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Lists of Educational institutions in states and union territories of India

Hello. Please contribute to a discussion about standardising the format for lists of educational institutions in states and union territories of India at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Education_in_India#State_Lists_Format. Thanks.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 08:17, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Your comments are invited for building consensus and finalising the format at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Education_in_India#State_Lists_Format. Thanks.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 12:24, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Sanskrit Transilation

Hi, Check if the Translation of the motto is correct on Kerala_University's page. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subin.a.mathew (talkcontribs) 12:28, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems fine :) Lynch7 12:37, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

 

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Mayiladuthurai

Can you assess Mayiladuthurai article? The article has been expanded significantly since last assessment.-The EnforcerOffice of the secret service 04:05, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Adpotion

Hey I'm new and want to get off the ground and start getting far so plz adopt me thanks. --FilmGuySuper8 (talk) 08:05, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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Recent vote at ITNC

You might want to reconsider your vote since the issue's not over! Hazare has refused to leave jail! :P Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 19:29, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

What you did to Hosur article is correct

The name 'Hosur' is not unique to one single place located in Tamilnadu, so what you did is correct - listing all articles related to the word Hosur. Please redo the same and I am here to vote for your decision — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeeKundy (talkcontribs) 03:12, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, thank you, but I find that there has been extended discussion on the topic, and the issue seems to have reached a conclusion/died down now. You can see this. Thanks, Lynch7 04:58, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

joining a pod

Sure! Read the MOU, and then click the sign button at the bottom, which will take you to the list of courses. That's where you can sign it to join the pod.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya

I have nominated Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya for GA status. Kinldy review it for GA and give suggestions. Regards, ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 08:12, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't do GAs or PRs . You might try asking at GAN or PR. Lynch7 12:27, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Okay! But if you find any thing which can be improved, please tell. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 12:48, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

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Greetings from Politics of Developing Nations course instructor

Hi, I just wanted to say hello as I noticed you are now an on-line ambassador for students in my Politics of Developing Nations course. Very glad to have you on board. Our course starts Thursday 8/25 and students will start with their wiki assignments in early September. I will be sure to remind them of what a valuable resource on-line ambassadors are. Best wishes, Martha Prof M Johnson (talk) 00:06, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Prof. Johnson, first of all, a warm welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you have a good time here. Looking forward to working with you and your students this semester! Lynch7 04:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador

Yeah, I'm perfectly comfortable with you as an Online Ambassador at this point. Consider yourself promoted.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 13:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the warm welcome. The cookies were delicious :D --Meryam90 (talk) 11:32, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Aprstc runs the world's largest fleet of buses?

Hi there, Needs your advice for the above topic on the talk page of Hyderabad, India. regards--Omer123hussain (talk) 07:41, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

 

Hi MikeLynch,

The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.

But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

15:27, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Bangalore's population

Hi, a user has added the 2011 figures for Bangalore's population as 9.5 million. I guess that's the population of whole Bangalore Urban district. According to the 2001 census reports, the city limits of Bangalore comprises of a majority of urban dist. and a part of rural dist, correct me if I am wrong. However, I have no idea about the city limits after the expansion. Does the whole urban dist. come under the city limits? --Commander (Ping Me) 03:35, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

This is one question for which I've been hunting for answers ever since I started off on Wikipedia. I'll bet the Bangalore Municipal Corporation itself will be confused if anyone asks them this question ;) . But one thing is for sure: 2001 census will not cover whole of Bangalore because expansion of the Corporation happened recently (in 2008 or something). So, if we want to list the population of Bangalore as the population of Urban district, we'll have no problem. But if we want to list the population of the area covered by the Corporation, then it will be somewhat of a problem, since the Corporation does not release population figures (to the best of my knowledge). I think its best we mention the population of Urban district and leave a note mentioning it as so. Lynch7 09:06, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 
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Question...

