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===Indic scripts in lead===
===Indic scripts in lead===
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There is community consensus that the lead sentence of an article, as well as infoboxes, should <u>not</u> contain any regional Indian language script. It is suggested that [[IPA]] be used for help with pronunciation. (For details, please refer to the following RfCs: [[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_48#Native_languages_in_lead|Native languages in lead]] and [[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#RfC_on_Indicscript_in_infoboxes|Indicscript in infoboxes]].) The closure of the lead sentence RfC was clarified [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADeltaQuad&action=historysubmit&diff=475001248&oldid=474999854 here] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DeltaQuad/Archives/2012/January#Native_languages_in_lead here] (clarification to the infobox RfC are pending). Exceptions are articles on the script itself, articles on a language that uses the script, and articles on texts originally written in a particular script. This guideline does not apply to articles that are within the scope of projects other than WikiProject India, for example [[WP:WikiProject Hinduism|WikiProject Hinduism]] or [[WP:WikiProject Buddhism|WikiProject Buddhism]].
WikiProject India's style guide does not permit the use of Indic scripts in the leads or infoboxes. Instead use [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] pronunciation guides which are more international. Exceptions are articles on the script itself, articles on a language that uses the script, and articles on texts originally written in a particular script. This guideline does not apply to articles that are within the scope of projects other than WikiProject India, for example [[WP:WikiProject Hinduism|WikiProject Hinduism]] or [[WP:WikiProject Buddhism|WikiProject Buddhism]].

This rule is an exception for articles supported by WikiProject India because for regions other than India, native scripts are allowable. One reason why Indian scripts are not allowed is because often there are too many different languages, each of which have their own native script, which can be original names for a topic. Disagreements over which native scripts to include led to a resolution in which all are avoided. In topics about China, for example, only one native script is necessary, so for that and many other languages, there is never any controversy in adding native scripts.

This position is a result of a [[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_48#Native_languages_in_lead|2012 request for comment]] on Indic scripts generally and [[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_64#RfC_on_Indicscript_in_infoboxes|2017 request for comment]] on Indic script in the lead. Those large community discussions followed many other discussions including these:
*[[User_talk:DeltaQuad/Archives/2012/January#Native_languages_in_lead|Native languages in lead]], January 2012
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_50#Indic_Script_In_Article_-_In_Search_Of_Alternative.21|Indic Script In Article - In Search Of Alternative!]], April 2012
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_53#Consensus_for_adding_Indic_Script_in_Infobox|Consensus for adding Indic Script in Infobox]], May 2013
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_54#Revision_of_Indic_scripts_in_lead|Revision of Indic scripts in lead]], June 2013
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_62#Organising_a_vote_on_Indic-Scripts|Organising a vote on Indic-Scripts]], May 2016
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_64#Multiple_Indicscript_in_infoboxes_are_out_of_control|Multiple Indicscript in infoboxes are out of control]], April 2017
*[[Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_63#Indic_script_in_.22Lead_sentence.22_or_in_.22Lead_section.22.3F|Indic script in "Lead sentence" or in "Lead section"?]], May 2017


== Project organisation ==
== Project organisation ==

Revision as of 13:47, 21 June 2017

WikiProject India
General info. (edit · changes)

Articles that need... assessment (3,688) (7,793) • attention (538) • creation • infoboxes (2,939) • maps (898) • photographs (11,088) • reassessment (31) • subprojects (59)

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India article statistics

This list is generated automatically every night around 3 AM UTC here.

India articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 2 6 34 48 1 91
FL 6 10 33 135 184
A 1 2 2 5
GA 24 58 172 465 719
B 119 426 860 1,649 93 3,147
C 96 825 2,251 9,815 1 550 13,538
Start 20 1,021 5,206 62,212 4 1,730 70,193
Stub 1 308 2,446 95,686 3 1,664 100,108
List 25 199 611 4,983 27 163 6,008
Category 5 49 41,971 42,025
Disambig 1 42 733 776
File 12 8 1,467 1,487
Portal 89 89
Project 209 209
Redirect 2 109 408 5,956 3,510 9,985
Template 1 2 4 6,298 6,305
NA 4 4 31 15 54
Draft 34 791 825
Assessed 296 2,968 12,046 181,119 55,118 4,201 255,748
Unassessed 2 1 89 11 3,556 3,659
Total 296 2,970 12,047 181,208 55,129 7,757 259,407
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,016,655 Ω = 5.41

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WP:IND and WP:INDIA redirect here. For the notice board for India-related topics, please see WP:INB. For the Manual of Style, see MOS:INDIA. For the essay on Independent sources, please see WP:INDY.

The India WikiProject is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Republic of India and the history of the Indian subcontinent. The goals of this group are three-fold—

  • to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe aspects of India,
  • to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India by creating, expanding, and maintaining factual articles,
  • to serve as the point of discussion for issues related to India in Wikipedia.

To achieve the goals, this project group has developed features to help in managing its creative work. It includes Departments, which coordinate work on certain tasks, such as peer review or project-wide collaboration and Work Groups, and focus on content and articles related to India, such as cities, politics and culture.

Participation

The details of WikiProject India members can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members. Feel free to add your name and join in this initiative. The main page for discussion is Wikipedia:Noticeboard for India-related topics, consider adding it to your watchlist.

Departments

Departments are groups of members who do specific work. Tasks include authoring, maintaining the project pages, administering portals, adding articles, participating in reviews, managing the project and so on. The following is a list of departments within the WikiProject. WikiProject Members may not necessarily do only departmental tasks. They can contribute content as a member of Work Groups as well.

Coverage

  • Refine and maintain the List of basic India topics, a key guide on Wikipedia to India as a subject. It serves as a table of contents, summary, and topic outline of coverage on the country India and is the most useful tool on Wikipedia for exploring and understanding fundamental material about India (and how it fits together) on Wikipedia. Its purpose is an important one: it simply enables readers to see at a glance how the subject of India is broken down, what the component topics are, and how they relate to each other - that is, how information on India is organized (here, and in the world-at-large). It is a site map and outline of knowledge that demystifies the subject known as "India". Because of its central role in the presentation of Wikipedia's coverage of this subject, it is very important to develop and maintain it to the highest level of quality: to help readers improve their conceptual awareness and understanding of India as well as find their way around this subject on Wikipedia. For examples of other pages in this set, see List of basic France topics, List of basic Thailand topics, List of basic Japan topics, List of basic Taiwan topics, and List of basic Iceland topics, all of which are currently completed to a higher level of quality than this page. In other words, much work needs to be done: the List of basic India topics is incomplete, needs your editing contributions, and is especially in need of pictures!

Guide

The guide makes a list of tools, scripts and suggestions required for editing WikiProject India related articles.

Outreach

The outreach department guides its members on strengthening the sense of community in this project. Members' tasks include welcoming new members in the project, helping other editors in the project, managing the newsletters and helping the general project community to be in touch.

Assessment

The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Indian articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject India}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

Collaboration

The Indian Collaboration of the month seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. Every month, a maximum of five articles are selected to be in the focus, and the project attempts to improve them, potentially to featured article standards.

Any articles dealing with some aspect of India (except for current featured articles and featured article candidates) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.

Peer review

The peer review department conducts peer reviews of India-related articles on request; this helps to obtain ideas for further improvement by having contributors who may not have previously worked on particular articles examine them. Project members are invited to submit articles to the department in lieu of using the generic peer review process.

Photography

The photography department aims to provide a collection of high-quality photographs and images for use in India articles.

Cartography

The cartography department aims to create a collection of high-quality maps for use in India articles. The department gathers existing public domain and free-license maps as well as creating new ones from other materials where no suitable maps can be found. All project members are welcome to request additional maps that may be needed for particular articles from the department.

Requests

The Requested articles and Request department aims to organize, create and elevate the status of requested articles as well as properly categorize all newly created articles and remember to tag with wikiproject India.

