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Greeting & Welcome to my profile!!

Well I have same Question to you , Would you care to read and Answer Why the Article on Sant jarnail Singh Bhindrawale has biased nature & not conforming NPOV.

--Dilpreet Singh Virdi (talk) 14:41, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, the use of word "martyr" is not appropriate as per Wikipedia policy. Sant Bhindrawale was "killed in action" would be a more appropriate and neutral word. Let us leave it for the individual readers to draw their own conclusion. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 07:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

• Hello Shovon , Please mention the policy you are talking about. However , Sant Bhindrawale had been declare Martyr officially by Sikh Highest body Akal Takht and is accepted by majority of Sikh bodies. Thanks.

--Dilpreet Singh Virdi (talk) 14:17, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

• Hello Shaovon , Thanks for Inputting to the Article , I hope you have check the Talk page before reverting my post.Every point has been listed before making change and special care taken for NPOV.

There are many more statements which needs correction , I hope you keep watching the article for better Improvement and Help me to come with the Honest Information in front of the readers. --Dilpreet Singh Virdi (talk) 13:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikibreak ?

Shavon, I noticed the retirement template on your user page and dropped by to inquire if you are ok. I have seen you mainly at PINQ but you appear to be a knowledgeable and valuable contributor to wikipedia to me, and I would urge you to consider taking a wikibreak if you are feeling stressed at the moment. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I have deleted your userpages as requested but if you change your mind let me know and I'll undelete them in the blink of an eye. Theresa Knott | token threats 18:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Please don't leave...

I looked into your recent edits and followed the case of Adil your (talk · contribs). His edits were reported to WP:AIV by you. The diff you furnished was of WP:POVPUSHING and not vandalism (as per the guidelines on WP:VANDALISM, such an edit though disruptive is not vandalism), rather you could have pasted this diff by him which was OBVIOUS VANDALISM. Whatever it was...no big deal! I got him warned by another admin User:Hipocrite, who volunteered to investigate the matter.

Please don't let this misunderstanding and miscommunication with admins stop you from editing Wikipedia! We need vigilant editors like you to stop the POVPUSHERS on Indian pages. A sincere request "Please come back".

Regards, --KnowledgeHegemony^talk 16:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Shovon, thanks for the mail. Anyways, best of luck for all the ventures you take up in RL! Enjoy! Even I don't know how long I will stick to WP?! --KnowledgeHegemony^talk 16:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

hey

FYI, YellowMonkey blocked Adil your (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 1 week.(sockpuppetry). Justice prevails! --KnowledgeHegemony^talk 12:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 1 – June 2009

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Psychology of 911 Truth Movement and Government Claims

These articles together suggest that perhaps what makes people disagree so much about 911 is that they rely on different sources of information and are not aware of media strengths and weaknesses.

Faulty Towers of Belief: Part I. Demolishing the Iconic Psychological Barriers to 9/11 Truthhttp://www.journalof911studies.com/

Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCIEJ/2008/00000002/00000001/35TOCIEJ.SGM

The article, easy reading for academic writing, starts this way: In this Letter, we wish to set a foundation for productive discussion and understanding by focusing on those areas where we find common ground with FEMA and NIST, while at the same time countering several popular myths about the WTC collapses.

--Ihaveabutt (talk) 21:30, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 2 – July 2009

Project news File:India 1947 India Flag 3 and half annas.jpg A number of India-related articles have lost their featured article status, including Sikkim and Mumbai. The article aboutGandhi was also demoted for referencingand image quality issues. Since then, Mumbai has been brought back to good article status, thanks to the efforts ofKensplanet and others. Transport in India was promoted to good article status, thanks to the efforts of Rsrikanth05, SBC-YPR andGDibyendu. Several new workgroups have been formed: WikiProjects Railways in India, Education in India and Transport in India. Please join us if you're interested in those topics! To do... The articles that have been selected for our latestcollaborations of the month arehistory of Mumbai, Indian Railways, rail transport in India, Indian general election, 2009 and telecommunications in India. We need your help to improve them! These India-related articles are currently on featured article review: Kerala (FAR),Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (FAR) and rail transport in India (FAR). Would you allow these articles to lose their FA status? Wikipedia Takes Chennai – a scavenger hunt and free-content photography contest – has started in Chennai, along the same lines asWikipedia Takes The City. We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

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Commons:File:PuneFC Senior Squad and Staff.jpg

This file was moved to Commons from English Wikipedia, but some description information may have got lost in the process.

As you are noted as the original uploader, or in the history for the file, it would be appreciated if you could help in reconstructing this information.

Thanks for you assistance and keep uploading 'free' media :)

Also appreciated if you could confirm the permission you got with someone from Wikimedia Commons. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:43, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Having checked the file, the information that got lost was the specfic OTRS number for the permission you obtained.

