Talk:Karachi/Archive 1

message: Dear all contributors,
I have expanded the Karachi page alot. Added intro templet (which no other pak city has so far).
I did not remove any existing pic (though replace one and put it in proper place).
User:M.Imran 17 Nov 2005 - Karachi.
=== Images : Cleanup required ===
Too many oversized images in the page. Too many images without captions. --DuKot 06:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Image:Kimari flyovers.jpg and :Image:Karachi at night.JPEG are both liscensed under a Creative Commons ShareAlike 1.0 License, which requires proper attribution to the author. Since neither does so, I have removed them from the article. Please feel free to add similar pictures to enhance this article. Also, if someone could provide more picture on the Jinnah picture; I'm inclined to say that the picture was published in India and thus it is released into Indian public domain. If someone could find the year it was originally published, it would be much appreciated. Pepsidrinka 20:59, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Too many oversized images in the page. Too many images without captions. --DuKot 06:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images : Cleanup required 

message: :Image:Kimari flyovers.jpg and :Image:Karachi at night.JPEG are both liscensed under a Creative Commons ShareAlike 1.0 License, which requires proper attribution to the author. Since neither does so, I have removed them from the article. Please feel free to add similar pictures to enhance this article. Also, if someone could provide more picture on the Jinnah picture; I'm inclined to say that the picture was published in India and thus it is released into Indian public domain. If someone could find the year it was originally published, it would be much appreciated. Pepsidrinka 20:59, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture removal 

message: There was already a picture of Frere Hall in the Karachi page and another one has been added by 213.121.151.190.
Siddiqui 16:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Frere Hall]] picture 

message: We have to find a proper image of I I Chundrigar Road. All existing images are unacceptable to members. I have removed the existing image with long wall in front of distant skyline. It is better to have no image rather than unacceptable photo.
Siddiqui 02:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road|I. I. Chundrigar Road]] Photo 

message: I liked the page about this important place in Pakistan, a state on the western side of the Indian subcontinent. Thanks and regards. --Bhadani 16:56, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice page 

message: This page needs cleanup. For exaple, how can a cool ocean breeze be considered in the Problems section?
: I changed كراچي to كراچى . For all the complaints, I have one positive point. This is the first Pakistani or Iranian page I haven't had to add minority religions like Zoroastrianism or Buddhism to. If notable tourist sites are added it is also worth noting there is a Fire Temple over 150 years old near Dr. Daudpota Road. Khirad 01:43, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs cleanup 

message: Hi! May I recommend some modifications so that the article gets to a stage of peer review, and also FAC:
#Combine "Art and literature" with "Culture and lifestyle". Culture should encompas art and literature as well. Also neither of the 2 sections are large.
#Instead of "Educational institutions", have a section called "Education" in which both the educational patterns followed in the city and notable institutions may be discussed.
#It is better to remove the list material from "Sites of interest". It is even better to remove the section. Please try to incorporate major sites of interest in other sections. However, if you want the section to be there, please try to make it in paragraph format rather than list format. A daughter article may be created if necessary.
#Shopping subsection really does not need to be a seperate subsection. Major points may be discussed in, say, culture.
#Sections "Problems" and "Land ownership" better be removed. The contents may be incorporated within "Government" or a new section "Civiv administration".
#A "Karachi-related topics" in "See also" section would be very nice.
These are my observations. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good ideas Dwaipayanc, I have made a start on some of them such as Education. I am in favour of cutting down the Sites of Interest and then moving them to relevant sections. Green Giant 23:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some comments 

message: If you remove names of Sindhi channels from the page, I'll remove names of other channels as well.  Refrain from Vandalism.  Aursani 17:03, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'll remove other channel names too 

message: What gives, i am a Karachite also.. but mention on Sindhi channels??... come on, refrain from bigotry, i mean Pakistan as nation is one... no need to seperate sindhis, punjabis and others..
Iquadri
To be fair, I don't think we should mention anything other than the two or three largest channels. If you look through this article, there is still a tendency to make long lists of things (universities, sites of interest, and now TV channels). Mercifully, there is no list of famous Karachiites. I will look into this matter at the weekend to see if there is any reason to keep most of the long lists. Green Giant 23:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kindly refrain from prejudice 

