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Over on my talk page there is a reporter from The Indian Express wanting to write about Wikipedia. I cannot help the reporter with the article in the near future. Could someone else please go ahead and continue the conversation. I don't want to seem impolite by running away from it, but I really don't have time just now. And the opportunity for a user profile or maybe just helping out with the article related to Wikipedia in a leading mainstream newspaper doesn't come often :) DTM ( talk) 08:52, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
A move discussion is being taking place at Talk:Rampur,_Uttar_Pradesh#Requested_move_16_February_2020. Please participate. Thanks, Khestwol ( talk) 02:27, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
I would appreciate if someone can verify the authenticity of this image. I looked at the refs and data points and it appears to me that it is vague. There are city wise data and not country wise in the tables. -- DBig Xrayᗙ 08:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Can someone from here please evaluate Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/Local/india-visa-gov.in? It does seem genuine, but the way of adding (many different IPs) does make it appear spammy. Thanks. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Please could someone close this merge request as seen fit: Talk:Human chain in Kerala, 2020. Thanks. DTM ( talk) 12:33, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Please feel free to review the draft and post comments/suggestions below "Education 3" in the "comments" subsection. -- Doc2129 ( talk) 02:16, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
A page move involving Hindustani and Hindustani language has been in the works since 16 January 2020 unbeknownst to this project as far as I can tell. See Talk:Hindustani#Requested_move_16_January_2020. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 04:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
Created at Template:IPA AE FYI. User:Vanamonde93 User:RegentsPark-- ⋙–DBig Xrayᗙ 21:41, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
I have even all the notobality reason as well but difficult to create an article on it. Kashish pall ( talk) 16:08, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of OpIndia and Swarajya on the reliable sources noticeboard. The discussion refers to citations of OpIndia in 23 articles, including List of riots in India and Shaheen Bagh protests, and citations of Swarajya in 305 articles, including Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and Malala Yousafzai. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § OpIndia and Swarajya. — Newslinger talk 02:49, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
College Kumar (2020 film) needs some eyeballs. It's a new film released in Tamil & Telugu versions. The article needs a balanced viewpoint. Thanks, Cabayi ( talk) 21:48, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of Newslaundry on the reliable sources noticeboard. The discussion focuses on the use of Newslaundry on the OpIndia article. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Newslaundry on OpIndia. — Newslinger talk 15:09, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of The Times of India on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Times of India RFC.Please note this a very important discussion as The Times of India is one major references and is used very large of Indian articles and also a major source for those trying to keep articles in WP:AFD. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 21:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the Indian government's response to the content of the North East Delhi riots article. If you are interested, please participate at WP:CEN § Indian government response to Wikipedia's coverage of the 2020 Delhi riots. — Newslinger talk 04:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
The North East Delhi riots article is completely one-sided. Please see what Sarvatra, Biman1989 and I have been saying on the talk page of the article and add the references we are quoting.— Spasiba5 ( talk) 13:13, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
No No, I am not referring you as admin. I just tagged you as I saw that you also faced similar situation too.-- Biman1989 ( talk) 07:28, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Bhagirathi River to be moved to Bhagirathi. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. — RMCD bot 01:20, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Is anyone able to check the birth date at the article? It was recently edited in a way that put an error in the infobox. The problem is that I cannot see a reference for the date so it should probably be removed. The fluff also needs cleaning: "critically and commercially successful thriller", "stellar cast of Kollywood - Tollywood biggies" and probably more. Johnuniq ( talk) 06:31, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Hello, you are invited to share your own view/opinion at: Proposed merge of 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Karnataka into 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 11:49, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sagar Aryal (2nd nomination) on an article that was refunded after the first AFD has been relisted again. Would appreciate help resolving the notability of the subject more permanently this time. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:34, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
The Simple English article on Hindutva is quite barebones, and what little is there read much like propaganda. It could definitely use elaboration, better citations, and potentially significant rephrasing to make it less biased/non-NPOV. I mentioned the same at Talk:Hindutva, but there hasn't been much in the way of improvement.
A user, Divyendra, has also repeatedly vandalized the Simple English Wikipedia article to either remove properly-cited criticism of the movement or add their own OR dismissing it. Most recently, they edited the article to add unencyclopedic, uncited original research (in response to properly cited criticism of the movement), then after it was rightly removed for those reasons, they immediately readded the paragraph without addressing any of those issues. As I noted here, this isn't the first time that this exact user has vandalized the article, either: "Looking at the edit history, one user in particular seems to have repeatedly removed properly-cited criticism of the movement and replaced it with, essentially, propaganda/biased phrasing supporting the movement. They've also responded to someone [on the talk page of the article] complaining about (apparent) removal of pro-Hindutva content from the article with the phrase "we have to respond in kind", which presumably explains their behavior."
I ended up reporting them for vandalism on the Simple English Wikipedia; their edits have had to be rolled back multiple times, and the many issues with the article can't be addressed while it's being repeatedly vandalized. I also told them after the previous incident to discuss such issues on the talk page instead of vandalizing the page, but they did not respond there. (They seem to have an account on this regular English Wikipedia as well - Divyendra ( talk · contribs) - but they've only made one edit here on the Trishula article, to change an image caption referencing "Hindu mythology" to "Hindu texts" instead.)
Anyway, it'd help to have more eyes on the Simple English Wikipedia page to address its many issues: the non-NPOV tone, the lack of reliable sources, and the repeated vandalism. It feels like, since there are so few people keeping an eye on the page, it's basically being treated like a propaganda page to promote the movement. V2Blast ( talk) 07:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi WP:INDIA, I was cleaning up the Lodhwan and found that it has biology references. I'm not sure if it is a legitimate populated area so I hope that you can take a look at it. -- Lenticel ( talk) 00:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
(resetting indent) Thanks WP:INDIA for fixing the article -- Lenticel ( talk) 02:29, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Looks like a poor article, does this series of edits improve it? [2] Doug Weller talk 18:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
I want to know whether this change to the infobox of the subject is correct. - Fylindfotberserk ( talk) 15:52, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
Good-Morrow, this WP:IND new articles list page is not working, I think Wikipedia:WikiProject India/New articles. I am seeing a blank page since yesterday. The results are coming from a bot subpage, the subpage is fine. Can anyone check please? Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 08:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I have been recently been slowly adding climate data for Indian Cities after a 4-5 year hiatus for the past 2 months based on the new 1981–2010 data that the India Meteorological Department has published at Climatological Normals 1981–2010. However, as much as I oppose creating separate templates, the problem is that vandalism by users on Indian cities is so rampant and hard to detect that I have been creating separate templates (e.g. see Template:Shimla weatherbox and sample IP vandalism that was undetected and see Template: Imphal weatherbox and sample IP vandalism that was undetected for 1 month). Right now, I am asking for other opinions if there are other options to deter climate vandalism other than semi-protecting pages and whether it is okay to proceed with mass adding templates of climate data to deter vandalism. Thanks. Ssbbplayer ( talk) 15:22, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Mumbai related articles need too much updation.
I am not able to do all these alone and I am not resident of Mumbai even. If someone wants to take lead then I can provide my guidance to them. Regards,-- Brihaspati (talk) 06:05, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
I moved a student's article live to Gloria de Souza. There's English language coverage, but a lot of it covers her more in relation to the organization she founded. I was wondering if someone could look for more sourcing in Hindi to help establish how she's independently notable. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi friends, I came across a couple references to Gajaśāstra in our articles about elephants and wanted to suggest creating stub articles for this and other very old Sanskrit works on the subject, such as Hasti Ayurveda. A good external reference text is Elephantology in Sanskrit by Jacob V. Cheeran. Cheers! — C M B J 20:20, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey there, I'm not exactly clear which language is being spoken, but based on what little I know of Bhuvan Bam, it might be Marathi or Gujarati, possibly. I need help discerning Bhuvan Bam's birthdate from this source (verified Pinkvilla site). He says his birthdate at 02:04. I can only make out January and 1994, so I'm curious about the specific date. Your attuned ear is appreciated. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 20:28, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
What is Bhuvan Bam's age? Please do not search its answer at Wikipedia because all information on that is wrong. My real age is 24 years. I was born on 22 Januray 1994. Everything is wrong on Wikipedia. You people always wish me a day or two earlier, which creates a big problem." - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of The Logical Indian ( thelogicalindian.com) for the Jai Shri Ram article. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § The Logical Indian for Jai Shri Ram. — Newslinger talk 07:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
Does anyone have a better image of P. K. Banerjee from his playing years 1950's and 1960's .Thanks trying his article into WP:ITN/C. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 18:16, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I would like to request anyone here's help in editing this article Open defecation. There are misrepresented and biased article posts done by people with anti-indian sentiments and i have appallingly found myself banned. I am not fond of editing here so i request if you could help on this issue. I refer to the section on "India and Hinduism". Thanks -- Hari147 ( talk) 09:56, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
The article Reservation in India needs attention. The third paragraph of the lead is obviously biased.— Naddruf ( talk ~ contribs) 17:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey there, a few times recently as you can see in the edit history, there has been some back and forth at Mahabharat (2013 TV series), where people keep tinkering with the genre, going back and forth between "historical" and "mythological". Obviously, I can understand how to some a collection of stories might be described as "mythology", while to true believers, it would be a history. To some, the Christian bible is infallible truth, but to scholars, it's all part of mankind's various mythologies. Anyone have any guidance or precedent for how this should be treated? I know TV genres aren't exactly the expertise of this group, though. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:04, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a request for comment on the reliability of The Indian Express. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § RfC: The Indian Express. — Newslinger talk 12:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
I was working on improving Lal Bahadur Shastri, but struggling to find reliable sources which are free. The language too is not as per wiki standards. Any help with content / sources would be appreciated. Thanks Capankajsmilyo( Talk | Infobox assistance) 19:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request your opinion about notability (and any other issue) of the article Bangalistan. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 16:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
The article Ramnami Samaj would be greatly enhanced with a appropriate image but I haven't been able to find one. The File:Ramnami of Chhattisgarh was used at first but is possibly a copyright violation (see Talk:Ramnami Samaj) and has been removed from the article. So, any help in finding an appropriate copyright free image will be great. Regards, TryKid ( talk) 16:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a Request for Comments at
Talk:Indigenous Aryans#Request for comment: IA/OoI is a fringe theory on the question Should the article say in the lede that the Indigenous Aryans / Out of India theory is a fringe theory as in the suggestion below?
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Joshua Jonathan -
Let's talk! 17:19, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Shodhganga at INFLIBNET. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Shodhganga at INFLIBNET. — Newslinger talk 05:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Thoothukudi massacre#Need to rewrite the introduction. Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 00:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Right, so I've been trying to fix the Bengali cuisine article for a little over a year now, and one persistent issue I keep running into is that I don't know what to cite. Obviously, if New Yorker magazine (or something like that) had a segment discussing Bengali restaurants, that might be useful, but no such thing exists from what I see. Books are also an issue because Google Books obviously doesn't give you the whole book. There's a lot of interesting information that I know is true as a Bengali, but that I can't back up. I don't want to delete some of this stuff, but the only other means of supporting these statements is to cite blog posts or some sketchy recipe site. Then there's also the issue of the list of food, but I'm assuming the solution there is just to create a table. Anyone who can read Bengali would obviously be very useful for citing things, because as of right now most of the article's sources are almost blog posts. puggo ( talk) 17:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge's "Summer World Destubbing Challenge". £250 (c. $310) is being given away in May, June and July for most articles destubbed. There is a prize offered for anybody who expands Indian article stubs as part of Asia.† Encyclopædius 11:45, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, if anyone knows who Subramanian Swamy is, you might want to watchlist the article. Two talk page requests have come in challenging the statement in the lead that asserts that the subject is known for anti-Muslim views. I don't know the subject, but I am concerned about potential BLP issues and would prefer to have wiser people than I look at the matter. I appreciate your help! Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 19:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Alivardi is objecting at the removal of Gyan publishing sources, which regularly plagiarise WP. And it has been discussed time and again: for details, and previous discussion links, see Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources/Books that plagiarize Wikipedia. So, should we retain Gyan sources in the main space? Pinging Utcursch and Sitush, as they are familiar with this issue. - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:50, 24 April 2020 (UTC) PS: For relevance, see User_talk:Мастер_Шторм#Removing_citations. - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:51, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody! So far I haven't mentioned this nomination to anyone and I wouldn't do it if it were taken notice of, but I see that it's not generating enough interest on FAC, and it would be a shame not to have it at least read or reviewed. Please leave questions and comments for improvement if you have any interest. Shahid • Talk2me 04:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Postcard News (postcard.news) and tfipost.com. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § postcard.news and tfipost.com. — Newslinger talk 16:10, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is ongoing about the title of a India related page, Guru Ghasidas. Please comment your thoughts there. TryKid ( talk) 13:46, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, hope this message finds you well. You may hava a look, and share your suggestion(s) here about naming files. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 08:47, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I just created a request for a new page for the Vizag chemical plant disaster which has killed at least 8 people and injured over 5000. I am new to editing, how does it get approved quickly? Can someone speed up the process? /info/en/?search=Draft:Visakhapatnam_LG_Polymer_Disaster
I created this article 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography controversy just now. But now I don't think it needs it own article, there just isn't enough info, as far as I can tell. But that is besides the point, even if there was enough info would it have got its own article? I have added it to Pulitzer_Prize#Controversies. Maybe that is enough. CSD or merge. DTM ( talk) 14:16, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
What about restarting the project FB Page? ❯❯❯ S A H A 19:47, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, just to announce the new 10,000 Challenge for India. Let's see 10,000 article improvements and creations for India, covering every state and topic. If you support this sign up and start inviting project members to join and participate as I may have a contest to set up for India like Wikipedia:The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon later in the year to help fuel it! † Encyclopædius 22:06, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to publish my draft Lakhahi Raj to be published. Lakhahi is a princely State and a Estate before 1947 Preetikasingh ( talk) 13:08, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
@ Talk:Aurat (disambiguation)#Requested_move_11_May_2020 is taking place about article relating to women of mainly of Asian origin. In Past 2 days only two opinions are received and more opinions will be preferable. Thanks for your opinion and participation in discussion.
Bookku ( talk) 12:06, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
I just fixed all the issues in S V Mangalam. JTZegers ( talk) 14:40, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Just found Sree Vidyanikethan International School and Sree Vidyanikethan International School, Hyderabad. You would think they would be the same school but the content seems different... WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I have created this draft. Draft:Jasleen Kaur harassment controversy
Does this look fine?
I referred to Rohtak sisters viral video controversy for reference which was created on similar lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amazingcaptain ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I want to discuss regarding creation of Transport in India portal. Everyone provide your opinion. ❯❯❯ S A H A 13:27, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
As everyone has said, no need for a portal, although I believe that a wikiproject will be useful. Also, not a dead wikiproject like Indian roads. Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 18:47, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Please have a look by an IP who is adding promo links on multiple wikipedia pages like this. Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 07:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, are the various Padma awards typically used as honourifics? I've seen people's names followed by post-nominals PB (Padma Bhushan) or even with the full name like Tapishwar Narain Raina. Is this a legitimate convention, or are some people fluffing up articles? At that same article he's also got his whole rank indicated in the infobox, which I don't see being done for similarly important military figures in other nations. For instance, Colin Powell. Powell apparently has a number of medals, yet I don't see a string of post-nominals behind his name. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 20:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Not sure for civilian honours but military honour awards are frequently mentioned after the name. There is no compulsion or restriction here but last whenever I have read the official magazine of the Indian Air force, I have noticed this. Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 12:37, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
I have expanded Andhra Pradesh Library Association page sufficiently, adding content, references, pictures, etc. So request you to remove the page from Andhra Pradesh stubs category. -- VJS ( talk) 09:53, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for accepting my request VJS ( talk) 10:49, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
please give your opinion regarding the merger of Train 19 into Train 18 here: Talk:Vande Bharat Express#Merger proposal. ❯❯❯ S A H A 07:03, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I've been editing Indian articles for a bunch of years and for whatever reason, I've never heard of amarujala.com. Someone used it as a source for a film budget and someone else corrected my deletion of that content. Good? Bad? Am I crazy for somehow never hearing of this outlet? @ Kailash29792:? Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 02:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. It seems to be an issue in wikipedia that indic script are not being allowed to be edited, be it to states of India, or to most articles. This exclusion has been predated by an unverfied edit to wikipedias manual on editing indian articles. Most government documents, legislation and official uses use indic scripts along with english. I believe this edit needs to be deleted in the manual, and would be in favour of deleting this so that articles in wikipedia would allow the addition of indic scripts, just as foreign langauge articles, for example article on Gansu, Azad Kashmir, Chiang Rai Province, etc. Its not clear if the edit was made without consent, but now it may need the attention of voting. -- ( talk) 17:20, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
could you explain the rationale behind, the WP:NOINDICSCRIPT section has this explanation. There is a possibility after reading this section you might have questions, and rationales to tell why is this rule a bad one? Comments are welcome. However please note the same section actually has several past discussions which are also worth reading. -- Titodutta ( talk) 03:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
One reason why Indian scripts are avoided is because often there are too many different languages with their own native script, which can be original names for a topic. Additionally, there are too often problems with verifiability of the accuracy of the non-English spelling. A third reason is frequent disagreements over which native scripts to include; this led to a resolution to avoid all of them.
