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Draft:Ali Saleh

2024-04-10T09:34:12Z

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It's ironic that Ali Saleh, who sued EAconomy for unpaid commissions, now finds himself unable to pay his own lawyer's fees.<ref>https://behindmlm.com/companies/eaconomy/ali-saleh-screws-over-lawyer-in-eaconomy-case/</ref> This highlights a potential pitfall of taking legal action.<ref>https://casetext.com/case/saleh-v-eaconomy-llc</ref>
==Legal MLM Controversy==
Ali Saleh (born unknown) is a former participant in multi-level marketing (MLM) programs. According to a BehindMLM article: <nowiki>https://behindmlm.com/companies/eaconomy/ali-saleh-screws-over-lawyer-in-eaconomy-case/</nowiki>, Saleh was involved in a legal dispute with Eaconomy, an MLM company, over unpaid commissions. The article alleges that Saleh's lawyer withdrew from the case due to non-payment of fees.

Beyond the Eaconomy lawsuit, details about Saleh's life and career are scarce. The same BehindMLM article suggests that Saleh has participated in at least five MLM companies in the past year, including Eaconomy, Manifest, Aiscend, Be Epic, and Jifu. This could raise questions about Saleh's business practices and potentially indicate a pattern of churn between different MLM companies.

Saleh has recently fled to Dubai. The reason for this relocation is not clear, but it could be related to his ongoing legal disputes or financial difficulties.<ref>https://dockets.justia.com/docket/nevada/nvdce/2:2021cv00512/149283?amp</ref>
==Reference links==
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File:Ali Saleh (Hypocrite).jpeg

2024-04-10T09:31:31Z

Systumm: Ali Saleh in 2024, Being slammed by the media for owing debts to His own lawyer and now he’s part of meme

== Summary ==
Ali Saleh in 2024, Being slammed by the media for owing debts to His own lawyer and now he’s part of meme
== Licensing ==
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Draft:Ali Saleh

2024-04-09T04:49:58Z

Systumm: Saleh

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It's ironic that Ali Saleh, who sued EAconomy for unpaid commissions, now finds himself unable to pay his own lawyer's fees.<ref>https://behindmlm.com/companies/eaconomy/ali-saleh-screws-over-lawyer-in-eaconomy-case/</ref> This highlights a potential pitfall of taking legal action.<ref>https://casetext.com/case/saleh-v-eaconomy-llc</ref>
==Legal MLM Controversy==
Ali Saleh (born unknown) is a former participant in multi-level marketing (MLM) programs. According to a BehindMLM article: <nowiki>https://behindmlm.com/companies/eaconomy/ali-saleh-screws-over-lawyer-in-eaconomy-case/</nowiki>, Saleh was involved in a legal dispute with Eaconomy, an MLM company, over unpaid commissions. The article alleges that Saleh's lawyer withdrew from the case due to non-payment of fees.

Beyond the Eaconomy lawsuit, details about Saleh's life and career are scarce. The same BehindMLM article suggests that Saleh has participated in at least five MLM companies in the past year, including Eaconomy, Manifest, Aiscend, Be Epic, and Jifu. This could raise questions about Saleh's business practices and potentially indicate a pattern of churn between different MLM companies.

Saleh has recently fled to Dubai. The reason for this relocation is not clear, but it could be related to his ongoing legal disputes or financial difficulties.<ref>https://dockets.justia.com/docket/nevada/nvdce/2:2021cv00512/149283?amp</ref>
==Reference links==
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Category:2004 films

2023-12-26T07:46:11Z

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Sinsa-dong, Gangnam

2023-09-11T19:35:42Z

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'''Sinsa-dong''' is a ward of [[Gangnam District]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. This district contains many department stores, hairshops, churches, boutiques, cafes and restaurants.<ref name="encyber">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732234&contentno=732234
|title=신사동 (Sinsa-dong 新沙洞)|publisher=Doosan encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-14 |language=Korean}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tour.gangnam.go.kr/main_history/history10_01.html |title=The origin of the names: Sinsa-dong |publisher=[[Gangnam-gu]] official site |accessdate=2008-04-14 |language=Korean}}</ref>

==Transportation==
The area is served by [[Sinsa station]] on the [[Seoul Subway Line 3]], and Seoul buses.<ref>[http://topis.seoul.go.kr/eng/popup/busroute.jsp Seoul TOPIS Bus Route Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417170712/http://topis.seoul.go.kr/eng/popup/busroute.jsp |date=2011-04-17 }}</ref>

== Education==
In Shinsa-dong, there are three schools: Singu Primary school (From Grade 1 to Grade 6), Sinsa Junior High school (From Grade 7 to Grade 9) and Hyundai Senior High school (Grade 10 to Grade 12). Sinsa Junior High school and Hyundai Senior High school are located just next to each other.

==Visitor attractions==
In the area is [[Garosu-gil]], a notable upscale shopping street. It is often called the "artists' street" due to its designer stores, unique coffee shops, and scenery.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Sinsa-dong Garosu-gil Road (신사동 가로수길) : VISITKOREA |url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/locIntrdnList.do?vcontsId=87385&menuSn=351 |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Sinsa-dong Garosu-gil Road (신사동 가로수길) |language=en}}</ref>

[[Hangang Park]], between [[Hannam Bridge]] and [[Banpo Bridge]], has sports facilities such as basketball court, tennis court and swimming pool. In addition, people can find a luxurious ferry boat restaurant in Hangang park.

== See also ==
*[[Dong of Gangnam-gu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{in lang|ko}} [http://www.gangnam.go.kr/dong/main/main.do?dongCode=401501 Official site]

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CJ CGV

2023-09-11T19:34:43Z

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{{Short description|South Korean movie theater chain}}
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| subsid = CGV Arthouse [[Mars Entertainment Group|Mars Entertainment]] [[4DX|CJ 4DPLEX]] (90.48%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20170329001102|title=주석|publisher=dart.fss.or.kr|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref>
| num_employees = South Korea: 1,525 (2016 non-consolidated)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20170331004598|title=사 업 보 고 서|publisher=dart.fss.or.kr|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> Indonesia: 77 (2020) Vietnam: 82 (2020) USA: 2 Turkey: 105 (as [[Cinemaximum]], 2020)
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'''CJ CGV''' ([[Hangeul]]: CJ CGV (씨제이 씨지브이)㈜) is the largest [[multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex cinema]] chain in [[South Korea]] and also has branches in [[China]], [[Indonesia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Turkey]], [[Vietnam]], and the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kil |first=Sonia|title=CJ-CGV Wants to Keep Growing Its Chains|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cj-cgv-wants-to-keep-growing-its-chains-round-world-1201922581/ |work=variety.com |accessdate=12 July 2017|date=2016-11-23}}</ref> The fifth largest [[multiplex theater]] company in the world, CJ CGV currently operates 3,412 screens at 455 locations in seven countries, including 1,111 screens at 149 locations in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |last=Noh |first=Jean|title=South Korea's CJ CGV pushes past 400 theatres|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/south-koreas-cj-cgv-pushes-past-400-theatres/5119199.article|work=screendaily.com|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref> CGV takes its name from the first letters of the joint venture partners at the time of launching; '''C'''J, '''G'''olden Harvest (Orange Sky Golden Harvest), and '''V'''illage Roadshow.

[[File:CGV Cheongdam Cine City 2012.JPG|thumb|CGV Cheongdam Cine City in [[Sinsa-dong, Gangnam|Sinsa-dong]], [[Gangnam-gu]], Seoul]]

[[File:Cinedechefentrance.JPG|thumb|CGV CINĒ de CHEF theater]]

== History ==
CGV started as Theater Business Team inside [[CJ CheilJedang]] in 1995. CJ Golden Village was jointly established in 1996 by CJ Cheil Jedang of South Korea, [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest]] of Hong Kong and [[Village Roadshow]] of Australia. However, now it is operated by CJ only as Golden Harvest and Village Roadshow have pulled out of the group. CGV opened the first multiplex in Gangbyeon in 1998. It merged CJ Golden Village and renamed the company to CJ CGV. In December 2004, it became the first theater chain listed on the Korea Stock Exchange.

CGV exceeded an aggregated total of 100 million viewers in 2004. It opened its first digital movies in 2006, SMART PLEX in 2008, 4D PLEX in 2009 and Cine City in 2011. In 2006, it opened eight sites in China and one in [[Los Angeles]], and took over major cinema chain in Vietnam. 2013, CGV had 101 million visitors within one year. It is the fifth cinema company achieving this mark, joining [[Regal Entertainment Group|Regal]], [[AMC Theatres|AMC]], [[Cinemark]] and [[Cinepolis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/international/south-korean-exhibition-giant-cj-cgv-aggressively-expands-empire-1201066384/|title=South Korean Exhibition Giant CJ-CGV Aggressively Expands Empire|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=24 January 2014|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cj-cgv-hit-100-million-667588|title=CJ CGV to Hit 100 Million Annual Cinema Admissions|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref> 2017 saw the second U.S. location open, in Buena Park, in Orange County.

== Timeline ==
* 1995: Theater Business Team formed inside the Cheil Jedang
* 1996: Jointly established by CJ Cheil Jedang (South Korea), Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) and Village Roadshow (Australia)
* April 1998: Opened the first multiplex cinema in Gangbyeon
* December 1999: Opened second multiplex cinema in [[Incheon]]
* July 2000: Opened South Korea's first premium cinema, Gold Class
* October 2001: Exceeded an aggregated total of 100 million viewers
* October 2002: Renamed the company to CJ CGV
* February 2003: Exceeded an aggregated total of 100 screens
* February 2004: Showed South Korea's first digital movie
* October 2004: Opened the first multiplex indie theater
* December 2004: the first theater chain listed on Korea Stock Exchange
* December 2005: Introduced South Korea's first IMAX system in Yongsan and [[Incheon]]
* October 2006: first to enter Chinese theater market (1st CGV in [[Shanghai]])
* May 2007: Opened Cine de Chef, a premium theater with fine dining
* October 2007: Launched CGV 'Movie Collage'
* July 2008: Opened Smartplex 'edutainment' theater
* October 2008: Opened Starium in [[Incheon]]
* January 2009: Showed South Korea's first 4D movie
* August 2009: Opened Starium with Asia's largest screen
* April 2010: Exceeded an aggregated total of 200 3D screens
* July 2010: Opened the first CGV in U.S., in Los Angeles
* June 2010: Opened the Pyeong-chon CGV in [[Anyang, Gyeonggi]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Pyeong-chon CGV News [극장가 소식] |url=http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?TM=news&SM=0701&idxno=341440}}</ref>
* November 2010: Launched new CGV BI{{Clarify|date=May 2012}}
* April 2011: Started movie down loading service
* July 2011: Took over multiplex cinema, 'MegaStar Cineplex', in Vietnam
* November 2011: Opened Cine City in Cheongdam
* April 2013: CGV Junggye opened in [[Junggye-dong]], [[Nowon-gu]]<ref>{{cite news|title=New CGV theater optimized for family viewing|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/04/135_134432.html|accessdate=24 April 2013|newspaper=Korea Times|date=23 April 2013}}</ref>
* May 2013 : Opened in Samsan CGV in [[Ulsan]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Samsan CGV Open!! [삼산 CGV 개관] |url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=003&aid=0005118568}}</ref>
* May 2013: scheduled to open in Beomgye on May 16.
* January 2014: Acquired 14% ownership/stake of Indonesia's [[Blitzmegaplex]] through Blitz's IPO, which causes controversy due to regulations. Despite controversy, which since cooled down, the BlitzMegaplex cinema will be renamed as "CGV Blitz" in 2015. At that time, 'CGV Blitz' opens in Jogjakarta's Sahid JWalk and its flagship 'cultureplex' at Grand Indonesia, while the rest of its theaters currently undergo rebranding and remodeling.<ref>{{cite news|title=New CGV theater optimized for family viewing|url=http://www.tribunnews.com/bisnis/2014/01/08/dpr-minta-blitz-megaplex-bisa-jelaskan-kepemilikan-cj-cgv-sebelum-ipo|accessdate=9 January 2014|newspaper=Tribun News|date=8 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IPO Of Indonesia’s Blitz Puts CJ-CGV In Strong Position|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/asia/ipo-of-indonesias-blitz-puts-cj-cgv-in-strong-position-1201136368/|accessdate=18 March 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=17 March 2014}}</ref> It also stated that its franchise brand, 'blitztheater' won't be changed due to franchise agreement with mall operators. CGV blitz Grand Indonesia was the first to operate SphereX technology in South East Asia, following footsteps of CGV China, who first to introduce the technology, and by CGV Korea, who opened their first SphereX branch in CGV Cheonho.
* April 2015: Introduced Vietnam's first IMAX system in Ho Chi Minh (CGV SC VivoCity)
* April 2016: CJ CGV Co. to acquire a 38.12% interest in [[Mars Cinema Group]], Turkey's largest cinema chain, for $688 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-04/south-korea-s-cj-cgv-to-pay-688-million-for-mars-entertainment|title=CJ CGV, Partners to Pay $688 Million for Mars Cinema|date=4 April 2016|accessdate=15 May 2017|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>
* July 2016: CJ CGV increased their stake at CGV Blitz, setting aside 28.8 billion won ($25 million) to buy 50.6 million its owner, PT. Graha Layar Prima Tbk. shares by August 1, which leads to slow rebranding from CGV blitz into CGV Cinemas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/business/south-koreas-cj-cgv-increase-stake-indonesias-cgv-blitz-cinema-chain/|title=South Korea's CJ CGV to Increase Stake in Indonesia's CGV Blitz Cinema Chain - Jakarta Globe|accessdate=15 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728145941/http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/business/south-koreas-cj-cgv-increase-stake-indonesias-cgv-blitz-cinema-chain/|archive-date=28 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/news/industry/15383-share-acquisition-cj-cgv-expands-its-presence-indonesian-movie-market|title=CJ CGV Expands Its Presence in Indonesian Movie Market|first=Huh|last=Sung-soo|date=28 July 2016|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N1A732E|title=BRIEF-CJ CGV to buy shares of PT Graha Layar Prima Tbk. for 28.86 bln won|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=15 May 2017|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kind.krx.co.kr/common/disclsviewer.do?method=search&acptno=20160721000460&docno=&viewerhost=&viewerport=|title=[CJ CGV] 타법인주식및출자증권취득결정|website=kind.krx.co.kr|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref>
* January 2017: Opened the 2nd U.S. location in Orange County, in Buena Park.

== Facilities ==
CGV opened South Korea's first luxury theater, Gold Class, with sofa and service; along with Cine de Chef, the premium theater with fine dining in [[Apgujeong-dong]], Seoul. This was followed by CGV Art Hall, a concert hall with 500 seats, in [[Yeongdeungpo-gu]] for concert, musical and broadcasting program in addition to movies.

Since 2009, with the construction of digital cinema, it started showing a variety contents such as baseball game, Japanese K-1, concert and opera shows. In [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], it was marketed as a location for cheering games with the most number of 2D/3D screens.

In 2011, CGV Chungdam Cine City, with luxury life culture concept, was opened. It markets CJ's own brands such as The First Look Market operated by Oshopping and Vips, Bibigo, Twosome operated by Foodville.

CGV Arthouse (formerly Movie Collage) is the first indie theater in South Korea operated by CGV for [[independent film]]s (which later on became the name for a separate distribution company focused on these kinds of films).

From 2011, CGV extended their chain to Vietnam by taking over the multiplex cinema Megastar and opening more theaters like CGV Liberty Citypoint and CGV [[Crescent Mall]]. CGV opened their first luxury theater in Vietnam with sofas and went on to offer the Sweetbox (a red sofa that seats two) in multiple theaters. In 2015, CGV opened its 10th cinema complex (CGV Vivocity) and introduced the first IMAX theater in Vietnam with 311 seats, one premium studio with wide spaces and armchairs, and one studio for showing 4DX movies (augmented with environmental effects such as seat motion, wind, rain, fog, lighting, and aroma along with the standard video and audio thanks to a motion picture technology owned and developed CJ 4DPLEX). The remaining studios have Sweetbox seats as private spaces for couples.

CJ CGV is the second-largest operator of joint venture IMAX screens in China, behind Wanda Cinemas, China's largest theater chain.

== Special theaters ==
[[File:4DXOfficialLogo.png|thumb|4DX former logo]]
* [[4DX]] - [[4DX]] was created by CJ 4DPLEX (a subsidiary of CJ CGV), the world's first 4-D cinema, company and the technology enhances the on-screen visuals of action-packed blockbusters with special-effects that include motion-activated seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, vibration, snow, and scents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/07/entertainment/la-et-ct-4d-cinema-20120707|title=4-D movies: Next big thing for U.S. theaters?|publisher=latimes.com|accessdate=July 12, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2012-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/04/04/inside-4dx-movie-theater-with-built-in-tickler.html|title=Inside a 4DX Movie Theater With A Built in 'Tickler'|publisher=foxbusiness.com|accessdate=July 12, 2017|date=2016-04-04}}</ref> CJ's 4DX systems are offered by theater owners in 41 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/08/04/media/4dx-theaters-regal-expansion/index.html|title=4DX expanding as theaters seek to draw in bigger audience|publisher=cnn.com|accessdate=July 12, 2017|date=2016-08-04}}</ref>
*[[File:LG IMAX, Sydney, Australia.jpg|thumb|IMAX]][[IMAX]] - IMAX is a specialized high-definition movie format. It features a 1.43:1 unique aspect ratio and high-resolution. CJ CGV only represent IMAX format in South Korea.
*[[File:ScreenX concept.jpg|thumb|SCREENX Concept]] [[ScreenX|SCREENX]] - SCREENX uses three sides of a theater as screens to project images. It was developed in 2012 by CJ CGV and [[KAIST]].
* SweetBox - SweetBox is a premium-seat for a couple. It added two-seats together with no arm-rest.
* STARIUM - There are two STARIUM screens in South Korea. They are in Centum City, Busan and Yeongdeung-po, Seoul. The Yeongdeungpo Stadium CGV has been officially listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Biggest Screen" until 2014. The theater features a very large screen, a very high-resolution digital image, and a 16-channel sound system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=58348|title=CGV영등포 스타리움, '세계에서 가장 큰 스크린'|website=씨네21|language=ko-KR|access-date=2018-05-01|date=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgv.co.kr/theaters/special/?regioncode=110|title=STARIUM란? < STARIUM {{!}} 영화 그 이상의 감동. CGV|website=영화 그 이상의 감동. CGV|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref>
* Velvet (Indonesia)/L'AMOUR (Vietnam) - Velvet was first introduced by CGV Pacific Place when it was known as Blitzmegaplex Pacific Place in 2007. It features a queen-size sofa bed with the works (pillows and blankets), and service button on each sofa bed, enabling customers to order food and beverages without leaving the theater. CGV Vietnam adopted the concept and named it L'AMOUR in 2017.

== Events ==
* 2004: Sangam CGV Multiplex Cinema in the World Cup Mall, [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]] at [[Seongsan-dong]] was used as the filming location for [[Seoul Broadcasting System|Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)]]'s drama ''[[Lovers in Paris]]''. It was used as the cinema CSV of Baek Seung-kyung, Ki-joo's ex-wife, played by [[Park Shin-yang]], also where Tae-young, played by [[Kim Jung-eun]], worked and had the pajama party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Korean TV Drama: ''Lovers in Paris''|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_8_5_1_9.jsp|work=Korea Tourism Organization|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>
* 5 March 2012: [[Shinhwa]] comeback press conference after a four-year hiatus, where they served [[Conscription in South Korea|mandatory military service]], was held at CGV [[Cheongdam-dong]], which was also [[Streaming media|streamed live]] by [[Mnet Media]] to 200 countries.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sunwoo |first=Carla |title=Shinhwa’s comeback press conference to be streamed live |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/977/2948977.html |accessdate=4 May 2012 |newspaper=Joongang Daily |date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715233819/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/977/2948977.html |archive-date=2012-07-15 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shinhwa press conference to be broadcast live online|url=http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2012/02/135_105683.html|accessdate=13 December 2012|newspaper=Korea Times|date=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Erika|title=Global Mnet to Relay Live Shinhwa’s Comeback Conference Around the World|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=3859|accessdate=3 March 2013|newspaper=enewsWorld|date=29 February 2012|agency=CJ E&M}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 30 April 2012: Showcase for film ''[[I AM.]] - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden'', released on 10 May, by [[SM Town]] artists at CGV [[Yeongdeungpo-gu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Documentary Shows Top K-Pop Singers Behind the Scenes |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/02/2012050200829.html |accessdate=4 May 2012 |newspaper=Chosun Ilbo |date=2 May 2012}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
* Globalization Achievement, [[CinemaCon]] 2011: CGV was awarded a prize of ‘Globalization Achievement’ for its efforts in leading South Korean cinema business and commercialize of the first 4D system in the world.
* In 2012, CNN Go listed [[4DX]] and Cine de Chef on its list of "Movie theaters: 10 of the world's best".<ref>{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Hoishan |title=Movie theaters: 10 of the world's best |url=http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-10-coolest-movie-theaters-355218 |accessdate=4 May 2012 |newspaper=CNN Go |date=15 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430230827/http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-10-coolest-movie-theaters-355218 |archive-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[ScreenX]]
* [[IMAX]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://us.cjcgv.com CJ CGV official homepage] (Global)
* [http://www.cgv.co.kr/ official Korean homepage] (Korea)
* [https://twitter.com/cj_cgv official Twitter] (South Korea)
* [http://www.facebook.com/CJCGV official Facebook] (South Korea)

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4D film

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'''4D film''' is a presentation system combining [[motion pictures]] with synchronized physical effects that occur in the theater. Effects simulated in 4D films include, but are not limited to, motion, [[vibration]], [[Sense of smell|scent]], rain, mist, bubbles, fog, smoke, wind, temperature changes, and strobe lights.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/FN03zZRHSHA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181115120500/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN03zZRHSHA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN03zZRHSHA| title = 4DX Cinemas Next Generation - Motion Seats, Wind, Fog, Lighting, Bubbles, Water & Scents | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/0Gtcjn4uvjE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gtcjn4uvjE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gtcjn4uvjE| title = Smelly Screens & Moving Seats At The UK's First 4DX Cinema {{!}} Swipe | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Seats in 4D venues vibrate and move during these multisensory presentations.

As of 2022, 4D films are exhibited in more than 65 countries globally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-01 |title=4DX Continues to Dominate The 4D Marketplace by Inking Deal with Cineplex Germany |url=https://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr?newsID=5415 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=DCinemaToday}}</ref> 4D motion pictures are also exhibited in [[theme park]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weekly Top 10: The World's Best Theme Park Movie Attractions |url=https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201501/4382/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Theme Park Insider}}</ref>

==History==
The precursors of the modern 4D film presentation include Sensurround, which debuted in 1974 with the film ''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|Earthquake]]''. Only a few films were presented in Sensurround, and it was supplanted by Dolby Stereo in 1977, which featured extended low frequencies and made subwoofers a common addition to cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.in70mm.com/news/2011/in_sensurround/english/index.htm|title= …in Sensurround|last= Hauersley|first= Thomas|date= May 25, 2011|publisher= In 70mm|access-date= October 23, 2017}}</ref> Other notable efforts at pushing the boundaries of the film viewing experience include [[Fantasound]], the first use of stereo sound; [[Cinemiracle]] and [[Cinerama]], both widescreen formats utilizing multiple projectors; and [[Smell-O-Vision]].

''[[The Sensorium]]'' is regarded as the world's first commercial 4D film and was first screened in 1984 at [[Six Flags Power Plant]] in Baltimore. It was produced in partnership with [[Landmark Entertainment Group|Landmark Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Zone|first= Ray|date= 2012|title= 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema|url= http://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_book/120/|publisher= The University Press of Kentucky|pages= 143–155|isbn= 978-0-8131-3611-0|access-date= 2017-10-23|archive-date= 2017-10-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171023230917/http://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_book/120/|url-status= dead}}</ref>

[[4DX]], [[D-Box Technologies]], and [[MX4D|Mediamation]] all currently integrate 4D technology in global stadium seating multiplexes.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/cinema-with-a-new-dimension-20111005-1la3c#ixzz3Ci7Na2Cx|title= Cinema with a new dimension|last= Maddox|first= Gary|date= October 7, 2011|publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date= October 23, 2017}}</ref>

==List of 4D presentation systems for film theatres==
The following is a list of 4D presentation systems developed for traditional [[Movie theater|film theatres]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;|Format
! Date
! Developer
! scope="col" style="width: 80px;|3D format
! Motion seat
! class="unsortable" | Effects
! class="unsortable" | Remarks
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Source
|-
|[[4DX]]
|align=center|
|CJ 4D Plex
|[[Stereoscopy|Stereoscopic 3D]]
|align=center|yes
|motion, vibration, scent/olfactory, water sprays, wind/air, snow, fog, strobes, lightning, bubbles
|
|[[Cineworld]], [[Cinépolis]]
|align=center|
|-
|[[D-Box]]
|align=center|
|[[D-Box Technologies]]
|Stereoscopic 3D
|align=center|yes
|motion, vibration
|
|[[Cinemark Theatres|Cinemark]]
|align=center|
|-
|[[MX4D]]
|align=center|
|MediaMation
|Stereoscopic 3D
|align=center|yes
|motion, vibration, scent/olfactory, water sprays, wind/air, snow, fog, strobes, lightning, bubbles
|
|[[Paramount Global|Paramount]], [[Showcase Cinemas|Showcase]]
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.showcasecinemas.com/theatres/theatre-technology/MX4D|title= Showcase Cinemas|date= 2017|publisher= National Amusements, Inc|access-date= October 22, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|4D E-Motion
|align=center|
|Lumma
|Stereoscopic 3D
|align=center|yes
|motion, vibration, scent/olfactory, water sprays, air shots, wind, strobes, colour lights, fog, bubbles, snow
|
|
|align=center|
|-
|(Not named by developer)
|align=center|
|Red Rover
|Stereoscopic 3D
|align=center|yes
|motion, water sprays, wind/air, scent/olfactory, fog, strobes, bubbles,
|
|Branded as Super 4D in [[Lotte Cinema]] installations.
|align=center|
|-
|}

==Selected filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;|Title
! Year
! Release venue/Country
! Notes
|-
| ''[[Scent of Mystery|The Scent of Mystery]]'' || 1960 || Specially outfitted general-release theaters ||Scent/olfactory
|-
| ''[[The Sensorium]]'' || 1984 || [[Six Flags Power Plant]], [[Baltimore, MD]] || The first 4D film
|-
| ''[[Captain EO]]'' || 1986 || [[Epcot]], [[Disneyland]], [[Disneyland Paris]] and [[Tokyo Disneyland]] || Closed in the mid-late 1990s and reopened in 2010 as a tribute to the late [[Michael Jackson]].
|-
| ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]'' || 1991 || [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]]|| Directed by [[Jim Henson]]
|-
| ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Audience]]'' || 1994 || [[Epcot]], [[Disneyland]], [[Disneyland Paris]] and [[Tokyo Disneyland]] || Sponsored by [[Kodak]], closed in all locations in May 2010 and was replaced with ''Captain EO''.
|-
| ''[[T2 3D: Battle Across Time|Terminator 2 3D: Battle Across Time]]'' || 1996 || [[Universal Studios Japan]]|| Directed by [[James Cameron]]
|-
| ''[[Pirates 4D]]'' || 1997 || [[SeaWorld Ohio]], [[Busch Gardens Williamsburg]], [[Thorpe Park]] in the UK, [[Busch Gardens Tampa Bay]]|| Produced by Busch Entertainment, Directed by Keith Melton.
|-
| ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man]]'' || 1999 || [[Islands of Adventure]], [[Universal Studios Japan]]|| Water, smoke, strobe, and vibration.
|-
| ''[[PandaVision|PandaDroom]]'' || 2002 || The [[Efteling]], [[Netherlands]] || Same film released in other parks without 4D effects
|-
| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D]]'' || 2002, 2006 || [[Six Flags over Texas]], [[Moody Gardens]], [[Shedd Aquarium]], [[Adventure Dome]], [[Six Flags Great Adventure]], [[Movie Park Germany]], [[Adventure Aquarium]], [[Kings Dominion]], (formerly at [[Paramount Parks]]), [[Indianapolis Zoo]], [[Carowinds]], [[Adventure Aquarium|Camden Aquarium]] ([[Camden, New Jersey|Camden, NJ]]), Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo and other locations ||
|-
| ''[[Mickey's PhilharMagic]]'' || 2003 || [[Magic Kingdom]], [[Hong Kong Disneyland]], [[Tokyo Disneyland]], and [[Disney California Adventure]]. || In collaboration with [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
|-
| ''[[Haunted Lighthouse]]''{{efn|Also known as ''R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse 4-D'')}}|| 2003 || [[Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shrek 4-D]]'' || 2003 || [[Universal Studios Florida]], Universal Studios Japan, and [[Universal Studios Singapore]]|| Released in an [[Anaglyph 3D|anaglyph]] version as [[Shrek 4-D#Other releases|''Shrek 3-D'' on DVD]]
|-
| ''[[Borg Invasion 4-D|Borg Invasion]]'' || 2004 || [[Star Trek: The Experience]], at Las Vegas Hilton, US || Closed in 2008, to be reopened in [[Neonopolis]], Las Vegas
|-
| ''[[Fly Me to the Moon (film)|Fly Me to the Moon]]'' || 2008 || [[Six Flags over Texas]] ||
|-
| ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth 4-D Adventure]]'' || 2008 || Vibrant 5D, [[Raipur]], [[India]]|| [[Stone Mountain Park]], [[Dollywood]], [[Warner Bros. Movie World]]
|-
|''[[Fly High: The Legend of Black Man]]'' || 2017 || [[India]]|| First Indian 4D film; directed by Rahul Rathish Kumar
|-
| ''[[Avatar (2009 film)#Initial screening|Avatar in 4D]]'' || 2009 || [[Flag of South Korea|South Korea]], [[Hong Kong]] || In [[4DX]]. [[James Cameron]], Director
|-
| ''[[London Eye#History|London Eye 4D Experience]]'' || 2009 || [[London Eye]]|| Produced by Centre Screen Productions and Principal Large Format
|-
| ''[[Beyond All Boundaries]]'' || 2009 || [[The National WWII Museum|WWII Museum]], New Orleans || Produced by [[Tom Hanks]]
|-
|''ENERGIA The Spirit of the Earth'' || 2009 || [[La Cité de l'Énergie|Cité de l'énergie]], [[Shawinigan]] (Quebec) || Spectators are seated on a revolving platform. Features wind, snow, smoke, rain, vibration and lighting effects.
|-
| "The Garden" || 2010 || [[USA pavilion at Expo 2010]] || The eight-minute film was projected upon five 10-meter-high screens.
|-
| ''[[Marvel Super Heroes 4D]]'' || 2010 || [[Madame Tussauds London]], [[Trans Studio Bandung]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simworx.co.uk/?portfolio=trans-studio|title=Superheroes 4D: Trans Studio, Badung, Indonesia|date=2014-01-09|website=Simworx|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>||
|-
| ''[[Rabid Rider]]'' || 2010 || [[Cincinnati Zoo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Star Tours—The Adventures Continue]]'' || 2011 || [[Disneyland]], [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]], [[Tokyo Disneyland]], & ''[[Disneyland Paris]]'' || Replaced/Replacing ''[[Star Tours]]'' in all locations. Was updated in late 2015 to add an adventure themed to ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Glover|first1=Erin|title=Star Wars Enhancements, New Experiences Coming Soon to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/star-wars-enhancements-new-experiences-coming-soon-to-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-resorts/#comments|website=Disney Parks Blog|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Shalem (2011 film)|Shalem]]'' || 2011? || Jerusalem Time Elevator, [[Jerusalem]] || A 3000-year-old guide to [[Jerusalem]]'s history at the Jerusalem Time Elevator, Jerusalem.<ref>[http://www.gojerusalem.com/discover/item_9983/Jerusalem-Time-Elevator-Tickets Jerusalem Time Elevator Tickets] GoJerusalem.com</ref>
|-
| ''[[Spy Kids: All the Time in the World]]'' || 2011 || United States, India, Canada and UK || Smell was achieved by using [[Scratch and sniff|scratch and sniff cards]]
|-
| ''[[Transformers: The Ride]]'' || 2011 || Universal Studios Singapore, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida||
|-
|''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]''
|2012
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]
|-
| ''[[Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem]]'' || 2012 || [[Universal Studios Florida]], [[Universal Studios Japan]], and [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]|| 14-minute simulator ride, starring Gru, Margo, Edith, Agnes and the Minions; setting is 1 year after the events of the original film in 2010.
|-
| ''Tallgrass Prairie: Tides of Time'' || 2012 || [[Flint Hills Discovery Center]], [[Manhattan, KS|Manhattan]], [[Kansas]] || Features wind, snow, smoke, and lightning effects<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flinthillsdiscovery.org/exhibits |title=Immersive Experience Theater|access-date=2015-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020075315/http://www.flinthillsdiscovery.org/exhibits |archive-date=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]] '' || 2012 || Cinepolis Galerias Guadalajara, Mexico || In [[4DX]]. [[Ridley Scott]], Director
|-
|''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
|2012
|Multinational
|[[4DX]] re-release,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=CJ 4DPLEX Co |title=TITANIC to be Re-released in 4DX™ |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/titanic-to-be-re-released-in-4dx-145899195.html |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref> [[James Cameron]], Director
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin]] '' || 2011 || [[Nickelodeon Resorts]], [[Paramount Parks]], [[North Carolina Zoo]], and [[Alton Towers]] || 14-minute condensed version of the film.
|-
| ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' || 2013 || Korona World Theatre [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]],<ref name="Iron1">{{citation|author= Marah Eakin |title=Iron Man 3 getting sniff-worthy 4D screenings in Japan|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/emiron-man-3-emgetting-sniff-worthy-4d-screenings--96689|access-date=28 February 2014|date=18 April 2013|publisher=Onion Inc.}}</ref> Seoul, South Korea
||Labeled as [[4DX]] featuring strobe lights, tilting seats, blowing wind and fog, and odor effects.
|-
|''[[47 Ronin (2013 film)|47 Ronin]]''
|2014
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]
|-
|''[[Fury (2014 film)|Fury]]''
|2014
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]
|-
|''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]''
|2014
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Christopher Nolan]], Director
|-
| ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]] '' || 2014 || [[San Diego Zoo]], [[Kentucky Kingdom]], [[North Carolina Zoo]], [[Indianapolis Zoo]], [[Cincinnati Zoo]] || 12-minute condensed version of the film.
|-
| ''Temple Run 7D'' || 2014 || [[India]] || 9-minute ride to various Indian temples including Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Rameshwaram, and Dwarka produced by Modern Techno Projects Private Ltd.
|-
|''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
|2015
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]], Director
|-
| ''Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4D'' || 2015 || [[United States]] || 4D-remastered version of [[No Time for Nuts|the 2006 short film of the same name]].
|-
|''[[Rogue One]]''
|2016
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]
|-
| ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' || 2016 || [[Seoul]], [[Korea]] and [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] || Labeled as [[4DX]] including fog, wind, motion, rain, lightning, vibrations and scents.
|-
| ''[[Pixels (2015 film)|Pixels]]'' || 2016 || [[Taguig]], [[Philippines]] || [[4DX]] re-release including models, sprites, explosives, and bullets.
|-
| ''[[Mass Effect: New Earth 4D]]'' || 2016 || [[California's Great America]] || {{frac|4|1|2}}-minute film, 60-foot screen with 4K resolution, live performers, wind, water, leg pokers, neck ticklers, 80-channel surround sound
|-
| ''LEGO Nexo Knights 4D: The Book of Creativity''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5861080/|title=LEGO Nexo Knights 4D: The Book of Creativity|date=15 June 2016 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> || 2016 || [[Legoland]] parks and [[Legoland Discovery Centre]] parks worldwide || {{frac|12|1|2}}-minute 4D film of LEGO [[Nexo Knights]] shown at Legoland, along with The LEGO Movie 4D Produced by Alexander Lentjes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2640400/|title=Alexander Lentjes |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> for M2Film and [[Merlin Entertainments]]
|-
|''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]''
|2018
|Multinational
|[[4DX]] re-release,<ref>{{Citation |title=(4DX 3D) Gravity {{!}} Book tickets at Cineworld Cinemas |url=http://www.cineworld.co.uk/films/4dx-3d-gravity/ho00005717 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref> [[Alfonso Cuarón]], Director
|-
|''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
|2018
|Multinational
|[[4DX]] re-release,<ref>{{Citation |title=(4DX 3D) Life Of Pi {{!}} Book tickets at Cineworld Cinemas |url=http://www.cineworld.ie/films/4dx-3d-life-of-pi/ho00005716 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref> [[Ang Lee]], Director
|-
|''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''
|2019
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Jacob |date=2020-01-10 |title=Review: 4DX theater puts you inside the movie at Regal Atlantic Station |url=http://reporternewspapers.net/2020/01/10/review-4dx-theater-puts-you-inside-the-movie-at-regal-atlantic-station/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Sam Mendes]], Director, Produced by [[Amblin Partners]]
|-
|''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]''
|2019
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]], Director
|-
|''[[Gemini Man (film)|Gemini Man]]''
|2019
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Ang Lee]], Director
|-
|''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]''
|2019
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Jon Favreau]], Director
|-
|''[[Inception]]''
|2020
|Multinational
|[[4DX]] re-release,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inception in 4DX at Cineworld {{!}} Cineworld cinemas |url=https://www.cineworld.co.uk/static/en/uk/blog/inception-five-scenes-to-experience-in-4dx-at-cineworld |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.cineworld.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> [[Christopher Nolan]], Director
|-
|''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]''
|2021
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Lana Wachowski]], Director
|-
|''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''
|2022
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Tom Cruise]], [[David Ellison]], Producers
|-
|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
|2023
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Aaron Horvath]], [[Michael Jelenic]] Directors
|-
|''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]''
|2023
|Multinational
|In [[4DX]]. [[Christopher Nolan]], Director<ref>{{Citation |last=Nolan |first=Christopher |title=Oppenheimer |date=2023-07-21 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/ |type=Biography, Drama, History |publisher=Atlas Entertainment, Syncopy, Universal Pictures |access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* '''''{{portal-inline|Film}}'''''
* [[Avatar Flight of Passage|''Avatar'' Flight of Passage]]
* [[4DX]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Stereoscopy|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Motion picture film formats]]
[[Category:3D films]]
[[Category:1984 introductions]]
[[Category:4D films|*]]

4DX

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Systumm: Created page with "{{distinguish|MX4D}} {{short description|4D film format developed by CJ CGV}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox product | logo_caption = Logo used since 2019 | caption = 4DX seats at the Cinema Sunshine Heiwajima in Tokyo | type = 4D film presentation system | inception = 2009 | manufacturer = CJ 4DPlex, subsidiary of CJ CGV }} '''4DX''' is a 4D film presentation system developed by CJ 4DPlex, a subsidiary of South Korean cinema chain CJ CGV..."

