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Regarding Kamma caste article
There has been given a section of zamindaris and surnames of those clans.In this article they had not mentioned about the koganti(surname). which is supposed to be mentioned.This sur name is so much in regard to the Ponnuru region and Tenali region.and well known clan for more than 2 centuries in those regions .so i have added it so plz do consider this as it is history of us
Where's his body?--D-Boy 08:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- anybody?--D-Boy 07:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
The newest type of Featured material. Does anybody think we can nom India or Indian cities? (Please see what is a Feature Topic first) GizzaChat © 06:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- In fact we talked about Indian cities earlier.At least we can go for Indian metropolitan cities. Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata are featured. Delhi is GA and now in FAC. Hyderabad is in bad condition. So we can definitely go for it. A problem may be which classification system to follow to define a metropolitan city. By Compensatory City Allowance (CCA), the aforesaid cities are A-1. By House Rent Allowance (HRA), only Delhi and Mumbai are A1.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes great idea. In fact I am amazed at how high the quality is of most Indian city articles. Arjun 02:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hydearabd would need some work. At least it should follow the guidelines of Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities properly. Also needed are more referencing. Lets see if Delhi pasees FAC (that needs work, too). Then have to orient Hyderabad and probably run it through a peer review. Then we can go for a featured topic candidacy for Category:Metropolitan cities in India. What do you people think?--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, I think the next collaborative effort should be on Hyderabad, and I think that Delhi will pass, as all the objections thus far are related to copyediting, and everyone has done a great job. Arjun 17:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Umm... Nope, culture still needs major work. I request any one interested to please have a look at some sources listed here. These can help to improve the culture section in Delhi, as suggested in the FAC. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, I think the next collaborative effort should be on Hyderabad, and I think that Delhi will pass, as all the objections thus far are related to copyediting, and everyone has done a great job. Arjun 17:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hydearabd would need some work. At least it should follow the guidelines of Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities properly. Also needed are more referencing. Lets see if Delhi pasees FAC (that needs work, too). Then have to orient Hyderabad and probably run it through a peer review. Then we can go for a featured topic candidacy for Category:Metropolitan cities in India. What do you people think?--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oops my mistake :p, didn't see that. Arjun 17:53, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes great idea. In fact I am amazed at how high the quality is of most Indian city articles. Arjun 02:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Jaswant Singh Khalra
HI All,
A Request for comment - please see Jaswant Singh Khalra. I added an Unbalanced tag on this months ago, and now the main author wants it removed, even though IMHO it is still unbalanced. Please can a few people pop over and give their opinion, this article needs some outside influence. User:Lethaniol
- Looks like a eulogy.Bakaman 00:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
- I did a complete rewrite. Should be fixed (for now, at least). Kafziel Talk 02:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Is Arani the same as Arni?
There is an article called Arani, Tamil Nadu and one called Arni, Tamil Nadu. The descriptions make me think they're the same city. Searching online has proven unhelpful in determining whether these are variant names for the same city, or two different cities. Most sites only list one or the other but this site says that Arni is a variant of Arani. I was hoping someone here would know the answer. Tocharianne 16:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- I suppose, they are the same articles. So I have tagged them with {{merge}}. You may help to merge both the articles. Shyam (T/C) 16:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, I wanted confirmation before doing so. Tocharianne 17:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Breaking News!
I am not sure though I have information which i would like to share by "copy-paste";
I saw your message on my talk page: [1]. I have an important news to break: I have learnt from a reliable source that Jimbo may be in India (on his third visit within a span of few months!) on a day or two during the period (perhaps) 25th February, 2007 - 3rd March, 2007. Nothing is final yet - city, exact date, his schedules and so on. However, we should try to gather information and if his visit happens we should prepare for a meeting of Indian Wikipedians with him like the one we had at Bangalore on 29th September, 2006: An evening with Jimmy Wales. You may pass on the information to other Indian editors. I shall copy and paste this message on India Notice Board. His visit schedule may change too depending on many factors. I still remember few hours spent in your company at Bangalore on 29.09.06. Thanks and regards. --Bhadani 16:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
In case, I learn more or the date/ place/ schedule get crystallized, I will up-date the information. I would request someone to set up a separate page for this visit like this one: An evening with Jimmy Wales. I will try to contact someone to learn more about the visit if it happens at all. BTW, if this is not the suitable place for such information, kindly feel free to move to a better place. Thanks & regards. --Bhadani 16:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- It has to be Ahmedabad, this time. Three admins from Ahmedabad, what more could you want? :D Also, Steward Yann was here a few days ago, and we had dinner together. ^_^ — Nearly Headless Nick 13:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I am new here and want to contribute to this project. Can we have the featured article on Constitution of India?? Regards, Niraj
- Hi Nearly Headless Nick. Wherever it will be held, Bhadani shall fly there to attend the meeting. I am trying to gather more information it will depend on Jimmy's schedule though I presume. Regards. --Bhadani 16:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Important news
Kindly see the link. As indicated by me above, World Wikia has given a tentative plan: Jimmy in Delhi. Let us be in touch with him and each other to organize a Meet. Regards. --Bhadani 02:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
New user!!!