message: This article does not belong on the GA list. Some problems:
# Deviates from Wikipedia's policy of NPOV.
# Factual Errors
# Unnecessary facts
Karachi City and Karachi towns (Division) are distinct entities logically. If these articles will be merged together it ll be quite difficult for reader to separe information about each article. Thereore, no need to merge these articles.
:The article's too long as well.  It could benefit from some serious editing. Mohsin.Siddiqui 09:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delisted Article from Good Articles list 

message: I have removed some unnecessary information from the problem's section. I find this sentence not important while looking in context of the other problems the city is facing such as power outages and water shortages. Thank you. Advil 07:02, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed text 

message: hey guys i added some info about the tree clearing and its restoration i hope thats a good one and doesnt get rejected. personal opinion: finally they consider nature. lol Birdeditor 01:31, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  added some good info 

message: Some weeks ago I added some info on the uprooting of trees in Karachi and the Greener Karachi campaign in the Problems section. Why was it removed? And by the way I wonder why no one has focused on the topic of pollution in the Problems section. I am adding some more info right now please don't remove it unless you have a reason (and don't forget to post it up here) Thanks. Birdeditor 16:42, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have some questions? 

message: I see that user User:DiegoTehMexican has removed some of my information without posting it up here or in my user talk. Hope that doesn't repeat, thanks people for your cooperation. 208.65.242.85 23:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Once again do not remove info without informing! 

message: here i am listing the sources i got my information from.
for the info on air pollution and air quality i got it from www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pakenv.html
i got the info on the tree-planting campaign from the local Dawn newspaper (i m sure it can be reached on the internet on www.dawn.com, but currently it is hard to find it in the jumble of articles)
thanks for reminding me User:Siddiqui and User:DiegoTehMexican i will post my info sources from now on. Birdeditor 00:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information sources 

message: "Here I would like to introduce" is not formal or encyclopedic in tone.  The first-person should be avoided in all formal writings, the facts are what count, rather than the agenda of the author.  Since there appears to be some commotion regarding unannounced edits, I'll allow the author time to respond.   Tractorkingsfan 11:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the First Person 

message: Why people don’t want foreigners to know how stupid immigration/passport control at Karachi airport is. I would have taken photos if I was allowed to use my camera. They are lazy, rude and obnoxious
Also Pakistani passengers maybe don’t know how to read the symbols/signs properly, and perhaps they are not aware of the words like “queues” and “lines”. Not everybody is the same but majority is like this.
Your opinion about customs officers at the Airport is original research which is not valid unless you can provide a reliable source.The article isn't here to mention really what happens where.Just there to give information about the subject and not the happenings.Nadirali نادرالی
:My experience with the custom officers at Karachi Airport is very good, you must provide the link if u have any evidence  Sal 22:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreigners have a right to know what happens at Karachi airport 

message: First off, I don't speak Urdu, so I may be completely off the mark here after a bit of hasty googling, but why is chey (which I found to be "six") after every name on the list of notable people in Karachi?
And as a corollary: why do we care about these people?  It seems, to me, to be a thoroughly extraneous list.Shigernafy 06:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Information about Karachi City 

message: "...sometimes known as ... the City of Quaid ..., after Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan."
I don't get how "Muhammad Ali Jinnah" leads to "Quaid".  Can someone please elucidate?  Thanks.
Nat 09:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation requested: Jinnah -> Quaid 

message: There is no such beach in Karachi nicknamed "russian beach".Add to that there are no russians in Pakistan except for diplomats.Nadirali نادرالی
There is Frenceh Beach Khalidkhoso 22:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The beach near Steel mills called 'Russian beach'  22:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  russian beach? 

message: This event is but a footnote, if that, in the overall discussion of such a large and important city. If mentioned at all it should be a two sentence add-on to the "history" section, definitely not its own section and definitely not the sprawling off-topic state it is currently. Jdcooper 04:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karachi Riots 

message: Kk loach 13:53, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:    Karachi Pollution problem   

message: i noticed that in WIKI they has a infobox: pakistnai cities and that is use in some other cities of pakistan to show information about them but in this page that is not use.. i like to ask what all other think. Faraz Ahmad (talk) 05:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the infobox earlier on today because I believe we should use the generic Template:Infobox Settlement which is much more flexible and comprehensive. I am working on another article at the moment but I will change all Pakistani cities to this generic infobox asap. Green Giant (talk) 07:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have mentioned this on the talk page for  to use the <CODE></CODE> rather and to suggest changes for the genericness of the mentioned template. Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 16:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of standard infobox 