{{distinguish|MX4D}}
{{short description|4D film format developed by CJ CGV}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox product
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2019
| caption = 4DX seats at the Cinema Sunshine Heiwajima in [[Tokyo]]
| type = [[4D film]] presentation system
| inception = 2009
| manufacturer = CJ 4DPlex, subsidiary of [[CJ CGV]]
}}
'''4DX''' is a [[4D film]] presentation system developed by CJ 4DPlex, a subsidiary of South Korean cinema chain [[CJ CGV]]. It allows films to be augmented with various [[practical effect]]s, including motion-seats, wind, strobe-lights, simulated-snow, and scents. First introduced commercially in 2009, it presents films in both stereoscopic [[Stereoscopy|3-D]] and monoscopic 2-D formats.<ref name="4DX-BFI">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/sightsound/4dx-here-come-feelies |title=4DX: Here come the feelies |last1=Sharp |first1=Jasper |date=21 June 2012 |journal=Sight & Sound Magazine |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref>

CJ has licensed the technology worldwide. {{As of|September 2019}}, CJ 4DPlex operates 678 4DX theaters in 65 countries through partnerships with more than 80 theaters, including [[Wanda Cinemas]], [[Cineworld]], [[Regal Cinemas]], [[Kinepolis]], [[Cinépolis]], [[Event Cinemas]], [[Village Cinemas]], and [[Nu Metro]]. The company recorded an annual growth rate of more than 50 percent from 2013 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibc.org/consume/cj-leads-next-gen-cinema-experiences-with-4dx/4964.article|title=CJ leads next-gen cinema experiences with 4DX|last=Foster2019-09-24T12:10:00+01:00|first=Alana|website=IBC|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>

==History==
=== South Korea ===
The 4DX technology has made its commercial debut at the CGV Sangam theater in [[Seoul]] in 2009.<ref name="cj-now-4dx">{{cite news |title=The goal of exporting CGV 4DX to 50 countries |url=http://english.cj.net/cj_now/view.asp?bs_seq=13786 |access-date=17 February 2020 |work=CJ NOW |publisher=CJ.NET |date=3 November 2017}}</ref> Following the success of ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', the technology expanded to more theaters in [[South Korea]].<ref name="avatar4dx">{{cite news|last=Sunhee|first=Han|title='Avatar' goes 4D in Korea {{!}} Variety|url=https://variety.com/2010/more/news/avatar-goes-4d-in-korea-1118014803/|access-date=6 August 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=5 February 2010}}</ref>

=== Mexico ===
In June 2011, [[Mexico]]-based [[Cinépolis]] have invested $25 million and made an agreement with the CJ Group to bring the 4DX technology to its 11 locations in the country, with the first opening in a theater in [[Mexico City]].<ref name="economista">{{cite news|last=García Sánchez|first=Rubén|title=Cinépolis presenta sus salas más costosas|url=http://eleconomista.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/06/02/cinepolis-presenta-sus-salas-mas-costosas|access-date=16 April 2013|newspaper=El Economista|date=2 June 2011}}</ref> It marked the technology's debut in the Americas and outside the Asia region, and the technology expanded throughout Mexico since its debut. In 2019, the company announced that they would install the "4DX Screen" theater, a theater with an expanded multi-sided screen with the 4DX theaters, in the country in the summer season of 2020.<ref name="4dxscreen-cinepolis">{{cite news |title=Cinépolis to be the First to Bring the Innovative and Award-Winning '4DX with ScreenX' Format to LATAM |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cinepolis-to-be-the-first-to-bring-the-innovative-and-award-winning-4dx-with-screenx-format-to-latam-300822373.html |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=PR Newswire |publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC. |date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

=== Central America ===
In Central America, the technology is available as well in countries like Guatemala through Cinepolis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinépolis 4DX™ |url=https://www.cinepolis.com.gt/4dx/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.cinepolis.com.gt}}</ref> In [[Costa Rica]], the 4DX technology made its commercial debut at [[Cinépolis]] in 2014.<ref name="La Nacion">{{cite news |last=Rojas Ch. |first=Jessica |date=20 September 2014 |title=El cine 4DX llegó para crear una experiencia sensorial única en los amantes del sétimo arte |newspaper=La Nacion |url=https://www.nacion.com/viva/cine/el-cine-4dx-llego-para-crear-una-experiencia-sensorial-unica-en-los-amantes-del-setimo-arte/KNUAP3XKCNBH5AUR26A7JQEIBY/story/ |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>

=== South America ===
In 2012, [[Cinépolis]] has expanded its 4DX reach to [[South America]], opening its first location at a theater in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sala de cinema 4DX chega ao Brasil|url=http://blog.jmprojetos.com.br/2012/07/sala-de-cinema-4dx-chega-ao-brasil/|access-date=21 May 2013|date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629182129/http://blog.jmprojetos.com.br/2012/07/sala-de-cinema-4dx-chega-ao-brasil/|archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> The company later premiered the 4DX theater in [[Colombia]] at the El Limonar Shopping Center in [[Cali]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Llegó a Colombia la primera sala de cine 4DX |url=https://www.kienyke.com/historias/llego-a-colombia-la-primera-sala-de-cine-4dx |access-date=18 February 2020 |work=Kien y Ke |publisher=CONTENIDOS DIGITALES K. |date=5 July 2013 |language=es |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218040441/https://www.kienyke.com/historias/llego-a-colombia-la-primera-sala-de-cine-4dx/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cinépolis inaugura la primera Sala 4DX en Colombia |url=https://www.colombia.com/cine/noticias/sdi/65971/cinepolis-inaugura-la-primera-sala-4dx-en-colombia |access-date=18 February 2020 |work=Colombia.com |publisher=Interactive Advertisement Bureau |date=10 July 2013}}</ref> [[Cinépolis Chile|Cine Hoyts]] (now part of Cinépolis) opened the first 4DX theater in [[Chile]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Teperman |first1=Johnny |title=Cadena de Cines Hoyts dio a conocer la primera sala 4DX de Chile |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2013/07/19/cadena-de-cines-hoyts-dio-a-conocer-la-primera-sala-4dx-de-chile.shtml |access-date=18 February 2020 |work=biobiochile.cl |publisher=BioBioChile |date=19 July 2013 |language=es}}</ref>

=== United States ===
At [[CinemaCon]] in March 2014, CJ 4DPlex announced that it had reached an agreement with [[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG]] and [[Regal Cinemas]] to introduce the country's first 4DX auditorium at Regal Cinemas [[L.A. Live]] in downtown [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-aeg-4d-theater-20140324-story.html|title=CinemaCon 2014: '4-D' theater coming to Regal Cinemas L.A. Live|date=2014-03-24|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> In 2018, CJ and Regal's new parent company [[Cineworld]] announced that it planned to expand 4DX to at least 79 Regal locations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/4dx-theater-expansion-cineworld-group-regal-cinema-city-1202374590/|title=CJ 4DPLEX & Cineworld Group Expand Pact To Boost Number of 4DX Theaters – CinemaCon|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-04-23|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> As of 2020, there is an approximate total of 32 locations throughout the United States, primarily from various Regal locations, one [[Marcus Corporation|Marcus Theatres]] location in [[Gurnee, Illinois|Gurnee]], two [[Cinépolis]] locations, and [[CJ CGV|CGV]]'s second U.S. at The Source OC in [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fate-of-the-furious-will-open-on-all-9-4dx-theaters/|title='Fate of the Furious' Will Open on All 9 4DX Theaters|date=2017-04-14|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/korean-theater-chain-cgv-opens-second-us-multiplex-buena-park-970061|title=Korean Theater Chain CGV Opens Second U.S. Multiplex in Buena Park|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=30 January 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref name="4dx-locations">{{cite web |title=4DX Locations: Find a 4DX Movie Theater Near You |url=https://www.cj4dx.com/movie4dx/movie4dx.php?find=find |website=4DX |publisher=CJ 4DPLEX |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref>

=== Canada ===
[[Cineplex Entertainment]] premiered a 4DX auditorium at one of its Toronto locations on 4 November 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2016/11/04/effects-you-can-see-feel-and-smell-at-canadas-first-4dx-cinema.html|title=Effects you can see, feel and smell at Canada's first 4DX cinema|work=Toronto Star|access-date=1 June 2018|language=en}}</ref> It opened a second location in Calgary in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/4dx-theatre-opens-at-chinook-centre-1.4545919|title=4DX theatre opens at Chinook Centre|date=2019-08-12|website=CTV News Calgary|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> Currently, there are seven 4DX locations in Canada.

* Cineplex Cinemas Metropolis, Burnaby, British Columbia
* Scotiabank Theatre Chinook, Calgary, Alberta
* Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta
* Cineplex Cinemas Hamilton Mountain, Stoney Creek, Ontario
* Cineplex Cinemas Winston Churchill & VIP, Oakville, Ontario
* Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
* Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP, Toronto, Ontario

=== India===
In [[India]], only few 4DX screens are currently available - [[PVR Cinemas]] has ten in [[Surat]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Indore]], [[Noida]], [[Hyderabad]],[[Chandigarh]]. [[Bangalore]],[[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kochi]], [[Gurugram]], [[Pune]], [[Mumbai]] and [[New Delhi]] and [[Cinépolis]] also has five screens in [[Thane]], [[Navi Mumbai]], [[Saket (Delhi)|Saket]] and [[New Delhi]]. The first 4DX theatre in [[Kerala]] was launched at the [[Lulu International Shopping Mall, Kochi|Lulu International Shopping Mall]] in [[Kochi]] on 20 December 2021 with the release of ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]''. Talking to press after signing the agreement, Ajay Bijli, CMD at PVR said, ''"In a small time since the launch in Noida, 4DX format has outperformed by far all other formats."''

=== Japan ===
Since opening its first theater in partnership with Korona World Cinemas in April 2013, the theater chain has seen an increase in the installation of 4DX theaters. It operates 4DX theaters nationwide in partnership with large theater chains such as Aeon Cinemas and United Cinemas.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.fnnews.com/news/201603041018312312 |title=CGV 4DX, 일본서 '승승장구'..연내 50개 목표 | date=2016-03-04 | language=ko |website=www.fnnews.com |access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>

=== Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Slovakia and Romania) ===
In 2015 4DX opened in [[Romania]] with a lot of hype since it was the first one.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/primul-cinematograf-4dx-din-romania-a-fost-inaugurat-oficial-care-sunt-preturile-biletelor-si-cum-arata-sala-de-cinema-foto-video-14300231|title=CJ and the debuting film was Mad Max |website=mediafax.ro |access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

In 2017, CJ 4DPLEX partnered with France's Pathé and Denmark's Nordisk Film Kino to open its first 4DX theater in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/movies/view/2017/03/181087/|title=[CGV소식]4DX, 유럽 공략...노르웨이·프랑스 진출|website=스타투데이|date=16 March 2017 |language=ko|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> It quickened its expansion in Europe by signing partnerships with Austrian theater operator Hollywood Megaplex in February 2017 and [[Cineworld]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic Of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/cj-4dplex-expands-4dx-footprint-to-austria-with-debut-at-hollywood-megaplex-gasometer/|title=CJ 4DPLEX Expands 4DX Footprint to Austria with Debut at Hollywood Megaplex Gasometer|website=Celluloid Junkie|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>

=== China ===
CJ 4DPLEX started integrating 4DX within the Chinese market in cooperation with its parent company CJ CGV in 2006. In 2013, it signed contracts with UME, a local theater operator in China. In 2014, CJ 4DPLEX made partnerships with Woosang More, WoMai, Beijing Jinbo, and Golden Harvest. In December 2014, CJ 4DPLEX formed a partnership with Wanda Cinema, a Chinese theater operator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pop.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=201508310958236577628_1|title=CGV 4DX, 中 확장 가속화...완다·따디와 파트너십 체결|last=POP|first=헤럴드|date=2015-08-31|website=pop.heraldcorp.com|language=ko|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>

=== South Africa ===
In 2015, CJ 4DPLEX and [[Nu Metro Cinemas]] entered a partnership to open 5 4DX theaters in [[South Africa]], making its debut in the [[Africa]]n continent.<ref name="hollywood-4dx-safrica">{{cite news |last1=Hyo-won |first1=Lee |title=4DX to Debut in 5 South African Theaters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/4dx-debut-5-south-african-805027 |access-date=17 February 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Prometheus Global Media, LLC. |date=24 June 2015}}</ref> It opened the first 4DX auditorium in December that year with the release of ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' at the V&A Waterfront theater.<ref name="fin24-4dx-safrica">{{cite news |last1=Groenewald |first1=Yolandi |title=SA feels the force as 4DX draws movie buffs away from home theatres |url=https://www.fin24.com/Tech/sa-feels-the-force-as-4dx-draws-movie-buffs-away-from-home-theatres-20171227 |access-date=17 February 2020 |publisher=fin24 |date=27 December 2017}}</ref>

=== Australia ===
At CinemaCon 2017, 4DX signed a contract with Australian theater operator [[Village Cinemas]] to open its first 4DX theater within a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Village Cinemas to Launch 'Australia's first and only 4DX Cinema Experience' |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/village-cinemas-launch-australias-first-4dx-cinema-experience/ |website=Film Ink |publisher=saso.creative |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> It opened at the Century City theater in Melbourne, Victoria on 27 October 2017 with the release of ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''.<ref name="pr-4dx-australia">{{cite news |title=First 4DX Opens in 50th Country with First Theatre in Australia |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-4dx-opens-in-50th-country-with-first-theatre-in-australia-300543786.html |access-date=18 February 2020 |work=PR Newswire |publisher=Cision |date=26 October 2017}}</ref> It was the first time that the company entered Oceania and the Australian continent, and it made the technology available to all six continents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/news/4dx-announces-australian-debut-through-new-partnership-village-cinemas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807071509/http://www.filmjournal.com/news/4dx-announces-australian-debut-through-new-partnership-village-cinemas|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-07|title=4DX announces Australian debut through new partnership with Village Cinemas {{!}} Film Journal International|date=2017-08-07|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref><ref name="pr-4dx-australia"/>

== Box office performance ==

In August 2019, 4DX reached 2.7 million moviegoers. The top three performing films for 4DX in August were ''[[Hobbs & Shaw|Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw]]'', ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'', and ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]''. The local films ''[[The Bravest]]'' and ''[[One Piece: Stampede]]'' performed well in China and Japan.<ref>{{Cite press release| url= https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/4dx-draws-highest-august-performance-with-2-7-million-attendees-32-million-in-the-global-box-office-300916561.html |title= 4DX Draws Highest August Performance With 2.7 Million Attendees, $32 Million in the Global Box Office |last=CJ 4DPLEX |website= www.prnewswire.com |access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>

{{As of|2019|8|6}}, the top five movie titles of 4DX global box office hits in the first half of 2019 were:
# ''Avengers: Endgame'' ($34,705K)
# ''Aladdin'' ($24,759K)
# ''Aquaman'' ($21,301K)
# ''The Lion King'' ($16,841K)
# ''Captain Marvel'' ($14,133K)

In 2018, the company attracted a cumulative 24 million viewers a year, recording $290 million in box office revenue.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} In July 2019, the company attracted 3.07 million viewers and $38 million in ticket sales globally.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.top10films.co.uk/55175-4dx-screenx-off-to-promising-second-half-in-2019/ |title= 4DX & ScreenX Off To Promising Second Half In 2019 - Top 10 Films |date= 30 August 2019 |access-date= 2019-09-27}}</ref>

== Variations ==
=== 4DX VR ===
The 4DX technology has expanded to [[virtual-reality]], also known as '''4DX VR''', which utilizes a set of specific 4DX model seats consisting of VR headsets, similar to that of virtual reality amusement rides, and is described to be the "world's first VR theater".<ref name="4dx_vr">{{cite web |title=4DX VR: Motion Seat Technology Meets Virtual Reality |url=https://www.cj4dx.com/attraction/attraction.php#_4dxVr |website=4DX |publisher=CJ 4DPLEX |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> First showcased at the AAE 2017 and later IAAPA Attractions Expo 2017, it plays exclusive virtual reality-produced films, short films, as well as games and movie trailers.<ref name="4dx-vr-2017">{{cite news |title=CJ 4DPLEX to Debut New 4DX VR Product at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2017 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cj-4dplex-to-debut-new-4dx-vr-product-at-iaapa-attractions-expo-2017-300554440.html |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=PR Newswire |publisher=Cision |date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="dcr-4dx-screenx-vr">{{cite news |last1=Dager |first1=Nick |title=CJ 4DPlex to Launch 4DX with ScreenX and 4DX VR Cinema |url=https://digitalcinemareport.com/news/cj-4dplex-launch-4dx-screenx-and-4dx-vr-cinema#.Xk4MlmhKhPZ |access-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=Digital Cinema Report |date=22 March 2018}}</ref> There are at least six versions of the 4DX VR technology brand: Disk for horizontal rotation, Ride which consists of four-to-eight seats on a 6-axis motion-platform, Racing for presentations focused on the racing genre, Sway and Twist in which seats enable twist and side movements, motion-chair which is a singular 4DX chair consisting of the VR headsets, and Sports for sports-focused presentations with specific [[Bicycle|bike]], [[snowboard]], and [[kayak]] designs.<ref name="4dx-vr-2017"/>

=== 4DX Screen ===
The '''4DX Screen''' technology (formerly '''4DX with ScreenX''') combines the multi-screen projection, known as [[ScreenX]], and the motion-seats in a theater. It was first introduced in 2018 and made its debut in [[National Association of Theatre Owners#CinemaCon|CinemaCon 2018]].<ref>{{cite news |title="4DX with SCREENX" to Make Worldwide Debut at CinemaCon 2018 |url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/4dx-screenx-make-worldwide-debut-cinemacon-2018-opening-new-chapter-cinematic-innovation/ |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=BoxOffice Pro |publisher=The BoxOffice Company |date=21 March 2018}}</ref> Both technologies are owned by CJ 4DPLEX.

== Awards ==

* 2014: 4DX won the I3DS (International 3-D and Advanced Imaging Society) "Cinema Innovation of the Year" award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nspna.com/news/?mode=view&newsid=100602|title=[기업동정]CJ CGV 4DX '올해의 시네마 혁신상' 수상(기업) - NSP통신|last=기자|first=김정태|website=(주)NSP뉴스통신사|language=ko|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
* 2015: 4DX won the Edison Awards, Silver Prize for Media and Visual Communication Entertainment Category.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* 2017: 4DX was chosen as one of "The Most Innovative Companies of 2017" for the Live Events Category by the magazine ''[[Fast Company]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017|title=The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2017|website=Fast Company|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
* 2018: 4DX and ScreenX won the Edison Awards, Silver Prize for Media and Visual Communication Entertainment Category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edisonawards.com/winners2018.php|title=Edison Awards - Honoring the Best in Innovation and Innovators|website=www.edisonawards.com|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/4dx-with-screenx-wins-big-and-takes-home-silver-at-the-edison-awards-in-nyc-300628898.html|title="4DX with ScreenX" Wins Big and Takes Home Silver at the Edison Awards in NYC|last=CJ 4DPLEX|website=www.prnewswire.com|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
* 2018: 4DX won the "Innovation Technology of the Year Award" at Big Cine Expo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/cj-4dplex-innovative-technology-award/|title=CJ 4DPLEX's 4DX Format Receives 'Innovative Technology of the Year' Award at Big Cine Expo 2018|date=2018-08-29|website=Boxoffice|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
* 2019: 4DX and ScreenX won the iResearch Award, Originative Cinema Technology Category.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/4dx-with-screenx-recipient-of-prestigious-2019-iresearch-award-for-originative-cinema-technology-300883925.html|title="4DX With ScreenX" Recipient Of Prestigious 2019 iResearch Award For Originative Cinema Technology|last=CJ 4DPLEX|website=www.prnewswire.com|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
* 2019: 4DX was chosen as one of "The Most Innovative Companies of 2019" for the Live Events Category by ''[[Fast Company]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/company/cj-4dplex|title=CJ 4DPlex: Most Innovative Company|website=Fast Company|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>

== Films ==
{{further|List of 4DX motion-enhanced films}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:4DXTheaterInVietnam.jpg|4DX theater in [[Vietnam]].
File:Anjo Korona Cinema 2016d.jpg|4DX at a Korona Cinemas theater in [[Anjō]], [[Japan]].
File:Centre commercial du Carré de Soie - cinéma - 4DX.JPG|4DX at the Pathé Carré de Soie in [[Lyon]], [[France]].
File:4D venue.jpg|4D Venue in [[Los Angeles]], United States.
File:Arquibancadas da sala 4DX do Cinépolis do Shopping Bela Vista de Salvador, BA.jpg|4DX theater at a shopping mall in [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Brazil]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[MX4D]]
*[[IMAX]]
*[[4D film]]
*[[ScreenX]]
*[[CJ CGV]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Banking in Switzerland

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Systumm: Created page with "{{Short description|none}}{{Redirect|Swiss Bank|the former bank and predecessor to UBS|Swiss Bank Corporation}}''Pictured'': the Mont Cervin Palace in [[Zermatt. A hub of tourism, many private banks service the city and maintain underground bunkers and storage facilities for gold at the foothills of the Swiss Alps.]]'''Banking in Switzerland''' dates to the early 18th century through Switzerl..."

{{Short description|none}}{{Redirect|Swiss Bank|the former bank and predecessor to [[UBS]]|Swiss Bank Corporation}}[[File:Mont Cervin Palace at night in Zermatt.jpg|thumb|upright 1.2|''Pictured'': the Mont Cervin Palace in [[Zermatt]]. A hub of tourism, many private banks service the city and maintain underground bunkers and storage facilities for gold at the foothills of the [[Swiss Alps]].]]'''Banking in Switzerland''' dates to the early 18th century through [[Switzerland]]'s merchant trade and has, over the centuries, grown into a complex, regulated, and international industry. Banking is seen as [[Culture of Switzerland|emblematic of Switzerland]]. The country has a long history of banking secrecy and client confidentiality reaching back to the early 1700s. Starting as a way to protect wealthy European banking interests, Swiss banking secrecy was codified in 1934 with the passage of a landmark federal law, the [[Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks]]. These laws, which were used to protect assets of persons being persecuted by Nazi authorities, have also been used by people and institutions seeking to [[Tax evasion|illegally evade taxes]], hide assets, or generally commit [[financial crime]].{{Culture of Switzerland}} Controversial protection of foreign accounts and assets during [[World War II]] sparked a series of proposed financial regulations seeking to temper bank secrecy, but with little success. Switzerland has been one of the largest [[Offshore financial centre|offshore financial centers]] and [[tax haven]]s in the world since the mid-20th century. Despite [[List of Swiss banking legislation|an international push]] to meaningfully roll back banking secrecy laws in the country, Swiss social and political forces have minimized and reverted much of proposed rollbacks until 2017, when Switzerland agreed to automatically share bank account information of depositors not resident in Switzerland with foreign governments and their revenue services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Automatic exchange of information (AEOI) |url=https://www.swissbanking.ch/en/topics/tax/automatic-exchange-of-information-aeoi |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Swiss Bankers Association |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=SIF |first=State Secretariat for International Finance |title=Automatic exchange of information on financial accounts |url=https://www.sif.admin.ch/sif/en/home/multilateral/steuer_informationsaust/automatischer-informationsaustausch/automatischer-informationsaustausch1.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.sif.admin.ch |language=en}}</ref>This de facto constituted the end of banking secrecy for depositors who were not Swiss residents.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=foreignbanks.ch.|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://foreignbanks.ch/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Furthermore, since Switzerland ratified the [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act|FATCA]] agreement with the U.S., some Swiss banks have gone so far as to close accounts held by US citizens and to ban US citizens and U.S. lawful permanent residents from opening new accounts, even if they also hold Swiss citizenship or residency, because of concerns regarding their tax liability. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Balestriere |first=John G. |date=2021-03-19 |title=Americans And Swiss Banks |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2021/03/americans-and-swiss-banks/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Above the Law}}</ref>Unlike Switzerland, the U.S. taxes its citizens regardless of whether they are resident in their home country or not.

Banking secrecy remains in force for all residing in and taxable in Switzerland only, unless they are U.S. citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nathaniel |first=Peter |date=19 May 2023 |title=Swiss banking: a damaged brand |url=https://www.imd.org/ibyimd/finance/swiss-banking-a-damaged-brand/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=IMD}}</ref>

Disclosing client information has been considered a criminal offence since the early 1900s. Employees working in Switzerland and abroad at Swiss banks "have long adhered to an unwritten code similar to that [[Non-disclosure agreement|observed by doctors or priests]]".<ref name=":17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-banks-specialreport/special-report-the-battle-for-the-swiss-soul-idUSBRE93H07620130418|title=Special Report: The battle for the Swiss soul|last=Thomasson|first=Emma|date=April 18, 2013|work=Reuters|access-date=May 19, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Since 1934, banking secrecy laws have been violated at least by four people: [[Christoph Meili]] (1997), [[Bradley Birkenfeld]] (2007), [[Rudolf Elmer]] (2011), and [[Hervé Falciani]] (2014). As stated, banking secrecy has been de facto abolished for non-Swiss residents holding bank accounts since Swiss banks began practicing the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) with foreign governments and revenue services since 2017.

The [[Swiss Bankers Association]] (SBA) estimated in 2018 that Swiss banks held [[United States dollar|US$]]6.5 trillion in assets or 25% of all global cross-border assets. Switzerland's main lingual hubs, [[Geneva]] (for French), [[Lugano]] (for Italian), and [[Zürich]] (for German) service the different geographical markets. It currently ranks number two behind the [[United States]] and on par with [[Singapore]] in the [[Financial Secrecy Index]].<ref name=":5">[[#Bibliography|Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018)]], p. 2</ref> The banks are regulated by the [[Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority]] (FINMA) and the [[Swiss National Bank]] (SNB) which derives its authority from a series of federal statutes. Banking in Switzerland has historically played, and still continues to play, a dominant role in the [[Economy of Switzerland|Swiss economy]] and society. According to the [[OECD|Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]] (OECD), total banking assets amount to 467% of total gross domestic product.<ref name=":5" /> Banking in Switzerland [[#In popular culture|has been portrayed]], with varying degrees of accuracy, in overall popular culture and television shows.
==History==
[[File:DV307_no.80_From_Vile_Rousean,_Geneva_Aug_4_1858.png|thumb|Many Swiss banking practices, including secrecy, trace their origins to [[Geneva]] in the 18th century]][[Bank secrecy]] in [[History of Switzerland#Early history|the Swiss region]] can be traced<ref name=":5" /> to the [[Grand Council of Geneva|Great Council of Geneva]], which outlawed the disclosure of information about the [[Aristocracy (class)|European upper class]] in 1713.<ref name=":5" /> During the 1780s, Swiss bank accounts began [[Deposit insurance|insuring deposits]], which contributed to their reputation for [[Economic security|financial security]].<ref name=":5" /> In 1815, the [[Congress of Vienna]] formally established [[Swiss neutrality|Switzerland's international neutrality]], which led to a large capital influx.<ref name=":5" /> The wealthy, [[Landlocked country|landlocked]] Switzerland saw banking secrecy as a way to build an empire similar to that of [[Second French Empire|France]], [[Spain]], and [[British Empire|the United Kingdom]].<ref name=":5" /> Swiss historian Sébastian Guex notes in ''The Origins of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts'':
{{blockquote|This is what the Swiss bourgeoisie are thinking: 'That's our future. We will play on the contradictions between the European powers and, protected by the shield of our neutrality, our arm will be industry and finance.'<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://daily.jstor.org/origins-secret-swiss-bank-accounts/|title=The Origins of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts {{!}} JSTOR Daily|last=Guex|first=Sébastian|date=March 3, 2015|work=JSTOR Daily|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>}}
After [[Sonderbund War|a small scale civil war]] in the 1840s between [[Cantons of Switzerland|the Swiss cantons]], the [[Switzerland|Swiss Federation]] was founded in 1848.<ref name=":5" /> The formation of the state, through a [[direct democracy]], contributed to the political stability needed for banking secrecy.<ref name=":5" /> The [[Geography of Switzerland|mountainous terrain of Switzerland]] provided a natural environment in which to excavate [[#Bank vaults and bunkers|underground vaults]] for storage of gold and diamonds.<ref name=":5" /> In the 1910s, during [[World War I]], Swiss bankers traveled to France to advertise the country's banking secrecy.<ref name=":5" /> The war's contribution to political and economic instability sparked a rapid capital movement into Switzerland.<ref name=":5" /> As European countries began to increase taxes to [[War bond|finance the war]], wealthy clients moved their holdings into Swiss accounts to avoid taxation.<ref name=":5" /> The French banked in Geneva, the Italians in [[Lugano]], and the Germans in [[Zürich|Zurich]].<ref name=":5" />

