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== [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|28px]] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006==

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*'''''Name change of cities in Karnataka''''': A [[Wikipedia:Straw polls|straw poll]] was conducted on the proposal to change the name of cities in Karnataka, per the [[Nov 1]], [[2006]] decision by the Karnataka government to rename them from the current anglicised forms. The result of the poll was to change the names. As controversial as the decision may be in the real world, the article [[Bangalore]] in Wikipedia still reflects the old name. You may be interested in knowing [[Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics#Kannada_names_redux|why]]. Dig the archives.

*'''''New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:[[WP:INB]]):''''' [[WP:IND|WikiProject India]] now sports a new colourful centralised noticeboard. An effort to make the noticeboard current and dynamic was mooted a few days back, and [[User:Ganeshk|Ganeshk]] came up with the new format. The new noticeboard will strive to be the one-stop shop for all project related information. The shortcut is [[WP:INB]].

*'''''Members List''''': The [[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Members|old]] members list is being phased out to give way for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|new members list]]. New members are requested to add their names to the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|members list]]. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Members|new list]]. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there.

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*[[Image:Prayer flag above Tanze Gompa.jpg|right|150px|Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar]]'''''Featured Content''''': Three articles ({{foa|Chalukya Dynasty|November 2006}}, {{foa|History of Tamil Nadu|November 2006}} and {{foa|Bengali language|November 2006}}), one list ([[List of Indian ODI cricketers]]) and one picture ([[:Image:Prayer flag above Tanze Gompa.jpg|Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar]] contributed by [[User:Moumine|Moumine]] ''(pictured)'') were featured from our WikiProject recently.

{{center|1=''Congratulations to all contributors <br/>who helped to develop the above <br/>content to represent the best of Wikipedia!''}}
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Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are [[:Category:Indian Wikipedia administrators|22 Indian Administrators]] in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away!
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|<center>[[Image:Clipboard.svg|16px]] '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India|India-related tasks]] | [[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics|Indian noticeboard]]'''</center>
<div align="right"> <small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/to do|v]] •</small> <small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject India/to do|action=edit}} e]</small> <small>• [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject India/to do|d]] • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/to_do&action=history h] • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/to_do&action=watch w] </small></div>


