User talk:Antorjal/Archive2

Mamata Banerjee related stuff

The IP is dynamically assigned (one of the many IPs used by BSNL in Kolkata) - so there's no use posting messages like that. It would just confuse users ==

WB Map

Sure, Antorjal. png is fine. My laptop crashed, so I can take a look at the svg only after my new one arrives. Thanks, deeptrivia (talk) 17:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

WB map fixed

Hey, the svg map has also been fixed, thanks to Planemad (talk · contribs). So now, the locator map and the district map - both are perfect. Now, before going for an FAC, certain stuffs need care. First, there should be NO red links in the article. I'll work on some red links, please try to cover others.Then, I have doubts on some section. Especially culture needs some work. I doubt if folk culture has been covered perfectly. Let's review the section. I will also ask Ragib (talk · contribs) and ppm to have a look. P.K.Niyogi (talk · contribs) should be a great source also. Again, History needs a re-check if something important has been omitted/ something has got undue coverage. One more thing, the daughter article Culture of West Bengal is virtually non-existent! Have to work on it, at least make it somewhat respectable. Whatever we wish to say about the culture (usually Bengalis brag about their culture!) we should write there. Then, as and if necessary, gist can be shifted to West Bengal. Daughter articles are very important in case of FACs. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Shubha Bijoya

Shubho Bijoya to you as well! BengalRenaissanceEccentrica 18:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Mangalkavya

Thought you may be interested in this article I created.Bakaman _Bakatalk 02:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks. I was really not aware of DYK. While going through your page I started browsing and then suddenly decided on an entry. Please see my nomination of Birbhum District for Portal West Bengal. I want to improve on that. Any suggestions? -- P.K.Niyogi 05:22, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your note. Please keep in touch.Regards.--Iball 08:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

jana gana mana

Its funny how all the actual Hindi & Bengali users compromised a long time ago and how now Marathis and Kannada(ese) are duking it out.Bakaman _Bakatalk 02:11, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Portal West Bengal

Please have a look at the Wikiquote West Bengal page linked through Portal:West Bengal. Add interesting current news to the news page whenever you feel like it. Thanks for adding the pic to the Krishna Mohan Banerjee page. - P.K.Niyogi 13:00, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Rencin24

Hello I got a message from you that I have been I have been Vandalising some pages could you tell me what??rencin24

Wait I have been using this system for almost whole of the day...as far I remember no one has used it.. as soon as I logged out I got his message. Can oyu tell me as to which page it is.....so that I can clear your doubts as well as yours too...rencin24

Thanks a lot for the doubts cleared...I hope to see us being good online friends...r u from India??...rencin24

DYK

On 10 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sajal Barui, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Peta 22:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Nidhu Babu/Ramnidhi Gupta

I got a book on Bengali music in my search for Ananta Das Gaswami, and it has a whole essay on Nidhu Babu. I'm hoping we can collaborate so the article can have more sources. Ashibaka tock 17:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

thanks!

Many thanks for your kind words. You might speak as if I'm some sorta success, but believe me there are far greater ones around here. One dude has written close to 60 FAs and another has contributed more than 500 featured pictures! Its just satisfying to work with such brilliant people like yourself from all over the world - the might of WP and the internet! If I can ever be of assistance, just give me a buzz. Cheers, Rama's arrow 16:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm Back! (For a Little While)

Sorry, I'm getting busier and busier nowadays. But I do make sure to watch one Satyajit Ray movie every now and then. By now, I've seen all of the following: the Apu Trilogy, Pratidwandi, Seemabaddha, Asani Sanket, Sonar Kella...PLUS Parash Pathar, Jalsaghar, Devi, Teen Kanya, and Kanchenjungha! (After seeing Sonar Kella, I decided to watch the other films in chronological order...:)). Ray's works are all really, really interesting (though of course I can't say anything less about Shyam Benegal!).