The [[Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks]], colloquially known as the Banking Law of 1934, made the violation of banking secrecy a federal criminal offence.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">[[#Bibliography|Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018)]], p. 3</ref> That major step beyond the prior enforcement of banking secrecy under civil law resulted from several developments of the early 1930s, including the introduction in the same legislation of an embryonic form of banking supervision, which Swiss bankers argued could endanger secrecy; evolving jurisprudence of the [[Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland|Federal Supreme Court]]; and a 1932 campaign against tax evasion in France led by [[Édouard Herriot]]'s government.<ref name="Guex">{{Cite journal|last=Guex|first=Sébastien|year=2000|title=The Origins of the Swiss Banking Secrecy Law and Its Repercussions for Swiss Federal Policy|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/300378/files/S0007680500074250.pdf|journal=[[Business History Review]]|volume=74|number=2|pages=237–266|jstor=3116693|doi=10.2307/3116693|s2cid=154917222}}</ref> Alleged wealthy French tax evaders included [[General officer|military generals]], and [[Bishop in the Catholic Church|Catholic bishops]].<ref name="Komisar">{{cite news|url=http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=505|title=Offshore banking, the secret threat to America|author=Komisar, Lucy|date=Spring 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723090853/http://dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=505|archive-date=July 23, 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[Dissent (American magazine)|Dissent]]}}</ref> An additional [[Amendment|provision]], Article 47(b), was drafted before its ratification to [[Nazi plunder|protect Jewish assets]] from the Nazi party.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{cite journal|author=Mueller, Kurt|year=1969|title=The Swiss Banking Secret: From a Legal View|journal=The International and Comparative Law Quarterly|volume=18|issue=2|pages=361–362|doi=10.1093/iclqaj/18.2.360|jstor=757529}}</ref>[[File:Landscape Arnisee-region.JPG|left|thumb|Switzerland's [[Geography of Switzerland|mountainous terrain]] helps to store gold in [[Bunker|underground bunkers]].]]During [[World War II]], Switzerland remained diplomatically neutral but its economy and financial system served the [[Axis powers]] by storing gold and cash balances in underground vaults,<ref name=":6" /> buying gold from the Nazi German state, and lending to both Germany and Italy, thus supporting their aggressive endeavors.<ref name="Guex" /> [[Adolf Hitler]] maintained an account at the [[Union Bank of Switzerland]] (UBS) estimated at {{Reichsmark|1.1 billion|link=yes}}.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/discovered-hitlers-secret-swiss-bank-account-1361935.html|title=Discovered: Hitler's secret Swiss bank account|last=Boggan|first=Steve|date=September 5, 1996|work=The Independent|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-GB|quote=Declassified intelligence documents at the US National Archives show that one of Hitler's closest confidantes opened the accounts at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Bern after the Fuhrer's book became required reading in German schools.}}</ref> After the [[United States]] formally asked the bank to transfer the money in the 1990s, UBS wired [[United States dollar|US$]]400 to 700 million worth of Reichsmarks to U.S. authorities.<ref name=":6" /> [[List of Swiss financial market legislation|Banking regulations in Switzerland]] limit the amount of [[Account (bookkeeping)|orphaned assets]] allowed to leave a bank's custody.<ref name=":6" /> UBS, with consent from the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss government]], [[Asset freezing|froze the account]] containing Hitler's assets indefinitely, and clipped the Reichsmarks, stripping the currency of value.<ref name=":8" /> During [[World War II]], UBS also maintained accounts for hundreds of [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jewish]] businesspeople and households.<ref name=":7" /> After the Banking Law of 1934 was passed, the bank aggressively protected assets of the "[[Enemy of the state|enemies of Nazi Germany]]".<ref name=":7" /> When Hitler announced an (aborted) [[Operation Tannenbaum|invasion of Switzerland]] in 1940,{{dubious|date=December 2018}} UBS contracted the [[Swiss Armed Forces]] to blockade their [[Retail banking|retail banks]] and transport Jewish assets to underground military bunkers.<ref name=":46">{{Cite book|title=The Fall of UBS: The Forces that Brought Down Switzerland's Biggest Bank|last=Schütz|first=Dirk|date=2000|publisher=Pyramid Media Group|isbn=9780944188200|language=en}}</ref> The [[Swiss Bank Corporation]] (SBC) and [[Credit Suisse]], did likewise.<ref name=":6" />
===World War II and beyond===
After the end of [[World War II]], Switzerland and its financial system benefited greatly from having remained unharmed while all the neighbouring economies were devastated, but had to face the reputational damage from its support to the Axis powers, which also led to threats to banking secrecy as the Allied victors sought to expropriate Nazi assets held under Swiss custody. By and large, the Swiss banking sector was able to successfully deflect the threat to its secrecy practices, not least as it supported France and the United Kingdom with significant lending.<ref name="Guex" /> When British politician [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|George Brown]] blamed "[[gnomes of Zürich]]" for a weak pound sterling in 1964, Swiss bankers began using the title as proof of their financial skill and adherence to secrecy.<ref name="bowlby20100225">{{Cite web |last=Bowlby |first=Chris |date=2010-02-25 |title=No ordinary gnomes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8534936.stm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, numerous international proposals for bank secrecy rollbacks were made by foreign states with little success.<ref name=":6" />[[File:Telldenkmal.jpg|thumb|International pressure to roll back banking secrecy is seen as an attack on [[Culture of Switzerland|Swiss culture and values]]. The [[Federal Assembly (Switzerland)|Swiss parliament]] expressed an interest in adopting banking secrecy into [[Swiss Federal Constitution|their constitution]] in 2017.]]After the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|2008 financial crisis]], Switzerland signed the European Union [[Savings Directive]] (EUSD) which obliges Swiss banks to report to [[Member state of the European Union|43 European countries]] non-identifying annual tax statistics.<ref name=":9">[[#Bibliography|Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018)]], p. 5</ref> On December 3, 2008, the [[Federal Assembly (Switzerland)|Federal Assembly]] increased the prison sentence for violations of banking secrecy from a maximum of six months to five years.<ref name=":52">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-banking-secrecy-exclusive/exclusive-swiss-prosecutors-seek-widening-of-secrecy-law-to-bankers-abroad-idUSKBN1D01CI|title=Exclusive: Swiss prosecutors seek widening of secrecy law to...|last=Neghaiwi|first=Brenna Hughes|date=October 31, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In late 2008, after an international, multi-state [[UBS tax evasion controversies#Birkenfeld Disclosure: 2007|investigation]] into Switzerland's role in U.S. tax evasion, UBS entered into a limited, [[Deferred prosecution|deferred prosecution agreement]] (DPA) with the U.S. [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]].<ref name=":10">[[#Bibliography|Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018)]], p. 4</ref> The agreement initiated the landmark [[Bradley Birkenfeld|Birkenfeld Disclosure]] of information on more than 4,000 clients.<ref name=":10" />{{quote box
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| source = [[Steve Kroft]], host of ''Banking: A Crack In the Swiss Vault''<ref name="Kroft">{{Cite journal|last=Kroft|first=Steve|date=August 15, 2010|title=Banking: A Crack In the Swiss Vault|journal=1|publication-date=May 13, 2018|via=CBS}}</ref>}}In November 2013, the [[Zürcher Kantonalbank]] was classified as a systemically important bank in Switzerland by order of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), alongside [[UBS]], [[Credit Suisse]], [[Raiffeisen (Switzerland)]] and [[PostFinance]], and must meet stricter capital requirements and prepare contingency plans for times of crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/snb-zkb-idUKWEB00DSJ20131111|title=SNB classifies ZKB as systemically important bank|date=November 11, 2022|newspaper=Reuters|language=en|access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> In another step toward loosening banking secrecy, Switzerland signed the U.S. [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act]] (FATCA), after rejecting it twice in parliament.<ref name=":10" /> The FATCA requires Swiss banks to disclose non-identifying U.S. client information annually to the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref name=":10" /> The agreement does not guarantee the semi-automatic information transfers, which remain at the discretion of Swiss government authorities.<ref name=":93">{{cite web|url=https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1791&context=njilb|title=The End of Secret Swiss Accounts?: The Impact of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on Switzerland's Status as a Haven for Off Shore Accounts|last=Song|first=Jane|date=November 1, 2015|website=Northwestern University|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref> If a client does not consent to having their information shared with the IRS, Swiss law prohibits the disclosure.<ref name=":93" /> If a client does consent, Swiss banks send the IRS tax-related information about the account holder but are prohibited from disclosing identities pursuant to Article 47 of the Banking Law of 1934.<ref name=":93" /> The 2018 [[Financial Secrecy Index]] stated: "this [does] not mean that Swiss banking secrecy was finished, as some excitable news reports suggest... the breach was a partial [dent]".<ref name=":105">Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018), p. 4</ref>

In March 2015, the Swiss government entered into bilateral "Rubik Agreements" with [[Germany]], [[Austria]], and the [[United Kingdom]] allowing foreign holders of Swiss bank accounts to retain their anonymity in exchange for paying predetermined [[back taxes]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/node/21547229|title=Don't ask, won't tell|date=February 12, 2016|newspaper=The Economist|language=en|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> Switzerland adopted the International Convention on the Automatic Exchange of Banking Information ([[Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes#Automatic Exchange of Information|AEOI]]) in 2017, agreeing to automatically release limited financial information to certain countries for the sole purpose of [[Income tax audit|tax auditing]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/end-of-banking-secrecy-in-switzerland/article5237870.ece|title=End of banking secrecy in Switzerland|last=Naravane|first=Vaiju|date=October 10, 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> This agreement includes the [[Common Reporting Standard]] (CRS) which obliges Swiss banks to automatically send foreign tax authorities the client's name, address, [[Domicile (law)|domicile]], tax number, date of birth, account number, account balance at years end, and the [[Gross income|gross investment income]].<ref name=":113">{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/tax-evasion_swiss-say-goodbye-to-banking-secrecy-/42799134|title=Swiss say goodbye to banking secrecy|date=January 1, 2017|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The CRS does not, however, override the Swiss Banking Law of 1934, so the client's expenses (withdrawals) and investments are not disclosed.<ref name=":105" /> Thus tax authorities cannot "go fishing" for tax evaders, they must directly link a financial crime to the client's account.<ref name=":105" /> The disclosed information can ''only'' be used for tax auditing and Swiss authorities may prevent disclosure.<ref name=":123">{{cite web|url=https://www.moneyland.ch/en/swiss-bank-secrecy|title=Swiss Bank Secrecy: The Facts|website=www.moneyland.ch|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref>

In December 2017, the Swiss parliament launched a standing initiative and expressed an interest in formally embedding banking secrecy within the [[Swiss Federal Constitution|Swiss Constitution]], making it a federally-protected [[constitutional right]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-private-sphere-_parliament--don-t-touch-banking-secrecy-for-swiss-clients/43748818|title=Parliament: don't touch banking secrecy for Swiss clients|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=May 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/07/swiss-bank-secrecy|title=Swiss bank secrecy: a whistleblower's woes|last=M.V.|date=July 19, 2014|newspaper=The Economist|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2018|quote=The American-led attack on the Gnomes of Zurich has produced a backlash: a right-wing party has almost collected enough signatures to force a referendum on whether to strengthen constitutional support for financial secrecy. Swiss bankers who spill the beans continue to do so at their peril.}}</ref> In January 2018, a [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. district court]] ruled that Swiss bankers "[have] nothing to do with the choice that an American taxpayer makes to not declare offshore assets", later clarifying they should not be seen as facilitating tax evasion but rather provide a legal service that is made illegal by the client.<ref name=":152">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/business/stefan-buck-tax-evasion.html|title=A Swiss Banker Helped Americans Dodge Taxes. Was It a Crime?|last=Enrich|first=David|date=January 6, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 20, 2018|language=en|quote=Several hunkered down in Switzerland, which refused to extradite its citizens to the United States for actions that weren't illegal in Switzerland. None had actually gone on trial.}}</ref> The [[Federal Department of Justice and Police|Swiss Justice Ministry]] announced in March 2018 that disclosure of client information in a pending [[Legal case|court case]] involving a Swiss bank is subject to federal [[espionage]] and [[extortion]] charges in addition to charges relating to banking secrecy laws.<ref name=":132">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-switzerland-espionage-germans/swiss-charge-three-germans-in-bank-secrecy-clash-idUSKBN1GX1GO|title=Swiss charge three Germans in bank secrecy clash|author=Reuters Editorial|date=March 21, 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Banking and the Swiss economy==
{{Main|Economy of Switzerland}}[[File:BIZ Basel.jpg|thumb|Worldwide headquarters of the [[Bank for International Settlements]] in [[Basel]]]]Switzerland is a prosperous nation with a [[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|per capita gross domestic product]] higher than that of most [[Western European]] nations. The value of the [[Swiss franc]] (CHF) has been relatively stable compared with that of many others. [[Swiss neutrality]] and [[national sovereignty]], long recognized by foreign nations, have fostered a stable environment for the banking sector to develop and thrive. Switzerland maintained neutrality through both [[World War]]s, is not a member of the [[European Union]], and did not join the [[United Nations]] until 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/switzerland/|title=The World Factbook – Switzerland – Introduction|date=2006-06-13|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=2010-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1035212.stm|title=Country profile: Switzerland|date=2006-03-26|access-date=2006-06-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714050123/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1035212.stm|archive-date=14 July 2006 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The [[Bank of International Settlements]] (BIS), an organization that facilitates cooperation among the world's [[central bank]]s, is headquartered in [[Basel]]. Founded in 1930, the BIS chose to locate in Switzerland because of the [[Neutrality (international relations)|country's neutrality]], which was important to the organization founded by countries that had been enemies in World War I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bis.org/about/origins.htm|title=Origins: Why Basel?|publisher=Bank of International Settlements|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615080638/http://www.bis.org/about/origins.htm|archive-date=15 June 2006 |access-date=2006-06-16}}</ref>

Banking has played a dominant role in the [[Economy of Switzerland|Swiss economy]] for two centuries.<ref name=":5" /> According to the [[OECD|Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), total banking assets amount to 467% of total gross domestic product.<ref name=":5" />

Swiss banks managed $2.4 trillion (CHF2.1 trillion) of assets belonging to wealthy foreigners in 2022, more than any other country and before Hong Kong ($2.2T) or Singapore ($1.5T) who are ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively, according to the study conducted by the [[Boston Consulting Group]].<ref name="SWI swissinfo.ch 2023 e742">{{cite web | title=Switzerland clings on as world’s top offshore wealth centre | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=2023-06-27 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/switzerland-clings-on-as-world-s-top-offshore-wealth-centre/48621870 | access-date=2023-06-29}}</ref>
===Origin of funds===
{{see also|Swiss Leaks|Suisse Secrets|Paradise Papers|Panama Papers|Pandora Papers}}
Most of the wealth from overseas in Switzerland originates in [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (2018).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-money-_switzerland-remains-biggest-offshore-wealth-centre-/44193170 |title = Switzerland remains biggest offshore wealth centre| date=15 June 2018 }}</ref> According to the [[Swiss Bankers Association]] in 2022, the amount held by [[Switzerland-Russia relations#Trade|Russian]] clients in Swiss banks is between [[Swiss franc|CHF]]150 and CHF200 billion ($160 and $214 billion).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/russian-clients-have-up-chf200-billion-in-swiss-banks/47433244 |title=Russian clients have up to CHF200 billion in Swiss banks |date=2022-03-15 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=swissinfo}}</ref>
==Regulation==
{{Main|Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks#Revisions}}
The [[Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority]] (FINMA) is a public law institution that supervises most banking-related activities as well as [[securities market]]s and [[investment fund]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finma.ch/e/finma/Pages/Ziele.aspx|title=About FINMA|publisher=Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125233826/http://www.finma.ch/e/finma/Pages/Ziele.aspx|archive-date=2012-11-25|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref> Regulatory authority is derived from the Swiss Financial Market Supervision Act (FINMASA) and Article 98 of the Swiss Federal Constitution. The office of the Swiss Banking [[Ombudsman]], founded in 1993, is sponsored by the Swiss Banking Ombudsman Foundation, which was established by the [[Swiss Bankers Association]]. The ombudsman's services, which are offered free of charge, include [[mediation]] and assistance to persons searching for dormant assets. The ombudsman handles about 1,500 complaints raised against banks yearly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bankingombudsman.ch/english/index.htm|title=Swiss Banking Ombudsman|publisher=Swiss Banking Ombudsman|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720075748/http://www.bankingombudsman.ch/english/index.htm|archive-date=2006-07-20|access-date=2006-06-17}}</ref>
===Automatic exchange of tax information===
{{See also|Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act|Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters}}
In February 2013, the [[Swiss Federal Council]] allowed the signing of the [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act]] (FATCA) with the US. These agreements force all Swiss banks to inform the [[Internal Revenue Service]] of undeclared, offshore accounts. These new regulations are applicable from 2014, and in turn assure Swiss banks of continued operations within the US.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/schweiz-und-usa-unterzeichnen-abkommen-zum-us-steuergesetz-fatca-id2204559.html| title = Das Abkommen zwischen der Schweiz und den USA zum US-Steuergesetz FATCA ist unterzeichnet.}} (in German). ''Blick.com Wirtschaft''. Retrieved 26 May 2013.</ref>

In July 2019, the [[US Senate]] approved the [[Double Taxation Treaty]] (DTA) with Switzerland, which had already been accepted by the Swiss parliament in 2010. The new agreement, applicable to accounts from September 23, 1999, onward, amends the tax treaty of 1996 and regulates requests for information on financial accounts by US authorities, as well as exemptions for retirement savings by US persons.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thelocal.ch/20190718/us-signs-off-on-milestone-double-taxation-treaty-with-switzerland| title = "US signs off on 'milestone' double taxation treaty with Switzerland"| date = 18 July 2019}}. ''The Local.ch.'' Retrieved 5 August 2019.</ref>

Starting in 2019, Switzerland began to share (with the country of origin or residence) the details of 3.1 million bank accounts held by foreigners, as part of the agreed automatic exchange of information.<ref name="swiss">{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/automatic-exchange-_switzerland-shares-details-of-3.1-million-bank-accounts-held-by-foreigners/45280918 | title=Switzerland shares details of 3.1 million bank accounts held by foreigners| date=7 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/financial-transparency_switzerland-in-the-age-of-automatic-exchange-of-banking-information/45234706 |title = Switzerland in the age of automatic exchange of banking information| date=17 September 2019 }}</ref> Swiss banks, insurance companies and trusts have a legal obligation to comply but charitable Swiss foundations are so far exempt.<ref name="swiss" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.efc.be/news-post/swiss-federal-council-refrains-from-making-charitable-foundations-subject-to-the-automatic-exchange-of-information-aeoi/ |title = EFC-Swiss Federal Council refrains from making charitable foundations subject to the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI)|date = 20 November 2019}}</ref> As of 2019, Switzerland received financial data from 75 countries and shared data with 63 (96 countries starting in 2021).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/automatic-exchange-_switzerland-grants-18-more-countries-access-to-bank-details/45424544 | title=Switzerland grants 18 more countries access to bank details| date=10 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/switzerland-exchanges-tax-data-with-96-states/47018334| title = Switzerland exchanges tax data with 96 states - SWI swissinfo.ch| date = 11 October 2021}}</ref>
===Loopholes===
{{see also|Crime in Switzerland#Money laundering|Suisse secrets|Panama papers}}
Swiss banks are obliged to reject or terminate business relationships if there are doubts about the real identity of the owner of the account.<ref name="26SWI swissinfo.ch 2023">{{cite web | title=Four bankers who helped Putin's friend set up Swiss bank account convicted | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=2023-03-30 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/four-bankers-who-helped-putin-s-friend-set-up-swiss-bank-account-convicted/48404704 | access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> Swiss banks have a legal obligation to record the ultimate [[beneficial owner]]s of all assets they handle worldwide, but doing so accurately can be tricky [[Offshore financial centre|in jurisdictions where it is easy for third parties to mask who the owners are]].<ref name="Long shadow of Russian money raises">{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/long-shadow-of-russian-money-raises-tricky-questions-for-swiss-bankers/47687348 | title=Long shadow of Russian money raises tricky questions for Swiss bankers | date=20 June 2022 }}</ref> Thus, loopholes exist through the use of [[shell company|shell companies]], [[trust fund]]s, and [[wikt:proxy|proxy]] directors signing the paperwork without owning the assets.<ref name="SWI swissinfo.ch 2022">{{cite web | title=Is Switzerland doing enough to freeze Russian assets? | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=18 May 2022 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/is-switzerland-doing-enough-to-freeze-russian-assets-/47597540 | access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>

Similarly, the use of a "[[straw man (law)|straw man]]" or a family member is a way also to hide the true beneficial ownership in some cases.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-s-secrecy-blind-spot-hinders-sanctions-enforcement/48594038 | title=Switzerland's secrecy blind spot hinders sanctions enforcement | date=23 June 2023 }}</ref>

[[Loophole]]s exist also with people with [[multiple citizenship|multiple nationalities]] who only declare one citizenship to the authorities [[#Automatic exchange of tax information|for the purpose of tax reporting]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-03/yes-you-can-still-hide-bank-accounts-offshore | title=Yes, You Can Still Hide Bank Accounts Offshore | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=3 December 2021 }}</ref>

Another loophole consists (for US citizens) in setting up [[shell company|shell companies]] abroad and registering them with the [[IRS]] as "offshore financial institutions". The IRS issues the entities unique Global Intermediary Identification Numbers, or GIINs, which relieve the banks of [[FATCA]]'s requirement to investigate whether they're held by Americans. This loophole was allegedly used by billionaire [[Robert Brockman]] to [[Tax avoidance|avoid taxation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/offshore-tax-loophole-helps-americans-cheat-irs--senate-says/47849558 | title=Offshore Tax Loophole Helps Americans Cheat IRS, Senate Says | date=24 August 2022 }}</ref>

The banking systems of Switzerland and [[Liechtenstein]] have close ties. Liechtenstein's trust companies are clients of Swiss banks. Liechtenstein does not require [[Trust company|trust companies]] to identify people with signatory powers, and does not prosecute [[tax evasion]] or [[tax fraud]] (2000).<ref name="SWI234 swissinfo.ch 2000">{{cite web | title=Swiss banks fear fall-out from Liechtenstein scandal | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=2000-05-22 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-banks-fear-fall-out-from-liechtenstein-scandal/1495038 | access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>

To improve the tracking down and freezing of assets, Swiss NGO [[Public Eye (organization)|Public Eye]] has called for a national task force, a register of the [[beneficial owner]]s of [[front company|front companies]] and a reporting obligation for lawyers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/small-rise-in-russian-assets-frozen-in-switzerland/47739794 | title=Small rise in Russian assets frozen in Switzerland | date=9 July 2022 }}</ref> The [[Tax Justice Network]] (and [[FATF]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-s-secrecy-blind-spot-hinders-sanctions-enforcement/48594038 | title=Switzerland's secrecy blind spot hinders sanctions enforcement | date=23 June 2023 }}</ref> made similar recommendations in 2018, including breaking up the [[Big Four accounting firms]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/next-steps |title=What is being done? |work=[[Financial Secrecy Index]] |publisher=[[Tax Justice Network]] |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102122304/https://financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/next-steps |accessdate=2022-08-13 |archive-date=2019-01-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2022, the Swiss government is following-up on some of those recommendations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-want-more-transparency-in-fight-against-money-laundering/47975468 | title=Swiss want more transparency in fight against money laundering | date=13 October 2022 }}</ref> In addition, [[Transparency International]] is demanding that lawyers, financial advisors plus real estate and art transactions be subject to the same exacting anti-money laundering measures as banks.<ref name="James 2023 o707">{{cite web | last=James | first=Helen | title=The impact of Russia sanctions on Swiss banks | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=2023-09-01 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-impact-of-russia-sanctions-on-swiss-banks/48751978 | access-date=2023-09-06}}</ref>
===Enabling industry===
{{see also|Corruption in Switzerland#Banking}}
The [[enabler|"enabling industry"]] refers to lawyers, fiduciaries, notaries, and real estate agents who assist the criminals invest or hide their ill-gotten wealth. Their activity is not covered by the [[Money laundering in Switzerland|Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act]] as long as they are only advising clients to place money in a particular financial institution or country.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-stumbles-in-anti-corruption-ranking/47287914 | title=Switzerland stumbles in anti-corruption ranking | date=25 January 2022 }}</ref> Besides, lawyers in Switzerland can refuse to disclose almost anything to the authorities about their clients.<ref name="Long shadow of Russian money raises" /><ref name="IFLR 2023 d594">{{cite web | title=Switzerland: updated legislation for internal investigations at banks and financial services providers | website=IFLR | date=2023-08-10 | url=https://www.iflr.com/article/2c1fszz95d4r2vlb0nq4g/local-insights/switzerland-updated-legislation-for-internal-investigations-at-banks-and-financial-services-providers | access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>

Under the [[Money laundering in Switzerland|Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act]], banks must [[Money laundering in Switzerland|report suspicious clients and transactions]] to the authorities. Lawyers and other advisors have no such obligation if they simply create [[trust law|trusts]] and other constructs rather than handle assets.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/is-switzerland-doing-enough-to-freeze-russian-assets-/47597540 | title=Is Switzerland doing enough to freeze Russian assets? | date=18 May 2022 }}</ref>

According to the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland in 2017, official "[[suspicious activity report]]s" reached nearly 4,700 (worth $16.2 billion) up from 2,909 reported cases in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/bribery--fraud--terror-financing_record-reached-for-suspected-money-laundering-reports/44081392 |title = Record reached for suspected money-laundering reports |website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date = 27 April 2018 }}</ref>
===Assets seizure===
{{main|Crime in Switzerland#Assets seizure}}{{see also|International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine#U.S. "freeze and seize" policy}}
Under current rules, banking institutions and cantonal authorities can only report what is in their registers; looking into the origins of assets or connections between individuals is not permitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ukraine-urges-switzerland-to-clamp-down-on-russian-money/47467388|title = Ukraine urges Switzerland to clamp down on Russian money| date=27 March 2022 }}</ref> For example, in 2022, a [[Russian oligarch]] reportedly handed his Swiss company over to his wife to avoid the [[sanctions against Russia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sanctioned-russian--handed-swiss-company-over-to-wife-/47616972 | title=Russian oligarch 'handed Swiss company over to wife' | date=23 May 2022 }}</ref>

Swiss authorities can ''freeze'' assets if the law requires them to. However, ''seizing'' assets is only permitted in [[Crime in Switzerland|cases involving crime]] or for destituted [[wikt:potentate|potentate]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/could-switzerland-seize-russian-assets-to-rebuild-ukraine-/47691436 | title=Could Switzerland seize Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine? | date=22 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/confisquer-avoirs-russes-tres-difficile-selon-droit-suisse | title=Confisquer des avoirs russes: Très difficile selon le droit suisse | newspaper=Le Temps | date=31 May 2022 }}</ref>
==Protections==
Breaches of banking secrecy laws in Switzerland are automatically processed pursuant to [[Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks#Original frame|Article 47 of the Banking Law of 1934]]: those who disclose client information are subject to a maximum of five years [[imprisonment]] and 250,000 [[Swiss franc|francs]] ([[Euro sign|€]]215,000 or [[United States dollar|US$]]250,000){{citation needed|date=December 2018}} in fines.<ref name=":14">{{Cite journal|last=Maurice|first=Aubert|date=1984|title=The Limits of Swiss Banking Secrecy under Domestic and International Law|url=https://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bjil/vol2/iss2/2/|journal=Berkeley Journal of International Law|language=en|volume=2|issue=2|doi=10.15779/Z38DW7X}}</ref> [[Whistleblower]]s and leakers of client information often face hostility from the public and sustain professional setbacks.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/world/europe/swiss-banks-tradition-of-secrecy-clashes-with-quests-abroad-for-disclosure.html|title=Swiss Banks' Tradition of Secrecy Clashes With Quests Abroad for Disclosure|last=Carvajal|first=Doreen|date=July 8, 2014|access-date=May 20, 2018|work=The New York Times |quote=If you blow the whistle you are socially and financially dead.}}</ref><ref name=":4">[[#Bibliography|Financial Secrecy Index: Narrative Report on Switzerland (2018)]], p. 1</ref> Denounced as a criminal in Switzerland, a federal [[arrest warrant]] has been in place for [[Bradley Birkenfeld]] since 2008, after [[UBS tax evasion controversies|he disclosed UBS client information]] to the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Service]] in 2007.<ref>"UBS exec indicted in tax evasion scheme." The Recorder (2008). General Reference Center Gold. Web. 17 June 2010.</ref> After the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|2008 financial crisis]], the Swiss Parliament initiated a series of international [[Tax treaty|tax treaties]] that rolled back banking secrecy protections for foreign clients in response to pressure from the [[European Union]], [[United States]], and [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=":5" />
==Major banks==
{{see also|List of banks in Switzerland}}
{{as of|2018}}, there are more than 400 securities dealers and [[List of banks in Switzerland|banking institutions in Switzerland]], ranging from the "Two Big Banks" down to small banks serving the needs of a single community or a few special clients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sif.admin.ch/dokumentation/00514/00515/00516/index.html?lang=en|title=Figures on Switzerland as a location for financial services|date=2009-12-31|publisher=Federal Department of Finance|access-date=2010-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112132957/http://www.sif.admin.ch/dokumentation/00514/00515/00516/index.html?lang=en|archive-date=2013-01-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> The largest and second largest Swiss banks are [[UBS|UBS Group AG]] and [[Credit Suisse|Credit Suisse Group AG]], respectively. They account for over 50% of all deposits in Switzerland; each has extensive branch networks throughout the country and most international centers. Due to their size and complexity, UBS and Credit Suisse are subject to an extra degree of supervision from the [[Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority|Federal Banking Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebk.admin.ch/e/ebk/taetigkeit/taetigkeit3.html|title=Supervision of large banking groups|publisher=Swiss Federal Banking Commission|access-date=2006-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041231113550/http://www.ebk.admin.ch/e/ebk/taetigkeit/taetigkeit3.html|archive-date=2004-12-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{asof|2023}} only one in five Swiss people banks with either UBS or Credit Suisse, but most Swiss prefer one or the other. Credit Suisse was historically the bank of [[Protestant Church of Switzerland|Protestant]] Zurich; UBS originated in [[Catholic Church in Switzerland|Catholic]] Basel, near France.<ref name="jones20230406">{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Sam |date=2023-04-06 |title=Walnuts and conspiracies: Credit Suisse and UBS shareholders vent about takeover |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e2c33477-96ee-4774-b3ad-f45744105515 |access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref>
===Swiss National Bank===
{{Main|Swiss National Bank}}[[File:Suisse 2005 Berne banque nationale.jpg|thumb|The [[central bank]] of [[Switzerland]], the [[Swiss National Bank]] (SNB) is headquartered in [[Bern]].]]The Swiss National Bank (SNB) serves as the country's [[central bank]]. Founded by the Federal Act on the Swiss National Bank (16 January 1906), it began conducting business on 20 June 1907. Its shares are publicly traded, and are held by the [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]], cantonal banks, and individual investors; the federal government does not hold any shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snb.ch/e/snb/aufsicht/aufsicht.html|title=The National Bank as a joint-stock company|publisher=Swiss National Bank|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808031909/http://www.snb.ch/e/snb/aufsicht/aufsicht.html|archive-date=August 8, 2002|access-date=2006-06-16}}</ref> Although a central bank often has regulatory authority over the country's banking system, the SNB does not; regulation is solely the role of the Federal Banking Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissbanking.org/en/home/akteure.htm|title=Players|publisher=Swiss Bankers Association|access-date=2006-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801075705/http://www.swissbanking.org/en/home/akteure.htm|archive-date=2013-08-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Raiffeisen (Switzerland)|Raiffeisen Banks]] "assumes the role of central bank" in providing treasury services, and is the third largest group consisting of 328 banks in 2011, 390 in 2012 with 1,155 branches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swissbanking.org/en/bankengruppen.htm |title=Banking groups |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724140703/http://www.swissbanking.org/en/bankengruppen.htm |archive-date=2012-07-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unico.nl/?id=464|title=unico.nl - unico Resources and Information.|website=www.unico.nl|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> According to the bank in 2012 non-U.S. businesses of [[Wegelin & Co]], the oldest Swiss bank, would be bought by the Raiffeisen group. The group has 3 million plus clients within Switzerland.<ref name="swissinfo.ch">{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/US_tax_scandal_brings_down_Wegelin.html?cid=32019008|title=US tax scandal brings down Wegelin|work=SWI Swissinfo.ch|date=27 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name="online.wsj.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120127-706462.html| title = Reference at www.wsj.com}}</ref>
===UBS===
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UBS Group AG came into existence in June 1998, when [[Union Bank of Switzerland]], founded in 1862, and [[Swiss Bank Corporation]], founded in 1872, [[merger|merged]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/about_us/history.html|title=History of UBS|website=Global topics|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Zurich]] and [[Basel]], it is Switzerland's largest bank.<ref name=":0" /> It maintains seven main offices around the world (four in the [[Economy of the United States|United States]] and one each in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong) and branches on five continents.<ref name=":0" /> UBS has been at the center of [[UBS tax evasion controversies|various tax evasion investigations]] and other criminal investigations since its founding. UBS was fined $100 million by the [[Federal Reserve]] in 2004 for trading in [[dollar]]s with [[Iran]] and other sanctioned countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/business/ubs-fined-100-million-over-trading-of-dollars.html|title = UBS Fined $100 Million over Trading of Dollars|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 11 May 2004}}</ref>
===Credit Suisse===
{{Main|Credit Suisse}}
Credit Suisse Group is the second-largest Swiss bank.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.credit-suisse.com/corporate/en/our-company/history.html|title=History of Credit Suisse|website=Credit Suisse|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> Based in Zurich and founded in 1856, Credit Suisse offers private banking, investment banking and asset management services.<ref name=":1" /> It acquired the [[First Boston|First Boston Corporation]] in 1988 and merged with the [[Winterthur Group|Winterthur]] insurance company in 1997; the latter was sold to [[AXA]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creditsuisse.com/who_we_are/doc/company_profile_en.pdf|title=Company Profile|publisher=Credit Suisse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615215916/http://creditsuisse.com/who_we_are/doc/company_profile_en.pdf|archive-date=15 June 2006 |url-status=dead|access-date=2006-06-17}}</ref> The asset management services were sold to [[Aberdeen Asset Management]] during the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|2008 financial crisis]].<ref name=":1" /> Credit Suisse has been at the center of [[Credit Suisse#Legal cases|various tax evasion investigations]] or [[money laundering]] activities since its founding.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 23, 2020 |title=Credit Suisse told to tighten money-laundering compliance by US |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/credit-suisse-told-to-tighten-money-laundering-compliance-by-us/46242718 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref> Credit Suisse collapsed in 2023 and [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|it was acquired by UBS the same year]].<ref name="acq">{{Cite news |date=19 March 2023 |title=UBS Agrees to Buy Credit Suisse in Historic Deal to End Crisis |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319172338/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Private banks===
The term [[private bank]] refers to a bank that offers [[private banking]] services and in its legal form is a partnership.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/01927da8-d451-11e7-a303-9060cb1e5f44 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/01927da8-d451-11e7-a303-9060cb1e5f44 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The decline of the Swiss private bank|last=Noonan|first=Laura|date=December 10, 2017|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> The first private banks were created in [[St. Gallen]] in the mid-18th century and in Geneva in the late 18th century as partnerships, and some are still in the hands of the original families such as [[Hottinger]] and [[Mirabaud Group|Mirabaud]].<ref name=":2" /> In Switzerland, such private banks are called "private bankers" (in the local languages, a protected term) to distinguish them from the other private banks which are typically shared corporations.<ref name=":2" /> Historically in Switzerland a minimum of CHF1 million was required to open an account, however, over the last years many private banks have lowered their entry hurdles to CHF250,000 for private investors.<ref name=":2" />
===Cantonal banks===
{{Main|Cantonal bank}}
There are, as of 2006, 24 [[cantonal bank]]s; these banks are state-guaranteed semi-governmental organizations controlled by one of [[Cantons of Switzerland|Switzerland's 26 cantons]] that engage in all banking businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissbanking.org/en/home/fs-allgemein.htm|title=Bank groups|publisher=Swiss Bankers Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617194705/http://www.swissbanking.org/en/home/fs-allgemein.htm|archive-date=17 June 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=2006-06-17}}</ref> Together the cantonal banks account for about 30% of the banking sector in Switzerland, with a network of over 800 branches and 16 000 employees in Switzerland. In 2014 consolidated total assets of all cantonal banks accounted around 500 bln CHF, which is comparable with those of one the "Big Banks", UBS and Credit Suisse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebanks.eu/bank-categories/cantonal-banks|title=Cantonal Banks|publisher=thebanks|accessdate=2019-12-07}}</ref> The largest cantonal bank, the [[Zurich Cantonal Bank]], has approximately 5 000 employees had a 2005 net income of CHF810 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zkb.com/privatebank/aaa/pdf/cp-en.pdf|title=ZKB Company Profile 2005|publisher=Zürich Cantonal Bank|access-date=2006-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703112247/http://www.zkb.com/privatebank/aaa/pdf/cp-en.pdf|archive-date=2007-07-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Controversies==
===Banking secrecy===
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| source = [[Ueli Maurer]], former [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]] in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/swiss-president-sees-no-need-to-change-banking-secrecy/1102358/|title=Swiss president sees no need to change banking secrecy|date=2013-04-14|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=2013-04-14}}</ref>}}Switzerland, considered the "grandfather of bank secrecy", has been one of the largest [[Offshore financial centre|offshore financial centers]] and [[tax haven]]s in the world since the mid-20th century.<ref name=":4" /> Despite an international push to meaningfully roll back banking secrecy laws in the country, Swiss political forces have minimized and reverted many of the proposed rollbacks.<ref name=":4" /> Disclosing client information has been considered a serious social and criminal offense since the early 1900s.<ref name=":4" /> [[Whistleblower]]s, despite legal protections, often face professional setbacks in Switzerland.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":13" /> Swiss bankers who maintain offices ''exclusively'' in Switzerland are shielded from a foreign state's lawsuits, [[Extradition|extradition requests]], and criminal charges, as long as they remain ''within'' the country's legal jurisdiction.<ref name=":152" /> In spite of minor adjustments to bank secrecy, bankers working in Switzerland and abroad at Swiss banks "have long adhered to an unwritten code similar to that observed by doctors or priests".<ref name=":17" /> Switzerland's main lingual hubs, [[Geneva]] (for [[French language|French]]), [[Lugano]] (for [[Italian language|Italian]]), and [[Zürich]] (for [[German language|German]]) service the different geographical markets.<ref name=":4" /> It consistently ranks in the top three states on the [[Financial Secrecy Index]] and was named first many times, most recently in 2018.<ref name=":4" /> The [[Swiss Bankers Association]] estimated in 2018 that Swiss banks held US$6.5 trillion in assets or 25% of all global cross-border assets.<ref name=":4" /> These secrecy laws have linked the Swiss banking system with individuals and institutions seeking to [[Tax evasion|illegally evade taxes]], hide assets, or generally commit [[financial crime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/kpmg-study-_swiss-banks-urged-to-step-up-fight-against-financial-crime/44217548|title=Swiss banks urged to step up fight against financial crime|last1=swissinfo.ch|first1=S. W. I.|last2=Corporation|first2=a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting|date=June 26, 2018|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref>

Secrecy laws have been violated by four people since 1934: [[Christoph Meili]] (1997), [[Bradley Birkenfeld]] (2007), [[Rudolf Elmer]] (2011), and [[Hervé Falciani]] (2014).<ref name=":17" /> In all four cases, the [[whistleblower]]s were served with federal arrest warrants, fined, and sustained professional setbacks in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2017/12/23/one-mans-fight-against-the-swiss-offshore-banking-system|title=One man's fight against the Swiss offshore banking system|last=Pacaud|first=Julien|date=December 23, 2017|newspaper=The Economist|language=en|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

As of 2015, Swiss banking secrecy was considered "dead" because of [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act|FATCA]], but according to the [[Tax Justice Network]] in 2018, these schemes are "[[#Loopholes|full of loopholes and shortcomings]]" which can still be exploited by lawyers to hide the assets of their clients.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/perfect-storm_many-swiss-private-banks-facing--extinction-/45178358|title=Many Swiss private banks facing 'extinction'|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=22 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/introducing-the-fsi |title=Introducing the FSI 2018 |work=[[Financial Secrecy Index]] |publisher=[[Tax Justice Network]] |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102190827/https://financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/introducing-the-fsi |accessdate=2022-08-13 |archive-date=2019-01-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Besides, some autocratic or developing countries don't have any [[#Automatic exchange of tax information|automatic exchange of tax information]] with Switzerland.

