for our current and future readers, many of whom are already too young to remember Bombay or Peking or Leningrad. When we are talking about less well-known places, I wonder how many of our readers (of whatever age) will be familiar with Ragusa, Puerto d'España or Prezla (a prize for anyone who can come up with the answer without looking them up!). It is far more useful to know that someone was born in Mumbai (which is, incidentally, the category we would place the article in), and, if they wish to know, they can then go and look up the article to find out what it was called at the time. The article on New York City quite rightly records that The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who sailed his ship La Dauphine into New York Harbor, where he spent one night aboard ship and sailed out the next day. If it said that he sailed into the waters around Nouvelle Angoulême, which is what he named it, even our French readers would be bewildered.
There will be instances where the former name still holds the common name in reliable current English sources. We still don't expect to see an article on the Black Hole of Kolkata (or to see mention of that in other articles), but they will be few and far between. Skinsmoke ( talk) 18:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Wrt to Russia, my point was that I have no idea whether there is a project consensus for naming geographic stuff but neither does it matter because that would carry no weight. Something written up in WP:MOS or another central guideline will carry more weight than anything said in a project, and something written up as a policy will carry more weight still.-- 2.219.218.79 ( talk) 18:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
A Did You Know (DYK) reviewer is needed for the article about actor Gurudas Banerjee, who frequently played Sri Ramakrishna. We've suggested that the proposed hook appear in the main page Did You Know section on February 18, Sri Ramakrishna's birthday. In order for that to happen, someone should review the nomination at least a few days before then, preferably earlier. The nomination can be found here: Template:Did you know nominations/Gurudas Banerjee. Instructions for DYK reviewing are HERE, and anyone can do it. Thank you in advance -- Presearch ( talk) 05:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
A discussion for whether the event is an ongoing event and whether the tense need to be changed to convey proper situation is taking place here. Thoughts and comments will be appreciated. Amartyabag TALK2ME 04:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
I somehow feel that article, Mica Kings is somekind of Hoax or very close to it. -- sarvajna ( talk) 11:09, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I've nominated a thoroughly revamped List of current Indian chief ministers as a featured-list candidate here. I look forward to your comments and criticisms.— indopug ( talk) 20:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
hai, this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TheRedPenOfDoom is deleting all the reviews from different articles . he is saying that nowrunning.com, indiaglitz.com etc are not proffessional reviewers and he is keeping only reviews which suites him. hopefully he is not an indian that may be the reason why he dont know nowrunning,indiglitz etc. what shall be done?? Vinayachandranlovedr ( talk) 13:49, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
all these are right in the case of bollywood/hollywood movies where there may be many reviews coming out but for malayalam movies we rely on many sites obnly and it is too hard to get the newspaper reviews. actually when these site reviews are getting deleted for no reasons malayali's are not getting any help out of malayalam movie wiki. Vinayachandranlovedr ( talk) 04:37, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
The Kerala State Central Library has made available a collection of rare old books online. There are 644 English books, many about the history of India and the Tranvancore State -- may be of use to us. utcursch | talk 13:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Trivandrum Central#Suggested move, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Tyrol5 [Talk] 03:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Anyone remembers/knows the name of the village in the film Mother India?-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 16:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
The etymology for the word man should include India since the root of the word has its origin in India (Manu). I believe this topic is of utmost importance. There have been white racists who wish to erase India's contribution and say that it is a proto indo-european root. However the belief in manu predates all european cutlure let alone the english language. The word man is probably the most significant word in the english language as it is included in human and woman as well. Please work together and make sure that India's contribution to the word is not removed entirely due to the desires of a few white racists. If the countries of England and Germany can be included in the etymology than surely India can as well.-- Velocityflux ( talk) 22:15, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm seeing http://www.onefivenine.com used as a reference more and more in India-related articles. What do you think of it? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:45, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Pondicherry (city) which relates to this project. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 08:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.180.137 ( talk)
Scarlett Keeling is up for deletion. Should it be added to this project? Regulars here may wish some input as well.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 14:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
...an article on Kolkata Surya Sen Street market fire accident where at least 20 people died ToI, LiveMint, The Hindu) Could someone go ahead and create a page on this mishap? I anticipate, in the course of time, will become a collaborative task! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 16:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
I have nominated the following articles for GA - can some reviewers please take up the review.
Reassessment
Some of the town articles are related and can be taken up in parallel. Thanks a lot in advance. Ssriram mt ( talk) 02:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Jatav has recently been boldly moved to Jatava. This may be a controversial action requiring use of WP:RM procedures. Discussion at Talk:Jatava#Recent_move_of_article. - Sitush ( talk) 20:31, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
If you are interested in the history of India circa 600 AD (chronicled most extensively in the Arab/Persian Chach Nama), you may be interested in helping improve Wikipedia's coverage of the subject. I have created a table at User:DCI2026/Chach Nama table that contains descriptive cells about articles of interest to this improvement project. dci | TALK 18:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Could someone from Wikimedia India contact Indian postal department and request the permit for Wikimedia to use image of their postal stamps? They have a gold mine. Feasible? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 21:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
File:John Murdoch, LL.D.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 04:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
I would like to write an article about women's role in India's massive agricultural sector. My preliminary research on Wikipedia revealed a very minimal discussion on this topic despite two substantive articles "Agriculture in India" and "Women in India." In the discussion of agriculture in India, it is necessary to recognize the importance of women farmers and agricultural laborers. According to 2011 statistics, women comprise about 33% of cultivators and about 47% percent of agricultural laborers <E. Krishna Rao></E. Krishna Rao>. Although men still make up most of the labor force, the share of women in the sector is growing rapidly, as the appeal of a commodity economy encourages migration of men to urban areas to work as rickshaw drivers, or take jobs in manufacturing, textiles and the like. As men leave, the responsibilities of family care, sustenance and often times, income generation, fall on women. About 70% of Indian women depend on agricultural work for their livelihood, according to 2010 statistics. Among more rural populations it is as high as 84% <C. Tara Satyavathi, Ch. Bharadwaj and P.S. Brahmanand></C. Tara Satyavathi, Ch. Bharadwaj and P.S. Brahmanand>. The disproportionately high number of women who depend on agricultural activity reveals a large and very vulnerable population, creating a social problem in India that must be discussed. I believe that the article "Agriculture in India" could be edited to include more information on women in the country's agricultural sector. However, considering the body of information I think it better to create a separate article. The new article will include a historical perspective, an overview of family structure and gender roles in India's more rural and sustenance based populations. I will use Boserup's study of women in agriculture as one perspective on the feminization of agriculture in India and would like to determine whether this is due to larger economic trends or a cultural shift to gendered agricultural work. I would like to research the sharecropping system and land ownership in India and how that influences access to land. I will study the extraneous factors such as the limitations of agricultural growth in India, how global climate change will impact the nation's weather patterns, and the impacts trade liberalization and the India-EU Free Trade Agreement on women. The article will conclude with examples and methodologies for grass roots female empowerment in India's agricultural sector. I plan on including women's cooperatives and educational programs, the All India Federation of Women Working in Agriculture (AIFWWA) and the Youth for Action and Socio Economic Development Trust. On a larger scale I would like to understand how government and state institutions are recognizing the feminization of labor and what, if any, support structures are created for women agricultural laborers? Additionally, what types of rural local governments or organizations provide resources for women to organize? I would greatly appreciate recommendations on how I may expand my perspectives. What are some other factors, authors or research I should explore? Thank you Alev.bilginsoy
The current discussion of female health issues lacks sufficient detail and could use further explanation. Under the Healthcare in India page there is only a small subsection devoted to the discussion on the unique aspects of female health in India. A change in the current title from "Female health issues" to "Women's health in India" would also help to broaden the discussion on the unique aspects that should be covered under the subtopic. As part of a classroom assignment, I propose additional discussion on nutritional, cardiovascular, and reproductive health. Furthermore, the expanded discussion would include statistics on current disparities and give reason--cultural, biological, and economical--for differences in healthcare outcomes between men and women. The expansion of this page will help to broaden the discussion on health care within India and also point out key differences on the healthcare attainment of men and women. Are there any other forms of healthcare outcomes that should be included in the expanded discussion? Should subtopics of reproductive health (sexual health, abortions, maternal health and breast health) be given individual sub-sections or grouped together under the umbrella term of sexual health? What are the relevant governmental programs that have been implemented in the last few years that directly pertain to women's health? Any feedback is much appreciated. Jasdeepsgill ( talk) 06:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone, ny name is Reilly Solis and I'm a student at Rice University planning to revise and add sections to the article Domestic violence in India as part of a Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class assignment. As gender violence has become one of the world’s most common human rights abuses – and as India has become one of the most visible countries in the world for such abuses – I believe that improving upon the existing Domestic Violence in India Wikipedia page is both justified and necessary. An important aspect of my revision to the existing article, just to predicate my revisions, will be focusing on differences in domestic violence across regions (for example, Kerala is a much more progressive state with significantly lower rates of domestic violence than most northern states such as Uttar Pradesh), religions, culture, caste, education attainment level and socioeconomic status. My revisions to this article would focus on and somewhat combine the subcategories of violence (physical and emotional) against women and sexual harassment, as these are important aspects of domestic violence that certainly deserve more attention than the existing article on such an issue. Additionally, issues of domestic violence itself (including differences across several regional, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds) warrant greater attention as an important facet of sexism and gender discrimination in a country with 17% of the world’s population. I plan to first and foremost provide a more comprehensive picture of the history of domestic violence in India in the context of more general gender discrimination, as well as resulting effects on women’s agency and health throughout the country. I would also, as mentioned earlier, place high importance on addressing differences throughout the country in types and rates of domestic violence, which existing articles on the issue fail to do. After all, India is an incredibly diverse nation with important differences between regions, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. Another way I’d improve upon the Domestic Violence in India article to bring it to an improved status would be to provide a much more comprehensive overview of efforts to realistically combat domestic violence in India from an unbiased point of view. These efforts include social movements, legislation and actions from NGOs. I believe their inclusion would definitely add much more substance to the article. An important part of this – as well as of all parts of my revisions and contributions – is the fact that my work must be unbiased. This is certainly a controversial subject even among women in India, as according to a recent report by Unicef found that about 50% of Indian women believe that wife beating is justified. It was also found that girls between the ages of 15-19 generally held the same views as women in the 45-49 age group, a particularly disturbing statistic that demonstrates the need for change in a country where the prevalence of domestic violence seems to be perpetual and its continuance indefinite. To reiterate, though, my work must be unbiased. I will approach the article in an objective, comprehensive manner that, coupled obviously with substantive information on the various aspects of and differences in domestic violence throughout India, will hopefully raise the article up from but a Start-Class Wikipedia article to at least a C- or B-Class, Good, or Featured one. The sources I plan to use for these revisions and contributions will all be scholarly works, many of which I have already read through as assignments for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class. They will come from a variety of organizations, including governmental, academic, and non-governmental institutions (such as think-tanks, etc.). I plan to draw from a range of sources in order to keep my contributions unbiased and objective in my endeavor to further explore this topic and to provide a comprehensive background of it. One of the most effective ways to confront an issue such as domestic violence (in this case, in India) is to simply provide information the public with comprehensive, sufficiently detailed information on the issue. This, simply put, is what I hope to do.
