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Pradiptaray is a grad student at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh working on bioinformatics who tries to improve articles he feels strongly about in a burst mode. Scroll down to see edits I have made. If you are interested in contributing to present projects, please do so. If you are interested in contributing to future projects - do not hesitate to contact me, most of the future work just needs a fillip to get started. Having completed 100 destubbings, I am presently taking a break from Wikipedia. Mail me to contact me.

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[edit] De-stub / create

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jersey Zoo
All wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests in West Bengal
Léonard (comic)
Wildlife sanctuaries of India
Biosphere reserves of India
Reserved forests of India
Tiger reserves of India
Upendrakishore Ray
Sukumar Ray and Upendrakishore Ray works

[edit] Copyedit

Neora Valley National Park
Buxa National Park
Sundarban National Park (upon expansion)
Indian National Parks stubs

[edit] Add sections and material

Musical Theater in P. G. Wodehouse, and possible copyedits to style
Fictional locations in Tintin
Material in The Smurfs, Walter Melon, Leonardo and other Bande Dessinee comics.
Advertising work in Satyajit Ray

[edit] Stub

Removal of all red links in Gerald Durrell
Independent bookstores and bookshop districts in Kolkata
Famous sweet shops and eateries in Kolkata
Historic movie theaters in Kolkata
Museums, permanent exhibits and galleries in Kolkata
Sports clubs and stadiums in Kolkata
Palaces and mansions of Kolkata
Parks in Kolkata
Buick Super automobile

[edit] Possible future projects

Import The Annotated Asterix, or whatever is left to import
Etymology based stubbing of Kolkata streets, localities, and suburbs.
A Kolkata / West Bengal portal
An Etymology of Indian Geographical Names project
Uploading public domain Indian photographs, and art.
All Simon and Garfunkel songs
All Peter, Paul and Mary songs
Pittsburgh images
Bengali cuisine in depth
Kolkata images

[edit] Edits

[edit] Articles

I have a wide range of interests. De-stubbed articles and articles created from scratch to non-stub status, or with significant edits, include:

[edit] The life sciences

Taxonomy and species: Pink Pigeon

[edit] The life sciences: Conservation and natural history

Methods: Captive breeding
National Parks and Protected Areas blanket articles: National parks of India, Wildlife sanctuaries of India, Protected areas of India, Biosphere reserves of India, Reserved forests and protected forests of India, Communal forests of India, Sacred grove, Sacred groves of India, Private protected areas of India, Conservation reserves and community reserves of India, Conservation areas of India, Forest Division, Forest Range, Forest Circle
National Parks and Protected Areas specific articles: Gorumara National Park, Singalila National Park, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Kaziranga National Park
Naturalists: Gerald Durrell, Theodore Stephanides, Jeremy Mallinson, Lee McGeorge Durrell, Ram Brahma Sanyal
Conservationists: Edward Whitley
Conservation Organizations: Wildlife Trust (US), Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Madagascar Fauna Group, Wildlife Preservation Canada, Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, World Land Trust
Animals: Jambo (gorilla)
Conservation mouthpieces: Sanctuary Asia

[edit] The social sciences

Archaeology: datestone
Popular culture: Table cricket

[edit] The social sciences: Religion

Buddhism: Tsechu
Inuit shamanism: Siqqitiq

[edit] The literary arts

Authors: Alfred Ollivant, Evadne Price, Jacquie Durrell, Margaret Durrell
Translators: Anthea Bell
Illustrators: Graham Percy, Ralph Thompson, Cliff Wright, Robert Sabuda, Frank R. Grey, Thomas Henry, Peter Barrett, Edward Mortelmans
Publishers: Hamish Hamilton, Michael O'Mara Books, Jamie Hamilton (publisher)
Bibliophiles: Alan G. Thomas
Fictional characters: Jane Turpin
Depicted real-life characters: Louisa Florence Durrell
Poetry: Ghinnawa