In 2022, the [[Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe|Helsinki Commission]] of the [[U.S. Congress]] stated:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/us-commission-accuses-switzerland-of-hiding-russian-assets/47570650 | title=US commission accuses Switzerland of hiding Russian assets | date=5 May 2022 }}</ref>
{{blockquote|Long known as a [[Money laundering in Switzerland|destination for war criminals]] and [[kleptocrats]] to stash their plunder, [[Corruption in Switzerland#Banking|Switzerland is a leading enabler]] of Russian dictator [[Vladimir Putin]] and his cronies. After looting Russia, Putin and [[Russian oligarchs|his oligarchs]] use Swiss secrecy laws [[Switzerland-Russia relations#Trade|to hide and protect the proceeds of their crimes]].}}
====Freedom of the press====
{{See also|Media in Switzerland|Suisse secrets}}
Since leaking financial data is a criminal offense in Switzerland (even if it is in the public interest)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss-parliamentarians-refuse-to-overhaul-banking-secrecy-laws/47574910 | title=Swiss parliamentarians refuse to overhaul banking secrecy laws | date=7 May 2022 }}</ref> punishable with up to five years in jail, [[Swiss media]] argued in February 2022 that the banking secrecy law runs contrary to [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press]] in some cases.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matthew Allen |title=Swiss banking secrecy law clashes with freedom of speech |language=en |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-banking-secrecy-law-clashes-with-freedom-of-speech-/47365724 |access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/un-rapporteur-calls-out-switzerland-for--criminalisation-of-journalism-/47563000 | title=UN rapporteur calls out Switzerland for 'criminalisation of journalism' | date=3 May 2022 }}</ref> In 2022, the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] asked for a better protection of journalists and whistleblowers in this regard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-press-freedom-under-scrutiny-at-the-united-nations/47694752 | title=Swiss press freedom under scrutiny at the United Nations | date=23 June 2022 }}</ref>
====Bank vaults and bunkers====
{{see also|Free economic zone#Criminal use}}
A handful of larger Swiss banks operate undisclosed or otherwise secretive [[bank vault]]s, storage facilities or [[Bunker|underground bunkers]] for [[gold bar]]s, [[diamond]]s, or other valuable [[Asset|physical assets]].<ref name=":46" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banking-a-crack-in-the-swiss-vault/|title=Banking: A Crack In The Swiss Vault|last=Kroft|first=Steve|date=December 30, 2009|work=CBC News: 60 Minutes|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en|quote=The subterranean vaults of Geneva and Zurich have served as sanctuaries for the wealth of dictators and despots, mobsters and arms dealers, corrupt officials and tax cheats of all kinds.}}</ref> Most of these underground bunkers are located near or at the foothills of the mountainous regions of the [[Swiss Alps]].<ref name=":82">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-30/secret-swiss-gold-vaults-are-the-new-swiss-bank-accounts|title=Secret Alpine Gold Vaults Are the New Swiss Bank Accounts|last=Baker|first=Stephanie|date=September 30, 2016|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> These facilities are not subject to the [[List of Swiss financial market legislation|same banking regulations]] as [[List of banks in Switzerland|banks in Switzerland]] and do not have to report holdings to regulatory agencies.<ref name=":82" /><ref name=":92">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/readings/sinister.html|title=The Sinister Face Of 'Neutrality' {{!}} Frontline {{!}} PBS|date=1996|website=www.pbs.org|access-date=May 17, 2018|quote=Before the Second World War, with the rise of Nazism, many Jews in Central and East Europe sought to protect a part of their assets by depositing money in Swiss accounts, and their valuables in Swiss safe deposit boxes. To encourage such transfers, in 1934 the Swiss even strengthened special banking secrecy laws which facilitated preservation of the anonymity of depositors.}}</ref> The [[Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport|Swiss defense department]] estimates that of the ten former [[Bunker|military bunkers]] available for sale, six of them were sold to Swiss banks to house assets during the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name=":46" /><ref name=":102">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/17/got-gold-switzerland-has-an-underground-bunker-just-for-you/|title=Got gold? Switzerland has an underground bunker just for you|date=August 17, 2013|work=The Mercury News|access-date=May 14, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Storage in these underground bunkers and bank vaults is typically reserved for clients that pass a multi-stage [[security clearance]].<ref name=":82" /> Some of these bunkers are not accessible by road or foot and require aircraft transportation.<ref name=":46" />
====Numbered bank accounts====
{{Main|Numbered bank account}}
Many banks in Switzerland offer clients [[numbered bank account]]s, accounts where the identity of the holder is replaced with a multi-digit number known only to the client and select private bankers.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/fancy-yourself-a-numbered-swiss-bank-account-heres-how-you-can-get-one/articleshow/44979525.cms|title=Fancy yourself a numbered Swiss Bank account? Here's how you can get one|date=October 30, 2013|work=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/banking/swiss-bank-account5.htm|title=How Swiss Bank Accounts Work|last=Obringer|first=Lee Ann|date=June 8, 2011|work=HowStuffWorks|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Although these accounts do add another layer of banking secrecy, they are not completely anonymous as the name of the client is still recorded by the bank and subject to limited, warranted disclosure.<ref name=":22" /> Some Swiss banks supplement the number with a [[code name]] such as "Cardinal",<ref name=":152" /> "Octopussy"<ref name=":21">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/business/global/20ubs.html|title=Under Agreement, UBS to Give Up 4,450 Names|last=Browning|first=Lynnley|date=August 19, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 15, 2018|language=en}}</ref> or "Cello"<ref name=":21" /> that provide an alternative means of identifying the client.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.investopedia.com/study-guide/series-10/chapter-34/chapter-3/numbered-accounts/|title=Numbered Bank Accounts - Series 10 {{!}} Investopedia|date=November 12, 2014|work=Investopedia|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-US|quote=A broker dealer, at the request of the customer, may open an account that is simply identified by a number or a symbol, as long as there is a statement signed by the customer attesting to the ownership of the account.}}</ref> However, to open this type of account in Switzerland, clients must pass a multi-stage [[Security clearance|clearance procedure]] and prove to the bank the lawful origins of their assets.<ref name=":19">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/26182063|title=How To Open A Swiss Bank Account|last=Koba|first=Mark|date=August 20, 2008|work=CNBC|access-date=May 12, 2018}}</ref>
===Connection to illegal activities===
{{See also|Crime in Switzerland#Crime by type}}
[[List of banks in Switzerland|Swiss banks]] have served as [[Tax haven|safe havens]] for the wealth of [[dictator]]s, [[despotism|despots]], [[mobster]]s, [[arms dealer]]s, [[political corruption|corrupt officials]], and [[tax evasion|tax cheat]]s of all kinds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/banking-a-crack-in-the-swiss-vault/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031943/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/banking-a-crack-in-the-swiss-vault/ |work=[[60 Minutes]] |publisher=[[CBS]] |title=Banking: A Crack In The Swiss Vault |date=December 30, 2009 |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/891d5eea-e222-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a|title=Swiss banks accused over tax evasion|website=Financial Times|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101251/https://www.ft.com/content/891d5eea-e222-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tdg.ch/comment-des-suisses-aident-rois-et-dictateurs-a-cacher-leurs-fortunes-770537858964|title="Pandora Papers" – Comment des Suisses aident rois et dictateurs à cacher leur fortune|website=Tribune de Genève}}</ref>

At least a dozen destitute autocrats have had their assets frozen or seized by the [[Swiss government]] over the years. The amounts can be counted in billions of dollars. According to the [[Swiss media]], some of the amounts have not yet been restituted to the people of the countries of origin to whom it properly belongs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/dictators--funds-in-switzerland---the-biggest-scandals/47477324 | title=Dictators' funds in Switzerland – the biggest scandals | date=2 June 2022 }}</ref>

Swiss banks have been commonly identified as [[World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks|holding ill-gotten Nazi gold]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/readings/sinister.html | website=[[PBS]] | title=The Sinister Face of 'Neutrality' | FRONTLINE | PBS }}</ref> The [[Swiss National Bank]], the largest gold distribution centre in continental Europe before the war, was the logical venue through which [[Nazi Germany]] could dispose of [[Nazi gold|its gold]].<ref name="Eizenstat">[https://www.state.gov/1997-2001-NOPDFS/regions/eur/rpt_9705_ng_links.html Eizenstat Special Briefing on Nazi Gold] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415134321/http://www.state.gov/1997-2001-NOPDFS/regions/eur/rpt_9705_ng_links.html |date=2015-04-15}}. Stuart Eizenstat, US State Department, 2 June 1998. Retrieved on 5 July 2006.</ref>

[[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] reported that throughout 1981 and 1982, the Israelis reportedly set up Swiss bank accounts to handle the financial end of [[Israel's role in the Iran–Iraq war#Weapon sales|the annual multi-million dollars arms deals]] between [[Iran–Israel relations|Iran and Israel]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963021,00.html |title=From Many Strands, a Tangled Web |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408171452/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963021,00.html |archive-date=2008-04-08}}</ref><ref>For more on Israeli Hawk missile sales to Iran see Richard Johns, "Arms Embargo Which Cannot Withstand The Profit Motive," ''Financial Times'' (London), 13 November 1987)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrmea.org/1986-november/israeli-arms-sales-to-iran.html|title=Israeli Arms Sales to Iran}}</ref>

According to the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's office and [[Swiss media|media]], during the 1990s and early 2000s [[Al Qaeda]] members had accounts at Swiss banks, including at [[UBS]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/09/11/osamas-bank-account|title = Osama's Bank Account|magazine = [[The New Yorker]]|date = 4 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/bin-laden-linked-to-swiss-bank-accounts/3659586|title = Bin Laden linked to Swiss bank accounts| date=4 December 2003 }}</ref>

[[Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family|Switzerland finally released a total of $683 million in Marcos funds to the Philippines Treasury]] in 2004.<ref name="StARnodeMarcosSwitzerland">{{cite web |title=StAR - Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative - Corruption Cases - Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos (Switzerland) |url=https://star.worldbank.org/corruption-cases/node/18497#:~:text=In%25202004%252C%2520Switzerland%2520released%2520%2524683,million%2520frozen%2520and%2520accumulated%2520interest. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219030257/http://star.worldbank.org/corruption-cases/node/18497#:~:text=In%25202004%252C%2520Switzerland%2520released%2520%2524683,million%2520frozen%2520and%2520accumulated%2520interest. |archive-date=2014-02-19 |access-date=2020-08-21 |website=star.worldbank.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/lawyer-warns-against-returning-mobutu-assets/7365572 |title=Lawyer warns against returning Mobutu assets - SWI swissinfo.ch|date=29 April 2009 }}</ref>

[[Mark Pieth]], a Swiss professor of criminal law, said [[Mobutu]] of [[Zaire]] had stolen US$30 billion over his 30 years in power but much of it he used to oil the wheels of power and pay off political and military allies. Billions were hidden in Swiss bank accounts illegally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland--ready-to-return-mobutu-funds-/6009280 |title=Switzerland "ready to return Mobutu funds" - SWI swissinfo.ch|date=17 July 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9706/03/mobutu/ |title=Swiss banks find only $3.4 million in Mobutu assets |date=June 3, 1997 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

According to Haitian authorities, [[Jean Claude Duvalier]] had nearly $300 million of Haitian people's money hidden in Swiss bank accounts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-13-8602030429-story.html |title=HAITI SAYS $300 MILLION TRACED TO DUVALIER ACCOUNTS – Chicago Tribune |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=13 May 1986 }}</ref>

In 2013, the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] (ICIJ), a [[Washington, D.C.]]-based [[nonprofit]] news organization, obtained records of companies and trusts created by two offshore companies. These included information on at least 23 companies linked to an alleged $230 million tax fraud in Russia, a case that was being investigated by [[Sergei Magnitsky]]. The ICIJ investigation also revealed that the husband of one of the Russian tax officials deposited millions in a Swiss bank account set up by one of the offshore companies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/piercing-the-secrecy-of-offshore-tax-havens/2013/04/06/1551806c-7d50-11e2-a044-676856536b40_story.html |title=Piercing the secrecy of offshore tax havens |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-04-06 |accessdate=2022-06-11}}</ref>

Over the past 20 years, Switzerland has returned about $2 billion of ill-gotten money in at least ten cases, including to Tunisia, Egypt, Brazil, Nigeria, Malaysia and Uzbekistan (2022).<ref>{{cite web |title=Swiss asset restitution strategy comes in for criticism|date=27 January 2022|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-asset-restitution-strategy-comes-in-for-criticism/47296700 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> Swiss bank accounts were utilised by the perpetrators of the [[1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal|1Malaysia Development Berhad corruption and money laundering scandal]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-07-28 |title=1MDB: The inside story of the world's biggest financial scandal {{!}} Randeep Ramesh |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/1mdb-inside-story-worlds-biggest-financial-scandal-malaysia |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

[[Suisse secrets|More recent studies]] show that [[Credit Suisse]] alone held assets worth $100 billion over several decades which were linked to corruption and bribery to drug and human trafficking for more than 30,000 clients.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |title=Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians |last1=Pegg |first1=David |last2=Makortoff |first2=Kalyeena |last3=Chulov |first3=Martin |last4=Lewis |first4=Paul |last5=Harding |first5=Luke |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 February 2022 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-secrets-leak-unmasks-criminals-fraudsters-corrupt-politicians}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220221-swissleaks-probe-says-credit-suisse-bank-handled-dirty-money-over-decades|title='SwissLeaks' probe says Credit Suisse bank handled dirty money over decades|date=February 21, 2022|website=France 24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2022-02-21|title=il vaticano di svizzero non ha solo le guardie - c'è anche la segreteria di stato tra i clienti...|url=http://m.dagospia.com/il-vaticano-di-svizzero-non-ha-solo-le-guardie-c-e-anche-la-segreteria-di-stato-tra-i-clienti-300490|access-date=2022-02-21|website=m.dagospia.com}}</ref> Apart from the 2022 "[[Suisse secrets]]" revelations, Credit Suisse had several other cases of scandals reported by the media over the last decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/21/tax-timeline-credit-suisse-scandals|title=Crooks, kleptocrats and crises: a timeline of Credit Suisse scandals|date=February 21, 2022|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In 2018, [[London]]-based [[Tax Justice Network]] ranks Switzerland's banking sector as the "most corrupt" in the world due to a large [[offshore banking]] industry and very strict secrecy laws. The ranking attempts to measure how much assistance the country's legal systems provide to [[money laundering]], and to protecting corruptly obtained wealth.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thelocal.ch/20180131/switzerland-remains-top-of-financial-secrecy-ranking-as-us-rises-to-second |title=Switzerland remains top of 'financial secrecy' ranking as US rises to second |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=18 July 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

As of 2019, key criminal probes involving Swiss banks were the [[Petrobras]] bribery case, the [[Mozambique]] "tuna bonds", [[Credit Suisse]] "spygate" affair, [[Raiffeisen (Switzerland)|Raiffeisen]] insider trading and [[UBS]] tax evasion in [[France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/under-investigation-_the-key-criminal-probes-involving-swiss-banks-/45396988 |title=The key criminal probes involving Swiss banks|date=27 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Strip clubs and fraud: the trial of an unconventional Swiss banker|date=22 January 2022|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/strip-clubs-and-fraud--the-trial-of-an-unconventional-swiss-banker/47278150 |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Strip-Bar Habit Worth $220,000 Hangs Over Swiss Banker on Trial|date=25 January 2022|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/bloomberg/strip-bar-habit-worth--220-000-hangs-over-swiss-banker-on-trial/47289916 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2021, the [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation]] reported that the Zurich police are investigating CHF 9 billion from [[Venezuela]] that has been received by 30 Swiss banks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-banks-slammed-for-venezuela-business/47121378|title=More Swiss banks slammed for Venezuela business|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=6 December 2021 }}</ref> A Swiss bank account was used to bribe a Venezuelan minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Banking secrecy remains a business model for Swiss banks |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/banking-secrecy-remains-a-business-model-for-swiss-banks/46335412 |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Swiss Broadcasting Corporation |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> Other major cases involving the [[Credit Suisse]] [[money laundering]] case for drug-traffickers in Bulgaria, [[Falcon Bank]], [[1MBD]], [[Glencore]], [[SICPA]], [[SBM Offshore]], [[PKB Group|PKB]], [[J. Safra Sarasin]], [[Cramer Bank]] and [[Bank Lombard Odier & Co|Lombard Odier Bank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/economie/les-banques-suisses-en-proc%C3%A8s-en-suisse/46328338|title=Les banques suisses devant la justice|first=Federico Franchini, (Traduction de l'italien: Marc-André|last=Miserez)|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>

In 2021, Swiss firm [[Allied Finance Trust]] AG and five Swiss bankers were charged with [[tax fraud]] conspiracy in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/bloomberg/bankers-charged-with-helping-hedge-fund-manager-dodge-taxes/46987366 |title = Bankers Charged With Helping Hedge Fund Manager Dodge Taxes - SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref>

In 2021, [[UBS]] was criminally convicted by an appeals court in [[France]] for [[money laundering]] the proceeds of [[tax evasion]] by French citizens and fined €1.8 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/ubs-fails-to-overturn-french-tax-evasion-guilty-verdict/47187104|title=UBS fails to overturn guilty verdict in French tax evasion case|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=13 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ubs-penalties-slashed-by-around-3-billion-in-french-tax-case-11639402771|title=UBS Penalties Slashed by Around $3 Billion in French Tax Case|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=13 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2023, Switzerland returned $138 million to Taiwan in connection with a [[Taiwan frigate scandal|corruption scandal relating to the sale of French frigates to Taiwan in 1991]].<ref name="SWI swissinfo.ch 2023 e040">{{cite web | title=Switzerland returns corrupt frozen millions to Taiwan | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=2023-07-19 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/switzerland-returns-corrupt-frozen-millions-to-taiwan/48673986 | access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref>
===Tax evasion===
{{see also|Taxation in Switzerland}}[[File:Genève. (9838511724).jpg|thumb|[[Swiss nationality law|Citizens of Switzerland]] retain the country's strictest, most expansive, and unalienable banking secrecy protections as it pertains to taxation.]]Switzerland has been ranked among the top three [[tax havens]] in the world every single year since the financial crisis, most recently in 2018.<ref name=":4" /> In 2021, U.S. [[President Joe Biden]] also called Switzerland a "[[tax haven]]" during his [[2021 Joe Biden speech to a joint session of Congress|speech to a joint session of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/30/president-joe-biden-called-switzerland-a-tax-haven-and-the-swiss-government-is-not-happy-a|title=Joe Biden said Switzerland is a tax haven. The Swiss do not agree.|date=April 30, 2021|website=euronews}}</ref>
====Background====
{{Seealso|Banking in Switzerland#Automatic exchange of tax information}}
According to the 2018 [[Financial Secrecy Index]], Switzerland's banking secrecy laws have rendered it a premier [[tax haven]] since the 1900s.<ref name=":10" /> It also noted that this status has been frequently abused by criminals to illegally [[Tax evasion|evade paying taxes]] in their home country.<ref name=":10" /> One of the most prominent attractions of the disclosure protection laws is the distinction between [[tax evasion]] (non-reporting of income) and [[Fraud|tax fraud]] (active deception).<ref name=":12">{{cite web|url=http://www.efd.admin.ch/00468/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=25863|title=Switzerland to adopt OECD standard on administrative assistance in fiscal matters|publisher=Federal Department of Finance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316205240/http://www.efd.admin.ch/00468/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=25863|archive-date=2009-03-16|url-status=dead|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> Akin to the distinction between legal [[tax avoidance]] and illegal tax evasion in the U.S., the non-reporting of income is only a [[Municipal offense|civil offense]] in Switzerland while tax fraud is a financial crime.<ref name=":12" /> When foreign clients deposit holdings into a Swiss bank account, the bank is legally prohibited from disclosing balances or client information to tax authorities.<ref name=":12" /> This prohibition can only be waived if the client has produced a written [[Consent|statement of consent]] or a [[financial crime]] has been directly linked to the bank account.<ref name=":12" /> More often than not,<ref name=":5" /> clients do not consent to foreign tax authorities, which leaves only the latter (financial crime) provision available.<ref name=":14" /> Many client services available in Switzerland (e.g. [[numbered bank account]]s) are used to shield client data from tax authorities.<ref name=":14" />

Many [[sovereign state]]s do not legally require [[private bank]]ers to confirm whether or not a client has paid their taxes, in any capacity.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/business/stefan-buck-tax-evasion.html|title=A Swiss Banker Helped Americans Dodge Taxes. Was It a Crime?|last=Enrich|first=David|date=January 6, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref> On top of this, [[Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks|Switzerland's banking secrecy laws]] prohibit the disclosure of client information under a variety of federal, cantonal, and civil policies.<ref name=":4" /> Many foreign nationals open Swiss bank accounts to take advantage of these laws and tax distinctions.<ref name=":14" /> While [[Swiss nationality law|citizens of Switzerland]] retain the full force of banking secrecy protections, foreign clients are afforded some of the most stringent [[Bank secrecy|bank–client confidentiality]] protections in the world.<ref name=":14" /> In exchange for banking services, the Swiss government charges "a low, lump-sum option on the money they bank", after which Swiss tax authorities consider client tax burdens "settled".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/060716/why-switzerland-considered-tax-haven.asp|title=Why is Switzerland considered a tax haven?|last=Goetz|first=Lisa|date=June 7, 2016|work=Investopedia|access-date=May 20, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks|Banking Law of 1934]] was passed, Swiss bankers traveled across Europe to advertise the country's banking secrecy during [[World War II]].<ref name=":5" /> As European countries began to [[War bond|increase taxes to finance the war]], wealthy clients moved their holdings into Swiss accounts to avoid taxation.<ref name=":5" />
====Fines====
Swiss banks have collectively paid more than $12 billion in fines in recent years to the tax authorities in France, Germany, Italy, the United States and other countries for helping with tax evasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tdg.ch/ubs-entre-droit-suisse-et-droit-etranger-581991442041|title=Regard éco – UBS: entre droit suisse et droit étranger|website=Tribune de Genève|date=16 December 2021 }}</ref> Starting in 2022, fines on Swiss banks abroad will be tax deductible (unless [[Money laundering in Switzerland|crime is involved]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/fines-on-swiss-firms-abroad-will-be-tax-deductible-from-2022/46156202|title=Fines on Swiss firms abroad will be tax deductible from 2022|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=11 November 2020 }}</ref>
==In popular culture==
Banking in Switzerland, in particular Swiss banking secrecy practices, has been detailed in global [[popular culture]] to varying degrees of accuracy. According to official statements from the Swiss National Film Archives, inaccurate or exaggerated portrayals negatively impact Switzerland by reducing bankers to unflattering "[[caricature]]s" that are "ever disposed to accept funds from questionable sources".<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/wolf-of-wall-street_hollywood-sticks-with-swiss-banker--caricature-/37772510|title=Hollywood sticks with Swiss banker 'caricature'|last=Dupraz-Dobias|first=Paula|date=January 21, 2014|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Sindy Schmiegel, a spokeswoman for the [[Swiss Bankers Association]] (SBA), stressed that [[List of Swiss financial market legislation|financial regulation in Switzerland]] is dramatically more strict than portrayed fictionally.<ref name=":11" /> ''[[The Economic Times]]'' noted that popular culture portrays Swiss bank accounts as "completely anonymous", later adding "this is simply not true."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/fancy-yourself-a-numbered-swiss-bank-account-heres-how-you-can-get-one/articleshow/44979525.cms|title=Fancy yourself a numbered Swiss Bank account? Here's how you can get one|date=October 30, 2014|work=The Economic Times|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref>

Swiss banking was prominently featured in the following films and [[television show]]s:{{quote box
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| quote = If you can't trust a Swiss banker, then what's the world come to?
| source = [[James Bond]] in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/world/europe/swiss-banks-tradition-of-secrecy-clashes-with-quests-abroad-for-disclosure.html|title=Swiss Banks' Tradition of Secrecy Clashes With Quests Abroad for Disclosure|last=Carvajal|first=Doreen|date=July 8, 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 15, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>}}
*''[[The Great Spy Chase]]'' (1964): Francis Lagneau ([[Lino Ventura]]) engages with a Swiss banker to open a bank account containing patents to powerful weapons.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py_DBwAAQBAJ&q=casino+royal+swiss+bank+account&pg=PA91|title=Swissness in a Nutshell|last1=Haver|first1=Gianni|last2=Middleton|first2=Robert|date=May 18, 2018|publisher=Schwabe AG|isbn=9783905252644|language=en}}</ref> This film is considered the first motion picture to reference banking in Switzerland.<ref name=":16" />
*Swiss banking has been mentioned by [[James Bond in film]] and [[List of James Bond novels and short stories|in literature]] dozens of times, it plays a central role in:
**''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964): [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] ([[Sean Connery]]) thwarts Goldfinger's plans to rob [[United States Bullion Depository|a U.S. gold depository]] frequently citing Swiss underground gold bunkers and bank accounts numbers as motivation.<ref name=":16" /> This film was written after Switzerland's role in World War II was at the forefront of international critique on bank secrecy.<ref name=":16" />
**''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969): supervillain [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] ([[Telly Savalas]]) tells James Bond ([[George Lazenby]]) that unless a large sum of money is deposited into a Swiss bank account, a bomb will detonate and kill thousands of people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/licence-to-print-money_james-bond--half-swiss--totally-profitable/33426010|title=James Bond: half-Swiss, totally profitable|last=Stephens|first=Thomas|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Mentions of Swiss banking in the James Bond novels have been viewed as "reinforcing a stereotype".<ref name=":11" />
**''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999): James Bond ([[Pierce Brosnan]]) visits a Swiss bank in Spain called ''La Banque Suisse de L'Industrie'' to meet an associate before jumping out of a five-story window.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/locations/swiss-bank|title=Mr Lachaise's Swiss Bank {{!}} James Bond Locations|website=www.jamesbondmm.co.uk|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":16" />
**''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006): After a high stakes [[poker]] game is completed, the winnings of James Bond ([[Daniel Craig]]) is transferred to a Swiss bank in [[Basel]] account for security.<ref name=":16" />
*''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990): Frederick Keinszig ([[Helmut Berger]]), a Swiss banker for the [[Vatican City|Vatican]], gets into a [[shootout]] with the [[Corleone family]] over technicalities over [[Bank secrecy|bank–client confidentiality]].<ref name=":18">{{Cite journal|last=Emmenegger|first=Patrick|date=March 12, 2014|title=The Politics of Financial Intransparency: The Case of Swiss Banking Secrecy|journal=Swiss Political Science Review|language=en|volume=20|issue=1|pages=146–164|doi=10.1111/spsr.12092|issn=1424-7755|doi-access=free}}</ref> The movie was seen as establishing the "Swiss banker trope" within mainstream culture.<ref name=":18" />
*''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' (2002): [[Jason Bourne]] ([[Matt Damon]]), a secret operative for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) who has [[retrograde amnesia]], begins to recall life events after opening a bank deposit box containing a gun, large amounts of international currency and a variety of [[passport]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/swiss-bank-accounts|title=Swiss Bank Secrets|last=Broom|first=Giles|date=August 12, 2016|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The scene was seen as unduly "[emphasizing] the issue of [[Bank secrecy|[bank] secrecy]]".<ref name=":11" />
{{quote box
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| quote = Like most Swiss banks, our safe-deposit boxes are attached to a ''number'', not a name. You have a key and a personal number known only to you.
| source = [[Dan Brown]] in ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/davincicodenovel0000brow|url-access=registration|title=The Da Vinci Code: Featuring Robert Langdon|last=Brown|first=Dan|date=November 18, 2003|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9780385504218|pages=[https://archive.org/details/davincicodenovel0000brow/page/n194 181]|language=en}}</ref>}}
*''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' (2006): [[Robert Langdon]] ([[Tom Hanks]]) opens a Swiss bank account at the Paris-based "Depository Bank of Zürich", a high-tech bank that allows clients to deposit and withdraw assets with complete anonymity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ch-bank.htm|title=Swiss Bank Account|last=Kinsman|first=Robert|access-date=May 18, 2018|quote=In fact, mystery writers have utilized the Swiss Bank as the central focus of intrigue. Where else would one think to store the secrets of the holy grail but in a Swiss bank account, as was the case in the novel the "Da Vinci Code". But events in recent years have chipped away at this polished veneer to reveal some rather unseemly criminal behavior.}}</ref> The usage of this type of [[numbered bank account]] is illegal both in France and Switzerland.<ref name=":15" />
*''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013): [[Jordan Belfort|Jordon Belfort]] ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) travels to the Geneva-based [[Union Bancaire Privée]] (UBP) to meet with private banker Jean Jacques Saurel ([[Jean Dujardin]]) who advises Belfort to open an account in the name of a relative with a [[Passports of the European Union|European passport]] to avoid U.S. taxation.<ref name=":11" /> This is technically legal in Switzerland<ref name=":3" /> as Belfort was not charged with a financial crime (at the time of meeting) and extra banking secrecy is afforded to European citizens.<ref name="time">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/search/article/0,8599,348968,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021206032510/http://www.time.com/time/search/article/0,8599,348968,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2002|title=Silence Is Golden|author=Gumbel, Peter|date=2002-09-08|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=2006-06-16}}</ref> Belfort's bank–client confidentiality was waived because Saurel traveled outside of Switzerland and was arrested on U.S. soil for a crime ([[money laundering]]) illegal in both countries.<ref name=":15" /> The fictional interaction was called "a bit ridiculous and exaggerated" and "not very Swiss" by the [[Swiss Bankers Association]].<ref name=":11" />
==See also==
*[[List of Swiss financial market legislation|List of Swiss financial market regulation]]
*[[List of banks in Switzerland]]
*[[Economy of Switzerland#Commodities trading|Commodities trading in Switzerland]]
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin|}}
* {{Cite journal|date=2022|title=Financial Secrecy Index|url=https://fsi.taxjustice.net/|journal=Financial Secrecy Index|via=Tax Justice Network}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Guex|first=Sébastien|year=2000|title=The Origins of the Swiss Banking Secrecy Law and Its Repercussions for Swiss Federal Policy|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/300378/files/S0007680500074250.pdf|journal=[[Business History Review]]|volume=74|number=2|pages=237–266|jstor=3116693|doi=10.2307/3116693|s2cid=154917222}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Mueller|first=Kurt|year=1969|title=The Swiss Banking Secret: From a Legal View|journal=[[International and Comparative Law Quarterly]]|volume=18|issue=2|pages=360–377|jstor=757529|doi=10.1093/iclqaj/18.2.360}}
{{Refend}}
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.swissworld.org/en/economy/swiss_financial_centre The Swiss Financial Center], from [https://web.archive.org/web/20040626090054/http://www.swissworld.org/ swissworld.org]
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'''Wikipedia''' ({{audio|en-us-Wikipedia.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a [[Free content|free]] [[online encyclopedia]] [[website]] in 327 [[language]]s of the world, 316 languages which are currently active and 11 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest [[wiki]] [[organization]]s. People can choose to donate to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] to fund Wikipedia and its sister projects. It is an [[open content]] website. This means anyone can copy it, and make changes to it if they follow the [[Wikipedia:Guidelines|rules]] for copying or editing.

Wikipedia is owned by an [[United States|American]] [[organization]], the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], which is in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]].

Wikipedia's name is a [[portmanteau word|portmanteau]] of two words, ''[[wiki]]'' and ''[[encyclopedia]].''<ref>Andreas Kaplan, Haenlein Michael (2014) Collaborative projects (social media application): About Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Business Horizons, Volume 57 Issue 5, pp.617-626</ref>

Wikipedia was started on January 10, 2001, by [[Jimmy Wales]] and [[Larry Sanger]] as part of an earlier [[online encyclopedia]] named [[Nupedia]]. On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia became a separate [[website]] of its own. It is a wiki that uses the [[computer software|software]] [[MediaWiki]] (like all other [[Wikimedia Foundation]] projects).

Anyone who wishes to can change the pages on Wikipedia, or even make new ones. Wikipedia has a [[standard]] [[page layout]] for all pages in the encyclopedia.

As of September 2011, Wikipedia had about 18 million pages in about 300 [[language]]s and more than 3.50 billion words across all Wikipedias. The regular [[English Wikipedia]] is the largest [[List of Wikipedias|Wikipedia edition]].
[[File:Wikipedia Main Page.png|thumb|[[Main Page]] of the [[English Wikipedia]] on July 23, 2018]]

== History ==
[[File:Wikipedia Monument 4.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Wikipedia Monument]]]]
[[File:Nupedia logo and wordmark.png|thumb|right|260px|Wikipedia originally developed from another [[online encyclopedia]] project, [[Nupedia]].]]

