Template talk:WikiProject India/Archive 1

Portal parameter
According to the project banner, the portal parameter should refer to some sub-page entry of the queue. Why are we to write just "portal=yes" to it? Shouldn't we mention the relevant subpage as well? &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I was not sure how the portal pages were organized. So just linked it to general pages. Please provide an example and I can update the template accordingly. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 17:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Have a look at Selected content summary page that I created for the Selected articles on Portal:India. It links to the summary of all the articles under WP:PINSA. A convenient way to find when an article was last featured/will be featured is to see the last parameter in the bracket, which is the last date of featuring. In fact, this also provides a convenient way to find out all the days in which the given article came on the portal page: just click "what links here" from the summary page of any article. The trouble is almost all articles have been once featured, the exception being for those selected very recently or those for whom a working summary is absent. &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Removing redundant templates
I have identified the following templates that have become redundant after the addition of WP India:
 * WikiProject Indian cities
 * WikiProject Indian states
 * WikiProject Indian districts
 * WikiProject Politics of India
 * Wikiproject History of India
 * Old India COTW

We can also deprecate the Indian portal related templates if we are able to integrate the infomation present in it with this template.

Is it okay to remove the above mentioned templates while adding the WP India template? &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 07:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I had done it here. I feel the same. Too many templates make the talk page cluttered. The new template mentions them anyway. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 16:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * There might be a problem. For example, WikiProject Indian cities prescribes guidelines (MoS, etc.) for the article. Replacing the template would make the guidelines virtually inaccessible to new users. &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Addition of other Wikiprojects in the templates
I have added a couple of other Wikiprojects in the template. They are "Wikiproject Indian cinema" and "Wikiproject History of India". I wanted to know whether we should add all India related Wikiprojects to the template. What about those that are closely related but not completely related (like Wikiproject Hinduism)? &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Usage of portal parameter
Why does the portal paramater has to be used in conjuction with "class=FA" only. &mdash; Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It does not have to to be used only with FA. It can be used by itself. Most FAs do get posted on the portal. So you see them all tagged. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 23:31, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I fixed the code so that it does not look for FA. Thanks for pointing that out. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:51, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Reg: Assessment
(copied from User_talk:Ganeshk) Hi Ganesh,

Even as I was assessing the articles, I got into a dilemma. I thought it would be great to categorise the assessed articles by month (say, Categories: India Articles Quality Assessed in Oct 2006), so that we can go back to that category sometime later (may be three months) and reassess the article again.

I wanted to include a date stamp as well in the assessment section of the WP India Template, saying This article was rated -Class according to assessment criteria on so-and-so date.

I tinkered around with the WP India template to do both these tasks, i.e., categorising, and time-stamping. It should be small add-on only, yet, I wasn't sure about the naming conventions for the parameters expected in the Template, as well as how a change in the template will affect the current usage.

Could you help me fix them into the WP India template?? It would help very much in systematic assessment and re-assessment. Cheers -- Ch e  z  ( Discuss  /  Email  ) • 22:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * That's a nice idea. I have not seen any other projects do that. Let me work on it and come up with a prototype. I will post here. -- Ganeshk  ( talk ) 23:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Chez, I am ready with a prototype. Let me know if it's good. The template adds articles to the category,.

Usage:

Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:35, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It is really good. Please implement it yourself. Cheers -- Ch e  z  ( Discuss  /  Email  ) &bull; 05:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I will implement it now. -- Ganeshk  ( talk ) 05:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Peer review
There is a slight error in the template. When the parameter "peer-review=yes" is added to the template the red link that it generates is of the form request has been made. The colon shouldn't be there. I think this line - A request has been made - in the template coding is to blame. Can someone fix it? - Aksi_great (talk) 20:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Blank lines at top
This template produces blank lines above it. You can see this at the top of this page (removing the blank line between templates does not remove the space), and it is somewhat unappealing. Another editor referred to the "unsightly space" in Talk:History of saffron. This space can be removed by combining some lines early in the template. If the beginning of the template, currently

is replaced with

it seems to fix it at least for the four possible combinations of  and. Gimmetrow 18:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. Gimmetrow 20:15, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Typos
It says in the explanation that you use tamilnadu to say an article has something to do with WikiProject Punjab.  — N o b l e e a g l e  [TALK]  [C] 06:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed it. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 10:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Someone add importance scale for WP:WINDPA
Someone pls. add importance scale for WP:WINDPA. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  05:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Replacing an image
Image:Crystal 128 kdmconfig.png is gonna be deleted soon from the Wikimedia Commons as a duplicate of Image:Crystal 128 kuser.png. I'd appreciate it if someone could replace the former with the latter in the template. Yonatan talk 13:28, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. Thank you for the notification.--thunderboltz(TALK) 14:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that was much quicker than I thought it'd be. :P Yonatan talk 14:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Nesting fix
Replace the contents of this template with the sandboxed version at User:Disavian/Sandbox/WP India. The change is that most nested templates tell you the article class while they are nested; currently, this template does not. For a demonstration of the change, see User talk:Disavian/Sandbox/WP India. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I have implemented this change. Thanks for the suggestion. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 05:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Tricolor.png
editprotected I've created Image:Tricolor.svg to replace Image:Tricolor.png. And seriously? a WikiProject Template totally disabled from editing by established users? Regardless, I notice that you folks seem to know how to fix the nesting problem that arises with the show/hide things. I'd like to do that with WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth if anyone who knows how to do it has time... -- drumguy8800   C   T  17:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I changed the images. The protection is more or less standard for templates that are included in a lot of pages, but you could make an argument at WP:RFPP if you would like it to be unprotected.  You should ask at Requested templates about fixing the nesting issue. CMummert · talk 18:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Image replacement request
editprotected Please replace the image Image:Nuvola apps kcontrol.png with Image:Icon tools.png as it was marked as a duplicate on Wikimedia Commons. The image is protected there. Thanks. Siebrand 19:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 20:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