That seems to be the only portion missing... I'll ask someone with OTRS access Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Request on Commons

Hi,

I left you a request on your Commons talk page. Regard, Bibi Saint-Pol(parler) 10:51, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Mughalnz (talk) 23:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)can you please giv me greater clarifiaction Mughalnz (talk) 23:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

this was just one one few i admit i have generalized can you please give me greater classification

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Edits to Tripura-related articles

Hi, thanks for contacting me on my talk page. All the edits I reverted were made by the same anonymous editor in August 2009, who gave no rationale for their changes, and who has not returned to Wikipedia since. In many cases, they deleted sections of text that talked about indigenous history, in other cases they added the adjective 'Bengali' where it did not belong or was superfluous. I call that vandalism. All I did was revert their changes. I did not add anything myself. I agree that some of the statements that were there previously need citation, but please explain specifically which parts were 'incorrect', instead of reverting the whole page to the corrupted version. Thanks! sephia karta | dimmi 20:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

PNS Ghazi article

Hello, I just wanted to ask you to put down your edit summary comments about User:UplinkAnsh's edits in the talk page. If you remember, your first comment said "no one knows actually what happened" and the second "Sorry. The Hindu's piece is a jingoistic one and Rediff shows that even the Admiral wasn't sure". UplinkAnsh continues to add Indian sources and claim they are unbiased. I would appreciate your support. Thanks. --Hj108 (talk) 15:46, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

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Rebuttal of Shovon76's reversal of my edit. These are not "personal analyses."

I replaced some incorrect statements (in the article Indo-Pakistani War of 1947) by historically factual statements as detailed below.

Example 1: I replaced the sentence: “The legitimacy of this accession is still disputed.” by these sentences: The United States accepted the legitimacy of the accession. Speaking in the UN Security Council of February 4, 1948, Warren Austen, the representative of the United States of America, said, "...The external sovereignty of Kashmir is no longer under the control of the Maharaja... with the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India, this foreign sovereignty went over to India and is exercised by India."

I do not know why you feel that I was "pushing without any sources".

You can check the proceedings of the UN Security Council on February 4, 1948 to verify whether the quote is correct or not. You can ask me to provide a reference, citation or a link. But you cannot revert a factually correct statement.

On the other hand, the article does not state who disputed the legitimacy of the accession. Surely such a sentence is not in conformity with “neutral point of view policy.” Is such a sentence acceptable to Wikipedia but a quote from UN Security Council proceedings not acceptable?

Example 2: The article stated: According to the instruments of accession relating to the Partition of India, the rulers of princely states were to be given the choice of either acceding to India or Pakistan, or remaining independent.

This statement is factually wrong. The instrument of accession did not give this choice. It was the Indian Independence Act, 1947 passed by the British parliament that gave this choice by amending the Government of India Act, 1935.

Accordingly I made the correction. I do not know whether you studied and verified the texts of the Indian Independence Act, 1947 passed by the British parliament and the instrument of accession to come to the conclusion that I was "pushing without any sources" I carefully studied the texts of both before contributing to the article.

Example 3: These are historical facts: "On 12 August 1947, the Maharaja asked India and Pakistan to enter into a standstill agreement with the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu that provided for honouring all the previous agreements and maintaining status quo. Pakistan accepted the standstill agreement with the Maharaja by telegram on 15 August 1947 but India did not agree to any such standstill agreement."

If you want a source, citation or a link, I can provide one. But you cannot reject a factually correct statement that is very pertinent to the main article.

I can give you more examples. Most of the changes made by me in the article are well documented by foreign governments, the UN, BBC, British and American (USA) newspapers and other reliable sources.

I do not think that your contention "pushing without any sources" and reverting the changes is correct. Yes, you may ask me for references but you cannot call them my "personal analyses." None of them is my personal analysis. Rao Ravindra (talk) 11:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Please feel free to add them back, provided you can cite reliable sources. Thanks.Shovon (talk) 12:54, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

HF-24 Marut

How is the Marut 2nd generation? It flies subsonic.--Ao333 (talk) 13:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

A1, Charles Campion

Please do take care with CSD; I appreciate that you almost immediately removed the tag, but eventhe first version of the article was not A1 - "Charles Campion is a food critic for the Evening Standard" is easily enough to identify the subject matter.

This is just friendly advice - I've had plenty of similar problems with CSD tagging myself, in the past. I only mention it because, had I not added citations, would you have removed the tag? It is a perfectly valid new article - I think it will meet notability requirements; we have to be careful not to be too harsh on new contributors.

I'm pleased to see that you removed the warning template, and welcomed them though - thanks for that.