Hi there: I have a quick question. I am relatively new to Wikipedia. I would like to know what the appropriate procedure is if you suspect that a biographical entry was created by the subject himself. I'm assuming this is a violation of Wikipedia's rules. Thank you for your time! --BlueonGray (talk) 14:13, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. The first step would be to tag the article with a {{coi}} on the top of the page. Let me know which article you are talking about, and I can probably help you further. Lynch7 14:53, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. The page in question is a biographical article for Ricardo Duchesne. The article is currently under consideration for deletion. I want to raise a separate issue concerning a possible COI. There is information in that article which, as far as I can see, is not publicly available and could not be known by anyone other than the subject or someone intimately close to him. I can go into more details if necessary. I understand the seriousness of suspected cases of COI, so I want to proceed carefully.--BlueonGray (talk) 15:48, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

ITN: Jan Lokpal Bill

-- Tinu Cherian - 12:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

AXAC

I would prefer Avenue X! :D Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 13:38, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

  Done Noted ;) Lynch7 13:40, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 
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Talkback

 
Hello, MikeLynch. You have new messages at Talk:Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya#Requested_move.
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Alternate suggestion as "Swami Rambhadracharya" Redtigerxyz Talk 17:22, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikiproject

Hi What about expanding Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Trade, we will rename that to Indian Economy .. are you interested in Indian Economy --naveenpf (talk) 06:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Definitely Naveen :) Lynch7 15:40, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 
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Jayalaithaa

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._Jayalalithaa&action=historysubmit&diff=447700445&oldid=447699513 Iam of the opinion that some of the fact sincorporated in my version should not be removed as they are facts and are needed to do justice to the wiki article on acting career of Jayalalithaa.Can you interfere and stop this monopoly done by some Users....You can see the history page to identify who is the culprit..Typekept (talk) 18:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Courtesy message

Hi! Thanks for the message. Yes, we have not come across each other in the past. I attended a wiki meeting about two years ago in Bangalore and met many Users from India. I have been mostly active on DYK since the last over three years. Recent experience with some of the DKY admins, after I completed my 500 DYKs, has not been very helpful for me to continue contributing on Wikipedia. For the time being I have stopped contributing articles and working on the Ambassador's programme. Hope to meet you in one of Bangalore meets in the near future, as at present I am in USA. Normally, I function from Delhi where I am still working. Cheers.--Nvvchar. 15:07, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

List of institutions of higher education in Karnataka

Hello MikeLynch, great job with this article. You're pretty quick.  

I see that you've made the "Autonomous Institutes" section a subsection of the colleges section. I was wondering whether its your view just for this article or for all the lists. Coz the current format as per consensus was to have a separate section for the autonomous institutes. If you want the subsectioning format for all lists, please discuss at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Education in India before implementing on any other lists. Thanks--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 15:25, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Turns out I didn't read the format properly :) I typed in a level 3 heading instead of a level 2 heading. Thanks for noting it. Will change. Lynch7 17:28, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

First ban and the acquital

Please see the above sub-section on[1]

I had removed the quotation of Sardar Patel because it was not visible on the google e-book cited therein. Kindly recheck it and if you feel it is genuine please remove it from the above sub-section of the title. Please click this site for veification:[2] Thanks.Krantmlverma (talk) 12:29, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I think now my reason of removing the cited quotion is clear to you. RegardsDr.'Krant'M.L.Verma (talkEmail)
Fair enough, I haven't read the source in question; you may reinstate it if you feel proper. A note though, please give proper edit summaries so that everyone understands what you are doing, and it will avoid confusion. Lynch7 12:49, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello!!!

Hi, this is Jobin, a new wikipedia user. I came to understand that you have an interest in Computer and related topics. I am working on a few articles related to Programming in C. Therefore, I kindly request you to help me on these topics

You may also drop your valuable suggestions on other related articles on my talk page.   Jobin RV (talkcontribs) 11:47, 4 September 2011 (UTC)Jobin RV 13:47, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

A phrase was given in the lead of above article along with its refence. A book titled Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna was published and released on 19-12-1996 by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose forward was written by the then RSS Sarsanghchalak Prof. Rajendra Singh. In this book a chapter was given in which it was proved with the verifiable contents that RSS is a Banyan tree of Bismil's thought" by the writter of the book. I had quoted the same phrase as an adjective to the subject article. Since you are well conversant in Hindi and Sanskrit you may see his Autobiography on wikisource. Whatever guidelines Ram Prasad Bismil had suggested in it the RSS has expanded its organisation on the same foot-prints. Kindly suggest me if this fact can be given in any of the Section or Sub-section. It will be so kind of you.Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma (talkEmail)Krantmlverma (talk) 04:59, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

