User talk:Editorial Oversight

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Sincerely, 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 22:26, 16 September 2026 (IST)

Gowrishankar SRG, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Bharatpedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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WikiDwarf (talk) 20:25, 17 September 2026 (IST)

Thank you for accepting my article. I’m actually a former Wikipedia editor, so I’m familiar with all the guidelines, including neutrality, notability, and other editorial policies. I would like to contribute here as well. Could you please guide me on how I can explore Bharatpedia further and get started as a contributor? Editorial Oversight (talk) 21:54, 17 September 2026 (IST)

@WikiDwarf i asked you something Editorial Oversight (talk) 23:56, 18 September 2026 (IST)

@Editorial Oversight:, sorry I missed your message earlier. You're most welcome and we'd be happy to have you contribute here. You can start by exploring different articles, categories, and topics that interest you, then create new articles, improve existing ones, add reliable sources, and help maintain the overall quality of the encyclopedia. You can also share your contributions on social media and showcase your work. If you need any help, feel free to ask me, @Ajay Kumar: or @Bharatwiki Socrates:. Any of us would be happy to help you get familiar with the contributor process and guide you as you get started. Happy editing. WikiDwarf (talk) 14:02, 19 September 2026 (IST)

@WikiDwarf thanks for pinging me. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 14:39, 19 September 2026 (IST)

@Editorial Oversight, as you have said that you are already familiar with policy guidelines, you have some experience and therefore require very little guidance. Bharatpedia has similar policies like Wikipedia to some extent and they can be changed through proper discussion & consensus, and many policies still need to be established as we are in a growth phase. If you visit our main page, as of 19 September we have a total of 2,05,575 articles. You are free to create articles on any topic. We have notability guidelines, but they are not very strict. You can post any important issue on the Bharatpedia:Administrators' noticeboard. You can also start working on your articles, if you like. If you would like to contribute further, you can request additional permissions if you fulfil the requirements, and we can grant them. Is there anything you would like to ask? Start improving Bharatpedia, and feel free to edit anything and add content by proper sourcing. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 14:37, 19 September 2026 (IST)

Yesss..I have experience with several aspects of Wikipedia development and community work. For example, I have reported suspected UPE (undisclosed paid editing) activity to administrators, helped initiate sockpuppet investigations where appropriate, assisted new editors, and participated in Wikipedia community events and regional activities where editors and contributors connect with each other..I wanted to understand whether Bharatpedia also has similar community activities and processes—for example, reporting UPE, handling suspected sockpuppetry, assisting new contributors, community events, or other contributor-development activities..I would also like to know more about Bharatpedia's user rights/permissions system. What additional rights are currently available, what are the requirements for obtaining them, and how can an experienced contributor request them?..In particular, is there something similar to Wikipedia's various user rights and advanced tools? I'd appreciate it if you could explain how the Bharatpedia system works. Editorial Oversight (talk) 17:25, 19 September 2026 (IST)

Yes, Bharatpedia has similar policies, restrictions on paid editing, sockpuppetry, and community guidelines. Regarding user rights, we do have a user-rights system with different levels of access, including autoconfirmed, extended confirmed, reviewer, administrator, CheckUser rights and others. These permissions allow experienced contributors to help patrol pages, review edits, handle AfC submissions, investigate issues, and perform other maintenance tasks depending on the level of access. UPE can also be reported on Bharatpedia. Sockpuppetry is not currently a very active issue here, but if you come across a suspected case, you can simply report it for review.

When creating new pages, we also encourage users to write and rewrite content in their own language rather than simply copying and pasting material from another website or source. The aim is to encourage original, independently written encyclopedic content while properly citing the sources used. We also encourage experienced contributors to help new users, welcome them, guide them on policies, and help them become familiar with the editing process. For more information about the available permissions and access levels, you can see Bharatpedia:User access levels.