Hi,
List of alcohol poisonings in India has a list of alcohol poisoning incidents. All the articles of the incidents on these page are short articles that range from 1-2 lines to 10 sentences at max. I'm planning to create Alcohol poisonings in India and list all the incidents in it. I'm not an experienced editor so just want to confirm here, does that sound okay? Amazingcaptain ( talk) 18:14, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, this is with respect to railway locomotive articles of India. This one in particular: WDP-4. In India locomotives have their own sheds in various cities where they are maintained and come back for servicing. Basically, the shed is the home of a locomotive and is responsible for it. When any of the factory churns out a loco, they are assigned to any of the existing sheds. The data for this is available here. My friend here, user:Suvadeep Saha56 says that many people edit the shed section without checking the official data, thus adding wrong information. To prevent this, he added the following line right under the table that shows the loco sheds
Note-Before updating the information in loco shed anybody should check out the railways current official data first in the reference link 8 then change the data.
My question is, is it OK to add such an instruction which will be visible to so many readers and possibly confuse those not familiar with it? We are supposed to write articles so they can be understood by laymen too right? I tried reasoning with him through email but he says "Bro what is the problem if wikipedia is not reverting then what is the issue." Can you guys (more experienced editors) tell us what to do now? -- Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 09:38, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello India editors. Can someone please link your resource list in this conversation, please? I am looking for whether certain on-line media is considered factual, not factual, etc. Thanks, Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I had recently nominated Breast Tax for deletion, but it didn't go well and the AfD is up for review at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 May 21#Breast Tax.
There are three articles which deals with the same subject:
I found these scholarly sources, which discuss the actual subject ("breast-cloth controversy" or "Upper-cloth controversy") in length:
Channar revolt appears to have been also referred as Shanar agitation, with whole chapter dedicated to the subject at Social and cultural history of Kerala, p. 122, Sterling, but no mention of a "breast tax" or any "tax".
It is clear from these sources these scholars don't mention any "tax" at all. Ultimately such a "tax" was a mere part of Channar revolt. Given these points, it seems clear that the significance of a "breast tax" is being exaggerated. Similarly, story of a " Nangeli" is missing from these academic sources. Contradictions were discussed earlier at Talk:Nangeli#Truth or fiction.
More eyes are needed to resolve this forking issue. Wareon ( talk) 12:26, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I've external confirmed and need experienced editors to sort things and resolve disputes. -- Deep fried okra User talk:Deepfriedokra 15:49, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
cool. and weird. i thought there might be some COI issues but it seems that the article was expanded by a long time user @ KCVelaga: so no problems i guess. just wanted to put it here in case someone finds it interesting. TryKid dubious – discuss 22:28, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
There have been a few new articles written for Women in Red about women who have been awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar which is an annual award said to be the highest award for women and given by the President of India on International Women's Day each year. This is similar to International Women of Courage Award but it usually goes to an Indian National. I (assisted by Tito Dutta) have written a few articles including Kalavati Devi (that had 14,000 views at DYK and Sonia Jabbar (which is up for deletion). The question raised at AfD is, Are these women notable? They both enough coverage (IMO) but is the award sufficient to establish notability? This would be important as these women all have free to use pictures and an outline profile created by the relevant ministry (WCD). In some cases they were notable anyway, but the test would be where a woman gained coverage because of the award. Tito Dutta (who suggested this post) has created a useful template which lists the awardees and it can found here. Your views/consensus would be useful. Thanks Victuallers ( talk) 10:17, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
(#NARISHAKTI) (from:MinistryWCD)pulls up some more write-ups and video-profiles. Btw, we also need to search for "Stree Shakti Puraskar", which was not only a predecessor award but also co-existed with NSP for at least 2015.
Your input is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nepal#New map and area of Nepal. Thank you! Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
In the light of the latest diplomatic salvo by the Nepalese government, [1] I cleaned up the page on the Kuthi Valley (which the Nepalese call "Limpiyadhura") and added a small section on the Nepalese claims.
There is nothing however in the lead or the infobox about the claims. I am writing here to get your views. An IP offered this wording, which I rejected. It doesn't seem me to like the issue can be elevated to a "dispute" at this time. Even "claim" seems a bit far-fetched to me. Something like "Nepal expressed its intention to reclaim the area by virtue of an 1816 treaty"? -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 10:30, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
What do RS say about it, we have only one (so wp:undue may come into it? Slatersteven ( talk) 11:03, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
References
A user with seemingly CIR issues has created an article of a village with a made-up title: Bir Mangoli Sainian. The title should have been Bir Mangaoli, as there is just one village with this name in the Kurukshetra district: see here (archived link: [8]) or search in the District Census Handbook of Kurukshetra. So it should be moved to Bir Mangaoli without leaving a redirect. Note that the concerned user has added made-up/unsourced Saini-related details to various articles. - NitinMlk ( talk) 23:17, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
In the article Subramanian Swamy, there exists a statement that says "Swamy was one of the founding members of the right-wing Janata Party". I couldn't find a reference that Janata Party is a right-wing party. There is a citation at the end of the sentence which links to this book - http://worldcat.org/oclc/1090162885. I cannot access the book, however I searched extensively regarding "Janata Party" being a right wing party, even searched for quotes in this book and I couldn't find any references for it. Since I couldn't find anything, I added an inline 'citation needed' next to it. An editor reverted my changes saying that the citation is already present. I did not revert their changes but started a conversation on the talk page and asked them to provide the source for it as I clearly couldn't find it anywhere. Even the exact statement/quote from the book would have sufficed. I waited for 3 days but they didn't reply however they were active on the site so I added the inline "citation needed" again. They again revert it without providing any information and add an edit warring warning on my talk page.
This same user in the past was edit warring claiming Subramanian Swamy is Anti-Muslim and said it is referenced in sources when in reality the referenced articles didn't mention anything about Swamy being being known for being Anti-Muslim. At that time also they added an Edit Warring warning on my talk page.
In both of this cases, they are failing to maintain an NPOV which is against BLP guidelines.
Can someone please tell me if I am in the wrong here and anything I could have differently since I think I have followed all the guidelines, started a discussion, waited for a reasonable time. This user on the other hand didn't wish to communicate at all and just reverts my changes adds edit-warring warnings on my talk page. I totally understand this party may be a right-wing party, I just don't like this behavior.
Someone please help me on this.
Amazingcaptain ( talk) 18:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The arguments of the veteran Hindu nationalist and Harvard-educated economist Subramanian Swamy, a long-time member of the right-wing Janata Dal party who finally joined the BJP in 2013, and who was earlier Minister of Commerce in the Chandra Shekhar-led government in 1990–91, make this point well. Globalisation poses two risks, he asserts: one to the economy, as it can open it to attacks from ‘international raiders and speculators’ and the other to culture. ‘Globalisation can alter values, spread disease more easily, and disrupt the family system’, Swamy observes (2007, p. 81). Limits have to be placed on its reach, with India ‘well integrated’ into ‘global markets’, with appropriate ‘connectivity’ (Swamy, 2007, p. 90). But all of this has to be closely managed if the Indian ‘renaissance’ he envisages is to occur, because of the cultural corrosion that can come via globalisation. For Swamy, the proper aim should be a modernised India coupled with what he terms a ‘virat [which he translates as ‘virile’] Hindu identity’ (2013, p. 21).
When the emergency ended, Modi was given the task of mobilising voters in Gujarat in the 1977 general election, which led to a win by the Janata Dal (People's Party).... The latter clearly is a reference to Janata Party.
Two new users – BahujanBot and MrinalPurvanchali – have created BLP issues by adding a large number of entries to multiple caste lists. I have checked some of their additions and practically all of them were missing self-identification. But I am unable to check such a large number of sources. So their edits need to be crosschecked. Thanks. - NitinMlk ( talk) 21:06, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear editors,
Please see the discussion at Template_talk:INRConvert#Usage_of_lakh/crore_and_US/British/Canadian/ANZAC/Irish/etc_readers for my proposal to introduce conversions to UK/US numbering for rupee amounts (separate from conversions to foreign currency). I cited the WP:ENGVAR ideal of having internationally-understood writing, so having UK/US numbering helps UK/US/Canada/ANZAC/etc readers unfamiliar with South Asia.
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 17:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Mysore for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay ( talk) 10:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
The government of India ( Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has released some aviation accident reports online. I made archives of the PDFs on the Wayback Machine. They include:
Also there is now an archive in PDF format for Alliance Air Flight 7412 (2000-07-17) - the text format version was already released
Indian Airlines Flight 605 (1990-02-14) had its report uploaded by the FAA but now I also have the URL for the copy at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation website. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
The easiest way to describe them is by the phrase, "THIS IS NOT A DRILL".
So, please pay attention. -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 18:12, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Broad: Marriage in Hinduism, Vivaah, Hindu wedding, Vedic wedding ceremony
Specific: Yogic marriage, Asura marriage, Daiva marriage, Brahma marriage, Paishacha marriage, Gandharva marriage (can't find the missing three, probably coming soon too)
Ideas/opinions on which should stay and which should be merged to which ones? Usedtobecool ☎️ 19:58, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
The last peer review for Mumbai was done 11 years ago. Some suggestions were provided on fixing it but those weren't fixed. I recently fixed most of the issues pointed out in the suggestion. Since I'm a new editor I would really appreciate you guys to check the changes that I've made, and also improve the Mumbai article so that it can be nominated for FA.
Amazingcaptain ( talk) 09:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal here to split part of the article on the river Charding Nullah into a new article called Demchok dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 16:56, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! There is a merger proposal here for the articles on the village(s) of Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture and Demchok in the Sino-Indian border dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 23:29, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
this discussion at TfD could use more attention from people familiar with the topic. I ask that people familiarize themselves with the nature of sidebars and navboxes before commenting. Vanamonde ( Talk) 15:20, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I nominated Jasraj for good article review. A review is underway. The reviewer has suggested that foreign language terms should be italicised. Per MOS:FOREIGNITALIC we should italicise 'isolated foreign words that do not yet have everyday use in non-specialized English' and this should be done using the {{lang}} tag, which identifies which language the word or phrase is using. I don't speak Hindi and I would appreciate if some editors that do could review the list at Talk:Jasraj/GA2#List of foreign language terms in the Jasraj article and help identify those which should be tagged as Hindi. Curb Safe Charmer ( talk) 11:51, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
Season's greetings
I am looking for proactive expansion and update support/input help the following (So far neglected but important topic) articles, if possible. Even if you feel your focus area bit different still contribution of few line may help bring in some different perspective and also help Wikipedia goal of neutrality. If you can't spare time but if you know any good references you can note those on talk pages.
This has been posted to this forum since, one of article review suggested to have more diverse editor participation to have more inclusive, neutral and balanced worldview
I hope and request some editors from this forum too proactively and constructively participate in updating and expanding of article Islamic advice literature
Thanks, warm regards and greetings
Bookku ( talk) 07:38, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Category:Seven Sister States has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy ( talk) 22:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
At the moment, this category seems to be badly defined; it's being applied to a BJP member of parliament, Manish Grover, a 16th century religious leader, Vedavyasa Tirtha, and everyone in between. I could see it being a useful category for Hindu religious leaders, or for Hindu nationalist activists, or a few others, but I suspect that it would not see sufficient input at CfD, so bringing it here first. Going to CfD may or may not be necessary, depending on what opinions are expressed here. Vanamonde ( Talk) 03:57, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
help expand the article, and nominating it for ITN. ❯❯❯ S A H A 16:25, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
This page needs a serious cleanup. Would anyone like to have a look? Thanks Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 11:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I have recently nominated the newly created article Happiness Curriculum for DYK review. I would be happy if someone takes it up, thanks in advance. KCVelaga ( talk) 01:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
A new editor is deleting whole sections of sourced content on Jainism. Can someone please have a look. Thanks Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 04:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
He's a self-published author with no credentials except electronics engineering and business management but used in a very large number of articles. [9] 11:18, 8 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller ( talk • contribs)
User Neeraj Puru is an SPA who has created a lot of disruption by adding unsourced/ made-up content related to Saini caste. Nearly all of their unsourced or poorly sourced additions have been fixed, but a wrongly titled village article survived – see Talk:Bir Mangoli Sainian. And they are creating disruption there, although they have been warned previously. The user has already been given a final warning and is clearly WP:NOTHERE. So an admin intervention is needed here. - NitinMlk ( talk) 18:52, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
I have been poking my nose into, and hopefully improving some Indian & region BLPs recently, and was going through those on the List of deaths due to COVID-19. I noticed the this gent had been infected, but there was actually no source cited saying he had died, or why. I found an online source saying he had a heart attack, somewhere else said he had diabetes too, so it's possibly a death from COVID-19 complications. Which could possibly include a heart attack. My edit is here, using a Times of India source.
I found contradictory sources, so it seems possible there isn't any certain cause. I brought it here for input before removing any COVID-19 categories etc.
Regards, 220 of Borg 08:05, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at K12 (mountain)? There's been some recent back-and-forth, with editors variously claiming the place to be on either the Pakistani or the Indian side of the Line of Control. – Uanfala (talk) 19:04, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
I tried to create an article on Gouranga Samanta, but I couldn't find anything else substantive than electoral results, so I kept it in draft ( Draft:Gouranga Samanta). I'm a bit surprised, since he contested every assembly election in West Bengal 1951-1982 and again in 1991, under tickets of BBC, CPI, CPI(M) and BJS. There must be more material, at least offline, on this person - anyone who would be able to did anything up? Maybe a "Who's who" publication on the assembly members? -- Soman ( talk) 14:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
This AFD could benefit from some subject-matter experts. Thank you, postdlf ( talk) 19:07, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, recently deceased Sushant Singh Rajput's article is getting lots of attention, especially from previously sleeping accounts, like here. Some of the recent edits have endeavored to note a website that his "team" set up to catalogue his thoughts and dreams. I don't understand the academic value of this. It seems like people are just trying to drive traffic to his posthumous blog, but I might be hypersensitive. I'd appreciate more eyes on this. One editor asked a question about this and I responded on the talk page. Other input, would be appreciated. Regards, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 04:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanx man!!! We need to protect from such users who don't know much anything about topic and randomly edit wikipedia with poor sources. Taal Saptak ( talk) 09:34, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
It seems the article The Indian Express is contradictory about where the newspaper is based. One part says it's published in Mumbai but another said the head office is in Noida. https://indianexpress.com/contact-us/ gives a Noida contact address.
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 22:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word) has been relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Bookku ( talk) 04:32, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
This page has gone out of hands. Unsourced additions are rampant. Can someone please have a look at Characters in the Mahabharata. Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 10:26, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I copy-paste a post from my talk-page:-
My initial reply was:-
Does anyone have any ideas? or is there an admin willing to move-protect 1018 articles to prevent the inevitable chaos? as almost nobody does all the re-linking and clearing up required when an article is moved. - Arjayay ( talk) 19:38, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
-- Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 11:42, 13 June 2020 (UTC)The move's stated purpose, though, was to bring back the way cities were called to their ancient nomenclatures, and it started two years ago when the government said anglicised names should be renamed closer to their original Tamil names.
An administrator can help Taal Saptak ( talk) 15:31, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Starting new article en:Draft:Urdu feminist literature. Please add relevant information with references.