we need a "television" notice
Since WikiProject Indian television is the newest workgroup, we need a notice template like WikiProject Indian cinema has. - Bhavesh.Chauhan 19:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Portal link
Please add to the template, directly before the text "This article is within the scope..." Thanks, Cirt (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC).
 * It's in the template code but commented out. Was it removed for a reason? Gimmetrow 15:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know, but many other WikiProject templates give a link to the relevant associated portal in the WikiProject template. It helps to organize coordination between both the WikiProject and the Portal of the exact same topic.
 * Here are some good examples of how this is used in conjunction with WikiProjects, and Portals, (both of which happen to be Featured portals.) -- WikiProject Religion, and WikiProject Psychology. Cirt (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Please place editprotected with your request rather than the top of the page. Since there seems to be a question of whether this should be included, I have ❌ this for now. I have directed people at Portal talk:India and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject India to this section. —Random832 17:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I was going to add it (and in the right spot...), but then I saw it was already there, commented out. I just wanted to know why it was commented out, but I guess I'll have to dig through archives and diffs and figure that out myself. Gimmetrow 19:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Portal was originally added 28 September 2006 and then removed 13 October 2006. I can't find a clear indication why. Gimmetrow 19:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * After all the subproject texts, there is
 * This should be replaced with:
 * The portal link would otherwise clutter the small form. Gimmetrow 19:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The portal link would otherwise clutter the small form. Gimmetrow 19:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The portal link would otherwise clutter the small form. Gimmetrow 19:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There are several India related portals apart from Portal:India (such as Portal:Kerala, Portal:West Bengal, Portal:Government of India, etc). As such, most of the India-related pages come under more than one portal. Hence we use certain portal specific tags (see Template:WP India) to link to these portals. See Talk:Kerala (click the [show] button) for an example of how this is implemented. This is probably the reason why a link to Portal:India is not given in the main body of the template.--thunderboltz(TALK) 14:57, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I had removed the portal link to save space on the box, was trying to hide as much as I can to make the box smaller. As Thunderboltz points out above, many portals (within India project scope) may apply for a particular topic. Displaying the root one alone is not helpful IMO. Other projects don't display them too. Would like to know your thoughts. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 04:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I figured it probably had to do with the multiple subportals. OK with me. Gimmetrow 04:44, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Update the Vote.png image
Could the Vote.png image in the template be changed to the updated version: Vote.svg? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by It Is Me Here (talk • contribs) 20:34, March 13, 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ Done - Nihiltres { t .l } 03:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Assessments by date
Hi, this looks like the only project going around keep tracks of assessments by date. I really don't think that's particularly helpful as Category:India articles assessed by month is obviously missing a number of years. I would really suggest changing the template so that all the assessed article are in place, keeping the parameter and letting someone get a bot to figure it out fairly. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 04:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's purpose was to allow for revisiting the articles at a later time to revise the assessment. It is done manually by adding the "assess-date" parameter. Not sure why you want the template to be changed, since a bot could be written to fill the gaps. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 22:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Newer workgroups
I think some of the newer workgroups paramaters are missing like WikiProject Orissa ,WikiProject Punjab (India) etc. Can someone fix this up ?? --  TinuCherian  (Wanna Talk?) - 04:10, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I am working on creating workgroups for each of the Indian states. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 05:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * assam=yes also does not get mapped to WikiProject Assam. --GDibyendu (talk) 15:44, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Assam, Orissa, Haryana and the rest of the states have been added to the template. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 20:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Indian cinema
Would it be possible to also transclude the Indian cinema workgroup into a displayed line within the main India project template, instead of having the parameter generate two separate blocks? Thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 05:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * literature also gets displayed like that. So, if possible, change this too. Thanks. --GDibyendu (talk) 06:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * television too. --GDibyendu (talk) 07:48, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ganesh? Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 07:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Giro, I have added this request to my to-do list. Will get to it when I find time. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 14:31, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * :) Frankly yes, his efforts and contributions for WP:INDIA is really appreciable --  TinuCherian  (Wanna Talk?) - 07:13, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

✅ I have changed the template to display cinema, literature and television banners inside the banner. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 04:18, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Remove C-Class
Per request of the assessment department; please remove the ability to assess an article as C-Class. The team has decided not to make any changes at all until next year; and even then may decide to not use C-Class. The following needs to be removed: to FA|Fa|fa||FL|Fl|fl|A|a|GA|Ga|ga|B|b|Start|start|Stub|stub=
 * FA|Fa|fa||FL|Fl|fl|A|a|GA|Ga|ga|B|b|C|c|Start|start|Stub|stub=

and }} {{#switch:{{{importance}}} Needs to be removed.
 * C|c=
 * Top|top=
 * High|high=
 * Mid|mid=
 * Low|low=
 * default=

Thanks! §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  00:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * {{done}} Cheers, PeterSymonds (talk)  07:15, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Category (Start Class, Unknown importance)
edit protected

Could someone please change the Category Start-Class Indian politics with Unknown importance are added to from Category: Start-Class Indian politics articles of unknown-importance to Category: Start-Class Indian politics articles of Unknown-importance? See Category: Indian politics articles by quality and importance. Thank you --Joshua Issac (talk) 22:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅. Per your request, I changed the "unknown" to an "Unknown". It looks like there are a few other instances of "unknown" in the categories, should those also be amended? UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 12:39, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Adding C Class - mistake made
Change ANY page with this template (usually talk pages of articles that are related to India) - and a preview will show something is wrong! Please fix it ASAP. I think an extra }} has been introduced in this latest change. Fix ASAP. VasuVR ( talk,  contribs ) 08:39, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Minor change
Could the noinclude section at the bottom be changed from:

Usage
to

{{documentation|1=Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Project banner|content=

Usage
}}

Thanks, -- 86.159.43.237 (talk) 19:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ I created doc subpage. Ruslik (talk) 09:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Why did you remove the last part? The categories should have been there. Probably, this is the reason why Article Alerts page did not get populated today!--GDibyendu (talk) 05:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Categories are on the doc subpage, and the template is properly categorized. Ruslik (talk) 06:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. I guess it is the problem of usual delay in category updates (ref: "This list may sometimes be slightly out of date"). Right now the two categories are not listing this template, hopefully it will come up soon. But, if you had not moved the categories to doc page, there would not have been any issue (the big issue is Article Alerts page could not show today's data).--GDibyendu (talk) 07:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It is now in Category:WikiProject_banners. Alerts should work next time. Ruslik (talk) 07:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

old article name
The peer-review flag causes a link to the pr page probably using PAGENAME info. But, if the article name has changed since then, the link does not work. The template oldpeerreview provides a parameter for mentioning old article name. If something similar can be done, then that would be good. Example. Talk:Shripat Amrit Dange.--GDibyendu (talk) 10:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

A.R.Rajaraja Varma
KeralaPanini A.R. Rajaraja Varma was not born at Vallikkunnu.He is a descendant of the Parappanad family which fled their abode and took asylum at Changanassery in Travancore during the invasion of Tipu.Members of the family also stay at Haripad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.88.229.106 (talk) 12:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

And what exctly does this have to do with this template? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:20, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

image-needed
Would it be possible to change the location of where articles are placed from Category:India articles needing images to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in India which is a syntax more in common with most photo requests?


