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== [[User:hydkat|h]][[User:Hydkat/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">y</span>]][[User:hydkat|dka]][[User talk:hydkat|<span style="color:black;"><b>t</b></span>]] ==
== [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|28px]] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006==

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*'''''The Performing Community''''': Thanks to many contributors like you, we're proud to share that our community is the third most performing community. It has more than 50 FAs related to India, to its credit, lagging only behing Wikiproject Biography and WikiProject Military History. <small> <div align="right">(Courtesy: [[User:Ganeshk|Ganeshk]] at [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics#Top_20_projects_with_highest_FAs| Discussion Board]]).</div>

* The Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment statistics for India related articles show there are 51 Featured Articles, 5 Class-A articles, 16 Good Articles, 101 Class-B articles, 167 Start-Class articles and more than 4000 Stubs. There were more than 10000 unassessed articles related to India.

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*'''''Indian Administrators''''': There are [[:Category:Indian Wikipedia administrators|21 Indian Administrators]] in Wikipedia at the last count. The recent Wikipedians to be successful at [[WP:RFA|RFA]] were [[User:Lostintherush|Lostintherush]] and [[User:Shyam Bihari|Shyam Bihari]].
*'''''Featured Articles''''': {{foa|West Bengal|November 2006}} and {{foa|Syed Ahmed Khan|November 2006}} were the last two articles from our WikiProject that were granted FA status.
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*'''''Welcome'''''. It has been weeks and months since the idea of newsletter was mooted among the WikiProject India Community. This would be our first full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.

*This is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|here]]. 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.

*Advertisements for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll run special sections, and recurring columns in the coming issues.
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*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian maps|Cartography Department]] (Shortcut:[[WP:INMAP]]):''' The [[WP:INMAP|Department of Cartography]] within the [[WP:INDIA|WikiProject India]] is a group of wikipedians who work on providing quality maps related to [[India]]. Their contributions gain more significance as we try to provide more information on places, districts and states of India. As a thumb rule, maps serve better if they are in [[SVG|SVG format]]. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_maps#Using_locator_maps|location maps]] by the cartography department has helped us include location information based on latitudes and longitudes for a give place within India. The [[w:Image:India_roadway_map.svg|Indian Roadways map]] is a featured image, one amongst the few best road maps in the world. Still, there is more work to be done. There are 604 [[districts of India|districts]] in India (see [[List of districts of India]]), and each district page needs a map of that district. You can help too. Contact the Cartography Department to learn how you can help in making the best maps in Wikipedia to be India-related!

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==Hello!==
Hi! Don't see you much nowadays. How are you? Busy in real life? I am also a bit infrequent these days.--[[User:Dwaipayanc|Dwaipayan]] ([[User_talk:Dwaipayanc|talk]]) 13:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
:Well, in fact, I have been somewhat frequent in last 15&ndash;20 days. [[West Bengal]] got featured status. Was busy with the FAC. And some trivial works here and there. Also launched [[Portal: West Bengal]]. Thanks to some good users, the portal is quite alive, I mean has not become static.--[[User:Dwaipayanc|Dwaipayan]] ([[User_talk:Dwaipayanc|talk]]) 07:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

== Hyderabad ==

Tobais is one shrewed person. He intentionally picked on the time when I was away so that he could fire away his POV without having me contain him with the current proposal. Next, he chose a rather secluded spot in Hyderabad to enforce his views, rather than a a general page to discuss it, considering it has greater ramifications. I know for a fact that he has always shunned from discussing India related policies on Indian project wikipages. Lastly, he has been referred to Arbcom for his unilateral style in making changes without discussion. I dont know what has materialised out of it.

