User talk:Dwaipayanc/Archive 3

And kudos!

 * You deserve it! Please keep up the good work and ideas on medical articles!  I look forward to collaborating on more articles. -- Samir ∙ [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|25px|  ]]  T   C  08:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Help save Cities and towns in West Bengal
Hi. Please save Cities and towns in West Bengal before I delete it without mercy. How does a week sound? El_C 07:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I started some copyediting also. -- Samir ∙ [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|25px| ]]  (the scope)  22:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Infobox School
Hi! I saw your comment on the talk page of Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School.The infobox used on the page- is that not a school infobox?Are there other infoboxes as well for schools?Where can I find them?In other school pages I guess!!!--Dwaipayanc 05:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think you need to give this link a visit ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Infobox#Schools --Andy123 07:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Great Contributor
I see that you have been contributing extensively and wisely on Wikipedia. Would you like to assume janitorial duties on Wikipedia as well? If yes, then I would like to nominate you for the position of an administrator. Please reply. --Andy123 07:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I could not penetrate the ambiguity of your answer. A 'Yes' or 'No' would do much help.
 * "However, I do not mind some janitorial works though.Please let me know when such works are to be done." and,
 * "I would like to continue the works on Wikipedia as usual" are little contradicting. I hope you don't mind. --Andy123 07:57, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Infobox in Barasat
I tried working that out myself, but could not come to any possible solution. I am new to Wikipedia, and do not understand the mark up well. I think, I will ask for admin attention on this article. --Andy123 07:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Just asked Sean Black for help. I think, he'll work something out. --Andy123 07:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Sean Black has just informed me that the template is faulty and it would not work without an image. He is trying to improve the template, but do you have the image relevant for the article Barasat? --Andy123 07:51, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Freakofnurture worked it out. The page is fine now. You can go and check. --Andy123 08:27, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Number
Thanks and greetings. --Bhadani 09:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Brilliant!
are all shaping up nicely! I'm going home from hospital (7:45 AM here, I was up all night on call) and will have a longer look when I wake up! -- Samir     (the scope)  12:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Aberrant subclavian artery
 * Acrodermatitis enteropathica
 * Banti's syndrome.

Re:Rfa
Hi - thanks for your support and compliments. I want to become an administrator, but I need to prove myself on RC patrol and other tasks around here. Adminship is not a reward for good users. I hope one day you too will be ready for an RfA. Rama&#39;s Arrow 16:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Bangladesh peer review
Hi, I've started a new peer review for Bangladesh, please express your opinions at Peer review/Bangladesh/archive2. Thanks. --Ragib 05:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:peculiar problem
Hi - then you should include the same instructions you gave me to find the page. It will be ok as long as those instructions are accurate themselves. Rama&#39;s Arrow 06:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Include it in the text you generally type to describe the link, or place it right next to the link with an arrow pointing to it. Rama&#39;s Arrow 06:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Forgive my intrusion on your conversation here, but perhaps I can help. When you get these kind of pages the way to overcome this is:
 * in Internet Explorer, right-click the link and choose "Copy Shortcut"
 * in Firefox, right-click the link and choose "Copy Link Location"
 * Then paste that to the address bar and hey presto you have the article. In this particular case the article is at this link. Hope that helps. Green Giant 06:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

about Tripura
Thanks about bringing attention to articles regarding the state, I am from Agartala but now in Punjab. In my free time have tried to gather as much info as I can.

If you are free you can also contribute to the empty pages list in my user page user:bdebbarma —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdebbarma (talk • contribs)

categories
Hi Dwaipayanc - Just to let you know, I'm presently re-organizing categories related to History of India, and freedom struggle. There are many sub-categories specific to the job, so please keep in mind not to "over-categorize" - meaning, if you have "Indian revolutionary freedom fighters," no need to link "Indian freedom fighters" as well. Rama&#39;s Arrow 13:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, this type of stuff happens some times. Rama&#39;s Arrow 18:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Problems
The problems we encountered yesterday were of technical type, and I had seen this happening earlier also. --Bhadani 04:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Greetings
Holi greetings. --Bhadani 11:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Again and again I will gree you. --Bhadani 11:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Spooky
Hi, sorry for responding so late; in fact, it was the first time I saw something like that. Also, by mistake, another editor erased your message while messaging me and I got to see it late. A bug report is typically given in Signpost, probably we will read something in next week's signpost. --Gurubrahma 13:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Partition of India
Dwai, did you even notice that we have two long lists at the bottom of the article re books and films relating to the Partition? You are repeating some of the material in your new section.

