User talk:Dwaipayanc/Archive 43

Indian agriculture

I have just finished rewriting Indian agriculture. Make sure to read it whenever you find the time :-) JSR (talk) 13:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I have just finished re-writing the Architecture of India article, which I found in a neglected state. Don't forget to take a look :-) JSR (talk) 01:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind message. I understand perfectly that you keep busy improving a lot of Wikipedia articles and may not find time to read new ones immediately. What matters is that responsible editors read the rewritten material eventually, whenever they find the time :-) JSR (talk) 02:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I have replaced the colored {{Quotation1|text}} template by the simpler <blockquote>text</blockquote> template :-) JSR (talk) 08:02, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections

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TfD nomination of Template:S-awards

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Re: Calcutta Ligh Horse Bar

Hi, Dwaipayan! No, the bar isn't at Calcutta Club but at Saturday Club. Shovon (talk) 07:54, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Yup, you need to be a member or a guest to enter those last bastions of the Englishmen! I had the opportunity to be there once, thanks to an uncle of one of my friends. Shovon (talk) 20:56, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

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About the cuisine page

I had recently created a section on Cuisines of Kolkata in this article which I felt make perfect sense as Kolkata is really famous for one of the most diversified cuisine in India. But unfortunately The post has been deleted. I would really be interested to know whether I have violated any norms of Wikipedia because of which my post has been deleted. Also I would appreciate if you kindly point out if my posting was irrelevent or wrong. As I am pretty new in Wikipedia it will be a learning for me. Thanks. -- Jsengupt (talk) 03:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

re: blasts

Dwai, it is like deja vu for me. Seriously, it sucks to see this happening again! Damn the so-called protectors of us. I really wonder what the security is doing. So sorry about all that is happening. Mspraveen (talk) 17:14, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

One news report tells me that Modi had alerted the Center against impending attacks. Whether this is politics or just plain truth, it remains hidden. Oh yes, I noticed it too after you pointed the ITN error. The news reports have conflicting versions too, however the reliable sources tell it is five. Mspraveen (talk) 17:24, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

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Ayurveda

I have just finished rewriting Ayurveda using only the most reliable scholarship. Kindly take a look and let me know if you approve. It would also help if you could point out what more needs to be added to the article (except images of course, to which I get to soon). This edit was made using a draft I had prepared earlier and may not be perfect so please be sure to look and recommend.

Thanks in advance, JSR (talk) 05:59, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hey Dwai. Tell me, what's up with Pather Panchali? Do you not intend to renominate it at FAC? Shahid • ^Talk2me 19:51, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Life's been great, but like yourself, I'm also very busy. I'm soon leaving Wikipedia. Circumstances force me to, so I try to make my best before I leave. Do you know some good copyeditor who could help you with the Pather Panchali article? I quite liked User:Shmitra's edits. Although not that active today, she's a fantastic editor. And what about you? What are you doing nowadays? Shahid • ^Talk2me 18:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

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Update from JSR

I have just finished a rewrite of Indian astronomy so make sure to take a look :-) This is just a first draft and some errors may be there in spelling and grammar, which I'll correct soon. The Ayurveda article is stable and has been made fully sourced.

Best wishes, JSR (talk) 22:00, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

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Hey!

Oh.. you remember me! Cheers! :) --Delhi Belly 2 (talk) 07:21, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

try

which nationa highway passes thorough ladakh —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.20.65.74 (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Status report on the Country outlines (Around the World) project

Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines - one for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before the lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:

1. Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set.
2. Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.). The main type of work participants in "the contest" will be doing. The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
3. Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe in stand anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The Transhumanist 23:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)