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1. Ramesh Sethi - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 05:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

add these denominations please

theres 6 denominations in islam

but only 4 are showing in the purple 'islam topics' template box at the bottom of the 'islam' page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi

thats denomination 1 for Salafi's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an_alone

thats denomination 2 for Quranists

could you try your best to add them please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jigglyfidders (talk • contribs) 04:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

deletion of category

Well, Good evening. In the page : Kalitas of Assam, the category"Assam" has been removed by u. actually the Kalitas as a caste or community is distinct to the province of Assam in India and hence the category "Assam" is very much important for searching this page. "Kalitas of Assam" has to be included in "Assam" category.

Hence I am putting the category back again.(Undo)

Clankalita (talk) 12:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Category from page

Hi Girish, Thanx for the reply.

"Kalitas of Assam" -- are the most numerous of all Assamese social groups in Assam (like the Ahoms). 

By the same yardstick which u have applied in removing the category "Assam" from this page , you should also remove the "Assam" category from the wikipage "Ahom" too.

Regards, Clankalita (talk) 09:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Zoroastrian marriage

I have nominated Category:Zoroastrian marriage (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Zoroastrian cosmology

I have nominated Category:Zoroastrian cosmology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:God in Zoroastrianism

I have nominated Category:God in Zoroastrianism (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:06, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

external link removed

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.138.117.204 (talk) 03:31, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Melbourne Storm

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Melbourne Storm/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Durga

Hello, I hope you have been doing well. I noticed that you had done some needed cleanup on Durga. I spotted what looks to me to have been a small error and changed a word in the article. I hope you will review it and revert it if it was not appropriate. Buddhipriya (talk) 04:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

removal of Alpolic Aluminum Composite Materials?

Hello,

Could you kindly explain how this article was tagged as an "advertisement"?

Here it is again for quick reference:

ALPOLIC® is a lightweight material composed of a thermoplastic core sandwiched between two skins of aluminum. This material is generally called Aluminum Composite Material and abbreviated as ACM. ACM was first produced in Japan in 1974, and was then introduced to the United States in the early 1980s. Common applications for ALPOLIC® are for architectural applications such as external and interior claddings, roof coverings, and ceilings of buildings.

I have read all the rules as to sort of content to stay away from, and I do not understand how this is nothing more than a informative piece not advertising anything?

I followed the information structure from a description from another similar material, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucobond

If anything, the Alucobond article is more of an advertising piece in that is is more pro-product.

Could you please advise?

Thank You,

joshua —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.79.32 (talk) 14:22, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Removal of Alpolic Aluminum Composite Materials?

Hello, Could you kindly explain how this article was tagged as an "advertisement"? Here it is again for quick reference: ALPOLIC® is a lightweight material composed of a thermoplastic core sandwiched between two skins of aluminum. This material is generally called Aluminum Composite Material and abbreviated as ACM. ACM was first produced in Japan in 1974, and was then introduced to the United States in the early 1980s. Common applications for ALPOLIC® are for architectural applications such as external and interior claddings, roof coverings, and ceilings of buildings. I have read all the rules as to sort of content to stay away from, and I do not understand how this is nothing more than a informative piece not advertising anything? I followed the information structure from a description from another similar material, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucobond If anything, the Alucobond article is more of an advertising piece in that is is more pro-product. Could you please advise? Thank You, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ludlow123 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Cc Adi 8.38: ‘Chaitanya-mangala’ shune yadi pashandi, yavana seha maha-vaishnava haya tatakshana

If even a great atheist hears Shri Chaitanya-mangala, he immediately becomes a great devotee.

Cc Adi 8.40: Vrindavana-dasa-pade koti namaskara aiche grantha kari’ tenho tarila samsara

I offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. No one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/index.htm The Vaikuntha planets begin 26,200,000 yojanas (209,600,000 miles) above Satyaloka.

The kalpa is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.17): sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ. One day of Brahmā is called a kalpa. A yuga, or mahā-yuga, consists of 4,320,000 years, and one thousand such mahā-yugas constitute one kalpa. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta says that if one does not take advantage of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he cannot be delivered for millions of such kalpas. http://vedabase.net/cc/antya/3/255/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.133.0.240 (talk) 07:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Inclusionism, not deletionism

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism

Inclusionism is the philosophy that information should be liberally added and retained on Wikipedia. It is espoused by users called inclusionists who favor keeping and amending problematic articles over deleting them. Inclusionists are generally less concerned with the question of notability, and instead focus on whether or not an article is factual, with merit, or useful.

Inclusionism is opposed to deletionism which supports the deletion of unworthy articles and exclusionism which involves removal of unhelpful information (and deletion of an entire article only if such removal leaves nothing behind). In other areas, inclusionism usually aligns with eventualism because both philosophies hold that articles with mixed quality of content should be retained and will be improved in time. As the size of Wikipedia grows, incrementalists will also become more inclusionist as the standards for notability become easier to meet. Inclusionists do not necessarily lean toward either end of the mergism-separatism or exopedianism-metapedianism spectrums.

A favorite phrase of inclusionists is "Wiki is not paper." Because Wikipedia does not have the same space limitations as a paper encyclopedia, there is no need to restrict content in the same way that a Britannica must. Usually the AFD discussion takes the same or more amount of disk space than the article. It has also been suggested that no performance problems result from having many articles [1]. Inclusionists claim that authors should take a more open-minded look at content criteria. Articles on people, places, and concepts of little note may be perfectly acceptable for Wikipedia in this view. Some inclusionists do not see a problem with including pages which give a factual description of every person on Earth.