Bookku ( talk) 03:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
If you are interested, please see Talk:Bengal tiger/Archive 1#Request for comment on the first sentence of articles about subpopulations. AnomalousAtom ( talk) 10:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
An article of interest to the project— Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture—has been proposed for merging with Demchok. Project members are invited to participate at the merger discussion. AnomalousAtom ( talk) 10:21, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Provide your opinion at Talk:List of shopping malls in India#Re-listing. ❯❯❯ S A H A 15:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi I’m a new page reviewer and lately I’ve seen a lot of stubs created about villages in India that use odd-looking sources. The sources I’m familiar with are official census records and pin code directories. Lately a lot of them refer to a site called “Our Hero”. Is there a consensus on what reference sites are reliable for villages in India? What is the view on the reliability of “Our Hero”? Many thanks. Mccapra ( talk) 10:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I want to get a feedback on the article and some suggestions to improve it. If you think that no improvements are required then please help me by Approving the article. It has all references and is properly linked to other Wiki pages SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 10:06, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I'm looking at this reference and I was hoping that someone familiar with Malayalam could tell me what the budget and gross of Rajavinte Makan were. I don't trust the Google translation, because I've sometimes seen them translate crore into millions. Thank you, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:16, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Some sources stated that the death date of Siya Kakkar was on 25 June 2020 but the IP edits changed it to 24 June 2020. The majority of the sources also stated that she died at the age of 16 but the IP edits have changed it as at the age of 15. Even there is a confusion regarding the actual birth date of her which is making difficulties to add the correct age of the subject. Abishe ( talk) 04:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of certain types of Indian newspaper articles (including local edition articles and Sunday stories). If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Indian newspapers - local editions & Sunday stories. — Newslinger talk 07:42, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Anyone know if the 2011 caste census data was ever released? Is it on the web? - Sitush ( talk) 09:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at
Sikhs for Justice? The recent additions are so bad that I was tempted to revert to the 5 March version, but then that version had some oddities of its own (like the statement about the mass appreciation for the Punjab and Indian government by the international and local Sikh community
). –
Uanfala (talk) 19:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
With edits like [12], [13], [14], etc., it seems an editor has added an unnecessary sentence in the leads of a large number of Indian/Pakistani village articles in the last two days: [15]. So there is a need for mass rollback or something. Thanks. - NitinMlk ( talk) 21:05, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I'm asking some questions at the technical village pump about availability of a tool that will remove inactive users from lists like Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members. To me, it seems rather pointless keeping a user on such a list if the user hasn't edited in a year or more. Why?
There are lots of little add-your-name lists like this around the project, for instance at WP:SVT. Anyway, if the community is interested in culling this list, I can see if someone can help design a tool for it. Thoughts? I know it's not a huge priority, just thought I could help do some gnoming here. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was about to create an article for the historic William Emerson-Lockwood Kipling fountain inside the Crawford Market (which I'll get to), but got sidetracked by the market's Wiki name. Per COMNAME, I'm proposing Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai be renamed Crawford Market, as it was moved unilaterally without any discussion/consensus with this edit in 2015. (I also notice an old talk page comment by User:Nichalp justifying their earlier revert per commonname.) All reliable newspapers continue to use Crawford Market, see The Hindu, Mint, Washington Post, Guardian, Telegraph, Statesman and all the rest. The only website is titled crawford-market.com, plus Trip Advisor & Lonely Planet too. I wanted to be BOLD, but thought it better to run it past more experienced eds here. Thanks, CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 08:04, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
FYI, the Star Parivaar Awards article has been nominated for deletion. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 15:29, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Please can I request a review and approval of an article on Shankkar Aiyar. Shankkar is an economic analyst, journalist, and author. /info/en/?search=Draft:Shankkar_Aiyar
If there is something else that I should be doing, please let me know and I will do that. Thanks in advance. Kaisertalk ( talk) 16:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Marking this as an AfD. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Item_number
This should be removed in entirety, given the extreme objectification of women that the term encourages, and / or be merged with Bollywood music.
If there is something that I need to do procedurally, please let me know.
Kaisertalk ( talk) 16:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, can anyone tell me which Odisha Article is considered as reliable reference for new article ?? Waiting for valuable answer. Bijoyonline30 ( talk) 07:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Attention to the disambiguation page for these people and to all of the articles listed here will be appreciated. Are they all listed correctly? Robert McClenon ( talk) 06:55, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Weird garbage in authors/titles.... This seems to disproportionately affect India-related articles since these issue seem related to The Times of India. If you can help, please do. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 16:02, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
what about organizing an online meetup to discuss on various topic? Indian enwiki seems dead. ❯❯❯ S A H A 14:38, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
I've been seeing a lot of dalit communities suddenly having dozens of heroic figures in their past being lauded, among them Uda Devi and Bijli Pasi. The latter is very clearly revisionist history, but in re-reading Devi's article I'm starting to wonder if it's not more of the same - propping up a potentially real historical figure to "legendary" status in (what I assume is) some sort of bid to ignore centuries of caste-based societal issues. What's the best way to deal with these sorts of pages, when there will of course exist tons of references (all written in the last ten years) that claims these people existed and were basically superheros? Primefac ( talk) 13:26, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Guhathakurta family of Barisal - notable? I can find mentions written by an academic who bears the same name, so probably not independent, and a bunch of obscurely published stuff by Swami Paramananda that has passing mentions etc. Can't seem to find much that discusses them as a family and is definitely independent. - Sitush ( talk) 08:03, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Anyone any idea why this might be a reliable source for a massive recent addition to Ahir clans? I thought at first there had been a copy/paste from somewhere but I've not found anything online that is not a mirror of us (yet). - Sitush ( talk) 17:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Sitush, the edit in question is unsourced. in fact, it didn't provide any source. There is a Hindi language source visible at the bottom of the text added by the anon. But that source was added by another anon in December 2019 with this edit. That anon cited the source for Phatak Ahirs. I have only a snippet view of the source, and it does support the claim of anon related to Phatak Ahirs, although there is no mention of Sisodia or "Digpal" in it. Here is the relevant quote from the page nos. 3 & 4 of the source:
मैनपुरी जनपद में हिन्दुओं की अनेक उल्लेखनीय जातियाँ बसी हुई हैं। इनमें कुछ जातियाँ ऐतिहासिक हैं। अहीर अथवा यादवों में फाटक गोत्र के अहीर विशेष उल्लेखनीय हैं । ये अपने को चित्तौड़ के राजपूत राजा का वंशज बताते हैं जिसने महाबन के अहीर राजा की पुत्री से विवाह किया था । पुरानी दन्तकथा के आधार पर इनका कहना है जब दिल्ली सम्राट ने चित्तौड़ पर आक्रमण किया था इन्होंने दुर्ग के फाटकों की रक्षा करने में शौर्य का परिचय दिया था । तभी से ये फाटक गोत्र से सम्बोधित होने लगे । कालान्तर में चित्तौड़ राजा एवं उनकी अहीर रानी के वंशज सबसे पहले सामोहन में आकर बसे । धीरे-धीरे यमुना के किनारे ये लोग फैल गये ।
Here is its translation by Google Translate, although I fixed it a bit:
Many notable castes of Hindus are inhabited in Mainpuri district. Some of these castes are historical. Among the Ahir or Yadavs, Ahirs of the Phatak gotra are particularly notable. They describe themselves as descendants of the Rajput king of Chittor who married the daughter of the Ahir king of Mahaban. Based on the old legend, they say that when the Delhi Emperor attacked Chittor, they showed valour in protecting the Phataks [which means gates/entrances] of the fort. Since then, they have been addressed as Phatak gotra. Later, the descendants of the Chittor king and his Ahir queen first settled in Samohan. Gradually these people spread on the banks of the Yamuna.
TL;DR: The edit pointed out by you should be reverted for being unsourced. - NitinMlk ( talk) 18:13, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Please add a source or delete the page. Xx236 ( talk) 11:45, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a need for those who can speak and read the relevant languages to find references for OneOTT Intertainment, a corporation which seems to me to be notable, to place those better references in the article and to participate wisely in the AfD please. Fiddle Faddle 10:24, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
The Indian classical music raga articles ( Category:Janya Ragas and Category:Melakarta Ragas) are having tons of film songs related information and links being added irrationally. Most of the film songs do not strictly adhere to the ragas. They are not the right examples to be quoted in an encyclopedia. Many are not notable and there is likely that we will not find a reliable reference to a song being composed in the specific raga where it is added. It is a total mess. Many of the edits are from IP Addresses, which only makes it difficult to even start any conversation. Wonder how this will be dealt with! VasuVR ( talk, contribs) 06:35, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I intend to perform a little cleanup on our
WikiProject banner template but some of the changes would need community approval. Please give your views on the following:
Looking forward to the community feedback. Regards, Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 10:23, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
I had moved to Yelevarthy Nayudamma to Nayudamma Yelevarthy when I found in the Canadian government report on AI182 that "Yelevarthy" is the family name, and the Canadian report put the family name last. However is it the case that Telugu names are family name first?
The report does state on page 62/220: "In the literature, his name often appears as Yelevarthy (or Yelavarthy) Nayudamma. The family name “Yelevarthy” has been confirmed and that is the form used in this report."
Some Canadian sources seem to mistake "Nayudamma" as being the family name.
WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Encourage interested editors to take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Manilal Dwivedi/archive1, an article about a Gujarati poet which needs more input. ( t · c) buidhe 17:41, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Is Indian Anthropological Society the correct title for that article? Thanks, Мастер Шторм ( talk) 18:21, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Could some members from WP:INDIA take a look at this and assess it? There are some formatting and MOS issues that need sorting out, but that’s fairly easy to do butif this person meets
WP:NPOL. —
Marchjuly (
talk) 22:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC); [Note: Post edited by Marchjuly to change “but” to “if”. — 11:21, 22 July 2020 (UTC)]
Some right-wing propagandists are trying to prevent me from creating pages like
List of nicknames used for Narendra Modi,
List of Acronyms used for Narendra Modi,
Urban Naxals
Me Too Urban Naxal,
Godi Media,
Casualties in the Citizenship Amendment Act protests,
List of lies used by Narendra Modi,
List of lies used for Narendra Modi,
List of nicknames used by Narendra Modi,
List of slogans used by Narendra Modi,
List of slogans used for Narendra Modi,
List of Acronyms used by Narendra Modi,
List of Books on Narendra Modi,
List of awards in the name of Narendra Modi,
List of awards received by Narendra Modi,
List of books by Narendra Modi,
List of UPA schemes renamed by Narendra Modi,
List of schemes launched by Narendra Modi,
List of social media accounts of Narendra Modi,
List of social media accounts on Narendra Modi,
List of things named after Narendra Modi by using wikipedia policies and guidelines. Is it possible to reinstate them, If not, write an appropriate stub article in their places. (
italawar (
talk /
122.182.249.251 (
talk) 10:09, 22 July 2020 (UTC))
Hi,
I am Atif Afzal, a music composer for films. Originally from India, I am now based in New York. I would like my page to be created. I did some research and found out that I qualify for Wikipedia inclusion under WP:MUSICBIO and WP:COMPOSER.
1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/shreyas-welcomes-bajis-return/articleshow/45777452.cms – The Times of India
2. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fglyx - Dailymotion
3. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/atif-afzal-felt-bad-when-my-movie-with-salman-khan-got-shelved/articleshow/49581450.cms - – The Times of India
4. https://www.thestatesman.com/tag/atif-afzal - The Statesman (India)
5. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/composing-music-for-global-films-is-exciting-atif-afzal-117080200117_1.html – Business Standard
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OdgUpLmtyM – Adgully.com
7. https://urbanasian.com/featured/2015/02/abhijeet-sawant-joins-hands-with-bollywood-music-director-atif-afzal-for-baji/ - Urban Asian
8. https://in.news.yahoo.com/prague-music-review-093313942.html – Yahoo! News
9. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/shalmali-kholgade-is-music-director-atif-afzals-lucky-mascot/articleshow/46041513.cms – The Times of India
10. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/atif-afzal-sings-for-shreyas/articleshow/45533555.cms - – The Times of India
11. https://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/atif-afzal-lends-his-vocals-first-marathi-track-141215# - Radio and Music
12. https://www.glamsham.com/bollywood/news/atif-afzal-ready-to-fire-with-monsoon-shootout/amp/ - Glamsham.com
You can find print newspaper/music magazines articles on my website - http://www.atifafzal.com/press/?mode=list. My name appears on multiple Wikipedia pages -
I would be glad if someone can help me create an article for me. I have also posted a request here - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requested_articles/music#Composer 
AAComposer ( talk) 21:25, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I don't know where the best place to bring this up is, because nobody at WikiProject Television will ever talk to me if I bring up Indian television, just like the people at WikiProject Film won't talk to me if I bring up Indian films.
I'm trying to figure out what value certain awards like Gold Awards and Lions Gold Awards have in Indian biographies. Today I saw some back-and-forth happening about the notability of Kaveri Priyam (now moved back to Draft space) and part of the argument was that she won a Lions Gold Award, and was nominated for a Gold Award. I've seen both of these awards a lot in Indian biographies, but I don't get the sense that any of them are well-managed or meaningful.
For instance, looking at the article on the Gold Awards, I find that goldawards.in is their web presence. But there's nothing there. It's an ugly, empty website with no substantive content. This perplexes me. If this entity doesn't even bother maintaining a list of nominees and winners, then what academic purpose does the award have? Is it just a promotional money grab? I notice that it was previously called the Boroplus Gold Awards—is that some sort of skin care brand? That might answer my question...
Same with Lions Gold Awards, only I can't even find an online presence for their awards. While the Lions Club might be a notable organisation, that doesn't necessarily mean that awards issued by their Mumbai chapter would be notable in any way. After all, what expertise does a fraternal service organisation have in film and TV criticism, and why would we care what they think?
As some of you are likely aware, award mills are problematic across all Indian entertainment articles, so the more clarity I can get, the easier it will be to maintain these articles. Many non-notable awards are used to fluff up actor bios here. I also notice anecdotally, that usually the sites that care about either of these awards, tend to be fringe sites like Pinkzilla and Filmibeat. For example this editor wanted to inflate the Award section at Digangana Suryavanshi, and I could not find a source other than Filmibeat for the Lions Gold Award for "favourite versatile actress". (Also, yes, I'm aware that those Dadasaheb Phalke awards are not legit.)
Thanks for any input you have! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 15:50, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard#Of_archdukes_and_princes seeking to find consensus regarding use of royal/noble titles in situations where the titles are now not legally recognised etc. Obviously has an impact on this project, so comments there would be good. - Sitush ( talk) 15:30, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
I would like to invite everyone to share their views in the Talk:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport#Infobox image discussion. ❯❯❯ S A H A 18:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could an admin, or someone who can, please move Jyotirmath to Joshimath (it's the other way round currently) per WP:COMMONNAME, as no one ever refers to it with the Sanskritized Jyotirmath (except perhaps the temple priests there). See NYTimes, Guardian, Statesman, Lonely Planet, TOI, Uttarakhand Tourism website, and on and on and on... I tried doing so, but it's giving me a red banner of "page already exists" (course it does - it's a redirect, doh). Thanks a bunch! CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 11:01, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Gaurav Tiwari ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Often vandalized. Article could use some improvement. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 17:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Demchok sector#RfC on 1953-1962 control and administrative split of Demchok about whether to mention the pre- and post- 1962 Sino-Indian War status of the articles Demchok sector, Demchokm, Ladakh, Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture, and Demchok (historical village). Your input is appreciated. — MarkH21 talk 14:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
@ MarkH21: Just a minor point, you placed a !vote in the Survey part of the RfC, which isn't good practice and can be confusing to other editors and those closing the rfc. It's already assumed you support your own proposal, so please your keep reasoning there. Zindor ( talk) 17:26, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
If you have lots to say on the issue, give and sign a brief statement in the initial description and publish the page, then edit the page again and place additional comments below your first statement and timestamp.It wouldn't have been neutral or brief for me to include my rationale in the RfC statement itself, it would have to go in the RfC comments.Anyways, I added a comment next to my !vote that I am the nominator, so it should be clear to the closer. — MarkH21 talk 19:27, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello. Please share your views about the deletion of Alok Industries at it's Afd page. Regards, Field Marshal ( talk) 05:23, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Could somebody look at Draft:Powari language and figure out if there's anything worth salvaging there? It's been kicking around draft space for two years. Nobody wants to get rid of it, but nobody's working on it either. One reviewer felt it might not even meet WP:V. Attention from somebody who is familiar with Indian languages is needed. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:45, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Please see my comment on the talk page for the WikiProject Indian Cities This is regarding proposed changes to the sections of every Indian city page. Nagarpedian ( talk) 07:59, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Ya ya, it's back! Join in the fun. Cheers, Zindor ( talk) 23:38, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Can websites which are potentially dangerous be linked on talk pages? (I don't want to do it of course, I am asking if someone else could do it on my talk page) DTM ( talk) 13:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Following articles need attention from the editors:
Regards, - Nizil ( talk) 06:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Not sure what to do about Mohamed Ashik but it looks like the gullible Indian media falling into a trap again. The boy's "world records" have come from organisations that are the equivalent to degree mills and which have been deprecated on Wikipedia, eg: Record Holders Republic (there is a reason that is a redlink!). - Sitush ( talk) 18:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of The Hindu. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § The Hindu. — Newslinger talk 19:05, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Am i right in thinking there is a tool for fixing double-redirects? I seem to be moving pages a lot and it's a pain changing the inbound links beforehand. Thanks Zindor ( talk) 19:33, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
More eyes would be appreciated at this discussion This is not my area of expertise. There is content in his Activism section that was recently changed.
