User talk:Nilayshastri

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Nilayshastri! Thank you for your contributions. I am Nizil Shah and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Nizil (talk) 11:03, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Draft:Hariprasad Shastri
Thank you for reaching out to me. I am aware of great contribution of H. G. Shastri. I will assist you to get it published. Currently, the draft is in good shape with need of some formatting and some more references. I will correct the formatting and language issue. If you have information/bio on him published in some reliable books/magazine etc, you can mail me or share the link here which can be cited in the article to validate the truthfulness of information in the article (because we need references, see WP:V). You can further help by providing his photo under free license which can be legally used here and everywhere else. You can donate photo of Vrajlal Shastri as well and provide references with more information. Please see WP:COI as well which says about having conflict of interest in articles so be somewhat aware of it. You may reply here. I will keep watch on this page. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 11:11, 26 December 2018 (UTC)


 * has done some copyediting. I will do more later.-Nizil (talk) 14:37, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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Nizil, thanks for your prompt reply. I am new to editing Wiki talk page so apologies in advance if my response is not well placed. I am working on getting appropriate picture and will update it as soon as I have it. A sketch of Vrajlal Shastri is available and I will upload it as well but it will take couple of months as I am out of the country. Regarding verifiability, H.G.Shastri's work is predominantly in Gujarati language and mostly published through B.J.Institute so I am having hard time finding any online source. I understand concerns related to COI, I am happy to work on the sidelines and just feed in information that can help develop this page.

Nilayshastri (talk)
 * Its OK if you reply here. Thank you for working to have images. It is OK if you provide offline sources or Gujarati sources. You can even mail me photos/scans of them if you are not comfortable in editing. More information regarding Vrajlal Shastri is also welcome. References published by B. J. can be provided. If you know specific books profiling him (e.g. Gujarati Vishwakosh), we can have it accessed at libraries. Happy to help. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 01:36, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

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Just wanted to let you know we have found bunch of references (offline contents) and now working with B.J.Institute to get details of the books where H.G.Shastri's profile/work is captured. I am also working on getting good image that we can use for wiki.

Separately, a student at Sardar Patel University had done his PhD on Vrajlal Shastri's work. We have reached out to the institute and now trying to avail the contents through the library, which is likely to have his picture.

Happy New Year!

98.210.1.147 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:25, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Nilayshastri (talk)

Hello, I found the book Dr. H.G. Shastri felicitation volume from my library, which contains many useful details about H. G. Shastri. 'll add. -Gazal world (talk) 11:24, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , thats great. Cite it and improve the info., thanks for all working on making more info available. Provide it whenever you can. We will publish the article when atleast basic article is ready. We can improve it further later on. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 14:38, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Can you find above mentioned thesis on shodhganga?-Nizil (talk) 14:40, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * No. I searched on Shodhganga when I started editing this article, but it seems that the thesis is not available there. -Gazal world (talk) 15:42, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Yes, felicitation volume has bibliography of Dr. Shastri's work, Gazal thanks for finding it. I was trying to get scanned copy for you so glad you found it. Besides that "Shatabdi Mahotsava Granth" (Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya), edited by Shri Kumarpal Desai has mention of Dr. Shastri's work. Also, "Sagar ane gagar" published in 1982 lists his contribution. For both these references, I am working on getting scanned images for your reference. Nilayshastri (talk)

Separately, "Buddhi Prakash" Aug 2012 edition, page 26 has an article on Vrajlal Shastri (its written by H.G.Shastri so not sure if its considered COI). Nilayshastri (talk)
 * I will meet Kumarpal Desai in couple of days. 'll definitely get a copy of "Shatabdi Mahotsava Granth" from him. -Gazal world (talk) 16:59, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , the article is now in good shape. Once images and biblio is done, we can publish it. Can you tell death place of Vrajlal Shastri? It is missing from his article. Above mentioned Buddhiprakash article can help in some ways even though it is a primary source.-Nizil (talk) 19:27, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

I am working on getting more details on place of death and will get back to you. Regarding picture/bibliography, please advice if anything else is required from me. Thanks for your continued help! Nilayshastri (talk) 20:25, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Ready to Publish
Hello. Apologize for taking so long. I was busy in real life. I have done all work on Draft:Hariprasad Shastri. It can be expanded in future. For now, It is ready to publish. There are a 'Move' button on the top of the page. Select 'Article' from the option, and publish it. Cheers. -Gazal world (talk) 14:17, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Gazal, thanks for all the hard work and no need to apologize, if anything, you are going above and beyond to help with this. I truly appreciate Nizil and your work. Before I publish it, I am just thinking it will be nice to have Dr Shastri's picture included in this page. I shared few with Nizil and wondering if we can place one up here.-Nilay Shastri 15:50, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Please email those images with relevant information to User:Gazal world as I had instructed in the email. He will help you to get them approved. We can go ahead with article as approval of images will take some time.-Nizil (talk) 06:26, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good. I don't see an option to 'Move', I guess they haven't assigned me Move rights yet. Would either of you be able to move it on my behalf?

06:48, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

I just noticed the page is published now. I am extremely grateful for your help Nizil & Gazal. Please feel free to reach out if I can help with anything in future.

Gazal, what will be good email address to send you the pictures of H G Shastri?

Thanks,

11:03, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Shankarlal Shastri
Hello, I have created an article on Shankarlal Shastri. I have also sent a wikimail to you with my mail ID. Regards. --Gazal world (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2019 (UTC)