From a deletionist or exclusionist viewpoint, inclusionists appear to be arguing for the value of material and information which is substandard, or inadequately verified; however, inclusionists counter that there is little harm in keeping material that might some day be improved as information on the topics become more widely available. Inclusionists also point out that Wikipedia is not meant to be a poor copy of the Britannica, but rather a unique encyclopedia that aspires to "the sum total of human knowledge." Furthermore, inclusionists argue that the concept of "notability", an idea that many deletionists use as a basis for selecting which articles ought to remain and which deleted, usually has no objective criteria. They argue that reliance on such a concept does more harm than good to the goals of the project.

Inclusionists are perceived as having a greater acceptance of trivialities, small articles, non-traditional topics, and non-academic articles; this may cause them opposition by those who hold stricter views about the proper content of an encyclopedia. Inclusionists often see this project as a completely new and revolutionary way of storing and organizing all human knowledge. Many editors may object to articles such as a "List of tennis players who appeared on the David Letterman Show in 1995", but some inclusionists strongly support such items, arguing that they are valid additions to an encyclopedia aimed at being a repository of all human knowledge. Inclusionists may feel such critics are simply suffering from the academic standards kick. Inclusionists also point to the fact that there are no concrete standards for determining how noteworthy or notable a topic is.

Two important prerequisites for additions to Wikipedia are that the information is correct and well placed. That last aspect requires a good structuring of Wikipedia in levels of detail, with general articles linking to more detailed 'subarticles', which in turn link to still more detailed ones, so that (ideally, eventually) on the one hand people who are not interested in certain details will not be bothered by them, while on the other hand people who are interested in them will easily find them through just a few well-placed links. If the information is not thus well placed or Wikipedia is not well structured to place the info, then that should be changed instead of removing the info. If someone finds something interesting enough to write about then chances are that someone else will (one day) find it interesting enough to read about, so it should be in Wikipedia. If that person does not know where to place the info, then that should not stop them from putting it somewhere. Someone else will then (eventually) put it in the right place. Although of course what is the 'right place' also changes over time. If for example the info does not warrant a separate article yet, it can be kept in a higher level article, where it might become a 'seed' that attracts other related info, which together might later warrant a separate (sub)article. Such loose facts are often placed in trivia sections at the bottom of an article. Removing those seeds will stunt the growth of Wikipedia.

Inclusionism parallels eventualism and the legal standard of presumption of innocence. As always, the dangers of factionalism should be noted, as should the likelihood that many Wikipedians are neither exclusively inclusionist nor deletionist, but mergist or some other wiki-philosophy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.236.20 (talk) 06:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

About Ravana page

Hi Girik, I need a small help.

There are some wrong information on Ravana page, specially in Etymology section. Some people have replaced the word "Sinhala" with "Tamil" and they defaced that section. This is the reference link : http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ravana-is-a-hero-for-Sinhala-nationalists/Article1-249335.aspx . Please correct those errors according to this original article.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sivhela (talk • contribs) 15:25, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello,

I suspect infdef banned user Hkelkar to be back again: IPs 59.160.210.68 ([1]) and 117.194.193.101 ([2]) act in pair to evade 3RR and vandalize usual Hindutva related topics. Thanks. - TwoHorned _{User_talk:TwoHorned} 15:27, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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

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super rugby

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Pada-yatra

13:06, 17 August 2010 DaGizza (talk | contribs) m (329 bytes) (Reverted edits by 87.114.110.120 (talk) to last version by Gaurav) (undo)

Why did you delete my edit? It made a valid point - actually the term Padayatra is more well known in ISKCON circles as a religious pilgrimage, than it is generally as a political march.

Every time I have made any (valid and well thought-out) contribution to Wiki, some editor has deleted it, or worse - deleted the whole page! (Which stood for years before I helpfully tried to delete a spelling or grammar mistake). My experience with Wiki editors leaves a sour taste in my mouth. This is made even more annoying in this case - when I was on Padayatra in 1994, how old were you? lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.152.52 (talk) 21:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

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

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Brahmand Pujan Article

Cow Milk Moral or Sin ? by Naresh Sonee writer of Brahmand Pujan http://vegetarians-cows.blogspot.com/2008/01/drinking-milk-moral-or-sin.html

APPEAL TO YOU - RESCUE Reg: [BRAHMAN PUJAN] , [UNIVERSAL PRAYERS] . written by [Naresh Sonee] On wikipedia , These above two pages are far older than the present article [Brahman] References of above titles are also available on New York site - (Removed link) Meanwhile, Can your good selves in Wiki Project Indian Community re-create a precise pages on [Naresh Sonee] & his book [Brahmand Pujan] – [Brahmaand Pujan] . However, Sonee is the writer of this book [Brahmand Pujan] written in 1999 . registered with Government of India- HRRD. Details of the registration is provided here on http://brhmaandpujanbook.tripod.com/ . More than sufficient, news and reviews are there on http://brhmaandpujan-news-reviews.tripod.com/ Since 5-6 yrs, for one or the other reason pages of [Naresh Sonee] & [Brahmand Pujan] are faced by communal bias from outside India so these articles over and again get deleted here in Wikipedia for minor reasons. However, many hits of - Naresh Sonee reflects on google search engine also. So, I request Wiki Indian community to kindly come forward and generously help these two pages to grow, as I am fed up to fight my case alone here [left] and moved out long back. Meanwhile, such an important info/issue on ‘Indian literature’ which adds & spell ‘new meaning /dimension’ to Brahman -should it stay lost else ignored? Your community panel has to judge at last. Myself, will not be on Wikipedia, for the same i apologise, but- pls. help these two pages to get reinstalled, reap, sow and grow, if you too feel so, I appeal to do this munificent favour. Regards- Dralansun (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:42, 27 December 2010 (UTC).