message: Hey well all Karachities and Pakistanis should unite against these culprits who are trying there best to harm Pakistan and the Image of Karachi on this Internationally viewed site by deleting the articles and Picture being uploaded! we all should add more and more articles and more Standardized pictures of Karachi as many as we can to show the clear and better Image of Karachi thanks! plz Kindly add some more articles!! and i request the Wikipedia authorities to take strict action against those who are involved in deletion of articles and pictures from Karachi.
Paki90  —Preceding comment was added at 12:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The reason your images keep getting deleted is because you keep breaking copyright law and you refuse to try to understand what people are trying to explain to you. To put it simply - STOP UPLOADING OTHER PEOPLE'S IMAGES AND CLAIMING THEY ARE YOURS. STOP COPYING TEXT FROM OTHER WEBSITES BECAUSE IT BREACHES COPYRIGHT LAW. Is that simple enough for you? Green Giant (talk) 13:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Paki90, you can't just upload any picture you find on a search engine. Only pictures with the proper license can be uploaded. Also, make sure the pictures you upload are appropriate to an encyclopedia. Zaindy87 (talk) 01:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Today an admin has finally started deleting Paki90's images en masse - all because s/he would not follow the rules. I'm all for enthusiasm but it is simply not acceptable to try to pass of images as your own work when the only work you have done is to click the mouse for a copy-and-paste-job. I hope you realise the error Paki90 because it is a waste of our time trying to ensure you obey the law too. Green Giant (talk) 04:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some one is Deleting the uploaded Pictures and Articles 

message: Article is a good, solid 'B-class' article. Unfortunately, I don't think it meets the Good Article criteria at the present time. The language and prose is actually reasonably good, and it's well written, although there are a few cases in the article where some overly flowery language is used, which could be toned down a bit (e.g. try not to sound as much like a tourist guide). The biggest issue with the article is lack of references; most sections are completely unsourced (history, culture, education, sports, shopping, transportation). I also see at least two serious errors in the article as well:
* "In 1864, the first telegraphic message was sent from India to England when a direct telegraph connection was laid down between Karachi and London." -- this implies that the first telegraph lines ever constructed were here, which is not the case. It may have been the first telegraph line in the region, but I don't think it was the first line ever. The sentence should be rephrased, and cited.
* The population information in the last paragraph of the history section does not agree with the population in the infobox, or with the population in the demographics section.
A copyedit for reference citation formatting should be done. There are some cases where the citation  appears after the cited sentence but before the punctuation (like thisa.). There's also some cases where the reference appears after the cited sentence with no punctuation whatsoever. The proper format is to put the citation after the cited sentence and immediately after the punctuation, with no space (like this.b).
I don't think the article is exactly complete. The culture section is really short, and I'm sure a city with a population of several million would have a lot more to do with the culture. More information about annual cultural events, sites of interest, religion, local food and drink, local customs, etc, should be added. I'd get rid of the shopping section; as written, it just doesn't look all that exciting. Lots of cities have shopping centers -- whoopdeedoo! You probably could talk about some of the bazaars, which might be a regional flavor of shopping center, somewhere in the culture section (sites of interest, for example).
The education section could use more discussion on the educational statistics, other schools, and libraries.
I'm not getting the listing of towns in the government section. Are these neighborhoods or boroughs within Karachi, or are they suburbs (separate cities and towns adjacent to the city)? I would recommend merging this information into the geography section, and possibly adding a subsection there on 'cityscape' or 'neighborhoods', with more discussion about these. I'd also move the government section lower in the order of sections, probably closer to transportation & education. It's not quite as important as things like history, geography, and economy.
There's no section discussing local media in Karachi. Are there any newspapers, television stations, radio stations, etc? This is pretty standard info for city articles.
I'd move the real estate section into the history section, or maybe geography. Although most of the text seems to be historical in nature. Same thing with the challenges section. These two sections seem to have been tacked on at the end and I'm not sure what their purpose is. The content seems notable, but I don't think it's quite important enough for their own sections.
You could probably reduce the 'see also' section a bit. It's mostly a long list of lists. You can start off by removing any links that are already included earlier in the article, such as List of universities in Karachi (per WP:MOS). Also, move the sister projects templates down to the external links section; most articles put them down there, since they are technical "external" to wikipedia, even though they are related sites.
Eliminate the 'notes' section with  link in it. If information from the 1911 brittanica is used in the article, it should be cited using inline citations. 'General references' like this, which supposedly back up large sections of text without being specific, are not acceptable.
The lead section could also use a little touching up. It's decent, but a little short, and doesn't really adequately summarize the content of the article, as it should. You might want to review WP:LEAD for tips here.
I didn't really check all of the image copyright tags, which is also a requirement for GA status. But you should go through and insure that every image does have appropriate copyright tags, preferably free ones, like GFDL or creative commons tags.
Hopefully this will help editors improve the article. I think the article reads reasonably well, and once the article satisfies the citation and completeness requirements, it can be nominated again for GA status. You might also want to take a look at some of the templates and guidelines at WP:CITIES (while there's not really a template for international cities, there is one for UK and US cities, which might provide some useful information).
Cheers! Dr. Cash (talk) 00:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Review 

