Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics/Archive 21

message: Portal:Hinduism has become a featured portal recently. Should this portal be listed in the featured portal heading of Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Featured and good content? My own view is yes, it should be included as Portal:India and Portal:Hinduism are related portals (as mentioned in both the portals) and also Hinduism is a major religion in India. Please comment. Meanwhile I'm being bold and adding it to the featured portal list.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hinduism is a world religion and should not be relegated to one nation (esp. one where there is a separate law for Hindus/moslems/Christians - even Pakistan has equality of all religions in the law).Bakaman 06:07, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: News and question

message: User:Fowler&fowler is deleting each and every reference to these three archaeologists in Indus Valley Civilization -related articles, seemingly for "political" reasons. Input on the talk page of the IVC article would be appreciated. Talk:Indus_Valley_Civilization#Fowler.26fowler.27s_deletion_of_all_references_to_BB_Lal.2C_Jane_Mcintosh_and_SP_Gupta
--RF 16:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion of all references to BB Lal, Jane Mcintosh and SP Gupta in IVC articles 

message: Vitthalbhai Patel article linked to this project has mean, unsubstantiated sentences pejorative to the subject leader, and add no credible information. Can someone help to verify or edit out ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.182.10.31 (talk) 00:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vitthalbhai Patel 

message: This article is currently on VfD. Could someone take a look? TIA Pavel Vozenilek 22:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Dalitstan]] 

message: There's a page, List of notable people from Gujarat. I'd like to point out that all people with wikipedia articles are notable, and that since there is no analysis on this, it would probably be better off as a category (if it is indeed worth keeping). I hope someone interested will look into this. Thanks. --Sopoforic 02:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of notable people from Gujarat 

message: From discussions on this page for the past few months, I understand that a lot of portals are being created which is welcome. But we should ensure that these portals are listed on Wikipedia:Portal/Directory and Portal:List_of_portals. IMHO, the former one is more important since it contains information on whom to talk to if you have specific queries on a particular portal. What ya think, members? The Silent Contributor 10:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and its equally important to have the portals updated regularly. A stale portal is not a good thing — Lost(talk) 10:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian portals 

message: Delhi has been in the featured article candidacy since 31 January. Please comment there. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Delhi FAC

message: The article name, Hinduism in Mexico, doesn't seem to be well-suited to the content. Most of the article discusses Indians in general instead of specifically Hindus. That is a large difference. I think there should be a move to a more appropriate name; can someone confirm the proper name for an ethnic Indian residing in Mexico? +A.Ou 05:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Hinduism in Mexico]] 

message: Some one is methodically vandalizing Vishnu page, please help me as I dont know how to handle it--Khammam 09:50, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism on [[Vishnu]] page 

message: Kindly contribute to this article when you get time, and request others too.
Thanks
Atulsnischal 17:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wildlife of India]]

message: Anyone got time to write the next edition of the India newsletter? I am going to be very busy for the next two months but will have time to run my bot for delivery if someone can create it — Lost(talk) 10:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, we could make it bi-monthly. Unfortunately not much seems to happen these days. We need more penpower so we can talk about something. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 06:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think bimonthly is a good idea. We'll probably have some events to talk about in that timeframe:) — Lost(talk) 16:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:INDIA newsletter 

message: Could people put this on their watchlist if they have not already done so? Thanks, Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 06:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have taken the articles under my watch though I shall not be doing any edit to these pages unless something highly unusual is spotted by me. In general, I am trying to keep myself away from any controversial contents for the sake of my mental peace :) --Bhadani 10:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have also watchlisted them but they seem to suffer more from POV edits than vandalism — Lost(talk) 05:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Rahul Gandhi]] 

message: There is an interesting discussion going on at WikiProject Cities (discussion here) about the best way to organize the relationship between parent and descendent projects.  WikiProject India has been pointed out to us as an example of the use of "sub-projects" within a parent project, rather than "descendant projects" within a parent project.  
I am not familiar with the details of how sub-projects work on a day-to-day basis.  Would someone contact me here or on my talk page, to help us out.  Spamreporter1 18:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for information about sub-project structure 

message: ...we are a exemplar project nominee? I quote,  -- Ganeshk (talk) 04:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I don't know if it's true, but it certainly has some truthiness. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 04:55, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know 

message: I have recently started updating the news section of Portal:Tamil Nadu. Please take a look at it. Can someone advise me on what kind of news articles are to be added? Should I add anything and everything that is happening in TN? The Silent Contributor 12:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal:Tamil Nadu news 

