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Hello, Achiwiki356, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck or looking for help, please come to the Wikipedia Help Desk, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, or ask the people around you for help -- good Wikipedians don't bite the newcomers. Keep an open mind and listen for advice, but don't hesitate to be bold when editing!

If you'd like to respond to this message, or ask any questions, feel free to leave a message at my talk page!

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Best of luck to you, and happy editing!

Sushant gupta 09:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

How to Start a new page

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Hey Achintya, If you want to start a new page then do follow the following things.

  • Firstly, Before starting a new page search for that topic in wikipedia.
  • Secondly, The content you will be adding shouldn't be the copyright from any website or a book, Yes but you use them as a source.
  • Thirdly, Do mention the source when ever you make a major edit.
  • Fourthly, Don't write anything nonsence, or don't write anything in a biased manner as it would also be considered as vandalism.
If you don't know how to mention the source tell me I'll do it for you and then you can see in the editbox how to mention it.
I saw the image you uploaded. Well it was a copyright from an other site thats why the image would be removed soon.

Do read the links which I gave you
Finally, when you leave messages on talk pages, please sign them using either the four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking the signature button on the toolbar (between red X and the line). It will help me identify easier who wrote the message and I can reply easier. Sushant gupta 10:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Answers to your questions

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Hey Achinthya see, maya is a page where there are links to many personalities and places namely maya. If you don't find the link to maya (about whom/which you want to make an edit) then simply start the new page but with another related title and then also add the link there on page maya. If you want to start a new page, then click here.
Thanks, Sushant gupta 10:12, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Reply to the question

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What do you want? Explain me in detail, I'll try my best. Take a look at the image you uploaded. It will be going to be deleted because of the licensing.

How did I know that you have inserted that image?

I saw your contributions.

And yes one more thing simply insert this (~~~~) and it will automatically produce your username, date and time. Hope so got it. Sushant gupta 10:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Reply

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Hey there, firstly be logged in while you are editing. See the licensing of the image you uploaded.
Sushant gupta 10:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Evolution of Prehistoric Animals

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That's cool. But it needs some improvement, that I'll do it for you. Nice job, you picked up very fast. Sushant gupta 15:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks for uploading Image:720.jpeg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 06:35, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hot Air Balloon and Airship

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Hey Achinthya, see what you edited (on Hot Air Balloon and Airship) was already existing. If you want to make additions then what you can do is that add information on that page which already exists. This would also be considered as a valuable contribution of yours. What you actually have to do here is not just keep adding pages but also too improve and help in constructing Wikipedia. Thats why the page with the title Hot Air Balloon and Airship has been now redirected. If you want to add info. to the already existing page of the following topic then simply copy the info from Hot Air Balloon and Airship and paste it there on that page or either I can do it for you. Well when I'll be getting time I'll definately do it for you.
Thanks Sushant gupta 10:50, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Reply

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Take a look @ this Now if you'll click on the link Hot Air Balloon and Airship then it will redirect you to Aerostat. You can copy the text you added earlier and paste it there on article Aerostat.
Thanks Sushant gupta 10:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Prehistoric man

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Don't add this article. The page already exists. Add info to this page.
Thanks Sushant gupta 11:00, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Monkey and other Primates

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See Achinthya what you can do is simply add the info to the already existing article.
Thanks Sushant gupta 11:23, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Your Userpage

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Hey Achinthya, your userpage is cool. I liked it. Thanks Sushant gupta 11:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks Sushant gupta 11:29, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re:this is cool

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Hey Achinthya, yes that was cool.
Thanks Sushant gupta 02:38, 25 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

hehehe

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heheheheheheh

Image tagging for Image:Jan11022.jpeg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Jan11022.jpeg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 05:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

hello

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hello achi .Remember me?? I m ur past. I wonder how is the future going

Your userpage and the way you mention the source

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Hey Achinthya, You made a link to my E-mail instead of yours. If you want to create a link to your E-mail then kindly mention your E-mail address in your Preference and then make a link on your userpage.
Secondly, The content you are adding is fabolous but mention the source at the end of the content of the topic you add and not in Reference column. It makes easy to know about which topic you are citing source.
Happy Editing!!! Sushant gupta 10:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Aerostat article

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I'm confused by your additions to the aerostat article. In order to avoid duplication, the article employes the narrower/technical use of the term and covers only tethered LTA craft. Other LTA craft are discussed in great length in their own articles e.g. hot air balloon and airship. What is the advantage of duplicating all of this information again in aerostat? Blimpguy 13:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Welcome

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Welcome!
 