message: If someone removes the names of Sindhi TV channels from the list, then I'll remove the names of Urdu TV channels. I hope names of Sindhi TV channels will not be removed.
Aursani (talk) 14:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps you could make your meaning clearer. I understand what you are trying to convey based on past experience but the statement above reads like a threat and that is not something we want to encourage in Wikipedia. On a sidenote, if you must add weblinks, please do so using the full citation method so that it lines up with the other citations in the article. Green Giant (talk) 12:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing Sindhi channels 

message: I am again adding the section Karachi in Popular Culture of Sindh. This is the only section in the article that presents Karachi as a city of Sindh. Do not remove this without any sound reason.
Aursani (talk) 18:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I do not uderstand why the complete section added by me was removed ruthlessly 

message: Mik, I'm not sure this is your intention, but everytime you change the section, you remove the sources that are there, replacing them with [number].  When you add new material, please keep the existing sources.--Loodog (talk) 15:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems/challenges section 

message: I saw this article yesterday about Karachi: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C06%5Cstory_6-6-2008_pg12_1—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.229.17.239 (talk • contribs) 12:54, June 7, 2008 
:Good article on the conditions of Karachi but really crap about "Pashtuns taking over Karachi". --→ Ãlways Ãhëad (talk) 17:07, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pashtuns are plotting to take over Karachi", Kamal tells NPR 

message: Almost every article on any city has nice pictures of their downtowns and what not as the main picture on the side, while Karachi has an emblem and its location in the country. It's one of the largest cities in the world, and it deserves a picture don't you guys think?...Can someone please find a nice picture of the city to put as the main picture? It would be REALLY appreciated...Thanks in advance by the way, I really mean it.
--Saad  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SaadRajabali (talk • contribs) 14:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Nice Picture Please! 

message: The figure for population is inaccurate as Karachi has some where between 15 and 16 million people. I recommend a change to the population figure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.136.18.4 (talk) 06:53, 16 December 2008
Right now, the population figure is not even displaying, and I can't figure out why. Someone the Person (talk) 20:43, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the problem and switched it. "population_total" had been changed to "population." Also, do you have a source for that number (15 to 16 million)? Someone the Person (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

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thread_title:  Image copyright problem with File:100px-Pk-punj.PNG 

message: I've found a number of sister cities that are blatantly not sister cities of Karachi. Someone or some people are trying to inflate the importance of Karachi. If anyone continues to add fake sister cities it will be considered vandalism. Michellecrisp (talk) 01:40, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister cities 

message: I read in one of the interviews given by Mr. Shashi Tharoor that Karachi and Lahore is named after the sons of Hindu diety Lord Ram, namely Khush and Lav. Is it true? I have tried to read more and find out as much as I can, but was unable to find anything. Can anyone help me on this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.135.73 (talk) 16:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karachi named after? 