I have a suggestion -- how about moving the book and movie lists OUT of the historical article and putting them in a breakout article, Partition of India in the arts, and then just having a sentence or two to point to the article? This would simplify the article and also allow you to include more of the material that interests you. Zora 00:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Dwai, I would strongly advise against using a title like Cultural impact of the partition of India, because:

1) "Culture" is ambiguous in English. It can mean high culture, or just the arts (which is what I suggested), or culture in the broadest anthropological sense, which would include things like kinship, table manners, etc. I do get the feeling that you mean the arts, not table manners.

2) "Impact" is an over-used word that makes the copyeditors I know (from a mailing list) snicker. It sounds like a fancy corporate word for "cause" or sometimes "effects".

Starting with the words "Partition of India" is a good choice, because then we have the main article, Partition of India, and then we have breakout articles, like Partition of Indian and the arts, Partition of Indian and the effect on the Indian military, Partition of India and Indian cuisine, Partition of India and table manners, etc. :)

Of course, other editors may have even better ideas. Discuss it at the Partition of India article? It's also easy to change the name, at least before it's linked to too many other articles, when it starts becoming a chore. So any choice is not necessarily forever. Zora 07:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Central Avenue
Just wanted to shoot you a quick note to let you know that I set up Central Avenue as a disambiguation page. A few entries (including some I've worked on) dealing with the Los Angeles area linked to the page before it had been deleted, so I thought it best to create a page to send folks in either direction should the need arise. Cheers. Adbarnhart 19:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Marjolin's ulcer
Did some copyediting and added refs. Looks great! May have to wikibreak for a bit as am on service on the ward for the week. -- Samir     (the scope)  07:26, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Images Kolkata
Hey, thanks!! I really like your images but I do have a request. I think we should not have more than two images per subsection as a general rule. For instance, you just added some nice images for the transport section but now it messes up all the other images. We need to keep images next to the relevant text as best as possible! Having said that, it would be really cool if you have access to a public domain tram image :)

Thanks and lets hope that Kolkata becomes a featured article by end of this month! Your message: Hi! Nice works on Kolkata. Thanks a lot. Please see if any further shrtening of the article is possible. I am hunting for good images! Bye.--Dwaipayanc 08:06, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, I did look at Kerala. The only section where I noticed more than two images (it was three) was History. However, I did say "as a general rule." Thing is that when you add 4-5 images for the transport section, you suddenly have the images in completely different sections. It just does not look very professional then (in my opinion). However, if you look at any featured article (including kerala), they tend to have images next to the relevant text. If the text can support four images then it is fine to have four images. Does that make sense?

Hi! Nice works on Kolkata. Thanks a lot. Please see if any further shrtening of the article is possible. I am hunting for good images! Bye.--Dwaipayanc 08:06, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I differ with you in one poine, the restriction of number of images. Somebody said (I cannot, as usual, remember who :)) an image speaks more than a hundred words ! Please see Kerala, where the number of images used is less, but some sections have more than 2 images. However, if we get better images, we can easily delete the earlier poorer images. I will be hunting for a tram. The article has more glitzy images of Kolkata]], rather than some images presenting daily life. I am looking foe some such kind of photos. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 08:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

BTW, you mentioned Mumbai which is the guideline I am using to get Kolkata to FA tag. Mumbai has 10-11 images. Currently Kolkata article has over twenty images. I agree images are VERY important but you can also have too many images. I can almost guarantee that kolkata page has more images than any other India city page and it will not become FA if our images are floating around interferring with the flow of text.

Sincerely, (Blacksun 08:58, 19 March 2006 (UTC))

Ya, I use firefox too but I use laptop. For me, the third image for transport section went right in middle of festival section. Yes, I have no problem moving it to talk section. BTW, really like the sadhu image but now the Armenian jew image is floating in middle of next section for me :P

Also, it would be pretty cool if you had a soccer image from kolkatta instead of the eden garden image for the sports section or maybe a better image of eden garden.