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I found this on an offwiki site. I was directed there through an Orkut community where some real fight is going on about certain wiki admins. I wonder why such things happen on/about Wikipedia, the greatest project ever conceived by humanity. I am a novice. Can people please expalain? I think Samir is an excellent editor and socially responsible human being. Why such ad hominems against him? Thanks for any explanation or advice. I also found some foul comments on certain admins on the given off wiki site. We should ensure that they be removed asap. What do you think? Rakendu Ghosh 05:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC) File:Samir real.JPG
New Indian WikiProject
Two new Wikiprojects Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas of India and Wikipedia:WikiProject Himachal Pradeshare created. Pls. have a look on those two and pls join them. Amartyabag (Talk) 11:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Nice work, I'll try to pitch in where possible. Someone more familiar with the template coding would have to incorporate these two projects into the WP India template. Probably Ganesh or Ambuj could help — Lost(talk) 12:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Images from Press Information Bureau
The PIB website states that "[...]This, along with reasonably high quality photographs are provided on the website for free download by anyone." Does this mean we can use the articles and repository of images from PIB freely on Wikipedia? — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 10:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- With my experience of dealing with various Indian government departments, I can positively say that in spirit thats what the website means. Most govt. deptts. are just not aware of the copyright implications so if you are looking for text such as GPL or GFDL anywhere on the website, I doubt you will find it. However knowing Wikipedia policies, we look for explicit copyright statements so this would probably fall under the grey area. — Lost(talk) 12:08, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- You need to make clear to them that the images should be free to use commercially, and derivative use be allowed. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- If we are expecting to first educate the government departments so that they can put up appropriate licenses on their website, so that we can use it on wikipedia... all I'd say is that we are expecting a bit too much:). Bureaucracy, thy name is Indian government;) — Lost(talk) 07:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- To make matters worse, the e-mail address provided for contact bounces, and the feedback form doesn't get submitted giving vague reasons. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 11:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- I even read the Indian Copyright Act 1957 [2] but could not come to any conclusion. --Bhadani 16:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- To make matters worse, the e-mail address provided for contact bounces, and the feedback form doesn't get submitted giving vague reasons. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 11:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- If we are expecting to first educate the government departments so that they can put up appropriate licenses on their website, so that we can use it on wikipedia... all I'd say is that we are expecting a bit too much:). Bureaucracy, thy name is Indian government;) — Lost(talk) 07:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- You need to make clear to them that the images should be free to use commercially, and derivative use be allowed. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Are Govt of India images copyrighted or in Public ___domain? In Bangladesh, according to the copyright act of 2001, all govt generated images are copyrighted. In USA, all Federal govt images are in public ___domain. So, it may be useful to ask a lawyer about the status in India.
I know for sure that Indian postage stamps are copyrighted by India post, and it doesn't allow ANY kind of reproduction. --Ragib 18:11, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ragib is right about copyrighted status of Indian postage stamps and other two points too. A reference to a lawyer shall be fine. --Bhadani 18:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Republic Day
Happy Republic Day! Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 01:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Portal India
Portal India is messed up as it looks like no-one is maintaining it. There are no SAs designated for the last 10 days of January. I've filled it in for the next 3 days but won't be able to continually maintain it. Someone needs to help. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 00:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks NE for the maintenance. The mess-up happened as I had to leave for wikibreak without getting time to handle the featuring. I am back and would be taking care of the featuring again. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 08:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Osmania University
I have been involved in merging AP-related User:Ganeshbot articles with those in the main name space and can say that I am almost complete. I have a doubt with Osmania University. The main name space article talks about the university, while the Ganeshbot article talks about the census town. Note that the latter does not provide Falling Rain links too, which Ganeshbot articles usually have. My question are
- Do we need info on the census town merged into the one on the university? Or should we have them as separate articles?
- Do we really need the census town info on Wikipedia? Does the Indian government recognize it as a census town? The Silent Contributor 10:11, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Tamil Nadu geography question
Are Sengottai and Shenkottai the same place? Sengottai came up on AfD; we've cleaned it up and are trying to figure out what to do with it. (Also can someone check my spelling at Sengottai?) Thanks, cab 04:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)