message: A picture of where Karachi is overall in Pakistan would be nice. Currently, we only have a pic of Sindh's location and a pic of where Karachi is in Sindh--Stuvaco922 (talk) 00:29, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: On the List of metropolitan areas by population page, the stated density of Karachi is 10,727, but on the Karachi page it is listed as 5,099. The correct figure should be established  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.201.208.114 (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  density 

message: In regards to the following line in the intro, which I have just removed:
:Since independence from Britain in 1947, the city's vibrant economy has attracted migrants from all over Pakistan, surrounding countries such as Iran, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and further beyond. Despite a history of political turmoil, the city continues to attract those seeking prosperity and has shown consistent growth Community Participation in Urban Solid Waste Management in Karachi (Pakistan). Case Study.
I believe these statements to be extremely misleading. "Attracted migrants"? Almost every large city in the world can say this about themselves. What percentage of Karachi are expats? What percentage are immigrants? How does this compare to say, Mumbai, and Dhaka? Even the article on Hong Kong does not mention attraction of migrants form country A and country B, therefore, I believe the "Attracted migrants" line has no place in the intro.
Secondly, the "city continues to attract those seeking prosperity and has shown consistent growth"? Although I do not doubt that the city attracts many from poorer backgrounds, studies from Mercer, the Economist, and other reputable sources consistently rank Karachi as one of the worst places in the world to live. The sentence here gives the reader a far-fetched impression that "there's some political wranglings, but the city is wonderful". I do not oppose this content to be placed in the intro, but I do not believe it to be presented in a neutral point of view. Colipon+(T) 21:23, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "vibrant economy" and related issues 

message: We are planning 1st Wikipedians Meetup in Karachi,Pakistan. See Meetup.--Zainichi Gaikokujin (talk) 08:46, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meetup 

message: I have proposed a Wikiproject for the city of Karachi to improve articles related to the city, the goals of the project are listed on the proposal page, Please visit,vote and discuss the project.
*A successful wikiproject requires 5-10 active wikipediians, so please vote and discuss.
Taqi Haider (talk) 14:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals/Karachi|Proposal for Wikiproject Karachi]] 

message: The content below (not written by me) was removed by a user who claims that "You cant put this new section with a title 'Militant presence' in a metro city page as per wiki standards, you may put this section under crime after rewrite".  This is not the first time the section has been deleted.
I am not familiar with the specific rule the aforementioned user is citing; somebody please point me to it.  Meanwhile, rather than revert the deletion, I will copy the content below and offer my personal opinion that it is relevant, notable content that belongs in the article in one form or another:
Ramzi bin al-Shibh, an al-Qaeda operative described as a "key facilitator for the September 11 attacks",http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.odni.gov%2Fannouncements%2Fcontent%2FDetaineeBiographies.pdf+&date=2009-08-31 was captured after a gunfight in the city in 2002.  The militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba plotted and financed the 2008 Mumbai attacks from camps in Pakistan, some of which were in Karachi. In November 2009, Pakistani authorities charged seven men they had arrested earlier, of planning and executing the assault. Abdul Ghani Baradar, described as the number two official of the Afghan Taliban, was captured in a "joint" CIA-Pakistani intelligence operation in Karachi in February 2010. Mohammad Younis, a former Taliban shadow governor in Afghanistan, and Agha Jan Mohtasim, another "Afghan Taliban leader", were both arrested in Karachi in early 2010.   The Washington Times reported in November 2009 that Mohammed Omar, the head of the Afghan Taliban, had recently moved to Karachi. Taliban fighters are increasingly using the city to raise money and for vacation. Recent Pakistani media reports even claim Osama bin Laden is hiding in Karachi. On 22 June 2010, the BBC reported an increase of Taliban members moving to the city.BBC: Karachi faces growing Taliban menace-Orla Guerin-22nd June 2010
I think the content's notability speaks for itself, especially on an international level, and each statement is backed up with citations.  So, to the editors who keep deleting it, what are your concerns? AtticusX (talk) 00:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No one has come forward in the past two weeks to share any concerns with this section, so I am returning it to the article.  I will put it under "Demographics" in the subsection "Crime" in imitation of certain other city articles like Washington, D.C., as requested by one user who earlier removed the section. If you have a better place for it in the article, by all means move it there.  Information like this does belong in the article though.  Wikipedia's city articles are not meant to be advertisements or tourist guides with the ugly stuff censored out.  Does anyone think Wikipedia's job is primarily to list all of Karachi's shopping malls and sporting facilities while purposely ignoring the factor that has brought Karachi into the international spotlight of late? AtticusX (talk) 11:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

text: The paragraph above has again been targeted for deletion without any sort of valid explanation offered in the edit summary or on this talk page. I have updated the copy of the paragraph above, and I would like to reiterate my invitation to any editor who wishes to blank this sourced content to explain how removing it is justified. So far, it just looks like a bad attempt to censor the article. AtticusX (talk) 15:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Militant presence 