Sorry, I just figured out today how to respond to private messages lol. Yes, getting feedback will be good. BTW, their might be another interesting way to present more images; check out this gallery section for jaisalmer at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer.

Prostitution in India
So far as I know it is legal but discouraged (this may vary from placwe to place, however). If you know differently, please add your say to the article. I am working on it right now and doing some reading that I hope will clear it up and get the stub into a decent artivcle over the next few days. ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 10:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * According to http://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/India.htm#P124_7404, prostitution itself is not illegal in India, but the commercialised promotion of vice is. ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 11:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, the wording seems a bit ambiguous, but maybe that;s because the law itself is? I know that protitution ios wiedely tolerated by officials and pretty much ignored by the police but that trafficking is illegal. I have a book that I am reading and am hoping to get a more definitve answer. ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 11:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Regarding the Template, you can place it where you think it might look the best, right now most of the articles are kind of small so it looks awkward, but if you think you can imporve on any of the articles, don't be afraid to help out with the editing! ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 13:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * How's this?

Prostitution in India


 * It can now fit easily at the bottom of a page. ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 22:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata
I would love to help. Is there anything in particular that you would like for me to do? ( A rundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 22:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

magnificent
Hi - magnificent work on Satyajit Ray's work as a writer, and the partition-culture initiative. You create some really brilliant articles! - medicine, history, geography, culture. Just great!Rama&#39;s Arrow 05:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I concur, your articles truly are well rounded and creative! -- Samir  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|25px]]   (the scope)  01:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata
Thanks for the tram image. BTW, I have started a post in Kolkata talk over getting feedback for the image issue.

(Blacksun 16:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC))


 * LoL, thanks. I am silly because I kept checking the top of the discussion page for new messages.  I was wondering where everyone went.  Anyways, I think we should combine Modern Kolkata and Colonial architecture into one separate entity called "Architecture" or "Infrastructure."

(Blacksun 13:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC))

You wrote: Hi ! The sections "Colonial architecture" and "Modern Kolkata" seem extra in Kolkata, as Rama's Arrow and AreJay have pointed out in the talk page of Kolkata. Though it is not necessary to build the article just like other city articles, yet we should try to conform the article to a general rule which has been followed in Wikipedia. We should try to absorb these two sections elsewhere, may be in "Geography", "Administration" etc. Regarding images, we should create a central repository in Kolkata image gallery and use images from there as appropriate, as Ganeshk nicely adviced. However, we should concentrate now on the text, so that the text is good, informative, grammtically correct, and properly resourced. Thanks for all the work you are doing. Please see the template I've added in "See also" section. You can add more Kolkata-related articles to the template, I could not incorporate all articles. Thanks.--Dwaipayanc 08:55, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey, just got your message. I already combined those two sections into something temperorarily called city growth.  What do you think abou it? I will take a look at sydney and canberra.


 * I agree. It was only temporary and I think I like urban structure.  I will rename it now!
 * Hi! You know, this "city growth" - does not look good. It sounds a bit peculiar. "Urban structure", as I said to you, could sound better.In that section, we can discuss CBD as well as new growth patterns, and also a bit of colonial architectures. Above all, we shall be able to produce precedence examples in case someone questions the relevance of such a section!--Dwaipayanc 14:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi! Please try to sign your comments by clicking the third button from the right on the switch panel above the edit box. Usually new talks are added to the end of an on-going talk page, both user talk pages and article talk pages. Hey, please look at the Kolkata image gallery, you can use image from the gallery. You can remove images from the main article as appropriate, but just check in every case if the image exists in the Kolkata image gallery. Please add more images to the gallery when you come across them. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 13:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi ! Please see Canberra. There the geography section consists of geography proper, "climate" and the "urban structure", while a separate section of "Infrastructure" contains health, transport and utilities! Sydney also does the same. We can solve the problem of "modern Kolkata" and "architecture" etc by following this pattern, and absorbing the contents of these would-be-deleted sections within "urban structure". Kolkata is still a moderate article, just about 35 KB. Many F.A.s are 45 KB. So no problem regarding size. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 14:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I think this will work out better because media section is not that strong + media is an important part of the culture of the city. Also, I am currently researching to get more information to break out the film part as a separate subsection of People and Culture and put it either before or after media. So it will flow better too. Once I do that, I will also change the name of People and Culture to People and Customs and make all of it part of "City Culture" or simply "Culture." What do you think?