Reillysolis ( talk) 20:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Please keep Wharton India Economic Forum on your watchlist for the next few days. The article has seen several POV edits after the decision to drop Narendra Modi as the keynote speaker. A PTI news report mentioning these edits has been published by several media outlets including The Hindu Business Line, Economic times, Outlook, Zee News, Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle.
“ | Meanwhile, in a related development, the Wikipedia page of the Wharton India Economic Forum today appeared to have been compromised as the language written explaining it and the annual event was far below its standard, one-sided and seen to be “angry” at the Wharton’s decision on Modi. Wikipedia’s press office did not respond to an email seeking clarification on its content. | ” |
utcursch | talk 20:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Can the article Pearl Academy of Fashion be improved, or would euthanasia be the kindest approach? -- Hoary ( talk) 05:33, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
This post is regarding the deliberate edit war started by user "PremKudva" sometime back on " Indian Rupee Sign" and " Indian Rupee" pages in controversy section.
User deliberately removing the authentic factual information including Delhi High Court judgment link from the pages.
Down below are the authentic news links:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-seeks-mha-reply-on-selection-of-logos/941570/
http://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-9915655.html
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 [Delhi High Court Judgement]
http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2012/10/rupee-symbol-delhi-high-court-granted.html
http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2011/06/delhi-high-court-allows-rti-activist-to.html
In good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia my request is to please take necessary action so that truth can be protected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 12:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
I can't believe you just said "Just because something can be verified in reliable sources does not necessarily mean it belongs in a Wikipedia article". I have strong objection here as in other words you are saying we have to be selective and politically correct here on Wikipedia. Secondly you said "all of those court cases don't actually have anything to do with the sign itself" please read the news report which clearly talks about rupee sign http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Info2012 ( talk) 10:43, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Delhi High Court judgement direct link :
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 16:15, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Info2012 ( talk) 16:22, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Will someone review 115.248.12.18 ( talk · contribs)'s edits and let me know on my talk page if there's a problem with them. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:44, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
I am requesting a review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Durga Prasad Kachroo (new submission) from a notability perspective and from a reliable-source perspective. Please add {{afc comment|1=your comments}} below the last "afc comment" and above the article text, or just reply here if that's easier for you. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 02:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Can someone write the name Birendra Nath Dutta in Assamese script or better help to find out 2-3 reliable sources from Assamese language newspapers? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 02:58, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
The "Women & gender issues" Task Force needs someone to provide leadership, coordination and tender loving care! Looking for a volunteer! AshLin ( talk) 14:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Does any one have a Nargis image (by self, or the author has released in wiki acceptable licenses) or painting (by self) that can added to Mother India, currently at FAC? All currently uploaded images of Nargis can not be used due to URAA. See Wikipedia:Non-U.S._copyrights#endnote_tab_india. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:14, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
I have made a proposal to merge Category:1865 establishments in Pakistan to Category:1865 establishments in India. I have set out the arguments, from usage at the time to the fact that even the word Pakistan was not coined for another 68 years in the nomination. Comments on the issue would be greatly appreciated. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 01:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
FYI, there's a notice at WT:SPACEFLIGHT for someone proposing a WikiProject to cover Indian space. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 02:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Do we have an article on the Swiss tourist rape in India? -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 23:46, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Could someone please change that? Bharata is the Sanskrutam,original, name of India. Bharat is the Hindi (and a small group of other languages) version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.147.224.225 ( talk) 15:46, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
I just found two articles on websites, that are orphaned that may need help: Pepperfry.com and gozoop.com. Simply south.... .. catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 17:46, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Mount Elizabeth Hospital seems rather short article. Since several prominent people from outside of Singapore have died there (ie. President Zillur Rahman, 2012 Delhi gang rape victim), I assume this is a major medical center of advanced techniques in the region. As such, it should really have a longer article. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 01:02, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Are the " 52 Hukams of Guru Gobind Singh" authentic? I couldn't find any authoritative source which states that these were given by the Guru himself. Google leads to some forum discussions which question the authenticity of these "52 hukams", pointing out that the language used is modern Punjabi which was not prevalent around 1700 CE. Can anyone please confirm the authenticity? utcursch | talk 02:27, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Is there any guidance on how to name Indian people in the body of articles? We have MOS:IDENTITY but I think I've also seen something somewhere about use of patronymics etc. Generally speaking, we seem to treat the last name of an Indian person as if it were a westerner's surname and to refer to them as such after the first mention in the body, unless to do so would cause confusion. - Sitush ( talk) 20:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Nellikunnu Muhyaddin Juma Masjid needs some local sources. Probably a Malayali speaker is needed In ictu oculi ( talk) 11:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Does anyone fancy copyediting Maithil Brahmin#Organisation. Like many articles concerning Brahmin communities, this is just gibberish to non-Indians. - Sitush ( talk) 08:47, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Why is there not a single line in Kashmiri Pandit article about the eruption of armed rebellion ensuing Islamic insurgency of 1989 which has specifically targeted the Kashmiri Pandits minority in recent times and violated their human rights repeatedly? [5] Nothing whatsoever about the scores of onslaughts and human rights violations by Pakistan-backed militants, why? According to a resolution passed by the United States Congress in 2006, Islamic terrorists infiltrated the region in 1989 and since then nearly 400,000 Pandits were either murdered or forced to leave their ancestral homes.(ref: "Pallone introduces resolution condemning human rights violations against kashmiri pandits" if that doesn't work follow → [6])
They got "trained and armed" by the ISI. Ethnic cleansing continued till a vast majority of the Kashmiri Pandits were evicted out of the valley after having suffered many acts of violence, e.g. sexual assault on women, arson, torture, extortion of property etc.(
[7] & "Encyclopedia of human rights" p. 306
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"Many of the 250,000 refugee Kashmiri Pandits have been living in pitiable conditions in Jammu". [8]
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link)file:S6001271.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 05:24, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
It will be 100 years since Raja Harishchandra released on 3 May this year. There have been discussions what the TFA (Today's featured article) on that day. Since Mother India passed FAC today, I, along with behalf of my fellow nominators User:Dwaipayanc and User:Dr. Blofeld propose to have it as TFA on this day. Thoughts... -- Redtigerxyz Talk 17:08, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi all. I've been thinking; next year is the 16th general elections, and I reckon a lot of people will be going online to figure out who they want to vote. Considering how simplistic, partisan and/or non-comprehensive most online sources are about our national leaders and parties, I feel Wikipedia can be an excellent, NPOV resource for provide prospective voters to make an informed decision.
With this in mind, a few questions/discussion-items:
Looking forward to hear what you think, and further ideas and suggestions as well.— indopug ( talk) 16:23, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
have been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 00:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
The Indian collaboration of the month project is lying idle for the last 5-6 months. The interested editors who are willing to take up collaborative improvement of articles related to India are requested to give their consent/support below. Amartyabag TALK2ME 09:08, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Once again facing disruptive edits, this time by User:Mrwikidor. The user is serially nominating articles one after one for deletion, without initiating any discussion in the talk pages. Further, the user is blanking out properly referenced portions of articles without any discussion. Most importantly the user has resorted to personal attacks. Please take cognizance. BengaliHindu ( talk) 12:36, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
IMO, this is not the most appropriate noticeboard to discuss this. Probably it should be taken to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard or related "User" noticeboards. Redtigerxyz Talk 14:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any requirement that a mahasabha claiming to represent a community has to register itself with regional or union government? There is a long-running series of discussions at Talk:Ezhava, among which was this comment. The mahabsabha in question - details of which were added to the article by someone else who is on the same "side" in the discussion as the poster of that message - has been reported in newspapers, including The Hindu. I am aware that there is some sort of system for registering political parties, although I am vague about whether mahasabhas are always the same as political parties and also regarding the extent to which registering such parties matters anyway. - Sitush ( talk) 07:39, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
file:Report on the Settlement of the Bareilly District By S M Moens, North-Western Provinces Government 1874.pdf has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 15:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I've started the new article Nimpith. Sources are difficult to find, and I welcome members of this project to help improve the article, if anyone is interested. Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the links. I don't speak Bengali, so I used Google Translate to read this (that you provided above). Perhaps information from this source could somehow be used in a new infrastructure section of the Nimpith article about roads. Also, I've added this to the article in External links:
Regarding the message you left on my talk page about requesting donations of images from this person, I don't use email much using Wikipedia, so I'm not the best person to attempt to accomplish this. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Is this our IRC #wikimedia-in channel? Seems mostly inactive! Is it for editors only or Wikimedia In workers too? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 08:19, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
An attempt to create a section on Infrastructure is under way for India article. A draft is being made in this sandbox. Please participate there, edit, and also suggest changes. Since it is a sandbox, you can add whatever you want in whatever way. One does not need to maintain sfn reference style, just add references. At the end, when consensus develops, we'll make references consistent in style.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 13:33, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any way of requesting an assessment of quality of an article.-- Vigyani ( talk) 16:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
There is quite a racket going on at Ezhava, can someone step in to prevent a slaughter of the dummies? Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 10:34, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Sorry §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ Please consider involving in the discussion, as you are a veteran with more experience in wikipedia. irajeevwiki talk 04:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
someone moved page 1984 anti-Sikh riots to 1984 Sikh genocide, but has not moved associated talk page. A new talk page is created at new article, so the old talk page can not be moved without deleting new talk page. Can any admin fix this problem. -- Vigyani ( talk) 01:17, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
What's the convention. There were a bunch of these. Let me know how it should be and I'll fix them up and advise the editor. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 01:51, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm still confused. What's the bottom line now? Should I remove these and let the editor know, or what should I do? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:56, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Kurauni is a new article about a village in India (created by another user). Posting here if anyone is interested in improving it, adding sources, etc. Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi All. It is very unfortunate that no admins from wiki india patrolling Ezhava, Nair and Sikh articles in wikipedia as they are getting vandalised by western editors. They referring old and untrustworthy books and changing the articles content. There are many issues with articles neutrality. Happened to see these articles a few months ago and as per Wiki rules tried to talk in the talk page but a stubborn editor is reluctant to make any changes even though reliable source books have been produced to prove that article's content having serious issues.
POV Tag has been taken off from the article without even a consensus in the talk page
Nair has been categorised as "Shudra" caste which is wrong and many contributors brought up this issue, but no use. Ezhava having so much other issues.
I think indians have got right than anyone else to protect our castes and culture as wikipedia is the primary source of knowledge for many people. I request to all admins in this talk board to have a look the communication in Ezhava Nair and Sikh. Nair, Sikh, Ezhava wiki pages are India/Kerala/Punjab related and we should involve and do something now.
Above mentioned editor is a veteran and no other admins are ready to take any action. We must action now or it will be too late to do something. Admins who are only ready to listen above mentioned editors words and these admins blocking all the other contributors who have a different opinion in the talk page.