Whenever I get the opportunity, I'll try to add stuff to the corresponding pages of each film. I'm also learning Bengali (my father is absolutely certain that I'll speak it fluently by the time we finish watching our entire collection of Satyajit Ray movies). For now, though...aami maathro olpo olpo Baangla bolte paari! --Kuaichik 02:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Cfd woes

TerryJ-Ho (the one who put Anti-Hindu for AfD) is trying to put Hinduism in Azerbaijan up for deletion [1]. Bakaman _Bakatalk 16:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Map

I think you have done a great job in fixing up the West Bengal map. Why don't you remove the map help note from Portal:West Bengal? I also find that one more article of yours has come in for DYK. Great job done. Congratulations. Keep on going. -- P.K.Niyogi 03:54, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Sannyasi Rebellion

Well done for creating the article. It was overdue. Good effort.!!!Rueben lys 11:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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You are most welcomed!

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Leandro GFC Dutra 00:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

One more vote for the coordinator of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Wikiproject

Since two of the three editors nominated for Coordinator of the MCB Wikiproject declined their nominations, one more vote has been posted: should the remaining nominee, ClockworkSoul, be named as the coordinator, or should nominations be reopened? Every opinion counts, so please vote! – ClockworkSoul 17:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Chinese calcutta.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Chinese calcutta.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there 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 its not being deleted. Thank you.

DYK

On October 18, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rajnarayan Basu, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

On October 18, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Partition of Midnapore, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

On October 17, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sannyasi Rebellion, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 01:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

On October 20, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nagarik, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 03:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reveiw of Andhra Association School

Hi Anirban, Thanks for the review of my article. Sorry I could respond earlier as am in Kolkata an away from Wikipedia due to a family emergency. I'll try and get the enrollment information of the school for the article. Mahalo! --Vikas Kumar Ojha _{Talk to me!} 07:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

greeting

Have a happy Diwali.Bakaman _Bakatalk 18:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

A belated Happy Diwali!--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Molecular and Cellular Biology Wikiproject Newsletter

The project main page has gotten a facelift!
When people visit the project, the very first thing that they see tends to be the project's main page, and with this in mind, the main page has been completely overhauled. To enhance readability the various "goals" sections have been merged, and a detailed "how you can help" section has been added. To increase accessibility for more established members, the links to any resources that were in the main body text have been moved onto the navigation bar on the right. Finally, the whole page has been nicely laid out and given a nice attractive look.
New project feature: peer review
I'm proud to announce the addition of out newest feature: peer review! The MCB peer review feature aims serve as a stepping stone to improve articles to featured article status by allowing editors to request the opinions of other members about articles that they might not otherwise see or contribute to.
Project progress
The article worklist
We’ve had quite a bit of progress on the worklist article in the past month. Not only has the list itself nearly doubled in size from 143 to 365 entries, but an amazing three articles have been advanced to FA status, thanks in great part to the efforts of our very own TimVickers! Remember, the state of the worklist is the closest thing we have to quantifying the progress of the project, so if you get the chance, please take a look at the list, pick a favorite article, and improve it!
Collaboration of the Month
Last month's Collaboration of the Month, cell nucleus, was a terrific success! In one month, the article went from a dismal stub to an A-class article. Many thanks to all of the collaborators who contributed, especially ShaiM, who took on the greatest part of the burden. This month's Collaboration of the Month, adenosine triphosphate, isn't getting nearly the attention of its predecessor, so if you can, please lend a hand!
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Map request

Hi! Can you please do a map for Birbhum District? The article has taken a really good shape. I saw the map of east and west Midnapur u did. A map of Birbhum would help it become a selected article in West Bengal portal. Thanks.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK Record

I think you are in for some sort of a DYK record. It is amazing! Keep it up. -- P.K.Niyogi 02:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

For you...

		The DYK Medal
		How come you haven't got this yet?? Fabulous job... -- Lost(talk) 14:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Birbhum map

Thanks for your offer on the Birbhum map. Please wait a few days before you do it. I am working on a hand drawn map and shall put it up within a few days. It would be crude compared to what you do. So, when I put it up, please help in improving that. -- P.K.Niyogi 06:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC).

