Talk:2008 Mumbai attacks/Archive 7

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No army commandoes

[1] In spite of some media reports please understand that there were NO army commandos in mumbai operations. army commandos, also known as para commandos do not train for hostage rescue and they are stationed in agra. the military forces were : 25 navy MARCOS. regular forces of local army regiment and the NSG which comprises the SAG exclusively staffed with army personnel.

Some one please edit the section accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.225.78 (talk) 12:42, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Done Unsourced references to Army commandos have been replaced with a more general statement. SBC-YPR (talk) 12:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

External Reference

I was looking for a place to put an External Reference on the Wiki page fo the 26/11 attacks. Has an External Reference section been discussed already? It would be nice for editors to be able to link to articles/webpages about the attacks that aren't referenced in the Wiki article. Who is in charge of these decisions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saberlotus (talk • contribs) 02:09, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Are there any such pages? This article seems to be pretty comprehensive as of now, and at the cost of sounding immodest, I don't think anything else anywhere else has come close. As to your second question – we all are! :-) SBC-YPR (talk) 12:15, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Images

I have photographs of the affected areas. Yet to get a chance to upload them as my USB drive is not working. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:20, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

By all means fix this. Remember when you upload to follow all the instructions on releasing the rights etc. If you need assitance contact me at my talk page. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 09:38, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure. ;) =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:28, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

O Cere, Nichalp is a pro-Wiki editor who has been on Wiki right from Dec 2004. He is an admin here as well as on Commons. Kensplanet^Talk_{Contributions} 09:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Correction Kenneth. I've been here since Jan 04. Almost 5 years. =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Got it uploaded commons:Category:November 2008 Mumbai attacks =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:28, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

What's the exact death toll?

Over the course of the past few days, the estimates of the dead have fluctuated wildly, between 164 and 195. I seem to have found a reliable source[2] which despite being a bit old, gives a clear break-up: a total of 192 dead (141 Indian civilians, 22 foreign nationals, 20 security forces, 9 terrorists). If anyone can get a link to an official website, or any place providing a more reliable estimate, please post it here before making any edits on the page. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 05:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Done The official death toll (civilians and security personnel) is 164. The official press release (statement by the Home Minister) can be viewed here[3]. SBC-YPR (talk) 06:28, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I read 174 somewhere!? Don't remember the source... Damn it! --KnowledgeHegemony ^talk 16:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Photos uploaded

I've uploaded photos here:

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)

Confession of a Captured Terrorist

I've removed much of the content in this section as it already appears in the sub-article, and the purpose of this article is only to provide a summary and not to go into details (those are meant for the sub-articles). Can we have a consensus on this, please? Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 09:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

reactions

I moved most of the content over to the sub-page. Please look over there as I restructured it somewhat. With this move, I think we have the article pretty much where it should be. I would try to find a way to move content from "Attacks" because it is a bit too long for a summary. That said I think the summary should have the same sub-headers etc. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 03:39, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Navbox 2008 Mumbai attacks

I created a new navbox template, and will be placing it in the sub-article and site pages. I think its useful.

Sample:

Thanks! --Cerejota (talk) 04:41, 26 December 2008 (UTC)