Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mumbai/Archive 2

Good article drive
I've gone ahead and submitted eight of my articles to GAN. Along with History of Mumbai, we have 9 Mumbai-related articles that can possibly attain GA status.

I was thinking that we all pick a top priority article each, and nominate it for GA status. Each article should take about a day to develop. Doesn't need to be too comprehensive, but make sure you use all information you can get from Google searches that throw up reliable sources.


 * 1) Gateway of India
 * 2) Kanheri Caves
 * 3) Flora Fountain
 * 4) Sanjay Gandhi National Park
 * 5) Marine Drive
 * 6) Asiatic Society
 * 7) Mahalaxmi Racecourse
 * 8) Elephanta Caves

I'll pick Gateway of India to begin with. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  09:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you mean we have to modify them so they can become Class A articles?-- Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 09:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I mean we need to do this: We need to get top priority articles to GA status. To do this, we first need to research on the content. These searches might help for example, on Marine Drive. google (some help), Google news, Google books, Google scholar, Times of India, Express India  and Mid-Day websites. One you get as much information, write the article on what you can understand, in your own words. Think of it like the projects you might have done in school. :) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  09:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll take 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings since it is already done. Kensplanet  Talk  Contributions  10:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Can I do it after 27th Dec? My engg sem ends on 27 dec then I'll again be active -- Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 05:39, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Attack on Mumbai
Hey where were all the editors???? November 2008 Mumbai attacks went total haywire. All the article is writen in American style. We required editors to form a majority to take desicissions. Only Kensplanet was actively editing. I'll like to thank Nichalp for providing live updates.-- Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 12:09, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I've uploaded photos here:


 * commons:Category:November 2008 Mumbai attacks
 * commons:Category:3 December 2008 Mumbai solidarity rally

Feel free to add them to the page.

I'd like to draw attention to this image (File:2008 Mumbai terror attacks Metro before firing 1.jpg) (I've accidently overwritten it with another image. This image was taken by me of the gathered journalists at Metro Cinema, minutes before they were fired upon. It was blurry because of the poor light conditions, so I headed back in disappointment. Some 10 mins later, people were running helter skelter and the firing took place. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  14:35, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Alerts !!!!
Wikiproject Mumbai has Alerts now. It is run by a bot. Kensplanet TC 12:19, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Link WikiProject Mumbai/Article alerts --GP Pande 13:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes. It's also on the Main Page of the Project. Kensplanet TC 13:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Mumbai map nominated for deletion.
File:Mumbai area locator map.svg is up for deletion on commons. You can leave your comments. --GP Pande 20:21, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

one more GA for Mumbai
History of Mumbai has been listed as a GA. One more GA for WP:MUM. Kensplanet T</b><b style="color:green;">C</b> 07:18, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

History of Mumbai
History of Mumbai, a recently listed GA, has been listed for a Peer review at Peer review/History of Mumbai/archive2. Comments, Suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Kensplanet <b style="color:black;">T</b><b style="color:green;">C</b> 09:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

List of Governors of Bombay
List of Governors of Bombay is a Featured list candidate at Featured list candidates/List of Governors of Bombay. Comments, Suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Kensplanet <b style="color:black;">T</b><b style="color:green;">C</b> 09:35, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

south mumbai
South mumbai is the most controversial word i ever heard. different ppl give different definitions. is there any reliable source or reference for south mumbai. lets discuss it and come to consensus.

mumbaikar (talk) 11:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

chembur page modified
friends. i have modifed chembur wiki page. pls go there and review it so that i may know where are the anamolies. thanks u for ur precious time.

mumbaikar (talk) 11:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

i need some help to make demographic section better. pls any of u can help me to improve by giving ur comments or can directly edit it.

mumbaikar (talk) 11:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The extent in the article references the M Ward boundary which also includes neighbourhoods of Deonar, Mahul, Anushakti Nagar, Govandi and Mankhurd. This has made it difficult to seperate these neighbourhoods from Chembur. Any word on how to find out Chembur's boundaries within M ward?
 * The history of Chembur as it reads now doesn't seem complete or upto the mark. Where can I research local history? I am also looking at developments right upto 2005 as history.