 * I'll leave it a couple of days in case members of the WikiProject have any concerns about this. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:33, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:44, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Template
Need template for the WikiProject Indian roads working group like this ?


 * I have uploaded the needed image File:India-roads.svg and also experimented successfully in my User:GDibyendu/sandbox3 and tested in User_talk:GDibyendu/sandbox4. Someone with admin privileges please update. --GDibyendu (talk) 14:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

We need for the WikiProject Indian roads. Ganesh?? --  Tinu  Cherian  - 07:05, 27
 * It is done. I have added Dibyendu's code to the template. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 07:11, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ganesh. I will now create the WP1.0 assessment categories for the projects. --  Tinu  Cherian  - 07:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ : See project talk page for details --  Tinu  Cherian  - 03:16, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking of a transport workgroup instead. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thats is a nice idea road,railway,airway,ports and inland waterways. Is it big WP ? --Naveenpf (talk) 11:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Practically eerything that GDibyendu, SBC-YPR, and I have added to Transport in India. There is a template at the end of the page, which SBC_YPR, recently added, more or less the same as that. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:20, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

WP:INCOTM
I have made some changes related to this in User:GDibyendu/sandbox3 and tested in User talk:GDibyendu/sandbox4. If this looks fine, please update.--GDibyendu (talk) 19:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Updated considering backward compatibility issues: old 'collaboration of the weeek' and failed collaborations will still use old parameters; similar parameters for the month are now added (and not replaced).--GDibyendu (talk) 12:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Geography redirect
Could you please change:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian geography

to

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of India

as the former redirects to the latter. --Siddhant (talk) 05:28, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:21, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Update
On the sandbox there is an updated version of this template using WPBannerMeta. I have carefully checked that it replicates all the current functionality. Would there be any concerns about using it? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:51, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I will give it a check to make sure all the functionality is available in the new template. Please give me some time. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:58, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Certainly, let me know if you have any questions. The class mask for the template is held at Template:WP India/class; should be self-explanatory. The only minor difference is the move from Unassessed-Class to Unassessed. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I got a chance to test it. The new template does not seem to replicate all the functionality. Please check the categories on the following pages:
 * Template:WP India/sandbox/testcases - Uses orginal template
 * Template_talk:WP India/sandbox/testcases - Uses new template
 * We do category intersection on the template that helps us build tables like this, WikiProject_India/Assessment/Statistics. The new template is also not creating the main project's category and workgroup's main category (Example: Category:WikiProject Chennai articles). Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:58, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, wow, you like your categories! I've added the required functionality for India and Chennai. Before I do all the others can I just check some things:
 * Do all the subprojects use the quality/importance intersection categories?
 * I assume that you are not interested in the extra classes (e.g. Category-class) for this purpose? Just the standard FA-A-GA-B-C-Start-Stub-FL-List classes?
 * &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I like our categories...I think these project templates put too much emphasis on interface. :) If there is a way to hide the categories from the bottom of the talk page, that would be great.
 * Back to the testing: 1) yes, all sub-projects use quality/importance intersection categories. 2) category, template and extra classes do not use intersection...just the standard quality classes (FL, GA etc.).
 * I tested the category class, the new template is not ignoring the importance value. Please check the Template:WP India/sandbox/testcases again. Thanks, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 12:03, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, so the way importance is treated on these non-articles is as follows:
 * If no importance is specified, then NA-importance will automatically be used. (Therefore every article gets an importance and the following table will add up to the correct total.)


 * If an importance is specified then this will be used. Therefore it is possible to have a High-importance category in case that is wanted.
 * Yes, categories could be hidden if desired by adding hidden cat to all of them. But usually there are not hidden. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:17, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay that works for me. Please proceed with your changes. Thanks, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 21:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * has kindly added all these categories now. Please can you check again? Also, is it desirable for taskforces to appear in the nested display, such as the maps project as shown below? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The taskforce display when nested will be good. I would like to report a few things:


 * I was surpised pre=yes worked in the new template. We had a big discussion with some Pakistani editors about the banner posting Indian flag to pre-Indepedence articles. The pre=yes was the neutral outcome of the discussion.
 * If no class value is added, the new banner is automatically adding Template class. Is that a normal thing?
 * We had customized the Indian banner a bit with the field parameter. This can used when you are not really starting a project, but would like to check the feasibility for one. Category:India articles using field parameter are the articles that are marked with this parameter. We got to decide what to with these.
 * There are still some missing intersection categories that apply to NA importance.


 * Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:27, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

(outdenting) &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:38, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) That's called attention to detail ;)
 * 2) On a template talk page, yes the banner will automatically deduce class=Template. Similarly with categories, portals and images.
 * Hmm, I have added some support for in the sandbox now. Do you really want the quality and importance assessment as well? Because it seems that most of the necessary categories don't exist. So I've disabled them for now. Do you also need field1, field2 and field3?
 * 1) I thought the NA categories were being supressed so I don't quite understand that. Maybe WOSlinker will be able to fix that.
 * I added the remaining nested text for the taskforces.
 * The NA-importance categories are now being suppressed. This can be re-enabled in future if required.
 * ✅. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Categories awry
I happened to notice that the categories associated by adding this template seem to have gone awry. Please look into WP:IN1S and you will find all the totals columns have very low counts. These seem to come from the 'project level' categories, like Category:WikiProject Indian cities articles. I also noticed that the project level category is not found in the talk pages either even for the handful that are shown in the category.

Is this the new intended behaviour of this template? Should the statistics processing be changed to pick the totals by adding up individual counts? For example see the first one Category:WikiProject Indian geography articles - the content from this category shows a total of 27 on the statistics page. Moreover the talk pages do not show this category.