Hello, I really like the radar image under urban structure. I removed it originally as it did not seem that good under geography. I was wondering if you think we are close to nominating the article for review? We have a good reference list and text has improved a lot in past few days. A review might be useful at this point. Looking forward to your suggestions.--Blacksun 20:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice work
Hey, I must say it looks lot better by moving colonial architecture stuff to tourism. Now the urban structure has a lot better lead in and tourism looks less like a brochure. I still have concerns about the last two paragraphs in tourism but it is lot better now than before. Nice work! (Blacksun 00:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC))

Thanks for noticing...
...my slip-ups; actually, we have changed the way of informing on talkpages ;-) due to several changes as announced on Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know and as linked to from Template talk:Did you know. Thanks for your interest, --Gurubrahma 08:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata
Hi - In case my shout was not received, I'll write it down below. I'm in Ahmedabad rite now, so I figured this would be the closest I'd get to Kolkata, and fancied my chances...

There is no need to hesitate in starting peer review. However, bear in mind that writing an FA on Kolkata will require covering more ground than a PR will reveal - some key holes may go unplugged till FAC. I'm sure Kolkata will be FA in no time. I was very surprised to find no article on Sarat Bose - could have sworn there was one. Rama&#39;s Arrow 10:09, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, I may be shifting to Kolkata by June 2006, and would like to meet you. --Bhadani 10:30, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I've had a personal desire to visit Kolkata for a long time, but I'm afraid I can't come now becoz this is primarily a business trip and time is short. I'd also like to coordinate a visit with a test match at Eden Gardens. However, I'm very pleased that I know at least one person in Kolkata - will definitely want to meet you, and I hope I get an opportunity soon enough. I see that you will have the company of a really wonderful person soon enough. Cheers, Rama&#39;s Arrow 10:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * For Kolkata's FA efforts, solicite the aid of men like Saravask, Sundar and Taxman - they are unbelievably astute in their instincts for analyzing FAs. Rama&#39;s Arrow
 * I do agree with Rama as regards above. --Bhadani 10:44, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I can feel the warmth of your words, and the summer heat and mansoons following shall not be a problem for me. It is not yet final, but I may be transferred there on an assignment involving internal audit of branches of my Bank in the states of West Bengal, Orissa and Assam side. I belong to Ranchi, and have been to Kolkata before. I shall surely send you a mail before I reach there - I may, even if not transferred to Kolkata, would like to meet you some day, as I have to go to Ranchi, mostly via Kolkata. Thanks and regards, and all the best. --Bhadani 10:44, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, I shall do that today - right now, I am going out for two hours. Apanee kemon, ami Bhalo achee. Amar Badi Ranchi. Do you know Bangla. --Bhadani 10:53, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Indian Institutes of Technology
Hi Dwaipayanc,

A request has been made for Indian Institutes of Technology to be peer-reviewed so that it can achieve a Featured Article status. I have been working on it for the last one week and feel that it is satisfactorily good to start the peer-review process. Please care to have a look at it and give your precious comments. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry
Hi Dwaipayan, my statement about Kolkata was badly put, I really didn't mean anything when I made it. I know very well the incredible contribution of Calcuttans to the BD liberation, and really like the place personally as well. Thanks, --ppm 19:49, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I personally know very little about FAC procedures and such, I've left the issue with User:Ragib.--ppm 21:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata PR
You're welcome, Dwaipayan...I sincerely hope Kolkata becomes FA soon! Thanks AreJay 20:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey, ya I saw that. Sorry, I have had medical emergency in the family and been tied up. --Blacksun 07:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I may not have much time in the next couple of weeks due to a death in the family. Will try to look at it later. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 09:27, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan article
Hey, thanks for the congratulations. By the looks of Kolkatta it'll be my turn to congratulate you soon :) Green Giant 08:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually I didn't
Technically speaking, I claimed the answer as an anon.. I had forgotten to logon. Then when I logged on and claimed my answer I was 1 minute late... Lets see who gets the question :)) Spark Plug  13:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I have provided some clarification of the quiz page. Now I also feel its a bit too tough ! Spark Plug 16:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata PR
About the post in PR, that's history, and I don't harbour any ill feelings, but please remember that innocuous posts could be interpreted very differently. I would like to see Kolkata featured as soon as possible, its a beautiful city and I hope I get a change to visit it again. I'll give it a thorough review once my comments are addressed. Lets work together to the FA status. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  16:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Utility services can merit its own section if the data is has little to do the the Cal Mun Corp. Make sure that you have at least 2 paras. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Bangla wikipedia
Hey, do you want to work on the Bangla one too? Right now, there seems to be no Bengali editors from west bengal. You can join it at http://bn.wikipedia.org. You need to enable Bangla text rendering support (in WinXP) though, details of which can be found at http://www.omicronlab.com/avrokeyboard/. Thanks. --Ragib 19:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

