Talk:M. Visvesvaraya/Archive 1

Opening heading
Does somebody knows from when we started celebrating this day(15th Sept) as Engineers Day?

is there some day as World's Engineering Day? Which is that?

A shocking error
It is shocking to see that Sir M.V.'s birthday is mentioned as 28th August. This error symbolises all that is wrong with Wikipedia and with us, unthinking persons, who accept the written word without query. Someone has even posted a query above asking when we started celebrating 15th Sept. as "Engineer's Day"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder who the Admin of this article is. He should hang his head in shame.

The date of birth is actually 15th September Prksh1 09:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Addition of birth place details needed
Visvesvarayya's parents had hailed from Mokshagundam, a village in Bestavaripeta Mandal (of Prakasam district) in Andhra Pradesh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by భూపతిరాజు రమేష్ రాజు (talk • contribs) 12:11, 17 August 2020 (UTC)


 * What is shocking is to see comments like these. If something is in error, just go and correct it and cite reliable sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.113.47.66 (talk) 06:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Removed 26 commandments
I have removed the 26 commandments: Tommy Stardust 18:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * There are only 11 of them not 26.
 * They are unreferenced.
 * They are not encyclopedic - individual's mantras of success needn't be collected on wikipedia.

DVG ?
You have not mentioned the name of DVG who was a long time friend of Sir M.V. He also assisted Sir M.V on many administrative matters.

The source of this is Jnapaka Chitra Shaale written by DVG. 59.96.192.206 (talk) 16:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no "You" here. Anyone can edit Wikipedia, yes, even you can add the information to this article. If you have a reliable source which talks about major interactions between Sir M.V and DVG, please go ahead and add that information yourself. If you are not comfortable, please provide more information to this talk page, on what is present in the source you are referring to. - KNM Talk 20:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

nagendra prasad Are books considered as reliable sources ?Chandra.mouli.n (talk) 11:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes. If you are referring to a book, along with the author name, please provide the publication as well as ISBN. - KNM Talk 14:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Birthday?
He was born on the 15th of September 1860 not 1861. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.216.129 (talk) 16:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 05:25, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya → Visvesvaraya – Visvesvaraya is the common name, as can be seen from the sources used in the article, as well as a google books search ( and ). I ask for a discussion regarding this move, per WP:UCN.  Lynch 7  07:43, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support the requested move per WP:COMMONNAME. Zuggernaut (talk) 02:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2018
Viswesvaraya belong to Telugu speaking family — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venkat.addepalli7483 (talk • contribs)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: It was already mentioned in the section "Early years". regards,  DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  09:03, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2018
Please remove this personal opinion based phrase "though his contribution was very minimal". This phrase hurts the feelings of some of the readers as it is in the first paragraph. 61.3.71.202 (talk) 05:31, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done undid special:diff/859610984 — Andy W. ( talk ) 01:12, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Spelling
The spelling in the article title is "Visvesvaraya". I think that this spelling should remain consistent throughout the article. "Visvesvarayya" and "Visvesvaraiah" should be replaced with the spelling in the title. Caleb KG (talk) 16:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Grammar
Hello all, I did some minor grammar/spelling edits on the page, and didn't change anything else. Please review my edits here :)

--Alfenus (talk) 15:35, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Him being a telugu brahmin
Why are Kannadigas so hesitant to accept he was of Telugu origin? Is this the mutual respect we share? Ravishankar1827 (talk) 09:48, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

I want an answer asap Ravishankar1827 (talk) 09:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Reliable sources are required per WP:RS. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 15:53, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Naming
Referring to articles like Churchill's or Sir David Attenborough's, it is sufficient to prefix a person's name with "Sir" and the post-nominals can go in the individual's infobox. Wikipedia's naming guidelines and conventions specifically for Indian names may help. Rustyshackelford (talk) 12:03, 17 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Rustyshackelford, thanks for that. I've not reverted that part of your edit again. However, I've un-bolded "Sir" as it is not a part of his name, and will do the same at Attenborough's page. Also, almost all references on this article refer to him as "Visvesvaraya", so please do not change that. If you seek a name change, you'd have to prove that the other one is the WP:COMMONNAME and follow the requested moves process. Thanks! &#8212;CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 13:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for catching that, @CX Zoom! Rustyshackelford (talk) 16:45, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Rustyshackelford: Indeed, you're correct, I've read at some MOS page just recently that "Sir" should be bolded. I saw you make this change today and wanted to say thank you, and also apologise, for editing against guideline. &#8212;CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 15:16, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for constantly reviewing Wikipedia pages, @CX Zoom! I myself learnt about it from Churchill's page. Rustyshackelford (talk) 19:38, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * FWIW, the relevant guideline would be MOS:SIR. &#8212;CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 19:43, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Rustyshackelford: I saw your edit on C. V. Raman. The edit rationale is not correct. Post-nominals can be included in the lead per guidelines, see MOS:POSTNOM. FRS is a pretty significant honour. Also, I don't understand why WP:RfD is relevant with that edit. &#8212;CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 21:42, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Will undo. Rustyshackelford (talk) 23:20, 27 October 2022 (UTC)