Talk:Mumbai/Archive 4

message: Is the 'list of Portuguese colonies'(located extreme below) needed in Mumbai's page?Its just taking up space.
(mahawiki 14:32, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it is ugly, but should not be removed just like that since this was a Portuguese possession. How about having the template to be set to "hide" instead? =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

text: There is a way, but I can't remember. Ask in WP:VP. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

text: No, such links come at the bottom of the page along with the rest of the interwiki tags. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Portuguese colonies not needed

message: Few users have edited out the 'Name' sub-section of article.The name Mumbai is derived from Mumbadevi and not from any Portuguese name.They have also removed the mentions of 'Marathi influence' on the name of Mumbaimahawiki 16:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mumbai name

message: This is the famous and wonderful city for development of tourism, it has a wonderful beach with ideal view of the sea. that attracts people verymuch , a few days back the sea water changes into drinking water as the romur comes most of the people come to the sea and drunk water and tasted it. some of the people take the water home with the pot but later it was explained by the concerning authority that the water is changed due to some deliver of compounds from various organisations, and they advised people to heat the water and drink You can't just say that.
courtesy : sathya kumar
It also has very bad infrastructure and a corrupt Municipal corporation.--Johnhardcastle 10:55, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: mumbai

message: There are far too many images on this page and few are relevent to the section that they are placed in. I am removing. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it necessary to remove all of them? I was just following standard based on articles like Karachi or New York. Which images do you think are unnecessary? Please discuss. Rumpelstiltskin223 15:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Karachi and NYC are not featured articles, and for a long time Mumbai was the role model to base featured city articles. The golden rule is: 1 image per section, and should be closely related to the topic. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Excess images

message: Guys, how about starting a new 'picture gallery' section. I have recently shot very high resolution (2MB each) images of mumbai (mostly night images) and want to upload it. Tell me if you all are in for this section.
spacejuncky 05:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, galleries are not meant to be on pages for article content. Images placed here are meant to suppliment the text. However please feel free to add a gallery in commons: either at commons:Mumbai. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Starting Mumbai image gallery

message: Using the Mumbai map, i have created a mumbai specific locator infobox. See it in action at Bandra (Edit infobox). Code was copied from the Indian infobox and i unsuccesfully modified it :P Requesting help of coders to set it straight -- PlaneMad|YakYak 18:18, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mumbai infobox is now online!

message: I am wondering where is the list of sister cities of Mumbai?  — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nirajrm (talk • contribs) 15:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It does have a few. I've reverted to a version which mentions it. =Nichalp «Talk»= 04:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sister cities of Mumbai?

message: Some heavy modifications are performed on this article. Many unnecessary pics are added, please revert this to some acceptable previous version.  — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mayur.thakare (talk • contribs) 05:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done =Nichalp «Talk»= 04:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Heavy modifications

message: All major cities on Wikipedia have an intro pic illustrating their skyline. Since its one of the world's most populated cities, Mumbai needs one such intro picture as well. It's imperative to have such a pic because a skyline defines a city and also because Mumbai is experiences rapid growth
Below are some other cities that have similar intro pictures
Shanghai, new york city, dubai, london, paris, beijing, taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore City, frankfurt....i can go on and on!
Please do not delete the skyline pic  — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nikkul (talk • contribs) 19:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A skyline should be a panoramic image, and it is optional, not imperative. =Nichalp «Talk»= 04:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

text: The reason why a skyline was chosen is that because it has a higher width:height ratio and is something unique to a city. A snapshot of Nariman Point from Marine Drive or Malabar Hill could very well be highlighted. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Intro Picture Desperately Needed

message: I have made several reverts to the article. The main reason is that Mumbai is a featured article, one of the best on wikipedia. Mumbai leads other city articles, not the other way around. Please keep the following in mind when making edits:
;Images
* Add only images that are relavent to the section. Images aid the section, not the article. And no more than two images per large section. One, if the section is small.
* Images selected should be high-quality, *free*, >1000px, colourful, and should best represent the text mentioned in the section
* Galleries are not permitted here, as this is an article. Instead add them in commons:wikimedia commons
* The skyline image should be of the city skyline, not a landmark. Should be a panorama to avoid pushing the infobox too low.
;Text
* Do not fragment sections. Adding subsections makes the ToC lopsided and ugly
* If you state facts figures, please quote your source! Your sources should be credible. Else a reversion will be strongly enforced to maintain FA credibility.
* This is not a tourist brochure, so laudatory statements promoting the city will be reverted. See Wikitravel if you want to contribute in that sphere.
* When citing examples of any, do not list more than three of a kind. A major problem is the newspapers in the city where all sort of newspapers are added. Keep the top three, and add the entire list in List of newspapers sold in Mumbai.
=Nichalp «Talk»= 16:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reversions: and things to keep in mind

message: In the fourth sentence of the History section, it is stated that in the 3rd century BCE, the islands were part of an empire ruled by a Buddhist emperor. However, Buddhism did not begin until the 5th century BCE.Joedrennan1 17:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The dates are true as mentioned in the article on Ashoka the Great. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

text: No, the above image does not conform to the established guidelines. One, the image is found to be a copyviolation and it will be deleted. Two it is a gif file, photos should be jpeg; three, the quality is grainy, and four the resolution is poor. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History of Mumbai

message: Why is the picture of Samyukta Maharashtra Smarak removed? Please add it back.Maharashtraexpress 07:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Samyukta Maharashtra Smarak

message: Bollywood reaches almost twice as many people as Hollywood, releases many many more movies than Hollywood, and is known all over the world. Indians watch more movies than any other group of people and Bollywood has had a great impact of Indian society.
And all the magic happens in Bombay. Hence, we need something about Bollywood (and a pic) under the media section. Nikkul 15:41, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Media