Wikipedia began as a related project for [[Nupedia]]. Nupedia was a free [[English language|English-language]] [[online encyclopedia]] project. Nupedia's articles were written and owned by [[Bomis|Bomis, Inc]] which was a [[web portal]] company. The important people of the company were [[Jimmy Wales]], [[CEO|the person in charge]] of Bomis, and [[Larry Sanger]], the [[:wikt:editing|editor-in-chief]] of Nupedia. Nupedia was first licensed under the Nupedia Open Content License which was changed to the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] before Wikipedia was founded and made their first article when [[Richard Stallman]] requested them.<ref name="stallman1999">{{cite web
|url=http://www.gnu.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.html|title=The Free Encyclopedia Project|author=Richard M. Stallman|author-link=Richard Stallman|date=2007-06-20|publisher=Free Software Foundation |access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref>

Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales are the ones who started Wikipedia.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041206/news_mz1b6encyclo.html|title=Everyone's Encyclopedia|author=Jonathan Sidener|date=2004-12-06|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=2006-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215094756/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041206/news_mz1b6encyclo.html|archive-date=2004-12-15|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Meyers>{{cite news|first=Peter |last=Meyers|title=Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E5D6123BF933A1575AC0A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fC%2fComputer%20Software |work=New York Times |date=2001-09-20|access-date=2007-11-22|quote= 'I can start an article that will consist of one paragraph, and then a real expert will come along and add three paragraphs and clean up my one paragraph,' said Larry Sanger of Las Vegas, who founded Wikipedia with Mr. Wales.}}</ref> Wales is credited with defining the goals of the project.<ref name=SangerMemoir>{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Sanger |title=The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir |date=April 18, 2005 |work=Slashdot |url=http://features.slashdot.org/features/05/04/18/164213.shtml|access-date=2008-12-26}}</ref><ref name=Sanger>{{cite news|first=Larry|last=Sanger|title=Wikipedia Is Up!|date=January 17, 2001|publisher=Internet Archive|url=http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000684.html|access-date=2008-12-26|archive-date=2001-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010506042824/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000684.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Sanger created the [[wikt:strategy|strategy]] of using a [[wiki]] to reach Wales' goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2001-October/000671.html|title=Wikipedia-l: LinkBacks?|access-date=2007-02-20}}</ref> On January 10, 2001, [[Larry Sanger]] proposed on the Nupedia [[mailing list]] to create a wiki as a "feeder" project for Nupedia.<ref>{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Sanger|title=Let's Make a Wiki|date=2001-01-10|publisher=Internet Archive|url=http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000676.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030414014355/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000676.html|archive-date=2003-04-14 |access-date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001. It was launched as an English-language edition at www.wikipedia.com,<ref name=WikipediaHome>{{cite web |url=http://www.wikipedia.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010331173908/http://www.wikipedia.com/|archive-date=2001-03-31|title=Wikipedia: HomePage|access-date=2001-03-31}}</ref> and announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list.<ref name=SangerMemoir/> Wikipedia's policy of "neutral point-of-view"<ref name="NPOV">"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view&oldid=102236018 Wikipedia:Neutral point of view], Wikipedia (January 21, 2007)</ref> was enforced in its initial months, and was similar to Nupedia's earlier "nonbiased" policy. Otherwise, there weren't very many rules initially, and Wikipedia operated independently of Nupedia.<ref name=SangerMemoir/>

Wikipedia gained early contributors from Nupedia, [[Slashdot]], and from [[search engine|people who looked it up]]. It grew to about 20,000 articles, and 18 languages by the end of 2001. By late 2002 it had 26 languages, 46 by the end of 2003, and 161 by the end of 2004.<ref>"{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Multilingual_statistics |title=Multilingual statistics |work=Wikipedia |date=March 30, 2005 |access-date=2008-12-25}}</ref> Nupedia and Wikipedia both existed until Nupedia's servers were stopped in 2003. After this, its text was incorporated into Wikipedia. The [[English Wikipedia]] passed the 2 million-article mark on September 9, 2007, making it the largest encyclopedia ever assembled, even larger than the [[Yongle Encyclopedia]] (1407), which had held the record for exactly 600 years.<ref name="EB_encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed.|publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica |year=2007 |volume=18 |pages=257–286}}</ref>

The [[English Wikipedia]] reached 3 million articles in August 2009. The number of articles and contributors appeared to be growing less quickly around spring 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist |title=Wikipedia approaches its limits |author=Bobbie Johnson}}</ref>

In October 2014, the [[Wikipedia Monument]] was unveiled to the public in [[Poland]] to honor all the contributors of Wikipedia.

According to the TechCrunch website, on 23 January 2020, Wikipedia had surpassed more than 6 million articles on the [[English Wikipedia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/23/wikipedia-english-six-million-articles|title=Wikipedia now has more than 6 million articles in English}}</ref>

On 13 January 2021, the English Wikipedia reached one billion edits, where the billionth edit was made by [[Steven Pruitt]].<ref name="vice.com">{{cite web |title=The English Language Wikipedia Just Had Its Billionth Edit |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7appn/the-english-language-wikipedia-just-had-its-billionth-edit |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en |date=15 January 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115145145/https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7appn/the-english-language-wikipedia-just-had-its-billionth-edit |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[MIT Press]] published an [[open access]] book of essays ''[[Wikipedia @ 20]]: Stories of an Unfinished Revolution'', edited by Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner with contributions from prominent Wikipedians, Wikimedians, researchers, journalists, librarians and other experts reflecting on particular histories and themes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wikipedia-20|title=Wikipedia @ 20: Stories of an Incomplete Revolution|date=2020-10-13|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-53817-6|editor-last=Reagle|editor-first=Joseph|location=Cambridge, MA, USA|language=en|editor2-last=Koerner|editor2-first=Jackie}}</ref>

By November 2021, Wikipedia had fallen to the thirteenth placed website in the world for global internet engagement.<ref name="alexa.com"/>

=== 10th anniversary ===
On January 15, 2011, Wikipedia celebrated its 10th anniversary. It used a special logo ''(pictured)'' to celebrate its 10 years since it opened on January 15, 2001. The logo was used for the whole day on the sidebar of English Wikipedia.[[File:10piece-english-M.png|thumb|right|The logo used on the [[English Wikipedia]] on January 15, 2011]]

=== 20th anniversary ===
In January 2021, [[Wikipedia:20th anniversary|Wikipedia's 20th anniversary]] was noted in the media.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/wikipedia-20-year-anniversary/ |first1=Heather |last1=Kelly |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |title=Technology: On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online |quote=The world's largest online encyclopedia has learned lessons from fighting misinformation for two decades |date=January 15, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Kent">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/in-a-post-truth-world-we-need-wikipedia-more-than-ever/ |first1=German |last1=Kent |work=[[CNET]] |title=In a post-truth world, we need Wikipedia more than ever |quote=Commentary: Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary today. The free encyclopedia may not be exciting, but its neutral, volunteer-driven content is incredibly valuable.|date=January 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-20-years-of-wikipedia/av-56212410 |title=World in Progress: 20 years of Wikipedia |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |quote=The year marks the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. Every month, more than 1.7 billion people visit the open-source website in search of information about, well, just about anything! We speak with Dr. Bernie Hogan from the [[Oxford Internet Institute]] about Wikipedia's successes, where it fits into the discrimination crisis and the website's future.|format=Audio}}</ref><ref name="Wales">{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-turns-20-aims-reach-035212015.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHKHaTI72xUEUz_BdVPt8DFvi-uLdmApcbSckrJrAbM_GpTwHsHtNHRdxX-KYAS6xk81e_p_w46bfh10PJVV7cmUzE-pWR5gsID2T8Kd1k0u-2r78p4Y4V16CKTPFcWRJzV0LwQMJyuEeeR7Vv-_lfVBiCT30KvF47aGzyE3QP-a |title=As Wikipedia turns 20 it aims to reach more readers |quote=Wikipedia is the web's seventh-most visited site |date=January 14, 2021 |first1=Jimmy |last1=Wales |authorlink1=Jimmy Wales |via=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref>

[[File:Old wikipedia logo.png|thumb|left|200px|The first view of the [[Wikipedia logo]]]]

== Using Wikipedia ==
Wikipedia is a free site where anybody can start or change a page. It is a global site that is available in many languages. While people can use any search engine, the Wikipedia page will come out in the first results of many searches. To use Wikipedia better, people should understand the basic function of the page. The page is organized while they are looking up the page. As Wikipedia users, they should have a good understanding of Wikipedia and its features.

* '''Did you know''': Trivia from new articles.
* '''In the news''': News of the world.
* '''On this day''': Anniversaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/everything-need-know-wikipedia/ |title=Everything You Need To Know About Wikipedia And More |author=O' Neil, Mark |date=16 December 2014 |work= MakeUseOf|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref>
*'''Current events''': Available on some Wikipedias. It can be on main pages, in articles, or at wikinews.org

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== Related pages ==
* [[Simple English Wikipedia]]
* [[Epistemic community]]

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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] - multilingual portal (contains links to all language editions of the project)
* [http://dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Open_Content/Encyclopedias/Wikipedia/ Wikipedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831024848/http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Open_Content/Encyclopedias/Wikipedia/ |date=2007-08-31 }} at the [[Open Directory Project]]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/tech/wikipedia.html CBC News: I, editor]
* [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] - [[Citizendium]]

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Sidhraj Singh

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'''Sidhraj Singh''' is an Indian politician from the Rohilkhand region (Bareilly) of Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of [[Sarvraj Singh]]. Like his father, he is also a strong politician from their community. He started his political career a decade ago, and was a candidate for MLA from Aonla in 2012 from [[Indian National Congress]] and in 2017 from Samajwadi Party<ref>[https://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=1724 UP Chunav 2017: MyNeta.info - Sidhraj Singh]</ref>. And now he is working on the field with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>[https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/uttar-pradesh/siddhraj-singh-left-sp-to-join-bjp-his-father-kunwar-sarvraj-singh-is-three-time-parliamentarian-from-aonla/1050005/ UP Chunav 2022: रुहेलखंड में कमल खिलाएगा तीन बार सांसद रहे 36 साल अनुभवी इस कांग्रेसी नेता का बेटा]</ref><ref>[https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/amp/story/election/up-assembly-elections/ruhelkhand-senior-leader-sarvraj-singh-son-siddhraj-singh-joined-bjp-abk | किस्सा नेताजी का: बीजेपी नेता से चुनाव हारने वाले सिद्धराज सिंह के हाथ में कमल, बिल्सी सीट से लड़ेंगे चुनाव?]</ref>

He also holds position in their community organization, often known as Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha, Uttar Pradesh. He also do social working, and in lockdown period of India he did many things for the needy people.

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2023-09-05T20:00:08Z

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After 10 years of editing on Main Wikipedia, I got blocked for advertising which is false, having over 40K+ edit count. Checkusers didn’t even think before making that decision, it was painful. I will now spend my time here to see what this platform has to offer!!

Presenter (disambiguation)

2023-09-02T05:07:04Z

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{{Wiktionary|presenter}}
{{Commonscat|Presenters}}
A '''presenter''' is a person or organization responsible for the running of a public event, or someone who conveys information on media via a broadcasting outlet. '''Presenter''' may refer to:

== People ==
* [[News presenter]], person who presents news during a news program
* [[Sports commentator]], an announcer who presents analysis of a sporting event
* [[Radio personality]], presenter or announcer on a radio show
* [[Television presenter]], person who introduces or hosts television programs
* [[Talk show host]], presenter of a television or radio talk show
* [[Disc jockey]], person who presents recorded music for a live or radio audience
* [[Master of ceremonies]], host and presenter at a ceremony or staged event
* [[Weather presenter]], person who presents broadcast weather forecasts
* [[Game show host]], (Quizmaster) person who ask questions at quiz game programs

== Other ==
* [[Microsoft PowerPoint]], formerly known as Presenter
* [[Adobe Presenter]], eLearning software released by Adobe Systems
* [[Presentation program]]

{{disambiguation}}
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Television Presenter

2023-09-02T05:05:50Z

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{{Short description|Person who hosts a television program}}
{{see also|Presenter (disambiguation)|Broadcaster (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Ralph Jackson and Bettany Hughes.jpg|thumb|British presenter [[Bettany Hughes]] (right) and curator Ralph Jackson (left) converse during the shooting of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s program ''[[Britain's Secret Treasures]]''.|alt=A man listens to a woman. In the background there are glass displays.]]
A '''television presenter''' (or ''' television host''', some become a "[[television personality]]") is a person who introduces or hosts [[television show|television program]]s, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people who garnered fame in other fields to take on this role, but some people have made their name solely within the field of presenting—such as [[children's television series]] or [[infomercial]]s—to become television personalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10066271/TV-presenter-Donna-Air-joins-Pippa-Middletons-fan-club.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10066271/TV-presenter-Donna-Air-joins-Pippa-Middletons-fan-club.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=TV presenter Donna Air joins Pippa Middleton's fan club |publisher=Daily Telegraph |access-date=2013-07-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-05-28/david-dimbleby-bbc-older-women-prejudice-tv-presenters/|title=Dimbleby criticises ageism in TV|publisher=itv.com|date=2013-05-28|access-date=2013-07-23|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630045316/http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-05-28/david-dimbleby-bbc-older-women-prejudice-tv-presenters/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Roles==
Often, presenters may double for being famed in other fields, such as an [[actor]], [[model (person)|model]], [[comedian]], [[musician]], [[celebrity doctor|doctor]], etc. Others may be subject-matter experts, such as scientists or politicians, serving as presenters for a programme about their field of expertise (for instance, [[David Attenborough]]). Some are celebrities who have made their name in one area, then leverage their fame to get involved in other areas.

Examples of this latter group include British comedian [[Michael Palin]] who now presents programmes about [[travel]] (such as ''[[Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin|Around the World in 80 Days]]''), and American actor [[Alan Alda]], who presented ''[[Scientific American Frontiers]]'' for over a decade.<ref>{{Scientific American Frontiers|4||Alan Alda}}</ref> Another example would be American stand-up comedian [[Joe Rogan]], who is a commentator and post-fight interviewer in [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]. Prior to entering politics, former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] served as a presenter for live shows such as ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and his own show ''[[The Apprentice (American TV series)|The Apprentice]]'', after being famed for his exuberant lifestyle and business finesse. The term is commonly used in many countries including Canada, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Barbados, [[Sri Lanka]], India, Spain, Denmark, Greece, Australia, Egypt, Andorra, Malta, San Marino, Japan and South Korea.

==United States ==
In the [[United States|US]], such a person is typically called a host, such as in the terminology [[List of talk show hosts|talk show host]], or an MC ([[Master of ceremonies]]). In the context of TV news programs, they are known as [[news presenter|anchor]]s.

==See also==
{{Commons category|Television presenters}}
*[[News presenter]]
*[[Radio personality]]
*[[Horror host]]
*[[Sports commentator]]
*[[List of talk show hosts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Broadcasting occupations]]

Film Producer

2023-09-02T04:59:15Z

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{{Short description|Person supervising the making of a film}}
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A '''film producer''' is a person who oversees [[film production]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions - Producers Guild of America |url=http://www.producersguild.org/?page=faq |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407054558/http://www.producersguild.org/?page=faq |archive-date=7 April 2010 |access-date=2017-03-19 |website=producersguild.org}}</ref> Either employed by a [[production company]] or working [[Independent film|independently]], producers plan and coordinate various aspects of [[film]] production, such as selecting the [[Screenplay|script]], coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Producing |url=http://lfs.org.uk/full-time-study/ma-filmmaking/areas-study/producing |website=lfs.org.uk |publisher=London Film School}}</ref>

The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development.<ref name=":1" /> Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a [[screenwriter]] and oversees the [[Filmmaking#Development|script's development]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=27-2012.01 - Producers |url=https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/27-2012.01 |access-date=2017-03-19 |website=onetonline.org}}</ref> These activities culminate with the [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitch]], led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "[[Green-light|greenlit]]".

The producer also supervises the [[pre-production]], [[principal photography]] and [[post-production]] stages of [[filmmaking]]. A producer is also responsible for hiring a [[Film director|director]] for the film, as well as other key [[Film crew|crew]] members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically manages logistics and business operations, though some directors also produce their own films. The producer must ensure the film is delivered on time and within budget, and in the latter stages before release, will oversee the marketing and [[Film distribution|distribution]] of the film.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=TV or film producer |url=https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/tv-or-film-producer# |access-date=2017-02-18 |website=nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk}}</ref>

Producers cannot always supervise all of the production. In this case, the primary producer or [[executive producer]] may hire and delegate work to associate producers, assistant producers, [[line producer]]s, or [[unit production manager]]s.<ref name="nyt22">{{Cite news |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=8 November 2012 |title=Three Studios Agree to Let a Guild Certify Credits for Film Producers |work=The New York Times |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/three-studios-agree-to-plan-to-certify-who-deserves-to-be-a-producer/ |access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

==Process and responsibilities==

===Development and pre-production===
{{Main|Pre-production}}
During this stage of the production process, producers bring together people like the [[film director]], [[cinematographer]], and [[production designer]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Producer |url=http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/757_producer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916051230/http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/757_producer |archive-date=16 September 2018 |access-date=2017-02-18 |website=creativeskillset.org}}</ref> Unless the film is to be based on an original script, the producer must find an appropriate [[screenwriter]].<ref name="rottentomatoes.com2">{{Cite web |title=writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been hired to pen the screenplay for producer Dino de Laurentiis |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/casino_royale/news/1648610/007_writers_to_tackle_quotbarbarellaquot/ |access-date=13 April 2007 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldman was contacted by director/producer Rob Reiner to write the screenplay |url=http://www.filmmakers.com/artists/williamgoldman/biography/page2.htm |access-date=14 March 2011}}</ref> If an existing script is considered flawed, the producer can order a new version or decide to hire a [[script doctor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=He began work on the scripter. And worked on it and worked on it, pushing it through seven drafts before arriving at a version with which de Laurentiis was satisfied |url=http://www.davidlynch.de/dunetimeout.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121133818/http://davidlynch.de/dunetimeout.html |archive-date=21 November 2010 |access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Broccoli insisted on a rewrite, claiming to the story was too political for a 007 film. Writer Christopher Wood was brought on board to collaborate with Maibaum and expand upon Broccoli's personal concept for the film |url=http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/PhilFak/fshisto/jb/thespy.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510193135/http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/PhilFak/fshisto/jb/thespy.htm |archive-date=10 May 2013 |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=4 August 2010 |title=the producers Albert R Broccoli and Harry Saltzman hired him for two weeks to doctor the Richard Maibaum script of Diamonds Are Forever |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/04/tom-mankiewicz-obituary |access-date=4 August 2010}}</ref> The producer also gives final approval when hiring the [[film director]], cast members, and other staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Next De Laurentiis hired King Vidor, director of Duel in the Sun (1946) and The Fountainhead (1949) to make the movie |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/79836%7C0/War-and-Peace.html |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 November 2010 |title=Dino De Laurentiis [obituary] |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8127250/Dino-De-Laurentiis.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8127250/Dino-De-Laurentiis.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |quote=He also stuck loyally by gifted American directors when they were out of favour or off form. Robert Altman made one of his less successful pictures, Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976), for De Laurentiis, who also helped the luckless Michael Cimino back on his feet after the commercial disaster of Heaven's Gate}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In some cases, producers also have the last word when it comes to casting questions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Octopussy |url=http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/PhilFak/fshisto/jb/octopus.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510170037/http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/PhilFak/fshisto/jb/octopus.htm |archive-date=10 May 2013 |quote=Cubby Broccoli personally broke his own golden rule and cast her as the mysterious Octopussy}}</ref> A producer will also approve locations, the studio hire, the final [[shooting script]], the [[production schedule]], and the budget. Spending more time and money in pre-production can reduce budget waste and delays during the production stage.<ref name=":03" />

===Production===
{{main|Principal photography}}
During production, the producer's job is to ensure the film remains on schedule and under budget.<ref name=":14" /> To this end, they must remain in constant contact with directors and other key creative team members.<ref name=":03" /><ref name="bergan">{{Cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |title=Bernd Eichinger [obituary] |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/30/bernd-eichinger-obituary |quote=In 1979, Eichinger bought a large stake in the Munich-based production and distribution company Constantin Film, which he ran as a hands-on producer for over 30 years}}</ref><ref name="europacorp">{{Cite news |last=Matlack |first=Carol |date=10 March 2009 |title=Europacorp studio posted $186 million in revenues last year, making it second only to Germany's Constantin Film as Europe's largest independent studio |work=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/the-movie-business-luc-besson-s-growing-empire-a-612371.html |access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref>

Producers cannot always personally supervise all parts of their production but will instead delegate tasks as needed. For example, some producers run a company that also deals with film distribution.<ref name = bergan/><ref name = europacorp/> Also, the cast and film crew often work at different times and places, and certain films even require a [[second unit]].

===Post-production===
{{Main|Post-production}}
Even after shooting for a film is complete, the producers can still demand that additional scenes be filmed. In the case of a negative [[test screening]], producers may even demand an alternative film ending. For example, when the audience reacted negatively to [[Rambo (franchise)|Rambo]]'s death in the test screening of the film ''[[First Blood]]'', the producers requested a new ending be filmed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=test audiences nearly rioted after cheering for Rambo and then seeing him die. So the producers went back to Hope, British Columbia, the location for the film, and shot a new ending in which Rambo lives |url=http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/david-morrell-on-rambo/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004072225/http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/david-morrell-on-rambo/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> Producers also oversee the film's sales, marketing, and distribution rights, often working with third-party specialist firms.<ref name=":14" />

==Types==
Different types of producers and their roles within the industry today include:

===Executive producer===
{{Main|Executive producer}}
An executive producer oversees all other producers under a specific project and ensures that the entire project remains on track. They are also usually in charge of managing the film's finances and all other business aspects.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">Zetti, Herbert (2011). ''Television Production Handbook 12th Edition''. Cengage Learning. p. 7. {{ISBN|978-1285052670}}</ref> On a [[Television show|television series]] an executive or co-executive producer is often a writer and given credit in a creative capacity. In a [[feature film]] or movie, the executive producer is often the person directly funding the project or is directly responsible for bringing in investors for funding.

===Line producer===
{{Main|Line producer}}
A line producer manages the staff and the day-to-day operations and oversees each physical aspect involved in making a film or television program. The line producer can be credited as "produced by" in certain cases.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

===Supervising producer===
{{Main|Senior producer}}
A supervising producer supervises the creative process of screenplay development and often aids in script rewrites. They can also fulfill the executive producer's role of overseeing other producers.<ref name=":0" />

===Producer===
Within the production process, a producer can oversee, arrange, manage, and begin every aspect of production. They are typically involved in every stage of the overall production process.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

===Co-producer===
A co-producer is a member of a team of producers that perform all of the functions and roles that a single producer would in a given project.<ref name=":0" />

===Coordinating producer or production coordinator===
{{Main|Production coordinator}}
A coordinating producer coordinates the work/role of multiple producers trying to achieve a shared result.<ref name=":0" />

===Associate producer or assistant producer===
The associate or assistant producer helps the producer during the production process. They can sometimes be involved in coordinating others' jobs, such as creating peoples' schedules and hiring the main talent.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

===Segment producer===
A segment producer produces one or more specific segments of a multi-segment film or television production.<ref name=":0" />

===Field producer===
A field producer helps the producer by overseeing all of the production outside the studio in specific film locations.<ref name=":2" />

==Labor relations==
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Considered [[Senior management|executive]] employees in regard to the [[Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938]] in the United States, producers represent the management team of production and are charged by the studios to enforce the provisions of the union [[Collective bargaining|contracts]] negotiated by the [[Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers]] (AMPTP) with the [[Below-the-line (filmmaking)|below-the-line]] employees. Founded in 1924 by the U.S. Trade Association as the Association of Motion Picture Producers,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) records |url=http://collections.oscars.org/link/bio/1473 |website=Special Collections: Margaret Herrick Library |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences}}</ref> the AMPTP was initially responsible for negotiating labor contracts. Still, during the mid-1930s, it took over all contract negotiation responsibilities previously controlled by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=":4" /> Today, the AMPTP negotiates with various industry associations when dealing with union contracts, including the [[International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees]] (IATSE), the [[Directors Guild of America]] (DGA), and the [[SAG-AFTRA|Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]] (SAG-AFTRA).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=AMPTP |url=http://amptp.org/ |access-date=2017-03-19 |website=amptp.org}}</ref> In 2012, the AMPTP negotiated over eighty industry-wide union agreements on behalf of 350 studios and independent production companies. Since 1982, the AMPTP has been responsible for negotiating these union agreements and is now considered the official contract negotiation representative for everyone within the film and television industry.<ref>[http://filmmakeriq.com/2012/09/a-guide-to-hollywood-unions/ "A Guide to Hollywood Unions | FilmmakerIQ.com"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328214512/https://filmmakeriq.com/2012/09/a-guide-to-hollywood-unions/ |date=28 March 2019 }}. ''filmmakeriq.com''. Retrieved 2017-02-19.</ref>

While individual producers are responsible for negotiating deals with the studios distributing their films, the [[Producers Guild of America]] offers guidance to protect and promote the interests of producers and the production team in film, television, and new media, offering the framework to provide health insurance and pension benefits, and assists in establishing safe working conditions and vetting the validity of screen credits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the PGA: Mission Statement |url=https://www.producersguild.org/?page=about_the_pga |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323053941/http://www.producersguild.org/?page=about_the_pga |archive-date=23 March 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2017 |publisher=Producers Guild of America}}</ref>

In December 2021, global unions filed a report titled ''Demanding Dignity Behind the Scenes'' to attempt to end the "long hours culture" of the television and film industry, citing in part that abuses increased in 2021 as the industry attempted to recover lost time due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The unions supporting the report make up over twenty-million television, film, and arts workers worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2021-12-14 |title=Global Unions Call to End 'Long Hours Culture' for Film, TV Workers |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/global-unions-call-to-end-long-hours-culture-for-film-tv-workers-1235062384/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career process==
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Many producers begin in a college, university, or [[film school]]. [[Film school]]s and many [[University|universities]] offer [[Academic degree|degree courses]] covering film production knowledge, with some courses specially designed for future film producers<ref>{{Cite web |title=The MFA Advanced Film Practice programme aims to equip you with the creative, professional and technical knowledge you will need to enter the professional arena as a writer, producer or director. |url=http://www.screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/content-114 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416155055/http://www.screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/content-114 |archive-date=16 April 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The training course last three years and the interdisciplinary teaching programme prepares students in the specific areas of directing, scriptwriting, acting, photography, editing, sound techniques, production, set design, props and wardrobe |url=http://www.fondazionecsc.it/context.jsp?ID_LINK=18&area=7 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> These courses focus on key topics like pitching, [[script development]], script assessment, shooting schedule design, and budgeting.<ref name="Filmakademie2">{{Cite web |title=Course of Study - Production |url=https://www.filmakademie.de/en/studium/course-of-study/production/production/ |website=Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg GmbH}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our BA in Film Production is one of our most highly sought-after courses. |url=http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/schools/media/departments/photography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202000449/http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/schools/media/departments/photography |archive-date=2 February 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Producing seminars teach through practical studies in production, script development, budgeting, and media economics |url=http://www.dffb.de/html/en/studium/produktion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119153325/http://www.dffb.de/html/en/studium/produktion |archive-date=19 January 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> Students can also expect practical training on post-production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All student films are developed, shot and post-produced in teams, closely mirroring a realistic industry work process in order to ease graduates' transitions to the professional environment |url=http://www.bfm.ee/programmes/film-arts/film-arts-ma/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513160527/http://www.bfm.ee/programmes/film-arts/film-arts-ma/ |archive-date=13 May 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> Training at a top-producing school is one of the most efficient ways a student can gain industry credibility.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=2015-06-12 |title=Becoming a Producer - Tried and Tested Career Paths |work=Student Resources |url=https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/becoming-a-producer-tried-and-tested-career-paths/ |access-date=2017-02-20}}</ref>

While education is one way to begin a career as a film producer, experience is also usually required to land a job. [[Internship]]s are a way to gain experience while in school and give students a foundation to build a career. Many internships are paid, which enables students to earn money while gaining hands-on skills from industry professionals.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Where to Look for Internship Programs in Entertainment |work=The Balance |url=https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-get-a-production-internship-1283507 |access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ways into the film industry - Film Industry - Creative Skillset |url=http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/film/ways_into_the_industry |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909213705/http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/film/ways_into_the_industry |archive-date=9 September 2018 |access-date=2017-02-03 |website=creativeskillset.org}}</ref> Through internships, students can network within the film industry, which is an important way to make necessary industry connections. Once an internship is over, the next step will typically be to land a junior position, such as a [[production assistant]].<ref name=":22" />

Pay can vary based on the producer's role and the filming location. In the United States, the salary can start between $20,000 and $70,000, even doubling when working in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-01 |title=Jobs in Film: Average Salary & Career Paths |work=Student Resources |url=https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/jobs-film-average-salary-career-paths/ |access-date=2017-02-20}}</ref> As of 2022, the average annual salary for a producer in the U.S. is listed as $70,180 per year, with an estimated range from $43,000 to $150,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film/TV Producer Salary {{!}} PayScale |url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Film%2FTV_Producer/Salary |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.payscale.com}}</ref> When examining more than 15,000 producers in the [[Los Angeles]] metropolitan area, the average annual salary is $138,640.<ref name="entertainment.howstuffworks.com2">{{Cite web |date=30 May 2008 |title=10 Highest Paying Jobs in the Film Industry |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/highest-paying-jobs-film-industry.htm#page=1}}</ref> Producers can also have an agreement to take a percentage of a movie's sales.<ref name="entertainment.howstuffworks.com2" />

There is no average workday for film producers since their tasks change from day to day. A producer's work hours are often irregular and can consist of long days with the possibility of working nights and weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Television/film/video producer job profile {{!}} Prospects.ac.uk |url=https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/television-film-video-producer |access-date=2017-02-20 |website=www.prospects.ac.uk}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of highest-grossing film producers]]
* [[List of film producers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lee |first=John J. Jr. |url=https://archive.org/details/producersbusines0000leej |title=The Producer's Business Handbook |publisher=Focal Press |year=2000 |isbn=1136050655 |url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Pardo |first=Alejandro |year=2010 |title=Special Issue: Production Studies: Table of Contents |url=http://widescreenjournal.org/index.php/journal/issue/view/3 |journal=Widescreen Journal |issn=1757-3920 |access-date=13 August 2017}}
* {{Cite book |last=Simens |first=Dov S–S |title=From Reel to Deal: Everything You Need to Create a Successful Independent Film |publisher=Warner Books |year=2003 |isbn=0759520763 |location=New York |oclc=882105853}}
* {{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Cory |date=23 February 2011 |title=How Many Cooks?: Counting Up the Many Producers of 'The King's Speech' |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |department=Monkey See (blog) |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2011/02/23/134002443/how-many-cooks-counting-up-the-many-producers-of-the-kings-speech |access-date=13 December 2016}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Film producers}}
*[[Producers Guild of America]]

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== Issue with Notice ==

Hi, I have joined wikipedia India just today. I noticed some buggy notice coming up in misaligned manner. Just wanted to let you know about this. I can appreciate the initiative and I found only you to be doing most of the administrative works as of now here, so thought to drop a message. --[[User:Guy|Guy]] ([[User talk:Guy|talk]]) 15:51, 22 September 2020 (IST)

:Hello and welcome to Bharatpedia, can you be more specific what buggy notice coming up so I can look up at? Thanks for notifying and happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:12, 22 September 2020 (IST)

== Spamming ==

I found a number of new users using their user space for link spamming. So I reverted those. Hope it was fine to do so. Please let me know if it is otherwise.

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== How to submit the article ==

I have created the article help me in submitting the article — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Digitalpivot30|Digitalpivot30]] ([[User talk:Digitalpivot30#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Digitalpivot30|contribs]]) 

:{{re|Digitalpivot30}} Hello and welcome, please start a new page in the [[Bharatpedia:Drafts#Creating and editing drafts|draft namespace]] and once it's ready for the mainspace please submit it for a review by placing the {{tl|submit}} template at the top of the page. Thanks - [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:12, 27 November 2020 (IST)
Sure thanks — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Digitalpivot30|Digitalpivot30]] ([[User talk:Digitalpivot30#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Digitalpivot30|contribs]]) 
Have edited & summited the draft..

How to disclose the paid contribution?