My account was blocked for 3 days recently for questioning an admins actions. Its controversial for western admins because they dont know anything about indian castes and cultures, I believe it is not at all controversial for indian editors or admins who know the culture and system here. If you look my talk page or ezhava / nair talk page, you can understand the situation.
Sources i have supplied and recognised by WP:RSN [ [14]] but its been rejected by other admins. This is one of many reliable sources supplied.
My complaint against admin but they taken action against me. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=548546907#Boing.21_said_Zebedee
Since these article contents closely related to India, I wonder why they been controlled / patrolled by western admins. Why admins from (Kerala / India) cant involve in this. Hopeless here and dont know what to do. I DONT KNOW I WILL GET BLOCKED / BANNED FOR TALKING THIS HERE irajeevwiki talk 04:25, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
rangan-datta.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Does anyone know who is Rangan Datta (I don't, don't ponder on my surname)? A bunch of external links from his site is added in Wikipedia. I feel, this is just a personal site and such EL should not be added! Any opinion? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 20:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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Vigyani (
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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dnyanesh Maharao is ready for review but I need help. As many of the references are not in English and I am not familiar with the person, I do not know if he meets Wikipedia's notability requirements. Also, the non-English references need to have snippets translated to back up what is said in the text of the submission. Please help. You can add {{afc comment|your comment here}} below the existing AFC comments to let the reviewers know if this person is notable or to offer suggestions to the author to improve the article. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 01:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Reuesting content contribution to article User:Mahitgar/Religious harmony in India. Thanks you.
Mahitgar ( talk) 06:08, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
None of our articles that refer to the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery seem quite to fit the bill when it comes to describing what the LMS qualification was (is?) in the context of India. Can anyone fill this gap and perhaps add it to the LMS disambig article? I'm doing some reading to develop an article and a link for this would be handy. In case of regional differences, the article concerns the award as given by Madras Medical College. - Sitush ( talk) 10:09, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
There is constant vandalism and blanking of sections...etc......done at Nirmal Baba article. Page protection was denied. There are several single purpose accounts,( which may be socks ) created to keep the vandalism alive. See Nirmal Baba - History - someone even blanked the page once and none of them have been blocked or given final warnings.
Can someone look over the page, please?? Jethwarp ( talk) 09:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, the above FLC is in danger of being archived due to a lack of response. Comments, bouquets and brickbats are all welcome there. Thanks!— indopug ( talk) 19:13, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, With all reliable sources and Neutrality, Kinldy arrive at conclusion on the Religion of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam taking into consideration his birth, brought up, confessions, speeches and every other possibilities. or if possible, someone please post this question to Dr.Kalam himself through his site to have more concrete answer. But arriving at actual fact is much important here. Wasif ( talk) 11:04, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Please check out this article, may be there is an edit war in the making or about to start.-- Vyom25 ( talk) 11:32, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
A draft is being discussed at WT:Articles for creation#A probably notable subject but the writing is not up to standard. It appears to probably be notable, but because of the language of most of the cited sources, the reviewers who have looked at it so far are unable to determine if it does pass WP:Notability. Another issue is the quality of the English of the draft article itself. It would be apreciated if someone who can read the language of the references, and if it is worth keeping, could help the draft writer improve the article text. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 17:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at this new article Buddhist Jat, I don't know much about Buddhism, but since there is already an article about Buddhism, I am not sure this new article Buddhist Jat makes any sense. -- Vigyani ( talk) 00:57, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Do we have an article concerning avakasam but under some different transliteration? I've just seen a source that refers to it as a "caste-specific right" but need to read around the idea a bit more. It sounds as if it may be referring to the notion of castes having traditional occupations. - Sitush ( talk) 14:38, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there an article dedicated to Colonial English Racism practiced , such as for example upon the Anglo Indians . I would like to contribute some content which I found on this subject for instance in the book Marginality and Identity: Anglo-Indians as a Racially-mixed Minority in India By Gist, Noel Pitts, Roy Dean Wright .This is a vast subject but woefully neglected and deserves its own article Intothefire ( talk) 12:16, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
To much talk Intothefire - time to leap in and get moving! I think there is general agreement that an article on Racism in British India is a workable proposition so I suggest throwing something together and worrying about what terms will get thrown around later. -- regentspark ( comment) 14:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Give it a rest guys. Intothefire, if you want to write an article, stop talking and go ahead and do it. I think it a good idea to write a Racism in British India article but have no intention of doing it myself. Sitush has other stuff to do so stop needling him needlessly. Sitush, my suggestion is that you ignore intothefire. If he really wants to write an article, he'll go ahead and do it. If all this is mere trolling, then no sense in feeding it. -- regentspark ( comment) 19:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
There is clear consensus to create "Racism in British India". That's a great step forward. I will create the article, a stub to start with. If the article survives and expands, it will be a great leap forward. Susesisa ( talk) 08:50, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The article about this sport needs more active and interested/knowledgeable editors keeping an eye on it. This vandalism to the page lasted for over a month. I would help out, but my watchlist is already overflowing, and I don't know anything at all about this topic. Graham 87 11:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Mother India in all likelihood is going to be featured on the main page on 3 May 2013. Do we have any featured list that may be featured on that day? National Film Award for Best Actress received featured status recently. Any other contenders? The main contributor can request for main page appearance, this is the place for specific date request for FLs. Also, some articles are being readied for DYK appearance (by Redtigerxyz, Nvvchar and others). Please provide some update here, if available.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 02:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
We are planning at least 2 more DYKs. Raja Harishchandra in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 3. Any featured picture? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:33, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
The latest FLC Satyajit Ray filmography has been nominated for the main page appearance on 6th May here. Please put your comments. - Vivvt ( Talk) 18:18, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Please put your comments at the FLC. Though there are 4 supports, the final decision is yet to be made. If the list gets promoted, I am looking forward to put this for centenary celebration on 3rd May as Ray is internationally known figure from India. With less time in hand, I would appreciate any kind of feedback. - Vivvt ( Talk) 16:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Pran wins the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012. In the news nomination for your support. §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ { T/ C} 12:47, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Anyone know how I can get a copy of an article from behind the paywall of the Times of India epaper? -- regentspark ( comment) 21:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Guys, stay ahead of the times.— indopug ( talk) 04:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
The article on the Comunidades of Goa, Comunidade, was formerly a controversial article, and ended up being undeveloped. I have made a stab at a partial rewrite with citations to reliable sources, and tried to keep it neutral. The article was formerly tagged as having a non-encyclopedic tone, I hope my rewrite is adequately encyclopedic in tone. Anyway, if any of you could give it a look and, where improvement is necessary, either do it or request it on its talk page, I'd appreciate it. I've also suggested a move to Comunidades of Goa on that talk page. Thanks. -- Bejnar ( talk) 03:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
The article Tripura is a featured article candidate. The FAC is here. All comments are welcome. Thanks.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 15:45, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Sholay is in peer review.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 06:58, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Abhishek191288 tells me that the prohibition at WP:INDICSCRIPT should apply not only to the lead sentence but also to infoboxes. I disagree. There is a place in the settlement infobox for native names, and it seems appropriate to place the native script there. Comments pro or con? -- Bejnar ( talk) 07:16, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
|native_name=
was added to (and is used in) this and other infoboxes specifically for this purpose. further,
WP:INDICSCRIPT is a project guideline and thus has the status of an
essay, not a policy.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 09:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Abhishek is spot on with their analysis of the infobox situation: nice to see someone who understands the bigger picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sitush ( talk • contribs) 04:19, 16 April 2013 ( IST)
There is a discussion on the number of Hindi speakers at Talk:Hindi#New_section_-_Demographics that needs a fresh look. -- regentspark ( comment) 14:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
There was a lot of hype about the Patna Marathon in late 2011/early 2012 - just Google it for evidence. The event was postponed from 19 February 2012 to 26 February, and then cancelled with a vague promise that it would take place in the second half of the year. As far as I can make out, it never did take place in 2012, the event website was not updated and there are accusations on (unreliable) web forums/blogs etc that the whole thing was some sort of scam. However, I've found a video that seems to come from last month and refers to a "ruckus" at the Patna marathon - see here. I've no idea what language the video uses, nor could I hear it even if I could understand it. Can anyone make sense of this situation? If not then it would seem that we may have a classic instance of why WP:CRYSTAL exists and the article should be deleted. - Sitush ( talk) 17:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
A discussion related to legislative title (in relation with Indian statutes) is taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Article_titles#Legislative_acts. Interested persons are requested to join the discussion there. Amartyabag TALK2ME 02:59, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Now that we've had another discussion Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics#Indic scripts in lead, can we have WP:INDICSCRIPT updated? Should WP:INDICSCRIPT mention infoboxes? Maybe it should just say no more than one indic script in the lead. Right now the text of WP:INDICSCRIPT seems to have misled people, and becausee of the disparate opinions, the reference to the discussion is not all that helpful. My proposal is for it to read:
How does that sound? I'd appreciate it if comments could be limited to the merits and demerits of the proposal and not return to the previous discussions. -- Bejnar ( talk) 23:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
A discussion about possibly splitting the Courtallam article about a place or places in Tenkasi taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu has been initiated on its talk page. Also, the article itself is possibly in need of a rewrite due to WP:NOTTRAVEL. -- Bejnar ( talk) 20:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
What is the situation with this template? Does it have equal status with "This article uses British English" template and American Australian templates? Any reason why it doesn't seem to be being used much? In ictu oculi ( talk) 00:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Can someone please take time to look at Mullanchery M Velaian and, in particular, check that the statements made there are in fact supported by the Dinamani sources. Ta. - Sitush ( talk) 16:53, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi..All.. Should title Chaudhary be used in the title in biographies according to WP:COMMONNAME or should it not be used due to MOS:HONORIFIC, e.g. Chaudhary Lal Singh's official name is Lal Singh-- Vigyani ( talk) 07:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
I would like to draw the attention of the regular users of this board to the 'criticism' section of this article. I have filed an RfC regarding this section that aims to gain consensus on the validity of this section, particularly in the light of wikipedia policies concerning criticism sections. Generous commentary on that page is invited. Handyunits ( talk) 09:39, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi all, a debate is going on at Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Saradha_Group_financial_scandal to decide if the article on Saradha Group financial scandal should be featured at ITN. Pls have a look and if you want pls do participate in the discussion. LegalEagle ( talk) 08:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
A very new Wikipedia editor Coolgama ( talk · contribs) has:
I've moved this one article, and fixed a hatnote for it, but the same has been done for many other "xxx Peth" articles.
I came across some of the "xxx Peth,Pune" articles while stub-sorting, and sorted them.
Not all the Peths had existing articles - for some, like Sadashiv Peth,Pune, a new stub article has been created but with nothing at Sadashiv Peth (neither a redirect nor an article with a hatnote).
There are a lot of links from {{ Pune topics}} which will need to be fixed to point to the various articles - now either redlinks or pointing to the generic articles.