I was wondering if we can reopen the debate on the dab style? [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 00:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

==R N Kao==
Yes I feel too that the articles need to be merged, can you do the needful? [[User:Legaleagle86|Legaleagle86]] 09:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
: I think the full name would be better so I would go for Rameshwar Nath Kao. [[User:Legaleagle86|Legaleagle86]] 09:51, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

== Roy Arundhati ==

==Request to Look Into Arundhati Roy page==
Hi there, I have run into a content-dispute with another person, and asked him for opinions as to why he totally removed all my edits RV to a old version, including Images etc, and plain formatting over the Arundhati Roy article. If you do have time, please look into it. --பராசக்தி 06:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

==About "this" and Romila==
I was on dial-up the last two days, and couldnt get a page to load decently...
That edit on the Abdul Kalam page was an error. I thought I was removing vandalism, but actually the reverse happened. So I had to revert back. The Romila page seems to be in peace now. If there is any more probs, just ping me. And..er...[[Talk:Romila_Thapar#The_author_of_my_history_textbooks|ROTFL]]!!--[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 15:14, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
:Naa... it just tickled my funny bones. I thought you were being sarcastic on that comment.--[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 16:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
::So how is Remo coming up? Ready for a PR?--[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 16:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

== This month's winner is [[RNA interference]]! ==

{{MCB AID|current=RNA interference|last=proteasome}} &ndash; [[User:ClockworkSoul|Clockwork]][[User_talk:ClockworkSoul|<b>Soul</b>]] 14:30, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

== [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|28px]] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006==

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*'''''Name change of cities in Karnataka''''': A [[Wikipedia:Straw polls|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics#Kannada_names_redux|why]]. Dig the archives.

*'''''New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:[[WP:INB]]):''''' [[WP:IND|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 [[User:Ganeshk|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 [[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Members|old]] members list is being phased out to give way for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|new members list]]. New members are requested to add their names to the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|members list]]. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|new list]]. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there.

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*[[Image:Prayer flag col.jpg|right|150px|Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar]]'''''Featured Content''''': Three articles ({{foa|Chalukya Dynasty|November 2006}}, {{foa|History of Tamil Nadu|November 2006}} and {{foa|Bengali language|November 2006}}), one list ([[List of Indian ODI cricketers]]) and one picture ([[:Image:Prayer flag col.jpg|Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar]] contributed by [[User:Moumine|Moumine]] ''(pictured)'') were featured from our WikiProject recently.