Hi, and welcome to the India WikiProject! We're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India.

A few features that you might find helpful:

There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:

  • Want to know how good our articles are? The assessment department is working on rating the quality of every India article in Wikipedia.
  • Can you code? The automation department uses automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be tedious to do manually.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! ­ Sushant gupta 09:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Re:Featured Article

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Hey Achinthya, may I know what you are planning to do. See the featured articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are the best articles in Wikipedia. Before being listed there (Wikipedia:Featured articles), articles are reviewed at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria. If you want to know the procedure for making your article being nominated then do take a look @ wp:fac. Hope so you have got it.
Thanks Sushant gupta 09:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Am I Online

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Ofcourse yes. If you want to ask me any question then please do not hesitate asking me.
Do check this.
Thanks Sushant gupta 09:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Warfare

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Go ahead. But add the content in pre-existing article only. And mention the source properly.
Happy Editing
Thanks Sushant gupta 09:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hey Achinthya, by mistake I gave you wrong link check this out.

Mentioning Source

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Hey Achinthya, do mention the source below the content you added.
Thanks, Sushant gupta 10:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

WP:FAQ

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Check this out. You may find it helpful. Sushant gupta 10:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Your edits in war

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Hey Achinthya, the edits you made in War have been erased as the content you added may be already there or it may have been considered useless. Do take a look at WikiIndia Project and the India quick links. Sushant gupta 10:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Indian Forest Act

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Hey there, do take a look at this.
Sushant gupta 10:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006

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Project News
  • Name change of cities in Karnataka: A straw poll was conducted on the proposal to change the name of cities in Karnataka, per the Nov 1, 2006 decision by the Karnataka government to rename them from the current anglicised forms. The result of the poll was to change the names. As controversial as the decision may be in the real world, the article Bangalore in Wikipedia still reflects the old name. You may be interested in knowing why. Dig the archives.
  • New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:WP:INB): WikiProject India now sports a new colourful centralised noticeboard. An effort to make the noticeboard current and dynamic was mooted a few days back, and Ganeshk came up with the new format. The new noticeboard will strive to be the one-stop shop for all project related information. The shortcut is WP:INB.
  • Members List: The old members list is being phased out to give way for the new members list. New members are requested to add their names to the new members list. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the new list. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there.
What's New?


Congratulations to all contributors
who helped to develop the above
content to represent the best of Wikipedia!
Need some help?

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Note from Editor's Desk
  • Welcome to the December 2006 edition of our newsletter. Time flies past like matter into the black hole. It is interesting to notice that we are already into the last month for the year of 2006. 2006 saw discussions and development beyond realisation. In the world of Wikipedia where quality counts than quantity, we have come a long way. We've made better than 'nothing', to say the least, and even that is an achievement. I take this opportunity to thank everyone including those who have dotted the i's and crossed the t's.
  • As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us know. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll be very happy to include them here.
  • Before we sign off, Advance New Year Wishes, everyone.
This edition special
  • How to?: The "how to" part of assessment is very simple. Just head on to the talk page of any India related page and you'll find the {{WP India}} template. Simply classify the article based on the content and the criteria mentioned here. You can find the detailed instructions here. If you think it may qualify for GA/FA status, first consider submitting the article for peer review.
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Hi

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Hi Achiwiki, Sushant directed me to your userpage. Are you looking for help? Do let me know what help is required. There is also Wikipedia:Help desk if I am not around. Cheers — Lost(talk) 10:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Templates

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Hey Achinthya, one thing I would like to tell you is that I don't know the template codings. What I simply do is note the codings from a similar template and make the required changes. Do take a look @ this:

I created this template. Thanks Sushant gupta 10:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Userboxes

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Check this template:-

  This user is interested in Natural Sciences.