On Santiniketan
Dwaipayanc, Thanks for your response. I understand your point of view. But the aforesaid line (The generally disreputable state of affairs perpetuated by the West Bengal government, communist and totally corrupt has not helped matters) was not my contribution in the first place, but that of someone called Ishanb on 2nd January 2006. Please refer to his/ her contribution on that date. This person even made it autobiographical by adding the following:

"Santiniketan is still my home, but the idyllic existence envisioned by Tagore (and my grandfather, Amiya Chakravarty, who was Tagore's secretary and a poet in his own right) is rapidly disappearing"

I had to reduce that. As regards the article, do what you think is best.

Also keep up the good work.

Regards, LordGulliverofGalben

comments on DYK noms
Yeah sure, we want more participation ;). Ghirla who comments regularly is not an admin and is not interested in becoming one. --Gurubrahma 04:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Satyajit
The only worry I have (looking ahead), is whether the fact that all our images are fair use will be a problem if/when it goes up for FA. Thanks.--ppm 16:27, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

On kolkata, here is how the citation
 * 1) ↑ Suranjan Das. "The 1992 Calcutta Riot in Historical Continuum: A Relapse into ‘Communal Fury’?". Cambridge Journals Online (Volume 34, Issue 02, April 2000)
 * 1) ↑ Suranjan Das. "The 1992 Calcutta Riot in Historical Continuum: A Relapse into ‘Communal Fury’?". Cambridge Journals Online (Volume 34, Issue 02, April 2000)

would look for Harvard



There are some formatting issues (how to make it 2 columns and such), but u can just copy from Satyajit and the fill in the Kolkata references. Once you made the Reference, you really refer it like this:

There was lot of communal fury.

On Mohiner Ghoraguli
Not a problem that you remove the links to Mohiner Ghoraguli from the main Kolkata page. Actually, I was browsing some pages and came across these articles on the band and Goutam Chattopadhayay, and tried enriching them with more content. Then felt the impulse of adding them to the Kolkata article. Anyways, folks can get to them from the Bangla band link already provided. Also, I added and linked up Allahabad Bank from Kolkata and also tried to add content to the bank's page as well.

You are doing a tremendous job for the article and I sincerely hope that for all the hard work put in by you, Kolkata becomes a FA.

- User:Aryasanyal

Chandrabindu (band)
Why are you adding a category for a place that isn't mentioned in the article? --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 20:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi! I added the Category:Kolkata culture to the article because the article is regarding a Bangla band which is part of the culture of Kolkata as mentioned in Kolkata and Kolkata culture. Mohiner Ghoraguli, which is also a Bangla band, has similar categorization. If you are trying to say that the word Kolkata is not metioned in Chandrabindu (band), I shall be able to add the info that the band is based in Kolkata, supportrd by reference. If you are trying to say that this band does not contribute in any sort to the culture of Kolkata, then I am really helpless !--Dwaipayanc 06:46, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure why you found my comment ambiguous; Kolkata isn't mentioned in the article, hence my question. If you can add a sourced reference to that city, then of course the category should stay. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 07:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata
looking at kolkata, though, it seems to be mainly web references. I am not sure if Harvard style is the best option there.--ppm 02:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)