Talk:Mumbai/Archive 1

message: I just wanted to establish that this should be moved to Bombay.  See Talk:Kolkota. Tokerboy
: Hi, mumbai is a great City. I m here for last 10 years and enjoying very well the environment of the city. -- Chetan100
: Hmm. I see that Mkweise and Enchanter are the only other people to have commented on the issue at Talk:Kolkota, and they both disagree with you, so it seems that there is no consensus that this page should be moved. -- Oliver P. 17:31 Feb 21, 2003 (UTC)
::I know.  That's why I haven't done it. Tuf-Kat
: Why would anyone want to rename it?  The name changed from Bombay to Mumbai, not the other way around ( 14:39 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)
: Please move this back to Bombay  -- Tarquin 10:33, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think the locals, who after five hundred years of a colonial name have finally stood up and restored the original name, would be happy with Wikipedia still imposing the old name. There's a redirect at Bombay, which will still allow people to get to the content they are looking for, while at the same time educating them on the new name. Kricxjo 19:01, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: This has been resolved at Talk:Kolkata - Efghij 19:05, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Mumbai<-->Bombay

message: Patrick, what do you mean by "metro" ? Is it the underground railway system ? Mumbai doesn't have one yet. If metro means an independent rail system for a city, thats the sub-urban railway that Mumbai has, and its mentioned in the same line. So the metro word is redundant. Jay 09:19, Aug 31, 2003 (UTC)
:Thanks, I rephrased it. As http://www.metropla.net/as/mumb/mumbai.htm lists it, I suppose it has no level crossings and can be considered a metro, even though not underground. - Patrick 10:06, 31 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Metro

message: Added by Hemanshu, "Mumbai is the only city in India where all the women feel safe in public places at any time of the day or night, according to recent surveys. The cosmopolitan nature of the sleepless city means that women feel safe to wear the clothes they like and travel at any time alone. Also the work environment is commended as being closer and more open to the concept of gender equality than anywhere else in India."
I suggest that this be removed; it sounds very POV, and in any case doesn't belong in an Encyclopaedia at all. If you think Mumbai's cosmopolitan nature is to be underscored, the last two statements can be rephrased. The first sentence, I feel, has to go. I could remove the paragraph if no one has objections. Ambarish 22:53, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe a link to the survey/surveys could do. Jay 07:11, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly. A possible rephrasing could be "Mumbai has always been known as one of India's most cosmopolitan cities, in terms of a liberal work environment, a bustling night-life, blah, blah. <link to recent surveys>". Suggestions? Ambarish 07:33, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: I agree too. Maybe I am biased, but the South is generally considered to be much safer than the North, and Chennai is far better when compared to Mumbai. Mumbai is (in)famous for eveteasers, especially in crowded places such as the suburban railway. So I am told:-) The para can definitely be rephrased. Go ahead, do it!KRS 14:11, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Mumbai safe?

message: And where is the info about Red Light? People who aware of it may add that stuff too 'coz it's one of the popular places in Mumbai. Many foreigners often visit there to provide some sort of help to the Sex workers.--Rrjanbiah 08:46, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Red Light?

message: There is an obvious error in the demographics section: 811:100 female-to-male ratio.  The text indicates that there should be more males.  Can someone find a primary source?
: It's got to be 811:1000. a) it makes sense, b) that's the standard metric used for the sex ratio - number of females to 1000 males. I've fixed it. Ambarish | Talk 16:42, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics

message: go to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Bombay_%28disambiguation%29&oldid=6752809 someone copied a POV rant to that page, (possibly a copyvio) but I wondered if anything of worth in there. Dunc|☺ 17:03, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV rant at [[Bombay (disambiguation)]] 

message: Something should be written about the city and its cricket. :) from the cricket played in the gallis to the Mumbai cricket team. --Hemanshu 18:18, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: done to some extent. --Hemanshu 18:47, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cricket 

message: I noticed that the latter part of the article contains much repetition of earlier content.  I deleted one such repeated paragraph, but I leave it to others to correct the rest, as I am not vested in this article and fear that I might inadvertently delete some original content.  The question remains, though: How did this large mistake happen? Rohirok 03:15, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repetition within the article 

message: The article defines Mumbai as a conurbation.  But if you see the definations it is more metropolitan then conurbation.  Views? Alren 17:21, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  metropolitan or conurbation