<center>''Congratulations to all contributors <br/>who helped to develop the above <br/>content to represent the best of Wikipedia!''</center>
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'''People:''' [[Bapudeva Sastri]],
[[Marimallappa]],
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[[Barak Missile Deal Scandal]],
[[Asura (band)]],
[[Asian Variety Show]],
[[Cultural liberalism in India]],
[[Energy policy of India]],
[[India Export Tax]],
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[[Marimallappa High School]],
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[[Rajneesh]],
[[Khalistan]],
[[Ranjit Lal Jetley]]
[[K.B. Hedgewar|Hedgewar]],
[[Puttanna Kanagal]],
[[Indira Gandhi]],
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<li>'''[[Wikify#Wiki markup|Wikify]]:'''
[[List of railway stations in India|Railway stations]],
[[Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar]],
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Cleanup|Cleanup]]:'''
[[Indian caste system|caste system]],
[[Rampur]],
[[Tav-Prasad Savaiye]],
[[Shipping Corporation of India]],
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[[Amber Fort]],''[[:Category:Articles to be merged|More...]]''
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[[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]],
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Fair use|Fair use]],
[[G. N. Naidu]],
[[Hinduism in India]],
[[Imperial Bank of India|Imperial Bank]],
[[Inbuan Wrestling]],
[[Integral humanism]],
[[Iran-India relations]],
[[Islam in India]],
[[Sunil Mittal]]
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub|Stubs]]:'''
[[Indian Copyright Act]],
[[Anand Math]],
[[Andhra Bank]],
[[A R Antule]],
[[Arjuna award]],
[[Army of India]],
[[Bahujan Samaj Party]],
[[Bombay Dyeing]],
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Translation into English|Translate]]:'''
[[:mr:|Marathi Wikipedia]] articles,
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<li>'''[[Template:Resources for collaboration|Collaborate]]:'''
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics|Notice board]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/INCOTW|Collaboration of the Week]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Category Adoptions|Category Adoptions]]
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/to do|To do]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Version 1.0 assesment|Version 1.0 assesment]],
[[Portal:India|India Portal]],
[[Template:Life in India|Life in India]],
[[Template:India quick links|India quick links]]
[[:Category:Indian Wikipedians|Indian Wikipedians]],
[[:Category:Indian Wikipedia administrators|Indian administrators]]
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Requested pictures|Requested images]]:'''
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/india_crop_1973.jpg Major crops],
Convert [[:Image:Standard of the President of India.gif]] to SVG, [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Free image]] of [[Aarti Chhabria]] (See: [[:Image:Aarti Chhabria.jpg]] and its [[Image talk:Aarti Chhabria.jpg|talk page]])
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<li>'''Other requests:''' Add maps from [[commons:Category:WikiProject_India_Maps|WikiProject India Maps]] to articles of Indian regions found at [[List of regions in India]]
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*'''''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 [[WP:INB|discussions]] and [[WP:INFG|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|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''.
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*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Assessment|Assessment Department]] (Shortcut: [[WP:IN1]]):''' Are you one of those [[WP:GNOME|gnomes]]?? Or do you want to take some time off some brain-frying active editing on Wikipedia?? Then [[WP:IN1|Department of Assessment]] within the [[WP:INDIA|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 [[WP:1.0|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 [[WP:BIAS|wikipedia]]. As a thumb rule, anyone can rate any article based on the related criteria, within the [[WP:IN1#Quality_scale|Stub/Start/B/A levels]]. However, ratings for [[WP:GA?|Good Article Status]] and [[WP:FA?|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 <nowiki>{{WP India}}</nowiki> template. Simply classify the article based on the content and the criteria mentioned [[WP:IN1#Instructions|here]]. You can find the detailed instructions [[WP:IN1#Instructions|here]]. If you think it may qualify for [[Wikipedia:What is a good article?|GA]]/[[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|FA]] status, first consider submitting the article for [[WP:PR|peer review]].
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== Thanks! ==

Thanks for the birthday greetings. :) [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 03:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

== IFD ==

[[:Image:Murud janjira+above.jpg]] and [[:Image:Arnala side.jpg]] are copyrighted images. I would like to speedy it. I have personal replacements for the second image. [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 17:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
:Speedied! [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 15:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

== Yeah it is Him ==

Hey Thanx.
Yes i am talking about same Movie,he was Ploice officer in it,do u have idea where i can find his picture and his new relise in market(with hindi\urdu version)? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Khalidkhoso|Khalidkhoso]] ([[User talk:Khalidkhoso|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Khalidkhoso|contribs]]) 05:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->


I could not find his Pic the Link you given to me.
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[[User:Khalidkhoso|Khalidkhoso]] 05:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

== Removing picture ==

Thanks for letting me know. Sincerely, [[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] 18:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

==Merry Xmas!==
[[Image:Wikisanta.jpg|thumb|Here's wishing you a wonderful Xmas and a great year ahead!--[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 09:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)]]

Hi Hydkat! Thanks for the greetings and wish you too a Happy Christmas 2006, and Happy New Year 2007. [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 12:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


Hey thanks! :-) All the best for '007 ahead...we have many *ahem* important stuff coming up, don't we?--[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 15:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

ROTFL. :-)) --[[User:Deepujoseph|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:Deepujoseph|(Deepu)]]</font></sup> 14:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

== Hyderabad pic ==

I have deleted the Charminar pic. You sins have been atoned for this Christmas day! :) [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 16:23, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

==All the Best!==

I thank you fro your New Year greetings and wish you all the best! Happy New Year to you and your family too. --[[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] 04:19, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

== HNY ==

Hi Hydkat! Thanks for the greetings. Wish you a very happy new year too! - [[User:Aksi_great|Aksi_great]] ([[User_talk:Aksi_great|talk]]) 14:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