message: has expressed concern about the lead in section in Indian cities, and have added a table with an image on top of the Infobox Indian urban area, claiming that it improves article look-and-feel and should be used. 
I have suggested him to look into this project's article format, but he has re-inserted the hard-coded table on top of the infobox/locator map at New Delhi, Chennai. Since I am not a member of the Indian cities project, and don't know about the consensus regarding article format, can someone look into his edits and see if that image-style adheres to whatever structure you guys came up with, for the city articles? Please let him know the format. Thanks. --Ragib 00:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To me, looks better with the map being the only picture in the box. De gustibus non est disputandum, but coming up with a representative image for each town will be needless introduction of a subjective parameter we can do without. deeptrivia (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried explaining this to him, but apparently he has re-inserted the photos to New Delhi and also to Chennai. Since I'm not getting the message clear to him, perhaps if someone else can look into the articles, and fix them, it will be great. Thanks. --Ragib 00:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Additional discussions about the same topic with this user can be found in Talk:Mumbai. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Indian cities and user Nikkul's image additions 

message: On the Talk page of Tipu Sultan, I and Aslamt are engaged in a dispute with Kanchanamala about why the spelling of the name Tipu in this article is at variance with all modern scholarship about Tipu Sultan, and with the spelling currently found on Indian museum websites . If we cannot resolve this issue, it may be sensible to try to tackle this matter via a Wikipedia: Request for Comment.  We would be interested to hear the opinions of Wikipedia editors who are active in Wikipedia: WikiProject India on this issue. Thank you Mick gold 17:39, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tipu Sultan: spelling 

message: I've made two new CC licence tags, now that we have an India-specific legal version. (Launched on 26 Jan). See commons:Template:Cc-by-2.5-in and commons:Template:Cc-by-sa-2.5-in. Happy tagging your images. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creative Commons India 

message: In case, it is convenient, please come to Chennai on 25th February, 2007. Jimbo's visit to Chennai is confirmed though his schedules for other Indian cities are still not known. 
*WikiCamp]
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I have received a request from core group of persons organising the event to request wikipedians to participate in the event. Thanks. --Bhadani 18:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What about Jimbo's Delhi trip, will he be meeting Wikipedians there as well?. Vjdchauhan 07:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Jimbo has replied to similar query about Delhi on his talk page, see User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Your_visit_to_Chennai.2C_India —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vjdchauhan (talk • contribs) 06:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jimbo in Chennai

message: I contacted User:DaGizza about creating a project for Punjab or possibly even a portal. He approved so I am asking more people now. The project is to be a collaborative effort between Indian Punjabi and Pakistani Punjabi and other non-Punjabi people, this should hopefully also generate good feeling between Indian and Pakistani sides.  — Nobleeagle  [TALK] [C] 09:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We already have a WikiProject Bengal which joins the Indians and Bangladeshis together. Another possible project (if we have the members willing to spend some time) is WikiProject Kashmir. GizzaChat © 07:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Portal:Punjab has been created, I still have to create Wikipedia:WikiProject Punjab.  — Nobleeagle  [TALK] [C] 07:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punjab 

message: This article on the guitarist needs a bit of input. There are Google hits for a writer of the same name, but it isn't clear that there are strong enough published sources to support an article on the guitarist. He gets only very brief mentions in a book on the hawaiian guitar. The article has been tagged for notability since Sept 2006. Can anyone help? --Mereda 16:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Sunil Ganguly]] 

message: Hi every Buddy i started topic Sai_Kumar Tollywood actor ,if some one can add more inforamtion in it.Thanks Khalidkhoso 03:03, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sai Kumar 

message: Certain users are unaware of mainstream newspapers. In fact one esteemed user suggested The Hindu was a pro-Hindu partisan paper.Bakaman 23:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Talk:National Development Front]]

message: With registration of userKrishna LondheMarathi Language Wikipedia has achived 1000 registered membership mark today!
Thanks to all Wikipedians who have been supporting Marathi Wikipedia through various means like interwiki linking etc.
With warm regards to you all,
Mahitgar 09:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Congratulations! It is indeed nice to see the regional language editions progressing well. Good luck!--thunderboltz(Deepu) 09:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marathi Language Wikipedia achives 1000 registered membership mark today! 

message: Hi! I have created two new wikiprojects:
# Wikipedia:WikiProject Regions of India
# Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of India
=Nichalp «Talk»= 17:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool! But I do not understand why the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of India links to the talk page of Notice board for India-related topics? If that is intentional, why does not the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Regions of India link there? Another question. In a city (or a state) talk page, what should be written in WPIndia template? Both , geography=yes and city=yes (or Bengal=yes etc)? Or just City=yes (or Kerala=yes etc) will be sufficient? IMO, both geography and any other specific project should be written. Right?--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added the redirect. To answer your question, geography=yes will only handle the topics defined in the projects (eg Rann of Kutch, Thar Desert, Rajmahal Hills, Zuari River). If we were to add cities and states to this (which already have their own project group anyways), the scope would become too inclusive and vast to manage, not to mention making the cities, states etc projects almost redundant. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok. Got it. BTW, Thar Desert did not have a WPIndia tag so far! --Dwaipayan (talk) 19:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2 new Indian wikiprojects 

message: Does anyone have any information/links on Seagull Books Calcutta, or Navin Kishore? Please add any stuff you have.
Rimi talk contribs 08:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anything on Seagull Books?