Trying to put the first two sections of the article, clearly. Thank you for your help. Also mumbaikar, I have and will be making more changes, please do join in if you can. Thanks. Prad2609 (talk) 17:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Pradeep

Also, I'm trying to improve the wiki pages of above mentioned neighbourhoods since this seems to bring the distinction of Chembur into clearer focus. Residents of the area may please contribute to the same. Prad2609 (talk) 13:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
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Mumbai Wiki Wednesday
Wiki Wednesday is an informal meetup of Wikipedians. I am not sure if Mumbai Wikipedians have had a meetup or not but this will be a good chance: For the first Wiki Wednesday, June 17, 2009? Venue suggestions:
 * 1) to share your Wikipedia experiences.
 * 2) to discuss what new articles need to be covered by Wikipedia.
 * 3) help out the newer guys (like me) on Wikipedia.
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 * 5) and have some fun. :)
 * 1) Marine Drive - seafront opp the Air India building.

I'm coming
 * 1) Pradeep

I might make it
 * 1) add your name

thanks Prad2609 (talk) 16:58, 27 May 2009 (UTC)Pradeep
 * I also had proposed wiki meetup. But people are too busy. I would be glad to come. But on 18 I am going for vacation. So if you prepone this meet up I will suerly come.-- <FONT FACE="Old English Text MT" COLOR="#FF6600">Suyog</FONT> <FONT FACE="Old English Text MT" COLOR="#FF6600">talk to me!</FONT>  16:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Articles on Neighbourhoods in Mumbai
Many of the articles in Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai (esp. on the areas along the railway line) need serious cleanup. They've deteriorated a lot in the past few months, due to constant addition of trivial information (such as trivial details about about non-notable buildings, schools and NGOs). We need to make sure that these articles remain clutter-free. utcursch | talk 05:42, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

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Photo request
Would someone mind photographing the Jet Airways registered head office at S.M.Center, Andheri - Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400059 ? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 02:40, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

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Meeting in Mumbai 20 Sept 2010
Hello! Barry Newstead, who has recently come on board as the Foundation's chief global development officer, comes to Mumbai 20-21 Sept as part of a weeklong India visit.

He and I are hoping to meet with wikipedians in Mumbai on 20 Sept eve - informally, to share and discuss the Foundation's plans for India, and to hear from the community on how to boost and strengthen projects in English and other Indian languages.

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Bishdatta (talk) 13:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Mumbai articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Wikimedia Mumbai Mailing List and Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebrations
I have been requested by the Wikimedia Mumbai mailing list members to post a note here so that you are aware that there is now a Wikimedia Mumbai mailing list. You can find the mailing list here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum.

Also, Wikimedia Foundation has called for the 10th anniversary celebrations from around the world on January 15, 2010. The webpage for that is here: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

We have already had 3 successful Wikipedia meetups in Mumbai and more are yet to come. The mailing list has been setup to forward this communication channel.

Prad2609 (talk) 05:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC) Pradeep

Neighbourhood Standardization
I have been working on the editing the neighborhoods in M Ward. I have started with Chembur, Govandi, Mankhurd, Deonar and Trombay. Help is needed in standardising the text which currently just has lists of schools and shopping establishments!

I have gone broadly with:
 * 1) Overview
 * 2) History
 * 3) Geography
 * 4) Administration
 * 5) Transportation

Additions and ideas are welcome. Prad2609 (talk) 11:48, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Move requested at Talk:History of Bombay in Independent India
History of Bombay in Independent India is requested to be moved to History of Mumbai in Independent India. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 13:33, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Photo requests
Hi! I have two photo requests in Mumbai. Would anyone mind photographing: Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 17:05, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Jet Airways head office - S.M.Center, Andheri - Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400059
 * Kingfisher Airlines head office - Kingfisher House Western Express Highway Vile Parle (E) Mumbai - 400099 India

Images on Mumbai page
There is an ongoing discussion on the Mumbai talk page re images used on the article page. Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 07:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

New Userbox
Iv recently created a new userbox for Wikipedians who attend or have graduated from University of Mumbai - User:UBX/ University of Mumbai. Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 09:08, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of S. R. Bhosle Krida Sankul Stadium


The article S. R. Bhosle Krida Sankul Stadium has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * I dont find any information on this stadium in Google News or Google Book Search, in fact I have never heard of it before

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FLC nom - List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium
List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium has been nominated for WP:Featured List status - the flc is ongoing here -. Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 07:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

B-Positive Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 05:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Bombings in Mumbai - title discussion
Readers here may be interested in contributing to the discussion at Talk:2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Cheers. -GTBacchus(talk) 02:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Takes Mumbai
About 283 Mumbai related articles in English Wikipedia needs photos. We are planning an event "Wiki Takes Mumbai (2012)", with dates and timings still to be fixed. Will however like to know any one interest or any comments. Thanks in advance.