message: Why is Karachi written in Hindi? Does it have any association with Karachi or Pakistan? Now some Indians are writting these names in their language, please remove it from the page because it looks very odd!QadeemMusalman (talk) 00:49, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are Karachi and Lahore written in Hindi/Sanskrit? 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem 

message: The Hindu heritage of Karachi for the centuries has been ignored. The population of Karachi was 100% Hindu before the attacks by Mughals. Hindus have been described as the economic settlers.
The sentence where it is mentioned that the city was full of mosques, churches etc. does not mention Hindu temples. Hindu temples still exist even after 63 years of their leaving their home en mass.
The present population is considered only 0.86% Hindus this is not correct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunirkumar (talk • contribs) 03:14, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hindu heritage 

message: According to the website of sister cities, Karachi has only one SC, Houston, TX, US and here we have given 3! And there are no specific sources!
And why the hell do we have mentioned that a signed sister city agreement was cancelled!
Please advise and attend.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheikh Mohammad Shahzeb (talk • contribs) 10:03, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also Mumbai, India is a sister city of Karachi. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 19:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister City 

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message: Not for the first time an IP has changed one of the sister city names, can we get some citations for that section? Darkness Shines (talk) 12:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister citys 

message: Just threw out a proposal to merge the Karachiite article into this one.  I don't believe the denonym is notable enough on its own to justify a page when it could simply be included here.  But I am more than willing to be proven incorrect. --  Alyas Grey : talk 00:07, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Karachiites into this article 

message: An IP removed content which was not sourced, it was reverted back in, I assume by mistake. I have removed the content again per WP:V, do not restore unless sources are found. Darkness Shines (talk) 13:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It was possibly a Nangaparbat sock, so it had to be reverted. --SMS  Talk 13:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Why are you responding for Mar4d? And perhaps next time you ought to look to see if it is in fact Nangparbat Different ISP Darkness Shines (talk) 14:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not responding on anyone's behalf neither is this Mar4d's talkpage. I was going to do the same revert but Mar4d had already done it. Besides country is same and editing behavior is same, deletion of content from article. Had this IP a sane editor, it would have added cn tag, to the uncited text. --SMS  Talk 15:32, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 

message: Where does the name Karachi comes from? What is its etymology?
BR --Ferhengvan (talk) 10:07, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology of Karachi 

message: It is stated in the first paragraph that "world's largest city in terms of population"
Karnchi is not the world's most populous city.
As stated here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population
It is third largest city in terms of population  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashwat2691 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is not  world's largest city in terms of population. It is on third position in terms of population 

message: Speeling mistake in following text
"After sending a couple of exploratory missions to the area, the British East India Company coaptured the town when"
Rao bilal ahmed (talk) 09:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 1 December 2012 

message: "Sindhis and Baloch indigenous population form beyond 40% of the city. Exclusively Urdu speaking and Bihari count nearly 25%Exclusively Sindhi speaking form near 30%"
Rank	Language	1998 census[91]	Speakers	1981 census	Speakers
1	Urdu	48.52%	4,497,747	54.34%	2,830,098
2	Punjabi	13.94%	1,292,335	13.64%	710,389
3	Pashto	11.42%	1,058,650	08.71%	453,628
4	Sindhi	07.22%	669,340	06.29%	327,591
5	Balochi	04.34%	402,386	04.39%	228,636
6	Saraiki	02.11%	195,681	00.35%	18,228
7	Others	12.44%	1,153,126	12.27%	639,560
All	100%	9,269,265	100%	5,208,132  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.157.154.164 (talk) 16:57, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highly controversial 

message: "Karachi" is spelled the same in both languages so why separate them. Just put Urdu/Sindhi spelling. Most words are spelled the same in both languages as they use the same script, except Sindhi has a few extra sounds not used in Urdu.
: Not exactly; at least per my reading of the scripts, the 'kaaf' and the 'ye' used in the spelling of Karachi are different in Urdu and Sindhi. Yes, they may look similiar, but similiarity does not mean that the spellings are the same. Mar4d (talk) 07:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urdu and Sindhi spelling need to be merged 

message: A while back someone changed "30,000 Polish refugees" to "3,000 Polish refugees". If there is any doubt, surely this settles it beyond all doubt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polish_memorial_Karachi.jpg Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 10:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish refugees in Karachi