== Thank you for your support ==

Thank you for your support in [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/BostonMA|the RfA on my behalf]]. It is an honor to have received your expression of confidence. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/BostonMA&diff=next&oldid=98190547 did not pass]. It is my wish that I will continue to deserve your confidence. Sincerely, --[[User:BostonMA|BostonMA]] <font color = "blue"><sup>[[User talk:BostonMA|talk]]</sup></font> 22:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

== Hi ==

Hi i liked your pic... its got a much better resolution than mine (which was taken way back in 2001!). I was wondering whether you have other pics of Raiogad... i'd prefer a photograph sans the grills! <b><font color="saffron">[[User:AMbroodEY| Amey Aryan DaBrood]]</font></b><sup><b><font color="red">[[User_talk:AMbroodEY|&#169;]]</font></b></sup> 17:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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

{{MCB AID|current=Peripheral membrane protein|last=RNA interference}} &ndash; [[User:ClockworkSoul|Clockwork]][[User_talk:ClockworkSoul|<b>Soul</b>]] 18:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

== [[WP:IND|WikiProject India]] [[Newsletter]]: Volume II, Issue 1 - January 2007 ==

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*'''''Usage of Vernacular scripts''''': Following extensive description at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28policy%29&oldid=93825386#Use_of_vernacular_scripts_in_India_bio_articles_-_1 archived here] regarding inclusion criteria for vernacular scripts in [[India]]n biographies, [[Wikipedia:Vernacular scripts]] was set up to formulate usage guidelines. However, [[Wikipedia talk:Vernacular scripts|discussion appears to have dissipated without a conclusive result]].

*'''''Project tagging''''':After a brief edit war over the addition of {{tl|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/archive19#template_logo|discussion]]. After another large [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive167#Nationalistic bot|discussion on ANI]] alleging that the automated tagging by [[User:Ganeshbot|Ganeshbot]] and [[User:LostBot|LostBot]] was "nationalistic", Ganeshbot was briefly blocked. Currently, the bots are again in action.

*'''''What is India?''''':Recently, there have been ongoing discussions [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/India_disambiguation_discussion|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Hinduism|debate]] broke out regarding the use of the [[swastika]] on [[Hinduism]] templates, given its association with [[Nazism]]. As a result, {{tl|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 [[User:Hkelkar|Hkelkar]], [[User:BhaiSaab|BhaiSaab]] and [[User:TerryJ-Ho|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.

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*'''''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, [[User:Shanel|Shanel]], who [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-12-26/News_and_notes|was appointed with 98% approval]] to the office of [[Wikipedia:Stewards|Steward]] across the Wikimedia Project.

*'''''Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:[[WP:INCOTW]]):''''' [[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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|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''.
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The '''translation department''' of the [[WP:IND|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 language|Kashmiri]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and [[Tulu language|Tulu]], as well as reinforcements in all other languages.

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== INCOTW ==

You voted for '''[[Ganges River|Ganges River]]''', this week's '''[[WP:INCOTW|Indian Collaboration of the Week]]'''. Please come and help it become a [[Wikipedia:Featured_articles|featured]]-[[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|standard]] article. - [[User:Aksi_great|Aksi_great]] ([[User_talk:Aksi_great|talk]]) 15:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

==Greetings==
Happy Holi !!--[[User:Dwaipayanc|Dwaipayan]] ([[User_talk:Dwaipayanc|talk]]) 05:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

== :) ==

{{User:Da.Tomato.Dude/Happy Birthday!}}
Chocolate! '''YUM'''. Can I have just a teensy tiny piece?? PLEASE?!?
[[Image:Birthday candles.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Happy Birthday!!!--[[User:thunderboltz|thunderboltz]]<sup><font color="green">[[user_talk:thunderboltz|(TALK)]]</font></sup> 18:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)]]

== [[WP:IND|WikiProject India]] [[Newsletter]]: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007 ==

