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Why the Parentage?
Hi,

Do any of the editors share my opinion that Punjab project should not have Parentage to India or Pakistan projects? If any, it should be to Indian sub-continent (if it exists), not these country projects. The countries are relatively new compared to the history of Punjab.

Smartest stupid (talk) 07:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Assistance sought to improve an article
The original Young Malang film article was speedy deleted... perhaps without due consideration that otherwise tag-able concerns, including a sense of WP:PEACOCK, were addressable underWP:IMPROVE, WP:ATD andWP:WIP. It was most likely written by a newcomer who lacked understanding of how PEACOCK terms give an unsourced article a very bad reputation. It was then recreated in a much shorter version asYOUNG MALANG by another apparent newcomer and sent immediately to AFD. As the film's production has received significant coverage and the film is due to release on the 20th, I undeleted the original version and moved in into my userspace. I seek assistance in bringing the original into line for a return to mainspace. Who's up for helping improve it?  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 02:45, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Punjabi welcome
I ran into a situation today where a user was contributing an article in Punjabi; I don't think the user could read and write in English. I think the user was well-intentioned, but unaware of the pa Wikipedia or unaware of how to contribute to it. I did my best with a machine translation (after which the user stopped adding the Punjabi content), however it would be nice to have a non-English welcome message (and maybe warning templates) in Punjabi to help direct non-English users to the appropriate project. Anyone interested in taking on the challenge? --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:11, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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AfC submission - 01/07
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nala Ankar Bridge. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:29, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

opinions please?
Does anyone here have an opinion or thoughts on Punjab filmmaker Daljit Ami?  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 02:26, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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RFC on Indo-Canadians in Vancouver
RFC at: Talk:Indo-Canadians: Should Indo-Canadians in British Columbia and Indo-Canadians in Greater Vancouver be separate or should the latter be merged into the former?

Another question: Would it count as WP:SYNTH to have a dedicated article on the Indo-Canadian population of Metro Vancouver? (Vancouver, Surrey, and other Vancouver suburbs) WhisperToMe (talk) 06:14, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Book reviews of The Dynamics of InstitutionaI Change and RuraI Development in Punjab, India (1974)?
I went on a Japanese database and found:
 * 葛西 実. "文献紹介 インド、パンジャブ州における制度上の変化と地域開発 S.S. Johl and Mohinder S. Mudahar, The Dynamics of Institutional Change and Rural Development in Punjab, India, Ithaca, Cornell University, 1974" (Archive). 国際基督教大学学報. II-B, 社会科学ジャーナル. 巻15, p. 191-199. 1977-03-31. 国際基督教大学.

It's a Japanese-language review of an English-language book about the Indian Punjab. I wanted to see if I could find other review articles about that book, but I was unsuccessful. Does anyone know of any more review articles about it? WhisperToMe (talk) 13:21, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Outline of Punjab
Outlines have been created and developed for the following states:


 * Outline of Andhra Pradesh
 * Outline of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Outline of Assam
 * Outline of Bihar
 * Outline of Chhattisgarh
 * Outline of Haryana
 * Outline of Karnataka
 * Outline of Kerala
 * Outline of Maharashtra
 * Outline of Odisha
 * Outline of Rajasthan
 * Outline of Sikkim
 * Outline of Tamil Nadu
 * Outline of Telangana
 * Outline of Uttar Pradesh
 * Outline of West Bengal

As of yet, there is no outline on this state. The Transhumanist 02:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Punjabi wikipedians' notice board/members
bringing the above page, a clearly good faith effort, to your attention. It isn't linked to anything and I'm not sure that there's a good rationale to it. And of course there's the 'Administrators' bit. Not sure what that's about. , what do you mean by "Administrators"? Doug Weller talk 13:44, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Huh? FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  14:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Dear Doug Weller, the Punjabi wikipedians' notice board/members page is linked to Members. If other communities from other regions can have similar pages, for example: Canadians, Trinidad and Tobago people, Scottish, Sri Lankans, Indians, Pakistanis and so on, then why not the members interested in Punjab-related topics? I believe that with time, the page will serve great purpose and help connect the community for the improvement of Wikipedia. And of coarse, if there's an issue with the 'Administrators' section, then it can be removed. The idea of an 'Administrator' sections was copied from Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/Members.


 * And don't worry, the 'Administrators' section wasn't added for myself.


 * Regards, Peeta Singh (talk) 14:29, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Hm, still don't see the point. It includes at least one blocked Administrator and doesn't include all the editors recently active on the talk page. And my point was that you can't get to your page from any part of this project. It should be a subpage. As far as 'Administrators' go, I can see the point of identify Admins at the list of members in case one is needed say for a page move, but not on a list of talk page members. Just to clarify, Scottish Wikipedians' notice board/Members' archive is a 2007 archive, Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Participants is empty, your Sri Lanka link is an ordinary members link, nothing to do with the notice board, the Indians link is also a member link only, ditto Pakistan. Doug Weller  talk 14:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * This looks like it could be a useful addition to the support structure for Punjabi articles. I see no harm in giving it a try. The Transhumanist 18:21, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Khanda
The Khanda is a symbol of the Sikh nation and Punjab, which represents the Punjabi and Sikh people and their homeland.

Salma Mahmoud, on what basis are you implying that the "Khanda is not the "emblem of the Punjab", that it *actually* insertion of WP:HOAX?

Filpro, on what basis is the Khanda just a religious symbols? 

Peeta Singh (talk) 07:25, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Recent edit to Punjab (region)
My attention was drawn to user today because of a string of inappropriate, apparently random speedy nominations. On being warned, the user stopped, but has since made this substantial edit to Punjab (region). At a quick look, the edit is not obvious enough vandalism to be immediately reverted. I see in the page history that a number of previous edits by this user have been reverted by another editor: but I also see that the other editor has today been topic-banned from Punjabi-related articles. I am therefore posting here so that editors familiar with the article and with current sanctions can decide what, if anything, needs to be done about the recent edit. JohnCD (talk) 15:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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MfD nomination of WikiProject Film/Punjabi cinema task force
See discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Punjabi cinema task force; this malformed "task force" was created without prior discussion by an indef blocked user and has no other participation. Regards. PC78 (talk) 15:11, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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CFD: Years and decades in Punjabi cinema
See Categories for discussion/Log/2020 October 5, where I have proposed deleting 35 categories. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 11:20, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

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 * New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Punjab related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
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This project should represent Punjab, not only Sikhs

 * The Khanda emblem is being used which is a representation of Sikhs or Sikhi, not the Punjab region. Instead of Khanda, any image of Lahore city could be used, which is the capital of Punjab region (for example this one, which shows Badshahi Masjid and Lahore Fort along with Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Gurdwara Dera Sahib and Hazuri Bagh Baradari).


 * The welcome message Sat Sri Akaal is a greeting associated with Sikhs or Sikhi, the proper way to welcome in Punjabi language is Sat Bismillah G Aayan Nu or simply G Aayan Nu.

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