User talk:Maharaj Devraj

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How wonderful that you have joined our 'virtual group' here! I'm sure your inputs on wikipedia will prove extremely valuble, and I look forward to collaborating with you on many projects. We have several articles, including this and this which may be of particular interest to you; I am sure you will wish to create many more.

We are especially short of images (photographs, portrait images) here, one reason being the stringent rules, set out here, which govern the inclusion of images. It is therefore very fortunate indeed that you are willing to spare some images for use on Wikipedia. The process of uploading photographs on to Wikipedia is extremely simple, once they are available on your computer. Photographs can be loaded on to your computer in two ways: Once the image is available on your computer, please go to this page, which can be reached through the "upload file" link provided on the left side of every Wikipedia page. Please follow the instructions on the page and the image will be uploaded in a moment. Regarding the 'licensing' tag: in your case, either the 'GFDL self-made' or the 'PD self-made' will probably serve the purpose. In case of doubt, please select 'None' and then message me; I will fix the problem.
 * 1) They can be 'scanned" using a scanner and the image thus created stored in your computer;
 * 2) If the original photographs were snapped using a digital camera, the image can be transferred to the computer directly.

You can message me at any time if you need help anyway. Looking forward to many good, information-rich articles from you, as also images! Best regards, ImpuMozhi 15:29, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion
May I commend this page to your attention. I am sure you will wish to provide more detail to it. We do look forward to receiving images as well, for this and other articles. Regards, ImpuMozhi 16:27, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

New page
This is regarding the Prince Jagat Singh page which you created earlier today, which is basically a mirror of the Jagat Singh of Isarda page. I presume you favoured the former name and hence created the new page. On Wikipedia, pages are renamed by using the "Move" button on the top of the screen. After this is done, one needs to check the page-links to make sure that there are no double redirects. I am merging the two articles under the title favoured by you, but I think a fresh page-name will have to be resolved upon, since: Please let me know what page-name, harmonious with these conventions, you would prefer, and I could do the needful. Regards, ImpuMozhi 20:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the WP:MOSBIO conventions followed on Wikipedia, titles are not to be used at all;
 * The page-name "Prince Jagat Singh" is not unambiguous, since there are others known by the same name


 * Thank you for the reply. You are certainly right about 'Jagat Singh of Jaipur' being unambiguous, since the two Maharajas of Jaipur who have been known by that name can be identified by their regnal numbers (luckily there have been two). So there should be no problem on that, in the event of someone bringing up the issue. As of now, we need do nothing on the matter, I think.
 * I have created a category named "Princely Jaipur" to which you can link any relevent articles or images you create. Of course, pages related to the Cooch Behar or Baroda families need to be organized in separate categories -- and here is a page about HH The Rajmata's great-grandfather, which must fall into a different order of category altogether! There is a lot to be done on all these pages (for instance, the page about Babu Keshub Chunder Sen makes no mention of the connection to Cooch Behar or Mayurbhanj, leave alone Jaipur or Bastar), and your inputs in all this will be invaluable. I am so glad you have joined our community here. Regards, ImpuMozhi 20:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Let me know..
By the way, if any one has any problem or queries with my Edits or Info, please feel free to discuss it with me or let me know your opinions. Regards, Maharaj Devraj

Wikify
I havn't learnt how to Wikify yet, and I would appreciate if some one could assist me in doing so. I am particularly refering to the article of Vibhavadi Rangsit which needs to be wikified.
 * Hi! On this page there is a list of the various basic ways to wikify. --Ali K 08:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Signing your comments
Hi! After adding comments to discussion pages, you can sign your comment by typing ~. This helps other users to easily identify who left the comment. Thanks, --Ali K 12:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK thanks, for the help and suggestions. Maharaj Devraj 13:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Just wondering if you had yet had time to look into the question of photographs. We have several articles regarding HH Maharaja Man Singh II and his family, but not a single image. Nor indeed of HH Maharani Indira Devi. I am sure you will agree that photographs will enliven all these pages. Regards, ImpuMozhi 22:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanx for the message -- the images you have added are really nice, with the quality that comes from photographs that have not been posed for. I have resized and captioned them, and you can now make changes as you like by editing that page.


 * Regarding Copyright: since the WW-II image dates to before 1946, one can arguably use the copyright tag, since photographs in India are copyrighted only for 60 years after publication. The other image (darshan) has been published in a 2001 book. This need not mean that the photograph is owned by the publishers. Was it loaned to them from the personal collection of the royal family? If so, who is the formal owner of the photograph? If it belongs to you or a near one, there are appropriate licensing tags available. Otherwise, it appears that the image will be deleted in a week's time. Again, if that photo was snapped before 1946, we shall have no problem.


 * These copyright issues are precisely the reason why we have no images at all of this celebrated family, a situation that can be remedied only by you. A single wedding photograph would brighten up several pages, especially if it includes HH Maharani Indira Devi and members of the Jaipur family (such as First HH and Second HH). There are images galore on the web, but none on Wikipedia, which is very particular about not violating copyright. There is good reason for this caution: any images released from personal collections to Wikipedia come into the public domain and can be used anywhere, anytime by anyone. I am not sure that this is known to you. There is little use that anybody can make of a photograph, but it is something that you should know. Best regards, ImpuMozhi 15:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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Regarding the message that Orphanbot left you: I have changed the tagging of Image:SMS3.jpg temporarily. That tag itself tells us what to do, in case the photograph belongs to you: kindly replace my edit with "" (type "GFDL-Self" enclosed within double brace-brackets). In case it belongs to a member of your family, please use and make a note using the words: "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work in Wikipedia articles." Hope this helps. Regards, ImpuMozhi 16:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Potential copyright issues with Prince-Rangsit1.jpg
While uploading Prince-Rangsit1.jpg, you claimed that you were the creator of this image. This photograph was taken during the reign of Rama VI, nearly a hundred years ago. While assumming good faith, I must ask you to provide your credentials as the creator of the image. Patiwat 22:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

The same applies to Rangsit3.jpg and Rangsit-Mountbatten.jpg. Are you really the creator of those images? If not, please note the source as well as the license. Copyrighted materials can still be used in wikipedia (with some conditions), but images must contain a correct source. Patiwat 22:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Request image of King Bhumibol
Hi there! I've got a favor I'd like to ask of you. I'm heavily contributing to the King Bhumibol article, which is currently being evaluated for Featured Article status. Problem is, the editors don't have any free license photographs of the King. One of the photos that you scanned from the book on Prince Rangsit had the King in it (the photograph on his wedding day), but it is a sideways shot that doesn't show the King's face very clearly. I was wondering whether the book contains a more direct image of the King, and if yes, might I trouble you to scan it and contributed it under a free license. Cheers, Patiwat 00:28, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Hinduism in Thailand
It may be in your alley of editing. I also would like to bring this article to your attention . Baka man  01:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for bringing the article to my attention. I quite agree with most (but not all) of what the author has stated about Hinduism in Thailand. Apart frmo that I will be sure to contribute to the Hinduism in Thailand article in the near future. Incidentaly I just recently purchased a very interesting work by His serene highness (Mom Chao) Subhadradis Diskul, titled: 'Hindu Gods At Sukhodaya'. Sukhodaya ofcourse being the Sanskritised name of the first Siamese Capital 'Sukhothai'.Maharaj Devraj 05:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Still havn't been able to complete the Hinduism in Thailand article yet. The history of Thailand in general also needs to be updated, currently it totally ignore the ancient period of the Pre-Sukhothai days. Anyhow, in this regard I've been reading some very helpful sources one of which being The Indianized states of South-East Asia by the Master George Coedes (of which seems to be available from Amazon). An imperative read for any one interested in South-East Asia.Maharaj Devraj 11:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC) Still havn't been able to contribute to this yet.Maharaj Devraj 12:46, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

ขอความร่วมมือ
ถ้าเกิดคุณยังไม่ได้สมัครสมาชิกในวิกิพีเดียไทยนะครับ ขอให้สมัครมาช่วยแก้ไขวิกิพีเดียกันเยอะ ๆ ด้วยครับ ขอบคุณครับ
 * P.S. If you cannot read Thai, I would be really sorry. --Passawuth 09:54, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

ขอบคุณครับ... มีหลายอย่างให้ทำเลย และชุมชนก็เหนียวแน่นกว่าวิกิพีเดียอังกฤษด้วยครับ ^^ --Passawuth 02:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Rajput
Hi! It is wonderful to see some informed edits happening to articles on India. There is really a lot of work to do. The reason I didn't like your title was that I found it in spite of its length it was uninformative. It is probably a confusing title too to the typical reader in North America. It sounds like the Marathas were disturbing the British Raj! Not what you intended to convey. I realise that there was no unified India in the era we are talking about, but the Marathas were a significant part of that time. What do you think about "Maratha era" or "Maratha influence"? --Diannaa (talk) 04:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, this article - Maratha Empire - shows the Marathas holding an empire in Central India for nearly 150 years. Perhaps the heading should stand so the encyclopedia is consistent within itself? --Diannaa (talk) 04:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi, been away for a short while. Concerning the heading of the concerned section, I would not be too suprised that the term being used in the Maratha empire article, as there are some element of certain right wing ideologies of mordern India involved here, although in my own opinion the Marattha's form of governence is more inclined fowards a 'confederate' rather than a centralised 'empire' with an emperor, so based on your suggestion I would much rather prefer some thing like 'Marattha ascendency'? Such simplification would still not do justice to the period of chaos that was 18th century India though, so seems like we got some kind of dilemma here.

Yeah, totally agree with you that a lot of Indian article needs editing. I will try to gruadual browse through some of the historical/cultural articles!

Let me give some thought to this matter for a day or two and I'll get back to you. Many thanksMaharaj Devraj (talk) 12:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Rajasthan and North India were not directly under the state you refer to as well.Maharaj Devraj (talk) 12:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for getting back to me on this issue. 'Maratha ascendancy' or 'Maratha era' would fit nicely. The term 'Maratha Confederacy' is also used in some sources; this one might suit the purpose as the Marathas were more a loose confederation of states rather than an empire. Let me know what your thoughts are. -- Diannaa  TALK 16:13, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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