Hope the last two editors (admin) can look into this aspect. VasuVR ( talk,  contribs ) 12:25, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I see what you mean. It seems to have been forgotten. I can certainly fix it, just give me a couple of days. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:07, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've made the changes in the sandbox. Just needs checking & copying over. -- WOSlinker (talk) 22:09, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks WOS. ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:20, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:IN1S looks good now. Thanks. VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 15:32, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Is Category:WikiProject India (media) articles supposed to be used somehow? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That was created for "field=media" parameter. WP:IN1S is still not good. The sub-projects do not have a listing of categories, templates etc. They are all showing zeroes. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:11, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I do not remember that working in the past either (last year and half). FYI and if that can help in figuring out the problem... VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 02:59, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think there are some errors on that page. Certainly, the problem is not with the template. You know you can use parser functions instead of a bot to calculate these numbers? That means they are always up to date. For example, produces:


 * There is also a template which can handle category intersections, e.g. produces:


 * Have a look at WikiProject India/Assessment/Statistics/new and see what you think. Unfortunately, there is a limit of 500 of these functions on one page, so the ones at the bottom are not working. It would be necessary to split this page. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:42, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Looks good... I have a suggestion then. Split it in such a way that all the state task forces are moved to a separate page and the non-states items are in the main statistics page (and link from each page to the other). VasuVR ( talk,  contribs ) 16:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Indian cinema icon
Can the icon for the Indian cinema taskforce be changed to File:Indiafilm.svg instead of File:Tricolor.svg. It is the standard logo for the taskforce. - Kollision (talk) 10:48, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:12, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Move?
I'm proposing to move this template to Template:WikiProject India. This is the standard naming conventions for WikiProject banners. Some advantages of this convention are described at Banner standardisation. The current name WP India would remain as a redirect and no articles would need to be updated. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:31, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:08, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Portal Image
Can the portal image be updated from to to match that used by the portal template. Thanks -- WOSlinker (talk) 12:03, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done.  — fetch ·  comms   20:17, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

/Categories
I notice the /categories page has been deleted: doubtless due to upgrades to the way the template works. I have removed refernces to the subpage form the docs. Let me know if the page shouldn't have been deleted and I'll investigate further. Rich Farmbrough, 19:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC).

Jammu and Kashmir flag
For the WikiProject Jammu and Kashmir parameter in this template, could you replace the Flag of India image icon with File:Jammu-Kashmir-flag.svg, the official flag of the state? Mar4d (talk) 02:48, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:16, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

railways-importance and education-importance is not working
Hi, need help of administrator.railways-importance and education-importance is not working --naveenpf (talk) 03:29, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not so much that they are not working, but they have never been implemented. If needed I could easily add importance ratings for these projects. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:57, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * if you can, it will be great --naveenpf (talk) 11:40, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Railways and education do not even have quality assessment and never have done as far as I remember. Perhaps you should discuss this with the wikiproject before we change it. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:42, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I've resolved the helpme request--it semms like Martin has it taken care of. Robert Skyhawk (T C) 20:10, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Martin I think by mistake we missed out that can please include that -- naveenpf (talk) 01:39, 30 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Martin, I have created the assessment categories for the two projects, Indian railways and Education in India. Please update the template to allow importance assessment for these two projects. I had moved Railways in India to Indian railways to be consistent with the Indian roads project. Thanks, — Ganeshk (talk) 03:51, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You don't seem to have created Category:Indian railways articles by importance and subcats, which is what was initially requested? Do you want quality or importance or both? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:11, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

When you have worked out what you want, perhaps you could update Template:WikiProject India/sandbox with the new code and then add editprotected and I'll deploy. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Sarvagyana guru, 10 July 2011
Hi, In Wikipedia:WikiProject Hyderabad, the image is to be replaced. The existing image has been deleted for copyright violations. It is proposed to replace the previous image with new image "Charminar Hyderabad 1.jpg"

Sarvagyana guru (talk) 18:14, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ JamesBWatson (talk) 13:02, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Education and railways parameters
This template currently does not populate assessment categories for WikiProjects Education in India and Indian railways even if "education=yes" or "railyways=yes" are specified. Is this an accidental oversight or an intentional omission? I was prepared to edit the template but want to make sure that I would not be going against a project-level decision or consensus. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Please see discussion in July above. It looks like the necessary categories have not been created, after which the template could be changed. VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 06:25, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I had seen that discussion but wasn't sure if anything came of it in the intervening months. It appears that almost all of the requisite quality assessment categories exist, and it is the importance and quality-and-importance assessment categories that are missing.  I will create them tomorrow (it's quite late where I am) and change the template as needed.  Thank you for your clarifictation, -- Black Falcon (talk) 09:21, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I have created the needed categories (see Category:WikiProject Indian railways articles and Category:WikiProject Education in India articles) and made the necessary change (diff) to the assessment template. -- Black Falcon (talk) 01:34, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I just realized that WikiProject India also utilizes quality-and-importance intersection categories, so I will create those categories also, pending clarification in the section below. -- Black Falcon (talk) 08:43, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Unassessed-Class
There exists significant duplication within WikiProject India's category structure stemming from the fact that both 'Unassessed' and 'Unassessed-Class' categories are populated by this template—see e.g. Category:Unassessed India articles and Category:Unassessed-Class India articles.

I propose standardizing these categories to one usage, Unassessed {topic} articles, in order to:
 * 1) Establish consistency with nearly all other WikiProjects (see here);
 * 2) Ensure compatibility with various WikiProject-related templates, such as Articles by Quality and Importance;
 * 3) Eliminate tens of duplicate and empty assessment categories; and
 * 4) Simplify Template:WikiProject India by removing approximately 1,600 characters which are currently being used to append the '-Class' prefix to unassessed articles.

Please note that this change would not impact any other '-Class' categories, such as Category:Stub-Class India articles or Category:Start-Class West Bengal articles.

If there are no objections, I can modify this template, prompt User:Cydebot (a category creation bot) to perform all category name changes, and then manually carry out any necessary reorganization and updating of links. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 08:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Good catch. The India level unassessed articles are tagged under Category:Unassessed India articles. The Category:Unassessed India articles contains only sub-categories. There seems to be no duplication of sub-categories - they either go in one or the other. Probably earlier editors had two different views and this has propagated as per individual preferences and no one yet has taken effort to put it under one. Your attempt would be the first in this case, I think. VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 09:06, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. :) You're right, of course... the duplication is not in the form of articles appearing in both categories (as you say, they either go in one or the other) but rather of two unassessed categories existing for each subproject: Category:Unassessed Hyderabad articles and Category:Unassessed-Class Hyderabad articles; Category:Unassessed West Bengal articles and Category:Unassessed-Class West Bengal articles; and so on. The 'Unassessed' categories tend to directly contain talk pages and the 'Unassessed-Class' categories tend to contain quality-and-importance subcategories, but I think they can be combined in the manner of, say, Category:GA-Class Indian history articles. -- Black Falcon (talk) 09:41, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * My suggested modification of the template is now ready at Template:WikiProject India/sandbox. -- Black Falcon (talk) 20:08, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * As there appear to be no objections, I will proceed with this change in next day or so. -- Black Falcon (talk) 00:08, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Please amend the template
Would any administrator please include a new task force "women and gender issues". The new task force page is here. AshLin (talk) 17:21, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Relevant code to be added: AshLin (talk) 18:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Or perhaps, this is it : AshLin (talk) 18:24, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ I am not able to make the assessment table show up yet. — Ganeshk (talk) 00:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks :). We have a beginning! AshLin (talk) 02:14, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The table is working now. — Ganeshk (talk) 20:02, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The table is working now. — Ganeshk (talk) 20:02, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Empty 'field' categories
Are the following categories and their subcategories, all of which are empty, still needed?