If it was just a quick slip-of-the-finger, then please forgive my mentioning it.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  10:54, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Soupysoap

I noticed you reverted this guy's edits on Sculpture. I've requested a Sockpuppet Investigation on him with Checkuser as I'm pretty sure he is a sockpuppet for By78 and he has a distinctly anti-India/pro-China bias. GSMR and I have been following his actions for months and it turns out that he's spread his garbage to every corner of the internet. He had an account on Youtube which was suspended after he was reported for hate speech by GSMR. He seems to deny that he's Bo Yu, a student of the Ohio State University and a resident of Columbus, OH but that's what the IP trail (and his past edits) reveal. You can follow the status of the latest investigation in to himhere.Vedant (talk) 17:32, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

After reviewing Ao333's contributions, I'm confident that this is also another sockpuppet. I think that you need to create a new Sockpuppet investigation though for this user as you cannot add old users to the list. I'm also pretty sure that Jaguar's Pawis also another sock but this account hasn't been that active in editing and has stayed clear of controversial topics. Nonetheless, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Vedant(talk) 19:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: James puracan

Hello Shovon76. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on James puracan to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question - he has put his name on it, but it's not an articleabout him, it's an OR essay. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:03, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Revert

Before reverting information, why the hell don't you guys check the info. I flew the route last week for god's sake. Check up Air India Regional's website or cleartrip.com if you don't believe me. —Precedingunsigned comment added by124.124.247.56 (talk) 08:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

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Are you egocentric

HI shovon! Thank you for your untiring contributions to Wikipedia specially in the India related pages.But, correct me if I am wrong, I found your attitude in proximity to egocentricity. In this regard, I may cite the example of your revert of my edit in the 'Assam' page.You have deleted my inclusion of muslim festival eid from the para of festivals on the pretext that we should talk about only traditional festival here.But the fact remains the para heading is 'Festivals' not only 'Traditional Festivals'.Then again ,if the religious festival 'Durga Puja' qualifies to be a traditional festival, why not 1400 years old festival 'Eid' did not qualify for the same? Is it because EID is related to the muslims? But you know it better then me that almost every third citizen of Assam practices this religion. Would you please clarify your position? Warm regards Unmesh Bangali (talk) 06:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Unmesh, sorry for the late reply. In fact, I had overlooked Durga Puja. As far as I remember, originally this section only talked about the traditional/indigenous festivals of Assam. Since Durga Puja is there, Eid should also be. I had reverted one more edit of yours. That was because, the concentration of Muslims would be more in the lower Assam districts than in the Barak Valley. Hope that makes things clear. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 15:50, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much!!! And I definitely undertand your position about the concentration of muslims. Unmesh Bangali (talk) 10:20, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Col. Narinder "Bull" Kumar

Hello Shovon76.

I see you reverted a good faith edit on Siachen conflict regarding Narinder Kumar's nickname "Bull" (added by User:Dilaks). If you check Google, for example, you'll see Narinder is and has been known to use that name, e.g. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=16985

Greetings, Qwrk (talk) 11:48, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hindi

Hello, before taking the burden of modifying knowledge itself (which you have no right to do), why don't you open your eyes and read the "official languages of India" page carefully.--Apalaria (talk) 13:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

2008 Mumbai attacks

Hi,

Sorry for the 3R, I wasn't aware of it as two IP: 59.160.210.68 and 117.194.193.101 act together to revert-edit. I'd be happy a sysop takes a look on it. Thanks. - TwoHorned _{User_talk:TwoHorned} 14:17, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Logo

The logo is a png file, and the original file is in very low resolution. That is why when you put it in the infobox in a larger resolution, it appears so blurred. Can you get hold of a larger res logo? An SVG format wouldn't have this problem, since vector images can be scaled up gracefully.--Ragib (talk) 07:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 1 - (June 2010)

Project News WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Wikipedia, and over the past few months the focus has been on improvingarticle quality. A number of the project'sfeatured articles underwent featured article reviews over the past year. Of these, Darjeeling and Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period, Gangtok, Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760), Marwari horse and Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16. Due to the recent policy changes regarding unreferenced Biographies of Living People(BLPs), an effort was started in January 2010 to source all unreferenced BLPs coming under Wikiproject India. 1200 such articles were identified initially and more were added to the list later. Due to the sourcing effort, the number of Indian unreferenced BLPs is down to565 currently. During February-April 2010, There was a scale disruption of Kerala related articles by a Thrissur based IP vandal. Editing from a dynamic IP BSNL connection, the vandal changed dates of birth, death and ages of a number of Malayalam and Tamil film actors. Later he added a few international biographies to his list. He also marked some living people like Arvind Swamy as dead. A month long range block was imposed on his IP range two times and each time he came back to vandalise dates once the block expired. Currently the range has been blocked for three months till September 11, 2010. What's New? Three members of the project, Abecedare, Tinu Cherian andSpacemanSpiff received their sysop mops in October-December 2009. Congratulations! This picture, shot in India, won the Commons:Picture of the Yearcontest 2009. Translations of the description in Indian languages are solicited. Wikipedians in Bangalore have been organising periodic meetups over the past year, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society. Thenext meetup is scheduled for July 18, 2010. Indian and other Wikipedians from all Wikipedias in various languages are welcome to attend.