== Review of article ==

Hello, can you please review my article [[Shalkal]] and delete the page [[Draft:Shalkal Carty]]. --[[User:Guy|Guy]] ([[User talk:Guy|talk]]) 22:07, 3 December 2020 (IST)

== Thanks for creating article of Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case ==

Thank you. [[User:Subhash Rama|Subhash Rama]] ([[User talk:Subhash Rama|talk]]) 11:15, 22 March 2021 (IST)

== Article creation ==

Hi, why can't I create new page about person? [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 16:24, 10 April 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Rehan}} and welcome! As I can see your account hasn't reached the [[Bharatpedia:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]] level yet so you won't be able to create a page in the main namespace, but you can create an article in the draft namespace using the [[Bharatpedia:Article wizard|article wizard]] and submit it for a review by placing <code><nowiki>{{subst:submit}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the article once it's ready. Please see [[Bharatpedia:Articles for creation]] for more and let me know if you need any help. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:48, 10 April 2021 (IST)
::Thanks for your response. I have created the draft [[Draft:Syed_Falak]] now I need to add image. How can I add?
[[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

== Question ==

Hi, thank you so much for your help. I want to know are you an admin in this Wikipedia? [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 01:19, 13 April 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Rehan}} Hello Rehan, yes I'm an admin here. Please let me know if you need any help. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:35, 13 April 2021 (IST)

== Please approve my page ==

Hello sir, i created a page can you approve? thanks — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ajay Kumar|contribs]]) 18:47, 19 April 2021 (IST) (UTC)
:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} I have moved the page to main namespace after some improvements in sources and added some categories. The subject looks notable so please try to add some more sources. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:23, 19 April 2021 (IST)
Thank you sir. I added more details with source. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 19:29, 19 April 2021 (IST)
==A curious query==
Hello Wiki Dwarf! I am an old user in English Wikipedia. When I tried to log in here with the same account and password, it failed. Btw, my queries are: 1) Is this wikipedia a part of Wikimedia sister projects? 2) Sometimes, I found some articles, though not original of here (I mean they seems to be imported from the simple English wikipedia), does this mean that all the articles are imported? 3) Can I create my user account here and at the same time, can I create original articles here? Though articles with similar names exist in the en wikipedia?
[[Special:Contributions/47.29.19.238|47.29.19.238]] ([[User talk:47.29.19.238|talk]]) 00:04, 8 May 2021 (IST)
:{{re|47.29.19.238}} Hello there, Bharatpedia is an independent platform (please see [[Bharatpedia:General disclaimer]]) so you won't be able to login using your Wikipedia account details, but you may create a new account under the same username. Account creation is not required in order to read or edit this site, but if you wish to create new articles you can sign up with a new account and can create articles on notable topics, no matter if the particular article exists on Wikipedia under the same or similar name. Some articles here are imported from Wikipedia and you may notice a disclosure at the end of each page such as [[Achappam]] and if you can't find such disclosure, you can add one by placing <code><nowiki>{{en-Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code> at the end of the article. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 00:36, 8 May 2021 (IST)
:::Finally, I read the article you cited. Next, 4) Is it mandatory for me to create my new user account here with the exactly same username from the wikipedia org? Next, 5) Do I need special permission to edit, create an article here? 6) Like wikipedia, can I perform edits here normally? 7) Can I import article from the wikipedia? For that, do I need special rights or powers here? I mean all these in good faith. And I have a strong desire to have my service here. [[Special:Contributions/47.29.19.238|47.29.19.238]] ([[User talk:47.29.19.238|talk]]) 00:59, 8 May 2021 (IST)
::::{{re|47.29.19.238}} No it's not mandatory to create a new account with exactly the same user name on Wikipedia, it's your choice if you wish to keep both accounts under the same username. You don't need special user rights to edit pages on this site, but several actions including article creation in the main namespace are restricted to user accounts that are at least 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits. The use of the tool to import pages is only limited to admins, patrollers and extended-confirmed users, but a user without these rights can still import pages manually. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:17, 8 May 2021 (IST)

== Talk back notice ==

Hello brother! I have a talk back for you in my talk page. Besides, I want to know something from you. Is this wikipedia still have connection with Wikimedia Commons and translate wiki? I saw this very wikipedia supports some Manipuri language technical version. Next, does this wikipedia also have multiple language wiki versions? SonOfZeus 10:48, 9 May 2021 (IST)

:{{re|SonOfZeus}} Hello and welcome! this is an independent platform unrelated to the Wikimedia Foundation and is currently only available in the English language. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:54, 9 May 2021 (IST)

::Brother! Can I create my sandbox here in this wiki too? And, where shall I see the number of articles of this wiki? And, about the list of active users, if I want to see! And lastly, does this wiki also follow the INDIC SCRIPT policy of English wikipedia? SonOfZeus 18:46, 9 May 2021 (IST)

::And, another thing, can I create a draft page and how should I start that? SonOfZeus 18:49, 9 May 2021 (IST)
:::Yes you can experience in your sandbox. The number of articles you can see on the main page and unfortunately the list of active users is only limited to sysops. To create a draft you can visit [[Bharatpedia:Article wizard]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:12, 10 May 2021 (IST)
::::And lastly, does Indic script policy also apply here? SonOfZeus 18:29, 10 May 2021 (IST)
:::::No, you can use the Indic script in the lead and infobox to address the name of the subject. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:30, 10 May 2021 (IST)
:::::: Thank you. SonOfZeus 20:55, 11 May 2021 (IST)
::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Hello WikiDwarf, I don't find any user with your name in English wikipedia. Are you there in English wikipedia? If yes, may I know what is your username there? If that affects your privacy, then I am sorry. Else, please tell me.
::And another thing, can I request you for importing articles from wikipedia? SonOfZeus 12:30, 12 May 2021 (IST)
:::Sure you can list the articles [[Bharatpedia:Requested articles|on this page]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:40, 12 May 2021 (IST)
::::But sir, I don't find any link to go to any particular page where I can write the name of the article which I want to request for import.(1) Could you please show me the link for the page where I could write the request? (2) At the same, if I could personally request you at your talk page, please import [[Meitei deities]] and [[List of figures in Meitei mythology]] from simple English Wikipedia. SonOfZeus 11:57, 13 May 2021 (IST)

::::::Thank you for pointing it out. I have created a button that will take you to the request page and also imported the two pages you requested above. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:50, 13 May 2021 (IST)
:: But sir, (1) [[Meitei deities]] is a redirect page of another page. The main page is not imported yet from Simple English Wikipedia. (2) How many articles can I request at a time? Is there any limitation of number of articles at a single request? (3) If something gets changed in the article at general wikipedia, will it's imported equivalent article in this wikipedia get affected? For example, an article "x" has been deleted in general wiki, what about its equivalent article "x" in this wiki? SonOfZeus 10:55, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::I have imported its corresponding article please see [[List of Meitei gods and goddesses]]. You can request as many articles as you wish as there is no limit. If an article is changed or deleted on Wikipedia it will not automatically affect its copy on Bharatpedia so one need to update the particular article manually. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:02, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::: Thank you sir. And, one thing is that can a page be created or imported by anonymous users? I saw [[Irai Leima]] being imported by an anonymous. Is that a vandalism? As you are a check user also, what do you see. Who's that? SonOfZeus 13:27, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::::No, that article was imported using the tool by an admin and the most recent revision was included so that's the reason [[Irai Leima]] looks like created/imported by anon. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:06, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::::I have imported all the articles as per your request at [[Bharatpedia:Requested articles/requests]], please place <code><nowiki>{{simple-Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code> at the end of each article to avoid copyright issue. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:32, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::::::Sure, sir! I will do as soon as possible. Thanks! I have more request in the page. Please import those too. SonOfZeus 15:08, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::Thanks for those import! And one thing, (1) I am trying my best to put the "simple English wikipedia template " at the bottom of every imported article. But if I missed some, will there be assured chance of facing copyright issues? (2) In case of edits performed by myself in the general wikipedia, can I directly copy and paste those here? SonOfZeus 20:08, 14 May 2021 (IST)
::(3) The page [[Khamba Thoibi]] has a very important long infobox and some wiki tables in the [[:en:Khamba Thoibi]] (general English wikipedia). Can we import those partially here? SonOfZeus 20:10, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:::I don't see any issue if you wish to directly copy and paste your edits from Wikipedia, but it still needs a disclosure at the end of the page. I have imported the contents from [[:en:Khamba Thoibi]] into [[Khamba Thoibi]] please let me know if there is anything else I can do. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:35, 14 May 2021 (IST)
:: Hello brother! (1) In the main page of the Bharatpedia, some names of religions are given. Could you add [[Sanamahism]] also? SonOfZeus 22:37, 15 May 2021 (IST)
:::Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:47, 16 May 2021 (IST)
::(2) Please create infobox religion. (3) Please create Template:Lang-zh_TW (language template for traditional Chinese) and Template:Lang-zh_CN (language template for simplified Chinese). SonOfZeus 23:46, 15 May 2021 (IST)
:::Please use [[:Template:Infobox religious group]] instead of Infobox religion and for the traditional Chinese, please use <code><nowiki>{{Lang-zh|t=中國}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Lang-zh|s=中国}}</nowiki></code> for simplified Chinese. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 01:47, 16 May 2021 (IST)
::::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Sir! (1) I have new import request. Please see. (2) I have more than 500 edits. So, I think I am extended confirmed user now. Could you please grant me the right of importer to me? What special steps are needed for importing? If possible, please teach me. SonOfZeus 20:16, 18 May 2021 (IST)
:::::Your account has not yet reached the extendedconfirmed level. A registered editor becomes extendedconfirmed automatically when the account is both at least 30 days old and has made at least 500 edits (including deleted edits) so, I will take a look at the list and import as much as possible. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:30, 21 May 2021 (IST)
::Sir, I have new requests in the request page for import. BTW, due to multiplicity of the articles, I can't put square brackets in every title of the requested article. Please don't mind. Hope you will adjust them easily. At the same time, I will try my best. SonOfZeus 21:50, 4 June 2021 (IST)
:::Hello Sir! As my user account is 1 month old, could you grant me the importer right? If possible, it will definitely help me and you. I might no longer disturb you by requesting exhaustive list of articles for import! SonOfZeus 14:22, 7 June 2021 (IST)
::::{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Please attach an email id to your account so I can grant you the importer right and share instructions. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:06, 8 June 2021 (IST)
:::::{{re|WikiDwarf}}(1) Brother! I have attached the email id. Now, please share me the instructions. SonOfZeus 16:36, 2 July 2021 (IST)
::::::(2) And why we're those list of requested articles removed? SonOfZeus 12:18, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for attaching your email address, I will soon send you the instructions. The page ([[Bharatpedia:Requested articles/requests‎‎]]) was converted to an article by a couple of users but their edits have been reverted and the list is visible now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:40, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::: I received your email, but I think I am still not getting any instruction about how to import an article from the general wikipedia run by Wikimedia Foundation to this Bharatpedia. May I get that, bro! I am eager to learn that! And thank you for all those useful links you send me, those will also help me in future. SonOfZeus 13:23, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:::::::::That might be one of some other automatic emails. I have not yet sent you the instructions to use the import tool, once I do, I will notify you on your talk page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 3 July 2021 (IST)
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Wow! I did it, bro! After properly following your instructions, I succeed in importing files to here! But as I am a birdie, I am importing only one at a time. SonOfZeus 19:49, 1 August 2021 (IST)
:{{re|SonOfZeus}} That's great, please let me know if you need any help. Also, please note that articles created using a tool such as "importer" will not be counted at the edit-a-thon so please only list those you have created manually. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:31, 3 August 2021 (IST)
::But what about the expansion of already existing article? I mean there are some articles brought here through importer before the beginning of this contest. If I expand such article, are they able to be counted for the contest? SonOfZeus 22:28, 3 August 2021 (IST)
:::Yes, they will be counted as valid entries. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:06, 4 August 2021 (IST)
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Hello brother! Please check if any of the articles I have added for the contest is ineligible or eligible! If found any problem, please tell me so that I may either fix the problem or create a substitute in time. Besides, you have a mail from me. Please check it too. Regards! SonOfZeus 22:26, 4 August 2021 (IST)

== Issue in Reviewing ==
([[User:Pixerark|Pixerark]]) Hello editor, I'm New user of Bharatpedia.My published two articles are still in review. will you please explain me review submission process please ? & when my articles will be reviewed ?

== Revert Rights ==
[[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] hello,i had requested you to tell me about how to submit article drafts in afc after 10+ edits but someone demotes my user right will you please revert it...because of this my direct page move option is not appearing please do promote me again so i can move page.Thank You.Waiting For Your Response(-[[User:Pixerark|Pixerark]] ([[User talk:Pixerark|talk]]) 22:16, 14 May 2021 (IST))
:Please see my reply on your talk page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:36, 14 May 2021 (IST)

== Index ==

Hi, I created page many days ago and it is still not visible in Google search results. Please review [[Reza Abbaszadeh]] page and index it. Thank you! [[User:Rehan|Rehan]] ([[User talk:Rehan|talk]]) 22:49, 17 May 2021 (IST)

== Please approve my page ==

Hello sir, I created a page can you please approve? thanks

== Review Timeline ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}, I am planning to introduce a good amount of fashion and film people articles to this place. I have auto petrol rights in English Wikipedia so I know what I am doing. I just want to know, what are the indexing/review timelines here. This is just for a better understanding of the process. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 14:50, 29 May 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Kingfisher}} and thank you for your interest. First of all, there is no fixed timeline for the review process since we have very few reviewers at the moment. Secondly, I will be glad to grant you the same user right(s) that you have on Wikipedia if you can share the details for verification purpose. If you don't want to disclose it publicly for any reason you can mail me. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:35, 29 May 2021 (IST)
:: Here is my user rights screen in en.wikipedia.org. https://tinyurl . com/ykxumuxm. I can't reveal my username because Wiki people keep an eye on everywhere. I find it risky. You can give me the rights for a temporary period and see the work or you may wait. Whatever it is, I am feeling excited about this project. The opportunities are endless. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 17:14, 30 May 2021 (IST)
:::That is totally fine if you don't want to disclose it publicly. Can you attach an email id to your account here so I can share some details? Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:06, 30 May 2021 (IST)
::::That sounds good. I did that. [[User:Kingfisher|Kingfisher]] ([[User talk:Kingfisher|talk]]) 01:03, 31 May 2021 (IST)

== User Rights ==
Hey there, I just saw you changed my user rights to confirmed and later again removed that. I would request you to kindly update my user rights to confirmed. Thank you -- [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 16:08, 30 May 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Plts}}, you already have confirmed status. Please verify it by visiting [[Special:UserRights]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:12, 30 May 2021 (IST)
::{{reply to|WikiDwarf}} Thanks for the information. Happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 14:50, 31 May 2021 (IST)

== Will making a page here interrupt with Wikipedia English ? ==

I want to know if same article with same name gets made here and wiki English Will there be copyright or interruption cuz the two pages Under same name? [[User:Positivesoul|Positivesoul]] ([[User talk:Positivesoul|talk]]) 10:06, 1 June 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Positivesoul}}, In order to reuse contents from one site to another, you need to provide attribution. This is done by either saying in your edit summary that the material was copied, and where you got it. There will be no interruption in creating two pages under the same name. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:49, 2 June 2021 (IST)

== can you approve this page ? let me know if it qualifies==
https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:Emma_Jonnz

Hi sir, I have no conflict of interest with this person. he is a famous youtube in west Bengal. And he got a gold play button from youtube

== Draft Request ==
Hey [[User:WikiDwarf]], I just saw my article was deleted by you under criteria A7. I just read what it means, I would request you to provide me a draft for article [[Piyush Monga]] so that I can improve it. Also, please suggest some improvements to my first article [[Youth Against Rape]]. Thank you soo much for your help. Happy editing -- [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 17:00, 8 June 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Plts}} {{done}}. I have restored the article in the draft namespace as per your request above. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:43, 8 June 2021 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Thank you. Happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 14:23, 9 June 2021 (IST)

== Draft: Bhupesh Bansal ==

Hello, I submitted a draft. Please check and approve it if it is well.

Thank you.

== Asking a Favour ==
Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]] I am a Wikipedia editor from the northern part of the country and I also create articles related to Nepal. is it legal to create articles about people from Nepal or any other country? I have created more than 25 articles on English [[Wikipedia]](directly on namespace) and more than 20 of them got reviewed and are live on the wiki but unfortunately, 5 of them got deleted. I will be happily contributing on [[Bharatpedia]] as well if provided the required access, also I agree to all your terms and conditions if found violating any of them you are free to take the required action. --[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 08:00, 17 June 2021 (IST)

:Hello {{u|Mailblog34}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. There are no restrictions on creating articles on any topic but the subject must be notable enough to have an independent article. Since your account has not yet reached the autoconfirmed status I would suggest you create new articles in the draft namespace and once your account is autoconfirmed (i.e. four days old and you've made ten edits) then you will be able to move/create articles directly in the main namespace. If you need any help please let me know. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:01, 17 June 2021 (IST)
* Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]] i am already four days old and made more than 30 edits but still did not get option of "create the pge" , and did not get option to move pages . Help me out on my limited access .--[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 23:19, 19 June 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Mailblog34}} Your account was registered on 16 June 2021 at 09:45 (IST) so please wait for one more day and your account will be autoconfirmed. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:26, 19 June 2021 (IST)

== Vandalism ==

Hello sir. Somebody is keep vandalizing [[Harish Pednekar]] please lock the page from spammers. [[Special:Contributions/206.84.238.118|206.84.238.118]] ([[User talk:206.84.238.118|talk]]) 17:40, 25 June 2021 (IST)

== Draft Request ==

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]], Could you please review this article [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]], link: https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/User:Alialfaisal/sandbox ,Thank You.--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 17:56, 28 June 2021 (IST)

* My dear [[User:WikiDwarf]], Sources have been added to the article, I can supplement them with additional sources if you wish, [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] I hope to review. Thank you. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 18:26, 1 July 2021 (IST)

* My dear [[User:WikiDwarf]], I did not understand why the article was not approved, even though I added several news sources in it and can supplement it with additional sources?--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:21, 3 July 2021 (IST)

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]],More than 6 months and the article has not been approved? May I know what is the reason? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.218.112|172.70.218.112]] ([[User talk:172.70.218.112|talk]]) 20:36, 1 June 2022 (IST)

== I requested that add me admin on Bharatpedia. ==

I will be work forever to wikipedia. Please add me admin group member in Bharat wikipedia.
[[User:Hembram Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] ([[User talk:Hembram Bakhul|talk]]) 12:09, 29 June 2021 (IST)Hembram Bakhul

== Kindly clear the pending DRAFT ASAP. ==

Hi, kindly Clear the pending draft asap so that a contributor like me gets the motivation to contribute more too this open and neutral place. [[User:Marvel|Marvel]][[User talk:Marvel|(talk)]]

== How to upload image ==

Hi WikiDwarf. I am User:VF814324. I am new here. How can I upload an Image with CC-BY-SA license? Wher to upload ? When I click on 'Upload file' button, it brings me to Wikimedia commons. Can I publish file locally on Bharatpedia? [[User:VF814324|VF814324]] ([[User talk:VF814324|talk]]) 13:45, 3 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|VF814324}} and welcome to Bharatpedia! Unfortunately uploading images locally is only limited to sysops at the moment so you can send the image along with its copyright permission to permission@bharatmedia.org. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:04, 4 July 2021 (IST)
:: Thanks, I've mailed as you said. [[User:VF814324|VF814324]] ([[User talk:VF814324|talk]]) 17:59, 7 July 2021 (IST)

== AFC Submission cleaned? ==
Hey there, I hope you're doing well. I'm writing to get your attention on an error I faced.
[[Draft:Sunil ydv SS]], a draft(stub) that I created and submitted around a month ago to AFC. Now, when I see, the AFC tag has disappeared and no reason is shown for this. I would request you to kindly check this issue as well as review this draft as I believe it qualifies [[Bharatpedia:Notability]]. Thank you & happy editing - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 13:56, 5 July 2021 (IST)
:The same error occurred on another draft that I created [[Draft:Piyush Monga]], the AFC tag has been removed and no reason is shown. I would request you to kindly review this draft too. Thank you & happy editing. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 18:50, 5 July 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Plts}} The tags were removed by user [[User:Hembram_Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] at the time they moved both pages to the main namespace, but I have restored the tags on both drafts. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:02, 5 July 2021 (IST)
:::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Thank you. - [[User:Plts|Plts]] ([[User talk:Plts|talk]]) 11:49, 27 July 2021 (IST)

== Copyright issue ==

hey [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] a user - [[User:Hembram_Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] is copying the articles and pasting them here from English Wikipedia without any edits, just informing you as it may violate copyright. Ignore if it doesn't violate copyright policy. --[[User:Mailblog34|Mailblog34]] ([[User talk:Mailblog34|talk]]) 21:51, 7 July 2021 (IST)
:{{reply|Mailblog34}} Hi, I think reusing Wikipedia content is generally allowed as per [[:en:Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content]]. [[User:Pradip89|Pradip89]] ([[User talk:Pradip89|talk]]) 08:42, 9 July 2021 (IST)

== Photo upload ==

Hi i want to upload photo but when I click on upload it take me to wikimedia which is wikipedia portal will you please guide me on it. --[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 12:58, 8 July 2021 (IST)

== Protection Of Wikipedia Article ==

How to add protection to articles so as to stop dispute and vandalism. 
[[User:Wandererkanishk|Wandererkanishk]] ([[User talk:Wandererkanishk|talk]])

== article review ==

Hi [User:WikiDwarf] thanks for your suggestion on article [Sheikh Asif] will you please review it again thanks .

--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 21:14, 8 July 2021 (IST)

== Grant Me as a auto confirmed user ==

Hi, i want to be an auto confirmed user. As I have experience on english wikipedia. So I am much experienced about it. So I please grant me permission. Thanks [[User:Villageboy|Villageboy]] ([[User talk:Villageboy|talk]]) 16:13, 9 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Villageboy}} and welcome to Bharatpedia! I can see you made 10 edits already so, your account will be automatically flagged as autoconfirmed on or after July 13, 2020. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:43, 10 July 2021 (IST)

== Haters are editing the pages ==

Hey wiki, the pages I have created are of public figures, entrepreneurs and places. But some of the people are editing and using harsh language on the page I have created. I request you to kindly give me permission to lock the pages or do it from your end. It would be great.

I am not contributing since one day because of this issue only. As soon as solved will start adding more pages which should be here.

Thankyou [[User:Saumyasingh|Saumyasingh]] ([[User talk:Saumyasingh|talk]]) 03:15, 11 July 2021 (IST)

== Add me admin member group ==

I am hembram Bakhul saying that I five hundred articles edited. I hoped that I shall work the best on Bharatpedia.
[[User:Hembram Bakhul|Hembram Bakhul]] ([[User talk:Hembram Bakhul|talk]])Hembram Bakhul

== please publish this ==

hi [User:WikiDwarf] will you please review [https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:The_Press_Walla] and publish it .

--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 13:58, 14 July 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|HamzhaSaleem}}, The draft lacks sources that establish notability so, please cite some third party sources that cover the subject and submit it for a review once the draft is ready. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:15, 14 July 2021 (IST)

-- [[User:WikiDwarf]] thanks for your revert actually its a new eMagazine and news website maybe they will get more sources in future.--[[User:HamzhaSaleem|HamzhaSaleem]] ([[User talk:HamzhaSaleem|talk]]) 19:08, 14 July 2021 (IST)

== Draft Request ==

Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]],Since June 28, 2021, I am requesting a review of the article. I have attached many news sources and authority control to the article, but so far it has not been approved. I hope you will review the article. Thanks. [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 04:17, 29 July 2021 (IST)
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]], More than 6 months and the article has not been approved? May I know what is the reason? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.219.15|172.70.219.15]] ([[User talk:172.70.219.15|talk]]) 20:33, 1 June 2022 (IST)

== Premtosh Debnath - Real Name Premtosh Nath ==

Dear Bharatpedia Admin Please Change Name Of Premtosh Debnath to Premtosh Nath, I Have His I card, Media Articles Added His name Premtosh Debnath some issue.[[Special:Contributions/47.29.9.5|47.29.9.5]] ([[User talk:47.29.9.5|talk]]) 01:49, 1 August 2021 (IST)

==Requirements for New page Reviewer==
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]] sir, Could you please help to know the minimum requirements for Bharatpedia New Page Reviewer? I can not find any article about the minimum requirements for Bharatpedia New Page Reviewer. [[User:WikiJoy|WikiJoy]] ([[User talk:WikiJoy|talk]]) 01:16, 14 August 2021 (IST)
== Request ==
Hi [[User:WikiDwarf]] sir, Could you please unprotected the user draft of Danish Maniyar he is Google notable entrepreneur of India guide me with it draft making I can make his name article page with him of urs please unprotected it . I'm help bharatpedia with my contribution I hope I can be patroller in bharatpedia please[[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk:Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Sir, is BharatPedia a Paid, is that why he is not approving my page? ==

Dear
Bhartpedia Team,

I am Anshuman Tiwari, better known as Anshuman Tiwari Musician, from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. is an Indian Musician. And I am Verified On different music platforms like Spotify, Google Play Music, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, JioSaavn and many others international platforms like Deezer, Tidal and Napster. You get Anshuman Tiwari music on TikTok, Instagram or Facebook library also. and i am verified on facebook And Google.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anshumantiwariofficials

Google: https://g.co/kgs/knU5xV

https://en.wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Draft:Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)

Sir i am verified in so many platforms and i have lot of news on google.
Sir why is my page being deleted from Bharatpedia?

Sir, is BharatPedia a Paid, is that why he is not approving my page?

Sir like this i got many complaints against in Bharatpedia,
Sir this time I am making last time making a page.
If it is deleted here then we will have to take further action
:{{re|Iamanshumantiwari}} No, Bharatpedia is not a paid platform it's a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Your article was deleted due to a lack of reliable sources that discuss the subject in detail, and cited sources are not reliable. Please see [[Bharatpedia:Reliable sources]] to understand what we consider reliable and also please see [[Bharatpedia:Notability (music)]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:56, 28 August 2021 (IST)

== Autoconfirmed... ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me autoconfirmed rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 19:01, 31 August 2021 (IST)
:{{re|Anjuman}} You can apply for the user-right at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for permissions#Autopatrolled]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:14, 31 August 2021 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Well, both the rights are different. Autopatrolled marks articles as patrolled whilst [[Bharatpedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed and confirmed users|autoconfirmed]] is a right lower than that of Extended confirmed. I'll have a look at RfP later as autoconfirmed would be autogranted five days later, perhaps. Thanks. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 19:26, 31 August 2021 (IST)

==Fix the problem==
Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir I have created a page in the name of [[Deepthi Sunaina]] 1 month ago, the article is marked as an Autopatrolled.But it is not showing on google. please look into it and fix the problem. [[User:WikiJoy|WikiJoy]] ([[User talk:WikiJoy|talk]]) 20:16, 11 September 2021 (IST)
:{{re|WikiJoy}} I apologise for replying late. I have reviewed the most recent edit and it will be indexed soon. Also, please see [[Bharatpedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers]] to review the minimum requirements for NPR. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]])

== Autoconfirmed... ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])
==A mail==
{{ygm}} [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:49, 23 September 2021 (IST)

== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== Reply ==

Why are you deleted [[Bikram Malati]] Article [[User:Emboy|Emboy]] ([[User talk:Emboy|talk]]) 22:19, 24 October 2021 (IST)
:{{reply|Emboy}} I removed the article due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. You can still recreate the article in the draft namespace by citing some reliable sources and then submit it for a review once ready. Also, please disclose if you have a conflict of interest. Thanks. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:27, 24 October 2021 (IST)
== Patroller ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}. I see you've admin rights on this platform. Can you please grant me #PATROLLERS, rights so that I can easily create a few templates. I was going through Random articles and found that there are a few articles with templates in RED. Hence this. [[User: Lucasraven12|Lucasraven12]] ([[User talk: Lucasraven12|talk]])

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Editors Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Editor's Barnstar'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for edit my user-page [[User:WhiteLion|WhiteLion]] ([[User talk:WhiteLion|talk]]) 17:40, 7 November 2021 (IST)
|}

== Strange yet.. ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}}; I've been on constant journeys since last two months and couldn't contribute to the project. I'm curious to know why my articles such as [[Aaqib Anjum Aafi]], [[Faiz Qureshi]] and [[First Aid Council of India]] haven't yet appeared on the Google. I do not see any lint errors in these articles and I plan to improve them more in few upcoming days. Looking for your assistance. [[User:Anjuman|Anjuman]] ([[User talk:Anjuman|talk]]) 13:06, 9 November 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Anjuman}}, I don't see any issue with these pages and to me it sounds like they were not crawled by Google bot which is normal so you may contact the support team at info@bharatmedia.org for more details and help. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:44, 9 November 2021 (IST)
::{{re|Anjuman}} It seems like the problem has been resolved as I can now see these articles on Google. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:38, 14 November 2021 (IST)

== Confirmation Code ==

I have created a page and I am improving it [[Draft:Dakshina Kannada]] but when I tried to update info I got a text saying confirmation code,I did not get any confirmation .So could you please help me with this. [[User:AKudla|AKudla]] ([[User talk:AKudla|talk]]) 08:51, 11 November 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{reply|AKudla}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. Can you send the screenshot of the error you see to info@bharatmedia.org so it can be identified and solved? Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:58, 11 November 2021 (IST)

Thanks for your reply. [[User:AKudla|AKudla]] ([[User talk:AKudla|talk]]) 21:46, 11 November 2021 (IST)

== Draft submission ==

Hello admin. I created a draft article but i am unable to submit it for review. when i click on submit the draft for review button i see a blank page. can you check and fix? Thanx

:Hello {{u|111.91.4.188}} and welcome to Bharatpedia. The problem has been fixed and you can now submit your draft for review. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:09, 18 November 2021 (IST)
==Fix the crawl issue==
Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir I have started a page over 3 month before, which is not crawl in google. The page name is [[Swastik Interchem]]. The page is already marked as an Autopatrolled.But it is not showing on google. please look into it and fix the problem. [[User:Flying Bee|Flying Bee]] ([[User talk:Flying Bee|talk]]) 16:46, 2 December 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Flying Bee}}, I don't see any issue with the page you mentioned above so please contact the support team at info@bharatmedia.org for more details and help. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:18, 2 December 2021 (IST)

== Request for Remove Notable Tag ==

Dear Administrator [[Pranab Kr Nath]] is a Notable Person From His Father [[Premtosh_Debnath]], Dear Administrator You can Remove Notable Tag, Because This Page First Rank On Pranab Kr Nath Keyword. [[User:GBPrakashani|GBPrakashani]] ([[User talk:GBPrakashani|talk]]) 01:42, 3 December 2021 (IST)

== Give me administrator ==

wikidawarf make me administrator [[User:Emboy|€ⓜ𝓫ᵒЎ]] 21:39, 4 December 2021 (IST)
:Hello {{u|Emboy}}, you can nominate yourself at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:47, 4 December 2021 (IST)

== RfA status ==

Hello WikiDwarf,

It has been a long time I submitted my request for adminship, but I have not yet received any notification so may I know the status? Thanks. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 15:21, 18 December 2021 (IST)

:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} First of all, I apologise for the delay in responding to your message. Please confirm that you have a strong password and also link your email address to your account so I can proceed with further actions. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:38, 4 January 2022 (IST)
::{{ping|WikiDwarf}} I confirm that i have a strong password and i have linked my email address. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 20:36, 4 January 2022 (IST)

== Indian languages ==

Hello WikiDwarf! Hope you are doing well! I saw Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi Bharatpedia wiki links in this English Bharatpedia main page. Punjabi link doesn't work. I don't know why? Another thing, I just want to request you to build up Manipuri language Bharatpedia also. For that, I will give you full support because I know Manipuri, Hindi, Urdu, English at native level. I can also ask some people from WMF Manipuri Wikipedia, Wiktionary and the building Wikimedia incubator teams to come here. Could you please organize Manipuri Bharatpedia (Meitei Bharatpedia)? [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:46, 27 December 2021 (IST)

:Hello {{u|SonOfZeus}}, Can you send your request to info@bharatmedia.org for better support on this? The link to Punjabi Bharatpedia (pa.bharatpedia.org.in) is working from my side but, if you see any error please attach the screenshot in your email. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:16, 27 December 2021 (IST)
::Yes Sir! I sent the request to the email address you provide me. Well, for the inability to open that very Bharatpedia, it's actually Bengali, I mistakenly told you as Punjabi. For that, I sent you the screenshot of unable to open the Bengali Bharatpedia. For Punjabi, it's normal. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:34, 27 December 2021 (IST)
:::Sir! I have created and designed the Manipuri Bharatpedia main page. I want a Bharatpedia logo to be used in the main page. Is there any logo file uploaded? [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:30, 28 December 2021 (IST)
::::That's great and thank you. I tried to upload the SVG version of the logo but that's working so I have to get a better version. I'll try to upload it tomorrow and let you know. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:51, 28 December 2021 (IST)
::::{{Ygm}} [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 23:11, 28 December 2021 (IST)
:::::Sir! Will it be very hasty for me to request for adminship in Bharatpedia? Actually, I want to do some administrative works both at English as well as Meitei Bharatpedias. Or, please grant me importer right for Meitei Bharatpedia! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:46, 29 December 2021 (IST)
:::::Besides, I am very happy to see our Indian Bharatpedia proliferating very well. Is there any point of connection between the equivalent articles of different languages with one another like WMF does through Wikidata? I saw we have 5 languages in Bharatpedia. Absolutely, there will be equivalent articles. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:35, 29 December 2021 (IST)
::::::We have Bharatdata (bharatdata.org) but for some technical reasons it's not working as expected and the team is working to fix the issue. As soon as it is fixed you will be notified and then you will be able to link all articles. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:44, 29 December 2021 (IST)

:::::::I saw all the articles from Meitei Wikipedia present in Meitei Bharatpedia. How is it possible? Are all of them being imported? If so, who did it? May I know? As I see, I don't see your user account doing these imports. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 10:15, 30 December 2021 (IST)
::::::::Those articles were imported by the technical team who has access to some advanced features. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:54, 30 December 2021 (IST)

:::::::::{{Ygm}}

== Deletion of a blank draft ==

Hi,
Can you delete [[Draft:Pankaj Kumar]] so I can remove unnecessary disambiguation from [[Draft:Pankaj Kumar (Film Maker)]]?
Thanks, [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 12:33, 8 January 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Ajay Kumar}} Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 8 January 2022 (IST)
== Logo ==
Is the logo for the Bharatpedia ready? If so, I would like to edit a version for [[Meitei Bharatpedia]]? I want to edit in a way like [[Meitei Wikipedia]] has a version from the main Wikipedia logo, like this one: [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-mni-v2.svg|thumb]]
Another thing, I have a mail for you, about another topic. :-)
{{Ygm}} Regards! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 20:37, 9 January 2022 (IST)

== Please protect this page. ==

Hello Dear,
WikiDwarf

Hope you doing well, I face some issue with this page. Some people are flirting in this page. Please protect this page.

https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)

Thank You
:{{tps}} {{Ping|Coolblack4}} I don't see anyone except you and WikiDwarf editing the page. And there's no sign of vandalism or edit warring in the page history. So, it's not eligible for protection. [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 18:36, 16 January 2022 (IST)

::{{reply|SonOfZeus}}
::Sir, Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it. and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 13:59, 7 February 2022 (IST)

:::{{Ping|Coolblack4}} The page has a vandal edit only once as of now. It has been reverted. So, as of now, it's not suitable for protection. Well, I put it at my watchlist. If further vandalism occurs, I will take appropriate actions. Happy editing! [[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 20:07, 9 February 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonofZeus}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:20, 6 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:21, 6 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|SonOfZeus}} Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page.

You said that if someone will tamper with this page now then you will protect this page. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:00, 7 March 2022 (IST)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Can give me permission Google knowledge panel [[User:Merajul Islam|Merajul Islam]] ([[User talk:Merajul Islam|talk]]) 20:13, 28 January 2022 (IST)
|}

== Please edit my page by uploading Picture ==

My page is created by you, Picture is not uploaded please upload it and review my page https://wikipedia.ind.in/wiki/Piyush_Singh_Chauhan [[User:Anonymous12|Anonymous12]] ([[User talk:Anonymous12|talk]]) 08:31, 1 February 2022 (IST)

== I have already made this page better now and now I have added many references in it from less references earlier. ==

Dear Sir,
I have already made this page better now and now I have added many references in it from less references earlier.
Now don't put any tag in this page sir!
Thank You 🙏

https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:30, 2 February 2022 (IST)

Hello {{reply|Coolblack4}} and welcome to my talk page. Most of the sources you cited aren't reliable such as spotify.com, factdarshantimes.com, yourwikis.com and many more. Please cite some reliable sources in order to remove maintenance tags. If you need any help please feel free to ask. Thanks, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:46, 2 February 2022 (IST)

Thank you so much sir for letting me know. Sir, from which such site can you tell me the list or you can remove those sites and make this page good.
Thank You So Much Sir [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:54, 2 February 2022 (IST)

{{user|WikiDwarf}} Sir, I removed the names of the sites which you told me.bEven after that you put the tag. Sir earlier this page did not have any tag. Please correct this page and remove the tag. Thank you sir 🙏 [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 14:07, 3 February 2022 (IST)

:{{reply|Coolblack4}} Please review [[BP:RS]] to understand what we consider to be reliable sources. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:34, 3 February 2022 (IST)

{{user|WikiDwarf}}
Sir, now reliable sources have been added to this page. Now you can remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 17:27, 4 February 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}}
Sir please protect this page and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:18, 7 February 2022 (IST)

== Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it. ==

Dear Sir,
Please protect this page. Many people are spoiling it.
{{page|Anshuman Tiwari (musician}}
https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:15, 7 February 2022 (IST)

== [[Draft:Annamalai K]] ==

Can you please review this and move to article space. It was already there in Wikipidea but now in Draft space. It is already present in other wikis. I don't think any review is taking place. This article is good one.

[[User:Tamil123|Tamil123]] ([[User talk:Tamil123|talk]]) 22:47, 11 February 2022 (IST)

:Hello {{reply|Tamil123}} I have moved the draft to [[Annamalai Kuppusamy]]. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with. Happy editing, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:10, 11 February 2022 (IST)

== Twinkle ==

Hi, {{ping|WikiDwarf}} Why we are not having Twinkle as like in Wikipedia. Can we have it? Is it possible? And I set my user account with advanced settings, but still I can't have any option to undo in page history as like in Wikipedia, can I know why? [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 12:22, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} May I know what settings you enabled and which feature isn't working for you? I can verify that the "undo" feature is fully functional for everyone including anon users. Regarding Twinkle please email to info@bharatmedia.org for better support. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:41, 15 February 2022 (IST)
::{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} In Bharatpedia settings that in menu bar at top left corner. I enabled advanced mode. In English Wikipedia after enabling Advanced mode, I saw undo button in every page history. But I can't find any undo button in Bharatpedia pages history. How can I get this feature. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 13:22, 15 February 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}} You Can know my issues [http://dhaneeshram.art.blog/bharatpedia-help/ here]. I clearly explained with some screenshots. Please refer the [http://dhaneeshram.art.blog/bharatpedia-help/ this page]. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 15:02, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Thank you for sharing the screenshots. I tried to install a script but that didn't worked and as per my investigation this feature isn't available on mobile skin so in order to undo edits, you may need to shift to desktop view on your mobile. I will try and ask the technical team to work on it if possible. Thank you for pointing it out. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:56, 15 February 2022 (IST)
:::: Hi, {{Ping|WikiDwarf}} Thanks for your clarification and spending time to review my doubts. Now I can see undo buttons in desktop versions. Thanks! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 09:41, 16 February 2022 (IST)

== Create a new page ==

Hello sir, can you create a page on Major Gaurav Arya? He is an Indian retired army officer and you can find many news articles on his name on Google and other places. Thanks in advance.

== AFC Backlog ==

{| style="background-color: #dfeff1; border: 4px solid #bddff2; width: 100%;" cellpadding="5"

|<big>'''[[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation|Articles for Creation urgently needs ''your'' help!]]'''</big>
----
Articles for Creation is '''desperately short of reviewers!''' We are looking for '''urgent help''', from '''experienced editors''', in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pending AfC submissions|R}}''' '''[[:Category:Pending_AfC_submissions|submissions]]''' waiting to be reviewed.
:<big>'''Do you have what it takes?'''</big>
# Are you familiar with [[BP:PAG|Bharatpedia's policies and guidelines]]?
# Do you know what Bharatpedia [[Bharatpedia:About|is]] and [[Bharatpedia:What Bharatpedia is not|is not]]?
# Do you have a working knowledge of the [[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], particularly [[Bharatpedia:Article titles|article naming conventions]]?
# Are you [[Bharatpedia:autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed]]?
# Can you review submissions based on their individual merits?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions|reviewing instructions]] and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{tl|AFC status}} or {{tl|AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.