 * Category:WikiProject India (architecture) articles
 * Category:WikiProject India (food) articles
 * Category:WikiProject India (railways) articles - superseded by Category:WikiProject Indian railways articles?
 * Category:WikiProject India (religion) articles
 * Category:WikiProject India (school) articles - superseded by Category:WikiProject Education in India articles?
 * Category:WikiProject India (science) articles
 * Category:WikiProject India (sports) articles

They were created after this series of changes to the project banner enabled categorization of India articles by the field parameter, and were emptied in October 2009 when this template was standardized with Template:WPBannerMeta. Affected articles continue to be categorized within Category:India articles using field parameter. -- Black Falcon (talk) 00:36, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Personally I'd like to see all of those in use (apart from the ones that have been superceded) - and as I've suggested elsewhere, you could throw in  and   as well. The less we have to use   the better. There's still 408 articles in  - for instance Talk:Indian bread uses  . Incidentally, I notice that the documentation includes   when it doesn't seem to be in the template, conversely it doesn't mention   which does work. Also I can't see any code for   as per the documentation unless they are transcluded from somewhere. PS Could the text for the   parameter not have a reference to stubs - there's a bot about to start work on WPI articles that does more than just look at stub templates. FlagSteward (talk) 14:23, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Added some portals
I added some portals to the applicable projects and taskforces in this templates sandbox. Please implement. Kumioko (talk) 00:26, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: I some parameter names. I've not copied to the main template though, because I see that the Lakshadweep portal is showing as a redlink. Is that intentional? -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:29, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No I removed it and sorry about the others as well. I must have been tired or something and didn't catch it. Kumioko (talk) 19:35, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:05, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

problem in template
When the parameter hyderabad=yes is set it does not appear to be working.--Traveler100 (talk) 12:10, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * True, this was because the taskforce parameters for Hyderabad had been duplicated by those for Mangalore (both were appearing in slot 10 of the sixth . I've into the next vacant slot (seventh, slot 2). I've not checked for any other duplication, although I suspect that I may need to do that. -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:52, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

in parameter
When the in parameter was in the template but did not have a value, i.e. blank, it was placing articles in the wrong category. I have made changes in the sandbox that I think fixes the problem. --Traveler100 (talk) 16:23, 24 March 2012 (UTC) Also started to add state specific photo request categories.--Traveler100 (talk) 17:45, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ I removed some line breaks as well - I wasn't sure if they might break something but I wanted to be on the safe side. Tra (Talk) 00:53, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It'd be quite nice if  worked as it is described in the documentation -  assigning   automatically based on the presence of any state taskforce tags.FlagSteward (talk) 15:30, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The syntax is there, just a matter of typing in all the possible parameters. I will get round to it at some point, if no one else does it first. --Traveler100 (talk) 17:22, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Done a few more, please copy sandbox to template. --Traveler100 (talk) 08:53, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ I have copied the sandbox over to the template. — Ganeshk (talk) 10:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Done a few more, please copy sandbox to template.--Traveler100 (talk) 10:03, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Ganeshk (talk) 13:36, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Changed Chandigarh to Punjab (India) as only two articles with the tab. No need for such deep categories. --Traveler100 (talk) 09:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Ganeshk (talk) 12:59, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

File:India Television icon.svg can be used for the India Television sub project instead of the tricolour svg. -- D Big X ray  21:41, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Hadal (talk) 20:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

More changes December 2012
Added placement in sub-categories for chennai, mumbai, hyderabad and mangalore. Please copy text from sandbox --Traveler100 (talk) 09:30, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've looked at the proposed changes, and I'm afraid that they may break existing behaviour. Consider the addition of this code:

|TF_1_HOOK          =
 * However, immediately above that is the existing code:

|TF_1_HOOK =
 * The parameter TF_1_HOOK has been used twice, and so the second will override the first; as a result, categories like (and those for all the other perutations of class/importance) will be depopulated. If you place the  directly after the existing, as in

|TF_1_HOOK =


 * it should work as intended. The same applies for the other three new instances of . -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:52, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * thanks for the advice. Template syntax is not the easiest language to learn. Would this however mean that non of the assessments would be working in the current template? Have updated all in the sandbox.--Traveler100 (talk) 18:58, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't check the portions which you hadn't intended to alter - I only looked at the Hyderabad problem (below), plus the four new chunks of code for image categories. I didn't look at anything else; but since you mention it, it's quite true: for example, as I type this, has 4,350 members, and  has 4,793 members, so you would expect that a fair proportion are in both. This is what we find: for example, Talk:Adivishnu is in both of those categories; but it should also be in, yet that is completely empty (as are almost all the other sub-cats of ).
 * So yes, the same technique as I described above will be necessary for all the other taskforces where TF_n_HOOK was used twice. I see that you've amended the sandbox along those lines, so I think we're good to go now, so Yes check.svg Done. Don't expect that the categories will populate straight away though, the job queue is well over 1,000,000 at present. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:36, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Replace Wikiproject Orissa -> Wikiproject Odisha
Any admin please replace Wikiproject Orissa to Wikiproject Odisha. -- Srikant  Kedia  19:46, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Try using editprotected to get a speedy response next time. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

WP:PAT
Can someone add WikiProject Patna to this template? img- File:Biskoman Bhawan Patna.jpg Portal:Patna -  SHIVAM SETU  (U-T-C-E) 18:45, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Where would you like the portal to be added? Is there a Patna task force? (Because if there is, I must have missed it.) — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 19:08, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm marking this as answered following our discussion on my talk page. Let me know if you get stuck. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:59, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Orissa->Odisha
I won't use "editprotected" because this might be too complicated to fix immediately. A few months ago, someone asked to change Wikiproject Orissa -> Wikiproject Odisha. While that was done, the template still uses "Orissa" in the syntax, and is putting pages into categories named "Orissa". Ardric47 (talk) 16:45, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Goa map isn't up-to-date
Goa has 12 talukas since April 4th 2011 (see here). I've created a new map with all the 12 talukas. So, could you change the map in the template too, please? --Chumwa (talk) 21:07, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 15 July 2014
Add yes, as shown on WikiProject_Telangana, along with telangana-importance, as done for other states. I believe I have shown this. (I wasn't sure of the state of the sandbox.)