If you already have editing or community experience from elsewhere, you can share your experience with us by email to maintain privacy. We can review and verify it, and once verification is completed, you can apply for the Bharatpedia user rights that are appropriate for your experience. As Bharatwiki Socrates mentioned above, Bharatpedia is still in a growth phase, so we are also open to suggestions and ideas for improvement. If you have suggestions based on your experience, please feel free to share your thoughts. They can be about policies, community processes, user rights, new-editor support, features, or anything else you think could help the project. Regarding policies, as the active administrator and contributor community grows, we can have proper community discussions and work toward consensus when changes or new policies are proposed. The aim is to develop these processes together as the community grows. WikiDwarf (talk) 19:56, 19 September 2026 (IST)

Whenever I get time, I’ll keep popping in here and making edits. Thanks (: Editorial Oversight (talk) 20:29, 20 September 2026 (IST)

Hay Men @Editorial_Oversight Shouldn't we update articles when they need updating? Judging by your behavior, it seems Bharatpedia is trying to surpass Wikipedia. I can show you over 500 articles on your site that have absolutely no sources or links—yet you’ve kept them—while you delete articles about genuinely notable people. There ought to be a limit to such rudeness. Look Into This Matter For Batter Batterpedia @WikiDwarf 2401:4900:8FC0:BE4C:E48D:6C1B:BF13:9286 (talk) 04:46, 23 September 2026 (IST)

Hay Men @Editorial_Oversight Shouldn't we update articles when they need updating? Judging by your behavior, it seems Bharatpedia is trying to surpass Wikipedia. I can show you over 500 articles on your site that have absolutely no sources or links—yet you’ve kept them—while you delete articles about genuinely notable people. There ought to be a limit to such rudeness. Look Into This Matter For Batter Batterpedia @WikiDwarf 2401:4900:8FC0:BE4C:E48D:6C1B:BF13:9286 (talk) 04:48, 23 September 2026 (IST)

Viraj Jan Party draftification

Hi. I have moved Draft:Viraj Jan Party back to mainspace because unilateral draftification is generally intended for newly created articles or as the result of a deletion discussion. Draft space is not intended to be a backdoor route to deletion, Please review Bharatpedia:Deletion policy#Incubation. If you believe the article has a notability issue, please nominate it for deletion so the matter can be properly reviewed through the appropriate process. Keep up the good work. Ajay Kumar (talk) 19:00, 22 September 2026 (IST)

Thanks for explaining, Ajay. I understand now that unilateral draftification should generally be limited to newly created articles or done through the appropriate deletion process. I’ll review the deletion policy and follow the proper process in the future. Thanks for pointing this out. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 20:08, 22 September 2026 (IST)

I applied for rights can you please look it Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 20:09, 22 September 2026 (IST)

If things continue this way, we will not submit any more articles to Bharatpedia, nor will we do any work there at all.

Hay Men @Editorial Oversight Shouldn't we update articles when they need updating? Judging by your behavior, it seems Bharatpedia is trying to surpass Wikipedia. I can show you over 500 articles on your site that have absolutely no sources or links—yet you’ve kept them—while you delete articles about genuinely notable people. There ought to be a limit to such rudeness. Look Into This Matter For Batter Batterpedia WikiDwarf I am truly amazed and embarrassed that an article—which already exists in last 5 years thats —is transfer to draft. 2401:4900:8FC0:BE4C:E48D:6C1B:BF13:9286 (talk) 04:56, 23 September 2026 (IST)

Hi, @2401:4900:8FC0:BE4C:E48D:6C1B:BF13:9286: and first of all, I'm sorry if the way this was handled came across as rude or discouraging. I appreciate you taking the time to raise your concern. The fact that other similar articles already exist does not, by itself, establish notability. If you believe an article does not meet the notability requirements, please feel free to nominate it for deletion/notability review. It would also be helpful to do a little research first to see whether reliable independent sources exist that could establish notability.

Regarding AI-generated content, there is no issue with using AI as a writing aid, but contributors should try to write and revise the content in their own words and style so that the article reads naturally rather than sounding robotic.

@Editorial Oversight, as Ajay Kumar mentioned above, draftification is generally intended for newly published articles that have issues and are not yet ready for the main namespace. Since this article has been in the main namespace for several years, I would request that it be moved back to the main namespace. If you believe it has a notability issue, please feel free to nominate it for a proper discussion so other editors can review the matter and share their views. Let's keep the focus on improving the encyclopedia and helping contributors rather than discouraging them. Thank you. WikiDwarf (talk) 09:50, 23 September 2026 (IST)