Short story: Women of childbearing age were banned from entering the Sabarimala temple. There are differing views on why that is. In 2018, the Supreme Court lifted the ban. Easwar and people aligned with him protested the ruling.
The discussion is about how this content related to Easwar's activism should be properly presented. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello! In several articles on castes/clans of the India and Pakistan, there are mentions of that particular caste/clan claiming descent from "X" (self claim) (X = another race/tribe/caste/clan), though, with citations/sources. Still, is that not compromising the quality of the content? Can we discuss removing that from the articles? Thanks,
Мастер Шторм (
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Мастер Шторм (
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Occasionally, someone goes on a burst of adding {{ EB1911 Poster}} to various articles, as has just happened at Mahar. The template links to the article's equivalent entry in the 1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica on Wikisource. Ok, Wikisource does have a generic disclaimer - see here - regarding the accuracy or otherwise of EB1911, particularly for certain subjects such as ethnography. Nonetheless, I really don't see the point in linking to what is often nonsense, vastly superseded by more recent research and often enough demonstrating precisely the sort of colonial misunderstandings, such as scientific racism, that led to us deciding generally not to use Raj era publications as sources. As far as I am concerned, the use of these templates is more to do with spamming Wikisource on Wikipedia than with intelligently informing our readers. Does anyone else agree that including them is a poor idea in these circumstances? - Sitush ( talk) 17:31, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I have worked on Mahesh Babu filmography along with Ab207, and could use some more feedback on its nomination. MSG17 ( talk) 21:46, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
Ram Mandir, Ayodhya says "Kameshwar Chaupal (a Dalit leader from Bihar) became one of the first people to lay the stone" in a 1989 incident at the site. Is this person the same as Kameshwar Choupal, a politician from Bihar, or are they different people? Click here for information about Choupal. 64.203.187.71 ( talk) 20:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Can someone please read the Tamil text (on the board and on the wall in red) from Vishalakshi temple. The caption in the article is "Kashi Vishalakshi Temple Tamil Inscription which shows Temple Consecrated held in 1908AD". On the board, I can read 1971, which tallies with a ref saying that the temple was renovated in the year.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:30, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Iramuthusamy: would you be able to help us out please? Thanks, Zindor ( talk) 14:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an active discussion regarding the article title of 2020 Bangalore riots. If you are interested, please participate at {{ Section link}}: required section parameter(s) missing Tayi Arajakate Talk 16:14, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hinduism in India ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) besides being badly written I'm not sure about the sources. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 17:19, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey does anyone know how to properly refer to Aditi Rao Hydari with respect to WP:SURNAME? Would it be Rao Hydari, as though it were hyphenated, as her parents have Rao and Hydari as surnames, or would we just use Hydari? Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:43, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
There's too much Swaminarayan pov-pushing at too many Wikipedia articles at the moment, exaggerating the importance of Swaminarayan. This may be the most stunning one, but see also Hinduism and Vedanta. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 04:56, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Please suggest some speeches for this article Speeches of Narendra Modi. The suggestions can go on the talk page of course— Talk:Speeches of Narendra Modi. DTM ( talk) 13:31, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Oh well, just thought I'd give this a shot. If anyone reading this stays in Dehradun, would you please be so kind as to visit Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib some day (not urgent), and take some images for Wiki Commons of the profoundly beautiful wall paintings there - some belong to the Garhwali School, 17th century? And also the main structure and the Mughal-style gardens? Not a single modern-day image exists on Wiki of this culturally and architecturally important monument, or one documenting the historic wall paintings -- could only find a historic image to use in the article. I would have very much loved to be able to drive there (from Delhi) just to take these images myself, but am not sure if people are being stopped at the state border or if we need a Covid negative report. Apparently, some wall paintings are in bad shape and it would be nice to include a gallery in the article highlighting this relatively little known treasure in Dehradun. Fingers crossed! CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 15:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to verify that Ashok Kumar Dogra was indeed an MLA for Ramban, but I'm having difficulty finding an RS for election returns. [16] says he won in 2008, but the official results posted by the Election Commission ( [17]) seem to go back only to 2009. Anyone know where I could find a good source? (Article's been tagged for notability since 2017 and I'm trying to establish that its subject meets WP:NPOL.) Thanks! AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 00:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey, India specialist. In Wikispecies we have problem, which is surname for " Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi/ Viswajyothi Keezhpattillam"? Thread is here: wikispecies:Wikispecies:Village_Pump#Name_order_confusion-- Estopedist1 ( talk) 06:30, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Editors at this board may be interested in the following discussion at the Village pump: WP:VPT#Calculating Edit notice effectiveness using preview page stats.
Background: the article Allahabad has an edit notice ( here) to attempt to deal with the constant attempts to alter it to "Prayagraj". Other articles may have similar notices. How do we know if this, or any edit notice is working? That is the topic of the discussion at the Village pump, and your feedback would be welcome. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 21:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
After Wikipedia urged donations from Indian users some Twitter users (including David Frawley) claimed Wikipedia was anti-Hindu, which ThePrint has reported on (2 Aug). Pages commented on include 2020 Delhi riots and Jai Shree Ram. David Frawley also tweeted "Wikipedia has published many questionable statements about Hindu writers, leaders, causes and historical issues... Hindus should protest its anti-Hindu views". If true or even partly, this bias needs to be identified. DTM ( talk) 10:29, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Obviously, Wikipedia is a threat for some people, who believe in indigenous Aryans and 10,000 years of Hinduism.?? Are other diverse scholarly debates/interpretations friendlies to Wikipedia? Does the Friendly Wikipedia treat the Content or the Author as reliable source?? Just asking. Santoshdts [TalkToMe] 18:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Where would be the best place to talk about the usage of saffron in infoboxes related to India? Yesterday I went ahead and changed the colour of some of these to green (like the bottom part of the Indian tri-colour is green or the leaves of a lotus).
DTM ( talk) 13:28, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Let us rescue this stub. Bearian ( talk) 00:09, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Yesterday I stumbled on the article for Chetan Gawande and cleaned it up a bit. All of the citations are in Marathi, which I don't speak. From what I can work out using Google Translate, the subject is indeed an elected official, but that in itself isn't enough to satisfy WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. I'm also unsure if sources like this one are RS at all—I don't want to discount the page just because it's not professionally formatted or designed, but I can't work out what I'm looking at apart from some kind of report of election results. Could someone who reads Marathi check on the sources and determine whether this person is actually notable? Armadillo pteryx 20:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at the newly created Persecution of Muhajirs? It was created by a new editor with an impressive command of wikipedia processes, but it's got obvious POV issues, I don't know the topic area enough to be able to attempt cleaning it up myself. – Uanfala (talk) 10:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I know that Hindustani and Urdu closely related, but is Nastaliq considered an "Indic script" for the purposes of enforcing WP:NOINDICSCRIPT? I'm looking at this edit. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
News Bugz and Chitrasanthe. Anyone know if these are reliable sources for news on entertainment professionals and do they have significant viewership? I've not come across them before, and i can't really find out anything about them, which probably answers my question but i'm throwing a line out anyway. Regards, Zindor ( talk) 20:54, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Buranji's are valuable historical chronicles of Assam. But can we use them as sources in Wikipedia? They are definitely WP:PRIMARY and even if they are edited and published today, they still remain WP:PRIMARY. I ask in the context of the Chutia kingdom, which is heavily sourced from Buranjis. Some of the Buranji-based claims made in the article have been refuted by modern scholarship, such as those I have noted here: Talk:Chutia_Kingdom#Extent_in_lead. The Buranji-based claims are pushed by SashankaChutia (tagging him here). Comments on this will be very helpful. Also tagging Sitush who has helped with these issues in the past. Thanks! Chaipau ( talk) 12:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Chaipau: I would like to clarify some things here.
1. Primary sources are not disallowed in Wikipedia. It is not explicitly mentioned that primary sources are not allowed in Wikipedia. I quote," Primary sources are often difficult to use appropriately. Although they can be both reliable and useful in certain situations, they must be used with caution in order to avoid original research. Although specific facts may be taken from primary sources, secondary sources that present the same material are preferred."
. In this case, certain facts have been directly taken from Buranjis, due to the absence of secondary sources which doesn't go against Wikipedia policy.
2. You are mistaken in the context of Buranjis here. The paragraph of Maheswar Neog that you are quoting about Buranjis is about "Chutia Buranji" which is surely filled with some fictitious material like the mention of Kuber and many more as pointed out by Shin. The Buranjis I have quoted here are Ahom Buranjis(written in Tai and Assamese) which are a very accurate tool of historical studies. Most of what we know about medieval Assam history comes from these manuscripts. All the Buranjis I have used here are published by the "Department of Historical and Antiquity Studies, Government of Assam". There is nothing to doubt here.
3. Shin has well mentioned about the architectural continuity of the Burai ruins with that of the Sadiya ones. I quote, "If architectural continuity is admitted between the fortifications in the Sadiya region and the Burai river ruin site, it would be possible to believe that the kingdom of these rulers extended as far as the outer limit of Darrang district, in the western most extent
of which Ahom conquerors settled the vanquished Chutiyas in the early part of the sixteenth century."
This architectural continuity is in the form of unique common mason marks found in the stone walls of Burai fort, with that of Tamreswari temple as well as many brick tanks of Sadiya region. Neog didn't know about this, and hence he didn't mention it.
4. Moreover, your edit well ignores the south bank. The Buranjis(Ahom) well establish the fact that the Dihing river formed the Chutia-Ahom borders. The area north and west of Dihing was under Chutia jurisdiction. Creating new offices in the province of Dihing and Tiphau backs the facts very well. Are these not informations with "historical basis"? As I have already mentioned land grants are signs of Aryan population, they cannot be used to mark borders of a kingdom. There are other sources like Buranjis(Ahom) and epigraphical records for that. SashankaChutia ( talk) 13:42, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
I expanded Rajinder Singh (brigadier) recently but now think the article should be deleted. But it is a grey area. If you have time, please put forward your comments over at the AFD — Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajinder Singh (brigadier). Thanks. DTM ( talk) 10:43, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, the following subjects, and their talk pages, could use more eyes from experienced Wikipedians, based on a growing interest in these areas by inexperienced editors.
Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Anyone know if Iswarya Menon and Akshara Menon are the same person? I see different looks in different photos and I don't want to make assumptions. I'm looking at Iswarya Menon and the article currently says that her birth name is Aiswarya Menon, but I can't find any quality sources that say that, and when I look at a 2013 version of the article, I see that it originally said that she was also known as Akshara. There are also references in the article that seem to resolve to the name Akshara, so I assume they are the same person, but that name has disappeared from mention in the article and I wanted some extra opinions. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:10, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
This article has been created recently by a 23 days old account. It appears controversial to me. Please check it for the neutrality. Hitro talk 07:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an RFC open that is relevant to this noticeboard. Talk:Sushant Singh Rajput#So, what will be in the infobox?. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 23:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
This is regarding the following book of the publisher Sarup & Sons:
I have just checked its first chapter (i.e. page no. 1–22) and noticed that all of its 22 pages are copy-pasted from chapter no. 7 (i.e. page nos. 75–96) of Jadunath Sarkar's following book: A History of Jaipur, c. 1503-1938 (1984). The only difference is that the chapter titles are different. And there is no attribution to Sarkar anywhere. In fact, the rest of the book may also be copy-pasted from Sarkar's book, although I haven't checked it yet. Note that this book was published in 2008, i.e. before the completion of 60 years of Sarkar's death. So this book is not only blatant plagiarism but also seem like a WP:COPYVIOEL (see here). Is anyone familiar with the publisher Sarup & Sons? Pinging the two editors who keep a record of such plagiarisers: Sitush & Utcursch – both of them are inactive for some time, so I apologise to them in advance. - NitinMlk ( talk) 16:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I nominated this article for deletion a while ago (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Sebastian's Church, Chittattukara), and the discussion is having a bit of a hangup due to a language barrier. Would anyone be able to conduct a search in Malayalam for this church? (I assume that this note is not inappropriate WP:CANVASSING, but others are free to strike this comment if so.) AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 16:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Any help appreciated with Joy Thomas, where the sourcing is poor. Thanks. Tacyarg ( talk) 05:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
MaysinFourty is a sock puppet and is blocked. 42.106.8.106 ( talk) 06:46, 5 September 2020 (UTC) |
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Hello admins, your help is required at Suhel Seth and Talk:Suhel Seth. An IP (very possibly a sockpuppet who is well-versed in Wiki jargon) is leaving silly UPE accusations on my talk page and adding mass promotional spam using terrible sources, which I have repeatedly removed. They have now done it thrice in a row, and seem to be a single purpose account and a spammer. Could the the article please be locked for a while? It is only being used to promote the Media Personality, the Actor, the Mover and Shaker, the Maverick, the Author, the Philanthropist, The Suhel Seth, with bad, PR sources. I will be grateful for some more eyes (admin and non-admin) on that page, as their behaviour is bordering on harassment. Also, would you also suggest opening a sockpuppet investigation against them (as there is some evidence on talk page)? Thanks MaysinFourty ( talk) 05:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
This is just to offer my thanks publicly to admin
CaptainEek for stepping in and remedying the situation, and
Praxidicae for their comment on the talk page! It would be nice to have more editors keeping an eye on the page as I feel Mr Seth's (a "marketing guru") PR machinery is at work! Many thanks,
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Can somebody expand and save Kahin Aar Kahin Paar and Madhu Malti . Thanks.† Encyclopædius 11:06, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello! On 8 April 2020, I started a discussion – Talk:Jat people/Archive 9#Originally or Previosuly – at Talk:Jat people about the wording of a sentence in lead. Even though the point made was worth discussing as there was an approved edit request regarding the point (see — Talk:Jat people/Archive 8#Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 January 2020 & this), there was absolutely no participation from any other editor...none! And, the section got archived without any real discussion because of that. I am pointing about that issue and one more issue with the same sentence again, after a few months, but in an attempt to try to make sure that this time a discussion does takes place, I am inviting the editors here to kindly have a look at the points made at Talk:Jat people#Sentence in lead needs attention and discuss them so that they can be addressed for the benefit of our readers. Thanks, Мастер Шторм ( talk) 13:39, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Could someone who can read Gurmukhi check if the English captions match the ones in the file in this edit? I ask because the second one doesn't look anything like a wedding. Thanks! -- RegentsPark ( comment) 18:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
There's a request to move Bangalore article to "Bengaluru". Please comment at Talk:Bangalore. Regards, TryKid dubious – discuss 07:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
I have tried to expand this article, Haqeeqat (1964 film), 5x so as to allow a dyk hook. But I am falling short by a few lines and references. Any suggestions related to what else can be added and where that information is? DTM ( talk) 07:40, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
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Over on my talk page there is a reporter from The Indian Express wanting to write about Wikipedia. I cannot help the reporter with the article in the near future. Could someone else please go ahead and continue the conversation. I don't want to seem impolite by running away from it, but I really don't have time just now. And the opportunity for a user profile or maybe just helping out with the article related to Wikipedia in a leading mainstream newspaper doesn't come often :) DTM ( talk) 08:52, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
A move discussion is being taking place at Talk:Rampur,_Uttar_Pradesh#Requested_move_16_February_2020. Please participate. Thanks, Khestwol ( talk) 02:27, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
I would appreciate if someone can verify the authenticity of this image. I looked at the refs and data points and it appears to me that it is vague. There are city wise data and not country wise in the tables. -- DBig Xrayᗙ 08:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Can someone from here please evaluate Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/Local/india-visa-gov.in? It does seem genuine, but the way of adding (many different IPs) does make it appear spammy. Thanks. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Please could someone close this merge request as seen fit: Talk:Human chain in Kerala, 2020. Thanks. DTM ( talk) 12:33, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Please feel free to review the draft and post comments/suggestions below "Education 3" in the "comments" subsection. -- Doc2129 ( talk) 02:16, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
A page move involving Hindustani and Hindustani language has been in the works since 16 January 2020 unbeknownst to this project as far as I can tell. See Talk:Hindustani#Requested_move_16_January_2020. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 04:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
Created at Template:IPA AE FYI. User:Vanamonde93 User:RegentsPark-- ⋙–DBig Xrayᗙ 21:41, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
I have even all the notobality reason as well but difficult to create an article on it. Kashish pall ( talk) 16:08, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of OpIndia and Swarajya on the reliable sources noticeboard. The discussion refers to citations of OpIndia in 23 articles, including List of riots in India and Shaheen Bagh protests, and citations of Swarajya in 305 articles, including Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and Malala Yousafzai. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § OpIndia and Swarajya. — Newslinger talk 02:49, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
College Kumar (2020 film) needs some eyeballs. It's a new film released in Tamil & Telugu versions. The article needs a balanced viewpoint. Thanks, Cabayi ( talk) 21:48, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of Newslaundry on the reliable sources noticeboard. The discussion focuses on the use of Newslaundry on the OpIndia article. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Newslaundry on OpIndia. — Newslinger talk 15:09, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the reliability of The Times of India on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Times of India RFC.Please note this a very important discussion as The Times of India is one major references and is used very large of Indian articles and also a major source for those trying to keep articles in WP:AFD. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 21:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the Indian government's response to the content of the North East Delhi riots article. If you are interested, please participate at WP:CEN § Indian government response to Wikipedia's coverage of the 2020 Delhi riots. — Newslinger talk 04:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
The North East Delhi riots article is completely one-sided. Please see what Sarvatra, Biman1989 and I have been saying on the talk page of the article and add the references we are quoting.— Spasiba5 ( talk) 13:13, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
No No, I am not referring you as admin. I just tagged you as I saw that you also faced similar situation too.-- Biman1989 ( talk) 07:28, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Bhagirathi River to be moved to Bhagirathi. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. — RMCD bot 01:20, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Is anyone able to check the birth date at the article? It was recently edited in a way that put an error in the infobox. The problem is that I cannot see a reference for the date so it should probably be removed. The fluff also needs cleaning: "critically and commercially successful thriller", "stellar cast of Kollywood - Tollywood biggies" and probably more. Johnuniq ( talk) 06:31, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Hello, you are invited to share your own view/opinion at: Proposed merge of 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Karnataka into 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 11:49, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sagar Aryal (2nd nomination) on an article that was refunded after the first AFD has been relisted again. Would appreciate help resolving the notability of the subject more permanently this time. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:34, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
The Simple English article on Hindutva is quite barebones, and what little is there read much like propaganda. It could definitely use elaboration, better citations, and potentially significant rephrasing to make it less biased/non-NPOV. I mentioned the same at Talk:Hindutva, but there hasn't been much in the way of improvement.