Current proposals and discussions Please add Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics to your watchlist in order to stay updated with the latest discussions regarding various aspects of the project. A discussion is underwayhere to reach a consensus regarding the use of Indian number names (lakh, crore etc.) in Wikipedia articles. Please participate and add your comments. Join the effort to source and save unreferenced Indian BLPs. Some unintended vandalism is going on at the Assamese Wikipedia by thesole active editor. This is a request for Assamese-conversant Wikipedians tohelp resolve the issue. A discussion is in progress here in order to determine whether non-Western (including Indian) forms of classical music should be referred to by the nomenclature of art music instead of classical music. Please participate and add your comments. Watchlist the Articles for Deletions page for India related discussions. Opinions from more Indian Wikipedians are required in many of the discussions. The World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 is at present underway in Coimbatore, and the Tamil Wikipedia is actively involved at the event. A detailed report will follow in the next issue. Wikimania 2010 is happening in Poland from July 7-11. Indian Wikipedians attending include Gurubrahma, Shiju Alex,Ravidreams , Santhosh Thottingal,Tinu Cherian, WMF Board member Bishakha Datta and Advisory Board member Achal Prabala. We wish them all the best! More on their experiences in the next issue. If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of thenext issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Complete To Do List Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Swami Bhaskaranand Saraswati, Akhand Pratap Singh, Ravindra Gujjula Irrigation in India, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More... Cleanup: articles on castes, Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Bangaru Adigalar, Medical college (India), More... Merge: Raghava Rama,Sammar Bahisht,Sathya Sai Baba movement,More... Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri More... Stubs: Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template Signed... SBC-YPR (Editor) Sodabottle (Editor) Tinu Cherian (Distributor)

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~~what do you mean by Constructive contribution? I am not beleaguered by your action not at all. But in my views the articles which are too sensitive should be written carefully. The opinions and information from both sides should be collected properly. Since after studying the article it hardly looks NEUTRAL. I was just giving some information so the reservations of both sides could be effectively removed. —Preceding unsignedcomment added by M.A.R 1993 (talk •contribs) 16:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

M.A.R 1993 (talk) 16:43, 4 July 2010 (UTC) what do you mean by Constructive contribution? I am not beleaguered by your action not at all. But in my views the articles which are too sensitive should be written carefully. The opinions and information from both sides should be collected properly. Since after studying the article it hardly looks NEUTRAL. I was just giving some information so the reservations of both sides could be effectively removed.

Gayatri2388 (talk) 11:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Manipal University Edits

Dear Shovon, I see that my edits are under your constant review. While I am doing my best to keep the language neutral across the pages please bear with me as I learn more of the wiki rules.

I would like to bring to your notice that the changes done by me are inline with most of the universities across the world. Including Indian universities like VIThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIT_University.

Let me know, how the changes done by me are any different from already available content on other universitites.

I would expect a reply soon, before I revert to the changes done by me.

Thanks Gayatri —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gayatri2388 (talk •contribs) 11:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, everything is written from a neutral, point of view. Moreover, self published sources (in this case, MU's website) may not be used for specifying things like ranking. Also, your tone of writing suggests that you are trying to glorify the subject of the article. Lastly, why did you change the following? -

1. Deemed university to deemed university

1. Removed the affiliating body i.e. UGC

Please feel free to leave a message for any further clarifictions. Thanks. Shovon(talk) 12:40, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Dear Shovon,

Thanks for your input. I have made changes as advised by you. Let me know if I should make any further changes. I would like to put up pictures from the MU campus. Kindly advise me on the same.

Thanks Gayatri —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gayatri2388 (talk •contribs) 04:06, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Dear Shovon,

I have uploaded the pictures under wikimedia commons under "entirely my own work" (public domain). Is that how it is supposed to be done?

Regards, Gayatri. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gayatri2388 (talk •contribs) 10:44, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Jana Gana Mana

Greetings! I have posted a discussion topic in Jana Gana Mana talk page. With respect to it, I would like you to review my new article Jana Gana Mana (the complete song). thx. SASSOTO (talk) 08:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)SASSOTO

I have posted a reply to the move of Jana Gana Mana article in its discussion page. Please have a look. Also, I am confused over you issuing me three repeated warnings on my talk-page for the same thing under different titles at 11:38, 12:00 and 13:49 of July 26,2010 whereas I had made no edits in between these timelines. Perhaps you could explain me the impatience in not waiting for my explanation. The last one was followed by a kind of threat of exercising your administrative powers. Also, I am offended by your warning on Vande Mataram talk page where you have created a section mentioning my name explicitly. I have got your message and am keen to cooperate so please delete that section or edit it suitably. SASSOTO (talk) 14:17, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Replied to you at talk page of Jana Gana Mana. Shovon Talk 11:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Speedy delete request of Ascend International School