—PC-XT+ 05:39, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Has this been discussed with WikiProject India? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * User:MSGJ, thanks for asking! Yikes! I thought I had posted there, but apparently not! Also, I'm not sure if this is a problem, but Telangana appears after some task forces in the testcase, instead of with the other states. So, I closed the request, at least temporarily, while others consider it. Thanks again! —PC-XT+ 09:06, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * WT:Noticeboard for India-related topics has support from one editor, and no opposition. I fixed the issue I mentioned above by moving WikiProject Telangana with the other states. (I had placed it after WikiProject Mangalore, not realizing they were divided that way.) I then updated the above diff and reopened this request. Thank you. —PC-XT+ 04:40, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — cyberpower Chat Online 07:54, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I don't think this is really a problem requiring a whole edit request, but I neglected to place WikiProject Telangana in the proper alphabetical order with the other states. Someone may wish to make that change in a subsequent edit request, which is why I am mentioning it. If it is better to put in the request now, though, feel free to do so, or ask me to do it. Cheers! —PC-XT+ 06:14, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Adding |reassess=y
See Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics and will make the edit request below. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 14:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

|note 8= |NOTE_8_TEXT = This article has been flagged for a reassessment of its current rating. |NOTE_8_IMAGE = Blue question mark (italic).svg |NOTE_8_CAT = India articles needing reassessment

I've [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AWikiProject_India%2Fsandbox&diff=651935218&oldid=538035869 tested it in the sandbox] and looks to be working. This is my first time dabbling into templates like this so I hope it's right. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:14, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I see that you removed it from the sandbox. What was the problem with it? -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:53, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Nothing was wrong with it, must have rollbacked myself accidentally. As far as I could make out, the template was working when "yes" was added to it. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 13:37, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done but I've not created -- Red rose64 (talk) 13:47, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Have created it, and tested it out too; it now has two article members. Excellent. Thanks for your time, Ugog Nizdast (talk) 14:48, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Field Parameter
Copied from User talk:Ninney

Hi Ninney, I see you inserting "field=government" tag in your article tagging. Is that valid? Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 13:38, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * @, Refer WikiProject India/Navigation >> Workgroups >> Government >> Politics. All article should be categorised in one of the workgroup. Also, their are few workgroups not mentioned in the list such as, Architecture, Sports.
 * For Field parameter ---> |field=Government |field-importance=Low
 * For Wikiproject specific parameters ---> |politics=yes |politics-importance=Low (if the article is supported by Politics of India)
 * Do let me know, if its a concern, so that I may not use the particular Government workgroup. Thanks! - Ninney (talk) 14:07, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The second option you mention politics=yes is what we are supposed to use. I don't know of a "field" paramater. Pinging for clarification. Kautilya3 (talk) 15:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * If I understood correctly on what's going on, there isn't any "|field=" parameter in the Project template. There are only individual workgroups; all can be viewed at Template:WPINDIA. How it's categorised at /Navigation (WikiProject India/Workgroups) seems to be arbitrary, and only the existing workgroups are linked there. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 06:59, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The Template Template:WikiProject India clearly mentions of a parameter called as Field parameter. Described as: field(...field1, field2, field3) - allows for setting up statistics for subject areas even if a taskforce for the subject does not exist. The articles can be moved to the taskforce once it has been setup. For projects using the field parameter, see Category:India articles using field parameter.Lets further take the discussion on the template talk page itself.Thanks! - Ninney (talk) 08:39, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * What is the use of the FIELD PARAMETER in the template WP India? It just generates statement like: This page is supported by the Transport workgroup. or This page is supported by the Railways workgroup. No category of any sort created.


 * Is their a need to use it now?


 * If yes, then Which one is correct? (|field=Transport or |field=Railways) Refer below example:
 * If no, then their is a need of updating the template WP India on urgent basis., ,
 * If no, then their is a need of updating the template WP India on urgent basis., ,
 * If no, then their is a need of updating the template WP India on urgent basis., ,

Thanks! - Ninney (talk) 08:40, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I follow. You mean |Transport=yes and |Railways=yes, right? I only know that their use is for the various subgroups/subprojects under our main Project. Adding the field is not essential unless you're doing it as part of that specific workgroup. (Personally, I don't do it because it slows me down.) Just like how, in the above example, adding this template would cats like "Stub class India articles of low importance", the field "Transport" would add "Stub class Transport in India articles of low importance". I'm not part of any of these subgroups, and have no idea how active they are. The hierarchy is here WikiProject India/Workgroups.


 * Or if you're confused between Transport and Railway, a railway article would be in subproject Transport which is further broken down into sub(sub)project Railways; in short, both. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 08:53, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I guess the description of the field parameter in Template:WPINDIA says it all. We can use it if we want to classify articles into areas when there is no workgroup for them. But, when there is an established workgroup already, we should use it. For example, Sitush's new page on Census in India, which easily fits into the history workgroup. Since transport and railways are already workgroups, they don't need to be specified as a "field." Kautilya3 (talk) 09:52, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * If you specify a non-blank value for any one or more of field field1 field2 field3, e.g. government, all that happens is that a short piece of text (like "This pagetype is supported by the government workgroup.") is displayed, and the article is placed in . There is no other action, nor is there any validation of the value fed into the parameter. So in theory you could put Anil Kumble and it would display "This pagetype is supported by the Anil Kumble workgroup." But I don't think it's particularly useful, because of the lack of validation and systematic categorisation. -- Red rose64 (talk) 11:13, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Listen, if User:Ninney wants to start & maintain a new Workgroup called "Government", along with about twenty thousand dedicated edits & recruiting a dozen others into the group, more power to him! But if he is unwilling to put in that much effort, then a full fledged community consensus is required, followed by recruitment & at least 5000 edits to get the workgroup off to a start! Please remember its not a category & workgroups are NOT to be proliferated just because it seems right! AshLin (talk) 13:26, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 30 August 2015
Request to add the Wikipedia project for Udaipur (Rajasthan). WikiProject_Udaipur