:''PS: we have a great script AFC helper which helps in reviewing in just a few edits easily! To install the script go to your user preferences and check the checkbox at: {{myprefs|9|Yet Another AFC Helper Script: easily review Articles for creation submissions and redirect requests.}}''

We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial. 
On behalf of the [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation|Articles for Creation project]], [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 21:36, 18 February 2022 (IST)

|}

== bn.bharatpedia.org.in ==

Hello, WikiDwarf! I am রবি। As a mother tongue I want to start Bengali Bharatpedia like english wiki. Kindly [[:bn:ব্যবহারকারী আলাপ:WikiDwarf#প্রশাসক ও ইন্টারফেস প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন|see here]] for more details. Regards, [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:57, 22 February 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|রবি}} and welcome to my talk page. I'm a little busy at the moment but I will reply to your message on my talk page on bn.bharatpedia soon and also take care of your request below. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:10, 22 February 2022 (IST)

::No problem! I know you are waiting because of 'Trust'. If you can't do, I don't mind, it's ok. I know how important 'faith' is in the wiki. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:34, 22 February 2022 (IST)

::::Sorry for bad english grammar, please try to understand what I mean to say. I'm natively bengali speaking. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:55, 22 February 2022 (IST)

== Mediawiki code installation ==

Hi, you are not answering. Anyways, help me to create at [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-sompadonasarangsho.js]]. Reason for telling you, you are only administrators, Interface administrators and Bureaucrats there.
Code is:
<pre>
function go() {
function initSummaryButtons( mode ) {
function insertSummary( txt ) {
if ( typeof txt !== 'string' ) {
txt = this.title;
}
if ( typeof summaryItemsSeparator === 'undefined' ) {
window.summaryItemsSeparator = ',';
}
var val = $summary.val();
var regExp = new RegExp( '(^|[,;.?!/]) ?' + mw.util.escapeRegExp( txt ) );
if ( regExp.test( val ) ) {
return;
}
if ( /[^,; \/]$/.test( val ) ) {
val += summaryItemsSeparator;
}
if ( /[^ ]$/.test( val ) ) {
val += ' ';
}
$summary.val( val + txt ).focus().change();
}

mode = mode || 'classic';

if ( typeof summaryButtons === 'undefined' ) {
window.summaryButtons = {
hideDefaultButtons: false
};
}

var veSaveDialog, $summaryWrapper, $summary;
if ( mode === 'classic' ) {
$summaryWrapper = $( '#wpSummaryWidget' );
$summary = $( '#wpSummary' );
} else {
veSaveDialog = ve.init.target.saveDialog;
if(veSaveDialog) {
$summaryWrapper = veSaveDialog.editSummaryInput.$element;
$summary = veSaveDialog.editSummaryInput.$input;
}
}

var $summaryButtons = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'summaryButtons' )
.insertAfter( $summaryWrapper );
var $groups = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'summaryButtons-groups' )
.appendTo( $summaryButtons );

window.addSumButton = window.addSummaryButton = function ( label, text, group ) {
group = group || 'custom'; // default is 'default'
var $group = $( '.summaryButtons-group-' + group );
if ( !$group.length ) {
$group = $( '<div>' )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button-group summaryButtons-group summaryButtons-group-' + group )
.appendTo( $groups );
}

$( '<a>' )
.attr( 'role', 'button' )
.attr( 'title', text )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button summaryButtons-button' )
.html( label )
.click( insertSummary )
.appendTo( $group );
};

var buttons = mode !== 'visual' ?
// সাধারণ সম্পাদনা মোডের জন্য বোতাম
[
'সংশোধন', 'সম্প্রসারণ', 'তথ্যসূত্র| যোগ/সংশোধন', 'পরিষ্কার|করণ', 'অনুবাদ',
'রচনাশৈলী', 'বিষয়শ্রেণী', 'চিত্র', 'বিষয়বস্তু| যোগ', 'বানান| সংশোধন',
'হালনাগাদ| করা হল', 'ট্যাগ| যোগ/বাতিল', 'অনুলিপি| সম্পাদনা', 'উত্তর| প্রদান', 'মন্তব্য| যোগ'
] :
// দৃশ্যমান সম্পাদনার জন্য বোতাম - আলোচনার জন্য কোনও বোতাম নেই
// (দৃশ্যমান সম্পাদনা আলোচনার পৃষ্ঠাগুলিতে ব্যবহারের উদ্দেশ্যে নয়)
[
'সংশোধন', 'সম্প্রসারণ', 'তথ্যসূত্র| যোগ/সংশোধন', 'পরিষ্কার|করণ', 'অনুবাদ',
'রচনাশৈলী', 'বিষয়শ্রেণী', 'চিত্র', 'বিষয়বস্তু| যোগ', 'বানান| সংশোধন',
'হালনাগাদ| করা হল', 'ট্যাগ| যোগ/বাতিল', 'অনুলিপি| সম্পাদনা'
];

if ( !summaryButtons.hideDefaultButtons ) {
$.each(
buttons,
function ( i, s ) {
addSummaryButton( s.replace( /\|.*/, '' ), s.replace( /\|/, '' ), 'default' );
}
);
}
$( '<a>' )
.attr( 'href', 'https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/উইকিপিডিয়া:গ্যাজেট/সম্পাদনা_সারাংশ_বোতাম' )
.attr( 'target', '_blank' )
.attr( 'title', 'সম্পাদনা সারাংশ বোতাম সম্পর্কিত তথ্য' )
.attr( 'tabindex', '-1' )
.addClass( 'mw-ui-button mw-ui-quiet summaryButtons-info-link' )
.text( '?' )
.appendTo( $summaryButtons );

// Эти стили находятся здесь, а не в отдельном CSS, потому что на страницах, где кнопок нет,
// они вредны, а за тем, где запускается CSS, мы не можем проследить.
mw.util.addCSS( '\
.mw-editform #wpSummaryWidget {\
margin-bottom: 0;\
}\
\
.mw-editform .editCheckboxes {\
margin-top: .85714em;\
}\
' );

if ( mode !== 'classic' && !additionalCSS ) {
additionalCSS = mw.util.addCSS( '\
.ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-savePanel .summaryButtons {\
margin-top: 2px;\
}\
\
.ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-savePanel .ve-ui-mwSaveDialog-options {\
border-top: 1px solid #c8ccd1;\
border-radius: 2px;\
}\
' );
veSaveDialog.updateSize();
}

mw.hook( 'summaryButtons' ).fire();
}

var additionalCSS;
if ( window.ve && ve.init && ve.init.target && ve.init.target.active || $( '.ve-loading' ).length ) {
mw.hook( 've.saveDialog.stateChanged' ).add( function () {
if ( !mw.config.get( 'wgArticleId' ) || $( '.summaryButtons' ).length ) return;
initSummaryButtons( ve.init.target.getSurface().getMode() );
} );
} else if ( [ 'edit', 'submit' ].indexOf( mw.config.get( 'wgAction' ) ) !== -1 ) {
$( function () {
var frm = document.getElementById( 'editform' );
if ( !mw.config.get( 'wgArticleId' ) || !frm || $( frm.wpSection ).val() === 'new' ) return;
initSummaryButtons( 'classic' );
} );
}
}

if ( !( window.ve && ve.init && ve.init.target && ve.init.target.active || $( '.ve-loading' ).length ) ) {
go();
}
mw.hook( 've.activationComplete' ).add( function () {
go();
} );
</pre> [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:01, 22 February 2022 (IST)

== Pending changes ==

Hello, you can install [[:meta:Extension:FlaggedRevs]] here. It's can also helps to protect vandal. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:09, 22 February 2022 (IST)
:{{tps}} Please email the technical team at info@bharatmedia.org to activate the FlaggedRevs extension or for any technical help. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 23:12, 22 February 2022 (IST)

:::Done. <s>But I haven't got any kind of reply yet.</s> However, thank you for telling. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:37, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::now I got, thanks again for telling. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 11:36, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Mediawiki code ==

Install this code also at [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Sp-contributions-footer|here]]. Thanks
<pre>
{{Sp-contributions-footer|1=$1}}
</pre> [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:31, 23 February 2022 (IST)

:You can use '''|status=approved''' parameter at [[:user:WikiDwarfBOT]] to remove unnecessary categories. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:52, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} Both done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:19, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::Thank you, also add one more code [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadgets-definition]] to run [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-sompadonasarangsho.js]]-this. As you are Bureaucrats you can install Gadgets definition.
<pre>
* sompadonasarangsho[ResourceLoader|default|type=general|dependencies=mediawiki.ui.button,mediawiki.util]|sompadonasarangsho.js|sompadonasarangsho.css
</pre>
[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 11:32, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::Done. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:55, 23 February 2022 (IST)
Thanks, sorry for disturb you once again. . . Can you see in [[:bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|Special:Preferences]] in Bengali Bharatpedia? what's the problem, common.css is working but common.js isn't. 'স্বনির্ধারিত CSS' is there but 'স্বনির্ধারিত JS' isn't. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 12:58, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|রবি}} Please try now it's working for me. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 14:53, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::{{re|Ajay Kumar|রবি}} The main page was missing so I have created that page and it should work now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:57, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::Sorry, I think you both are misunderstood, I didn't say that. I am talking about my user common.js ([[:bn:User:রবি/common.js]]) on Bn Bharatpedia, where I install some script those aren't working because of [[:bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|'''this''']] (in this '''স্বনির্ধারিত CSS''' means 'user/common.css' is there but User/common.js means in bengali '''স্বনির্ধারিত JS''' isn't there; missing??). @WikiDwarf: Gadget-sompadonasarangsho was already working before (you can see it by clicking any articles or pages bellow the edit summary). Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:14, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::::In English Bharatpedia see [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]], where <code>"Shared CSS/JSON/JavaScript for all skins: Custom CSS | '''Custom JavaScript'''"</code>. 'Custom JavaScript' but on Bengali Bharatpedia in [[bn:বিশেষ:পছন্দসমূহ#mw-prefsection-rendering|Special Preferences]] 'Custom JavaScript' means ''''স্বনির্ধারিত JS'''' is missing? That's why my user common.js is not working there. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:25, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::::{{re|রবি}} Can you try now? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:36, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:::::::Thank you so much brother now it's working, but problem is that script should wrii into manually in common.js (<code>mw.loader.load('//bn.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title='......'&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');</code> in its format, not working). One more problem is like English Bharatpedia, mobile mode is not working in Bengali Bharatpedia, please see it too. Regards -- [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 17:45, 23 February 2022 (IST)
::::::::{{re|রবি}} I'm facing the same issue. If you look at my contributions you will see that I was trying to install/use some scripts but they aren't working for some reason. I have no idea why some of the scripts aren't working and I'm trying to find a solution or if you manage to figure out before me please let me know. Regarding the mobile version of Bengali Bharatpedia, please email the tech team to install or I will ask on your behalf. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:00, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Reason? ==

Why all articles directly copied from bengal wikipedia? Bengali Bharatpedia needs some more correction :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 07:42, 23 February 2022 (IST)
:It was done due to lack of users who can write articles in the Bengali language on bn.bharatpedia. You may fix if there is any issue and let me know if I can help you with anything. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:22, 23 February 2022 (IST)

== Request for adminship ==
Hi {{re|WikiDwarf}} hope you are good. and while iam reviewing draftspaces just I saw new pages that is not yet reviewed and after I declined some unwanted articles, i tagged for deletion. But unfortunately it is getting delay. Due to insufficient users with rights. Hope I can get adminship for help you guys. And i have experience in Bharatpedia as well in Wikipedia. I requested for adminship at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for adminship/Dhaneesh Ram]]. Thanks! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 21:18, 27 February 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} The nomination page was not properly created so I have fixed some issues. Also, your nomination is incomplete, please take a look at the nomination page and add your answers to listed questions there. Thank you, [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:40, 27 February 2022 (IST)

== Sir a volunteer puts in everyone's page draft. He is a Fake Volunteer and also put this page in Draft. He keeps vandalizing all the pages. ==

{{reply|SonofZeus| WikiDwarf}} Dear Sir [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician]] Sir an attempt was made to vandalize this page again and 1 fake volunteer again put it in draft. Sir block that volunteer and as soon as possible recover and live this page. And this page needs protection. Thank you so much sir}} [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:27, 6 March 2022 (IST)

== Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page. ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir that Fake Volunteer is again ruining [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 19:24, 7 March 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} If I'm not wrong, you are referring to user {{u|Lucasraven12}} who proposed the article for deletion and I don't see their action as disruptive. Any contributor can create, edit or even nominate an article for deletion if they feel it may not meet our content guidelines, but that's not the dead end. Currently [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] was proposed for deletion and any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion can simply remove the tag. Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the page restored by any administrator simply by asking. In both cases, the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:22, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir, why didn't you protect this page from getting ruined?

You have made this page good even a few days ago. You now remove the tag from this page because now it has all the good sources. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:35, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Sir it is not necessary that all volunteers will be right.
Volunteers also make mistakes.
You are very big that's why I am telling you. You can check the refill once and remove the tag. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:38, 7 March 2022 (IST)

{{reply|WikiDwarf}}
Yesterday this volunteer had put this tag in this page.
{{Prod blp/dated
|concern =
|user =
|timestamp = 20220307151651
|help =
}}
And you had removed this tag from that page.

Looks like that volunteer hates this page so he is doing it intentionally.

[[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 20:46, 7 March 2022 (IST)

== Sir, for how long have you protected [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page? ==

Sir, for how long have you protected [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] page? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 13:49, 9 March 2022 (IST)

== Page Move ==

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} An IP submitted My draft now please look at it ...
https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Draft:Susovan_Sonu_Roy [[User:Weftpies|Weftpies]] ([[User talk:Weftpies|talk]]) 19:46, 14 March 2022 (IST)

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} But The draft I created has Google listed see this link [https://g.co/kgs/x9YGQH] [[User:Weftpies|Weftpies]] ([[User talk:Weftpies|talk]]) 12:31, 15 March 2022 (IST)

{{ping|WikiDwarf}} If you compare My draft to this page https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician) that singer is also not notable and no Google listing also not good reference and if you see My draft page there are good reference and also google listings and good recognition.please look at it.

:{{re|Weftpies}} I looked at your draft and can't find any reliable source that supports notability so you need to provide some reliable news articles that discuss the subject directly. Regarding [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]], if you believe the subject isn't notable as per our policies you can nominate the article for deletion. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 08:40, 15 March 2022 (IST)

== Adminship for Bengali Bharatpedia ==

Hi, WikiDwarf! How are you? If you have time, please see [[:bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন/রবি|'''RFA''']] at বাংলা ভারতপিডিয়া। I want to letting you know that the time of the RFA close to end. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 19:50, 21 March 2022 (IST)

== Some issues ==

Hi, WikiDwarf!

Thank you for passing RFA. The problem I noticed is that I can edit under MediaWiki protection but somehow I can't create pages into the MediaWiki namespace. I hope the interface administrator can do this. However for now can you install twinkle gadets extension or js there from English wikipedia?, so that i can translate and correct the script to run twinkle on Bengali Bharatpedia.

One more problem is as an Administrator I'm not able to give userright (like- rollback, Autopatrolled etc.) to another user and main problem is that i'm not able to make myself bot account for temporary to fixing some general issues, for which the place of recent changes is floating. I think it's important to have. Please look at this. Thanks. -- [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 21:55, 22 March 2022 (IST)

: You have to import [[:mw:en:Wikipedia:Twinkle/Localisation|these]]. No problem, please look when you have time. Best wishes [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:05, 22 March 2022 (IST)

::Should I create a bot account instead, if there is more trouble in this. Then I'll request for BRFA. Which one is best? Please suggest too. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 00:03, 23 March 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|রবি}} Sorry for replying late. I tried to install Twinkle here on English Bharatpedia by importing pages [[:mw:en:Wikipedia:Twinkle/Localisation|listed here]] but it seems that Twinkle is designed only to work for Wikimedia sites and it's not available for third parties. Regarding giving use rights, the option is limited for Bureaucrats so, you need to email info@bharatmedia and ask for help on that case. To run a bot account you need to create a new user account e.g. রবি Bot and let me know and I will add it to the bot group. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:04, 23 March 2022 (IST)
::::Done. Thanks! Kindly see [[:Bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:বট/অনুমোদনের অনুরোধ/ReplacementBOT|'''BRFA''']].—[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 15:55, 23 March 2022 (IST)
:::::also kindly give Adminship access to my this bot account too, it's needed to run [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText|Special:ReplaceText]]. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:16, 23 March 2022 (IST)
Will you make my bot as an administrator too? Reason is to run [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText|Special:ReplaceText]], needs administrator usergroup access. I am responsible for the every single work done by my bot. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:16, 23 March 2022 (IST)

:Sorry for disturbing multiple times, hope you never mind. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:49, 23 March 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} Unfortunately it's not possible to grant adminship to bot accounts, but I will ask the tech team to let bot access [[:bn:Special:ReplaceText]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:34, 24 March 2022 (IST)
:::When it's done, please let me know. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:19, 25 March 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|রবি}} It's done already. You may try and let me know if you face any issues. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:12, 25 March 2022 (IST)

;Interface Adminship
::Kindly see [[:bn:ভারতপিডিয়া:ইন্টারফেস প্রশাসক হওয়ার আবেদন/রবি|RFIA]], important rights to create pages on mediawiki namespace. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 15:03, 26 March 2022 (IST)

:::I have modify the [[:bn:|main page]] of bnwiki. Does it look good now or was previous one better than it? Too much hard work I put to create this. Please look at this also. Thanks. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 17:13, 26 March 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|রবি}} Sorry I was busy with some other work. The main page looks good to me regarding RFIA I'll take a look at it shortly. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:19, 28 March 2022 (IST)
:::::Thanks, I'm still waiting! However, for now, could you help me to replace '''$1''' with {{tq|1=<nowiki><a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn">সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০</a></nowiki>}} [[:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Mobile-frontend-copyright|here]]? I'm not able to do that, this will only interface administrators can do. Thank you. --[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:43, 3 April 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|রবি}} The tech team is undergoing major maintenance work so to avoid any conflict I didn't perform any action. Once the maintenance work is over with more power, I will complete all your request. Sorry for the inconvenience. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:25, 4 April 2022 (IST)
:::::: Ok, I'm sorry! That's why I see previously search box wasn't working in mobile mode, but now it's works. --[[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:10, 4 April 2022 (IST)
:::::::One last thing is you didn't replace properly, that's why link isn't working. You need to replace it's properly, kindly '''<nowiki>[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০]</nowiki>''' replace with {{tq|1=<nowiki><a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.bn">সিসি বাই-এসএ ৩.০</a></nowiki>}} properly. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:11, 4 April 2022 (IST)
::::::::see it on mobile mode in bottom of the page, if you need any further confirmation ([https://bn.bharatpedia.org.in/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile direct link]). regards! (when I'll forgot to thank you, please consider রবি has thanked you :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:55, 21 April 2022 (IST)

== [[Bharatpedia talk:Arjuni Municipal Council]] ==

I'm confused with this, and didn't understand how to handle it, made by User:Tata India; can you solve it? and help by moving page into draft namespace. Thanks [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:34, 27 March 2022 (IST)
:{{tps}} I have solved it by moving contents to [[Arjuni Municipal Council]]. [[User:Ajay Kumar|Ajay Kumar]] ([[User talk:Ajay Kumar|talk]]) 23:46, 27 March 2022 (IST)

== Import ==

If you had time, can you import [[:mw:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js|মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js]] & [[:mw:bn:মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css|মিডিয়াউইকি:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css]] on Bengali Bharatpedia? As an only Interface Administrator there, so I'm requesting you. You only able to do that. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 01:34, 28 March 2022 (IST)
:Sure, I will import these pages shortly. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:19, 28 March 2022 (IST)

== Now this page will have to be protected permanently. ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Hi Dear Sir, As I mentioned earlier some volunteers are teasing on this page. [[Anshuman_Tiwari_(musician)]] You have locked this page after that it is unlocked here. That volunteer again fake tag this page and locked it. I told you to protect this page permanently. Please act as soon as possible Thank you! [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 07:40, 1 April 2022 (IST)

== Email confirmation issue ==

It's seems that there are some problem is in Bangla Bharatpedia in user email confirmation; cause I tried it more than 10 times there from my account creation date to till now but no response get. So today when I last tried there but still got no response so I try here in English Bharatpedia, then finally got response and now my email address has been confirmed there and here both. :) [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:40, 21 April 2022 (IST)

== Protect the page permanently ==

{{reply|WikiDwarf}} Dear Sir, Someone has tagged again. You remove the tag again and protect the page permanently.
Thank You. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 08:21, 25 April 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} I went ahead and removed the tag. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 08:51, 25 April 2022 (IST)

Thank you so much sir, Can you make this page a permanent protect so that no one can tamper with this page? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 09:13, 25 April 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Coolblack4}} Unfortunately, it's not possible to fully protection, that's need a pure vandalism in the history of article. But, still you need to wait WikiDwarf's reply. Extra, you can read [[Bharatpedia:Protection policy]]. regards [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:17, 25 April 2022 (IST)

==Meetup==
{{re|রবি|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus|Ajay Kumar}} Hello guys. First of all I would like to apologize for not being around, actually I was super busy with the tech team and we were working on some supper existing projects. Everything is almost done and we will be back as normal but I need your help for testing some new features and all. So, can you guys please confirm the best time to discuss? Please add your preferred time below and we'll all try to come online at the same time. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:26, 4 May 2022 (IST)

: {{Ping|WikiDwarf}} I am okay with Tomorrow from 12 PM to 2 PM. But others convenience is must. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 19:36, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::Thank you {{re|Dhaneesh Ram}}, if you have some time we can discuss right now as I'm ok to discuss with everyone on their preferred time. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:41, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::I have some free time for today but others convenience is preferable! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:46, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::: {{ping|WikiDwarf}} sorry for my inconvenience iam little busy now, shall we discuss tomorrow? [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 19:57, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Sure we can discuss tomorrow. {{re|SonOfZeus}} Are you free tomorrow by 1pm? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:04, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::::::It's ok. Actually, for tomorrow, I have some busy schedule, but I will ''try to arrange'' my schedule to make myself free at 1 pm tomorrow for the discussion! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:02, 4 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus}} Great!! so will get in touch tomorrow at 1pm. {{re|রবি|Ajay Kumar}} can join us or we can discuss with them later. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 22:12, 4 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::{{re|Dhaneesh Ram|SonOfZeus|রবি|Ajay Kumar}} Please [https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#bharatmedia click here] to join me for discussion and use your Bharatpedia username to login (without password). [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:51, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::::Unfortunately, I tried after every 10 minutes for 3 times to enter, it failed. Idk why! Hope I will join in the next time! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 13:52, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} That's strange, because I was discussing with Dhaneesh Ram on the same channel. If you want I can mail you all the details and you can test everything in your spare time. :) [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:59, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::::::::::::I'm still around on the channel feel free to join me when ever you are free. Just click on the link above, add your username under "nick" and click start. If you see any error please feel free to share it with me here. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:05, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::::::::Going away for half an hour and I will be back by 3PM. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 14:27, 5 May 2022 (IST)
Guys, I'm really sorry. First of all i didn't get notifications, just open and seeing it now; secondly I'm passing my Eid holidays. Thank you WikiDwarf for inviting me to that discussion. What was the topic of discussion there? Was it video chatting or normal? Can someone email me with a brief explanation of that topic? I'm little busy now days, Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:10, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|রবি}}, that's ok even SonOfZeus was not able to join the discussion. It was a normal discussion about new features we have introduced. I will mail you and SonOfZeus a detailed email so you can review and react accordingly. Have a good time and enjoy holidays. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:43, 5 May 2022 (IST)
::{{re|রবি}} I lost your email address please send me an email so I can forward the details to you. {{re|SonOfZeus}}, please check your mailbox. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:46, 5 May 2022 (IST)
:::Done, please check your email. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 09:18, 6 May 2022 (IST)
Hello WikiDwarf! I received your mail! I have checked out all the websites one by one! There's no problem in log in. Once after I logged in at meta, I saw there is automatic log in at all the languages' wikis! But I saw my edit count in Meitei Bharatpedia as "0" in http://bharatpedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth when I entered my username and check my information! Is this a result of malfunction? I have done significant edits in Meitei Bharatpedia. Besides, in the section of "Groups", I saw nothing in Meitei Bharatpedia's row but I saw "autopatrolled, importer, sysop" in English Bharatpedia. --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 22:58, 6 May 2022 (IST)
::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for confirming. Please allow me some time to investigate all the issues you raised above and we'll try to fix them as soon as possible and I'll get back to you with an update. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:18, 7 May 2022 (IST)
:::::I just checked and notice that old edits are not updating in the CentralAuth table but those edits are available in the local wiki so if you look at your contributions in mni-bharatpedia you'll find all your contributions. Your user right was missing so I have updated that and it can be verified through [[Special:CentralAuth]]. Please let me know if there is anything else is missing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:20, 7 May 2022 (IST)
::::::I haven't received your email yet, however I'm very happy & excited to see Meta & others projects. Hopefully, I will be of some useful to you in improving these projects. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 22:52, 9 May 2022 (IST)
{{Ping|WikiDwarf}} My adminship permission at [[:bn:|bn]] is not showing. Is there any problem? Is it done by mistake or the permission taken from me? [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 23:16, 9 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::{{re|রবি}} I have fixed the adminship on your account on bn-bharatpedia. Also, a detailed email was sent to you the same day so please check your spam box and let me know if you still can't find it and I will resend it to you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:43, 9 May 2022 (IST)

== Main page other languages ==

Yesterday, you added other languages in the main page of bn bharatpedia, but unfortunately these links redirecting to wikipedia. Please see it there by clicking "ভাষা" button ([https://bn.bharatpedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE direct link]), Is it possible to solve this problem? or I'll remove these languages from the main page. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:27, 10 May 2022 (IST)

:But i can see in English Bharatpedia it's working perfectly. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 10:31, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::{{re|রবি}} Fixed. They were incorrectly linked in [[:bn:বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:26, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::::Thank you. Can you delete [https://www.bharatdata.org/wiki/Property:P2 this], so that I can create it again; I wrongly create this in Data type "Property" instead of "Item". [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:02, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::::Deleted. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 10 May 2022 (IST)
::::::Did you manage to find the email or you want me to send it again? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:37, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::::::No, I didn't find (hopefully didn't get), you can send it again, sorry for bothered you again. Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 13:42, 10 May 2022 (IST)

Thank you, I got it and happy to hear about Container wiki (it's extremely useful for everyone). In all I mostly liked that when you said majority articles should be related to india in Bengali Bharatpedia (which was not before there), like as I've say before to the technical team. Anyways, when you have time can you correct the prefix of meta "m" (it is redirect to meta.wikimedia.org) at [[bn:বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি|বিশেষ:আন্তঃউইকি]]? and also can you add one language which is missing in bn - Prefix is "bho" and url "https://bho.bharatpedia.org/wiki/$1". Thank you. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 18:33, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:Meta and Bho both done. The name "Container" is just an idea so if you or anyone else have a better suggestion please feel free to share (the motive is to have file storage). Regarding articles related to India, we have around 3k article at the moment and I feel we should have more so if you the list of missing articles please feel free to share through email. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:02, 10 May 2022 (IST)

::In this wiki "m" redirected to "meta.bharatmedia.org" url adress, not a correct one; change into bharat'''p'''edia instead of media, that's "meta.bharatpedia.org". [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 21:53, 10 May 2022 (IST)
:::Done, thank you for pointing it out. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:58, 10 May 2022 (IST)
::::Hello WikiDwarf & [[User:রবি|রবি]]! I saw the logo of Meta's main page using the word "Bharat'''m'''edia" but the link url is using the word "Bharat'''p'''edia" at https://meta.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page . I was confused at this. Shall not Bharat'''p'''edia be a part of Bharat'''m'''edia? --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 11:50, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Meta is a project of Bharatmedia Foundation so that's the reason the logo reads "Bharatmedia". The plan was to build Meta under bharatmedia.org but due to issue with saving cookies for global login it was created under meta.bharatpedia.org. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:06, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== About Container Bharatmedia ==
Hello WikiDwarf! I hope there might have already been some discussions being proceeded on at the last meet-up. Btw, for me, I have some suggestions. Wikimedia Commons is known for having very very strict rules about licensing on the pictures. That strictness lead to the enabling of the local wikis (for example, English Wikipedia) to allow users to upload files in their local platforms. Local wikis still have some rules and regulations but not too strict like Wikimedia Commons. I am highlighting this fact because I expect our Container Bharatmedia to have rules but not too much strict like that of Wikimedia Commons. Particularly, cc-by-nc (non commercial license) is totally not allowed in Wikimedia Commons. But for Container Bharatmedia, I wish to allow this. This license meant not to use the files for commercial purposes. And since Bharatmedia projects are not commercial zones, it's still ok to allow files of such license type to be used. Please tell me what are your thoughts on these facts! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 12:02, 11 May 2022 (IST)

:The Container wiki name is different and also a unique one. I'm one of the supporter to keep this name. Whatever will be in its rules and regulations, the main thing we must note is that it is separate from the Commons and suppose to be better than Commons (that we will make). [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 16:33, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== Bedam Shah Warsi ==

Hello, WikiDwarf! Do semi protect this page, strictly vandalized by ips. [[User:রবি|রবি]] ([[User talk:রবি|talk]]) 18:21, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:{{Tps}} [[User:রবি|রবি]] {{Done}} --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:11, 11 May 2022 (IST)
:Can you please delete it per copyright violations. as it was copied without my permission. I am not at all interested to have my work robbed by spam bloggers running this site. — Preceding [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:162.158.163.221|162.158.163.221]] ([[User talk:162.158.163.221#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/162.158.163.221|contribs]]) 
::{{re|162.158.163.221}} Welcome to Bharatpedia, can you please explain how this work belongs to you? and can you provide some evidence so we can look into to take appropriate action? Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:19, 11 May 2022 (IST)

== Reporting issue ==

Hi, Wiki Dwarf hope you are good, I had faced some difficulty in Tamil Bharatpedia, that is it is automatically logged out. I tried to login again, but it shows incorrect password. Then I tried to change new password by clicking forget password. But I didn't get email. And i checked all other Bharatpedia like English, Hinglish, everything is ok there, i have logged in those versions. Even i checked in meta too and then i logged out from meta and i logged in again but My account is not get logged in to Tamil Bharatpedia. How can I fix it. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 15:27, 15 May 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Dhaneesh Ram}} Let me check and I'll try getting the issue resolved as soon as possible. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:33, 15 May 2022 (IST)
::Can you try again? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:01, 15 May 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|WikiDwarf}}I got mail with temporary password, i logged in with that, but I logged out in English Bharatpedia now, but I logged in again. Probably it all ok now. Thanks for your help and kindly grant User: Import master as autopatroller in Tamil Bharatpedia, because he is importing many articles, it is impossible to mark all articles as reviewed only by me. Thank you! [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 17:35, 15 May 2022 (IST)
::::Hello WikiDwarf & [[User:Dhaneesh Ram]]! I am facing the same problem in Meitei Bharatpedia. I can't log in. My passwords are said to be wrong. I log in at English Bharatpedia and went to Meitei Bharatpedia. But still, there's no possibility of logging in. I am automatically logged out there. Please fix the issue! --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 15:40, 5 June 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|SonOfZeus}} Thank you for pointing it out. There was some technical issue and it has been resolved. Can you check again? Thnaks. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:50, 5 June 2022 (IST)
:::::::Sorry for late reply! In fact, the problem is still going on. I tried to contact Bharatmedia team for the last 2 days through email. But it's always said that the recipient email isn't receiving emails because of some problems. Is there any alternative email to contact them? The first time I got to know about the logging in problem was on 11 May, 2022. Since then till now, I could not contribute anything to Meitei Bharatpedia. --[[User:SonOfZeus|SonOfZeus]] ([[User talk:SonOfZeus|talk]]) 19:15, 7 June 2022 (IST)
::::::::You might need to clear cookies and then try again, this is how I managed to log in. Or you can try from a different browser. The only working email is info@bharatmedia.org and there seems to be some issue with that and I guess the technical team is aware of it. Just try again after clearing cookies by clicking on the lock button in the url field and remove all cookies and let me know if you still can't login. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:22, 7 June 2022 (IST)
::::::::: {{re|SonOfZeus}} I just clicked forgot password while trying logging in. Then after few hours I recieved mail with temporary password. You may try this option, then you can reset your password. [[User:Dhaneesh Ram|Dhaneesh]][[User talk:Dhaneesh Ram|←Ram→]] 20:13, 7 June 2022 (IST)

== Rajput ==

As i have already mentioned, the info on page was unrefrenced, and if you see wikipedia and other refrences they are mentioned are cluster of clans.
:{{re|Slatersteven}} You can remove unsourced contents but you need to provide sources to support your claim e.g. ''is an untouchable group''. Please don't include any unsourced info or it will be removed. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 13:33, 19 May 2022 (IST)

== Draft Request : 28 June 2021‎ ==

Hello [[User:WikiDwarf]], [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]], As of 28 June 2021‎ , the article has not been revised, although I have added other sources that support the article on your site.
Could you look back at the article and review it?
thank you.