I don't know whether these localities are notable, whether the places in Pune are primary topics, etc, but some cleaning up seems needed. I've left a note on the editor's talkpage. Pam D 13:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Could anyone help to expand this table User:Titodutta/sandbox1? You can find the list of the stories in the article Feluda. And I can help with resources too! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 06:14, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi all! This is a re-notification that the article Tripura is a current featured article candidate. All comments, criticism, suggestion are greatly welcome. Thanks,-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 15:17, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
I have no idea if Pearson Education India is connected to Routledge but this, published in 2007, is a direct copy of this, which was originally published in 1995. I've often had doubts about PEI stuff but this is the first time I have found clear evidence of apparent copyright violation (I've never had time to dig into it but various passages in various books "rang bells" and I just happened on this example). We need perhaps to be careful. - Sitush ( talk) 17:21, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
For a long time now, I have been facing trouble to find Indian newspaper articles in news.google.com. I have just created this specially customized search page. Tests not done still! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 15:45, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
It would be of great help to me. Thanks. - Chandan Guha ( talk) 14:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Asking about whether the article on the prominent and controversial Indian Hindu nationalist politican Narendra is currently neutral. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 21:41, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
I have got an email accusing few editors of Wikipedia and how Wikipedia is biased towards India. The email contained a link of a Google Group. I have a doubt he has sent emails to other Indian Wikipedians too! Anyone else got such email? User:Jalexander is handling it! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 16:49, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
New article I wrote, having noted that we had no single article covering this important piece of legislation which legally defined Sikhism and turned control of historic gurudwaras over to mainline Sikhs. Also Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1971. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 21:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
BTW, I'd be surprised if the Punjab Reorganization Act was spelled thus. I'm fairly sure that Indian legal terminology of that period would have used Brit English spelling. But I know nowt. - Sitush ( talk) 23:27, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Ah, the refs I first ran across on gBooks were from US publishers, who (oddly) "translate" the name to the -z- spelling. But good catch. For anyone else keen on India legal articles, I did also recently write Murderous Outrages Regulation. Catchy name, and refers to a series of interesting legal acts in the late-19th C. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 20:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Do you think Sanjay_Dutt#Illegal_possession_of_arms needs a separate article? There are too many event to sum up in one article. Although I am a regular WikiReader, I am facing trouble to follow that section— first arrest, imprisonment, release, trial, again arrest, bail, recent judgement, mercy plea, rejection — all in one section. -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 09:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Consider varna, kur, kula, gotra, kootam, tribe, clan and other group-defining terms found in India. I worry that we do not seem to have an article that really presents the distinctions and/or similarities between all of these various social/religious units and also that we may be spreading confusion at individual article level. For example, there is an unsourced claim in Gotra that there are 49 such things in Hinduism, but I am pretty sure that we have far more articles claiming this or that name to be a gotra. And I'm now not even sure whether a tribe is a clan in anthropology: if not, then it opens a whole can of worms, in particular with regard to categories.
I've found this chapter in a book that might go some way towards resolving some of the issues but I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me to an existing article that deals with all these terms or to potential sources that might enable me to create one. My suspicion is that this is a big project but if such an article does not already exist then I really do think that we need it. Thanks. - Sitush ( talk) 06:46, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a discussion regarding merging List of songs sung by Shreya Ghoshal into Shreya Ghoshal discography, you can take part in the discussion here. Thanks. Tolly 4 bolly 18:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a Request for Comment on the Narendra Modi article, relating to coverage of the 2002 Gujarat violence. The RfC can be found at Talk:Narendra_Modi#RFC:_.282002_violence.29_What_would_the_section_ideally_contain.3F and is not the one mentioned here a few days ago. - Sitush ( talk) 18:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Jindhagada Peak is listed as the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats and Andhra Pradesh. The reliable sources (such as various books and government websites [16] [17]) state that the highest peak in the Andhra is Mahendragiri, which lies on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is Deomali. This version of the article states that the Jindhagada peak was discovered in 2011. But I can't find any reliable source (news report from 2011, book or journal) that supports this claim.
The claim was added to the article List of Indian states and territories by highest point by Venkatananta ( talk · contribs) in April 2011. Subsequently, User:Tatiraju.rishabh, apparently in an attempt to convert all the red links into articles, created an article on the peak in May 2011 without any reliable sources. User:Venkatananta then went on to claim that the peak was discovered by him in 2011.
A Google search for this peak results in sites affiliated to Venkatananta's treeking group, Wikipedia mirror sites or other sites that crawl Wikipedia categories to build SEO-optimized pages. I could find only one decent source that mentions the name of this peak ( Deccan Herald) -- it merely says "The peaks of Jindhagada and Galikonda are in the vicinity of Araku". There is a good chance that this 2013 article is based on information from Wikipedia (journalists often do that).
Any thoughts? Is there any evidence that this is the highest peak in Andhra/Eastern Ghats? Or that this isn't made up? utcursch | talk 01:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
I have marked this for deletion. Notifying you all here. Rishabh Tatiraju ( talk) 14:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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Our article concerning what the title called Hada Chauhan has been moved to Hara Chauhan on the basis that the former title was a mistransliteration. I queried this with WQUlrich, who made the move. The outcome is this thread, the gist of which is that the "mistransliteration" rationale was based on a reading of our article concerning Devangari script. I'm lost here and it looks like WQUlrich may also be no entirely certain. Basically, there are two issues:
Can someone confirm what the title should be, please? THe script should be removed, obviously, but right now it is a part of the crux of the problem, - Sitush ( talk) 00:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I've just been made aware by good Tito D of the WP:India ban on giving Hindi etc. script. Here etc. preventing a lead such as normal with Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, articles.
This would seem to me to be out of line with WP:RS. Not having the local spelling of BLP for example is a guaranteed way to decrease quality of sources. I regularly de-PROD new BLPs, but usually let the Indian BLPs die, simply because without clear Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali or Hindi names it is usually impossible to even find sources, let alone assess then. Is everybody happy that the ban has resulted in an improvement in article reliablity and sourcing since it was implemented in Jan 2012? In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
I regularly de-PROD new BLPs, but usually let the Indian BLPs die, simply because without clear Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali or Hindi names it is usually impossible to even find sources
Please consider when adding 2011 census figures to an article, the preservation of the historical 2001 demographic data. They are of historical interest, and the 2001 data can even be integrated into the text to show the demographic changes over the decade. So, before you erase the 2001 population and demographic numbers on an article, give it a thought. Several editors have done a nice job with such integration. -- Bejnar ( talk) 21:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I've been asked to take on co-ordination of the project's Collaboration of the Month, which is more commonly referred to as INCOTM. Anyone can join in but for the purposes of notifying on individual's talk pages etc we have Wikipedia:INCOTM/Members, where you can add your name if you are interested. Similarly, if your name is there but you are no longer interested then you can remove it.
I'll give it a week or so for people to add or amend their details and then we'll open the doors for nominating articles that people want to propose for the next collaboration. - Sitush ( talk) 16:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Please see User talk:Nagarjuna198#Vishakhapatnam and please see his contribs for previous page moves. Thanks, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I just spot checked three at random:
I may be mistaken here, but this matter needs checking by people other than me. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:55, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I put together User:Anna Frodesiak/Yellow sandbox. It's not pretty but should be good for spot-checking items that don't have "(film)" at the end of the article name. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:50, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
<invited> Many moves of Nagarjuna seem to be done with speaker knowledge in mind..I mean naming the article by the way we speak it...this is not always true... All the 3 moves mentioned by Anna are wrong in my opinion. the h is necessary in all of the three... Thanks, Strike Σagle 12:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I think people like Kekamohan should come forward and look in to it. Nagarjuna198 ( talk) 22:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
This is requested to comment on the subject of the discussion and not on editors. Rationales supported by reliable sources will be appreciated. |
After comment of StrikeEagle we can think of moving back all/selected articles those User:Nagarjuna198 has recently moved! If they are interested they can start WP:RM. -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 13:26, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
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Nagarjuna 198 has been adding Indic scripts in articles ( example), anyway, I want to draw your attention towards this edit where his edit summary was ''((adding {{lang|te|సీతమ్మ వాకిట్లో సిరిమల్లె చెట్టు }} (''{{unicode|Sītamma Vākiṭlō'') as per RegentsPark suggestion on Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics 19:17, 6 May 2013)) -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 15:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone provide a citation of the fact that in 1956 the communist government in Kerala under E. M. S. Namboodiripad created the Malappuram district to secure Muslim votes. Solomon7968 ( talk) 22:35, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
A vast majority of [19] this article's submissions are in an Indian language. If someone would be able to check them, it'd be appreciated :)
gwickwire talk editing 02:08, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Could someone check and see if the recent edits to this article make sense. Thanks. -- regentspark ( comment) 20:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Last January someone tried to add some negative comment in Bhagavad Gita article with some Wikiversity source. At that time we found some anti-India Wikiversity content. Mostly defamatory content against India without explanation
I requested for deletion at Wikiversity. I also nominated the biographical article for deletion at Hindi Wikipedia (the English Wikipedia article has been deleted for notability reason and they have created articles in a bunch of other Wikipedias.
It is almost five months and nothing has been done yet, neither in Wikiversity, nor in Hindi Wikipedia. I asked an editor at Wikiversity, he somehow sent me to vote at his "request for custodianship".
Anyone knows proper channel? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 19:05, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Titto Dutta, Good Morning! I think you are referring to this http://www.webcitation.org/6DvYmztOX link. Please note that it is not the information about 'Bhagavad Gita' per say but about Bhagavad Gita/The 'Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita'. Now it is a book and they are writing about the content given in the book. So if one wants to take objection, they will have to take on the book.
I have read Bhagvat Gita and I find many verses very useful. Some people may have objection about some verses. What is the proper way if they have objections? I think writing is the best way to show your disagreement, which some people are doing. Now we can ignore it as there are many people in the world and they have right to express their opinions. I think that if we dont like some opinions, we should igore it. If we oppose it too much, we are in fact making the other opinion more popular! Thanks. -- Abhijeet Safai ( talk) 03:49, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
The article Kahaani is in FAC. Any comments will be highly valued.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 19:14, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a move to rename Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to improperly as Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, as if India can "annex" its own territory, which is laughable but a requested move has been opened and I hope some of you guys can take a look at it and leave their comments. Thanks -- Neelkamala ( talk) 05:21, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The following images of the article need attention. According to Wikimedia policy, an image should be free in both US and the image's own country. The following images don't have US tempolate. Please help adding relevant templates. Tito Dutta ( talk • contributions • email) 06:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
RM is to move Godhra train burning to a more suitable name, something like Godhra train carnage, Godhra train massacre, Godhra train violence. At present it seems as though the train was the main target, that's why the RM was proposed for clarity issues (Per WP:COMMONNAME "Ambiguous or inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources."). Mr T (Talk?) (New thread?) 11:07, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
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A discussion for moving Odisha related articles to "... Odisha" from "... Orissa", and to built clear consensus whether all related articles will henceforth use Odisha in the articles is taking place here. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion. Amartyabag TALK2ME 16:05, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the move. Hindustanilanguage ( talk) 06:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC).