Codings for this userbox

<div style="float: left; border: solid #FFB466 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; color: white; background: green;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: yellow; text-align: center;" |[[Image:Hopetoun falls.jpg|60px|Fx]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: yellow" | This user is interested in [[Natural Sciences|<span style="color: white">Natural Sciences</span>]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians interested in Natural Sciences|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Make the required changes in the template you want to design. Go to Help:Starting a new page For starting a new template and type template:(name of the template)
Sushant gupta 11:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

harshit

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he i got my password which i forgot. and your userpage is cool. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Harshit arora (talkcontribs) 16:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC).Reply

License tagging for Image:Shimlaviewup.JPG

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Thanks for uploading Image:Shimlaviewup.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 12:07, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Rohtang pass.JPG

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 13:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello

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Nice to see that there are many young Indian Wikipedians. Lets begin our friendship here. Amartyabag (Talk) 11:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

Indian forest acts

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Take a look at this, scroll down and here is the material what you were wishing to have. Sushant gupta 12:01, 16 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

Website regarding Indian sacred Indian groves Sushant gupta 14:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)Reply


thanxAchiwiki356 13:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

Re:Barnstar

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Hi Achiwiki, anybody at all can give a barnstar. Nothing to do with an admin. If you someone is doing a great job, just give a barnstar. There are many types of barnstars. Please see WP:BARN for their list and follow the instructions given there. If you face a problem, let me know and I will help — Lost(talk) 13:35, 18 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

harshit

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Bhai message to bhej ki how to mention SOURCE —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.176.0.124 (talk) 15:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC).Reply


WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume II, Issue 1 - January 2007

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Project News
  • Project tagging:After a brief edit war over the addition of {{WP India}} to ancient archaeological sites now located in Pakistan, a "pre" parameter was introduced to remove the ROI flag from the template for pre-1947 articles, following discussion. After another large discussion on ANI alleging that the automated tagging by Ganeshbot and LostBot was "nationalistic", Ganeshbot was briefly blocked. Currently, the bots are again in action.
  • Swastika on Hinduism templates:Recently, an extremely large and at times emotional debate broke out regarding the use of the swastika on Hinduism templates, given its association with Nazism. As a result, {{Hindu Links}} now contains an educational message about the use of the swastika, as discussion on a more permanent resolution continues.
What's New?
Congratulations to all contributors
who helped to develop the above
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Need some help?

Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are 21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!

Note from Editor's Desk
  • Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:WP:INCOTW): Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
  • As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
  • Before we sign off, Happy New Year, everyone.
This edition special
  • Translation Department: Can you read and write any languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!

The translation department of the India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for Kashmiri, Nepali, Oriya, Sindhi and Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.

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Hi!

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I will gave you soon. Be patient Thanks Sushant gupta 10:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

harshit

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he! i have written many more, check in my contributions.vishu 12:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you for uploading Image:Shimlaviewup.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you created this image yourself, please look at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#For image creators, select one of those tags, and add it to the image. To do that, simply go to Image:Shimlaviewup.JPG, click "edit this page", and add the appropriate tag. Be sure to remove the current tag indicating a lack of licensing!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at User talk:Angr or at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. —Angr 14:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

For you

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Hi Achinthya, here is a small gift from my side.

  The Photographer's Barnstar
I would like to award you for your non stopping contributions related to images. Keep it up. Sushant gupta 13:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Achinthya

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Hello Achinthya, glad to see you back here on Wikipedia. Is there anything I can do for you. Thanks Sushant gupta 11:42, 21 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Review?