Vishal0soni (talk) 13:49, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:13, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought this Talk page was the Concensus. I was under impression that upon my request, experts would provide suggestions and their views. If this is not the right place, please let me know where can i put request for concensus to add the Wikipedia project for Udaipur (Rajasthan)Vishal0soni (talk) 14:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * On Wikipedia, Consensus is where several people have discussed a matter and agreed on what should be done about it. I see no discussion above: just a request from you without any indication that other people agree to this addition. Nor do I see a related discussion at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. If it was discussed and agreed somewhere else, you did not say where that was. See also WP:PER for how protected edit requests are processed. -- Red rose64 (talk) 18:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for providing guidance. I have initiated a discussion for this at Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive 60. Kindly have a look, and let me know your thoughts for the same. Vishal0soni (talk) 07:13, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Red rose64. I would to know thoughts about the ongoing discussion regarding the new wikiproject for Udaipur. Do we have the required consensus now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vishal0soni (talk • contribs) 02:01, 11 September 2015
 * The discussion has seven participants:, , , , , , . Of these, it seems that just two besides yourself (AmritasyaPutra and Human3015) are firmly in favour and would join such a project, if it is created. The others have either not indicated their intention to join, or are against the idea. This low level of support is well below the 6–12 active Wikipedians suggested at WP:WPPRO. My own view is that you should pool your efforts with WikiProject Rajasthan, which is of greater scope and so likely to bring in more people. -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:09, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 October 2015
Change this: |TF_7_LINK         = Wikipedia:WikiProject Uttar Pradesh |TF_7_NAME         = WikiProject Uttar Pradesh |TF_7_IMAGE        = Flag of India.svg |TF_7_QUALITY      = yes |tf 7 importance= |TF_7_ASSESSMENT_CAT= Uttar Pradesh articles |TF_7_MAIN_CAT     = WikiProject Uttar Pradesh articles |TF_7_HOOK = {{WPBannerMeta/hooks/qualimpintersect To this: |TF_7_LINK         = Wikipedia:WikiProject Uttar Pradesh |TF_7_NAME         = WikiProject Uttar Pradesh |TF_7_IMAGE        = Seal of Uttar Pradesh.png |TF_7_QUALITY      = yes |tf 7 importance= |TF_7_ASSESSMENT_CAT= Uttar Pradesh articles |TF_7_MAIN_CAT     = WikiProject Uttar Pradesh articles |TF_7_HOOK = {{WPBannerMeta/hooks/qualimpintersect Only the image was changed to Seal of Uttar Pradesh.png.
 * tf 7=
 * tf 7=

&mdash;Skyllfully {{sup|(talk}} &#124; {{sub|contribs)}} 00:22, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

PAGE ]]) 14:44, 14 October 2015 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 21:17, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * {{done}} Paine 02:46, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * {{question}} is there any way you can make the image appear bigger? &mdash;Skyllfully {{sup|(talk}} &#124; {{sub|contribs)}} 02:54, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You could set {{para|TF_7_SIZE}} - at present it defaults to x25px which means 25px high. -- Red rose64 (talk) 08:31, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * {{done}} I changed the template to specify a width instead of a height, as there were also many tall images that were indecipherably small. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|<span style="color:#FFF;background:#00f;display:inline-block;padding:1px 1px 0;vertical-align:-0.3em;line-height:1;font-size:50%;text-align:center;">'''TALK
 * {{replyto|Ahecht}} (i) why did you use the value ? It's not valid: for an image 38px tall, you should use  ; for an image to be 38px wide, use  . (ii) why did you set most of the image sizes? It was only the one for Uttar Pradesh that needed adjustment. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:10, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * {{replyto|Redrose64}} The xpx was a typo in my regex, but I used 38px because it was the current width of the flag image that the majority of the task-forces used as their icon. I set it on all the icons to keep it consistent and because many other icons were illegibly small at 25px high, but feel free to revert me. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|<span style="color:#FFF;background:#00f;display:inline-block;padding:1px 1px 0;vertical-align:-0.3em;line-height:1;font-size:50%;text-align:center;">'''TALK
 * {{ping|Redrose64}} were you talking to me (your first comment)? I cannot edit this template. &mdash;Skyllfully {{sup|(talk}} &#124; {{sub|contribs)}} 21:11, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * @{{noping|Redrose64}}: when he put, it seemed to have made a difference. &mdash;Skyllfully {{sup|(talk}} &#124; {{sub|contribs)}} 21:14, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * My comment of 08:31, 14 October 2015 was directed at anybody who had already contributed - primarily {{u|Skyllfully}} but also {{u|Paine Ellsworth}}. You don't need to be able to edit the template to try this out - the normal way of proposing a change to a protected template is to copy the live template to its sandbox (in this case Template:WikiProject India/sandbox), make your changes in that and test them (see WP:TESTCASES), and then make your protected edit request.
 * probably seemed to make a difference because it can't be interpreted as a valid value, so the parser tried the best it could. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:32, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 23 December 2015

 * HOOK_ASSESS =

-- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  20:45, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:46, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * How can I do that? Where to post it for consensus building? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Capankajsmilyo (talk • contribs) 18:49, 25 December 2015
 * What about WT:IN? -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:55, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Probable updates required in Template for Wikiproject Udaipur
Hello, We have an on-going discussion about working on a dedicated Wikiproject for Udaipur. The project page for WikiProject Udaipur and most other structure is already prepared, but still we are getting some trouble with updates in the statistics. Currently, the values visible in the table are result of manual addition of the relevant categories. When we add some categories manually to article's talk page, they start appearing in the table. But we are not sure about process of automating this. Probably some changes will be required in the WP:India template to make this happen automatically. Can someone please help us out on this. Vishal0soni (talk) 06:51, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 12 March 2016
Adding of WP:WikiProject Visakhapatnam to the list

 Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   08:49, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:49, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Udaipur
Can Udaipur be added to the template? It was discussed here as a city taskforce for WP India and brought up again at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Udaipur but Category:Udaipur articles by quality remains empty. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:22, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