I'd caution against going for a global RfC, as it is highly likely to get bogged down in wikiwars between different groups of nationalistic editors (can you imagine that the Serbs and Albanians are going to compromise on this? Never mind the Greeks and Turks, Ukrainians and Russians, or Azeris and Armenians.). The end result will be no decision one way or the other, but a hell of a lot of bad feeling along the way, which is likely to spread into other fields within Wikipedia.
I do understand the argument that someone who was born in what is now Mumbai only knew it as Bombay. However, we are not writing Wikipedia for that person (who may well be dead). We are writing for our current and future readers, many of whom are already too young to remember Bombay or Peking or Leningrad. When we are talking about less well-known places, I wonder how many of our readers (of whatever age) will be familiar with Ragusa, Puerto d'España or Prezla (a prize for anyone who can come up with the answer without looking them up!). It is far more useful to know that someone was born in Mumbai (which is, incidentally, the category we would place the article in), and, if they wish to know, they can then go and look up the article to find out what it was called at the time. The article on New York City quite rightly records that The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who sailed his ship La Dauphine into New York Harbor, where he spent one night aboard ship and sailed out the next day. If it said that he sailed into the waters around Nouvelle Angoulême, which is what he named it, even our French readers would be bewildered.
There will be instances where the former name still holds the common name in reliable current English sources. We still don't expect to see an article on the Black Hole of Kolkata (or to see mention of that in other articles), but they will be few and far between. Skinsmoke ( talk) 18:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Wrt to Russia, my point was that I have no idea whether there is a project consensus for naming geographic stuff but neither does it matter because that would carry no weight. Something written up in WP:MOS or another central guideline will carry more weight than anything said in a project, and something written up as a policy will carry more weight still.-- 2.219.218.79 ( talk) 18:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
A Did You Know (DYK) reviewer is needed for the article about actor Gurudas Banerjee, who frequently played Sri Ramakrishna. We've suggested that the proposed hook appear in the main page Did You Know section on February 18, Sri Ramakrishna's birthday. In order for that to happen, someone should review the nomination at least a few days before then, preferably earlier. The nomination can be found here: Template:Did you know nominations/Gurudas Banerjee. Instructions for DYK reviewing are HERE, and anyone can do it. Thank you in advance -- Presearch ( talk) 05:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
A discussion for whether the event is an ongoing event and whether the tense need to be changed to convey proper situation is taking place here. Thoughts and comments will be appreciated. Amartyabag TALK2ME 04:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
I somehow feel that article, Mica Kings is somekind of Hoax or very close to it. -- sarvajna ( talk) 11:09, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I've nominated a thoroughly revamped List of current Indian chief ministers as a featured-list candidate here. I look forward to your comments and criticisms.— indopug ( talk) 20:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
hai, this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TheRedPenOfDoom is deleting all the reviews from different articles . he is saying that nowrunning.com, indiaglitz.com etc are not proffessional reviewers and he is keeping only reviews which suites him. hopefully he is not an indian that may be the reason why he dont know nowrunning,indiglitz etc. what shall be done?? Vinayachandranlovedr ( talk) 13:49, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
all these are right in the case of bollywood/hollywood movies where there may be many reviews coming out but for malayalam movies we rely on many sites obnly and it is too hard to get the newspaper reviews. actually when these site reviews are getting deleted for no reasons malayali's are not getting any help out of malayalam movie wiki. Vinayachandranlovedr ( talk) 04:37, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
The Kerala State Central Library has made available a collection of rare old books online. There are 644 English books, many about the history of India and the Tranvancore State -- may be of use to us. utcursch | talk 13:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Trivandrum Central#Suggested move, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Tyrol5 [Talk] 03:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Anyone remembers/knows the name of the village in the film Mother India?-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 16:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
The etymology for the word man should include India since the root of the word has its origin in India (Manu). I believe this topic is of utmost importance. There have been white racists who wish to erase India's contribution and say that it is a proto indo-european root. However the belief in manu predates all european cutlure let alone the english language. The word man is probably the most significant word in the english language as it is included in human and woman as well. Please work together and make sure that India's contribution to the word is not removed entirely due to the desires of a few white racists. If the countries of England and Germany can be included in the etymology than surely India can as well.-- Velocityflux ( talk) 22:15, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm seeing http://www.onefivenine.com used as a reference more and more in India-related articles. What do you think of it? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:45, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Pondicherry (city) which relates to this project. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 08:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.180.137 ( talk)
Scarlett Keeling is up for deletion. Should it be added to this project? Regulars here may wish some input as well.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 14:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
...an article on Kolkata Surya Sen Street market fire accident where at least 20 people died ToI, LiveMint, The Hindu) Could someone go ahead and create a page on this mishap? I anticipate, in the course of time, will become a collaborative task! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 16:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
I have nominated the following articles for GA - can some reviewers please take up the review.
Reassessment
Some of the town articles are related and can be taken up in parallel. Thanks a lot in advance. Ssriram mt ( talk) 02:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Jatav has recently been boldly moved to Jatava. This may be a controversial action requiring use of WP:RM procedures. Discussion at Talk:Jatava#Recent_move_of_article. - Sitush ( talk) 20:31, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
If you are interested in the history of India circa 600 AD (chronicled most extensively in the Arab/Persian Chach Nama), you may be interested in helping improve Wikipedia's coverage of the subject. I have created a table at User:DCI2026/Chach Nama table that contains descriptive cells about articles of interest to this improvement project. dci | TALK 18:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Could someone from Wikimedia India contact Indian postal department and request the permit for Wikimedia to use image of their postal stamps? They have a gold mine. Feasible? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 21:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
File:John Murdoch, LL.D.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 04:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
I would like to write an article about women's role in India's massive agricultural sector. My preliminary research on Wikipedia revealed a very minimal discussion on this topic despite two substantive articles "Agriculture in India" and "Women in India." In the discussion of agriculture in India, it is necessary to recognize the importance of women farmers and agricultural laborers. According to 2011 statistics, women comprise about 33% of cultivators and about 47% percent of agricultural laborers <E. Krishna Rao></E. Krishna Rao>. Although men still make up most of the labor force, the share of women in the sector is growing rapidly, as the appeal of a commodity economy encourages migration of men to urban areas to work as rickshaw drivers, or take jobs in manufacturing, textiles and the like. As men leave, the responsibilities of family care, sustenance and often times, income generation, fall on women. About 70% of Indian women depend on agricultural work for their livelihood, according to 2010 statistics. Among more rural populations it is as high as 84% <C. Tara Satyavathi, Ch. Bharadwaj and P.S. Brahmanand></C. Tara Satyavathi, Ch. Bharadwaj and P.S. Brahmanand>. The disproportionately high number of women who depend on agricultural activity reveals a large and very vulnerable population, creating a social problem in India that must be discussed. I believe that the article "Agriculture in India" could be edited to include more information on women in the country's agricultural sector. However, considering the body of information I think it better to create a separate article. The new article will include a historical perspective, an overview of family structure and gender roles in India's more rural and sustenance based populations. I will use Boserup's study of women in agriculture as one perspective on the feminization of agriculture in India and would like to determine whether this is due to larger economic trends or a cultural shift to gendered agricultural work. I would like to research the sharecropping system and land ownership in India and how that influences access to land. I will study the extraneous factors such as the limitations of agricultural growth in India, how global climate change will impact the nation's weather patterns, and the impacts trade liberalization and the India-EU Free Trade Agreement on women. The article will conclude with examples and methodologies for grass roots female empowerment in India's agricultural sector. I plan on including women's cooperatives and educational programs, the All India Federation of Women Working in Agriculture (AIFWWA) and the Youth for Action and Socio Economic Development Trust. On a larger scale I would like to understand how government and state institutions are recognizing the feminization of labor and what, if any, support structures are created for women agricultural laborers? Additionally, what types of rural local governments or organizations provide resources for women to organize? I would greatly appreciate recommendations on how I may expand my perspectives. What are some other factors, authors or research I should explore? Thank you Alev.bilginsoy
The current discussion of female health issues lacks sufficient detail and could use further explanation. Under the Healthcare in India page there is only a small subsection devoted to the discussion on the unique aspects of female health in India. A change in the current title from "Female health issues" to "Women's health in India" would also help to broaden the discussion on the unique aspects that should be covered under the subtopic. As part of a classroom assignment, I propose additional discussion on nutritional, cardiovascular, and reproductive health. Furthermore, the expanded discussion would include statistics on current disparities and give reason--cultural, biological, and economical--for differences in healthcare outcomes between men and women. The expansion of this page will help to broaden the discussion on health care within India and also point out key differences on the healthcare attainment of men and women. Are there any other forms of healthcare outcomes that should be included in the expanded discussion? Should subtopics of reproductive health (sexual health, abortions, maternal health and breast health) be given individual sub-sections or grouped together under the umbrella term of sexual health? What are the relevant governmental programs that have been implemented in the last few years that directly pertain to women's health? Any feedback is much appreciated. Jasdeepsgill ( talk) 06:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone, ny name is Reilly Solis and I'm a student at Rice University planning to revise and add sections to the article Domestic violence in India as part of a Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class assignment. As gender violence has become one of the world’s most common human rights abuses – and as India has become one of the most visible countries in the world for such abuses – I believe that improving upon the existing Domestic Violence in India Wikipedia page is both justified and necessary. An important aspect of my revision to the existing article, just to predicate my revisions, will be focusing on differences in domestic violence across regions (for example, Kerala is a much more progressive state with significantly lower rates of domestic violence than most northern states such as Uttar Pradesh), religions, culture, caste, education attainment level and socioeconomic status. My revisions to this article would focus on and somewhat combine the subcategories of violence (physical and emotional) against women and sexual harassment, as these are important aspects of domestic violence that certainly deserve more attention than the existing article on such an issue. Additionally, issues of domestic violence itself (including differences across several regional, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds) warrant greater attention as an important facet of sexism and gender discrimination in a country with 17% of the world’s population. I plan to first and foremost provide a more comprehensive picture of the history of domestic violence in India in the context of more general gender discrimination, as well as resulting effects on women’s agency and health throughout the country. I would also, as mentioned earlier, place high importance on addressing differences throughout the country in types and rates of domestic violence, which existing articles on the issue fail to do. After all, India is an incredibly diverse nation with important differences between regions, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. Another way I’d improve upon the Domestic Violence in India article to bring it to an improved status would be to provide a much more comprehensive overview of efforts to realistically combat domestic violence in India from an unbiased point of view. These efforts include social movements, legislation and actions from NGOs. I believe their inclusion would definitely add much more substance to the article. An important part of this – as well as of all parts of my revisions and contributions – is the fact that my work must be unbiased. This is certainly a controversial subject even among women in India, as according to a recent report by Unicef found that about 50% of Indian women believe that wife beating is justified. It was also found that girls between the ages of 15-19 generally held the same views as women in the 45-49 age group, a particularly disturbing statistic that demonstrates the need for change in a country where the prevalence of domestic violence seems to be perpetual and its continuance indefinite. To reiterate, though, my work must be unbiased. I will approach the article in an objective, comprehensive manner that, coupled obviously with substantive information on the various aspects of and differences in domestic violence throughout India, will hopefully raise the article up from but a Start-Class Wikipedia article to at least a C- or B-Class, Good, or Featured one. The sources I plan to use for these revisions and contributions will all be scholarly works, many of which I have already read through as assignments for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class. They will come from a variety of organizations, including governmental, academic, and non-governmental institutions (such as think-tanks, etc.). I plan to draw from a range of sources in order to keep my contributions unbiased and objective in my endeavor to further explore this topic and to provide a comprehensive background of it. One of the most effective ways to confront an issue such as domestic violence (in this case, in India) is to simply provide information the public with comprehensive, sufficiently detailed information on the issue. This, simply put, is what I hope to do.