Hi! What is needed is a map of West Bengal showing the Birbhum district. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 21:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Orissa portal

Hi Antarjol, I just got a message from someone that the Orissa portal would be deleted unless it is improved. If you have some time, you may proceed. I will find time later on, but I have to go through the wikipedia tutorial first and I (unfortunately) suddenly got a lot busier. Take care, SDas 18:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

WB FAC

Hi! Put West Bengal in FAC. Express your views in the nomination page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Urgent Help Needed

See the comment "I see no pages in the printed sources which are citated" in WB FAC. Could you please quote the page numbers of "Mukherji, S.J. (1984). College Botany Vol. III: (chapter on Phytogeography). Calcutta: New Central Book Agency" that you used to write the Flora and Fauna section. As you have used a chapter, you can give the page range. See the way page range has been given in citing specific chapters of West Bengal Human Development Report 2004.

However, if you have used several chapters and several pages, it will be better to use Harvard reference style. See the way citation number 11 (...while hundreds of thousands of Hindus fled into the city...) has been used in History section of Kolkata. In Harvard style, the book is listed once in the "Reference" section. And multiple page citations can be done in multiple instances. See Wikipedia:Harvard referencing and Wikipedia:Harvard citation template examples if you need. Thanks a lot.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:23, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Sabita Chowdhury

Someone has prodded the Sabita Chowdhury article (which is now about the singer). I contested the deletion, but since all the info from the previous article has been removed, very little remains. You said on the AfD she was notable, could you check it out and establish notability for her?--Cúchullain ^t/c 18:42, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion on caste

Your input would be aoppreciated on whether lists or cats should be used for caste lists on the Indian Noticeboard. Bakaman _Bakatalk 01:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Maps

What a good job you are doing with the district maps! Please complete for all the districts. Have you seen Portal:India? -- P.K.Niyogi 01:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

COB Map

Thanks for the Cooch Behar District Map. Hope you can make a subdivisional map as well. See you more in such good Works. Thanks Amartyabag 14:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful

Wow! Great job with all those district maps. Had to do a lot of stuffs for West Bengal today. Loads of citations! Huh. Almost got mad! LoL. Let's see what will be the response in FAC. The problem is the size of the article has increased much, one of the factors being all those citations. So far the FAC is ok-ish.People did not use to be so particular even in recent past. Good that people are finding out so many faults...the article is becoming better and better. FAC of Kolkata was easier and of Darjeeling was a bit tough! Lets see how WB goes. Bye! --Dwaipayan (talk) 20:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

RE:COB MAP

Hi, Thanks for showing your interest. I am giving you the links from where u can take help to make the COB map: http://coochbehar.gov.in/HTMfiles/block_demarcated_Map.html http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/coochbehar.shtml

Amartyabag 10:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Cooch Behar: Help Needed

I am perhaps the only one working on the Cooch Behar article. I Need some help in this matter. I am giving some sources of reference. If you can't put the detailed reference, then Pls put some ciation neeeded tags. The article is some what finished. If I have missed out some points, pls point it out.

Firstly, Thanks to you for your work in WB Portal. Thanks for your review of Cooch Behar. You said that the article needs more citation. I need your help in this matter. I cannot find the exact ways how to cite. Please help me in doing the citing part. I am giving you the information you may need while doing the cite. Etymology part help has been taken from the book Itikathai Cooch Behar (A brief history of Cooch Behar) by Dr. Nripendra Nath Pal.

All historical facts are taken from http://coochbehar.gov.in/HTMfiles/royal_history.html Accessed on October 1, 2006 (First 2 paras) and Translation from Itikathai Cooch Behar (A brief history of Cooch Behar) by Dr. Nripendra Nath Pal. (rest paras)

Geography 2nd para - From the book Annual Plan on Agriculture, 2003-04, Principal Agricultural Officer, Cooch Behar Climate – From http://coochbehar.gov.in/Htmfiles/dist_summaryprofile.html District Profile Accessed on October 1, 2006

Transport – From http://coochbehar.gov.in/Htmfiles/Transport.html Accessed on October 1, 2006 Demographics – 1st para From {{GR|India}} and http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_3.htm West Bengal Census] Accessed on October 1, 2006

2nd para – From District Profile Accessed on October 1, 2006

Ask me if you need some more information. Amartyabag 11:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you make a copy edit of Cooch Behar? It failed a GA nomination. Please see the comments in its talk page. Happy Holiday to you. Amartyabag (Talk) 05:24, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Jana Gana Mana

Hi, I need some help on whether or not a transcript of the session of the Indian constituent assembly I found online is a correct one. I have refereed to it at the end of the Jana Gana Mana talk page and it doesn't seems to contain any reference to a "hindi version" being adopted. If u can shed any light on the authenticity or lack thereof of the transcript, that'd be great. Thanks,--ppm 00:36, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

FYI

Please see Portal:West Bengal/Selected article candidates, where Bengali language has been nominated. Please comment. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

This month's winner is proteasome!