Kitchen

The Kitchen of WikiProject India has a list of Indian cuisine related personal user awards from where you can give food barnstars to others.

Project guidelines

Manual of Style

Main page: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles

Indic scripts in lead

Shortcuts

WikiProject India's style guide does not permit the use of Indic scripts in the leads or infoboxes. Instead use International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation guides which are more international. Exceptions are articles on the script itself, articles on a language that uses the script, and articles on texts originally written in a particular script. This guideline does not apply to articles that are within the scope of projects other than WikiProject India, for example WikiProject Hinduism or WikiProject Buddhism.

This rule is an exception for articles supported by WikiProject India because for regions other than India, native scripts are allowable. One reason why Indian scripts are not allowed is because often there are too many different languages, each of which have their own native script, which can be original names for a topic. Disagreements over which native scripts to include led to a resolution in which all are avoided. In topics about China, for example, only one native script is necessary, so for that and many other languages, there is never any controversy in adding native scripts.

This position is a result of a 2012 request for comment on Indic scripts generally and 2017 request for comment on Indic script in the lead. Those large community discussions followed many other discussions including these:

Project organisation

Check Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Workgroups to see the Project organisation.

Project banner

Place this WikiProject notice {{WikiProject India}} at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to the Wikiproject India. Please refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Project banner for banner usage guidelines.

Userbox

Add this userbox {{User WPIndia}} or {{User Wikiproject India}} to your userboxes to direct editors to WikiProject India from your userpage.

WikiProject Award

If you notice someone making outstanding contributions to this project or any of the descendant WikiProjects, please feel free to give them any of the following barnstars.

The India Star

Syntax: {{subst:The India Star|message ~~~~}}. It will produce:

The India Star
Your COMMENTS here ~~~~

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit

Syntax: {{subst:The Indian Barnstar of National Merit|message ~~~~}}. It will produce:

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
{{{1}}}CONGRATULATIONS MY MOTHER INDIA...

Templates

Name What it produces Uses
{{WikiProject India}}
WikiProject iconIndia Unassessed
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.IndiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndiaTemplate:WikiProject IndiaIndia articles
???This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
 To be placed on article talk pages, designates that an article is within the scope of the Project, articles can also be rated to find their overall quality and importance.
{{WPIN-Member}} Optional large banner in which users can display on their Userpage telling viewers that they are a member of the Project, can replace the Userbox or be an addition to it,
{{WikiProject India invitation}} To be placed on User talk pages of users who you have noticed contribute regularly to India related articles, if they decide to join they will list themselves on the list of participants. You can add a custom message as well as your signature in the template by using the code,
{{subst:WikiProject India invitation|sign=~~~~|message=}}
{{User WPIndia}}
IndiaThis user is a member of
WikiProject India.
 Designates that a User is a member of this Wikiproject. This can be used instead or as well as the above banner. Adds WikiProject India top icon to user page. Also, adds user to the category of WikiProject India members.
{{Indian Barnstar}}
The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
{{{1}}}
this WikiAward was given to {{subst:PAGENAME}} by ~~~ on ~~~~~
To be awarded to users who are greatly involved in the project
{{subst:Indian Barnstar|1=Put your message here.}}
{{WikiProject India talkback}}
link={{{1}}}
link={{{1}}}
Namaste, WikiProject India. You have received at least one new message at the [[{{{1}}}|Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics]]. Please continue the discussion there!
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Talkback}} template.
 Talkback notification for WT:INB
{{subst:WikiProject India talkback|Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics|question title goes here|ts=~~~~}}


  • {{IndicL}} to add one of the multiple scripts to an article lacking it
  • {{India Links}}: Welcome template/useful links
  • {{India quick links}}: Welcome template/useful links (shorter version)

Stubs

For information on which stubs to use on India-related articles, see the list of stubs at Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Stub templates.

Subpages

Resources

Tools

Main page: Wikipedia:Tools
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