For the list of articles in need of photos: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Mumbai. -- Karthik Nadar 18:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

New Volunteer coordinator for WikiProject Mumbai
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 * Thanks a lot AshLin, and sorry for late reply. I had been busy for the past two days. On my lectures, instead of concentrating, I'm very much in deep thinking as what can be done. I will let you know what I come up. As of I'm thinking to get many volunteers roaming around Mumbai related articles to firstly sign-in the members list. On the way of INCTOM, i was in a consideration to take up History of Mumbai, which is a GA to make it a FA asap :). All tough I will be completely working on recommendations as per the other volunteers. Please do comment. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 17:53, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I recommend that first of all, you survey the few hundred articles of Mumbai, do minor cleanup along the way. Add each article to your watch list. Then prepare an outline of articles of Mumbai where you arrange the articles systematically in groups/topics/threads and also add whatever is needed as red links. This activity will give you a very good picture on the state of the WikiProject. AshLin (talk) 06:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Great idea AshLin. I'll watch many Mumbai related articles and work on it. It will also benefit in getting few more editors doing round in Mumbai articles. Thank you:) -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 11:37, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Photo request: Kingfisher Airlines HQ
Would somebody in Mumbai mind photographing the Kingfisher Airlines head office? It is at Kingfisher House Western Express Highway Vile Parle (E) Mumbai - 400099 India - The reason why is that the airline may shut down due to financial trouble, and we need to get a photo of the HQ

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 22:36, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup 15
Mumbai Meetup 15 Announced: April 7, 2012 @ Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Bandra. Its free - do attend! Sign up here. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 16:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

When was the Mahalakshmi Temple built?
Help needed to clarify some confusion/disagreement. Details on the article's talk page AnshumanF (talk) 18:44, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Incorporation of Page
Hi, Could you please include Four Bungalows. Thanx --Bdwolverine (talk) 08:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks, Xavier449 (talk) 12:07, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Perth requested-move notification
A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation), which proposes to move:
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 * Perth, Scotland → Perth, Perthshire
 * Perth (disambiguation) → Perth

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Status of Sion
I've observed conflicting information about Sion on wikipedia. Sion is clearly mentioned as the last (northernmost) locality in Mumbai City District and It is not mentioned in Mumbai Suburban District. However practically everywhere else, including Sion, Mumbai it is described as a 'suburb' of mumbai. Any reason why? Trinidade (talk) 18:18, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Forts
Is Fort George of English Wikipedia same as the Bombay Fort of Commons? If yes, which one should be renamed? There is also a Bombay Castle on en wiki which has no images. §§<span style="font-family:;font-size:;color:;background-color:;"> §§ {T/C} 11:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Preity Zinta, Ram Narayan
Preity Zinta, Ram Narayan, a part of WP:MUM. ?? Xavier449 (talk) 10:00, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * If they are resident of Mumbai, why not? -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 06:27, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Rail History
Have uploaded an image at Mumbai Central railway station's page about the history of the station. Does anyone think that the same image could be included on the Churchgate page also? Superfast1111 (talk) 18:25, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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Freida Pinto FAC
I've nominated the article for FAC. Constructive feedback would be appreciated – Featured article candidates/Freida Pinto/archive3. Thanks, &mdash; Vensatry <font color = "Indigo" >(Talk) 17:04, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/Tamannaah filmography/archive1
Currently active, the candidate shall gain some benefit from few constructive comments. Regards, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 12:01, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

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Nomination of Portal:Mumbai for deletion
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Help me to expand this article
I have created this article Gokuldas Tejpal on the Gujarati philanthropist lived in the Mumbai. Kindly, help me to expand this article and image is needed. If anyone can visit GT hospital then image of the person can be made available. Thanks, -- <i style="color:orange; font-family:Brush Script MT">Harshil </i>want to talk? 04:08, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

1860 panorama


Perhaps the above image, which I have just uploaded to Commons, is of interest (on this and Wikipedias in other languages)? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:55, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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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 Mumbai 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) 13:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)