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Inder, I'm puzzled you are asking me not to warn people who are clearly violating the rules. In case you didin't notice, the part that I criticized was removed as per WP:BLP. Amit@Talk 14:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Please take further discussion of user behavior to the user talk pages, which are the correct location for such discussion. Thanks! Relata refero 16:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I am surprised why the comments regarding the protests of NRIs over Sonia's address were removed? You may be a big fan of her, but that does not mean this article should be advocating Sonia. Please do not remove this article. (I am using style of ReluctantPhilosopher here) :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkulkarn (talk • contribs) 03:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

It's not funny. And stop using a sockpuppet Amit@Talk 16:24, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Amit, please go to Sonia and grab a Congress ticket if not already. You have done enough praise for her in wikipedia for justifying a ticket. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mimic2 (talk • contribs) 07:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandaling edits?

Somebody reverted back the POVs which I had deleted saying "to do away vandal Mimic2's damaging edits". If you think Sonia Gandhi is a sanyasi that does not mean the entire world should know that. (by that way, if she is sanyasi, she should not be MP) Please stop this. Start a blog somewhere to praise Sonia Gandhi(say her Sanyasi or Queen or Superwomen anything). Misplaced Pages is for NPOVs. I myself had added some POVs which were deleted. But I am fine with that when I realized they were my POVs and may not be the facts. Mimic2 11:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hindi transcription required?

From User talk:Tuncrypt#Sonia_Gandhi

Why is this unnecessary? Nishkid64 (talk) 20:40, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Why not explain the necessity of there being a Hindi transcription first? I'll gladly rebut it. Tuncrypt (talk) 20:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not getting into arguments. I'm simply asking for your reasoning. You left an ambiguous edit summary. Nishkid64 (talk) 20:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay. My reasoning: She lacks any strong enough connection to the Hindi language to warrant a transcription of her name into it. First of all, she is of Italian origin and in that sense not foundationally connected to Hindi-speaking Uttar Pradesh, unlike her relatives Jawaharlal, Indira, Rajiv, etc. who are of Kashmiri Brahmin stock which migrated to UP some 300 years ago. Second, we can simply notice that her first name Sonia is of Italian source, and that having said that, her last name by marriage is but of Gujarati source in addition. This contrasts with her children Rahul and Priyanka, whose first names are conventionally north Indian and would warrant a Hindi transcription. Tuncrypt (talk) 21:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I've left the IPA, I think that should stay for the benefit of English-speaking readers. The Hindi, I'm ambivalent about - on the one hand I see your point, on the other hand it could be considered to be sending the same message BJP etc try to send out, that she isn't Indian enough :) Your thoughts welcomed. Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 04:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I have taken this to the article talk page because I think it warrants more discussion. She might not have connections to the Hindi language, but she is a major figure in India and I think that's enough to warrant adding the Hindi translation. I think it's useful to other Hindi speakers reading this article who might want to know the proper spelling in that language. Nishkid64 (talk) 04:19, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Sonia Gandhi contests elections in Uttar Pradesh, a state where people speak Hindi and Urdu, and other dialects such as Hindustani. She is a citizen of the Republic of India and it is not her ethnic origins that will define the use of scripts on this page. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 09:18, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I do strongly support' Hindi transcription on pages about her in all language wikipedias including here.

Mahitgar (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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