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Availability for Meeting in Mumbai
Hi ! This has reference to your message on my talk page.I will feel rather glad to meet u people for the causes of boosting and strengthening projects in English and other Indian languages.Thanks.Angpradesh (talk) 10:58, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: Meeting in Mumbai 20 Sept 2010

 * I will not be in Mumbai on the said date, but if you will be making trips to other cities in India then i would be interested in meeting with you.

RegardsLihaas (talk) 13:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I am unavailable on 20 th. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 14:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I won't be anywhere close to Bombay this month. If it was Bangalore, it'd be great... :) Cheers, Regards, --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 03:15, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Rsrikanth05, Barry is meeting us on Sep 24 @ Bangalore --  Tinu  Cherian  - 13:50, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Bangalore sounds good.(Lihaas (talk) 17:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)).

Agenda (Tentative) for Mumbai Meetups
I am listing tentative agendas as follows : Best Regards. See you. Angpradesh (talk) 08:30, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Welcoming Mr. Barry Newstead.
 * 2) Introductory speech by Bishakha.
 * 3) Introductions of Wikipedians.
 * 4) Experience sharing.
 * 5) Discussions for development of Wikipedia in Indian Languages.
 * 6) Address by Mr. Barry Newstead.
 * 7) Closing Speech and Path Forward by Bishakha.

Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2
As discussed in the Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1 in September,2010, Wikipedians in Mumbai & Suburbs will meet up at least once every month, a Meet up Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2 has been organised on 10th Oct., 2010 to move the same further. Would you be available to meet with us on Sun 10th Oct.? or Please suggest a suitable date for your availability in the meet up. Could u convey this to the attendees of Mumbai Meet up-1? The contact list of the attendees is available with Mr. Aniruddh. Best Regards. Angpradesh (talk) 03:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Meetup/Pune/Pune2
Hi there, Sorry for taking this space, but don't know how else how to connect with you? Can you tell me what happened in the Pune wikipedia meetup? There doesn't seem to be any minutes or any info. of the wikipedia meetup. I did see the the pictures however. Please publish the happenings on the page or give a link to some blog post or something to know what happened. Shirishag75 (talk) 06:20, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Re the Mumbai Meetup3
Hi Bishakha,

Ashwin Baindur here from Pune, a fauji friend of User:Shyamal. I have aquery. Can we record Jimbo's talk and put up the ogg on Commons? Awaiting response on my talk page or by my wiki-email link. AshLin (talk) 16:25, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Bishakha. Thanks for your reply. BTW you omitted signing your name while leaving a message on my talk page. Since you are an infrequent editor on Wikipedia, I'll remind you, in case you forgot, that to sign your comments just type four tildes like this: ~.
 * This automatically adds your name and the current time. Happy editing and see you tomorrow. AshLin (talk) 12:48, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Great meeting you Bishakha :-), thanks for the opportunities you gave me to interact with User:Jimbo_Wales. Hope to see you in Pune soon. AshLin (talk) 05:19, 1 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Great talking to you last night. Find Jimbo's speech here :

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Wales_Mumbai_31_October_2010.ogg


 * AshLin (talk) 14:35, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikimedia CAT
Hello Bishakha,

in order to unblock the situation of Wikimedia CAT chapter, we have clarified and simplified the proposal at m:Wikimedia CAT.

We would highly appreciate that you could take a look at it and kindly give us your opinion at Survey. If you consider so, you can also express your support.