A user, Divyendra, has also repeatedly vandalized the Simple English Wikipedia article to either remove properly-cited criticism of the movement or add their own OR dismissing it. Most recently, they edited the article to add unencyclopedic, uncited original research (in response to properly cited criticism of the movement), then after it was rightly removed for those reasons, they immediately readded the paragraph without addressing any of those issues. As I noted here, this isn't the first time that this exact user has vandalized the article, either: "Looking at the edit history, one user in particular seems to have repeatedly removed properly-cited criticism of the movement and replaced it with, essentially, propaganda/biased phrasing supporting the movement. They've also responded to someone [on the talk page of the article] complaining about (apparent) removal of pro-Hindutva content from the article with the phrase "we have to respond in kind", which presumably explains their behavior."
I ended up reporting them for vandalism on the Simple English Wikipedia; their edits have had to be rolled back multiple times, and the many issues with the article can't be addressed while it's being repeatedly vandalized. I also told them after the previous incident to discuss such issues on the talk page instead of vandalizing the page, but they did not respond there. (They seem to have an account on this regular English Wikipedia as well - Divyendra ( talk · contribs) - but they've only made one edit here on the Trishula article, to change an image caption referencing "Hindu mythology" to "Hindu texts" instead.)
Anyway, it'd help to have more eyes on the Simple English Wikipedia page to address its many issues: the non-NPOV tone, the lack of reliable sources, and the repeated vandalism. It feels like, since there are so few people keeping an eye on the page, it's basically being treated like a propaganda page to promote the movement. V2Blast ( talk) 07:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi WP:INDIA, I was cleaning up the Lodhwan and found that it has biology references. I'm not sure if it is a legitimate populated area so I hope that you can take a look at it. -- Lenticel ( talk) 00:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
(resetting indent) Thanks WP:INDIA for fixing the article -- Lenticel ( talk) 02:29, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Looks like a poor article, does this series of edits improve it? [2] Doug Weller talk 18:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
I want to know whether this change to the infobox of the subject is correct. - Fylindfotberserk ( talk) 15:52, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
Good-Morrow, this WP:IND new articles list page is not working, I think Wikipedia:WikiProject India/New articles. I am seeing a blank page since yesterday. The results are coming from a bot subpage, the subpage is fine. Can anyone check please? Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 08:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I have been recently been slowly adding climate data for Indian Cities after a 4-5 year hiatus for the past 2 months based on the new 1981–2010 data that the India Meteorological Department has published at Climatological Normals 1981–2010. However, as much as I oppose creating separate templates, the problem is that vandalism by users on Indian cities is so rampant and hard to detect that I have been creating separate templates (e.g. see Template:Shimla weatherbox and sample IP vandalism that was undetected and see Template: Imphal weatherbox and sample IP vandalism that was undetected for 1 month). Right now, I am asking for other opinions if there are other options to deter climate vandalism other than semi-protecting pages and whether it is okay to proceed with mass adding templates of climate data to deter vandalism. Thanks. Ssbbplayer ( talk) 15:22, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Mumbai related articles need too much updation.
I am not able to do all these alone and I am not resident of Mumbai even. If someone wants to take lead then I can provide my guidance to them. Regards,-- Brihaspati (talk) 06:05, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
I moved a student's article live to Gloria de Souza. There's English language coverage, but a lot of it covers her more in relation to the organization she founded. I was wondering if someone could look for more sourcing in Hindi to help establish how she's independently notable. Shalor (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi friends, I came across a couple references to Gajaśāstra in our articles about elephants and wanted to suggest creating stub articles for this and other very old Sanskrit works on the subject, such as Hasti Ayurveda. A good external reference text is Elephantology in Sanskrit by Jacob V. Cheeran. Cheers! — C M B J 20:20, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey there, I'm not exactly clear which language is being spoken, but based on what little I know of Bhuvan Bam, it might be Marathi or Gujarati, possibly. I need help discerning Bhuvan Bam's birthdate from this source (verified Pinkvilla site). He says his birthdate at 02:04. I can only make out January and 1994, so I'm curious about the specific date. Your attuned ear is appreciated. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 20:28, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
What is Bhuvan Bam's age? Please do not search its answer at Wikipedia because all information on that is wrong. My real age is 24 years. I was born on 22 Januray 1994. Everything is wrong on Wikipedia. You people always wish me a day or two earlier, which creates a big problem." - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of The Logical Indian ( thelogicalindian.com) for the Jai Shri Ram article. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § The Logical Indian for Jai Shri Ram. — Newslinger talk 07:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
Does anyone have a better image of P. K. Banerjee from his playing years 1950's and 1960's .Thanks trying his article into WP:ITN/C. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 18:16, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I would like to request anyone here's help in editing this article Open defecation. There are misrepresented and biased article posts done by people with anti-indian sentiments and i have appallingly found myself banned. I am not fond of editing here so i request if you could help on this issue. I refer to the section on "India and Hinduism". Thanks -- Hari147 ( talk) 09:56, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
The article Reservation in India needs attention. The third paragraph of the lead is obviously biased.— Naddruf ( talk ~ contribs) 17:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey there, a few times recently as you can see in the edit history, there has been some back and forth at Mahabharat (2013 TV series), where people keep tinkering with the genre, going back and forth between "historical" and "mythological". Obviously, I can understand how to some a collection of stories might be described as "mythology", while to true believers, it would be a history. To some, the Christian bible is infallible truth, but to scholars, it's all part of mankind's various mythologies. Anyone have any guidance or precedent for how this should be treated? I know TV genres aren't exactly the expertise of this group, though. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:04, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a request for comment on the reliability of The Indian Express. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § RfC: The Indian Express. — Newslinger talk 12:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
I was working on improving Lal Bahadur Shastri, but struggling to find reliable sources which are free. The language too is not as per wiki standards. Any help with content / sources would be appreciated. Thanks Capankajsmilyo( Talk | Infobox assistance) 19:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request your opinion about notability (and any other issue) of the article Bangalistan. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 16:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
The article Ramnami Samaj would be greatly enhanced with a appropriate image but I haven't been able to find one. The File:Ramnami of Chhattisgarh was used at first but is possibly a copyright violation (see Talk:Ramnami Samaj) and has been removed from the article. So, any help in finding an appropriate copyright free image will be great. Regards, TryKid ( talk) 16:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a Request for Comments at
Talk:Indigenous Aryans#Request for comment: IA/OoI is a fringe theory on the question Should the article say in the lede that the Indigenous Aryans / Out of India theory is a fringe theory as in the suggestion below?
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Joshua Jonathan -
Let's talk! 17:19, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Shodhganga at INFLIBNET. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Shodhganga at INFLIBNET. — Newslinger talk 05:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Thoothukudi massacre#Need to rewrite the introduction. Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 00:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Right, so I've been trying to fix the Bengali cuisine article for a little over a year now, and one persistent issue I keep running into is that I don't know what to cite. Obviously, if New Yorker magazine (or something like that) had a segment discussing Bengali restaurants, that might be useful, but no such thing exists from what I see. Books are also an issue because Google Books obviously doesn't give you the whole book. There's a lot of interesting information that I know is true as a Bengali, but that I can't back up. I don't want to delete some of this stuff, but the only other means of supporting these statements is to cite blog posts or some sketchy recipe site. Then there's also the issue of the list of food, but I'm assuming the solution there is just to create a table. Anyone who can read Bengali would obviously be very useful for citing things, because as of right now most of the article's sources are almost blog posts. puggo ( talk) 17:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge's "Summer World Destubbing Challenge". £250 (c. $310) is being given away in May, June and July for most articles destubbed. There is a prize offered for anybody who expands Indian article stubs as part of Asia.† Encyclopædius 11:45, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, if anyone knows who Subramanian Swamy is, you might want to watchlist the article. Two talk page requests have come in challenging the statement in the lead that asserts that the subject is known for anti-Muslim views. I don't know the subject, but I am concerned about potential BLP issues and would prefer to have wiser people than I look at the matter. I appreciate your help! Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 19:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Alivardi is objecting at the removal of Gyan publishing sources, which regularly plagiarise WP. And it has been discussed time and again: for details, and previous discussion links, see Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources/Books that plagiarize Wikipedia. So, should we retain Gyan sources in the main space? Pinging Utcursch and Sitush, as they are familiar with this issue. - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:50, 24 April 2020 (UTC) PS: For relevance, see User_talk:Мастер_Шторм#Removing_citations. - NitinMlk ( talk) 14:51, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody! So far I haven't mentioned this nomination to anyone and I wouldn't do it if it were taken notice of, but I see that it's not generating enough interest on FAC, and it would be a shame not to have it at least read or reviewed. Please leave questions and comments for improvement if you have any interest. Shahid • Talk2me 04:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Postcard News (postcard.news) and tfipost.com. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § postcard.news and tfipost.com. — Newslinger talk 16:10, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is ongoing about the title of a India related page, Guru Ghasidas. Please comment your thoughts there. TryKid ( talk) 13:46, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, hope this message finds you well. You may hava a look, and share your suggestion(s) here about naming files. Regards. -- Titodutta ( talk) 08:47, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I just created a request for a new page for the Vizag chemical plant disaster which has killed at least 8 people and injured over 5000. I am new to editing, how does it get approved quickly? Can someone speed up the process? /info/en/?search=Draft:Visakhapatnam_LG_Polymer_Disaster
I created this article 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography controversy just now. But now I don't think it needs it own article, there just isn't enough info, as far as I can tell. But that is besides the point, even if there was enough info would it have got its own article? I have added it to Pulitzer_Prize#Controversies. Maybe that is enough. CSD or merge. DTM ( talk) 14:16, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
What about restarting the project FB Page? ❯❯❯ S A H A 19:47, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, just to announce the new 10,000 Challenge for India. Let's see 10,000 article improvements and creations for India, covering every state and topic. If you support this sign up and start inviting project members to join and participate as I may have a contest to set up for India like Wikipedia:The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon later in the year to help fuel it! † Encyclopædius 22:06, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to publish my draft Lakhahi Raj to be published. Lakhahi is a princely State and a Estate before 1947 Preetikasingh ( talk) 13:08, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
@ Talk:Aurat (disambiguation)#Requested_move_11_May_2020 is taking place about article relating to women of mainly of Asian origin. In Past 2 days only two opinions are received and more opinions will be preferable. Thanks for your opinion and participation in discussion.
Bookku ( talk) 12:06, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
I just fixed all the issues in S V Mangalam. JTZegers ( talk) 14:40, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Just found Sree Vidyanikethan International School and Sree Vidyanikethan International School, Hyderabad. You would think they would be the same school but the content seems different... WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I have created this draft. Draft:Jasleen Kaur harassment controversy
Does this look fine?
I referred to Rohtak sisters viral video controversy for reference which was created on similar lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amazingcaptain ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I want to discuss regarding creation of Transport in India portal. Everyone provide your opinion. ❯❯❯ S A H A 13:27, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
As everyone has said, no need for a portal, although I believe that a wikiproject will be useful. Also, not a dead wikiproject like Indian roads. Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 18:47, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Please have a look by an IP who is adding promo links on multiple wikipedia pages like this. Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 07:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, are the various Padma awards typically used as honourifics? I've seen people's names followed by post-nominals PB (Padma Bhushan) or even with the full name like Tapishwar Narain Raina. Is this a legitimate convention, or are some people fluffing up articles? At that same article he's also got his whole rank indicated in the infobox, which I don't see being done for similarly important military figures in other nations. For instance, Colin Powell. Powell apparently has a number of medals, yet I don't see a string of post-nominals behind his name. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 20:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Not sure for civilian honours but military honour awards are frequently mentioned after the name. There is no compulsion or restriction here but last whenever I have read the official magazine of the Indian Air force, I have noticed this. Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 12:37, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
I have expanded Andhra Pradesh Library Association page sufficiently, adding content, references, pictures, etc. So request you to remove the page from Andhra Pradesh stubs category. -- VJS ( talk) 09:53, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for accepting my request VJS ( talk) 10:49, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
please give your opinion regarding the merger of Train 19 into Train 18 here: Talk:Vande Bharat Express#Merger proposal. ❯❯❯ S A H A 07:03, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I've been editing Indian articles for a bunch of years and for whatever reason, I've never heard of amarujala.com. Someone used it as a source for a film budget and someone else corrected my deletion of that content. Good? Bad? Am I crazy for somehow never hearing of this outlet? @ Kailash29792:? Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 02:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. It seems to be an issue in wikipedia that indic script are not being allowed to be edited, be it to states of India, or to most articles. This exclusion has been predated by an unverfied edit to wikipedias manual on editing indian articles. Most government documents, legislation and official uses use indic scripts along with english. I believe this edit needs to be deleted in the manual, and would be in favour of deleting this so that articles in wikipedia would allow the addition of indic scripts, just as foreign langauge articles, for example article on Gansu, Azad Kashmir, Chiang Rai Province, etc. Its not clear if the edit was made without consent, but now it may need the attention of voting. -- ( talk) 17:20, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
could you explain the rationale behind, the WP:NOINDICSCRIPT section has this explanation. There is a possibility after reading this section you might have questions, and rationales to tell why is this rule a bad one? Comments are welcome. However please note the same section actually has several past discussions which are also worth reading. -- Titodutta ( talk) 03:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
One reason why Indian scripts are avoided is because often there are too many different languages with their own native script, which can be original names for a topic. Additionally, there are too often problems with verifiability of the accuracy of the non-English spelling. A third reason is frequent disagreements over which native scripts to include; this led to a resolution to avoid all of them.