It would be like this I believe: |TF_11_LINK         = Wikipedia:WikiProject Udaipur |TF_11_NAME         = WikiProject Udaipur |TF_11_IMAGE        = Flag of India.svg |TF_11_QUALITY      = yes |tf 11 importance= |TF_11_ASSESSMENT_CAT= Udaipur articles |TF_11_MAIN_CAT     = WikiProject Udaipur articles |TF_11_HOOK = {{WPBannerMeta/hooks/qualimpintersect I don't have enough to trust myself to do. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:25, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * tf 11=
 * No, it wouldn't be like that, because {{tlx|WPBannerMeta/hooks/taskforces}} does not recognise {{para|tf 11}} etc. and you've left {{tlx|WPBannerMeta/hooks/qualimpintersect}} unfinished. Also, it's best to sandbox your proposal, at Template:WikiProject India/sandbox, so that it may be tested before deployment, see WP:TESTCASES. -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:24, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello {{ping|Redrose64}}, The sandbox for Template:WikiProject India is updated to include Udaipur as a city parameter. Need some help from Admins to copy this into the actual template.Vishal0soni (talk) 06:16, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It seems that {{user|MSGJ}} has made the appropriate edits. -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:33, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 August 2016
I feel it would be better if picture 'File:13.buddha bihar.JPG' is added as template picture of Wikiproject Bihar replacing the Indian flag. Also link to the bihar portal can be added as already present to the left of many. Thanks Pratyush 12:42, 27 August 2016 (UTC) Pratyush 12:42, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 'File:13.buddha bihar.JPG' and link to Bihar portal added in the template's sandbox. Please update the template. Thanks

Pratyush 13:02, 27 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PratyushSinha101 (talk • contribs)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Izno (talk) 15:34, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I added the link to the portal as requested. Don't think that was controversial — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 15:40, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Sir, regarding change of image, I don't think that is controversial to be established a consensus. Alot of other wikiprojects of the page have used a map, state symbol, monument and other random pictures. The picture I want to propose to use is of a pilgrimage and tourist place called The Great Buddha. This picture will serve best because Bihar happens to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment and Buddhism was born.

Pratyush 16:21, 27 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PratyushSinha101 (talk • contribs) There has been no reply for more than a month. It should be assumed there is concensus. Pratyush (talk) 19:04, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Please link to the discussion - I don't see one at WT:WikiProject India. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:21, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I was talking about the current page, no one said anything for a month. Though after I saw your reply, I have created a section at WT: WikiProject India. Pratyush (talk) 19:35, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thankyou; the thing is, this page has [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:WikiProject_India&action=info 42 watchers (just 10 of which are active)], whereas WT:WikiProject India has [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics&action=info 575 watchers (105 active)] - so a post there is more than ten times as likely to get a response. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:02, 29 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I see. For states with no image, an Indian flag is used. There is a proposal to change that flag to this image. I say support. Anything specific is better than the country's flag, and anyone else can change to another image with further discussion.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:53, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:59, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Edit of WikiProject Rajasthan Notice
Please edit WikiProject Rajasthan's notice to incorporate this image for the purpose of WikiProject Rajasthan's indicative image. Please also add a link to Portal:Rajasthan with the same image as indicative image on WikiProject Rajasthan Notice.

< commented images as they give fixed image only now >

This is a request by me to an administrator using:

Please do it ASAP. JPskylight (talk) 13:54, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done per above discussion regarding replacement of flag with specific images. – Train2104 (t • c) 14:15, 30 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Indicative image for Portal:Rajasthan is not appearing in WikiProject Rajasthan Notice. If this svg file is creating problem than please use this png file. JPskylight (talk) 15:08, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * It's appearing for me, including in your example above. Please try purging the page. – Train2104 (t • c) 15:09, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Fixed. That required editing Module:Portal/images/r. – Train2104 (t • c) 15:12, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 15 January 2018
In the main text of the template, "India" should be a link to that page. OLD: ... which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate ... NEW: ... which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate ... Takatiej (talk) 05:47, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ for consistency with a few other Wikiproject templates that I looked at. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:48, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 15 August 2018
Update map image for Andhra Pradesh from "File:AndhraPradesh Small.png" to "File:Location map India Andhra Pradesh.png".

The current map used is outdated now since the was divided between AP and Telangana (also in the Template) in 2014. Gotitbro (talk) 20:28, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done However, I'm using File:IN-AP.svg instead, as the inset thumbnail on the proposed image would be confusing at the very small size being used here. Enterprisey (talk!) 01:08, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, I made my own crop of that image, File:IN-AP small.png, and used that. Enterprisey (talk!) 01:20, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

PNG --> SVG
I suggest to replace by. Thomas Linard (talk) 23:55, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: please explain your rationale &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:44, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * — xaosflux  Talk 01:40, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, my rationale is in line with CAT:SVG and Collaboration to convert graphs to SVG: the PNG is blurry, and the SVG file produces a more crisp image. Thomas Linard (talk) 08:17, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Dreamy <i style="color:#d01e1e">Jazz</i> 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:50, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Add left image for WP Goa
The Goa Portal used to feature the image File:GOA Colva Beach - panoramio.jpg as its portal image. With the portal gone, can it be added to the left side of WP Goa? SerTanmay (talk) 12:44, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done As this was the portal's image, this seems uncontroversial, so will implement. Dreamy <i style="color:#d01e1e">Jazz</i> 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 10 August 2019
Add File:Redfortdelhi1.jpg as left image for Delhi (yes). This is image of Red Fort, it's one of most notable place in Delhi.-- CptViraj (📧) 17:36, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 21:08, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * -- CptViraj (📧) 03:18, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Please add WikiProject Ladakh
Ladakh is now a union territory. I would request to add WikiProject Ladakh.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Soumitrahazra (talk • contribs) 10:11, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Please change Indian railways Workgroup to "WikiProject Indian Railways"
Tagging admin: As said in the title, please change Indian Railways workgroup to WP:WikiProject Indian Railways as the previous name is no longer correct. Also please use this image instead of the current one File:WDP4 Piggy Face.png Field Marshal Aryan (talk) 13:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:13, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

SVG
Please change Seal of Maharashtra.png to Seal of Maharashtra.svg — Preceding unsigned comment added by GTRus (talk • contribs) 09:25, 23 June 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 09:32, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Discussion regarding WikiProject India (banner template) on Noticeboard for India related topics
There is a discussion on Noticeboard for India related topics which will affect this template. Input of editors active over here is requested. Thanks, Field Marshal Aryan  ( talk ) 10:29, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Adding Ladakh to list of UTs
As Ladakh is now a UT, can someone please add it to the project. So that we can use Zoodino (talk) 07:06, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 21 October 2020
Remove the obsolete J&K flag from |TF_7_IMAGE        = Jammu-Kashmir-flag.svg. --Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 14:28, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * is there a replacement? a new flag to take the place of the obsolete flag?  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 19:48, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Indian Tricolour is the replacement flag of the obsolete J&K flag. --Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 05:19, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, and thank you very much!  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 06:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)