[edit] The performing arts

Musical instruments: Dramyin
Songs: The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie
Dances: Dramyin Cham
Films: Asphalt Zahov, Namehay Bad, Chang Hup Thengi Thruel Nang, Guimba, un tyrant une époque, Beshkempir
Yiddish Theatre: A Khasene in Shtetl, The Komediant, Lillian Lux, Pesach Burstein, On Second Avenue
Yiddish Film: Shnei Kuni Leml
Yiddish Songs: Odessa Mama
Actors: Balla Moussa Keïta
Sports: Sushil Kumar, Mohammed Ali Qamar, Hawa Singh, Pu Zoramthanga (boxer)

[edit] The visual arts

Photography: Red Shirt School of Photography
Folk art: Maohou
Filmmakers: Douglas Botting
Sculptors: John Doubleday
Buildings: Les Augrès Manor

[edit] Bookkeeping

Disambigs: Odessa Mama, mahananda (you thought disambig pages are easy to write? )

Wikiprojects: WikiProject Protected areas of India

User pages: This one

[edit] Diagrams created

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A schematic of hiking trails in the Singalila National Park

[edit] Photographs taken and uploaded and linked

Include

Arobindo Bhavan, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Jheel, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

[edit] Templates created

The Life and Times of Gerald Durrell

Institutions associated with: Jersey Zoo • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust • Wildlife Trust • Wildlife Preservation Canada • Mauritian Wildlife Foundation • Madagascar Fauna Group

Co-conservationists: Lee Durrell • David Attenborough • Peter Scott • Jeremy Mallinson • Edward Whitley

Expeditions undertaken: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bhutan • Cameroon • India • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Russia • Sierra Leone

Species associations: Aye-Aye • Gorilla • Mauritius Kestrel • Pink Pigeon • Pigmy Hog • Rockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit

Books authored: The Overloaded Ark • Three Singles to Adventure • The Bafut Beagles • The New Noah • The Drunken Forest • My Family and Other Animals • Encounters with Animals • A Zoo in My Luggage • The Whispering Land • Island Zoo • A Look at Zoos • Menagerie Manor • Two in the Bush • The Donkey Rustlers • Rosie is My Relative • Birds, Beasts and Relatives • Fillets of Plaice • Catch Me a Colobus • Beasts in My Belfry • The Talking Parcel • The Stationary Ark • Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons • The Garden of the Gods • The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium • The Mockery Bird • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist • Durrell in Russia • The Fantastic Flying Journey • The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure • The Ark's Anniversary • Keeper • Toby the Tortoise • Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories • The Aye-Aye and I • Puppy Tales • The Best of Gerald Durrell

Illustrators: Ralph Thompson • Edward Mortelmans • Peter Barrett • Graham Percy • Keith West • Cliff Wright

Famous TV Series: Two in the Bush • Catch Me a Colobus • The Garden of the Gods • The Stationary Ark • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • Ourselves and Other Animals • Durrell in Russia

Notable others: Jacquie Durrell • Lawrence Durrell • Achirimbi II • Theodore Stephanides • Douglas Botting