Hi,
List of alcohol poisonings in India has a list of alcohol poisoning incidents. All the articles of the incidents on these page are short articles that range from 1-2 lines to 10 sentences at max. I'm planning to create Alcohol poisonings in India and list all the incidents in it. I'm not an experienced editor so just want to confirm here, does that sound okay? Amazingcaptain ( talk) 18:14, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, this is with respect to railway locomotive articles of India. This one in particular: WDP-4. In India locomotives have their own sheds in various cities where they are maintained and come back for servicing. Basically, the shed is the home of a locomotive and is responsible for it. When any of the factory churns out a loco, they are assigned to any of the existing sheds. The data for this is available here. My friend here, user:Suvadeep Saha56 says that many people edit the shed section without checking the official data, thus adding wrong information. To prevent this, he added the following line right under the table that shows the loco sheds
Note-Before updating the information in loco shed anybody should check out the railways current official data first in the reference link 8 then change the data.
My question is, is it OK to add such an instruction which will be visible to so many readers and possibly confuse those not familiar with it? We are supposed to write articles so they can be understood by laymen too right? I tried reasoning with him through email but he says "Bro what is the problem if wikipedia is not reverting then what is the issue." Can you guys (more experienced editors) tell us what to do now? -- Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 09:38, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello India editors. Can someone please link your resource list in this conversation, please? I am looking for whether certain on-line media is considered factual, not factual, etc. Thanks, Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 17:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I had recently nominated Breast Tax for deletion, but it didn't go well and the AfD is up for review at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 May 21#Breast Tax.
There are three articles which deals with the same subject:
I found these scholarly sources, which discuss the actual subject ("breast-cloth controversy" or "Upper-cloth controversy") in length:
Channar revolt appears to have been also referred as Shanar agitation, with whole chapter dedicated to the subject at Social and cultural history of Kerala, p. 122, Sterling, but no mention of a "breast tax" or any "tax".
It is clear from these sources these scholars don't mention any "tax" at all. Ultimately such a "tax" was a mere part of Channar revolt. Given these points, it seems clear that the significance of a "breast tax" is being exaggerated. Similarly, story of a " Nangeli" is missing from these academic sources. Contradictions were discussed earlier at Talk:Nangeli#Truth or fiction.
More eyes are needed to resolve this forking issue. Wareon ( talk) 12:26, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I've external confirmed and need experienced editors to sort things and resolve disputes. -- Deep fried okra User talk:Deepfriedokra 15:49, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
cool. and weird. i thought there might be some COI issues but it seems that the article was expanded by a long time user @ KCVelaga: so no problems i guess. just wanted to put it here in case someone finds it interesting. TryKid dubious – discuss 22:28, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
There have been a few new articles written for Women in Red about women who have been awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar which is an annual award said to be the highest award for women and given by the President of India on International Women's Day each year. This is similar to International Women of Courage Award but it usually goes to an Indian National. I (assisted by Tito Dutta) have written a few articles including Kalavati Devi (that had 14,000 views at DYK and Sonia Jabbar (which is up for deletion). The question raised at AfD is, Are these women notable? They both enough coverage (IMO) but is the award sufficient to establish notability? This would be important as these women all have free to use pictures and an outline profile created by the relevant ministry (WCD). In some cases they were notable anyway, but the test would be where a woman gained coverage because of the award. Tito Dutta (who suggested this post) has created a useful template which lists the awardees and it can found here. Your views/consensus would be useful. Thanks Victuallers ( talk) 10:17, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
(#NARISHAKTI) (from:MinistryWCD)pulls up some more write-ups and video-profiles. Btw, we also need to search for "Stree Shakti Puraskar", which was not only a predecessor award but also co-existed with NSP for at least 2015.
Your input is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nepal#New map and area of Nepal. Thank you! Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
In the light of the latest diplomatic salvo by the Nepalese government, [1] I cleaned up the page on the Kuthi Valley (which the Nepalese call "Limpiyadhura") and added a small section on the Nepalese claims.
There is nothing however in the lead or the infobox about the claims. I am writing here to get your views. An IP offered this wording, which I rejected. It doesn't seem me to like the issue can be elevated to a "dispute" at this time. Even "claim" seems a bit far-fetched to me. Something like "Nepal expressed its intention to reclaim the area by virtue of an 1816 treaty"? -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 10:30, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
What do RS say about it, we have only one (so wp:undue may come into it? Slatersteven ( talk) 11:03, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
References
A user with seemingly CIR issues has created an article of a village with a made-up title: Bir Mangoli Sainian. The title should have been Bir Mangaoli, as there is just one village with this name in the Kurukshetra district: see here (archived link: [8]) or search in the District Census Handbook of Kurukshetra. So it should be moved to Bir Mangaoli without leaving a redirect. Note that the concerned user has added made-up/unsourced Saini-related details to various articles. - NitinMlk ( talk) 23:17, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
In the article Subramanian Swamy, there exists a statement that says "Swamy was one of the founding members of the right-wing Janata Party". I couldn't find a reference that Janata Party is a right-wing party. There is a citation at the end of the sentence which links to this book - http://worldcat.org/oclc/1090162885. I cannot access the book, however I searched extensively regarding "Janata Party" being a right wing party, even searched for quotes in this book and I couldn't find any references for it. Since I couldn't find anything, I added an inline 'citation needed' next to it. An editor reverted my changes saying that the citation is already present. I did not revert their changes but started a conversation on the talk page and asked them to provide the source for it as I clearly couldn't find it anywhere. Even the exact statement/quote from the book would have sufficed. I waited for 3 days but they didn't reply however they were active on the site so I added the inline "citation needed" again. They again revert it without providing any information and add an edit warring warning on my talk page.
This same user in the past was edit warring claiming Subramanian Swamy is Anti-Muslim and said it is referenced in sources when in reality the referenced articles didn't mention anything about Swamy being being known for being Anti-Muslim. At that time also they added an Edit Warring warning on my talk page.
In both of this cases, they are failing to maintain an NPOV which is against BLP guidelines.
Can someone please tell me if I am in the wrong here and anything I could have differently since I think I have followed all the guidelines, started a discussion, waited for a reasonable time. This user on the other hand didn't wish to communicate at all and just reverts my changes adds edit-warring warnings on my talk page. I totally understand this party may be a right-wing party, I just don't like this behavior.
Someone please help me on this.
Amazingcaptain ( talk) 18:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The arguments of the veteran Hindu nationalist and Harvard-educated economist Subramanian Swamy, a long-time member of the right-wing Janata Dal party who finally joined the BJP in 2013, and who was earlier Minister of Commerce in the Chandra Shekhar-led government in 1990–91, make this point well. Globalisation poses two risks, he asserts: one to the economy, as it can open it to attacks from ‘international raiders and speculators’ and the other to culture. ‘Globalisation can alter values, spread disease more easily, and disrupt the family system’, Swamy observes (2007, p. 81). Limits have to be placed on its reach, with India ‘well integrated’ into ‘global markets’, with appropriate ‘connectivity’ (Swamy, 2007, p. 90). But all of this has to be closely managed if the Indian ‘renaissance’ he envisages is to occur, because of the cultural corrosion that can come via globalisation. For Swamy, the proper aim should be a modernised India coupled with what he terms a ‘virat [which he translates as ‘virile’] Hindu identity’ (2013, p. 21).
When the emergency ended, Modi was given the task of mobilising voters in Gujarat in the 1977 general election, which led to a win by the Janata Dal (People's Party).... The latter clearly is a reference to Janata Party.
Two new users – BahujanBot and MrinalPurvanchali – have created BLP issues by adding a large number of entries to multiple caste lists. I have checked some of their additions and practically all of them were missing self-identification. But I am unable to check such a large number of sources. So their edits need to be crosschecked. Thanks. - NitinMlk ( talk) 21:06, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear editors,
Please see the discussion at Template_talk:INRConvert#Usage_of_lakh/crore_and_US/British/Canadian/ANZAC/Irish/etc_readers for my proposal to introduce conversions to UK/US numbering for rupee amounts (separate from conversions to foreign currency). I cited the WP:ENGVAR ideal of having internationally-understood writing, so having UK/US numbering helps UK/US/Canada/ANZAC/etc readers unfamiliar with South Asia.
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 17:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Mysore for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay ( talk) 10:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
The government of India ( Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has released some aviation accident reports online. I made archives of the PDFs on the Wayback Machine. They include:
Also there is now an archive in PDF format for Alliance Air Flight 7412 (2000-07-17) - the text format version was already released
Indian Airlines Flight 605 (1990-02-14) had its report uploaded by the FAA but now I also have the URL for the copy at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation website. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
The easiest way to describe them is by the phrase, "THIS IS NOT A DRILL".
So, please pay attention. -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 18:12, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Broad: Marriage in Hinduism, Vivaah, Hindu wedding, Vedic wedding ceremony
Specific: Yogic marriage, Asura marriage, Daiva marriage, Brahma marriage, Paishacha marriage, Gandharva marriage (can't find the missing three, probably coming soon too)
Ideas/opinions on which should stay and which should be merged to which ones? Usedtobecool ☎️ 19:58, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
The last peer review for Mumbai was done 11 years ago. Some suggestions were provided on fixing it but those weren't fixed. I recently fixed most of the issues pointed out in the suggestion. Since I'm a new editor I would really appreciate you guys to check the changes that I've made, and also improve the Mumbai article so that it can be nominated for FA.
Amazingcaptain ( talk) 09:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal here to split part of the article on the river Charding Nullah into a new article called Demchok dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 16:56, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! There is a merger proposal here for the articles on the village(s) of Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture and Demchok in the Sino-Indian border dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 23:29, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
this discussion at TfD could use more attention from people familiar with the topic. I ask that people familiarize themselves with the nature of sidebars and navboxes before commenting. Vanamonde ( Talk) 15:20, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I nominated Jasraj for good article review. A review is underway. The reviewer has suggested that foreign language terms should be italicised. Per MOS:FOREIGNITALIC we should italicise 'isolated foreign words that do not yet have everyday use in non-specialized English' and this should be done using the {{lang}} tag, which identifies which language the word or phrase is using. I don't speak Hindi and I would appreciate if some editors that do could review the list at Talk:Jasraj/GA2#List of foreign language terms in the Jasraj article and help identify those which should be tagged as Hindi. Curb Safe Charmer ( talk) 11:51, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
Season's greetings
I am looking for proactive expansion and update support/input help the following (So far neglected but important topic) articles, if possible. Even if you feel your focus area bit different still contribution of few line may help bring in some different perspective and also help Wikipedia goal of neutrality. If you can't spare time but if you know any good references you can note those on talk pages.
This has been posted to this forum since, one of article review suggested to have more diverse editor participation to have more inclusive, neutral and balanced worldview
I hope and request some editors from this forum too proactively and constructively participate in updating and expanding of article Islamic advice literature
Thanks, warm regards and greetings
Bookku ( talk) 07:38, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Category:Seven Sister States has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy ( talk) 22:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
At the moment, this category seems to be badly defined; it's being applied to a BJP member of parliament, Manish Grover, a 16th century religious leader, Vedavyasa Tirtha, and everyone in between. I could see it being a useful category for Hindu religious leaders, or for Hindu nationalist activists, or a few others, but I suspect that it would not see sufficient input at CfD, so bringing it here first. Going to CfD may or may not be necessary, depending on what opinions are expressed here. Vanamonde ( Talk) 03:57, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
help expand the article, and nominating it for ITN. ❯❯❯ S A H A 16:25, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
This page needs a serious cleanup. Would anyone like to have a look? Thanks Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 11:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I have recently nominated the newly created article Happiness Curriculum for DYK review. I would be happy if someone takes it up, thanks in advance. KCVelaga ( talk) 01:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
A new editor is deleting whole sections of sourced content on Jainism. Can someone please have a look. Thanks Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 04:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
He's a self-published author with no credentials except electronics engineering and business management but used in a very large number of articles. [9] 11:18, 8 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller ( talk • contribs)
User Neeraj Puru is an SPA who has created a lot of disruption by adding unsourced/ made-up content related to Saini caste. Nearly all of their unsourced or poorly sourced additions have been fixed, but a wrongly titled village article survived – see Talk:Bir Mangoli Sainian. And they are creating disruption there, although they have been warned previously. The user has already been given a final warning and is clearly WP:NOTHERE. So an admin intervention is needed here. - NitinMlk ( talk) 18:52, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
I have been poking my nose into, and hopefully improving some Indian & region BLPs recently, and was going through those on the List of deaths due to COVID-19. I noticed the this gent had been infected, but there was actually no source cited saying he had died, or why. I found an online source saying he had a heart attack, somewhere else said he had diabetes too, so it's possibly a death from COVID-19 complications. Which could possibly include a heart attack. My edit is here, using a Times of India source.
I found contradictory sources, so it seems possible there isn't any certain cause. I brought it here for input before removing any COVID-19 categories etc.
Regards, 220 of Borg 08:05, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at K12 (mountain)? There's been some recent back-and-forth, with editors variously claiming the place to be on either the Pakistani or the Indian side of the Line of Control. – Uanfala (talk) 19:04, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
I tried to create an article on Gouranga Samanta, but I couldn't find anything else substantive than electoral results, so I kept it in draft ( Draft:Gouranga Samanta). I'm a bit surprised, since he contested every assembly election in West Bengal 1951-1982 and again in 1991, under tickets of BBC, CPI, CPI(M) and BJS. There must be more material, at least offline, on this person - anyone who would be able to did anything up? Maybe a "Who's who" publication on the assembly members? -- Soman ( talk) 14:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
This AFD could benefit from some subject-matter experts. Thank you, postdlf ( talk) 19:07, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, recently deceased Sushant Singh Rajput's article is getting lots of attention, especially from previously sleeping accounts, like here. Some of the recent edits have endeavored to note a website that his "team" set up to catalogue his thoughts and dreams. I don't understand the academic value of this. It seems like people are just trying to drive traffic to his posthumous blog, but I might be hypersensitive. I'd appreciate more eyes on this. One editor asked a question about this and I responded on the talk page. Other input, would be appreciated. Regards, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 04:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanx man!!! We need to protect from such users who don't know much anything about topic and randomly edit wikipedia with poor sources. Taal Saptak ( talk) 09:34, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
It seems the article The Indian Express is contradictory about where the newspaper is based. One part says it's published in Mumbai but another said the head office is in Noida. https://indianexpress.com/contact-us/ gives a Noida contact address.
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 22:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word) has been relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Bookku ( talk) 04:32, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
This page has gone out of hands. Unsourced additions are rampant. Can someone please have a look at Characters in the Mahabharata. Capankajsmilyo ( talk) 10:26, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I copy-paste a post from my talk-page:-
My initial reply was:-
Does anyone have any ideas? or is there an admin willing to move-protect 1018 articles to prevent the inevitable chaos? as almost nobody does all the re-linking and clearing up required when an article is moved. - Arjayay ( talk) 19:38, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
-- Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 11:42, 13 June 2020 (UTC)The move's stated purpose, though, was to bring back the way cities were called to their ancient nomenclatures, and it started two years ago when the government said anglicised names should be renamed closer to their original Tamil names.
An administrator can help Taal Saptak ( talk) 15:31, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Starting new article en:Draft:Urdu feminist literature. Please add relevant information with references.