– ClockworkSoul 22:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Interesting topics and...

Please see the comments by Pradiptaray (talk · contribs) in West Bengal FAC. The second point, mentioning rural/traditional foods/beverage is very important. We missed it altogether in the article. In the article Bengali cuisine there are discussions on pithe and some other foods, but there is no article/discussion on paantabhat or morobba or mahua. If you have some time, could you please try to build some stubs on them?

I shall also try. But there are more pressing problems, as mentioned by Tony, that is Tony1 (talk · contribs). I had requested SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs) to have a look through the article. He looked and has incorporated some inline comments. Have to address those. Shmitra (talk · contribs) is also helping out. --Dwaipayan (talk) 07:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, I was waiting with trepidation what Tony would say. He is a magnificent copyeditor. Anyway, per his suggestion, I have requested some editors to have a go at the article for copyediting purpose. Sandy, Sundar and ppm has started helping. But it's tough to find out a "word-nerd". There was Nichalp (talk · contribs), but he is on a wikibreak now :( Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Kallol

Hi! I read Kallol. Great. Always had a wish to build it up, but never managed to! Thanks for the upgrade. Seems you have a lot of good books at your hand! Bye the way, Started Panta bhat and Pithe. Check those out! --Dwaipayan (talk) 13:21, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I was watching the changes you were making in those two articles;) PKNiyogi is creating great biographies, indeed.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

On 1 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kallol, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 22:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Good to see Kallol in DYK. Congrats. Keep it up. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. But even more thanks for all the help in getting the article to FA status. It would not have been possible without the help of so many wikipedians. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 12:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 5 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hiralal Sen , which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 10:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Great job! Keep it up. -- P.K.Niyogi 16:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Congrats. Take a look at the Its new board. Whoever thought of that had a great idea.Bakaman _Bakatalk 19:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

On November 13, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mahishya, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Ganeshbot

Antorjal, Thanks for your help with the merging. Can you please uncat the sandbox article by adding tl in the state stub template and a colon (:) in the category field. For example, {{tl|West Bengal-geo-stub}} and [[:Category:Cities and towns in West Bengal]]. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 00:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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Motilal Sheel

I am working on Motilal Sheel. I will put it up for DYK, of course with credit to you as its creator. Hope you don't mind. -- P.K.Niyogi 23:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:INBIN

We should rename it "Antorjal & Company" new articles.Bakaman _Bakatalk 01:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Special:Newpages is the place to go.Bakaman _Bakatalk 02:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Request

As most of the bengal related article fell into the region of both project Bangladesh and India. So if you write an article like this please insert it into the DYK section of Portal:Bangladesh. Now I just wanted to know does the article Kadambini Ganguly or any other article could be inserted in this section.Tarif from Bangladesh 17:51, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006

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Chau and Chhau

Not sure which spelling is more appropriate. Content-wise, Chau dance is more comprehensive. May be we could ask SameerKhan (talk · contribs) for suggestion on which spelling to follow.--Dwaipayan (talk) 04:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On November 13, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Motilal Sheel, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Portal:West Bengal: Peer review

Hi! I've submitted Portal:West Bengal for Peer review. Please express your views/suggestions there. One of the problems with the portal is lack of selected pictures. Please see Portal talk:West Bengal where a thread on selected pictures has been started. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Translation

added more items that need bengali scripts...--D-Boy 17:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Namaskar Antorjal, you may want to look at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bangladesh#Userbox to put on your userpage.Bakaman _Bakatalk 06:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Also Bengal needs a map of the whole bengal at the top.Bakaman _Bakatalk 21:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Blnguyen created {{User DYK}} for users who have made DYK's. There's just so much to tell, lol Bakaman _Bakatalk 00:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