Reillysolis ( talk) 20:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Please keep Wharton India Economic Forum on your watchlist for the next few days. The article has seen several POV edits after the decision to drop Narendra Modi as the keynote speaker. A PTI news report mentioning these edits has been published by several media outlets including The Hindu Business Line, Economic times, Outlook, Zee News, Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle.
“ | Meanwhile, in a related development, the Wikipedia page of the Wharton India Economic Forum today appeared to have been compromised as the language written explaining it and the annual event was far below its standard, one-sided and seen to be “angry” at the Wharton’s decision on Modi. Wikipedia’s press office did not respond to an email seeking clarification on its content. | ” |
utcursch | talk 20:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Can the article Pearl Academy of Fashion be improved, or would euthanasia be the kindest approach? -- Hoary ( talk) 05:33, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
This post is regarding the deliberate edit war started by user "PremKudva" sometime back on " Indian Rupee Sign" and " Indian Rupee" pages in controversy section.
User deliberately removing the authentic factual information including Delhi High Court judgment link from the pages.
Down below are the authentic news links:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-seeks-mha-reply-on-selection-of-logos/941570/
http://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-9915655.html
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 [Delhi High Court Judgement]
http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2012/10/rupee-symbol-delhi-high-court-granted.html
http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2011/06/delhi-high-court-allows-rti-activist-to.html
In good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia my request is to please take necessary action so that truth can be protected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 12:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
I can't believe you just said "Just because something can be verified in reliable sources does not necessarily mean it belongs in a Wikipedia article". I have strong objection here as in other words you are saying we have to be selective and politically correct here on Wikipedia. Secondly you said "all of those court cases don't actually have anything to do with the sign itself" please read the news report which clearly talks about rupee sign http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Info2012 ( talk) 10:43, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Delhi High Court judgement direct link :
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2012 ( talk • contribs) 16:15, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Info2012 ( talk) 16:22, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Will someone review 115.248.12.18 ( talk · contribs)'s edits and let me know on my talk page if there's a problem with them. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:44, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
I am requesting a review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Durga Prasad Kachroo (new submission) from a notability perspective and from a reliable-source perspective. Please add {{afc comment|1=your comments}} below the last "afc comment" and above the article text, or just reply here if that's easier for you. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 02:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Can someone write the name Birendra Nath Dutta in Assamese script or better help to find out 2-3 reliable sources from Assamese language newspapers? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 02:58, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
The "Women & gender issues" Task Force needs someone to provide leadership, coordination and tender loving care! Looking for a volunteer! AshLin ( talk) 14:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Does any one have a Nargis image (by self, or the author has released in wiki acceptable licenses) or painting (by self) that can added to Mother India, currently at FAC? All currently uploaded images of Nargis can not be used due to URAA. See Wikipedia:Non-U.S._copyrights#endnote_tab_india. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:14, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
I have made a proposal to merge Category:1865 establishments in Pakistan to Category:1865 establishments in India. I have set out the arguments, from usage at the time to the fact that even the word Pakistan was not coined for another 68 years in the nomination. Comments on the issue would be greatly appreciated. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 01:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
FYI, there's a notice at WT:SPACEFLIGHT for someone proposing a WikiProject to cover Indian space. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 02:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Do we have an article on the Swiss tourist rape in India? -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 23:46, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Could someone please change that? Bharata is the Sanskrutam,original, name of India. Bharat is the Hindi (and a small group of other languages) version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.147.224.225 ( talk) 15:46, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
I just found two articles on websites, that are orphaned that may need help: Pepperfry.com and gozoop.com. Simply south.... .. catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 17:46, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Mount Elizabeth Hospital seems rather short article. Since several prominent people from outside of Singapore have died there (ie. President Zillur Rahman, 2012 Delhi gang rape victim), I assume this is a major medical center of advanced techniques in the region. As such, it should really have a longer article. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 01:02, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Are the " 52 Hukams of Guru Gobind Singh" authentic? I couldn't find any authoritative source which states that these were given by the Guru himself. Google leads to some forum discussions which question the authenticity of these "52 hukams", pointing out that the language used is modern Punjabi which was not prevalent around 1700 CE. Can anyone please confirm the authenticity? utcursch | talk 02:27, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Is there any guidance on how to name Indian people in the body of articles? We have MOS:IDENTITY but I think I've also seen something somewhere about use of patronymics etc. Generally speaking, we seem to treat the last name of an Indian person as if it were a westerner's surname and to refer to them as such after the first mention in the body, unless to do so would cause confusion. - Sitush ( talk) 20:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Nellikunnu Muhyaddin Juma Masjid needs some local sources. Probably a Malayali speaker is needed In ictu oculi ( talk) 11:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Does anyone fancy copyediting Maithil Brahmin#Organisation. Like many articles concerning Brahmin communities, this is just gibberish to non-Indians. - Sitush ( talk) 08:47, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Why is there not a single line in Kashmiri Pandit article about the eruption of armed rebellion ensuing Islamic insurgency of 1989 which has specifically targeted the Kashmiri Pandits minority in recent times and violated their human rights repeatedly? [5] Nothing whatsoever about the scores of onslaughts and human rights violations by Pakistan-backed militants, why? According to a resolution passed by the United States Congress in 2006, Islamic terrorists infiltrated the region in 1989 and since then nearly 400,000 Pandits were either murdered or forced to leave their ancestral homes.(ref: "Pallone introduces resolution condemning human rights violations against kashmiri pandits" if that doesn't work follow → [6])
They got "trained and armed" by the ISI. Ethnic cleansing continued till a vast majority of the Kashmiri Pandits were evicted out of the valley after having suffered many acts of violence, e.g. sexual assault on women, arson, torture, extortion of property etc.(
[7] & "Encyclopedia of human rights" p. 306
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"Many of the 250,000 refugee Kashmiri Pandits have been living in pitiable conditions in Jammu". [8]
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link)file:S6001271.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 05:24, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
It will be 100 years since Raja Harishchandra released on 3 May this year. There have been discussions what the TFA (Today's featured article) on that day. Since Mother India passed FAC today, I, along with behalf of my fellow nominators User:Dwaipayanc and User:Dr. Blofeld propose to have it as TFA on this day. Thoughts... -- Redtigerxyz Talk 17:08, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi all. I've been thinking; next year is the 16th general elections, and I reckon a lot of people will be going online to figure out who they want to vote. Considering how simplistic, partisan and/or non-comprehensive most online sources are about our national leaders and parties, I feel Wikipedia can be an excellent, NPOV resource for provide prospective voters to make an informed decision.
With this in mind, a few questions/discussion-items:
Looking forward to hear what you think, and further ideas and suggestions as well.— indopug ( talk) 16:23, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
have been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 00:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
The Indian collaboration of the month project is lying idle for the last 5-6 months. The interested editors who are willing to take up collaborative improvement of articles related to India are requested to give their consent/support below. Amartyabag TALK2ME 09:08, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Once again facing disruptive edits, this time by User:Mrwikidor. The user is serially nominating articles one after one for deletion, without initiating any discussion in the talk pages. Further, the user is blanking out properly referenced portions of articles without any discussion. Most importantly the user has resorted to personal attacks. Please take cognizance. BengaliHindu ( talk) 12:36, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
IMO, this is not the most appropriate noticeboard to discuss this. Probably it should be taken to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard or related "User" noticeboards. Redtigerxyz Talk 14:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any requirement that a mahasabha claiming to represent a community has to register itself with regional or union government? There is a long-running series of discussions at Talk:Ezhava, among which was this comment. The mahabsabha in question - details of which were added to the article by someone else who is on the same "side" in the discussion as the poster of that message - has been reported in newspapers, including The Hindu. I am aware that there is some sort of system for registering political parties, although I am vague about whether mahasabhas are always the same as political parties and also regarding the extent to which registering such parties matters anyway. - Sitush ( talk) 07:39, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
file:Report on the Settlement of the Bareilly District By S M Moens, North-Western Provinces Government 1874.pdf has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 15:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I've started the new article Nimpith. Sources are difficult to find, and I welcome members of this project to help improve the article, if anyone is interested. Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the links. I don't speak Bengali, so I used Google Translate to read this (that you provided above). Perhaps information from this source could somehow be used in a new infrastructure section of the Nimpith article about roads. Also, I've added this to the article in External links:
Regarding the message you left on my talk page about requesting donations of images from this person, I don't use email much using Wikipedia, so I'm not the best person to attempt to accomplish this. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Is this our IRC #wikimedia-in channel? Seems mostly inactive! Is it for editors only or Wikimedia In workers too? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 08:19, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
An attempt to create a section on Infrastructure is under way for India article. A draft is being made in this sandbox. Please participate there, edit, and also suggest changes. Since it is a sandbox, you can add whatever you want in whatever way. One does not need to maintain sfn reference style, just add references. At the end, when consensus develops, we'll make references consistent in style.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 13:33, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any way of requesting an assessment of quality of an article.-- Vigyani ( talk) 16:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
There is quite a racket going on at Ezhava, can someone step in to prevent a slaughter of the dummies? Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 10:34, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Sorry §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ Please consider involving in the discussion, as you are a veteran with more experience in wikipedia. irajeevwiki talk 04:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
someone moved page 1984 anti-Sikh riots to 1984 Sikh genocide, but has not moved associated talk page. A new talk page is created at new article, so the old talk page can not be moved without deleting new talk page. Can any admin fix this problem. -- Vigyani ( talk) 01:17, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
What's the convention. There were a bunch of these. Let me know how it should be and I'll fix them up and advise the editor. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 01:51, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm still confused. What's the bottom line now? Should I remove these and let the editor know, or what should I do? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:56, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Kurauni is a new article about a village in India (created by another user). Posting here if anyone is interested in improving it, adding sources, etc. Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi All. It is very unfortunate that no admins from wiki india patrolling Ezhava, Nair and Sikh articles in wikipedia as they are getting vandalised by western editors. They referring old and untrustworthy books and changing the articles content. There are many issues with articles neutrality. Happened to see these articles a few months ago and as per Wiki rules tried to talk in the talk page but a stubborn editor is reluctant to make any changes even though reliable source books have been produced to prove that article's content having serious issues.
POV Tag has been taken off from the article without even a consensus in the talk page
Nair has been categorised as "Shudra" caste which is wrong and many contributors brought up this issue, but no use. Ezhava having so much other issues.
I think indians have got right than anyone else to protect our castes and culture as wikipedia is the primary source of knowledge for many people. I request to all admins in this talk board to have a look the communication in Ezhava Nair and Sikh. Nair, Sikh, Ezhava wiki pages are India/Kerala/Punjab related and we should involve and do something now.