I've removed your speedy request from this page as schools are specifically excluded from theA7 speedy delete criteria. A7 applies to an article about "an organization (e.g. band, club, company, etc., except schools)" (my emphasis). Please make sure you are aware of the full speedy delete criteria, not just the summary given in many automated programs, before speedy tagging any pages. Thank you. Dpmuk (talk) 13:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Reply

My intention was to revert the Forensic report news item, along with it that POV statement too got added. As it had happened for you to remove both, it happened so for me too unintentionally. Now for your first edit i can leave the same type of message in your talk page. But i don't want to do since it happened accidentally and you have reverted. Wasifwasif (talk) 11:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Raja Prasanna Dev Raikut

I think we were cleaning up after the same user and edit conflicted on this article. I moved back the page while you were working on cutting its size, so now it's in two locations. Let me know which one is actually right and I'll fix the history so that it's GFDL compliant. cheers.—SpacemanSpiff 09:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Can you also take a look at the page moves of Mangalkavya (talk · contribs), looks like it could be the same above user. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 17:49, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Shovon76. You have new messages at SpacemanSpiff's talk page.
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Communist Party of India (Maoist) funding

Hi Shovon76 -- regarding the use of abductions as a source of funding for the Maoists: neither of the sources cited actually state that they use abductions as a source of revenue. While theTime Magazine article does state they abduct tribals to intimidate and to coerce, it doesn't explicitly state that kidnappings occur to extract any ransom. The other source cited,from the CFR, mentions "kidnapping against Indian security personnel and vigilante groups" but also does not mention any exchange of money or goods. I thought the same as you, that the anon was removing cited material, but upon further inspection found the edit to be accurate. The claim either needs a further source or should be removed. Regards, RDavi404 (talk) 13:25, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I have found a source in the same section. I will be adding it. Nevermind.--RDavi404 (talk) 13:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Jana Gana Mana

With all due respect, I dont understand what do you mean by "Thats NOT an official name" ?? I am not sure which one you are talking about? I had edited "Orissa" to show Utkal (Odisha).
Utkal...because it is "way Our National Anthem" words it.
as for, Odisha...FYI, the name Orissa has already been changed as per an unanimous resolution passed by the State legistative Assembly in August 2008. 2 bills have been introduced in the Parliament for the same. --Rakesh Mishra 15:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC) —Precedingunsigned comment added by Gituli (talk • contribs)

Simply because it is yet to be declared officially. The bill will be coming up in the parliament next week. Please referthis. Until it is passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the name would not be officially changed. Btw, there's a twist whether it is OdisHa or Odisa. Refer to the above mentioned article again. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 16:31, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

why

why do you destory my valuable work ? You dont know the field of futurism, dont you ? —Preceding unsigned comment added bySmith2200 (talk •contribs) 14:23, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Please stop.

Please stop writing on my talk page. If you have any issues, discuss on those article since i have all those in my watchlist and i'll be responding. There is nothing on my personal analysis in 2002 Gujarat .. article content. Most of it are taken from different sources. The source in Meccca Masjid article is not known. I have posted in the notice board. post your views thee.

DONT BE BIASED while editing in wikipedia and Please do not add commentary or your ownpersonal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Mecca Masjid bombing. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Wasifwasif (talk) 14:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Wasif, you are peddling your POV in Wiki and do I need to tell you which POV? If you don't stop your disruptive editing, very soon you will find yourself blocked. And, I'll always warn you when you indulge in edits against WP Policies. Shovon (talk) 15:09, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

License tagging for File:24x7 Learning Logo.png

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You templated me

Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars. You accused me of making a POV edit because I formatted a reference which was already in an article. I assume you did this in error; if not, let me know why you are complaining because the template is not informative. Blue Rasberry 01:26, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, that was a slip of the mouse. Thanks for pointing out. Shovon (talk) 11:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Nabaneeta Dev Sen for deletion

A discussion has begun about whether the article Nabaneeta Dev Sen, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nabaneeta Dev Sen until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.-- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:47, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Requested semi-protection for the Subhas Chandra Bose article

See talk page: Talk:Subhas_Chandra_Bose#Haphazard editing and Protection72.225.203.17 (talk) 08:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Ayodhya debate

The article Ayodhya debate has been renamed to Ayodhya conflict by an editor without any reference or discussion. I must note here that Ayodhya dispute is clearly not an armed conflict like Kargil Conflict and neither the mainstream media or government refers to the Ayodhya dispute as conflict. Even the term Ayodhya conflict has never been used in the article itself. Could you revert the name of the article back to Ayodhya debate or dispute as I don't know the required procedure.--UplinkAnsh (talk) 08:25, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Done. Shovon (talk) 11:18, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Not vandalism.

If you had taken even a second to really look at the edit, and the edit summary, and my past edits, you would have realized that it is a typo, not vandalism, and not slapped me with an insulting template. But I suppose assuming good faith is beyond you.75.189.192.117 (talk) 12:26, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

CPI (maosit)

While I agree that different sentence may be used instead of "terrorism based ..." e.g. "They have been declared as a terrorist organization under xyz Act..." but I cant see how you can accuse me of Non-N-Pov. The references I provided (3 references actually) were quite clear on their being a terrorism based party. So please explain the basis of your accusation.

PS:I have seen your history and it seems you have an habit of throwing baseless accusation against people.Please understand that assumption of 'Good faith' is the glue that binds all wikipedians , so instead of disputing someone's neutrality at the drop of a hat try to Discuss matters with them.

Swift&silent (talk) 04:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Read WP:NPOV first. Regardding AGF, I do assume good faith, but not with persistent POV pushers. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 08:25, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

You deleted my properly referenced edit and it is you who hasn't explained the problem with references and it is you who is making baseless accusations. I on the other hand simply made my point and wanted to discuss what exactly is the problem and reason for your revert but you wont listen. Also you called me "Persistent POV pusher" while I haven't Edited/Reverted even a Single Character since this discussion started. In my opinion it is YOU who is biased and POV pusher as YOU deleted perfectly valid referenced material without giving reason.

PS:You definitely need to read this. WP:CIVIL

PPS:Since I know you wont actually visit the Civility Page here is an excerpt.Consider it a free gift ;).

"Especially when things are getting heated, remember to explain your edit, avoid personal comments about any editors you have disputes with, and consider using the talk page to further explain your view of the situation."

Swift&silent (talk) 08:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Wow! Great going. Nothing is going heated. But, if you call some organinization, "terrorism based organization", then IT IS definitely POV pushing. In Wikipedia, even Osama's article has to be given the due for BLP. Learn the rules first, before name calling. Thanks. Shovon(talk) 18:05, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Things aren't getting heated 'cuz I am not replying in your way i.e. accusing others without basis.Just read your comments and the provoking way of your replies.You seem to have habit of getting in conflict with other wikipedia users.

Also, I would like to explain concept of POV to you since I doubt you fully understand it.If I had called an organisation 'terror based' without any basis or proof or when organisation is not declared as such by govt. then I would be biased/wrong and pushing POV.BUT Since the organisation in question has been declared as terror based by govt. and references were clear and valid it isn't Non-N-Pov. Please understand that calling an terror organisation an "terror organisation" is Not-N-Pov. If we had followed your logic then none of the terror organisations like Al-qaida will be labeled as terror based.

Examples- Wiki Al-Qaida First paragraph "Most of the world considers it a terrorist organization."

Lashkar-e-Taiba First para intro. sec. LeT is one of the largest and most active Islamist militant terrorist organizations in South Asia operating from Pakistan.

Jaish-e-Mohammed Intro section Jaish-e-Mohammed is viewed as the "deadliest" and "the principal terrorist organization in Jammu and Kashmir". The group is regarded as a terrorist organization by several countries, including India, United States and United Kingdom.

So perhaps you should go and find all the users who used word "Terror Org." and call them POV Pushers and if they try to reason with you or seek explanation call them "Constant POV Pushers". Who cares about good faith or what other people think.Right?

Swift&silent (talk) 19:10, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Kashmir conflict

Could you please look into these edits[5][6] (why is Arundhati Roy's opinion so damn important?), as well as these talk page posts by the editors in question:Talk:Kashmir_conflict#Highly_Biased? They seem biased and a violation of WP:UNDUE andWP:NPOV. The article is highly unbalanced in favor of an anti-India and pro-Islamist slant right now.117.194.192.89 (talk) 14:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Mohun Bagan

• Whatever makes you think that explaining the name Mohun Bagan is not important info?
• Whatever makes you think that adding info that the Indian team made of British soldiers was not an Europe based team but an Indian one. Are you some kind of Indian racist?
• Whatever makes you think that your grammar is better than mine? I master 3 Germanic languages, including English, for your information.

192.87.123.159 (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Wow. May be that's why you wrote "an" European! Shovon (talk) 16:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Wow. So you are an wise-arse also. It is called a typo, emptyheaded wannebe babu and has nothing to do with language skills192.87.123.159 (talk) 10:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC).

Was it really a typo? You corrected "a" European to "an" European in the article. Your edit history show that you need to learn some English spelling first. And watch out what you write. The way you call names, you will find yourself banned pretty soon. Shovon (talk) 16:41, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010

English WikiProject News After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias. Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, abot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to Twitter was created and launched byUser:Logicwiki. What's New? Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile, Chalukya Dynastyappeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16. The source code for the Article Alert Bot is now available and the bot itself is expected to be up and running very shortly. This means that article alerts for the Indian Wikiproject will again be available, enabling editors to easily keep track of developments in respect of reviews, nominations, deletions etc. The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011. In October there was a heated [7] in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue. Complete To Do List Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Sibichen K Mathew, Dominic Emmanuel, AK Merchant, Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Akhand Pratap Singh, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More... Cleanup: , Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Medical college (India), All India Radio, More... Merge: Raghava Rama, Sammar Bahisht, Sathya Sai Baba movement,More... Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri, More... Stubs: Anand Math, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Bhojpuri Wikipedia articles, Maithili Wikipedia articles, Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assessment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template

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You are rolling back to wrong & outdated information

This is reply for your messages:

1] Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at List of top ULFA leaders, you may be blocked from editing. Shovon (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

My Appeal: While my change is made on Government Court's decision declared today at 11:25AM IST, by reverting back the same, you have kept Wikipedia outdated, nothing else. I made this update with honor, but I think you are forcing for outdated information only provided by one sided view.

2] Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Bijoy Das, you may be blocked from editing. Shovon (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

My Appeal: Who charged Terrorism on Bijoy Das? Not a single case is registered against him, then how come you can make Wikipedia with officially wrong information? I am sorry for some TAG delete, but those were un-knowingly. But I provided 2/3 proper information with update.

3] Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at List of top ULFA leaders, you may be blocked from editing. Shovon (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

My Appeal: For your kind information, in that page which you reverted back, you have included many fellows who do not exists in real world.\

4] Please do not add or change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did to Sanjukta Mukti Fouj. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Shovon (talk) 16:24, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

My Appeal: Again the same non existing issue you have reverted back there. Nothing to say as new.

5] Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to United Liberation Front of Asom, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Shovon (talk) 16:23, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

My Appeal: Original research!! Who did that? Just have a look what I changed. The outfit's name is "United Liberation Front of Asom" not "...... Assam". You do have the page as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Liberation_Front_of_Asom but you are reverting the correction.

In the section "Negotiations/talks", I provided new information. But you have deleted.

What do you mean by vandalism? Information with outdated & wrong source!! Or current updated information!!!

Being from this region, I do know least more about the reality than your so called "original research". People of the native knows an issue better, than a noted analyst sitting far away from the place.

And please stop your threatenings. By this you are forcing me out of the genuine method. If I had to do your so called vandalism, I could do it as anonymous. But I did the edit with my real name & identity. Try to understand the difference between genuine interest or your so-called vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added byDhrubajdeka (talk •contribs) 17:18, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Why am i blocked?

Can i ask why you have blocked me? It seems you edit pages to do with Indian subcontinent, the only edits I do are for British and Irish railways, i'm very confusedHalowithhorns89 (talk) 16:45, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

I am not an Admin and hence cannot block you. Moreover, if you were blocked, you would not have been able to post a message at my talk page. Shovon (talk) 13:54, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Quote:

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. SCΛRECROW 11:07, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at List of aircraft of the Indian Air Force, you may be blocked from editing. Shovon (talk) 12:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make any unconstructive edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant warnings.

This is the final warning you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Pakistan Air Force, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Shovon (talk) 12:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

This is the final warning you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at List of aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Shovon (talk) 12:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make any unconstructive edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant warnings.

[edit]BLOCKED

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

This is you isn't it?Halowithhorns89 (talk) 16:08, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

It seems you share your IP with someone who has vandalized articles. All these warnings were posted on the talk page of some anon IP user. One of the administrators would have blocked the IP after instances of excessive vandalism. Anyway, I cannot block anyone as I am not an administrator.Shovon (talk) 17:44, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Facebook paradox

Hi, Shovon76. I too doubt the bona fides and notability of this article. A New Statesman blog mentions it in passing, but it's now got at least one relevant reference. --Shirt58 (talk) 09:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Stop vandalising 2002Gujarat Violence article

Please stop vandalizing the article2002 Gujarat violence.

Can you show which part of the content is my POV so that it will be easy for me to remove that. Also you have lied that you have removed none of the sources. but you have vandalised these sources.

1. http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/28train5.htm
2. http://www.india-server.com/news/nanavati-report-gives-clean-chit-to-3999.html
3. http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=75485
4. http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/14/stories/2006101405431200.htm
5. http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2002/india/India0402-02.htm
6. http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/23/stories/2005012303901400.htm
7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1843591.stm
8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2256789,prtpage-1.cms

and many more. I have left some because of short of time.

Now its up to admins to decide who is vandalising. Wasifwasif (talk) 12:31, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Wasif, if you care to look at the article, you will find that all the above sources are still very much there. Everyone knows who is peddling POV. Instead of edit warring, using blatantly false edit summaries and POV pushing, why don't you use your time in constructive editing? Thanks.Shovon (talk) 15:24, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

All the above links are from the contents which are deleted by you saying as vandalism. Why a lie saying all the above links are there. Repeatedly i am asking, which part do you say as my POV? Reply with points. Wasifwasif (talk) 11:54, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry???