A phrase was given in the lead of above article along with its refence. A book titled Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna was published and released on 19-12-1996 by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose forward was written by the then RSS Sarsanghchalak Prof. Rajendra Singh. In this book a chapter was given in which it was proved with the verifiable contents that RSS is a Banyan tree of Bismil's thought by the writter of the book. I had quoted the same phrase as an adjective to the subject article. Since you are well conversant in Hindi and Sanskrit you may see his Autobiography on wikisource. Whatever guidelines Ram Prasad Bismil had suggested in it the RSS has expanded its organisation on the same foot-prints. Kindly suggest me if this fact can be given in any of the Section or Sub-section. It will be so kind of you.Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma (talkEmail)Krantmlverma (talk) 05:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Look, such miscellany should be avoided in the lead sentence, especially when it is not a familiar term, and is not explained there. Please include it in any subsection if you wish. I don't deny whatever you say, but in the lead, such unexplained jargon is not recommended. Lynch7 11:42, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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Reassessment

Hi can you reassess this article, which has been expanded a lot. --Commander (Ping Me) 15:55, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

  Done 'Tis a no brainer ;) already a GAN I see. Lynch7 16:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot :) --Commander (Ping Me) 16:45, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Bethesda Hospital Ambur

Hi Mike, I've seen you editing the 'Ambur' page once. Can you watch out a page created by me recently and edit for corrections in it..?? Bethesda Hospital, Ambur is the one which is 86 year old hospital, started in my region by the american christian missionaries. --BabuOnWiki (talk) 10:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Student in Politics of Developing Nations

Just wanted to test this and see if it worked. Thanks for your time :) Meighon (talk) 00:03, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Viscosity

See here. Count Iblis (talk) 17:46, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Bangalore

Came across this file in the talk page of Hyderabad. I got many clues about the areas of Indian metropolitan cities. The population data and the city area seems to be authentic but still not sure about the metropolitan area. But one thing is for sure, the person has made a lot of research on this. --Commander (Ping Me) 15:18, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

I think the guy has put in a lot of research for this, and I personally think that it is good. I especially like the way that NCR is included in Delhi (most other sources have a lot of confusion on this). But are Chennai's figures accurate? It probably doesn't include some outlying areas. Lynch7 04:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Ya it says the metropolitan area of Chennai to be 1189 sq.km, while some sources mention it as 1172 sq.km. However, the population figures seems to be accurate. --Commander (Ping Me) 08:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, but in comparison to other cities, Chennai's area seems to be quite small. So I asked whether it was accurate. It probably doesn't include nearby industrial areas like Sriperumbudur. Lynch7 08:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Yeah Chennai's area seems to be quite smaller than other metros. See the official website of CMDA. --Commander (Ping Me) 15:09, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
This map would probably give you some idea. To my knowledge, Sriperumpudur is a part of Chennai metropolitan area. The map also confirms the same. --Commander (Ping Me) 15:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Ah, guess its accurate then. So I think we can go ahead and regularize all 6 articles. Lynch7 15:56, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

It says the area of Bangalore and Hyderabad Metropolitan areas to be some 7000-8000 sq.kms Is that really true? --Commander (Ping Me) 16:07, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

That did strike me as odd. I seriously don't believe that Bangalore's area is so large. I'd believe something close to 5000. Perhaps the author offers an explanation somewhere? Lynch7 16:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

 

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no image dispute in Hyderabad article

Hii, the image dispute is not the issue, the issue is about what type of images and how many number of images to be included, in Hyderabad article. and I think the issue is resolved almost, as I have replaced one of the suggested image by the other user omer. even though I am into dispute resolution, the other user is insisting otherwise.

But, I am clearly not going to accept user Omer's personal take saying not to include this below image -

 
Raj Bhavan Road - a commerical street in somajiguda


Raj Bhavan Road - a commerical street in somajiguda I prefer include this image, because, (it is not advertising that Hyderabad has roads and vehicles) but it is indicating one of the commercially prominent streets of Hyderabad, you check other metropolitan cities on this. further, I have changed the description of raj bhavan road image, which shows why the image is important I am not interested in any queries on this from anyone, anymore, I did my best

(Eeenadu (talk) 13:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)).
Replied here.Lynch7 13:05, 13 September 2011 (UTC)