National Parks of India

Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Campbell Bay • Galathea • Mahatma Gandhi • Mt. Harriet Island • Middle Button Island • North Button Island • Rani Jhansi • Saddle Peak • South Button Island Andhra Pradesh: Kasu Brahmananda Reddy • Mahavir Harina Vanasthali • Mrugavani • Sri Venkateswara Arunachal Pradesh: Mouling • Namdapha Assam: Dibru-Saikhowa • Kaziranga • Manas • Nameri • Orang Bihar: Valmiki Chhattisgarh: Indravati • Kanger Ghati • Sanjay Goa: Mollem Gujarat: Blackbuck • Gir • Marine • Vansda Haryana: Kalesar • Sultanpur Himachal Pradesh: Great Himalayan • Pin Valley Jammu & Kashmir: Dachigam • Hemis • Kishtwar • Salim Ali Jharkhand: Betla Karnataka: Anshi • Bandipur • Bannerghatta • Kudremukh • Nagarhole Kerala: Eravikulam • Mathikettan Shola • Periyar • Silent Valley Madhya Pradesh: Bandhavgarh • Fossil • Kanha • Madhav • Panna • Pench • Sanjay • Satpura • Van Vihar Maharastra: Gugamal • Navegaon • Pench • Sanjay Gandhi • Tadoba Manipur: Keibul Lamjao • Sirohi Meghalaya: Balphakram • Nokrek Mizoram: Murlen • Phawngpui Nagaland: Intanki Orissa: Bhitarkanika • Simlipal Rajasthan: Desert • Keoladeo • Ranthambhore • Rajiv Gandhi • Sariska Sikkim: Khangchendzonga Tamil Nadu: Guindy • Gulf of Mannar • Indira Gandhi • Mudumalai • Mukurthi Uttar Pradesh: Dudhwa Uttaranchal: Corbett • Gangotri • Govind • Nanda Devi • Rajaji • Valley of Flowers West Bengal: Buxa • Gorumara • Neora Valley • Singalila • Sundarbans

Protected areas • National Parks • Protected areas of India • National parks of India

[edit] Memo

Wikipedia stylefile, now with popups
Leyli o Majnun (1936 film) - this Iranian film was made with the help of Kolkata diaspora
Legendary personalities in Bengal - folk culture of Kolkata

[edit] The Deep Web

If you are working in low data scenarios, these information sources might be of use to you:

[edit] Non-googlable Virtual Repositories

www.archive.org
The Wayback Machine - a flashback of the internet

[edit] Books

Google Book Search
Amazon Search inside books

[edit] Journals

JSTOR - the archive of scholarly journals - Athena login required (ask your librarian)
Google Scholar - search of published literature
arxiv.org

[edit] Libraries

British Library catalogue search
Library of Congress catalog search
NYPL catalog search
Worldcat network search of catalogs

[edit] Magazines, Periodicals and Newspapers

TIME magazine archive
New York Times archive
findarticles.com - a syndicate of sorts for old periodical and newspapers
The Guardian archive
LA Times archive
The Times, London archive (free search only from 1985, sigh)

[edit] Encyclopaediae

EB - Athena login required (ask your librarian)
Encarta - the MS backed encyclopaedia
H2G2 - this is free and googlable, but I'm including it for completeness

[edit] Auction Sites

eBay search
Sotheby's search and listings

[edit] Image repositories

Flickr - this is also free and googlable, and included here for completeness
British Library image search - large public domain image collection
eBay - to reiterate, the best place to find rare book covers
Library of Congress media repository

[edit] Peer process

Strange. An article I stubbed with one line has become a DYK snippet based on that line now that the article was well destubbed.

An entry from Humshaugh appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on February 2, 2007.

And a barnstar to boot!

To the silent contributor to a plethora of India-related article, I award you this Barnstar. — Ambuj Saxena

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Contents

[edit] To do

[edit] De-stub / create

[edit] Copyedit

[edit] Add sections and material

[edit] Stub

[edit] Possible future projects

[edit] Edits

[edit] Articles

[edit] The life sciences

[edit] The life sciences: Conservation and natural history

[edit] The social sciences

[edit] The social sciences: Industry

[edit] Socio-cultural topics: Kolkata

[edit] The social sciences: Political systems

[edit] The social sciences: Religion

[edit] The literary arts

[edit] The performing arts

[edit] The visual arts

[edit] Bookkeeping

[edit] Diagrams created

[edit] Photographs taken and uploaded and linked

[edit] Templates created

[edit] Memo

[edit] The Deep Web

[edit] Non-googlable Virtual Repositories

[edit] Books

[edit] Journals

[edit] Libraries

[edit] Magazines, Periodicals and Newspapers

[edit] Encyclopaediae

[edit] Auction Sites

[edit] Image repositories

[edit] Peer process

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