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Hi, I'm hoping as a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject India taskforce you can review the article Syed Ameer Ali. It was previously rated as stub class by this particular taskforce. I have done a fair amount of work here. I'd appreciate a quick review on the talk page so that I can have an idea of what else needs doing. Also waiting for copyright permission on an image for it. Thank you Douglike 11:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007

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Project News
  • Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in Chennai:Jimbo recently visited India in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in Chennai. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis ([1]). It was widely covered by the press, eg The Hindu( [2]), which cited the efforts of Bhadani (edit count), Sundar (leadership on Tamil Wikipedia) and Ganeshk (Creation of Ganeshbot to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from California to attend the conference.
  • Wikipedia Weekly 15: Wikipedia Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Wikipedia happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors Rama's Arrow and Ragib(listen). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host Witty lama praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of featured content. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the Bengali Wikipedia in his native Bangladesh, which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year.
What's New?
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  • Welcome to the March 2007 edition of our newsletter.
  • Congratulations to one of our most reespected writers, bureaucrats and administrators, Nichalp, who is now entrusted with the oversight permission. In addition User:Riana has joined the administrative ranks after a successful RfA.
  • On a sad note, Nobleeagle, who was responsible for the creation of the Punjab WikiProject, and was largely responsible for Indian cricket team, Bhagat Singh and Lage Raho Munna Bhai becoming GAs, as well as working heavily in Indian religious and cricket work, has left the project after having his identity revealed.
  • More generally, certain Indian users have recently been subject to real life harassment by banned users, etc. If this is affecting you in real life, please do not hesitate to contact Wikimedia board members for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required.
  • Nishkid64, a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a congenital heart defect. You can wish him well here.
  • Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:WP:INCOTW): Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it.
  • As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here.
This edition special
  • Translation Department: Can you read and write any languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you!

The translation department of the India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for Kashmiri, Nepali, Oriya, Sindhi and Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages.

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hello! this is amit goel i am uncle of your friend HARSHIT. i need your help pl. cooperate

Glad to see you back

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Hi Achinthya, its really good to see you back after such a long time. do not hesitate asking me anything regarding Wikipedia. Happy editing, Sushant gupta 09:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Re:Cool off

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Please please please! the content you added was violating wikipedia policies. Sushant gupta 11:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Re:thumb

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its very simple,
suppose this an image

 
Whatever details you need to add


Coding for this image
[[File:Bad Title Example.png|thumb|250px|Whatever details you need to add]]

How to redirect a page
Coding-
#REDIRECT [[Insert text]]

Preferably tell me which page are you thinking to reidrect before you do anything. thanks, Sushant gupta 12:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Math stuff you needed!

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Follow the below given links-

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Quantity
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number#Types_of_numbers

Sushant gupta (talk · contribs) 09:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:Jan11022.jpg listed for deletion

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An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Jan11022.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 01:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)Reply


WikiProject India Newsletter Volume III, Issue no. 001 - June 2008

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Project News
  • Tag & Assess 2008, an assessment drive initiated by the assessment department began on June 7, 2008 and will be running until July 2008. Many Wikipedians have started contributing to this mammoth task. This housekeeping activity will help manage articles in better way. You can also get involved!
  • Bot Assisted Assessment was successfully done using Bot0612 in May 2008. 1744 articles (18.5%) of all India unassessed articles were marked if they had been assessed by some other project.
  • What's Featured and Good?
  • IPL was hot on Wikipedia too!!! During the tournament, the article was among the most frequently edited articles. It is currently the only Indian article in top 100, occupying 58th spot.
  • Do you know of an article that is currently underrated? If so, please nominate the article at the Assessment Department's request for assessment. This will allow our project to get a better idea of the quality of our articles.
Article statistics and to-do lists
Current proposals and discussions
From the Editors
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hi

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hi do u still come here???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harshit arora (talkcontribs) 15:29, 11 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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

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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 1 - (June 2010)

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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 Wikipedia, 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 Wikipedia 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
Signed...
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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010

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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 Wikipedia 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
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 Wikipedia stall at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 in Coimbatore in June 2010.
 
Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Wikipedia CD of 500 selected articles during his key note address at Wikimania 2010 at Gdansk.
  • The Hindi Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia Foundation.

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

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had an interaction with Wikipedians followed by a presentation to members of the public at the third Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia: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.

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WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

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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)

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Notification of automated file description generation

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This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:35, 12 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

"Crab and other Crustaceans" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  The redirect Crab and other Crustaceans has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 April 7 § Crab and other Crustaceans until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 05:51, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply