Shirin tejani

Regardgin Green Development: I added 500 words way before the deadline and you have said that I havent. My article doesnt open up when u click on green development,( Ive been having that problem since the time i tried to put my topic up), but if you click on search an existing article, it will show u my article.

122.170.26.215 (talk) 18:24, 31 August 2011 (UTC) sharvari

Economic liberalization

hello ma'am! I have edited the article on economic liberalization earlier also and that was on the main page, the 1st time it got deleted and after that only one sentence is there on the main space.

but now due to copyright violations, I could not upload rest of the editing on the main space and therefore, it is in my sandbox called as sandbox2, the link to which is "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shalini61290/Sandbox2".

Thankyou--Shalini61290 (talk) 08:53, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits

MY sandbox link for my additions to the article in case they get deleted , hopefully they don't. my additions are on the main article as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tank32/Sandbox:ess:Female_education thank you, tarini chawla Tank32 (talk) 11:30, 14 October 2011 (UTC) Hello ma'am I've edited my article by adding SEZs in Gujarat. Thanks. Rubica b (talk) 21:02, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Regarding Green Development: I added 500 words way before the deadline and you have said that I havent. My article doesnt open up when u click on green development,( Ive been having that problem since the time i tried to put my topic up), but if you click on search an existing article, it will show u my article. Potpourr!^ ^ (talk) 16:58, 6 September 2011 (UTC) sharvari

Hello Ma'am, this is Prerna Chowhan S.Y. A, Roll No. 2002. I have added the 250 words for the 9th sept deadline and also rectified the things you had asked me too. Please go through it and let me know. My additions are under the History of Human trafficking itself. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prerna Chowhan (talk • contribs) 14:51, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

hello maám, i changed the topic from economic liberalisation to beggary in india because when i tried to edit the previous atricle.. it was restricted and needed peer approval and thus i didnt end up working on it. Suggest what i should be doing? And about the deadline, the batch was confused because different sections had different deadlines, could you please sort the confusion accordingly. Thanks - Shipra Prakash (shipra177) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shipra177 (talk • contribs) 06:27, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

hello ma'am, i re-wrote the entire addition to my article in my own words, using the WHO document only as reference material but it still shows copyright violation. what should i do? - saumya tripathi

Hello ma'am I have read your message on my page. I shall look up other reference books as you mentioned. Thank you. -Rubica Bhowmick

maam i had written more than thousand words and all of it got deleted ... yesterday...- mahima chawla

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 07:27, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

ma'am, i had added content on my article, which wasn't copied. however, it has been removed by the wiki people due to copyrighting issues. should i continue with my work? saumya tripathi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saumya1025 (talk • contribs) 05:58, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you m'am..i shall work on the suggestions.--Karanlalchandani (talk) 13:38, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Editing-1 (deadline- 19th Aug)

Souradeep Ghosh: Maam I had mailed you but I did not get any reply. My article was deleted because the reference that I gave was not from a peer journal. I heard that you have told many of the students to change their topic and hence I thought to change my topic. I did not knew about your conditions but I really want to know that why can't I edit more than one article? and I had written approx. 600 words in my previous article i.e. competitive equilibrium. You can even check the history if you want. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raj2026 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Saumya Tripathi - ma'am, i had added some content on my article on mortality rate which was actually not copied. however, it has been deleted due to copyright issues. should i continue with my work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saumya1025 (talk • contribs) 06:00, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Utsav Nath (vastu1706)- Mam I added my article on Health care in India, the data was rephrased from the source used and some points were not, one of the user (not form SSE) nominated the article for Investigation of Potential Copyright Issue. what should I do now. 122.170.38.159 (talk) 15:54, 22 August 2011 (UTC)vastu1706

Pooja lakshmi Hegde (Poojalh) - Ma'am I edited 500 words in the Wipro article under the sub topic social initiatives.Poojalh (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:57, 19 August 2011 (UTC).

Anushikha Benazeer ( Anu2033)- maam i have added around 600 words in my article "PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM" under the heads "Introduction", "History" and "partial equilibrium analysis". "history" has been edited a bit but the rest two heads are added by me, i have more to add in "partial equilibrium analysis" but since i had already completed my words limit of 500 i will do it later. Please go through it and tell my mistakes so than i can rectify them before submiting the final assignment. Anu2033 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:56, 18 August 2011 (UTC).

shruti mehta (shrutimehta095) ma'am i have not changed my topic in order to get away with an easier one. in wikipedia the title of the topic i chose is list of military expenditures and i wanted to add some theory to it since its only a list of expenditures. when i chose my topic as world military spending i didnt realise that i will have to create a new page for it since it does not exist in wikipedia. i dont know how to create my own page on a new article in wikipedia. im sorry for doing it without your permission. the article i put up is on world military spending i have stuck to my topic. i just got confused where to put it. and hence in that confusion ended up changing my topic. i am sorry. should i create a new page for my topic? and change it back to world military spending? Shrutimehta095 (talk) 18:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

anupa.chakraborty - Ma'am, I am extremely sorry for choosing a topic which had nothing to be edited as such. i am really sorry for my act of laziness. This won't happen next time. I have chosen my topic as "Social Security" and have added my words to the section named "Aging and Social Security" which includes "Myths about social security" & "The Viability of Social Security". Please check for any mistakes. I am really sorry once again for being late. Thank you.

Ma'am my article has been deleted due to copyright issues. What to do?--Karanlalchandani (talk) 18:35, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

anupa.chakraborty - Ma'am i have added words to the social security topic...under the subtopic social security in India. i will b adding more eventually..thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupa.chakraborty (talk • contribs) 15:39, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

User name related to a name

ma'am, i had edited my topic but i guess it was got deleted after 3 weeks. it was accepted earlier. --Ds731992 (talk) 14:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC) Ma'am, this is in context with your text that you sent me regarding my topic. I would actually go with what you had suggested and include my topic ' income inequality in India ' in an already existing topic e.g. Indian economy , instead of writing a new page altogether. The only problem being, i am not quite sure how to include my topic in the page, ' Indian economy '.--Abhinav aggarwal09 (talk) 18:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Ma'am I am Prerna Chowhan, from SY A, Roll No. 2002. I have already added around 600 words to my Human Trafficking page, under the heading History of Human Trafficking. Please go through it an let me know about the same. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prerna Chowhan (talk • contribs) 14:06, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Ma'am i Tarini Chawla(tank32).... i will be basically addinng more on the indian history subtopic as there is not much given in that respect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tank32 (talk • contribs) 08:18, 18 August 2011 (UTC) Ma'am, i'd earlier chosen a the topic on provision of urban amenities in rural areas. you'd asked me to change it since it is a "stub". i have changed my topic to mortality rates, however,i would still like to continue with the other topic[PURA]. i hope that will be ok. KINDLY CONFIRM. ......saumya1025

Ma'am, i[saumya1025] have selected a new topic of the assignment - mortality rate. pls confirm if its ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saumya1025 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Ma'am,

 The following User name is my user name i.e. Omkar Raut SY A 

basic.atari : Omkar Raut (2036)

202.71.141.170 (talk) 08:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

anu2033 : Anushikha Benazeer (2033) SY A Anu2033 (talk) 05:28, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

mallika.sharma15 : Mallika Sharma (2009) SY A

ma'am i have changed my topic please have a look and give your confirmation. thank you!--Ds731992 (talk) 15:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Ma'am, i[shivani666] have selected a new topic of the assignment - environmental economics. pls confirm if its ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivani666 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

prash920523- ma'am I Prashakha Pandey (2032 SY A) have added my words in my article on the PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM as "EVOLUTION OF THE PDS SYSTEM" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prash920523 (talk • contribs) 08:20, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

anupa.chakraborty - ma'am u told me to change my topic which was "Overpopulation". i have successfully changed the topic and now my topic is "Pareto efficiency". please confirm if it is ok. i shall be informing you when i complete editing my article. thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupa.chakraborty (talk • contribs) 14:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC) Aishani Sharma - Ma'am i have added my contributions to the article Social Preference.Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aishani Sharma (talk • contribs) 08:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

anupa.chakraborty - ma'am I Anupa Chakraborty (2046 SY A) have added my words in the article on PARETO EFFICIENCY as "PARETO SUPERIOR, PARETO PRINCIPLE AND PARETO EFFICIENCY", "PARETO AND STATIC EFFICIENCY", "PARETO EFFICIENCY IS NOT SAME AS EQUITY", "HOW IS PARETO EFFICIENCY USED", "PARETO EFFICIENCY - USEFULNESS AND LIMITATIONS". These are the topics i have covered in my article. Kindly go through it. thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupa.chakraborty (talk • contribs) 16:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Ma'am, I Shalini Jha(shalini61290),sent you an email regarding the change of the topic "economic liberalisation",as I was a bit confused about the same.But since, I did not get any reply, Therefore I have sticked to the same topic i.e "ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION" and have added a paragraph under the heading "Liberalisation and its impact on Farmers" for now.Please,check if,there are any mistakes.I am very Sorry for being late. Thank you. shalini61290

Ma'am, I am Prerna Chowhan, S.Y. A, Roll No. 2002. I have added my 500 words to the Human Trafficking page, under the section called "History of Human Trafficking". Kindly go through it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prerna Chowhan (talk • contribs) 22:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

As an observer I'd just like to point out that the content added to the Human trafficking page appears to be entirely paraphrased from the single given source, you should have used multiple sources and written it properly--Jac16888 ^Talk 00:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Dear Jac16888, Thanks. I've spoken to her about it. - Shirin--Shirin tejani (talk) 12:11, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

anupa.chakraborty - Ma'am, I am extremely sorry for choosing a topic which had nothing to be edited as such. i am really sorry for my act of laziness. This won't happen next time. I have chosen my topic as "Social Security" and have added my words to the section named "Aging and Social Security" which includes "Myths about social security" & "The Viability of Social Security". Please check for any mistakes. I am really sorry once again for being late. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupa.chakraborty (talk • contribs) 21:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hi Ma'am! Wanted to send you some WikiLove from all of us at Wikimedia for the awesome way you are supporting the program! Warmest Regards!

Hmundol (talk) 02:17, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Briefing of students for India Education Program

Yesterday, as an administrator working through the list of articles nominated for speedy deletion, I came on RECESSION IN UNITED STATE OF AMERICA(2007-TILL DATE) , by user Sarbartho.mukherjee (talk · contribs), which had been correctly tagged for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A10 as duplicating an existing article, 2007–present recession in the United States. Having deleted it, I left a note on the author's talk page explaining that, apart from duplicating an existing article, it cited no sources for what it said, but read like an essay on the topic, contrary to the Wikipedia:No original research policy; that this was fine for a student paper, but an encyclopedia article should summarise, with references, what has already been published in reliable sources. Another, less serious, problem was that it was presented as a single block of text, with no sort of layout or paragraph headings.

I have "userfied" the article - moved it into his user space - at User:Sarbartho.mukherjee/RECESSION IN UNITED STATE OF AMERICA(2007-TILL DATE), where you can see it.

Looking at the user's other contributions to understand the background, I found this page. I am concerned that, judging by this instance, these students have not been adequately briefed. They need to understand than an encyclopedia article is not the same as an essay, that they should not choose an existing topic and write a parallel article, they should as a minimum read or have explained to them the three key content policies:

• WP:Verifiability
• WP:No original research
• WP:Neutral point of view

and they should study the useful guide to writing

• WP:Your first article

There is also the newly written Wikipedia:A Primer for newcomers

I am sorry if this sounds negative or alarmist, but experience shows that where students are set to write articles without adequate briefing the experience is often disappointing and frustrating, both for them and for those who have to deal with the result. There is good advice at

• Wikipedia:School and university projects
• Wikipedia:School and university projects/Instructions for teachers and lecturers
• User:Jbmurray/Advice

One useful technique, to avoid premature deletion, is to encourage students to draft their articles in user sub-pages - if they go to Help:Userspace draft it will show them how to do that.

Again, I am sorry to sound negative, but I think that good briefing now will make this a more positive experience for your students.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:41, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Regarding Did you know status

Ma'am, for nominating your article for "Did you know status", one has to expand the existing article by five-fold. You have asked us to add just 500 words to our article. This is not letting us nominate our article for "Did you know status". The reviewers are rejecting our nominations. There should at least by 5x expansion or it is not eligible. Basic.atari (talk) 03:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment: a new article can qualify as well. The requirements are explained at WP:DYK#DYK rules. Note also that the "hook" (the interesting fact to be mentioned in the DYK link on the main page) "must be cited in the article with an inline citation to a reliable source... The hook fact must have an inline citation right after it." JohnCD (talk) 10:29, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Did you know

Shrin asked me to give some advice. Because DYK articles are linked from the main page, it is very important that they are good, and so they are carefully checked and you need to get them right. Read the page WP:DYK very carefully to understand what is required, particularly the first four sections under "Selection criteria". Don't worry about number 5, "Review requirement" - it won't apply to you. You may also get some ideas from Wikipedia:How to write the perfect "Did you know" hook, and by looking at the actual DYKs on the main page. I am not really an expert on DYK; for detailed advice you may do better to ask one of the people listed at the bottom of WP:DYK. Before you ask someone, click on "Contribs" beside the name to make sure that s/he is currently active. JohnCD (talk) 22:13, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Copying text from other pages

After running across contributions from several of your students, I really hope that you will help them understand that simply cutting and pasting text from other webpages and documents is, with a few well-defined exceptions, not an appropriate way to contribute to Wikipedia. I hope you will familiarize them with the policies on plagiarism and copyright violations. Thank you and sorry to trouble you. Please contact me if you have any questions. Hairhorn (talk) 02:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Mam, works for us :-)

Regards, Gurmeet Gsinghglakes (talk) 11:11, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Dear Shirin Maam! This is for your overall contribution to the India Education Program, you are one of the most active faculty of this program, and I hope you'll keep the good work going! Cheers! Ram (talk 08:48, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

I have blocked one of your students

I have blocked one of your students, User:Ds731992‎, for repeatedly inserting copyrighted text into Wikipedia articles. I understand that this is an issue that you and the class's ambassadors are working on with the students, but in the meantime, those of them who repeatedly violate copyright cannot be allowed to edit Wikipedia. I have informed the student that they will be unblocked when they speak to their ambassador about our copyright policy and both they and the ambassador post on the student's talk page saying that the issue has been addressed; in the meantime, User:Ds731992‎ will be unable to complete any on-Wikipedia assignments. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 13:18, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank's for informing me. Yes, I've noticed this has been going on with many of their articles. I had a special session in college yesterday with Gurmeet, the local Wiki Ambassador, and am definitely taking it seriously. Hopefully it should be easy from here on. - Shirin--Shirin tejani (talk) 13:33, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate your working with your students about this. I've just had to block another one, User:Saumya1025‎ for inserting copyrighted information in the past hour. The terms of his/her block are the same as the last one - I will be happy to unblock them when they and their ambassador can confirm to me that the student understands our copyright policies. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 16:28, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:TALK Guideline

Hello, I find you and some of your students posting messages on talkpages at the top of pages. While its not a big thing, its a good practice to be a rome when in rome. Wikipedia is not Facebook / Google plus, the custom here is to put messages at the bottom.Please refer WP:TALK. This will mean others who have been in this world feel comfortable when coming across these talk pages. Srikanth (Logic) 16:50, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Hey there; I've been helping out dealing with the copyright problems some of your students are having, and as such encountered the messages you've been leaving for them; things like this, for example. I think it's great that you're keeping in such regular contact with the students, but in a lot of cases we're dealing with people who are likely to find completing the course very difficult if they keep having copyright problems. It might be worth putting a bit more detail into the copyright-related aspects of your messages. Ironholds (talk) 05:26, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I agree - I had to delete another copied article this morning (from one of the India Education Program students, but not one of yours, I think). The main policy page Wikipedia:Copyrights is long and complicated, but there is an excellent short page Wikipedia:Copy-paste which explains things clearly: I suggest you ask them all to read that, or at least link to it if you have to warn anyone about copying. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Ma'am sending you a cupcake for being one of the most active faculty on Wikipedia from India Education Program and for your tireless efforts in helping out the students. Your friendly neighborhood Campus Ambassador, Debastein1 (talk) 19:43, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Feedback, if and when you can!

Hi Ma'am. I am a third year student, and although you are not our class supervisor, it would mean a lot if you could take a look at my wiki article 'Fei-Ranis Model of Economic Growth' and send me a feedback. The link to it is present on my user page as well. I want to nominate my article for the Good Article category, so I am working towards that. I am yet to add sufficient references although I have them. Hope to hear from you soon :) Tejal Johri (talk) 05:48, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

My editing in Article 'Hindustan Unilever'

Ma'am While I was editing my portion in HUL yesterday, I didn't realise that I hadn't signed in. As a result, my username would not have the record of it but the view history tab of Hindustan Unilever records it as editing done by 14.98.221.171. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused but could you please consider it? Thank you very much. Poojalh (talk) 06:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello, a gesture of support

Hi Shirin,

I'm an experienced editor and part of Wikimedia Pune community. A note to offer you support. If you need me to come and speak on copyvio, paraphrasing, new articles etc, I am at your service.

I have also offered to steward Shruti Mehta's articles (being a fauji). If approved, I will guide her as per your directions. AshLin (talk) 14:54, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bilby has agreeed and If you have no objection, I shall be stewarding Shruti Mehta's articles. AshLin (talk) 02:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!--Shirin tejani (talk) 03:10, 12 November 2011 (UTC)