Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gujarat/Archive 1

Thanks
Thanks for starting the project, I will try to be as much active as I can in the project Nadesai 21:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the article on Gujarat
There had been a cleanup tag on it since december so I decided to clean it up.

Modified some text. Changed the order Improved the sections Ensured a smooth flow

Just made sure that the quality of the article is improved. More stuff needs to go in, probably a few more Pics.

The deshgujrat links at the bottom seem like advert to me, but I have not removed them, just changed the text a bit.

Removed the Clean up tag.

Yessrao a.k.a Sushanth 00:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi
I am also the new member of this project!!! --Nirajrm '' talk 02:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Cinema of Gujarat
I think creating a page with Gujarati cinema instead of Cinema of Gujarat will be a better idea. Kaushal mehta 10:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Safari magazine
I am trying to create Safari Magazine page. Please see my sandbox. Kaushal mehta 15:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

About user:San taunk
The user Sanjay Tank has created large number of stubs about villages in Kachchh district. This pages are mostly empty, with small introduction, which is almost same in all the pages except for one or two words here and there. Also all village pages carry an infobox that has details of Gandhidham city. Apparently user is copy pasting same text from one place. I guess user may have good intention to expand articles at his leisure, nevertheless is this acceptable behavior of creating bulk articles without significant details or wrong infoboxes? pruthvi 16:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

New Member
Hello, I am new member of this project and willing to improve articles related to Gujarat. Gaurang | Talk 07:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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Watchlists
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Cleanup listings
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Ahmedabad FAR
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Did some additions to Paldi.
Added some information to Paldi. Kindly moderate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SanjitN (talk • contribs) 21:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Rewrite needed
I just found some massive amount of direct copy and paste in Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi article from, and since this seems to be a notable Gujarati poet, urgent rewriting is imperative to avoid WP:COPYVIO --Ekabhishek (talk) 05:46, 23 January 2009 (UTC)--Ekabhishek (talk) 05:41, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

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Okip  00:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

FAR
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WikiProject cleanup listing
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Disambiguation of place names
Most of the places in Gujarat use the plain name like Gandhinagar or use ", Gujarat" like Jodhpur, Gujarat. In cities and towns I found only seven that used ", India". This is very unspecific, like for other countries I suggest to use a level below the country name. What do you think? Issue has been raised at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names).

The seven in Category:Cities and towns in Gujarat are: Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 19:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Okha, India suggest: Okha, Gujarat
 * 2) Salaya, India suggest: Salaya, Gujarat
 * 3) Anjar, India suggest: Anjar, Gujarat
 * 4) Kadi, India suggest: Kadi, Gujarat
 * 5) Chhaya (city) suggest: Chhaya, Gujarat
 * 6) Gondal, India suggest: Gondal, Gujarat
 * 7) Sayan, India suggest: Sayan, Gujarat

RFC on Nautrality at Narendra Modi
Asking about whether the article on the prominent and controversial Indian Hindu nationalist politican Narendra is currently neutral.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 21:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Notable Gujarati writers
Template:Notable Gujarati writers has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Lfdder (talk) 02:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission
Is this notable? Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paramarsh Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 11:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

GA article being reassessed: Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad was reviewed and listed as a Good Article in June 2012. It has been tagged with sourcing concerns since Dec 2013. I have done a GAR, and I feel that the article doesn't meet current GA criteria. The main contributors have been notified, though are unavailable or not able to do the work at the moment so there has been no progress. Following the guidelines at Good article reassessment, interested WikiProjects are being contacted as editing assistance may be needed to prevent the article being delisted. See Talk:Ahmedabad/GA2 for more details. If no progress is made, and nobody expresses an interest in working on the article, it is likely to be delisted after seven days have passed.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  16:16, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

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Outline of Gujarat
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 00:43, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Mandvi village
Please help.Xx236 (talk) 11:38, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

What does this mean?
(Copied and edited from .)

I'm editing Gujarati cinema at 's request. I don't know Gujarati at all, but I'm pretty good at editing English.

includes this sentence about Mane Mankad Karde ("A bug bites me"): "Apophthegm" is a very rare word in (US) English and I wouldn't use it at all. "Confection" can refer to a combination of things, but almost always means "a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients".
 * The title of film did not have any specific meaning but was the confection of apophthegms.

I would begin by rewriting the sentence as something like But I can't fill that blank. What does "the confection of apophthegms" mean? "Confection", apart from its usual use, can mean "something mixed or compounded of various materials", but this still makes very little sense. Is "A bug bites me" a translation of a Gujarati saying or idiom? Is it a combination of sayings or pieces of sayings? That would explain "confection", but the word isn't appropriate here because of its usual meaning.
 * The film's title did not have any specific relation to the content, but was _____.

Can anyone help? Please me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 06:04, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Reference check please
The date of birth of Shirley Setia is apparently given in a Gujarati language newspaper. Could someone please verify that it says 2 July 1995? Would this newspaper be considered a reliable source?- gadfium 23:55, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I have crossposted this request at the Gujarati language Wikipedia.- gadfium 06:09, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

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Template:Social groups of Gujarat and "Dangi"
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Need to include more details about news paper
It seems that wiki does not have info about all Gujarati newspaper e.g akilanews.com. It is prominent news daily in Rajkot. we can find many more — Preceding unsigned comment added by Divyang4481 (talk • contribs) 22:51, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Requested move
There is a requested move at Talk:Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad that would benefit from your input. Please come and help!  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 22:58, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

 * New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
 * New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Gujarat related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
 * Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines ; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
 * If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. --John B123 (talk) 13:06, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Gujarat State Film Awards
Does anyone know where I can find lists of winners or anything? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  14:15, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

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Help needed
help needed to make missing gujarat new talukas on Wikipedia and making their template for every districts like this: Template:Ahmedabad district. If you want to help them send me message a on my talk page. DSP2092 (talk) 09:43, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

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Coordinators' working group
hi, I have read about Dharampur village of Gujarat on site but its very brief. I would like to edit the page if permitted... please reply

Parixit 09765595163

Old manuscripts/documents should be preserved - copies on Wikipedia
Indians have been weak and unfortunate at keeping records.

We should try to keep photocopies or photographs of all kinds of documents from 18th century or earlier on Internet. I wonder if there are any documents from 15th century left (Narsinh Mehta's time). Exceptions could be stone inscriptions but these too could be photographed and kept on Internet.

Other important documents include some related to the formation of the state of Gujarat (1960?).