Talk:Eden Gardens

message: The photo on the page has a caption which says "Floodlights of Eden Gardens". Not really, it shows traffic lights somewhere outside the ground. Anyone got the right image? Moriori 08:34, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
:The floodlights are in the distance, one can be seen above the car in the center of the picture. But I agree, this ground requires a much better photo to do it justice. Parthepan 09:44, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo needs replacing

message: Article states that Eden Gardens is largest cricketing facility in world apart from the MCG. Just curious how this "largest" thing is measured. I presume this means the actual physical size of the stadium, because in terms of seating capacity Eden Gardens would seem to be larger than MCG (ie 120,000 vs 100,000). bolshy 03:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest apart from...? 

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message: I just can't be sure of that seating figure, it seems high given the picture used to illustrate the ground (look at the difference to the picture of the MCG). I think the ground's capacity may be 120,000 (sitting and standing) but I don't know it still seems high given the attendance figures for recent events. Maybe an Indian cricket fan may be able to confirm this, know where to get some info etc.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.96.65.142 (talk) 18:11, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Currently it has a capacity of 90,000 (check cricinfo page on this ground), which is same as MCG. In recent years, Eden was renovated and number of seats has been reduced to increase comfort of spectators.GDibyendu (talk) 14:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just a quick point. 

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replies: text: Did you notice that the text is basically on hard facts on the stadium. How can this be a copyright infringement? Anyway, the ip user who had reported this, has shown the site to me also, and I had done some copyedit so that the text is not exactly the same as in the website.--GDibyendu (talk) 13:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see our copyright FAQ, which addresses a little bit the amount of revision necessary to efface infringement. Also of benefit here may be the Wikipedia essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. The fact that 1864 is when the Eden Gardens Cricket Club was established is not copyrightable, but sentences like "The present Eden Gardens Cricket Club came in existence some time in the year 1864."—present both in the text and the source—are. Revising to avoid infringement means completely rewriting and reorganizing text. Text cannot be duplicated from a copyrighted source except in compliance with WP:NFC, which allows limited quotations for specific purposes. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I doubt if there is a Copyright Infringement. Facts are facts ... You cannot copy them, can you? I just don't see the need to list this page for copyright infringement96.52.193.72 (talk) 04:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
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thread_title: Copyright infringement

message: Obviously we need an article on Eden Gardens.  The info box is OK, so I'll start something on the sub page mentioned so we can get going again with this.  Nick mallory (talk) 10:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Are we going to updated this? Ovshake (talk) 11:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This has come ripe for closure. Would you like me to restore the last clean here so that contributors can build on it, or would you prefer to have access to the material for a few days more while working in the temporary space? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:07, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see the project talk page for my resolution on this. SGGH ping! 19:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. :) I'll mark it resolved at WP:CP. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New Article

message: The seating capacity of the arena has been reduced after the renovation. There are multiple and updated reliable sources which states that the capacity is in the range of 59,000+ to 64,500 and none of the sources claim that the capacity is anywhere close to 100,000. Also, the historical figure of 120,000 is totally incorrect as the maximum number of spectators Eden ever hold was 100,000. Probably someone has confused Eden with Salt Lake Stadium.
There are multiple independent sources on the capacity of the stadium:
#The official IPL site says that it is 63,000.
#This article published in The Telegraph, Kolkata on 5th March 2011 says 64,500 and is the figure given in the article.
#The official BCCI site says 59,500.
Regarding the ownership of the ground, all the area in Maidan is owned by Indian Army and they have leased out the grounds to different sports bodies and clubs. This article from Times of India will clear any doubts.
Both the ESPN Cricinfo.com & Yahoo! articles clearly have outdated information. The other website is not an RS at all. 
Please do not revert without citing valid & updated reliable sources. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 18:54, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you actually been to Eden or to Kolkata ever? Otherwise you would not have had the doubts. Shovon (talk) 04:43, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The content on the profile/history of the stadium in all the sites are some or the other version of wikipedia itself. Where's the Telegraph article on the ticket sales, which said that 90,000 spectators watched the match between KKR & MI? Shovon (talk) 04:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Refer to this article published in The Telegraph, Kolkata on 23rd May 2011 on the match between KKR & MI. It clearly says "63000 plus hearts present at the ground". Now, all your doubts have been cleared. Please do not change the information anymore. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 04:55, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Learn the wikipedia policies first. Then contribute positively to the project. Unlike you, I am not here to become an Admin. Shovon (talk) 12:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

text: I will again advice you to learn the policies first. I have provided reliable sources for each of my edits. Have you provide any? And no, commentators DO NOT know more than any other person. They are not there to check the tickets and count the number of spectators. Anyway, I have reported you to Admin's Noticeboard for Edit Warring and also requested the article to be protected. Shovon (talk) 13:58, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seating Capacity 

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message: some idiotic editor wrote that crowd set fire to the stands in 1996, citing a cricinfo article that says no such thing. I have edited the relevant sentence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madmonk11 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fire to the stands 

message: I got a question on the name of the stadium. In cricket literature the name is clearly Eden Gardens. Nevertheless, there are other (minor) sources, who refer to it as Ranji Stadium. Is there any real proof of the correct name of this stadium (this is not so relevant for wp-en, but for wp-de it is necessary to have trustable sources).--Maphry (talk) 08:06, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ranji Stadium? 

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message: Sub section Notable events:
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What is Pink Ball? A proper noun (in which case, what is it?)? A pink ball?
In any case, I think it should be explained (or linked).
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message: BCCI the overall administrator of all cricket lists the capacity of eden gardens as 80000. Unless one expects some "independent" media house to go and count the number of seats, the administrator that sells the tickets knows the capacity better. sunny.......... 18:50, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capacity 

message: Eden Gardens is just by the banks of the Hooghly river and is surrounded by public roads on three sides. The stadium depicted in the aerial view image does not have the Hooghly river anywhere in view. Also, the stands at Eden Gardens are not as symmetric as they are at the stadium in the said image. This needs to be updated. HuskyPanda (talk) 20:10, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The aerial view image of Eden Gardens is incorrect.