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infobox[edit]

hi. thanks for your comment. i agree that international affiliation is largely superflous, but it is in line with the general political parties infobox. there are however only a handfull of cases in india were this is applicable, like JD(S). Regarding 'wings' or front organisations, i could agree that perhapds cultural wing could go, but keep other. it is a significant phenomena in the Indian party system that parties have a rather wide network of affiliated orgs. For example the fact that virtually all major parties have their own trade union organisation is quite notable. Having these listings in infobox, as opposed to in chapter in main text, makes comparison between partys more systematic and easier to oversee. --Soman (talk) 08:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would not agree with those changes. If we look at major Indian parties, these sectors are kept somewhat well separated. --Soman (talk) 08:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Constitution of India[edit]

Hello, Sumanch. I see you are working on the Constitution of India article. I have just finished reading a book which talks a lot about the writing of the Constitution and the deliberations in Parliament from Dr. Ambedkar's perspective. I will add some of his quotes about the Constitution soon. You might also want to look at NCERT textbooks (available online, 11th and 12th standard), they have a lot of info on the amendments etc. Good luck. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 16:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a link that will lead you to the NCERT textbooks on Political Science for Class 11. http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbooks/testing/Index.htm If you browse the three menus at the top, you can access the Political Science texts for both Class 11 and 12, which should be helpful. Chapter 9 (http://www.ncert.nic.in/book_publishing/CLASS%2011/Indian%20Constitution%20at%20work/chap9.pdf) has some good data on amendments, how many were made in each decade etc. Let me know if you have any problems with the links. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 03:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I made some edits/fixes to the Consti article. Question, do we really need an influence from other constitutions section ? I think that could be mentioned and then treated in a separate page.I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 03:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the GoI Act could be mentioned, but the additions and changes made to that Act were very significant, esp. those pertaining to reservations and the schedules for the states, so these have to be mentioned as well. I am really busy these days, I will get back to wikipedia work sometime at the end of next week. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 02:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

United States[edit]

Hi. Putting the article up for Featured Article Review is a dead end--it needs to have Featured Article status already to be eligible for review. We're proud of our United States article, but it's not a Featured Article. Any FAR you initiate will be quickly aborted. All the best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 07:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't understand your message. Maybe if you explain your goal here vis-a-vis the article, I can help you out.—DCGeist (talk) 07:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see what's going on here now. You appear to want the article to be recognized as a Featured Article. The problem is, you're nominating it in the wrong place. As I explained to you, the FAR you initiated is moot and will quickly be aborted. You need to go to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates and nominate the article there--it's an FAC you want to begin, not an FAR. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 08:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I just deleted it at FAR--it would only have attracted annoyed/antagonistic attention there. Nominate it just as you did, but at FAC, and I'll work with you there.—DCGeist (talk) 08:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indian States Etymology[edit]

Hey man, could you perhaps take a look at this article, List of Indian states by the etymology of their name, and tell me if it needs anything more (apart from citations, which I will add soon) ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fundamental metric tensor (talk • contribs) 18:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:West Bengal[edit]

Hi! Nice to meet you. Unfortunately I do not have any resource to shed any light on the etymology of Bongo. In case I come across something, I will try to add in List of Indian states by the etymology of their name. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Squadrons of the Indian Air Force[edit]

Hi Sumanch,

Thanks for creating the IAF Squadron Template. However, I suggest that you move it to the more appropriate Template:IAF Squadron or Template:Indian Air Force Unit page, rather than the present page, whose name refers to all IAF squadrons in general.

My second issue is whether this template is required at all. WP:Wikiproject Military History uses standardized global templates like Template:Infobox Military Unit and Template:Infobox Weapon. These allow changes to be easily added and changed. Having a country specific infobox is cool, but not really necessary, especially since Template:Infobox Military Unit has all the information and parameters needed, and more. Plus, there are a lot more editors who will edit the syntax and improve it continuously. For an example, see the Surya Kiran page, which uses this template pretty well.

Hope you understand. Thanks a lot.

Cheers, and hope to see you around. ^T/_@Sniperz11_edits^sign 08:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Direct Action Day(protect request)[edit]

Hi, you have recently declined the request to "protect" the article. I kind of knew that will the result. What do you think should be my action regarding these changes? I dont want to start an edit war and I know, if I make any changes, this guy is going to come tomorrow and start revarting. He keeps calling me sockpuppet of some Hkelker. After researching, I learnt he was a disruptive user who got banned and created hungreds of sockpuppets. I will appreciate your sujestions. Thanks.Sumanch (talk) 09:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should seek a third opinion or use dispute resolution. Stifle (talk) 10:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Direct Action Day[edit]

Hi. I was going through the article, though did not read the whole. The article has several Manual of style issues. However, those can be handled. On the other hand, there are language problems, too. the lead itself was pretty complex which I tried to make somewhat easy. Will have further tries.