Thanks in advance. --CàlculIntegral (talk) 07:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010
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Thanks!
Thanks for the circular. Looking forward to seeing you on the 15th. will pass the word around. Rimi  talk  contribs 06:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Politicians arrested and charges with corruption
You are invited for discussion at Categories for discussion/Log/2011 June 1 and Category talk:Politicians arrested and charges with corruption-- . Shlok  talk. 18:00, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Scrutiny of my block
Hello Bishdatta, Since you are the Indian face of Wikipedia, I am writing this message to you. I had created the Hindutash article on Wikipedia and had added immense information from acclaimed sources  in articles like Hindutash, Sanju Pass  and Aksai Chin  which was resented by inter alia one  Fowler&fowler who is notorious for hatred and prejudice against India. Since he is influential, he has successfully had me blocked by his coterie of deceitful administrators on the basis of the allegation that I have allegedly caused disruption at Hindutash. I was not even properly intimated and these administrators "resolved" to block me  with out including me in the deliberations. Though I am the only one who endeavored for consensus and Fowler&fowler and his accomplices only spurned my endeavour,  as a perusal of the discussion page of Hindutash as well as my  discussion page  would show, and  Fowler&fowler  and his colleagues only were interested  in making me just  succumb and capitulate to their demands and their preferred version, they have made this sweeping allegation and blocked me and are not substantiating their allegation.When I endeavour for consensus, they have to assume good faith on my part and reciprocate my endeavour, which they did not, and if my adversaries were not cantankerously indulging in slander and vilification campaign against me, I would also not be hostile to them. The crux of the issue is that I was always ready to compromise my edit of the article and arrive at a consensus as a perusal of the Talk pages would reveal, but since they were not amenable to arriving to a consensus, they had to have me blocked by hook or crook in order to circumvent the situation for which they were responsible.
 * Since you are the Indian face of Wikipedia, I require you to peruse the pages particularly discussion page of Hindutash as well as my discussion page  and restore  my account and ask Wikipedia Foundation to take action against inter alia YellowMonkey, RegentsPark , and Toddst1. When I approached  ArbCom, I have not received a proper response and they have obviously prejudged my case and do not want to take action against the corrupt and deceitful  influential administrators likeToddst1 . The issue pertains to conduct of registered users  and not about article content . In fact Ottava Rima  raised many pertinent issues and questioned  RegentsPark but was intimidated by  Fowler&fowler
 * The issue is that when  Wikipedia proclaims to be "a free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly editable model", free for all  to edit "and anyone with Internet access can write and make changes to Wikipedia articles",  and Wikipedia is made available in India on the basis of  this assertion  and it  publishes  articles like inter alia Hindutash, Sanju Pass, Aksai Chin, Kashmir, or Jammu and Kashmir which  pertain to the territorial integrity of India and are in fact not at all openly editable and are actually the protected version of a coterie   who will go to any treacherous  lengths to protect their  biased and prejudiced versions, and Indian Wikipedia  Administrators are required to be subservient, how can we permit Wikipedia to be available in India. What do we have to do with Wikipedia at all? See how Facebook was banned in Pakistan. I, as a patriotic Indian lawyer will have to do something about this.  I wouldn’t bother about these articles and would not blink an eyelid had Wikipedia not been proclaimed to be a free to edit encyclopedia. It is as simple as that!I am responding in this manner because I feel hurt, humiliated and indignant.
 * I don’t expect you to take every thing I have said in its face value. But I expect you to peruse the relevant pages and if you find that what ever I had stated is substantially correct, inform Wikipedia Foundation in no uncertain terms that this user has been wrongly blocked and he should be immediately unblocked  and punitive action has to be taken against the deceitful administrators and  Fowler&fowler. These rogue elements  simply cannot be permitted to block me with out substantiating their allegations and simply go about their business as though nothing has  happened! Hindutashravi  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.44.128 (talk) 22:21, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project
My name is Victor Grigas and I'm a Storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're exploring new ways to explain why Wikipedia is so special and we’ve started a Wikipedia Stories Project, where we’re chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community, especially editors and active contributors in the movement like you. I'll be traveling to Wikimania next month to collect stories for our 2011 Fundraiser. While there I'd love the chance to meet with you and hear your thoughts about Wikipedia. We’ll have a schedule of available times for you to sign up if you’re interested, but right now, we’d like to make the initial contact to gauge your interest. Please let me know by emailing me at vgrigas@wikimedia.org or responding on my talk page.

