Talk:Mohali
- Hi Sukh, and thanks for the friendly welcome. I see that you have removed the logo banner for Mohali, and while respecting your right to do so, I am afraid I have taken issue with it, and would like to lobby for its return. I understand that no other city pages have an opening banner. While this convention seems to be universal, sometimes you must think in new ways to better the end product. As Wikipedia is not a traditional encyclopedia, I do not feel that articles must adhere to the rules set out by paper encyclopedias. It is web-based, and in my experience, web pages with creative title banners reflecting the subject matter (Mohali), as well as its context (India) create more of an aesthetic appeal. The banner does not break any wikipedia rules (Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages), looks nice, and accurately introduces the subject in a way that words cannot. Jaskaramdeep 19:59, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- I personally think it's inappropriate. Not because it's a banner or logo, but because it's not an official banner or logo. It would be much more appropriate to have a seal, or motto or something like that on the right hand side.
- You're welcome to get input from other Wikipedians and I won't object if there is a consensus. However, I doubt other people would like it if I got a London logo, slapped a red bus on one side and a beefeater on the other, and stuck it at the top of London! I hope you appreciate my point.
- PS - If you have any pictures of Chandigarh/Mohali they would be appreciated! Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 20:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- The thing is, I've racked through hundreds of websites trying to find exactly that, without success. The only motto I could find was "The IT capital of India", and that can't be right; that's Bangalore. I'm assuming hyperbole with the London reference, but still the point can be made that if London didn't already have a coat of arms, it wouldn't be inappropriate to have the word LONDON flanked by an English flag and a Unicorn. Nonetheless, I'll ask around if you still feel it's wrong, just let me know Jaskaramdeep 21:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- Because it's so relevant to the article, I've copied the above discussion to Talk:Mohali. - Draeco 23:55, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- The thing is, I've racked through hundreds of websites trying to find exactly that, without success. The only motto I could find was "The IT capital of India", and that can't be right; that's Bangalore. I'm assuming hyperbole with the London reference, but still the point can be made that if London didn't already have a coat of arms, it wouldn't be inappropriate to have the word LONDON flanked by an English flag and a Unicorn. Nonetheless, I'll ask around if you still feel it's wrong, just let me know Jaskaramdeep 21:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
The above text pasted from User talk:Jaskaramdeep. - Draeco 23:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)