Hello again mr [[User:WikiDwarf]],

I have added other sources to the article, the most important sources are in Arabic, and you can check more through the Google information card in Arabic from here: https://g.co/kgs/uTMxqa

Or in English here: https://g.co/kgs/nkYhu1

Or through the official website from here: https://www.fuadalqrize.me

Thanks. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 03:41, 9 June 2022 (IST)

[[User:WikiDwarf]], I hope to delete the article, because it seems that the site administrator does not read the Arabic language or does not have Arab editors who read the sources in the Arabic language that qualifies the approval of the article. Thanks--[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 02:40, 15 June 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Alialfaisal}} The Arabic sources were reviewed by me using Google translator and I found those websites unreliable as per [[Bharatpedia:Reliable sources]]. If you can find some articles on reliable news websites (in any language) please feel free to include them in the draft or you can tag it with {{tl|db-g7}} for deletion. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:25, 15 June 2022 (IST)

There are very reliable sources in Arabic and you can check again to see them, I've also added a source from The Times of India and you can check it out here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/author/fuad579/. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:13, 16 June 2022 (IST)

One last point: [https://elcinema.com/en/person/2211899 elcinema.com] ,Arab online database for films, actors and Writers, Is this not a reliable source? --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 19:45, 16 June 2022 (IST)

:Wikidwarf per talk page stalking I have moved the page to mainspace as I think the article is now ready to move per Times of India and other better local sources. Feel free to revert me. [[User:Anonymous Raja|Anonymous Raja]] ([[User talk:Anonymous Raja|talk]])
::{{re|Anonymous Raja}} I have reverted your move because the Times of India is not a news article but a profile and the rest of the sources are not reliable. Please cite some reliable sources that support the notability of the subject as per [[Bharatpedia:Notability]]. Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:38, 21 July 2022 (IST)
:Menafn seems to be reliable source. It looks like you are reverting the move by different user because there might be some undisclosed reasons. I see there are many articles which are much poor than it in article namespaces. Anyways since you are founder here you are free to do the discrimination and partiality. Go ahead and block my account because I am not interested to live at such a nonsense place. [[User:Anonymous Raja|Anonymous Raja]] ([[User talk:Anonymous Raja|talk]]) 18:19, 21 July 2022 (IST)
::{{re|Anonymous Raja}} First of all I'm not the founder here nor do I do partiality if there are poor articles around they can be nominated for deletion or tagged for speedy deletion by anyone. Regarding Menafn, I visited the site but can't find any information on their editorial policies so the reliability of this site is questionable. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:37, 21 July 2022 (IST)
::{{re|WikiDwarf}}, [[Draft:Fuad Al-Qrize]] I've done a final update of the article, attach other news and IDs and set an invocation of the article, is it enough or is the site you founded adding who you want and leave whoever you want! ...I think there are hundreds of articles on this site that do not offer any local and already Notability, which is unacceptable if the site has clear and explicit policies and conditions... But this character's article I don't know why I've been fighting it for about a year. End of debate: After reviewing if you see that the article now verifies the Notability of your site you can transfer it, and if the article does not provide the Notability you can delete it directly. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 05:00, 26 July 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}}, Dear, if there's no real review of the article, I wish to delete it, or give me details of the quick deletion request, I don't know what the reason for the delay in reviewing the article is, but what I do know is that this encyclopedia does not have a single editor or administrator reading in Arabic to review the said sources, nor did it benefit the sources and knowledge in English, I think the Notability mentioned by the administrator in this encyclopedia is not applicable to everyone, because there are hundreds of articles that do not achieve any remarkable reliability and their article is already present.That's weird. Admin WikiDwarf thought added the Notability section of the encyclopedia to suit it personally and not in the public interest, I wish to speed up the process by either immediately reviewing or quickly deleting the article. --[[User:Alialfaisal|Alialfaisal]] ([[User talk:Alialfaisal|talk]]) 03:12, 27 July 2022 (IST)

== Review draft for [[Draft:Sadguru Shri Riteshwar]] ==

Hello, can you please review draft for [[Draft:Sadguru Shri Riteshwar]]? I am looking forward to contribute more here. [[User:Nileshk|Nileshk]] ([[User talk:Nileshk|talk]]) 07:55, 10 June 2022 (IST)

:{{re|Nileshk}} Welcome and thank you for contributing to Bharatpedia. I have approved your submission, but your new article has no links to other Bharatpedia pages, and no other article links to it so please improve your article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text. If you need any help please feel free to ask me here. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:11, 10 June 2022 (IST)

::[[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]], I have added links on the article, how can I upload photo on the page? I have also made over 20 edits. [[User:Nileshk|Nileshk]] ([[User talk:Nileshk|talk]]) 11:22, 13 June 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|Nileshk}} You can uplaod the image by visiting the [[Special:Upload]]. Please make sure you own the copyrights of the work you'll be uploading. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:31, 15 June 2022 (IST)

== Please review and approve my article Rao Sahab ==

Please check and approve the same, i will keep improving it

== Deletion of minor edit. ==

I submitted a minor edit on Pallathu Raman's page. "He had a son Pradeep from his second wife." this you have deleted as No source provided. The reason no source is provided, because I am that son. My mother was Saguna. WHat proof can I submit, because I have no written document.

:{{reply|Forgotten1950}} Hello and welcome to my talk page, You may cite a news article, or book source to support your changes. But, as you said that you are his son you may use your official social media or website as a source so readers know that the information they are gaining is true and came from an official source. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:53, 3 July 2022 (IST)

== Solve my issue ==

Dear sir [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:33, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:{{re|Coolblack4}} What is the issue and how I can solve it? [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:34, 25 July 2022 (IST)

Dear my sir, you write journalist behind the name in parentheses [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:36, 25 July 2022 (IST)

Because if we do this then it will look better and people will come to know easily. [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:37, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:{{not done}}. We only have two articles under the same name [[Anshuman Tiwari]] and [[Anshuman Tiwari (musician)]] so it's not possible at this point. In future when we'll have more articles under this title, "Anshuman Tiwari" will be converted to a disambiguation page. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:42, 25 July 2022 (IST)

If we want to create another journalist's page, his name is also Anshuman Tiwari then? [[User:Coolblack4|Coolblack4]] ([[User talk:Coolblack4|talk]]) 15:57, 25 July 2022 (IST)
:Then you need to add disambiguation to the title e.g. [[Anshuman Tiwari (journalist)]]. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 16:28, 25 July 2022 (IST)

== Changing Username ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} I want to change my username ... How to change request ? [[User: PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk: PinkMelon|talk]]) 18:39, 26 August 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} You can add your request at [[Bharatpedia:Changing username/Simple]] and I'll be happy to perform the action. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 18:49, 26 August 2022 (IST)

::{{re|WikiDwarf}} Are you on Wikipedia ? [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 23:42, 26 August 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|PinkMelon}} I use to but not now. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:07, 27 August 2022 (IST)

::::{{re|WikiDwarf}} lf you ask about my experience I'm editing Wikipedia over 9 years as an unregistered user. By the way your Wiki username please ? [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 10:53, 27 August 2022 (IST)
:::::{{re|PinkMelon}} Coincidently I was also editing anonymously due to the privacy reason. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:58, 27 August 2022 (IST)
:::::Also, regarding your [[Draft:Mota Kotarna|recent move]], articles on geographical locations such as villages, towns etc. are notable if the name of the particular location is mentioned at censusindia.gov.in. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:09, 27 August 2022 (IST)

== Wish ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Wish you a very Happy Navratri and Durga Puja 🙏🙏 🙏 [[User:PinkMelon|PinkMelon]] ([[User talk:PinkMelon|talk]]) 23:51, 2 October 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} Wish you the same and I hope you are having a great time with your loved ones. 🙏 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:57, 2 October 2022 (IST)

== User Right ==

Can you give me Extended Confirmed right as I'm completed 1 year on here 😊 '''[[User:PinkMelon|PINKMELON]]''' 15:32, 9 October 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|PinkMelon}}, The extended confirmed user right is automatically granted to all users once they hit the 500 edits mark ([[Bharatpedia:User access levels#Extended confirmed users|BP:user access levels]]) and as per your contributions you are not too far so please keep up the good work and your account will be extended confirmed once you reach the require edit count by the system. Please let me know if I can help you with anything. 😊 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 15:53, 9 October 2022 (IST)

::Can you give me New page reviewer (patroller) right ? 😊 '''[[User:PinkMelon|PINKMELON]]''' 16:23, 9 October 2022 (IST)
:::{{re|PinkMelon}} Please submit your request at [[Bharatpedia:Requests for permissions#New page reviewer]] and describe your experience. I'll be happy to review it. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 17:14, 9 October 2022 (IST)

== Please move my Draft to be a published page ==

Hi, {{u|WikiDwarf}}. Could you please move this page from draft space out to publish - https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Draft:Prince_Oak_Oakleyski ,, Thank you in advance and best regards. 😊'''[[User:Chanokrat|Chanokrat]]'''
:Hello {{re|Chanokrat}}, I looked at your draft and it's not yet ready for the main namespace as it does not include reliable third-party sources that establish the notability of the subject so please cite some credible sources and submit the draft for review. Please let me know if you need any help. Thanks [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:52, 24 October 2022 (IST)
:Hello {{re|WikiDwarf}}, I've added a few more sources. And the sources I've already cited are credible, for example; IMDB, Nebraska News Channel, and Itnews24hrs. You can also check in Google search. Or you can delete the page if your site doesn't want to know about the 'prince of Eurasia' . Thank you. [[User:Chanokrat|Chanokrat]]'''

== Upload Image ==

Hi {{u|WikiDwarf}} I want upload image, Where to upload images ? [[User:PinkMelon|Pink]][[User Talk:PinkMelon|Melon]] 23:31, 18 November 2022 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} You can visit [[Special:Upload]] to upload images and change your skin to Vector by visiting to [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]] for a smooth process. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:40, 18 November 2022 (IST)

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Thanks. [[User:PinkMelon|Pink]][[User Talk:PinkMelon|Melon]] 01:19, 19 November 2022 (IST)

== Deletion of draft ==

Respected Wikidwarf Sir,
Can you please remove the [[Draft:Mayuri (Mahabharata)]] draft, it creates wastage of articles. I request you to delete the page. And please convert the [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)|Kimveka]].
Thank you.
[[Special:Contributions/103.210.202.134|103.210.202.134]] ([[User talk:103.210.202.134|talk]]) 00:38, 3 January 2023 (IST)
:{{Done}} Hello 103.210.202.134, I have deleted [[Draft:Mayuri (Mahabharata)]] under G7 as per your request. Regarding [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)]] the draft is completely unsourced so please submit some reliable sources to support the information and submit it for review by adding <code><nowiki>{{submit}}</nowiki></code> at the top. Thank you and please let me know if you need any help. Happy New Year. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:01, 3 January 2023 (IST)

Same to you sir 🙏 [[Special:Contributions/103.210.202.134|103.210.202.134]] ([[User talk:103.210.202.134|talk]]) 20:38, 3 January 2023 (IST)

== Wish ==

{{u|WikiDwarf}} Wish you a very Happy New Year 2023 😎🤗🥳 [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 18:42, 3 January 2023 (IST)
:Thank you {{re|PinkMelon}} and wish you the same. Have a wonderful year ahead. 🤗 [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:15, 3 January 2023 (IST)

== Added citations ==

Wikidwarf Sir,
Accordingly I have added citations to the [[Draft:Kimveka (Mahabharata)]] draft. Kindly please convert into a article. I request you to make it I'll do same with other drafts but please convert into a article means review the draft please. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.202.97|172.71.202.97]] ([[User talk:172.71.202.97|talk]]) 15:03, 6 January 2023 (IST)

== Deletion of Bhanumati pages ==

Dear sir, please delete these two pages [[User:Gomateshwari|Gomateshwari]] ([[User talk:Gomateshwari|talk]]) 17:08, 7 January 2023 (IST)

== Please Review my first article ==

Hello {{u|WikiDwarf}} sir, please review my draft article again [[Draft:Dinesh_Kunwar_Patel_(Scientist_%26_Educator)]], and please publish if worth publishing, or give your valuable suggestion to improve it, to make publishable.
Regards
--[[User:TinyTots|TinyTots]] ([[User talk:TinyTots|talk]]) 10:02, 22 February 2023 (IST)

== Review Draft ==

I have rewritten the article and removed the unsourced information. Can you please approve it and make it live?
https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Draft:Thaminder_Singh_Anand
:{{re|Amankel55‎}} Hello, I'm so sorry for replying late to your message, actually, I was busy with some other work. I can see you have moved the draft to the main namespace already but it still sounds promotional and not written from a neutral point of view. I looked at the sources and notice there should be a section called "controversy" to maintain the neutrality of the article. In order to point out the issues I have tagged the article with NPOV and PROMO so please let me know if you need any help and I'll be happy to assist you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 12:23, 13 March 2023 (IST)

== Review Draft , [[Draft:Sorif B. Mahmud]] and [[Draft: Wikiyri]] ==

Please review this two article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 18:34, 25 March 2023 (IST)
:{{re|RAJIB-ZRC}} Thank you for contacting. These drafts are not yet ready for the main namespace so please cite some reliable third-party sources that establish notability and submit them for review. If you need any help please let me know. Thank you and happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 19:28, 25 March 2023 (IST)

Okay, Thanks. I will try to enrich Bharat Pedia by adding reliable sources. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 20:45, 25 March 2023 (IST)

== Review [[Draft:Sorif B. Mahmud]] ==

Please review this article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 23:15, 26 March 2023 (IST)

Please review this draft article. [[User:RAJIB-ZRC|RAJIB-ZRC]] ([[User talk:RAJIB-ZRC|talk]]) 01:56, 31 March 2023 (IST)

== Moving draft into article ==

Respected Sir,
Can you please move the [[Draft:Manava (king)]] into a article as drafts can lead wastage. Thank you [[Special:Contributions/2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401|2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401]] ([[User talk:2402:3A80:6A8:9AC6:0:2F:BAB8:5401|talk]]) 16:09, 29 May 2023 (IST)

== [[Draft:Parvej Husen Talukder (Poet)]], Please approve it ==

It's also notable. [[User:WikiBharat|WikiBharat]] ([[User talk:WikiBharat|talk]]) 22:33, 21 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|WikiBharat}} I looked at the sources; unfortunately, almost all of them are unreliable. Please cite some reliable news articles that discuss him directly and in detail. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 23:38, 21 June 2023 (IST)

== AFC Script ==

Hi, I would like to assist in AFC submissions. Can you enable the script for me ? [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 19:37, 23 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|PinkMelon}} Thank you for your interest in helping with AfC submissions. Can you please add your request at [[Bharatpedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants]] so I and other sysop/reviewers can look into this? Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 20:04, 23 June 2023 (IST)
I've added my AFC request please check. [[User:PinkMelon| PinkMelon]] [[User talk:PinkMelon|'''talk''']] 22:36, 23 June 2023 (IST)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for your words of encouragement and the barnstar. - [[User:Kamal Guha|Kamal Guha]] ([[User talk:Kamal Guha|talk]]) 10:48, 24 June 2023 (IST)
:{{re|Kamal Guha}} You're welcome! Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:22, 24 June 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Google Indexing ==

I have created an article ( Dinesh Kumar ), i want to know that when will this article be indexed on google. Beacuse at this time this article is not showing on google search.
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 23:49, 30 June 2023 (IST)
:Hello {{reply|Aschoudhary9}} Typically, articles are promptly indexed upon publication; however, there are instances where delays may occur due to various factors, such as the crawling process. In light of this, I would recommend reaching out to the technical team via email at {{no spam|info|bharatmedia.org}} to express your concern and request to prioritize the crawling of your article. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. Happy editing. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 00:05, 1 July 2023 (IST)

Thanks a lot for your response.
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 00:08, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Article Dinesh Kumar ==

Hello , yesterday I have created a article named [[Dinesh Kumar]] and I am researching about him from some time so that I can write correctly about him , I found a Rajasthan Patrika newspaper on google which clearly states that he belong to Mandha , Khatushyamji and His name is "Dinesh Kumar" as well as "Dinesh Meel", because "meel" is his caste.
Should I update a line in that article which state that (Dinesh Kumar is also known as Dinesh Meel).

[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 07:51, 1 July 2023 (IST)
:{{re|Aschoudhary9}} Yes, if they are also known by another name you can put this in the lead section e.g. "Dinesh Kumar also known as Dinesh Meel is an..." and add citation for verification. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 09:11, 1 July 2023 (IST)

::But I don't have any link for this because the source for this is newspaper named Rajasthan Patrika [[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 09:15, 1 July 2023 (IST)
:::You can add it as an offline source, like the title of the article, name of the newspaper, date of publishing, and the page where his name is mentioned. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:17, 1 July 2023 (IST)

Thanks a lot
[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 14:29, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Regarding Removal of Orphan tag ==

Today I edited the [[Dinesh Kumar]] article and I corrected the grammar in the article and added more reliable sources to the article.

But I am writing this to you because there is orphan tag on the article [[Dinesh Kumar]] and I think it should not be there because the article links to many Bharatpedia articles and I request you to remove the orphan tag because such tags affect the indexing of articles.

[[User:Aschoudhary9|Aschoudhary9]] ([[User talk:Aschoudhary9|talk]]) 17:38, 1 July 2023 (IST)

== Autopatrolled ==

Thanks for informing me about autopatrolled category. I have put in my request but something seems to have gone wrong. Please check. -[[User:Kamal Guha|Kamal Guha]] ([[User talk:Kamal Guha|talk]]) 20:27, 4 July 2023 (IST)
:It looks good so let's wait for some time to see other's reactions. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 21:42, 4 July 2023 (IST)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for granting me the autocontrolled privilege. - [[User:Kamal Guha|Kamal Guha]] ([[User talk:Kamal Guha|talk]]) 11:02, 5 July 2023 (IST)

== Request for Auto Patrolled ==

'''Can you give me this future. So I can check which pages are being viewed and which are not so that Bharatpedia does not face any problem of spamming.'''
And please bring Bharatpedia on par with Wikipedia.

== Request for Auto Patrolled ==

may peace be upon you . who are you Well I need Autopattrolled from you to make bharapedia great. Let's make it equivalent to Wikipedia in a piece. So that no one here does not violate it.

== Pending ==

Hey, My Autopatrolled rights review pending please check. [[User:PinkMelon|'''PinkMelon''']][[User talk:PinkMelon|(talk)]] 02:01, 6 August 2023 (IST)

== Checkuser ==

I think here are no other checkuser in Bharatpedia ... Can I get this right ? [[User:PinkMelon|'''PinkMelon''']][[User talk:PinkMelon|(talk)]] 02:16, 11 August 2023 (IST)
:PinkMelon, CU is not operational at the moment and is only granted to highly trusted users after various types of verifications because it contains sensitive data. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:48, 11 August 2023 (IST)

::Ok Thanks, I want to contribute to Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and etc. languages bharatpedia, I can't login there,Can you guide me how to login on there ??? [[User:PinkMelon|'''PinkMelon''']][[User talk:PinkMelon|(talk)]] 10:32, 20 August 2023 (IST)

:::The login feature was disabled on other languages wiki since Bharatpedia was attacked with DDoS however if you want to contribute there you can ask the tech team to enable it by mailing them at {{nospam|info|bharatmedia.org}} and let me know if you need any help. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 10:41, 20 August 2023 (IST)

== Twinkle ==

Is twinkle available here when I get to the Implicit Auto-confirmed? Or it is yet to develop? As its open source just curious. [[User:Systumm|Systumm]] ([[User talk:Systumm|talk]]) 00:42, 28 August 2023 (IST)

== More & X-Tools ==

I see the options to enable them, but I dont see it on the pages after being enabled, is it something browser or they are not functional here?
[[User:Systumm|Systumm]] ([[User talk:Systumm|talk]]) 00:52, 28 August 2023 (IST)
:Hello {{re|Systumm}}, thanks for bringing up the concerns. To the best of my understanding, Twinkle and -Tools aren't meant to function on wikis not owned by us. About the "more menu" gadget, I've requested the technical team to check it out. I'll keep you posted on any updates they provide. If you come across any other problems or have suggestions, please feel free to share them via email at {{nospam|info|bharatmedia.org}}. Your input will greatly contribute to making Bharatpedia a better platform for its users. Thank you. [[User:WikiDwarf|WikiDwarf]] ([[User talk:WikiDwarf#top|talk]]) 11:30, 28 August 2023 (IST)

== Review of Article ==

Please review this article. Link is given below 👇
https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Kohra_(estate)
This article is also on Wikipedia [[User:Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird|talk]]) 09:20, 29 August 2023 (IST)

== Bharatpedia Load Speed ==

Bharatpedia is probably going through heavy traffic or server load, or maybe it needs some extra bandwidth for the cloud, Am I the only one experiencing this? Pages are loading very slow it takes almost 20-30 seconds. Where other websites are loading within 1 seconds or instantly. [[User:Systumm|Systumm]] ([[User talk:Systumm|talk]]) 00:36, 30 August 2023 (IST)

Aakhri Sach

2023-08-29T18:48:58Z

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{{Short description|Indian crime investigative thriller series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| genre = [[Crime thriller]]
| based_on = [[Burari deaths]]
| director = Robbie Grewal
| starring = [[Tamannaah Bhatia]] [[Abhishek Banerjee]] [[Shivin Narang]]
| writer = Saurav Dey
| composer =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| cinematography =
| editor = Rajesh G Pandey
| producer = [[Preeti Simoes]] Neeti Simoes [[Nikhil Nanda]]
| network = [[Disney+ Hotstar]]
| picture_format = [[Ultra-high-definition television|UHDTV]]
| released = {{Start date|2023|08|25|df=y}}
| first_aired =
| company = Nirvikar Films
| runtime =
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes =
| audio_format = [[Surround sound|Surround]]
}}
'''''Aakhri Sach''''' is an Indian Hindi-language [[crime thriller|crime investigative thriller]] television series on [[Disney+ Hotstar]], directed by Robbie Grewal. Produced by Nirvikar Films, the series stars [[Tamannaah Bhatia]] in the lead role along with [[Abhishek Banerjee (actor)|Abhishek Banerjee]], [[Shivin Narang]], Danish Iqbal, Nishu Dikshit, Kriti Vij and Sanjeev Chopra. The series is a fiction based on the [[Burari deaths]]. Bhatia plays the role of lead investigative officer ''Anya''.The show is scheduled to release on 25 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-11 |title=‘Aakhri Sach’ trailer: Tamannaah Bhatia plays an investigative officer in this thriller |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/aakhri-sach-trailer-tamannaah-bhatia-plays-an-investigative-officer-in-this-thriller/article67184103.ece |access-date=2023-08-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Aakhri Sach' trailer: Tamannaah Bhatia headlines series based on Burari deaths |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/aakhri-sach-trailer-tamannaah-bhatia-abhishek-banerjee-shivin-narang-2419740-2023-08-11 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Aakhri Sach trailer: Tamannaah Bhatia investigates case inspired by the Burari deaths. Watch |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/aakhri-sach-trailer-tamannaah-bhatia-abhishek-banerjee-burari-deaths-101691755237039.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Aakhri Sach trailer: Tamannaah Bhatia plays dedicated cop who is trying to find the ‘missing element’ in case which shook the nation |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aakhri-sach-trailer-tamannaah-bhatia-plays-dedicated-cop-8888167/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Tamannaah Bhatia]] as Police Officer Anya
*[[Abhishek Banerjee (actor)|Abhishek Banerjee]]
*[[Shivin Narang]]
*Rahul Bagga
*Danish Iqbal
*Nishu Dikshit
*Kriti Vij
*Sanjeev Chopra

== Release ==
The show started streaming exclusively on [[Disney+ Hotstar]] on 25 August 2023 in [[Hindi language|Hindi]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

[[Category:Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming]]
[[Category:Indian crime television series]]
[[Category:2023 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]

Draft:Rahul Jogi

2023-08-29T09:26:49Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rahul Jogi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|08|21}}
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarnagar]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| residence = [[Kurukshetra]]. [[Haryana]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| website = [http://rahuljogi.com/ www.rahuljogi.com ]
}}

Rahul Jogi (born 21 August 1990) is an Indian politician. He has been the former national coordinator of the Indian National Congress (Backward Classes) and co-incharge of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-13|title=प्रदेश कांग्रेस के सह प्रभारी जोगी आज लेंगे कार्यकर्ताओ की बैठक|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/bhind-bhind-news-2909288|access-date=2023-07-28|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref>

== Early life and personal life ==
He started social service at the age of 14 and joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 18, he is working for the backward classes, Dalits, laborers. Shri Jogi has raised various issues in India as well as in Nepal, Bhutan, and other countries to protect the rights of the common man.

Apart from being a politician, he is also a famous industrialist and businessman, he is the owner (director) of Carry Home India Pvt Ltd, whose business is in various fields.<ref>{{Cite web|title=लाल बत्ती चौक स्थित पार्टी कार्यालय में जुटे कांग्रेसी -|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/panipat-congress-leaders-tribute-to-indira-gandhi-19717083.html|access-date=2023-07-28|website=Jagran|language=hi}}</ref>

== Birth & Education Place ==
Although he was born in Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) but his native village and the home area is village Mathana near Kurukshetra and he got his early education from Government Senior Secondary School, Mathana District Kurukshetra (Haryana)

He got the opportunity to be the chief guest many times in the social program organized in the same school after receiving his primary education. He is an active politician from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yogi|first=D. N.|date=2020-05-10|title=Rahul Jogi is an Indian politician and Social Activist. He is former National Secretary of Indian National Congress (Backward Classes) and co-incharge of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee|url=https://kabirkranti.in/15360/|access-date=2023-07-28|website=Kabir Kranti|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
Mr. Rahul Jogi has contributed to various posts in the Congress Party ( Indian National Congress ). He has been a member of the Maharashtra Election Coordination Committee, co-in-charge of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee. He was the Star promoter of the Congress Party (Rajasthan ), He played an important role to achieve the support of the Backward Classes community in the Rajasthan Election and achieved good results.

Shri Jogi has visited about 40 thousand villages of India while doing social service, this achievement is attested by the post on his Facebook page.

== His Social and Political works & His Honored ==
In Nepal, he was honored with special honor by former Prime Minister Shri Pushp Kamal Dahal and Deputy Prime Minister Shri Upendra Yadav, and all Nepalese parliamentarians for his valuable contribution.

Rahul Jogi did social work and helped people in many villages of India, he was received by about 7 Union Ministers and 11 Indian Parliamentarians including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Union Minister Krishna Raj at a ceremony organized by Republican TV and Film Union and Kalyan Foundation Mumbai. Was awarded the 7 th National Bhimrao Ambedkar Award.

Rahul Jogi is the patron of the Indian Artists Association and was honored with the Raja Ravi Varma National Award at a function organized by the high officials of the Indian Artists Association for his valuable cooperation.

Apart from this, he has been honored many times in the celebrations organized by different communities and organizations organized in the country and abroad.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Draft:Rahul Jogi

2023-08-29T09:26:00Z

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User talk:WikiDwarf

2023-08-27T19:22:34Z

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User talk:WikiDwarf

2023-08-27T19:22:09Z

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User talk:WikiDwarf

2023-08-27T19:12:30Z

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Administrator

2023-08-27T18:57:54Z

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For policy on Bharatpedia see [[Bharatpedia administrators]]{{wiktionary|Administrator|administrator|administratorship|admin|adminship}}
'''Administrator''' or '''admin''' may refer to:

{{TOC right}}

==Job roles==
===Computing and internet===
* [[Database administrator]], a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
* [[Forum administrator]], one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum
* [[Network administrator]], engineers involved in computer networks
* [[Server administrator]], a person who acts as the administrator for an Internet gaming or other type of server
* [[Superuser]], a type of computer user with administrative privileges
* [[Sysop]], a commonly used term for a system operator, an administrator of a multi-user website
** [[Wikipedia administrators]]
* [[System administrator]], a person responsible for running technically advanced information systems

===Government===
* [[Administrator of the Government]], in various Commonwealth realms and territories
** [[Administrator (Australia)]], for use of the title in Australia
* In the [[independent agencies of the United States government]], the administrator is the highest executive officer in an independent agency whose name ends with the word "administration"
* Administrator, a practitioner of [[public administration]]

===Religion===
* [[Administrator (of ecclesiastical property)]], anyone charged with the care of church property in the Roman Catholic Church
* [[Diocesan administrator]], a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic church
* [[Apostolic Administrator]], a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration
* [[Administrator (medieval)]], the ruler of a prince-bishopric in medieval times who was not confirmed by the Pope

===Other job roles===
* [[Business administration]], a person responsible for the performance or management of administrative business operations
* [[Administrator (law)]], a person appointed by a court to handle the administration of an estate for someone who has died without a will
* [[Academic administration]], administration of a school
* [[Arts administrator]], responsible for the business end of an arts organization
* [[Health administration]], leadership, management, and administration of health organizations

==Other uses==
* [[Administrator (role)]], one of the roles in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter personality assessment scheme
* [[Administration (law)]], a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions

==See also==
*[[Administration (disambiguation)]]
* [[da share z0ne]], a comedic social media account run by a fictitious skeleton character named "Admin"

{{disambiguation}}

Premraj K K

2023-08-27T14:19:47Z

Systumm: Fixed MOS, also why was deletion tag olaced? By the oerson created an article, also the AFD space hasnt been created yet

{{Short description|Indian Malayalam-language writer and creative artist }}

{{Article for deletion/dated|page=Premraj K K|timestamp=20230826010033|year=2023|month=August|day=26|substed=yes|help=off}}


{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{BLP unsourced|date=August 2023}}
{{Short description|Premraj K K Malayalam Author }}'''Premraj K K''' is an Indian Writer, Creative artist & film maker who works in Malayalam language.

== Awards and recognitions ==
Indian Prime Icon award 2022” for Best author / Writer of the year 2022
Nationl Excellence award, Youvakala Bharathi Award
International Excellence Award, Rashtreeya Prathishta Puraskar
Inspiration Men & Women award.
Akbar Kakkattil National Award for his book "maanam Niraye Varnangal"
Entered in to Universal Records as “Most Self Designed, Self Published and Self Marketed Books by Individual Author”

== References ==
{{reflist}}
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://filmgappa.com/premraj-k-k/ | title=Premraj KK }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://filmgappa.com/dr-premraj-k-k-is-on-asia-book-of-records/ | title=Dr. Premraj K K is on Asia Book of records }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asiabookofrecords.com/dr-premraj-k-k-grand-master/ | title=Dr. Premraj K. K. – Grand Master | date=26 August 2023 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.writersedition.com/premraj-kk-a-journey-from-corporate-heights-to-literary-eminence/ | title=Premraj KK: A Journey from Corporate Heights to Literary Eminence | date=8 August 2023 }}</ref>

BharatPe

2023-08-27T14:05:27Z

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{{Short description|Indian Financial Technology Company}}
{{Infobox website
| name = BharatPe
| company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| founded = {{start date and age|2018}}
| industry = [[Internet]] [[E-commerce]]
| type = [[Financial service]]
| founder = Ashneer Grover Shashvat Nakrani Bhavik Koladiya
| location = [[New Delhi]]
| country = [[India]]
| area_served = India
| language = [[Multilingual]]
| registration = Required
| users =
| services = UPI payments and digital money lending for merchants
| net_income = {{INRconvert|-828|c}} (FY22)
| current_status = Active
| parent =
| subsidiaries =
| website = {{URL|https://bharatpe.com/}}
}}

'''BharatPe''' is a fintech company that caters to the small merchants and [[kirana store]] owners of India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BharatPe all set to crack the merchant's code|url=https://businessindia.co/magazine/bharatpe-all-set-to-crack-the-merchants-code|access-date=2021-06-23|website=businessindia.co|language=en}}</ref> The company offers a range of fintech products including interoperable QR code for UPI payments, Bharat Swipe (POS machine) for card acceptance, and small business financing. It facilitates small merchants to accept payments via UPI ([[Unified Payments Interface]]) for free, through the BharatPe QR code. It also offers merchant loans of up to Rs. 7 lacs for a duration of 3 to 12 months. The other products include and a peer to peer lending product called 12% Club.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BharatPe aims to disburse ₹1,000 crore in loans in next six months|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/bharatpe-aims-to-disburse-1000-crore-in-loans-in-next-six-months/article32805521.ece|access-date=2021-06-23|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref> In 2020 they launched Digital Gold product for merchant <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-28|title=STARTUP DIGEST: HC seeks govt reply on WhatsApp's plea on IT rules, BharatPe forays into P2P lending|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/startup/startup-digest-hc-seeks-govt-reply-on-whatsapps-plea-on-it-rules-bharatpe-forays-into-p2p-lending-china-plans-to-ban-us-ipo-tim-cook-gets-750-mn-payout-10525611.htm|access-date=2021-09-04|website=www.cnbctv18.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|title=BharatPe Launches Brand Campaign with record 11 Cricket Stars as Brand Ambassadors|url=http://businessworld.in/article/BharatPe-Launches-Brand-Campaign-with-record-11-Cricket-Stars-as-Brand-Ambassadors/10-10-2020-330003|access-date=2021-09-26|website=BW Businessworld|language=en}}</ref>

==History ==
The firm was co-founded by Ashneer Grover and Shashvnat Nakrani in 2018, with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. In 2020, they signed cricketers [[Rohit Sharma]], Jasprit Bumrah, [[KL Rahul]], Mohammed Shami, [[Ravindra Jadeja]], [[Suresh Raina]], Shreyas Iyer, [[Prithvi Shaw]], Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, and [[Shubman Gill|Shubhman Gill]] were signed as BharatPe brand ambassadors <ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|title=BharatPe Launches Brand Campaign with record 11 Cricket Stars as Brand Ambassadors|url=http://businessworld.in/article/BharatPe-Launches-Brand-Campaign-with-record-11-Cricket-Stars-as-Brand-Ambassadors/10-10-2020-330003|access-date=2021-09-26|website=BW Businessworld|language=en}}</ref>. Later in 2020, they hired Suhail Sameer as the group president.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BharatPe Appoints Ex – McKinsey Suhail Sameer as Group President|url=http://bwpeople.businessworld.in/article/BharatPe-Appoints-Ex-McKinsey-Suhail-Sameer-as-Group-President-/13-08-2020-308196|access-date=2021-10-05|website=BW people|language=en}}</ref> In June 2021, [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) issued an In-principle approval to Centrum Financial Services Limited to establish a Small Finance Bank (SFB). with BharatPe.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mittal|first=Apoorva|title=BharatPe puts in joint bid to acquire PMC Bank|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/bharatpe-puts-in-joint-bid-to-acquire-pmc-bank-report/articleshow/80343036.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst|access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-21|title=Centrum takeover of PMC Bank: What's in store for existing depositors|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-pmc-bank-scam-centrum-money-7366292/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Till March 2021, It has expanded its network to 100 cities across India, including tier 2 and 3 cities. The new additions include cities of Guwahati, Vellore, Hosur, Nagpur, Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhubaneswar, tourist hubs like Pondicherry, Amritsar, Varanasi, and Agra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Staff|date=2021-03-10|title=BharatPe expands to 100 cities in India|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/bharatpe-expands-to-an-additional-100-cities-in-india-11615363739171.html|access-date=2021-09-26|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> In June 2021, They acquired PAYBACK India from American Express and ICICI Investments Strategic Fund. It did not disclose the transaction value.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Our|title=BharatPe acquires PAYBACK India|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/bharatpe-acquires-payback-india/article34776942.ece|access-date=2021-09-26|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref> In August 2021, BharatPe changed its leadership and elevated Suhail Sameer as the CEO from group president and Ashneer Grover as the MD.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aug 14|first=TIMESOFINDIA COM {{!}}|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=15:49|title=BharatPe appoints Suhail Sameer as group president - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/bharatpe-appoints-suhail-sameer-as-group-president/articleshow/77543802.cms|access-date=2021-09-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Aug 14|first=TIMESOFINDIA COM {{!}}|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=15:49|title=BharatPe appoints Suhail Sameer as group president - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/bharatpe-appoints-suhail-sameer-as-group-president/articleshow/77543802.cms|access-date=2021-09-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
==Controversies==
BharatPe got into controversy when it tried to label other competitors like [[Paytm]] as not completely Indian companies because of ownership by companies that are not Indian while calling itself Nationalistic because of complete Indian ownership. The employees of the company distributed pamphlets with such information to compromise the reputation of competitors. [[Mint (newspaper)|The Mint]] reported to have copies of such pamphlets and reported<ref name=":0" />

The competitors responded with law suits and also approached the Reserve Bank of India to stop such activities by BharatPe<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhalla|first=Tarush|date=2020-09-01|title=BharatPe's taunts on nationalism irk rivals|url=https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/digital-payment-firms-lock-horns-with-bharatpe-11598980420489.html|access-date=2021-06-23|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>The pamphlet distribution was also confirmed by Times of India. The same reported "''BharatPe's actions has incensed rivals, especially Paytm and PhonePe, as they compete more directly than others like Amazon and Google Pay.''"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Sep 3|first1=Digbijay Mishra / TNN / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=16:01|title=BharatPe displays 'Indian' tag, dares Paytm, PhonePe - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/bharatpe-displays-indian-tag-dares-paytm-phonepe/articleshow/77898318.cms|access-date=2021-07-10|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

The other controversy BharatPe was involved in was with another competitor [[PhonePe]] which is a consumer-focused payments firm but competes with BharatPe for merchant payments on UPI, when the two payment applications fought over the use of words 'Pe'. The matter is to be sought in the courts in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=PhonePe's battle with BharatPe over suffix set for full trial in July|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/phonepes-battle-with-bharatpe-over-suffix-set-for-full-trial-in-july/articleshow/83242136.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref>

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After 10 years of editing on Main Wikipedia, I got blocked for advertising which is false, having over 40K+ edit count. Checkusers didn’t even think before making that decision, it was painful. I will spend my time here to see what this platform has to offer!!