FYI

Hey where are you? Bengali language is in FAC. The article is undergoing good improvement. Participate!--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

It is all quiet on the western front! I hope everything is okay. Birbhum District has just been rated ‘B Class’ on the quality scale. I don’t find any other district page with that rating. All are mostly ‘stub’ and a few ‘start’. Thanks for the support. -- P.K.Niyogi 14:00, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hey Antorjal, would you like to write which articles, you are most happy about us collaborating on here. It may help to counteract this bad faith proposal.Bakaman _Bakatalk 22:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Peer review of bacteria

Hi there. I'd value your input on this article. Thank you. TimVickers 05:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is now a Featured Article candidate, the nomination page is (here). Thank you. TimVickers 04:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

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

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? Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar Featured Content: Three articles (Chalukya Dynasty (nom), History of Tamil Nadu (nom) and Bengali language (nom)), one list (List of Indian ODI cricketers) and one picture (Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar contributed by Moumine (pictured)) were featured from our WikiProject recently. Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia! Need some help? Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are 22 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! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard v • • d • h • w Requests: People: Bapudeva Sastri, Marimallappa, Ravichandran, Articles: Barak Missile Deal Scandal, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, Energy policy of India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Marimallappa High School, More... NPOV: Rajneesh, Khalistan, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Indira Gandhi, More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, More... Cleanup: caste system, Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, More... Merge: Amber Fort,More... Expand: Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case) 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Essar Shipping, Fair use, G. N. Naidu, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Sunil Mittal More... Stubs: Indian Copyright Act, Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bombay Dyeing, More... Translate: Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Notice board, Collaboration of the Week, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, Indian administrators More... Requested images: Major crops, Convert Image:Standard of the President of India.gif to SVG, Free image of Aarti Chhabria (See: Image:Aarti Chhabria.jpg and its talk page) Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India v • • d • h • w

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 Assessment Department (Shortcut: WP:IN1): Are you one of those gnomes?? Or do you want to take some time off some brain-frying active editing on Wikipedia?? Then Department of Assessment within the WikiProject India will be your forte. The department consists of a group of wikipedians who work on rating the India related articles to check if they are worthy enough to be included in the CD (or print) version of Wikipedia. The rating process gains more significance as we try to sort out which articles and which topics need more attention to balance the India related systemic bias within wikipedia. As a thumb rule, anyone can rate any article based on the related criteria, within the Stub/Start/B/A levels. However, ratings for Good Article Status and Featured Article status go through the nomination processes. 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. Signed... Edited by Chez and distributed by Lostintherush

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Oriya Name Needed

Can you write in oriya the name of following places? Simlipal National Park, Bhitarkanika National Park. Thanks in advance. Amartyabag 09:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Back Again

Hey Antorjal, ki khobor? By now I have seen nearly all of Satyajit Ray's Bengali feature films except Jana Aranya, Joi Baba Felunath, Shakha Proshakha, and Agantuk.

(I also haven't seen Ghare Baire or Ganashatru, but I never really intend to see the latter of these two since it's just a translation of Ibsen...!)

I'll see what I can do in the way of Satyajit Ray movie articles. I even got to watch Chiriyakhana! But I didn't quite grasp the plot...:-P --Kuaichik 03:57, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi,

I would like to thank you for the contributions you made (especially on Midnapore). You have enhanced it a lot! Yet one small request, as I had mentioned earlier, Ritwik Ghatak also lived in Midnapore in his youth. He was the unkle (/cousin?) of Mahashweta Devi, as I remember reading in some autobiographical short story by Mahashweta (Bhabaa-Bhobir galpo - or something like that - after their nick-names). Mahashweta's father was a District Magistrate, I think.

If you have time, please look up the information.

Hope I am not too demanding!