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'''[[Wikipedia:Requested articles|Requests]]:'''
'''People:''' [[Bapudeva Sastri]],
[[Marimallappa]],
[[Ravichandran]],
'''Articles:'''
[[Barak Missile Deal Scandal]],
[[Asura (band)]],
[[Asian Variety Show]],
[[Cultural liberalism in India]],
[[Energy policy of India]],
[[India Export Tax]],
[[India Import Tax]],
[[Marimallappa High School]],
''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Requested articles|More...]]''</li>
<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|NPOV]]:'''
[[Rajneesh]],
[[Khalistan]],
[[Ranjit Lal Jetley]]
[[K.B. Hedgewar|Hedgewar]],
[[Puttanna Kanagal]],
[[Indira Gandhi]],
[[:Category:NPOV disputes|More...]]
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<li>'''[[Wikify#Wiki markup|Wikify]]:'''
[[List of railway stations in India|Railway stations]],
[[Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar]],
''[[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified|More...]]''
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Cleanup|Cleanup]]:'''
[[Indian caste system|caste system]],
[[Rampur]],
[[Tav-Prasad Savaiye]],
[[Shipping Corporation of India]],
''[[:Category:Cleanup by month|More...]]''
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Duplicate articles|Merge]]:'''
[[Amber Fort]],''[[:Category:Articles to be merged|More...]]''
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Requests for expansion|Expand]]:'''
[[Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case)]]
[[14th Lok Sabha]],
[[Adithada]],
[[Ali Sardar Jafri]],
[[Bandhani work]],
[[But Marma Atti]],
[[Chikan (embroidery)]],
[[China Town, Kolkata]],
[[Essar Shipping]],
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Fair use|Fair use]],
[[G. N. Naidu]],
[[Hinduism in India]],
[[Imperial Bank of India|Imperial Bank]],
[[Inbuan Wrestling]],
[[Integral humanism]],
[[Iran-India relations]],
[[Islam in India]],
[[Sunil Mittal]]
''[[:Category:Articles to be expanded|More...]]''
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub|Stubs]]:'''
[[Indian Copyright Act]],
[[Anand Math]],
[[Andhra Bank]],
[[A R Antule]],
[[Arjuna award]],
[[Army of India]],
[[Bahujan Samaj Party]],
[[Bombay Dyeing]],
''[[:Category:India stubs|More...]]''
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Translation into English|Translate]]:'''
[[:mr:|Marathi Wikipedia]] articles,
[[:hi:|Hindi Wikipedia]] articles,
[[:sa:|Sanskrit Wikipedia]] articles,
[[:ta:|Tamil Wikipedia]] articles
[[:km:|Kannada Wikipedia]] articles
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<li>'''[[Template:Resources for collaboration|Collaborate]]:'''
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics|Notice board]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/INCOTW|Collaboration of the Week]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Category Adoptions|Category Adoptions]]
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/to do|To do]],
[[Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Version 1.0 assesment|Version 1.0 assesment]],
[[Portal:India|India Portal]],
[[Template:Life in India|Life in India]],
[[Template:India quick links|India quick links]]
[[:Category:Indian Wikipedians|Indian Wikipedians]],
[[:Category:Indian Wikipedia administrators|Indian administrators]]
[[Template:Active Wiki Fixup Projects|More...]]
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<li>'''[[Wikipedia:Requested pictures|Requested images]]:'''
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/india_crop_1973.jpg Major crops],
Convert [[:Image:Standard of the President of India.gif]] to SVG, [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Free image]] of [[Aarti Chhabria]] (See: [[:Image:Aarti Chhabria.jpg]] and its [[Image talk:Aarti Chhabria.jpg|talk page]])
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<li>'''Other requests:''' Add maps from [[commons:Category:WikiProject_India_Maps|WikiProject India Maps]] to articles of Indian regions found at [[List of regions in India]]
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<div align="right"> <small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/to do|v]] •</small> <small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject India/to do|action=edit}} e]</small> <small>• [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject India/to do|d]] • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/to_do&action=history h] • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/to_do&action=watch w] </small></div>
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*'''''Welcome''''' to the [[December 2006]] edition of our newsletter. [[Time]] flies past like [[matter]] into the [[black hole]]. It is interesting to notice that we are already into the last month for the year of [[2006]]. 2006 saw [[WP:INB|discussions]] and [[WP:INFG|development]] beyond realisation. In the world of [[Wikipedia]] where quality counts than quantity, we have come a long way. We've made better than 'nothing', to say the least, and even that is an achievement. I take this opportunity to thank everyone including those who have dotted the i's and crossed the t's.

*As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|news tips]]. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. If you have received or given any barnstars recently, do let us [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|know]]. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome. We'll be very happy to include them here.

*Before we sign off, ''Advance New Year Wishes, everyone''.
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*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Assessment|Assessment Department]] (Shortcut: [[WP:IN1]]):''' Are you one of those [[WP:GNOME|gnomes]]?? Or do you want to take some time off some brain-frying active editing on Wikipedia?? Then [[WP:IN1|Department of Assessment]] within the [[WP:INDIA|WikiProject India]] will be your forte. The department consists of a group of wikipedians who work on rating the India related articles to check if they are worthy enough to be included in the [[WP:1.0|CD (or print) version of Wikipedia]].

*The rating process gains more significance as we try to sort out which articles and which topics need more attention to balance the India related [[systemic bias]] within [[WP:BIAS|wikipedia]]. As a thumb rule, anyone can rate any article based on the related criteria, within the [[WP:IN1#Quality_scale|Stub/Start/B/A levels]]. However, ratings for [[WP:GA?|Good Article Status]] and [[WP:FA?|Featured Article status]] go through the nomination processes.

*'''How to?:''' The "how to" part of assessment is very simple. Just head on to the talk page of any India related page and you'll find the <nowiki>{{WP India}}</nowiki> template. Simply classify the article based on the content and the criteria mentioned [[WP:IN1#Instructions|here]]. You can find the detailed instructions [[WP:IN1#Instructions|here]]. If you think it may qualify for [[Wikipedia:What is a good article?|GA]]/[[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|FA]] status, first consider submitting the article for [[WP:PR|peer review]].
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''Edited by [[User:Chezhiyan|Chez]] and distributed by [[User:Lostintherush|Lostintherush]]''
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''If [[007|you]] run a [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|covert newsroom operation]], provide us with ur news tips [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|here]]. Letters to the Editor are [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Newstips|welcome]] as well.''
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