thank you,

Victor Grigas (talk) 20:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Women editors
Heya Bishakha, I believe I can help out in increasing the number of female editors [for that matter all editors], particularily in English. I think we should talk about this over email. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:02, 16 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, please! Am very interested, have been discussing with Netha Hussain too from Malayalam wikipedia, who is also interested. And in touch with some others too. Do help. Will email. Bishdatta (talk) 06:34, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Award
Thank you! I am deeply touched and feel very honoured. Now I must live up to this in 2012. Let's start planning! :) Bishdatta (talk) 05:06, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Merging South Asia and Indian Subcontinent
The [merger discussion] is getting nowhere due to lack of participation. Since you had shown interest in the past, will you take a look at the discussion? Aditya (talk • contribs) 04:32, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Will do, and will also alert some English wikipedia editors in India (there's a new list) in case they are interested. Bishdatta (talk) 06:04, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * As usual, People hostile to the idea of India have taken over the articles. I do not understand their logic! First, they want to include Iran within the ambit of South Asia. Then, they want to merge South Asia and Indian Sub-continent! They are going berserk!  They cannot reconcile with the fact that Indian Sub-continent is a geographical expression and has no relevance with Political boundaries whatsoever and it is not proper to say that Aksai Chin is sometimes included within the Indian Sub-continent!  Hindutashravi  (talk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.49.167 (talk) 18:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

About Kamal Ranadive
Hi Bishdatta. I was just about to start tidying that article - starting with the "recipients of the Padma Vibhushan" category - but I'll wait to see if someone tags the article for speedy deletion first. --Shirt58 (talk) 05:39, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just started creating it - barely 15 minutes ago! Bishdatta (talk) 05:42, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * My sincerest apologies, Bishdatta, for not explaning my initial comments clearly enough. What I should have said was that I was wondering whether one of my fellow "new page patrollers" would mark it for deletion, either not knowing or not caring what the Padma Vibhushan means.  I think I made the initial comment to prove a point.  While I am frustrated in many ways about New pages patrol, I think it was wholely inappropriate to use your talkpage to express those frustations, whether valid or not.  Again, I offer my sincerest apologies.--Shirt58 (talk) 12:10, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries! Your timely warning pushed me to put in a couple of references and try to quickly establish notability and verifiability in some form, so just as well! :) Bishdatta (talk) 17:12, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:56, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Personal and Moral Rights?
In a discussion with Jimmy Wales on the moral rights of the photographers and the personal rights of the subjects, he said "I think that the commons community has gone down a very sad and disappointing path with respect to ethical matters. My views on this are not new, and are well known. Our project is a grand humanitarian effort. That it has been hijacked by people who do not share our values is something that needs to be fixed."

We further requested him to bring this matter to the attention of WMF and make a resolution or something to force Commons make enough policies to protect our rights as a photographer and our commitments to our subjects. He replied: "I am just one board member on this issue. I will continue to call this to the attention of the board and staff, but I need help from the community to illustrate that this is a problem that concerns many of us."

So we would like to bring that discussion to the attention of every member on board. J Kadavoor J e e 06:03, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Bishdatta (talk) 07:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Please note a somewhat related discussion at Commons too: Concern about the bureaucrat role of Russavia J Kadavoor J e e 04:33, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I would like to let you know that your strong opinion along with others influenced the Commons community to initiate a discussion to develop a policy for courtesy deletions. We expect guidance, opinions, and participation in the development of similar policies and guidelines in future too. Thanks.  J Kadavoor J e e 02:47, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for this amended resolution. J Kadavoor J e e 06:27, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Mumbai Meetup: 21 Nov 2015

 * Hi, Meet-up for Mumbai Wikipedians has been scheduled on 21 Nov 2015 (Meet-up: Mumbai 21 Nov 2015). I request you to register for the meet. All details can be found on the meet-up page. Many thanks and hope to meet you on 21st Nov. Regards,  Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  12:36, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Please support the Sustainability Initiative!
Hi, Bishdatta! Please allow me to follow up on a project that was discussed at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin a couple of weeks ago:

I am writing you to ask for your support for the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 250 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has recently passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Now, we are working with the Wikimedia Foundation staff to have all Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy by 2019.

In order to demonstrate that this is an issue that the community really cares about, I would like to ask you to sign the project page as well. Thank you! --Gnom (talk) 18:59, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Ways to improve Karthika Naïr
Hi, I'm Rosguill. Bishdatta, thanks for creating Karthika Naïr!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. The article needs some copyediting and section reordering to comply with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Additionally, it currently has a lot of external links at the bottom of the article that are not contextualized in any way: consider shortening this list, and using hyperlinks describing the webpage (or just giving its title) so that readers know what these links are and where they are going.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Rosguill talk 01:33, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks User:Rosguill will look into this soonest. Bishdatta (talk) 03:54, 5 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I have made some edits. Hope it helps Bishdatta. Csgir (talk) 14:29, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

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