Bookku ( talk) 03:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
If you are interested, please see Talk:Bengal tiger/Archive 1#Request for comment on the first sentence of articles about subpopulations. AnomalousAtom ( talk) 10:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
An article of interest to the project— Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture—has been proposed for merging with Demchok. Project members are invited to participate at the merger discussion. AnomalousAtom ( talk) 10:21, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Provide your opinion at Talk:List of shopping malls in India#Re-listing. ❯❯❯ S A H A 15:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi I’m a new page reviewer and lately I’ve seen a lot of stubs created about villages in India that use odd-looking sources. The sources I’m familiar with are official census records and pin code directories. Lately a lot of them refer to a site called “Our Hero”. Is there a consensus on what reference sites are reliable for villages in India? What is the view on the reliability of “Our Hero”? Many thanks. Mccapra ( talk) 10:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I want to get a feedback on the article and some suggestions to improve it. If you think that no improvements are required then please help me by Approving the article. It has all references and is properly linked to other Wiki pages SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 10:06, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I'm looking at this reference and I was hoping that someone familiar with Malayalam could tell me what the budget and gross of Rajavinte Makan were. I don't trust the Google translation, because I've sometimes seen them translate crore into millions. Thank you, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:16, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Some sources stated that the death date of Siya Kakkar was on 25 June 2020 but the IP edits changed it to 24 June 2020. The majority of the sources also stated that she died at the age of 16 but the IP edits have changed it as at the age of 15. Even there is a confusion regarding the actual birth date of her which is making difficulties to add the correct age of the subject. Abishe ( talk) 04:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of certain types of Indian newspaper articles (including local edition articles and Sunday stories). If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Indian newspapers - local editions & Sunday stories. — Newslinger talk 07:42, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Anyone know if the 2011 caste census data was ever released? Is it on the web? - Sitush ( talk) 09:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at
Sikhs for Justice? The recent additions are so bad that I was tempted to revert to the 5 March version, but then that version had some oddities of its own (like the statement about the mass appreciation for the Punjab and Indian government by the international and local Sikh community
). –
Uanfala (talk) 19:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
With edits like [12], [13], [14], etc., it seems an editor has added an unnecessary sentence in the leads of a large number of Indian/Pakistani village articles in the last two days: [15]. So there is a need for mass rollback or something. Thanks. - NitinMlk ( talk) 21:05, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I'm asking some questions at the technical village pump about availability of a tool that will remove inactive users from lists like Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members. To me, it seems rather pointless keeping a user on such a list if the user hasn't edited in a year or more. Why?
There are lots of little add-your-name lists like this around the project, for instance at WP:SVT. Anyway, if the community is interested in culling this list, I can see if someone can help design a tool for it. Thoughts? I know it's not a huge priority, just thought I could help do some gnoming here. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was about to create an article for the historic William Emerson-Lockwood Kipling fountain inside the Crawford Market (which I'll get to), but got sidetracked by the market's Wiki name. Per COMNAME, I'm proposing Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai be renamed Crawford Market, as it was moved unilaterally without any discussion/consensus with this edit in 2015. (I also notice an old talk page comment by User:Nichalp justifying their earlier revert per commonname.) All reliable newspapers continue to use Crawford Market, see The Hindu, Mint, Washington Post, Guardian, Telegraph, Statesman and all the rest. The only website is titled crawford-market.com, plus Trip Advisor & Lonely Planet too. I wanted to be BOLD, but thought it better to run it past more experienced eds here. Thanks, CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 08:04, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
FYI, the Star Parivaar Awards article has been nominated for deletion. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 15:29, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Please can I request a review and approval of an article on Shankkar Aiyar. Shankkar is an economic analyst, journalist, and author. /info/en/?search=Draft:Shankkar_Aiyar
If there is something else that I should be doing, please let me know and I will do that. Thanks in advance. Kaisertalk ( talk) 16:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Marking this as an AfD. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Item_number
This should be removed in entirety, given the extreme objectification of women that the term encourages, and / or be merged with Bollywood music.
If there is something that I need to do procedurally, please let me know.
Kaisertalk ( talk) 16:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, can anyone tell me which Odisha Article is considered as reliable reference for new article ?? Waiting for valuable answer. Bijoyonline30 ( talk) 07:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Attention to the disambiguation page for these people and to all of the articles listed here will be appreciated. Are they all listed correctly? Robert McClenon ( talk) 06:55, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Weird garbage in authors/titles.... This seems to disproportionately affect India-related articles since these issue seem related to The Times of India. If you can help, please do. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 16:02, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
what about organizing an online meetup to discuss on various topic? Indian enwiki seems dead. ❯❯❯ S A H A 14:38, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
I've been seeing a lot of dalit communities suddenly having dozens of heroic figures in their past being lauded, among them Uda Devi and Bijli Pasi. The latter is very clearly revisionist history, but in re-reading Devi's article I'm starting to wonder if it's not more of the same - propping up a potentially real historical figure to "legendary" status in (what I assume is) some sort of bid to ignore centuries of caste-based societal issues. What's the best way to deal with these sorts of pages, when there will of course exist tons of references (all written in the last ten years) that claims these people existed and were basically superheros? Primefac ( talk) 13:26, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Guhathakurta family of Barisal - notable? I can find mentions written by an academic who bears the same name, so probably not independent, and a bunch of obscurely published stuff by Swami Paramananda that has passing mentions etc. Can't seem to find much that discusses them as a family and is definitely independent. - Sitush ( talk) 08:03, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Anyone any idea why this might be a reliable source for a massive recent addition to Ahir clans? I thought at first there had been a copy/paste from somewhere but I've not found anything online that is not a mirror of us (yet). - Sitush ( talk) 17:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Sitush, the edit in question is unsourced. in fact, it didn't provide any source. There is a Hindi language source visible at the bottom of the text added by the anon. But that source was added by another anon in December 2019 with this edit. That anon cited the source for Phatak Ahirs. I have only a snippet view of the source, and it does support the claim of anon related to Phatak Ahirs, although there is no mention of Sisodia or "Digpal" in it. Here is the relevant quote from the page nos. 3 & 4 of the source:
मैनपुरी जनपद में हिन्दुओं की अनेक उल्लेखनीय जातियाँ बसी हुई हैं। इनमें कुछ जातियाँ ऐतिहासिक हैं। अहीर अथवा यादवों में फाटक गोत्र के अहीर विशेष उल्लेखनीय हैं । ये अपने को चित्तौड़ के राजपूत राजा का वंशज बताते हैं जिसने महाबन के अहीर राजा की पुत्री से विवाह किया था । पुरानी दन्तकथा के आधार पर इनका कहना है जब दिल्ली सम्राट ने चित्तौड़ पर आक्रमण किया था इन्होंने दुर्ग के फाटकों की रक्षा करने में शौर्य का परिचय दिया था । तभी से ये फाटक गोत्र से सम्बोधित होने लगे । कालान्तर में चित्तौड़ राजा एवं उनकी अहीर रानी के वंशज सबसे पहले सामोहन में आकर बसे । धीरे-धीरे यमुना के किनारे ये लोग फैल गये ।
Here is its translation by Google Translate, although I fixed it a bit:
Many notable castes of Hindus are inhabited in Mainpuri district. Some of these castes are historical. Among the Ahir or Yadavs, Ahirs of the Phatak gotra are particularly notable. They describe themselves as descendants of the Rajput king of Chittor who married the daughter of the Ahir king of Mahaban. Based on the old legend, they say that when the Delhi Emperor attacked Chittor, they showed valour in protecting the Phataks [which means gates/entrances] of the fort. Since then, they have been addressed as Phatak gotra. Later, the descendants of the Chittor king and his Ahir queen first settled in Samohan. Gradually these people spread on the banks of the Yamuna.
TL;DR: The edit pointed out by you should be reverted for being unsourced. - NitinMlk ( talk) 18:13, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Please add a source or delete the page. Xx236 ( talk) 11:45, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a need for those who can speak and read the relevant languages to find references for OneOTT Intertainment, a corporation which seems to me to be notable, to place those better references in the article and to participate wisely in the AfD please. Fiddle Faddle 10:24, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
The Indian classical music raga articles ( Category:Janya Ragas and Category:Melakarta Ragas) are having tons of film songs related information and links being added irrationally. Most of the film songs do not strictly adhere to the ragas. They are not the right examples to be quoted in an encyclopedia. Many are not notable and there is likely that we will not find a reliable reference to a song being composed in the specific raga where it is added. It is a total mess. Many of the edits are from IP Addresses, which only makes it difficult to even start any conversation. Wonder how this will be dealt with! VasuVR ( talk, contribs) 06:35, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I intend to perform a little cleanup on our
WikiProject banner template but some of the changes would need community approval. Please give your views on the following:
Looking forward to the community feedback. Regards, Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 10:23, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
I had moved to Yelevarthy Nayudamma to Nayudamma Yelevarthy when I found in the Canadian government report on AI182 that "Yelevarthy" is the family name, and the Canadian report put the family name last. However is it the case that Telugu names are family name first?
The report does state on page 62/220: "In the literature, his name often appears as Yelevarthy (or Yelavarthy) Nayudamma. The family name “Yelevarthy” has been confirmed and that is the form used in this report."
Some Canadian sources seem to mistake "Nayudamma" as being the family name.
WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Encourage interested editors to take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Manilal Dwivedi/archive1, an article about a Gujarati poet which needs more input. ( t · c) buidhe 17:41, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Is Indian Anthropological Society the correct title for that article? Thanks, Мастер Шторм ( talk) 18:21, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Could some members from WP:INDIA take a look at this and assess it? There are some formatting and MOS issues that need sorting out, but that’s fairly easy to do butif this person meets
WP:NPOL. —
Marchjuly (
talk) 22:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC); [Note: Post edited by Marchjuly to change “but” to “if”. — 11:21, 22 July 2020 (UTC)]
Some right-wing propagandists are trying to prevent me from creating pages like
List of nicknames used for Narendra Modi,
List of Acronyms used for Narendra Modi,
Urban Naxals
Me Too Urban Naxal,
Godi Media,
Casualties in the Citizenship Amendment Act protests,
List of lies used by Narendra Modi,
List of lies used for Narendra Modi,
List of nicknames used by Narendra Modi,
List of slogans used by Narendra Modi,
List of slogans used for Narendra Modi,
List of Acronyms used by Narendra Modi,
List of Books on Narendra Modi,
List of awards in the name of Narendra Modi,
List of awards received by Narendra Modi,
List of books by Narendra Modi,
List of UPA schemes renamed by Narendra Modi,
List of schemes launched by Narendra Modi,
List of social media accounts of Narendra Modi,
List of social media accounts on Narendra Modi,
List of things named after Narendra Modi by using wikipedia policies and guidelines. Is it possible to reinstate them, If not, write an appropriate stub article in their places. (
italawar (
talk /
122.182.249.251 (
talk) 10:09, 22 July 2020 (UTC))
Hi,
I am Atif Afzal, a music composer for films. Originally from India, I am now based in New York. I would like my page to be created. I did some research and found out that I qualify for Wikipedia inclusion under WP:MUSICBIO and WP:COMPOSER.
1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/shreyas-welcomes-bajis-return/articleshow/45777452.cms – The Times of India
2. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fglyx - Dailymotion
3. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/atif-afzal-felt-bad-when-my-movie-with-salman-khan-got-shelved/articleshow/49581450.cms - – The Times of India
4. https://www.thestatesman.com/tag/atif-afzal - The Statesman (India)
5. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/composing-music-for-global-films-is-exciting-atif-afzal-117080200117_1.html – Business Standard
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OdgUpLmtyM – Adgully.com
7. https://urbanasian.com/featured/2015/02/abhijeet-sawant-joins-hands-with-bollywood-music-director-atif-afzal-for-baji/ - Urban Asian
8. https://in.news.yahoo.com/prague-music-review-093313942.html – Yahoo! News
9. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/shalmali-kholgade-is-music-director-atif-afzals-lucky-mascot/articleshow/46041513.cms – The Times of India
10. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/atif-afzal-sings-for-shreyas/articleshow/45533555.cms - – The Times of India
11. https://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/atif-afzal-lends-his-vocals-first-marathi-track-141215# - Radio and Music
12. https://www.glamsham.com/bollywood/news/atif-afzal-ready-to-fire-with-monsoon-shootout/amp/ - Glamsham.com
You can find print newspaper/music magazines articles on my website - http://www.atifafzal.com/press/?mode=list. My name appears on multiple Wikipedia pages -
I would be glad if someone can help me create an article for me. I have also posted a request here - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requested_articles/music#Composer 
AAComposer ( talk) 21:25, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Hey all, I don't know where the best place to bring this up is, because nobody at WikiProject Television will ever talk to me if I bring up Indian television, just like the people at WikiProject Film won't talk to me if I bring up Indian films.
I'm trying to figure out what value certain awards like Gold Awards and Lions Gold Awards have in Indian biographies. Today I saw some back-and-forth happening about the notability of Kaveri Priyam (now moved back to Draft space) and part of the argument was that she won a Lions Gold Award, and was nominated for a Gold Award. I've seen both of these awards a lot in Indian biographies, but I don't get the sense that any of them are well-managed or meaningful.
For instance, looking at the article on the Gold Awards, I find that goldawards.in is their web presence. But there's nothing there. It's an ugly, empty website with no substantive content. This perplexes me. If this entity doesn't even bother maintaining a list of nominees and winners, then what academic purpose does the award have? Is it just a promotional money grab? I notice that it was previously called the Boroplus Gold Awards—is that some sort of skin care brand? That might answer my question...
Same with Lions Gold Awards, only I can't even find an online presence for their awards. While the Lions Club might be a notable organisation, that doesn't necessarily mean that awards issued by their Mumbai chapter would be notable in any way. After all, what expertise does a fraternal service organisation have in film and TV criticism, and why would we care what they think?
As some of you are likely aware, award mills are problematic across all Indian entertainment articles, so the more clarity I can get, the easier it will be to maintain these articles. Many non-notable awards are used to fluff up actor bios here. I also notice anecdotally, that usually the sites that care about either of these awards, tend to be fringe sites like Pinkzilla and Filmibeat. For example this editor wanted to inflate the Award section at Digangana Suryavanshi, and I could not find a source other than Filmibeat for the Lions Gold Award for "favourite versatile actress". (Also, yes, I'm aware that those Dadasaheb Phalke awards are not legit.)
Thanks for any input you have! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 15:50, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard#Of_archdukes_and_princes seeking to find consensus regarding use of royal/noble titles in situations where the titles are now not legally recognised etc. Obviously has an impact on this project, so comments there would be good. - Sitush ( talk) 15:30, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
I would like to invite everyone to share their views in the Talk:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport#Infobox image discussion. ❯❯❯ S A H A 18:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could an admin, or someone who can, please move Jyotirmath to Joshimath (it's the other way round currently) per WP:COMMONNAME, as no one ever refers to it with the Sanskritized Jyotirmath (except perhaps the temple priests there). See NYTimes, Guardian, Statesman, Lonely Planet, TOI, Uttarakhand Tourism website, and on and on and on... I tried doing so, but it's giving me a red banner of "page already exists" (course it does - it's a redirect, doh). Thanks a bunch! CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 11:01, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Gaurav Tiwari ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Often vandalized. Article could use some improvement. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 17:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Demchok sector#RfC on 1953-1962 control and administrative split of Demchok about whether to mention the pre- and post- 1962 Sino-Indian War status of the articles Demchok sector, Demchokm, Ladakh, Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture, and Demchok (historical village). Your input is appreciated. — MarkH21 talk 14:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
@ MarkH21: Just a minor point, you placed a !vote in the Survey part of the RfC, which isn't good practice and can be confusing to other editors and those closing the rfc. It's already assumed you support your own proposal, so please your keep reasoning there. Zindor ( talk) 17:26, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
If you have lots to say on the issue, give and sign a brief statement in the initial description and publish the page, then edit the page again and place additional comments below your first statement and timestamp.It wouldn't have been neutral or brief for me to include my rationale in the RfC statement itself, it would have to go in the RfC comments.Anyways, I added a comment next to my !vote that I am the nominator, so it should be clear to the closer. — MarkH21 talk 19:27, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello. Please share your views about the deletion of Alok Industries at it's Afd page. Regards, Field Marshal ( talk) 05:23, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Could somebody look at Draft:Powari language and figure out if there's anything worth salvaging there? It's been kicking around draft space for two years. Nobody wants to get rid of it, but nobody's working on it either. One reviewer felt it might not even meet WP:V. Attention from somebody who is familiar with Indian languages is needed. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:45, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Please see my comment on the talk page for the WikiProject Indian Cities This is regarding proposed changes to the sections of every Indian city page. Nagarpedian ( talk) 07:59, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Ya ya, it's back! Join in the fun. Cheers, Zindor ( talk) 23:38, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Can websites which are potentially dangerous be linked on talk pages? (I don't want to do it of course, I am asking if someone else could do it on my talk page) DTM ( talk) 13:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Following articles need attention from the editors:
Regards, - Nizil ( talk) 06:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Not sure what to do about Mohamed Ashik but it looks like the gullible Indian media falling into a trap again. The boy's "world records" have come from organisations that are the equivalent to degree mills and which have been deprecated on Wikipedia, eg: Record Holders Republic (there is a reason that is a redlink!). - Sitush ( talk) 18:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of The Hindu. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § The Hindu. — Newslinger talk 19:05, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Am i right in thinking there is a tool for fixing double-redirects? I seem to be moving pages a lot and it's a pain changing the inbound links beforehand. Thanks Zindor ( talk) 19:33, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
More eyes would be appreciated at this discussion This is not my area of expertise. There is content in his Activism section that was recently changed.