Can you please tell me what on earth your doing, why are you trying to block me, all i have been doing is mainly removing overpraise of indian articles and some other stuff, NO VANDALISING AT ALL, so please tell me why your doing this!!!!--Luke193 (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Gargabook SPI

Hey. There's a question waiting for you over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gargabook. If you could go over and leave a response, that'd be great. Thanks. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 03:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Somnath

An IP pov pusher is editwarring at Somnath article to sanitise it. The subject isn't my field of interest, but i followed him from other articles. This one looks like a hardcore POV pusher. Can you watchlist this article and maintain it (i am asking you because i remember you being interested in Hinduism related articles)--Sodabottle (talk) 12:31, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Stop POV pushing at 2010 Deganga riots

Before removing the {{Cite check}} and {{POV}} templates and slapping fake warnings on my user page, you should find some neutral relible sources for the following sentences in the article that your are trying to protect. "The 2010 Deganga riots began on 6th September when an Islamist mob resorted to arson and violence on the Hindu localities of Deganga,...", "The passage to the area was being dug up by Muslims to prevent the Hindus from entering the area."
If you think that "The Islamist mob desecrated and vandalized Hindu temples, a characteristic feature of Islamism." belongs here, you should quit wikipedia and take to blogging. 14.139.128.14 (talk) 06:04, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Морьтой жаал

Hello Shovon76. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Морьтой жаал, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Which is the other language article? Thank you. GedUK  14:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

2010 Deganga riots

Please don't accuse editors of vandalismunless you're sure they have committed it. In particular, avoid using the word in edit summaries (such as "reverting vandalism"), and be very careful about postingwarning templates on users' talkpages. Review the vandalism policythoroughly before you do that, and see especially the section "What vandalism is not". Note that content disputes are not vandalism, and that good-faith edits of any kind, even if you think them misguided, are not to be considered vandalism. Vandalism accusations without any basis in policy are bad for the climate on the wiki and make constructive discussion more difficult. See alsoWikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal".

14.139.128.15 (talk) 03:59, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

STOP

Please stop lying as you did here[8], here[9], here[10], here[11], ... It will not go without consequences.

Learn the rules of Wikipedia first, then come back and try to contribute with a neutral point of view. And stop your personal attacks. Its not a request, but a warning. Shovon(talk) 07:41, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

2010 Deganga riots

I have semi-protected this page for one week as IP-hopping to make a point is definitely not acceptable. However, please continue to engage in discussions before making any large changes to this article, and please, please, please keep WP:CIVIL and WP:BITE in mind. There are a lot of issues with that article and if you can convince one of these editors to help fix it (which may or may not happen but it's worth a go!) that's definitely a boon. Remember, you can always use thedispute resolution process if you need a little help.Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 19:42, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry, if I got a bit carried away. But the problem with the IP user has been due to her/his intention of painting a totally incorrect picture of what happened at Deganga. It was an Islamist Mob, which attacked only Hindus, destroyed Hindu properties, desecrated Hindu temple and the violence was totally one sided. To say that "a mob attacked people and destroyed dozens of houses and a place of worship" would be giving a wrong picture to the readers. Also, these are substantiated by mainstream RS and as such, per my understanding, the tags are totally misplaced and only shows an intention of peddling a certain POV. I have not removed the tags or reverted the edits of the IP and would request you to take a look at the article and advise on the same. Thanks again. Shovon (talk) 08:29, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

If you have a problem with an anon marking your favourite version of an article, explain it. Don't try to intimidate by marking it POV pushing or vandalism and slapping warnings. If you believe the article is well sourced, show that; dont try to run away from the discussion as you did above. If you suffer from Pseudologia fantastica, seek professional help.14.139.128.15 (talk) 11:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) 14.139.128.15 - please remember that as aWikipedians, both you and Shovon76 are bound by the same code of conduct.--Shirt58 (talk) 11:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

I just jumped in to make sure that no one confuses me with Shovon76. If some editor or admin is suggesting that Shovon76 is IP hopping than that is wrong. I am a separate individual with no contacts with Shovon76 in real world. Also I must note the IP in question, for disruptive and tendentious, has now started to target multiple editors with personal attacks and User page vandalism on Shovon76's talk page by continuously reverting his edits on his own talk page which is against the guidelines of wikipedia.--UplinkAnsh (talk) 19:13, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that anybody is suggesting me to be the IP hopping editor. In fact, it was upon my request for protecting the article, that Panyd semi-protected the article. Obviously, the IP editor is peddling his POV and any one not wearing a certain colored glasses would see that. Also, he lacks civility as well as needs a thorough training on the rules of Wikipedia. Shovon (talk) 07:35, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Request For Opinion

Hi, Kindly involve yourself in discussion here Talk:Decline of Hinduism in Pakistan and give your opinion about the points I am raising pertaining to article Decline of Hinduism in Pakistan Sarmadhassan (talk) 03:03, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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