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Update from JSR

• I will be expanding the Cartography of India article since I have an article by Joseph E. Schwartzberg (published by Springer Science+Business Media). Please make sure to take a look whenever you find time.
• Rewritten the Indian Antarctic Program article and plan to further expand it. Please make sure to take a look whenever you find time.

With Best Wishes, JSR 0562 13:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Message from JSR

Most recently I have rewritten ISRO, Vainu Bappu, and History of measurement systems in India articles. You are invited to take take a look!

JSR 0562 19:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

GREETINGS

Wish you a happy New Year. Congratulations for the honour.--BobClive (talk) 07:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

How to use this top Indian Wikipedian list for effective collaboration

Hi, I have added a section 'How to use this list for effective collaboration' on User:Tinucherian/Indians WP page to see if we can put this list to really good use, pl give your thoughts on the same and we can take it further from there. Thanks. Vjdchauhan (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC).

Welcome back!

Nice to see you editing! --—KnowledgeHegemony ^talk 05:26, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Message from JSR

The education in India article, a top importance article under WP: India, has recently been rewritten by me. Though the rewrite is is no way complete I invite you to take a look and see, and if possible contribute. Sincerely, JSR 0562 18:26, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Indian National Army

Hello, I understand your concern.

Refer to the book The war of the springing tigers by Gerard H. Corr

Also, my mother tells me how Shah Nawaz Khan, Netaji and others would visit their home. She still remembers how they all looked and we have photgraphs.

Col. Nagar was also tried in the Red Fort and was held in Delhi for the trials.

Also you can see here on page 146: The Indian National Army and Japan by Joyce C Lebra

Reference: Col. GR Nagar

http://books.google.com/books?id=BhgRuCapxGEC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=nagar+colonel+bose+indian+national+army&source=bl&ots=UYbHUP5v69&sig=3_mG75-UH5wXbhhdPKJgOaQgTyU&hl=en&ei=mUefSbC4LoHWM5v2qOYN&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

Also here on Page 6: http://www.netaji.org/oracle_2007.pdf

Cheers

Gorkhali (talk) 00:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Hello, I'd like to request an IP block exemption, since I do not usually edit from this IP but will have to for the next few weeks. I believe my account is in excellent standing, which should be evident from my contribution history and user page. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 12:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

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What's up ?

Have a nice day.--BobClive (talk) 07:37, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

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Indian National Army

A quick look through the literature suggests 'some Indian' rather than 'many' historians see the 'INA and the mutinies it inspired were the true driving force behind India's final independence', thus I've edited the Indian independence movement article accordingly.

I look forward to being corrected.

Rsloch (talk) 10:31, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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Requested semi-protection for the Subhas Chandra Bose article

See talk page: Talk:Subhas_Chandra_Bose#Haphazard editing and Protection —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.203.17 (talk) 07:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Tenth Anniversary of Wikipedia Meetup announced

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List of Indian inventions and discoveries

Greetings,

You might remember me as user:JSR from two years ago. I am posting as an IP because I forgot my password. It has been too long since I voluntarily retired due to work pressure.

Recently there has been an endless title debate on this article. A "South Asia" title was proposed and even though consensus was not reached a List of South Asian inventions and discoveries article was forcibly bought into existence, drawing universal condemnation from all quarters of Wikipedia, and attracting the attention of this retired Wikipedian.

I have since then intervened to conclusively discredit the flawed "South Asia" hypothesis. The arguments have been well received. But I am not sure on how to act on the excellent advice given here on how to rid Wikipedia of this copy/paste article. Things are harder for me in the capacity of an IP who does not wish to open a new account all over again. If someone else could follow it up then it would be of timely help.

My other request to you is to participate in the move process on the page. Choose what you will but do participate, for your participation will help bring the title dispute to an end.

Good wishes, regards, thanks in advance, and apologies for burdening you with new and uninvited exertions,

115.242.18.111 (talk) 23:30, 6 April 2011 (UTC) (formerly user:JSR)

Post Script

To be up to speed on the developments of the page:

• The last portion of Talk: List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries#Commentary
• Talk: List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries#Concluding_the_Title_Debate
• Talk: List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries#Why_are_we_bothering.3F).

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Wikimedia Stories Project

Hello,

My name is Victor Grigas, and I'm a storyteller at the Wikimedia foundation. We're telling stories of Wikipedia users, editors, donors, programmers and staff to paint a picture of who uses Wikipedia - for the 2011 fundraiser.

I am in the process of planning a trip to India to gather stories from Indian Wikipedians in face-to-face interviews (possibly on video).

My primary goal is to conduct 15-20 interviews, and hopefully enough of my interviews will make compelling stories that will effectively solicit donations from the public. These stories may also be used for other communication purposes by the foundation.

I found your userpage on a list of prolific Wikipedians and thought I’d reach out to you. Prolific editing is always a good story to tell!

If you are interested in participating, please contact me via my email:

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Thank you for your time!

Victor

About me: I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2005, and have a background in film, video and audio. My userpage can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

DIR?

Hi. I posted a question at talk:Defence of India Act 1915. --Soman (talk) 10:54, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hikari Kikan

Rueben lys,

Article: Hikari Kikan.

I would like to encourage you to expand the above article to save it from being deleted and repeatedly tagged for not being good enough. An Infobox would be great, more information with sources, references and citations for the article. Would like to see it become a "C class" for the WikiProject Military History section. Adamdaley (talk) 17:08, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

today, dec 28 2011, greatly enjoyed many of your texts, etc., even tho slogging thru wiki is daunting for me. chanced to learn that one Victor Grigas <vgrigas@wikimedia.org> sent you a (public) message about plans for interviews during his visit to india and as concerned about wiki 2011 fundraising, etc.

frankly, i've little time for daunting searches using wiki. (mostly i can only enjoy "wandering" instead, etc.)

indeed, certainly so far i haven't reason to create a personal wiki account, etc.

yet if you were or plan to be interviewed for wiki...and then are so disposed, notice to me about what happened, if suitable for such disclosure, might be some kind of...mutual success.

again, thanks for your contributions for wiki, etc.

Dave McLallen <cdmcl3@yahoo.com>

({ps--"&&&&IRL" for me is difficult--not exactly quaint, etc., nor worth much elaboration--and demands (not only "IRL") sometimes preclude preferred interests, such as attending to emails; maybe this is also in keeping with...why i don't really expect a reply from you (routine triage ofen truly matters, doesn't it?), nor might i promise any consequent exchanges (nor imagine anything different on your part, etc.), yet i wouldn't say, if able, that i'd likely want completely to overlook or ignore any such, etc., etc., and yada yada yada})

69.100.121.25 (talk) 09:56, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Active?

Just curious to learn are you active in Wikipedia these days? --Tito Dutta ^Message 02:30, 23 April 2012 (UTC)