User talk:Speregrination/Archive 1

Linear span

Thank you for your work at this article. And I have a few tips. One is that one should not link each occurence of a concept, one link to vector space per article is enough, if at any time "vector space" shows up again, it should not be linked. Second, variables should be italic, so ''S'' or <math>S</math> (which show up as S and $S$) instead of just S. Thanks, and welcome! You can reply here if you have comments. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 00:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Request for edit summary

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Portal India News

Shahab, I noticed you have removed the picture again? Could you please explain why? It would really help if you add edit summaries to your edits. The picture need not represent the first news article in the section. It should be a copyright-free image and can represent any of the news items listed. I will wait to hear from you. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 07:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Indian Current Events Portal

Hi,

Thanks for updating the Indian Current Events Portal and lending a hand. However, while you add new items for the relevant dates, please make sure that you add a related news source as well. It may be from any India related news site. Looking forward towards more contributions. Cheers. -- Chez ^{(Discuss / Email)} 06:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case)

Hi Shahab,

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for creating this article. Cheers. -- Chez ^{(Discuss / Email)} 06:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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Ottoman language Wikipedia

Hello Shahab

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Portal:Current events/India

Hi! Let's work on the portal regularly. Have to update "India in this week..." regularly. Will talk to you in detail soon. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course the headlines. And also taking care of red links and proper archiving.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for automated peer review

Namaste. Could you do an automated peer review for Ganesha like you did here? I have not seen the automated tool before. How does it work? Buddhipriya 18:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I will move the report to the talk page for the article. Buddhipriya 19:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

COTW

I think user:Dwaipayanc maintains it currently. You could contact him if you're willing to take over. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Answering your query on Nichalp's talk page: Yes, this was a mistake. I was supposed to change the INCOTW on 15 April, but could not manage doing so. Sorry. It has been updated now.

I saw your comments replying my comments in the talk page of Religion in India. Let's go ahead with the plans. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:INCOTW updated

You voted for Religion in India, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Started working on Religion in India per the proposed structural outline in the talk page. Please see this post in User talk:Blnguyen. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hi

Hi Shahab! Religion in India improved substantially during the week when it was INCOTW. Still, a lot is to be done if we wish it to run for FAC. Thanks for all the help. Can you please continue the help so thet the article can be further improved?

This week's INCOTW is Education in India. Please help it improve. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Government as this week's WP:ACID winner

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WP:INCOTW updated

You voted for History of India, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 08:02, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Creating a comprehensive to-do list for this article is tough! Anyway, I shall try. Also, the article is the centre of regular debates. You can see the talk page. Probably I myself won't have much time to edit in the article. Please continue your excellent inputs. Bye the way, have you noticed that Lage Raho Munna Bhai became a featured articles just recently? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 13:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Included a to-do list. Two things are of principal importance — summarization, and inline citations. Did some summarization already. Please see and edit. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Seems you are online? How do you feel about the article? (after summary)--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I see the Hindi Vrsion (Bharat Ka Itihas) in "Humanities" section here. Considering the publisher, the book should be considered as a reliable source. --Dwaipayan (talk) 11:07, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

History of India update

I have doubts on the following text:

"Early Indo-Aryan presence probably corresponds, in part, to the presence of Ochre Coloured Pottery in archaeological findings. The kingdom of the Kurus corresponds to the Black and Red Ware culture and the beginning of the Iron Age in Northwestern India, around 1000 BC (roughly contemporaneous with the composition of the Atharvaveda, the first Indian text to mention Iron, as śyāma ayas, literally "black metal"). Painted Grey Ware cultures spanning much of Northern India marks the Middle Vedic Mahajanapadas."

References are not available. Those archeological cultures named have their separate articles, but not well referenced. Maybe we need to delete this section, or just name archeological cultures in as far chronological manner as possible (with refs). Please comment.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't have the technical knowledge to build a graphic timeline. However, if we can get the article into a respectable state, other users may be interested/requested to build one.

Well, I think you should use that book by Krishna Reddy. Not being listed in the web is not a criterion to judge reliability. Does it have an ISBN? If it does, it can be certainly used as a source, since the publisher is reliable and noteworthy.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

History of India is a candidate for WP:ACID

Hello,

The article History of India is currently a candidate for Wikipedia:Article Creation and Improvement Drive (shortcut: WP:ACID). Since you voted for it when it was a candidate for WP:INCOTW, I thought you might be interested for voting for it on WP:ACID, in order to help make it an FA. Thank you. Universe=atom 18:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

PV Narasimha Rao

i added peer review on the article. Kalyan 19:43, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

INCOTW updated

You voted for History of India, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 09:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:INCOTW updated

You voted for Sonia Gandhi, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Whoa!

You're at the IIT!

<kneel, kneel>

-) -- Amit 23:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:INCOTW updated

You voted for P. V. Narasimha Rao, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Salam

hi im in NEw Delhi contributing on Sufism related articles .can we have some coordination on this Topic.Shabiha 15:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)