Thanks and regards, Srays

District maps of Tripura

Thanks for creating district maps of West Bengal. I've categorised them as Category:District maps of West Bengal. Please also consider uploading them to Commons in the category Category:District maps of India. Can you create similar maps for Tripura? Consider the official Tripura site for reference.--Victor 01:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy holidays to you too. Thanks for the positive reply. Good luck.--Victor 02:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

bengalis scripts

there's some bengali scripts to add at india translation.--D-Boy 03:52, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back home

Nice to hear you. Looking forward to your interesting contributions. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 05:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

It was quiet on the Bengal end for a bit. You, PK, Dwaipayan and Ragib were all out at various times. Looking forward to some DYK's from you.Bakaman 18:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2007

Happy New Year 2007 !!! Dear Antorjal, New Year is the time to enjoy, party and rejuvenate oneself with a new spirit and enthusiasm. It is also the time to forget the past and begin a new life. Let us make the New Year’s resolution to: Contribute to the Wikipedia in any way possible. Create as many as possible FA articles. Fight vandalism. Follow Wikiquette Create a feeling of brotherhood with all Wikipedians and everybody on this Earth. I take this as an occasion to wish you and your family the best in the days to come on Wikipedia and in real life. May this New Year invigorate you, bringing you more happiness and content. Happy New Year 2007!!! and Happy Wikipediaing -- Amartyabag (Talk) 16:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

This month's MCB Collaboration of the Month article is Peripheral membrane protein!

– ClockworkSoul 18:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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

Project News Usage of Vernacular scripts: Following extensive description at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) archived here regarding inclusion criteria for vernacular scripts in Indian biographies, Wikipedia:Vernacular scripts was set up to formulate usage guidelines. However, discussion appears to have dissipated without a conclusive result. 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. What is India?:Recently, there have been ongoing discussions here which discuss the stated issue of "India" the historical region is different from the Republic of India. It consisted also of modern Pakistan and Bangladesh, but a search for "India" automatically redirects to the Republic of India. Should there not be a clarification? . This comes in light of clashes on articles such as Panini, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, regarding the status of the individuals. 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. Arbitration: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Hkelkar regarding the activities of various editors on pages related to Indian religion topics closed recently, with Hkelkar, BhaiSaab and TerryJ-Ho all banned for one year. Currently, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2 regarding a dispute over the article of the religious teacher is in the voting phase. What's New? Symbol of the Hoysala Empire Featured and Good Content: Two articles (Indian Standard Time (nom)) and (Hoysala Empire (nom)), were featured from our WikiProject recently, since our last edition. Irfan Pathan, Hinduism, Dinesh Karthik, Lage Raho Munna Bhai were promoted to Good article status. Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia! 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! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard 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 Wikipedia articles, Maithili Wikipedia articles, Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia 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: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template

Note from Editor's Desk Welcome to the January 2007 edition of our newsletter. Time flies past like matter into the black hole. A Happy New Year to all. Congratulations to one of our administrators, Shanel, who was appointed with 98% approval to the office of Steward across the Wikimedia Project. 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. Signed... Edited by YellowMonkey and distributed by Lostintherush

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Your maps

I was expecting a lot of Wikipedia-activity from you but you seem to have pulled back. We are missing your interesting contribution. I have been working on the cities and towns for some time. I started with transfers of material from Ganeshbot and then got involved. Recently, I have put in a district template for all towns in West Bengal. Maybe, I have missed few here and there. I have used your maps for each district template. Please have a look. I had some problem in putting the templates for the Medinipur towns, because it is Purba and Paschim now, but many towns still mention only Midnapore. Please have a look and correct it, in case I made a mistake. With regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

West Bengal Portal

Portal:West Bengal has been vastly improved by riana_dzasta and S.D. ¿п?, with automated selection of articles. It is now a Featured portal candidate. Please have a look. Regards -- P.K.Niyogi 02:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject History of Bangladesh

WikiProject History of Bangladesh has started. It needs members and participants. Aditya Kabir 11:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Bartaman

Hi, I made some edits to the Bartaman page which I have a suspicion maybe reverted soon.The words I delelted were extremely derogatory and bordered on villification of Bartaman readers, which you will admit is an NPOV issue. I noticed on the talk page that you posted the last discussion regarding the article's content and suggested it might be a spam article. I hope you will have a look at the changes I made if you (or someone else)reverted it and agree with me. Also, I hope you will support the changes I made, since I have a feeling you edit this article (and others ,linked to Bengal). Thanks.130.209.6.40 23:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Greetings

