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==Unreferenced BLPs==
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# ] - <small>{{findsources|Charu Bikash Chakma}}</small>
# ] - <small>{{findsources|Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma}}</small>
# ] - <small>{{findsources|Naeem U. Hasan}}</small>
# ] - <small>{{findsources|Nihal Rodrigo}}</small>
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# ] - <small>{{findsources|Kant Kishore Bhargava}}</small>
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Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up ] have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Misplaced Pages editing among the general public. In addition, a to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to was created and launched by ].


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==Invite to WikiConference India 2011 ==
Actually, I ''should'' say something and commend you for all the vandalism you've been reverting :) Keep it up!


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<span class="plainlinks">The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.<br> You can see our ], the and our .</span>


But the activities start now with the ].
==Sorry==
Me and my friend were just talking on each other's pages. Is that unacceptable?


As you are part of ] community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for ].
:Hi - the problem is that pretty much construe harassment. The other guy has done similar stuff. You guys are attacking each other and we can't assume you are playing with each other. I would advise that you do so off Misplaced Pages, as this is not the place for such things.


We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011
OK. Sorry about that. ] (]) 20:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
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== WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest ==


Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require ], that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.
:No problem then. '''<font face="Verdana">]<sub><small>]</small></sub></font>''' 20:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a ] drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.
== RE: ==


If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from ].
This is a shared IP address. Not taking that into account and including the appropriate component in your templates makes it seem to some people as if they are being targeted for edits they did not in fact make. For example, I am on this end of this IP address and I did not do what you accuse has been done. Thanks and don't go too overboard with your reverting and warning. ] (]) 20:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
] will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.


You can sign up on the ]. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.
:Hi - if you didn't make the edit, then you have nothing to worry about in the first place - any positive edit you make will not be reverted. But as you say, this is a shared IP so its not necessary that the warning was meant for you but its necessary to warn the perpetrator. '''<font face="Verdana">]<sub><small>]</small></sub></font>''' 20:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
::That's fine I'm not saying you shouldn't warn the person who did. I'm just saying as a friendly reminder from someone who has been a registered editor that you should remember to put the shared IP clause at the bottom of your warnings like the one just above the one you just made. ] (]) 21:00, 9 October 2008 (UTC))


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== RFA ==


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Shame you withdrew it - the concerns were all minor and it's still early. -- ] 23:56, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


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Good job in withdrawing. You'll be ready in a few months I'm sure, and knowing when you need more experience is always a good characteristic to have, I'll keep that in mind on your next one! --] (]) 00:04, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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:Yes, a shame to see you withdraw. (I was the one who archived it) Hope to see you there soon. All the best.--]]''<sup>]</sup> <sub>]''</sub> 00:15, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:'''Non-notable per ]'''
::I'm shocked - and somewhat disappointed - that you withdrew. With all due respect, would you care to offer a reason as to why for those of us that believe that it would have succeeded? --] (]) 01:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Just seconding everyone above - I would bet this would have still succeeded, as no one came in with "smoking gun" evidence that you weren't ready for adminship. See you at your second try, I guess! ] &#124; ] 03:26, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Though I was in the oppose category, which I was in the process of revisiting per my comment, I was somewhat shocked to see your withdrawal. Surely, it was premature. There was certainly a chance of it succeeding. ] <sub>(] / ])</sub> 05:14, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
I was checking through the current RfAs, and was puzzled when I didn't see yours. I looked through the archives and was shocked to find that you withdrew. It would of most likely passed, but good luck next time :D ] <sup>]</sup> 05:34, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:Echoing those above. My initial thoughts were a support based on previous interaction. At 26/5 that was very early to pull out. Hopefully the feedback helped, and I look forward to another RFA (may I suggest the very start of the new year?) Meantime, if you have any queries about adminship, or would like any help or assistance I'd be delighted to assist in anyway. <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">] : ] </span></small> 07:35, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


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::I left while your RfA had several supports and one oppose. I thought they must've fast-promoted ya! :) As I said in coaching and emails, I believe you'd make a fantastic admin, and I ''very'' much look forward to your next request. Best, ] ] 07:57, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your ] or on ].
:::I'm shocked. I read the opposers' concerns and they were unpersuasive. You'll make a fantastic admin, and I'll support your next request. Have a nice day! ] (]) 19:04, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


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== Hey ==


==Invite==
I'm sorry to see your RfA go down like that. I personally thought you'd make a great administrator - the opposes didn't convince me in the least (see support #23), and a slight lack of references on a DYK is something that is common even among the most seasoned DYK artists. I think the request would have passed had you gave it more time, since the consensus leaned towards trust for you. But either way, I just came to tell you that you're a great vandal fighter and article creator who's work is tremendously appreciated - keep up the good work! :D ] (]) 01:28, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi. I'm really sorry to see you withdraw, and surprised that you did so quickly - while I felt, after some consideration, that I had to personally oppose, I didn't expect other to necessarily agree. I opposed because you didn't (quite) have the strengths yet that I'd personally like to see in an admin working in those areas, but I expected many others to see things differently (after all, they already had). I felt, though, that you deserved to know why, (hence the long post), because I honestly believe that you will be back as an admin in a short time, and if someone is going to oppose a basically good candidate - as you are - they owe it to the candidate to provide reasons that can be addressed, so that next time they're even better. So, I hope you run again, when you're comfortable doing so, and I'm looking forward to supporting you when you do. - ] (]) 06:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi guys - I thank everyone who supported me and respect those who didn't. I'm sure I would have succeded and gone on to redeem your trust.


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The reason I withdrew my request for adminship is nothing controversial - I've very recently had some important matters come up that will consume months. It happened before last year, when I signed up as ] but was forced to go inactive for 3-4 months, and again when I had to travel abroad this summer for 2 months. In this situation, it is hardly appropriate for me to request for adminship. When I applied just last Friday, I thought I would be able to give enough time, but this is not really possible now.


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I am sorry to disappoint you about this, but its not a big issue really. '''<font face="Verdana">]<sub><small>]</small></sub></font>''' 05:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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Awarded to Vishnava, one of the most prolific editors from India. We are proud of you ! -- Tinu Cherian - 07:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

How to use this top Indian Wikipedian list for effective collaboration

Hi, I have added a section 'How to use this list for effective collaboration' on User:Tinucherian/Indians WP page to see if we can put this list to really good use, pl give your thoughts on the same and we can take it further from there. Thanks. Vjdchauhan (talk) 18:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC).

Help needed: Sitakunda Upazila

I found you at the now defunct League of copyeditors, and I am really hoping that you can help the article. The article failed an FAC mostly because of irregularities in citation format. But, it also needs a brush up on the copy and a proof reading job. Sorry for dropping in uninvited, but would you consider helping it, please? Aditya 00:18, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 1 – June 2009

Project news
Congratulations to the West Bengal workgroup for having their flagship article featured on the Main Page! The Indian states workgroup is also involved in maintaining articles about India's states and union territories. »

WikiProject Indian roads was recently started as a new workgroup, to standardize and improve articles related to Indian roads, mainly the National and State Highways. After all, India has the second largest road network in the world.

Iravan, the son of Arjuna, is now our 85 good article. How do we know this? Since last year, more processes have been automated, increasing productivity. Article alerts update the project with what's happening to India-related articles, from copyright violations to featured article candidates.

To do…
During the last few weeks, peer reviews for the recent general election and 2003 Afro-Asian Games (held in Hyderabad) were opened and are waiting for more comments, as are several articles at the peer review department. Sikkim has been nominated for FAR, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay has been nominated for FAC. »

Currently, 11,082 Indian articles need images. Please improve these pages, especially if you enjoy photography! We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

From the editors…
The last newsletter was written a year ago. In June 2008, Indian Premier League was "hot" on Misplaced Pages, but the article about this year's IPL has attracted 477 editors, or 53% more than the previous year! Even the number of articles in the scope of our project jumped by a whopping 18,500+ articles in an year. The 3.2-year-old India quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians, so join in the fun!

Wikipedians are organizing a meetup in Bangalore on July 4 or 5. If you are interested, head over to the page and add your name! Topics of discussion include Indian language editions of Misplaced Pages and Wikimedia India.

RegentsPark, one of the prominent members of our project, was promoted to adminship this year. If you'd like to know who are the most avid editors of Misplaced Pages by number of edits, refer to this list.

"While this issue has been resolved, one asks the question – what happens when there is a conflict of opinions? What about a Misplaced Pages entry on India and Pakistan, or the LTTE and the Tamils? Who can edit? Will the information be true?" writes B. Narasimhan of MiD DAY as deeper implications of the Scientology arbitration case, reminding us of the core principles of verifiability and the neutral point of view.

This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

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WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 2 – July 2009

Project news
File:India 1947 India Flag 3 and half annas.jpgA number of India-related articles have lost their featured article status, including Sikkim and Mumbai. The article about Gandhi was also demoted for referencing and image quality issues. Since then, Mumbai has been brought back to good article status, thanks to the efforts of Kensplanet and others.

Transport in India was promoted to good article status, thanks to the efforts of Rsrikanth05, SBC-YPR and GDibyendu.

Several new workgroups have been formed: WikiProjects Railways in India, Education in India and Transport in India. Please join us if you're interested in those topics!

To do...
The articles that have been selected for our latest collaborations of the month are history of Mumbai, Indian Railways, rail transport in India, Indian general election, 2009 and telecommunications in India. We need your help to improve them!

These India-related articles are currently on featured article review: Kerala (FAR), Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (FAR) and rail transport in India (FAR). Would you allow these articles to lose their FA status?

Misplaced Pages Takes Chennai – a scavenger hunt and free-content photography contest – has started in Chennai, along the same lines as Misplaced Pages Takes The City.

We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

From the editors...
Wikipedians in Bangalore organised a meetup on 5 July 2009; thanks to Tinu Cherian for hosting the event! Arunram and Tinu Cherian wrote extensively about the meetup, which was also covered by Wikizine, Headlines India and The Misplaced Pages Signpost. Photos have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Sunil Abraham from the Centre for Internet and Society has offered to help host such events in the future. All in all, the meetup was a great success. Watch out for the next meetup! »

Nichalp, an Indian bureaucrat and major contributor to more than 23 India-related featured articles and lists, was desysopped over allegations of paid editing and using sock puppets. An RfC about paid editing was opened as a result of this incident.

A prolific editor and administrator, Bhadani is among the top ten Wikipedians by number of edits across the English Misplaced Pages. Congratulations to Bhadani for also making the most number of edits among Indian Wikipedians!

Are you subscribed to wikimediaindia-l to learn about the latest developments of forming the Indian chapter of Wikimedia? Did you know that there are IRC channels for Wikipedians interested in India like you? Check them out at #wikipedia-in and #wikimedia-in !

Misplaced Pages's India quiz remains a hotspot of the community by continuing to attract old and new Wikipedians. You are invited to join in and have fun!

This is your newsletter, and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome – so feel free to join in! Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

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Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Vishnava! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 8 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 10 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Charu Bikash Chakma - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  3. Naeem U. Hasan - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
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  6. Kant Kishore Bhargava - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  7. Dawa Tsering - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 1 - (June 2010)

Project News

WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Misplaced Pages, and over the past few months the focus has been on improving article quality. A number of the project's featured articles underwent featured article reviews over the past year. Of these, Darjeeling and Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period, Gangtok, Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760), Marwari horse and Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16.

Due to the recent policy changes regarding unreferenced Biographies of Living People (BLPs), an effort was started in January 2010 to source all unreferenced BLPs coming under Wikiproject India. 1200 such articles were identified initially and more were added to the list later. Due to the sourcing effort, the number of Indian unreferenced BLPs is down to 565 currently. During February-April 2010, There was a large scale disruption of Kerala related articles by a Thrissur based IP vandal. Editing from a dynamic IP BSNL connection, the vandal changed dates of birth, death and ages of a number of Malayalam and Tamil film actors. Later he added a few international biographies to his list. He also marked some living people like Arvind Swamy as dead. A month long range block was imposed on his IP range two times and each time he came back to vandalise dates once the block expired. Currently the range has been blocked for three months till September 11, 2010.

What's New?
Current proposals and discussions
  • A discussion is underway here to reach a consensus regarding the use of Indian number names (lakh, crore etc.) in Misplaced Pages articles. Please participate and add your comments.
  • A discussion is in progress here in order to determine whether non-Western (including Indian) forms of classical music should be referred to by the nomenclature of art music instead of classical music. Please participate and add your comments.
  • Watchlist the Articles for Deletions page for India related discussions. Opinions from more Indian Wikipedians are required in many of the discussions.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Looking forward toward more contributions from you!
Complete To Do List
Complete To Do List
India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard
v • e • d • h • w
  • Requests: Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Swami Bhaskaranand Saraswati, Akhand Pratap Singh, Ravindra Gujjula Irrigation in India, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, More...
  • NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More...
  • Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More...
  • Cleanup: articles on castes, Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Bangaru Adigalar, Medical college (India), More...
  • Merge: Raghava Rama,Sammar Bahisht,Sathya Sai Baba movement,More...
  • Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri More...
  • Stubs: Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More...
  • Translate: Telugu Misplaced Pages articles, Marathi Misplaced Pages articles, Hindi Misplaced Pages articles, Sanskrit Misplaced Pages articles, Tamil Misplaced Pages articles Kannada Misplaced Pages articles
  • Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More...
  • Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria
  • Other requests:
    • v • e • d • h • w
    Signed...
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    WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010

    English WikiProject News

    After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias.

    Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Misplaced Pages editing among the general public. In addition, a bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to Twitter was created and launched by User:Logicwiki.


    What's New?

    Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile, Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16.

    The source code for the Article Alert Bot is now available and the bot itself is expected to be up and running very shortly. This means that article alerts for the Indian Wikiproject will again be available, enabling editors to easily keep track of developments in respect of reviews, nominations, deletions etc.

    The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011.

    In October there was a heated discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.

    Complete To Do List
    Complete To Do List


    India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard v • e • d • h • w
  • Requests: Sibichen K Mathew, Dominic Emmanuel, AK Merchant, Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Akhand Pratap Singh, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, More...
  • NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More...
  • Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More...
  • Cleanup: , Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Medical college (India), All India Radio, More...
  • Merge: Raghava Rama, Sammar Bahisht, Sathya Sai Baba movement,More...
  • Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri, More...
  • Stubs: Anand Math, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More...
  • Translate: Bhojpuri Misplaced Pages articles, Maithili Misplaced Pages articles, Telugu Misplaced Pages articles, Marathi Misplaced Pages articles, Hindi Misplaced Pages articles, Sanskrit Misplaced Pages articles, Tamil Misplaced Pages articles Kannada Misplaced Pages articles
  • Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assessment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More...
  • Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria
  • Other requests:
    • v • e • d • h • w


    News from Indian-language Wikipedias
    • The Bengali Wikisource, which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to List of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.
    The Tamil Misplaced Pages stall at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 in Coimbatore in June 2010.
    Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Misplaced Pages CD of 500 selected articles during his key note address at Wikimania 2010 at Gdansk.
    • The Hindi Misplaced Pages and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into the WikiBhasha translation and contribution toolkit developed by Microsoft Research.


    Community news
    The first meetup in Delhi on 22 September 2010.

    Mumbai and Delhi held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and Bishakha Datta met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later, Hyderabad also held its first meetup.

    Arun Ram, Shiju Alex and Barry Newstead releasing the Wikimedia India community newsletter at the nineteenth Bangalore meetup on 24 September 2010.

    Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the Centre for Internet and Society, with the nineteenth meetup in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the community newsletter. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Misplaced Pages Foundation.

    Jimmy Wales speech at the Mumbai Misplaced Pages Meetup #3 on 31 October 2010. Intro by User:Bishdatta & User:Arunram. (Recorded by User:AshLin.)

    Misplaced Pages founder Jimmy Wales had an interaction with Wikipedians followed by a presentation to members of the public at the third Misplaced Pages meetup in Mumbai on October 31, 2010.

    The first Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in Bangalore and Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in Delhi also held a meetup the same day.

    The Malayalam Misplaced Pages held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.

    Wikimedia Foundation board member Bishakha Datta and Indian Wikipedian Srinivas Gunta co-authored a panel presentation at Wikimania 2010 on the Wikimedia Asia Project.

    Current proposals and discussions
    • This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.

    If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

    Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

    Signed...

    SBC-YPR, Sodabottle (Editors)

    Tinucherian (Distributor)


    This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010.

    Looking forward to more contributions from you!
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    Invite to WikiConference India 2011


    Hi Vishnava,

    The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
    You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.

    But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

    As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

    We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

    WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

    Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

    As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

    If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

    You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

    ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators)

    Delivered per request on Misplaced Pages:Bot requests. The Helpful Bot 01:45, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

    Proposed deletion of Kant Kishore Bhargava

    The article Kant Kishore Bhargava has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

    Non-notable per WP:DIPLOMAT

    While all constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

    You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

    Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Kleinzach 11:21, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

    Invite

    A Barnstar! Please participate
    There's a voting going on here. It needs to close, but consensus is not certain. We need more participation. The issues can't remain without a resolution. Please, check it out. Closure of the discussion has started. (refresh) Please, hurry. nafSadh did say 14:10, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

    ArbCom elections are now open!

    Hi,
    You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:50, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

    Proposed deletion of Nihal Rodrigo

    The article Nihal Rodrigo has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

    Fails WP:BIO - no inherent notability in any of his roles and no in depth coverage (per WP:GNG).

    While all constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

    You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

    Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Dan arndt (talk) 06:03, 17 October 2016 (UTC)