Short story: Women of childbearing age were banned from entering the Sabarimala temple. There are differing views on why that is. In 2018, the Supreme Court lifted the ban. Easwar and people aligned with him protested the ruling.
The discussion is about how this content related to Easwar's activism should be properly presented. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello! In several articles on castes/clans of the India and Pakistan, there are mentions of that particular caste/clan claiming descent from "X" (self claim) (X = another race/tribe/caste/clan), though, with citations/sources. Still, is that not compromising the quality of the content? Can we discuss removing that from the articles? Thanks,
Мастер Шторм (
talk) 14:03, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Мастер Шторм (
talk) 14:12, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Occasionally, someone goes on a burst of adding {{ EB1911 Poster}} to various articles, as has just happened at Mahar. The template links to the article's equivalent entry in the 1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica on Wikisource. Ok, Wikisource does have a generic disclaimer - see here - regarding the accuracy or otherwise of EB1911, particularly for certain subjects such as ethnography. Nonetheless, I really don't see the point in linking to what is often nonsense, vastly superseded by more recent research and often enough demonstrating precisely the sort of colonial misunderstandings, such as scientific racism, that led to us deciding generally not to use Raj era publications as sources. As far as I am concerned, the use of these templates is more to do with spamming Wikisource on Wikipedia than with intelligently informing our readers. Does anyone else agree that including them is a poor idea in these circumstances? - Sitush ( talk) 17:31, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I have worked on Mahesh Babu filmography along with Ab207, and could use some more feedback on its nomination. MSG17 ( talk) 21:46, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
Ram Mandir, Ayodhya says "Kameshwar Chaupal (a Dalit leader from Bihar) became one of the first people to lay the stone" in a 1989 incident at the site. Is this person the same as Kameshwar Choupal, a politician from Bihar, or are they different people? Click here for information about Choupal. 64.203.187.71 ( talk) 20:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Can someone please read the Tamil text (on the board and on the wall in red) from Vishalakshi temple. The caption in the article is "Kashi Vishalakshi Temple Tamil Inscription which shows Temple Consecrated held in 1908AD". On the board, I can read 1971, which tallies with a ref saying that the temple was renovated in the year.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:30, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Iramuthusamy: would you be able to help us out please? Thanks, Zindor ( talk) 14:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an active discussion regarding the article title of 2020 Bangalore riots. If you are interested, please participate at {{ Section link}}: required section parameter(s) missing Tayi Arajakate Talk 16:14, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hinduism in India ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) besides being badly written I'm not sure about the sources. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 17:19, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey does anyone know how to properly refer to Aditi Rao Hydari with respect to WP:SURNAME? Would it be Rao Hydari, as though it were hyphenated, as her parents have Rao and Hydari as surnames, or would we just use Hydari? Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:43, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
There's too much Swaminarayan pov-pushing at too many Wikipedia articles at the moment, exaggerating the importance of Swaminarayan. This may be the most stunning one, but see also Hinduism and Vedanta. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 04:56, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Please suggest some speeches for this article Speeches of Narendra Modi. The suggestions can go on the talk page of course— Talk:Speeches of Narendra Modi. DTM ( talk) 13:31, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Oh well, just thought I'd give this a shot. If anyone reading this stays in Dehradun, would you please be so kind as to visit Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib some day (not urgent), and take some images for Wiki Commons of the profoundly beautiful wall paintings there - some belong to the Garhwali School, 17th century? And also the main structure and the Mughal-style gardens? Not a single modern-day image exists on Wiki of this culturally and architecturally important monument, or one documenting the historic wall paintings -- could only find a historic image to use in the article. I would have very much loved to be able to drive there (from Delhi) just to take these images myself, but am not sure if people are being stopped at the state border or if we need a Covid negative report. Apparently, some wall paintings are in bad shape and it would be nice to include a gallery in the article highlighting this relatively little known treasure in Dehradun. Fingers crossed! CallMeByYourMane ( talk) 15:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to verify that Ashok Kumar Dogra was indeed an MLA for Ramban, but I'm having difficulty finding an RS for election returns. [16] says he won in 2008, but the official results posted by the Election Commission ( [17]) seem to go back only to 2009. Anyone know where I could find a good source? (Article's been tagged for notability since 2017 and I'm trying to establish that its subject meets WP:NPOL.) Thanks! AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 00:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey, India specialist. In Wikispecies we have problem, which is surname for " Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi/ Viswajyothi Keezhpattillam"? Thread is here: wikispecies:Wikispecies:Village_Pump#Name_order_confusion-- Estopedist1 ( talk) 06:30, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Editors at this board may be interested in the following discussion at the Village pump: WP:VPT#Calculating Edit notice effectiveness using preview page stats.
Background: the article Allahabad has an edit notice ( here) to attempt to deal with the constant attempts to alter it to "Prayagraj". Other articles may have similar notices. How do we know if this, or any edit notice is working? That is the topic of the discussion at the Village pump, and your feedback would be welcome. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 21:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
After Wikipedia urged donations from Indian users some Twitter users (including David Frawley) claimed Wikipedia was anti-Hindu, which ThePrint has reported on (2 Aug). Pages commented on include 2020 Delhi riots and Jai Shree Ram. David Frawley also tweeted "Wikipedia has published many questionable statements about Hindu writers, leaders, causes and historical issues... Hindus should protest its anti-Hindu views". If true or even partly, this bias needs to be identified. DTM ( talk) 10:29, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Obviously, Wikipedia is a threat for some people, who believe in indigenous Aryans and 10,000 years of Hinduism.?? Are other diverse scholarly debates/interpretations friendlies to Wikipedia? Does the Friendly Wikipedia treat the Content or the Author as reliable source?? Just asking. Santoshdts [TalkToMe] 18:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Where would be the best place to talk about the usage of saffron in infoboxes related to India? Yesterday I went ahead and changed the colour of some of these to green (like the bottom part of the Indian tri-colour is green or the leaves of a lotus).
DTM ( talk) 13:28, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Let us rescue this stub. Bearian ( talk) 00:09, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Yesterday I stumbled on the article for Chetan Gawande and cleaned it up a bit. All of the citations are in Marathi, which I don't speak. From what I can work out using Google Translate, the subject is indeed an elected official, but that in itself isn't enough to satisfy WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. I'm also unsure if sources like this one are RS at all—I don't want to discount the page just because it's not professionally formatted or designed, but I can't work out what I'm looking at apart from some kind of report of election results. Could someone who reads Marathi check on the sources and determine whether this person is actually notable? Armadillo pteryx 20:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at the newly created Persecution of Muhajirs? It was created by a new editor with an impressive command of wikipedia processes, but it's got obvious POV issues, I don't know the topic area enough to be able to attempt cleaning it up myself. – Uanfala (talk) 10:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I know that Hindustani and Urdu closely related, but is Nastaliq considered an "Indic script" for the purposes of enforcing WP:NOINDICSCRIPT? I'm looking at this edit. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
News Bugz and Chitrasanthe. Anyone know if these are reliable sources for news on entertainment professionals and do they have significant viewership? I've not come across them before, and i can't really find out anything about them, which probably answers my question but i'm throwing a line out anyway. Regards, Zindor ( talk) 20:54, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Buranji's are valuable historical chronicles of Assam. But can we use them as sources in Wikipedia? They are definitely WP:PRIMARY and even if they are edited and published today, they still remain WP:PRIMARY. I ask in the context of the Chutia kingdom, which is heavily sourced from Buranjis. Some of the Buranji-based claims made in the article have been refuted by modern scholarship, such as those I have noted here: Talk:Chutia_Kingdom#Extent_in_lead. The Buranji-based claims are pushed by SashankaChutia (tagging him here). Comments on this will be very helpful. Also tagging Sitush who has helped with these issues in the past. Thanks! Chaipau ( talk) 12:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Chaipau: I would like to clarify some things here.
1. Primary sources are not disallowed in Wikipedia. It is not explicitly mentioned that primary sources are not allowed in Wikipedia. I quote," Primary sources are often difficult to use appropriately. Although they can be both reliable and useful in certain situations, they must be used with caution in order to avoid original research. Although specific facts may be taken from primary sources, secondary sources that present the same material are preferred."
. In this case, certain facts have been directly taken from Buranjis, due to the absence of secondary sources which doesn't go against Wikipedia policy.
2. You are mistaken in the context of Buranjis here. The paragraph of Maheswar Neog that you are quoting about Buranjis is about "Chutia Buranji" which is surely filled with some fictitious material like the mention of Kuber and many more as pointed out by Shin. The Buranjis I have quoted here are Ahom Buranjis(written in Tai and Assamese) which are a very accurate tool of historical studies. Most of what we know about medieval Assam history comes from these manuscripts. All the Buranjis I have used here are published by the "Department of Historical and Antiquity Studies, Government of Assam". There is nothing to doubt here.
3. Shin has well mentioned about the architectural continuity of the Burai ruins with that of the Sadiya ones. I quote, "If architectural continuity is admitted between the fortifications in the Sadiya region and the Burai river ruin site, it would be possible to believe that the kingdom of these rulers extended as far as the outer limit of Darrang district, in the western most extent
of which Ahom conquerors settled the vanquished Chutiyas in the early part of the sixteenth century."
This architectural continuity is in the form of unique common mason marks found in the stone walls of Burai fort, with that of Tamreswari temple as well as many brick tanks of Sadiya region. Neog didn't know about this, and hence he didn't mention it.
4. Moreover, your edit well ignores the south bank. The Buranjis(Ahom) well establish the fact that the Dihing river formed the Chutia-Ahom borders. The area north and west of Dihing was under Chutia jurisdiction. Creating new offices in the province of Dihing and Tiphau backs the facts very well. Are these not informations with "historical basis"? As I have already mentioned land grants are signs of Aryan population, they cannot be used to mark borders of a kingdom. There are other sources like Buranjis(Ahom) and epigraphical records for that. SashankaChutia ( talk) 13:42, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
I expanded Rajinder Singh (brigadier) recently but now think the article should be deleted. But it is a grey area. If you have time, please put forward your comments over at the AFD — Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajinder Singh (brigadier). Thanks. DTM ( talk) 10:43, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, the following subjects, and their talk pages, could use more eyes from experienced Wikipedians, based on a growing interest in these areas by inexperienced editors.
Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Anyone know if Iswarya Menon and Akshara Menon are the same person? I see different looks in different photos and I don't want to make assumptions. I'm looking at Iswarya Menon and the article currently says that her birth name is Aiswarya Menon, but I can't find any quality sources that say that, and when I look at a 2013 version of the article, I see that it originally said that she was also known as Akshara. There are also references in the article that seem to resolve to the name Akshara, so I assume they are the same person, but that name has disappeared from mention in the article and I wanted some extra opinions. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 01:10, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
This article has been created recently by a 23 days old account. It appears controversial to me. Please check it for the neutrality. Hitro talk 07:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an RFC open that is relevant to this noticeboard. Talk:Sushant Singh Rajput#So, what will be in the infobox?. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 23:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
This is regarding the following book of the publisher Sarup & Sons:
I have just checked its first chapter (i.e. page no. 1–22) and noticed that all of its 22 pages are copy-pasted from chapter no. 7 (i.e. page nos. 75–96) of Jadunath Sarkar's following book: A History of Jaipur, c. 1503-1938 (1984). The only difference is that the chapter titles are different. And there is no attribution to Sarkar anywhere. In fact, the rest of the book may also be copy-pasted from Sarkar's book, although I haven't checked it yet. Note that this book was published in 2008, i.e. before the completion of 60 years of Sarkar's death. So this book is not only blatant plagiarism but also seem like a WP:COPYVIOEL (see here). Is anyone familiar with the publisher Sarup & Sons? Pinging the two editors who keep a record of such plagiarisers: Sitush & Utcursch – both of them are inactive for some time, so I apologise to them in advance. - NitinMlk ( talk) 16:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I nominated this article for deletion a while ago (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Sebastian's Church, Chittattukara), and the discussion is having a bit of a hangup due to a language barrier. Would anyone be able to conduct a search in Malayalam for this church? (I assume that this note is not inappropriate WP:CANVASSING, but others are free to strike this comment if so.) AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 16:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Any help appreciated with Joy Thomas, where the sourcing is poor. Thanks. Tacyarg ( talk) 05:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
MaysinFourty is a sock puppet and is blocked. 42.106.8.106 ( talk) 06:46, 5 September 2020 (UTC) |
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Hello admins, your help is required at Suhel Seth and Talk:Suhel Seth. An IP (very possibly a sockpuppet who is well-versed in Wiki jargon) is leaving silly UPE accusations on my talk page and adding mass promotional spam using terrible sources, which I have repeatedly removed. They have now done it thrice in a row, and seem to be a single purpose account and a spammer. Could the the article please be locked for a while? It is only being used to promote the Media Personality, the Actor, the Mover and Shaker, the Maverick, the Author, the Philanthropist, The Suhel Seth, with bad, PR sources. I will be grateful for some more eyes (admin and non-admin) on that page, as their behaviour is bordering on harassment. Also, would you also suggest opening a sockpuppet investigation against them (as there is some evidence on talk page)? Thanks MaysinFourty ( talk) 05:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
This is just to offer my thanks publicly to admin
CaptainEek for stepping in and remedying the situation, and
Praxidicae for their comment on the talk page! It would be nice to have more editors keeping an eye on the page as I feel Mr Seth's (a "marketing guru") PR machinery is at work! Many thanks,
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Can somebody expand and save Kahin Aar Kahin Paar and Madhu Malti . Thanks.† Encyclopædius 11:06, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello! On 8 April 2020, I started a discussion – Talk:Jat people/Archive 9#Originally or Previosuly – at Talk:Jat people about the wording of a sentence in lead. Even though the point made was worth discussing as there was an approved edit request regarding the point (see — Talk:Jat people/Archive 8#Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 January 2020 & this), there was absolutely no participation from any other editor...none! And, the section got archived without any real discussion because of that. I am pointing about that issue and one more issue with the same sentence again, after a few months, but in an attempt to try to make sure that this time a discussion does takes place, I am inviting the editors here to kindly have a look at the points made at Talk:Jat people#Sentence in lead needs attention and discuss them so that they can be addressed for the benefit of our readers. Thanks, Мастер Шторм ( talk) 13:39, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Could someone who can read Gurmukhi check if the English captions match the ones in the file in this edit? I ask because the second one doesn't look anything like a wedding. Thanks! -- RegentsPark ( comment) 18:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
There's a request to move Bangalore article to "Bengaluru". Please comment at Talk:Bangalore. Regards, TryKid dubious – discuss 07:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
I have tried to expand this article, Haqeeqat (1964 film), 5x so as to allow a dyk hook. But I am falling short by a few lines and references. Any suggestions related to what else can be added and where that information is? DTM ( talk) 07:40, 8 September 2020 (UTC)