Happy Holi !!--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

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

Project News Plagiarism by the Times of India: Recently it was noticed that the Times of India, the world's largest distribution daily had systematically plagiarised many of Wikipedia's biographies on members of the Indian cricket team among other cricketers on its website, sometimes with errors propagated (details). After discussion and discovery of further plagiarisms in other fields, the issue reached the admin noticeboard archived here. 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 ([2]). It was widely covered by the press, eg The Hindu( [3]), 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. Arbitration: Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended. Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan regarding the activities of various Indian and Pakistani editors on pages related to Indian subcontinent history topics, the national status of various pre-Partition figures, and edit-warring over Indic scripts and WikiProject tags was held and concluded in late February- early March. As a result of this, four Pakistani users, Siddiqui, Szhaider, Nadirali and Unre4L were all banned for one year for disruption via edit-warring and confrontationalism. Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2 regarding a dispute over the article of the religious teacher closed in early March with four users indefinitely banned from the article. Currently, Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Freedom_skies is in the evidence phase. It is concerned with the editing of Freedom_skies, who edits articles on ancient Indian history, primarily civilisation articles such as Indian mathematics and related articles, as well as Buddhism articles such as Pusyamitra Sunga, as well as those pertaining to the propagation of Mahayana Buddhism to China such as Bodhidharma and Zen. What's New? Vijayanagara Empire Featured and Good Content: Eight articles: Vijayanagara Empire (nom), Delhi (nom), Pashtun people (nom), Nathu La (nom), Harbhajan Singh (nom), Hoysala architecture (nom), Harbhajan Singh (nom), Technopark, Kerala (nom) and Western Chalukya Empire (nom) were featured from our WikiProject recently, since our last edition. 'Dineshkannambadi has been a phenomenal force in the production of FAs recently, being responsible for three of these eight articles. He has totalled five FAs, all relating to Kannada history. Three portals: Portal:Hinduism (nom), Portal:West Bengal (nom) and Portal:Kerala (nom) were also featured. There were two additional GAs, Murali Kartik and Bhagat Singh. Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia! 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! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard 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... 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Note from Editor's Desk 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 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. Signed... Edited by YellowMonkey and distributed by Lostintherush

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Image:Ritwik ghatak.jpg

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Poush Mela

Hi, I have recently just started an article on the Poush Mela of Santiniketan. Any suggestions? BengalRenaissanceEccentrica 02:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

please support in FAC

please support in Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Language_movement for Language movement and help with the article if you want. This article was brought into FAC by user:Rama's Arrow. I think making this an FA would be a respect to his contribution.Tarif from Bangladesh 07:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Permission to use tRNA structure in a not-for-profit document?

Hi,

The structure of the tRNA that you've released is the best I've seen anywhere and better than any one I could hope to come up with.

I was wondering if I could get permission to reproduce a copy of the tRNA^Phe structure that you've released to the public domain in the introductory chapter of my dissertation? Of course I would cite you as being the source with something like " structure reproduced with the kind permission of N.R. Voss" and I would quote the reference if there was one.

Have a great day!

--Antorjal 14:34, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Go for it! I also used a wiki-image in my dissertation as well. A real citation would be great, but I haven't used the image in any of my publications, so the citation you proposed above is good. Someone else has also used that tRNA image for a published article, I never expected it to get any attention.

--vossman 17:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Hi! Nice to see you back. There is one thing I can request you to work on. The Portal:Current events/India. P.K.Niyogi had been maintaining the portal in an excellent way. Now the portal may need some more attention, per this and this conversation. Also see Mr Niyogi's talk page for my replies. If you have time, please try to maintain the portal. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:34, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Good to see you back. I have scaled back my editing after an unfortunate event but its great to know that we have one of the ol' crowd back with us. I think P.K. has worked on the Bengali renaissance and Kolkatta related articles while you were out but we always can use a hand.Bakaman 23:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

It is wonderful to have you back. Your contributions were somewhat unique. Probably, I would never have thought of some of what you contributed. I eagerly await your great contribution. Regards. - P.K.Niyogi 03:15, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Its great to see you back and thanks for the compliments. Antorjal 17:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)