What is your plan with the article? Do you want to go for a Good article status? In that case, it will need improvement in language.--Dwaipayan (talk) 03:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First, do what you are doing, that is, add facts, with citations, and finish the article. Editing for language and MoS may come later also. Do not forget to add page number or page ranges in case of book citations. I shall try to do copyedits for language (as far as I can do) and MoS. After that, a good peer review may be needed (for example, involving editors who do edit in articles relating to Indian independence movement).--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I get the meaning. Was the word "uncertain" used by any of the sources you used? Even if it was, there is no harm explaining the word, it should not constitute OR, rather would be easy to grasp the meaning at one go. The wording could be like, "...was uncertain of the league's influence", or, "...was uncertain of the nature of mob", or, the way you explained in my talk page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:38, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Left several comments, and some citation needed tags in the article. Please address those. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 12:33, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I have not gone through the article after your edits. Anyway, what do you plan now? Adding more stuffs? (somewhere you said the article is not yet complete). If you plan to add more stuff, first let that be done. Then, further copyediting.

The prose needs furnishing. More editors need to be involved. Something needs to be done with so many long blockquotes. The lead is also not very good. However, these may come later. You first add more stuffs, if you plan so.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

শুভ নববর্ষ।[edit]

নতুন বছরে নতুন করে জীবনকে ভালবাসার মোড়কে জড়িয়ে ফেলার স্বপ্ন নাও এই সকালে।--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

শুভ নববর্ষ।

শুভ নববর্ষ[edit]

We probably have never conversed before, but I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy and joyous শুভ নববর্ষ !!! :-) --soum ^talk 05:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Eta Carinae[edit]

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

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Direct Action Day contd[edit]

Hi! Yes I shall have a look in the article. However, I am not a good copyeditor. I can do preliminary copyedit, and ensure MOS etc, but, you will need better copyeditor (who can stylise the prose, and ensure better flow as well as interesting reading). However, that can come later. let's see...

The other day I came across a book in my possession, the book is on the history of legislative council of Bengal. It has some pages covering DAD. However, I found nothing new that could be incorporated into the article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I worked on the lead. The lead is the most important part of the article. I somewhat expanded the lead, in order to ensure that an uninformed reader (for example, some foreign reader who knows nothing about India and Pakistan) can have a better understanding at the first go. Have tried to use simpler sentences. Please see if the text is otherwise accurate, considering size as a limiting factor.

However, we've a problem here. The abundance of citation superscripts in the lead is creating some hurdle in easy reading. First, see which citations are really important in the lead (think, removing which citations from the lead may lead to a controversy), and retain only those. The facts in the lead are repeated somewhere else in the article, and can/should/must be cited there. Second, after removing non-essential citations from the lead (and retaining the citations in the appropriate places in the rest of the article), shift all the citation superscripts to the end of punctuation marks, rather than having them interspersed within the sentence; this is very annoying for the reader.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:30, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have done some copyediting, linking etc. Why is there an expand notice in the "further rioting" section? This article, IMO, does not need any more coverage of the further rioting.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POTD scheduling[edit]

Hi and thanks for your efforts in scheduling the POTD. However, the image you selected, Image:EtaCarinae.jpg, isn't due for POTD for a while. The POTD is usually selected in a first-in, first-out queue, and this was recently promoted so it's still got a long wait. I will shuffle things around occasionally or jump the queue for an anniversary or something, but absent any particular reason, each image needs to wait its turn. Regards, howcheng {chat} 23:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of PART Nine of the Constitution of India[edit]

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Linking & abbreviating with {{convert}}[edit]

The parameters lk and abbr control linking and abbreviation (respectively). Try this.

{{convert|1|Mly|Mpc|3|lk=on|abbr=on}} → "1 Mly (0.307 Mpc)"

Is that what you were after? JIMp_talk·cont 05:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redshift units km/s versus z[edit]

Hello Sumanch, thanks for your efforts to improve various galaxy articles. Please come join the discussion of when to use km/s versus when to use z over here. Thanks. WilliamKF (talk) 05:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Galaxy Box and cites[edit]

Hello Sumanch,

Could you please try to extend your galaxy box template improvements to add an argument to provide cites for the distance? For example, for M33, the cites for distance in the info box are now moved to the top of the infobox and are not directly on the cited distance figure.

Thanks.

WilliamKF (talk) 03:35, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also notice a loss of significant digits upon conversion and no scaling (Mpc better shown as kpc) also seen in M33. For example, the dist in ly is converted to 0.86 ± 0.028 Mpc. It would be best if this was instead 861 ± 28 kpc. I'm not sure if what I am asking for is feasible, but since the template now uses conversion, I think it would be good to try, at the least, we should try to not lose significant digits. Thanks. WilliamKF (talk) 03:40, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification[edit]

Hi Sumanch,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:EtaCarinae.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 30, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-10-30. howcheng {chat} 18:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Su30mki1thumb.jpg)[edit]

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PARTs of the Constitution of India[edit]

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