Above mentioned editor is a veteran and no other admins are ready to take any action. We must action now or it will be too late to do something. Admins who are only ready to listen above mentioned editors words and these admins blocking all the other contributors who have a different opinion in the talk page.
My account was blocked for 3 days recently for questioning an admins actions. Its controversial for western admins because they dont know anything about indian castes and cultures, I believe it is not at all controversial for indian editors or admins who know the culture and system here. If you look my talk page or ezhava / nair talk page, you can understand the situation.
Sources i have supplied and recognised by WP:RSN [ [14]] but its been rejected by other admins. This is one of many reliable sources supplied.
My complaint against admin but they taken action against me. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=548546907#Boing.21_said_Zebedee
Since these article contents closely related to India, I wonder why they been controlled / patrolled by western admins. Why admins from (Kerala / India) cant involve in this. Hopeless here and dont know what to do. I DONT KNOW I WILL GET BLOCKED / BANNED FOR TALKING THIS HERE irajeevwiki talk 04:25, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
rangan-datta.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Does anyone know who is Rangan Datta (I don't, don't ponder on my surname)? A bunch of external links from his site is added in Wikipedia. I feel, this is just a personal site and such EL should not be added! Any opinion? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 20:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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talk) 09:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dnyanesh Maharao is ready for review but I need help. As many of the references are not in English and I am not familiar with the person, I do not know if he meets Wikipedia's notability requirements. Also, the non-English references need to have snippets translated to back up what is said in the text of the submission. Please help. You can add {{afc comment|your comment here}} below the existing AFC comments to let the reviewers know if this person is notable or to offer suggestions to the author to improve the article. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 01:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Reuesting content contribution to article User:Mahitgar/Religious harmony in India. Thanks you.
Mahitgar ( talk) 06:08, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
None of our articles that refer to the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery seem quite to fit the bill when it comes to describing what the LMS qualification was (is?) in the context of India. Can anyone fill this gap and perhaps add it to the LMS disambig article? I'm doing some reading to develop an article and a link for this would be handy. In case of regional differences, the article concerns the award as given by Madras Medical College. - Sitush ( talk) 10:09, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
There is constant vandalism and blanking of sections...etc......done at Nirmal Baba article. Page protection was denied. There are several single purpose accounts,( which may be socks ) created to keep the vandalism alive. See Nirmal Baba - History - someone even blanked the page once and none of them have been blocked or given final warnings.
Can someone look over the page, please?? Jethwarp ( talk) 09:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, the above FLC is in danger of being archived due to a lack of response. Comments, bouquets and brickbats are all welcome there. Thanks!— indopug ( talk) 19:13, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, With all reliable sources and Neutrality, Kinldy arrive at conclusion on the Religion of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam taking into consideration his birth, brought up, confessions, speeches and every other possibilities. or if possible, someone please post this question to Dr.Kalam himself through his site to have more concrete answer. But arriving at actual fact is much important here. Wasif ( talk) 11:04, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Please check out this article, may be there is an edit war in the making or about to start.-- Vyom25 ( talk) 11:32, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
A draft is being discussed at WT:Articles for creation#A probably notable subject but the writing is not up to standard. It appears to probably be notable, but because of the language of most of the cited sources, the reviewers who have looked at it so far are unable to determine if it does pass WP:Notability. Another issue is the quality of the English of the draft article itself. It would be apreciated if someone who can read the language of the references, and if it is worth keeping, could help the draft writer improve the article text. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 17:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at this new article Buddhist Jat, I don't know much about Buddhism, but since there is already an article about Buddhism, I am not sure this new article Buddhist Jat makes any sense. -- Vigyani ( talk) 00:57, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Do we have an article concerning avakasam but under some different transliteration? I've just seen a source that refers to it as a "caste-specific right" but need to read around the idea a bit more. It sounds as if it may be referring to the notion of castes having traditional occupations. - Sitush ( talk) 14:38, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there an article dedicated to Colonial English Racism practiced , such as for example upon the Anglo Indians . I would like to contribute some content which I found on this subject for instance in the book Marginality and Identity: Anglo-Indians as a Racially-mixed Minority in India By Gist, Noel Pitts, Roy Dean Wright .This is a vast subject but woefully neglected and deserves its own article Intothefire ( talk) 12:16, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
To much talk Intothefire - time to leap in and get moving! I think there is general agreement that an article on Racism in British India is a workable proposition so I suggest throwing something together and worrying about what terms will get thrown around later. -- regentspark ( comment) 14:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Give it a rest guys. Intothefire, if you want to write an article, stop talking and go ahead and do it. I think it a good idea to write a Racism in British India article but have no intention of doing it myself. Sitush has other stuff to do so stop needling him needlessly. Sitush, my suggestion is that you ignore intothefire. If he really wants to write an article, he'll go ahead and do it. If all this is mere trolling, then no sense in feeding it. -- regentspark ( comment) 19:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
There is clear consensus to create "Racism in British India". That's a great step forward. I will create the article, a stub to start with. If the article survives and expands, it will be a great leap forward. Susesisa ( talk) 08:50, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The article about this sport needs more active and interested/knowledgeable editors keeping an eye on it. This vandalism to the page lasted for over a month. I would help out, but my watchlist is already overflowing, and I don't know anything at all about this topic. Graham 87 11:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Mother India in all likelihood is going to be featured on the main page on 3 May 2013. Do we have any featured list that may be featured on that day? National Film Award for Best Actress received featured status recently. Any other contenders? The main contributor can request for main page appearance, this is the place for specific date request for FLs. Also, some articles are being readied for DYK appearance (by Redtigerxyz, Nvvchar and others). Please provide some update here, if available.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 02:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
We are planning at least 2 more DYKs. Raja Harishchandra in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 3. Any featured picture? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:33, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
The latest FLC Satyajit Ray filmography has been nominated for the main page appearance on 6th May here. Please put your comments. - Vivvt ( Talk) 18:18, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Please put your comments at the FLC. Though there are 4 supports, the final decision is yet to be made. If the list gets promoted, I am looking forward to put this for centenary celebration on 3rd May as Ray is internationally known figure from India. With less time in hand, I would appreciate any kind of feedback. - Vivvt ( Talk) 16:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Pran wins the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012. In the news nomination for your support. §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ { T/ C} 12:47, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Anyone know how I can get a copy of an article from behind the paywall of the Times of India epaper? -- regentspark ( comment) 21:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Guys, stay ahead of the times.— indopug ( talk) 04:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
The article on the Comunidades of Goa, Comunidade, was formerly a controversial article, and ended up being undeveloped. I have made a stab at a partial rewrite with citations to reliable sources, and tried to keep it neutral. The article was formerly tagged as having a non-encyclopedic tone, I hope my rewrite is adequately encyclopedic in tone. Anyway, if any of you could give it a look and, where improvement is necessary, either do it or request it on its talk page, I'd appreciate it. I've also suggested a move to Comunidades of Goa on that talk page. Thanks. -- Bejnar ( talk) 03:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
The article Tripura is a featured article candidate. The FAC is here. All comments are welcome. Thanks.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 15:45, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Sholay is in peer review.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 06:58, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Abhishek191288 tells me that the prohibition at WP:INDICSCRIPT should apply not only to the lead sentence but also to infoboxes. I disagree. There is a place in the settlement infobox for native names, and it seems appropriate to place the native script there. Comments pro or con? -- Bejnar ( talk) 07:16, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
|native_name=
was added to (and is used in) this and other infoboxes specifically for this purpose. further,
WP:INDICSCRIPT is a project guideline and thus has the status of an
essay, not a policy.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 09:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Abhishek is spot on with their analysis of the infobox situation: nice to see someone who understands the bigger picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sitush ( talk • contribs) 04:19, 16 April 2013 ( IST)
There is a discussion on the number of Hindi speakers at Talk:Hindi#New_section_-_Demographics that needs a fresh look. -- regentspark ( comment) 14:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
There was a lot of hype about the Patna Marathon in late 2011/early 2012 - just Google it for evidence. The event was postponed from 19 February 2012 to 26 February, and then cancelled with a vague promise that it would take place in the second half of the year. As far as I can make out, it never did take place in 2012, the event website was not updated and there are accusations on (unreliable) web forums/blogs etc that the whole thing was some sort of scam. However, I've found a video that seems to come from last month and refers to a "ruckus" at the Patna marathon - see here. I've no idea what language the video uses, nor could I hear it even if I could understand it. Can anyone make sense of this situation? If not then it would seem that we may have a classic instance of why WP:CRYSTAL exists and the article should be deleted. - Sitush ( talk) 17:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
A discussion related to legislative title (in relation with Indian statutes) is taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Article_titles#Legislative_acts. Interested persons are requested to join the discussion there. Amartyabag TALK2ME 02:59, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Now that we've had another discussion Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics#Indic scripts in lead, can we have WP:INDICSCRIPT updated? Should WP:INDICSCRIPT mention infoboxes? Maybe it should just say no more than one indic script in the lead. Right now the text of WP:INDICSCRIPT seems to have misled people, and becausee of the disparate opinions, the reference to the discussion is not all that helpful. My proposal is for it to read:
How does that sound? I'd appreciate it if comments could be limited to the merits and demerits of the proposal and not return to the previous discussions. -- Bejnar ( talk) 23:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
A discussion about possibly splitting the Courtallam article about a place or places in Tenkasi taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu has been initiated on its talk page. Also, the article itself is possibly in need of a rewrite due to WP:NOTTRAVEL. -- Bejnar ( talk) 20:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
What is the situation with this template? Does it have equal status with "This article uses British English" template and American Australian templates? Any reason why it doesn't seem to be being used much? In ictu oculi ( talk) 00:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Can someone please take time to look at Mullanchery M Velaian and, in particular, check that the statements made there are in fact supported by the Dinamani sources. Ta. - Sitush ( talk) 16:53, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi..All.. Should title Chaudhary be used in the title in biographies according to WP:COMMONNAME or should it not be used due to MOS:HONORIFIC, e.g. Chaudhary Lal Singh's official name is Lal Singh-- Vigyani ( talk) 07:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
I would like to draw the attention of the regular users of this board to the 'criticism' section of this article. I have filed an RfC regarding this section that aims to gain consensus on the validity of this section, particularly in the light of wikipedia policies concerning criticism sections. Generous commentary on that page is invited. Handyunits ( talk) 09:39, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi all, a debate is going on at Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Saradha_Group_financial_scandal to decide if the article on Saradha Group financial scandal should be featured at ITN. Pls have a look and if you want pls do participate in the discussion. LegalEagle ( talk) 08:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
A very new Wikipedia editor Coolgama ( talk · contribs) has:
I've moved this one article, and fixed a hatnote for it, but the same has been done for many other "xxx Peth" articles.
I came across some of the "xxx Peth,Pune" articles while stub-sorting, and sorted them.
Not all the Peths had existing articles - for some, like Sadashiv Peth,Pune, a new stub article has been created but with nothing at Sadashiv Peth (neither a redirect nor an article with a hatnote).