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*'''''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 ([[User:Blnguyen/Times of India|details]]). After [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/archive22#Times_of_India|discussion]] and [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/Archive_23#After_Times_of_india.2C_it_is_Vijay_Times|discovery of further plagiarisms in other fields]], the issue reached the [[WP:AN|admin noticeboard]] [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive77#Repeated_and_blatant_Plagiarism_by_Times_of_India_and_its_subsidiaries|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 ([http://wikicamp.in/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page]). It was widely covered by the press, eg [[The Hindu]]( [http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/26/stories/2007022607290400.htm]), which cited the efforts of [[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] (edit count), [[User:Sundar|Sundar]] (leadership on [[:ta|Tamil Wikipedia]]) and [[User:Ganeshk|Ganeshk]] (Creation of [[User:Ganeshbot|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 [[User:Rama's Arrow|Rama's Arrow]] and [[User:Ragib|Ragib]]([http://wikipediaweekly.com/2007/03/14/wikipedia-weekly-15/ 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 [[User:Witty lama|Witty lama]] praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of [[WP:FA|featured]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Featured and good content|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 [[:bn|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 of India|history]] topics, the national status of various pre-[[Partition of India|Partition]] figures, and edit-warring over [[Indic script]]s and WikiProject tags was held and concluded in late February- early March. As a result of this, four Pakistani users, [[User:Siddiqui|Siddiqui]], [[User:Szhaider|Szhaider]], [[User:Nadirali|Nadirali]] and [[User:Unre4L|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 [[Sathya Sai Baba|religious teacher]] closed in early March with four users indefinitely banned from the article.
**Currently, [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Freedom_skies]] is in the [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Freedom_skies/Evidence|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]].

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* Three portals: {{fop|Hinduism|February 2007}}, {{fop|West Bengal|March 2007}} and {{fop|Kerala|March 2007}} were also featured.
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*'''''Welcome''''' to the [[March 2007]] edition of our newsletter.
* '''''Congratulations''''' to one of our most respected writers, bureaucrats and administrators, [[User:Nichalp|Nichalp]], who is now entrusted with the [[WP:OVER|oversight]] permission. In addition [[User:Riana|Riana]] has joined the administrative ranks after a successful [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana dzasta|RfA]].
* On a sad note, [[User:Nobleeagle|Nobleeagle]], who was responsible for the creation of the [[WP:PUNJ|Punjab WikiProject]], and was largely responsible for [[Indian cricket team]], [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]] becoming [[WP:GA|GAs]], as well as working heavily in Indian religious and [[cricket]] work, has left the project after [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive212#Damareinu.C2.A0.28talk_.E2.80.A2_contribs_.E2.80.A2_logs.29|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 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees Wikimedia board members] for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required.
* [[User:Nishkid64|Nishkid64]], a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a [[congenital heart defect]]. You can '''wish him well''' [[User talk:nishkid64|here]].
*'''''Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:[[WP:INCOTW]])''''': [[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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|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.

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17:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC) [[User:hydkat|h]][[User:Hydkat/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">y</span>]][[User:hydkat|dka]][[User talk:hydkat|<span style="color:black;"><b>t</b></span>]] 17:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
== [[Romila Thapar]] ==
i removed the Arun Shourie stuff as negative information that is not fully sourced (after my request for a quote went unanswered). my concern is that Shourie might have broad-brushed - alleged broad misconduct by unspecified historians and restricted to much narrower and specific criticism of individuals, which is why i requested the quote. i'm particularly concerned after reading stuff like "''Arun Shourie '''proves''' that Marxist historians have controlled and misused important institutions like...''", ([[Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud|here]], emph mine) which i think is a misreading or overstatement of what a book like this does. don't u think it's better to get hold of a proper quote and then re-add the paragraph i deleted? [[User:Doldrums|Doldrums]] 06:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
:thanks hydkat. i'm aware of the controversy over this article. but i don't think "helps to stop edit warring" is a sufficient reason to keep doubtful, negative info about a living person. an alternative is removal is to retain something like "Shourie criticises T. in his ...", but remove the specifics of the criticism till we find a quote. that sounds ok? [[User:Doldrums|Doldrums]] 06:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

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