There are a lot of links from {{ Pune topics}} which will need to be fixed to point to the various articles - now either redlinks or pointing to the generic articles.
I don't know whether these localities are notable, whether the places in Pune are primary topics, etc, but some cleaning up seems needed. I've left a note on the editor's talkpage. Pam D 13:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Could anyone help to expand this table User:Titodutta/sandbox1? You can find the list of the stories in the article Feluda. And I can help with resources too! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 06:14, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi all! This is a re-notification that the article Tripura is a current featured article candidate. All comments, criticism, suggestion are greatly welcome. Thanks,-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 15:17, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
I have no idea if Pearson Education India is connected to Routledge but this, published in 2007, is a direct copy of this, which was originally published in 1995. I've often had doubts about PEI stuff but this is the first time I have found clear evidence of apparent copyright violation (I've never had time to dig into it but various passages in various books "rang bells" and I just happened on this example). We need perhaps to be careful. - Sitush ( talk) 17:21, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
For a long time now, I have been facing trouble to find Indian newspaper articles in news.google.com. I have just created this specially customized search page. Tests not done still! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 15:45, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
It would be of great help to me. Thanks. - Chandan Guha ( talk) 14:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Asking about whether the article on the prominent and controversial Indian Hindu nationalist politican Narendra is currently neutral. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 21:41, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
I have got an email accusing few editors of Wikipedia and how Wikipedia is biased towards India. The email contained a link of a Google Group. I have a doubt he has sent emails to other Indian Wikipedians too! Anyone else got such email? User:Jalexander is handling it! -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 16:49, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
New article I wrote, having noted that we had no single article covering this important piece of legislation which legally defined Sikhism and turned control of historic gurudwaras over to mainline Sikhs. Also Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1971. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 21:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
BTW, I'd be surprised if the Punjab Reorganization Act was spelled thus. I'm fairly sure that Indian legal terminology of that period would have used Brit English spelling. But I know nowt. - Sitush ( talk) 23:27, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Ah, the refs I first ran across on gBooks were from US publishers, who (oddly) "translate" the name to the -z- spelling. But good catch. For anyone else keen on India legal articles, I did also recently write Murderous Outrages Regulation. Catchy name, and refers to a series of interesting legal acts in the late-19th C. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 20:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Do you think Sanjay_Dutt#Illegal_possession_of_arms needs a separate article? There are too many event to sum up in one article. Although I am a regular WikiReader, I am facing trouble to follow that section— first arrest, imprisonment, release, trial, again arrest, bail, recent judgement, mercy plea, rejection — all in one section. -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 09:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Consider varna, kur, kula, gotra, kootam, tribe, clan and other group-defining terms found in India. I worry that we do not seem to have an article that really presents the distinctions and/or similarities between all of these various social/religious units and also that we may be spreading confusion at individual article level. For example, there is an unsourced claim in Gotra that there are 49 such things in Hinduism, but I am pretty sure that we have far more articles claiming this or that name to be a gotra. And I'm now not even sure whether a tribe is a clan in anthropology: if not, then it opens a whole can of worms, in particular with regard to categories.
I've found this chapter in a book that might go some way towards resolving some of the issues but I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me to an existing article that deals with all these terms or to potential sources that might enable me to create one. My suspicion is that this is a big project but if such an article does not already exist then I really do think that we need it. Thanks. - Sitush ( talk) 06:46, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a discussion regarding merging List of songs sung by Shreya Ghoshal into Shreya Ghoshal discography, you can take part in the discussion here. Thanks. Tolly 4 bolly 18:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a Request for Comment on the Narendra Modi article, relating to coverage of the 2002 Gujarat violence. The RfC can be found at Talk:Narendra_Modi#RFC:_.282002_violence.29_What_would_the_section_ideally_contain.3F and is not the one mentioned here a few days ago. - Sitush ( talk) 18:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Jindhagada Peak is listed as the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats and Andhra Pradesh. The reliable sources (such as various books and government websites [16] [17]) state that the highest peak in the Andhra is Mahendragiri, which lies on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is Deomali. This version of the article states that the Jindhagada peak was discovered in 2011. But I can't find any reliable source (news report from 2011, book or journal) that supports this claim.
The claim was added to the article List of Indian states and territories by highest point by Venkatananta ( talk · contribs) in April 2011. Subsequently, User:Tatiraju.rishabh, apparently in an attempt to convert all the red links into articles, created an article on the peak in May 2011 without any reliable sources. User:Venkatananta then went on to claim that the peak was discovered by him in 2011.
A Google search for this peak results in sites affiliated to Venkatananta's treeking group, Wikipedia mirror sites or other sites that crawl Wikipedia categories to build SEO-optimized pages. I could find only one decent source that mentions the name of this peak ( Deccan Herald) -- it merely says "The peaks of Jindhagada and Galikonda are in the vicinity of Araku". There is a good chance that this 2013 article is based on information from Wikipedia (journalists often do that).
Any thoughts? Is there any evidence that this is the highest peak in Andhra/Eastern Ghats? Or that this isn't made up? utcursch | talk 01:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
I have marked this for deletion. Notifying you all here. Rishabh Tatiraju ( talk) 14:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jindhagada Peak is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jindhagada Peak 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.
Our article concerning what the title called Hada Chauhan has been moved to Hara Chauhan on the basis that the former title was a mistransliteration. I queried this with WQUlrich, who made the move. The outcome is this thread, the gist of which is that the "mistransliteration" rationale was based on a reading of our article concerning Devangari script. I'm lost here and it looks like WQUlrich may also be no entirely certain. Basically, there are two issues:
Can someone confirm what the title should be, please? THe script should be removed, obviously, but right now it is a part of the crux of the problem, - Sitush ( talk) 00:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I've just been made aware by good Tito D of the WP:India ban on giving Hindi etc. script. Here etc. preventing a lead such as normal with Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, articles.
This would seem to me to be out of line with WP:RS. Not having the local spelling of BLP for example is a guaranteed way to decrease quality of sources. I regularly de-PROD new BLPs, but usually let the Indian BLPs die, simply because without clear Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali or Hindi names it is usually impossible to even find sources, let alone assess then. Is everybody happy that the ban has resulted in an improvement in article reliablity and sourcing since it was implemented in Jan 2012? In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
I regularly de-PROD new BLPs, but usually let the Indian BLPs die, simply because without clear Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali or Hindi names it is usually impossible to even find sources
Please consider when adding 2011 census figures to an article, the preservation of the historical 2001 demographic data. They are of historical interest, and the 2001 data can even be integrated into the text to show the demographic changes over the decade. So, before you erase the 2001 population and demographic numbers on an article, give it a thought. Several editors have done a nice job with such integration. -- Bejnar ( talk) 21:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I've been asked to take on co-ordination of the project's Collaboration of the Month, which is more commonly referred to as INCOTM. Anyone can join in but for the purposes of notifying on individual's talk pages etc we have Wikipedia:INCOTM/Members, where you can add your name if you are interested. Similarly, if your name is there but you are no longer interested then you can remove it.
I'll give it a week or so for people to add or amend their details and then we'll open the doors for nominating articles that people want to propose for the next collaboration. - Sitush ( talk) 16:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Please see User talk:Nagarjuna198#Vishakhapatnam and please see his contribs for previous page moves. Thanks, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I just spot checked three at random:
I may be mistaken here, but this matter needs checking by people other than me. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:55, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I put together User:Anna Frodesiak/Yellow sandbox. It's not pretty but should be good for spot-checking items that don't have "(film)" at the end of the article name. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:50, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
<invited> Many moves of Nagarjuna seem to be done with speaker knowledge in mind..I mean naming the article by the way we speak it...this is not always true... All the 3 moves mentioned by Anna are wrong in my opinion. the h is necessary in all of the three... Thanks, Strike Σagle 12:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I think people like Kekamohan should come forward and look in to it. Nagarjuna198 ( talk) 22:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
This is requested to comment on the subject of the discussion and not on editors. Rationales supported by reliable sources will be appreciated. |
After comment of StrikeEagle we can think of moving back all/selected articles those User:Nagarjuna198 has recently moved! If they are interested they can start WP:RM. -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 13:26, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
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Nagarjuna 198 has been adding Indic scripts in articles ( example), anyway, I want to draw your attention towards this edit where his edit summary was ''((adding {{lang|te|సీతమ్మ వాకిట్లో సిరిమల్లె చెట్టు }} (''{{unicode|Sītamma Vākiṭlō'') as per RegentsPark suggestion on Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics 19:17, 6 May 2013)) -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 15:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone provide a citation of the fact that in 1956 the communist government in Kerala under E. M. S. Namboodiripad created the Malappuram district to secure Muslim votes. Solomon7968 ( talk) 22:35, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
A vast majority of [19] this article's submissions are in an Indian language. If someone would be able to check them, it'd be appreciated :)
gwickwire talk editing 02:08, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Could someone check and see if the recent edits to this article make sense. Thanks. -- regentspark ( comment) 20:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Last January someone tried to add some negative comment in Bhagavad Gita article with some Wikiversity source. At that time we found some anti-India Wikiversity content. Mostly defamatory content against India without explanation
I requested for deletion at Wikiversity. I also nominated the biographical article for deletion at Hindi Wikipedia (the English Wikipedia article has been deleted for notability reason and they have created articles in a bunch of other Wikipedias.
It is almost five months and nothing has been done yet, neither in Wikiversity, nor in Hindi Wikipedia. I asked an editor at Wikiversity, he somehow sent me to vote at his "request for custodianship".
Anyone knows proper channel? -- Tito Dutta ( contact) 19:05, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Titto Dutta, Good Morning! I think you are referring to this http://www.webcitation.org/6DvYmztOX link. Please note that it is not the information about 'Bhagavad Gita' per say but about Bhagavad Gita/The 'Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita'. Now it is a book and they are writing about the content given in the book. So if one wants to take objection, they will have to take on the book.
I have read Bhagvat Gita and I find many verses very useful. Some people may have objection about some verses. What is the proper way if they have objections? I think writing is the best way to show your disagreement, which some people are doing. Now we can ignore it as there are many people in the world and they have right to express their opinions. I think that if we dont like some opinions, we should igore it. If we oppose it too much, we are in fact making the other opinion more popular! Thanks. -- Abhijeet Safai ( talk) 03:49, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
The article Kahaani is in FAC. Any comments will be highly valued.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 19:14, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
There is a move to rename Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to improperly as Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, as if India can "annex" its own territory, which is laughable but a requested move has been opened and I hope some of you guys can take a look at it and leave their comments. Thanks -- Neelkamala ( talk) 05:21, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The following images of the article need attention. According to Wikimedia policy, an image should be free in both US and the image's own country. The following images don't have US tempolate. Please help adding relevant templates. Tito Dutta ( talk • contributions • email) 06:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
RM is to move Godhra train burning to a more suitable name, something like Godhra train carnage, Godhra train massacre, Godhra train violence. At present it seems as though the train was the main target, that's why the RM was proposed for clarity issues (Per WP:COMMONNAME "Ambiguous or inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources."). Mr T (Talk?) (New thread?) 11:07, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
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