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Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Jagdish Batra

Dear India experts: Is this old AfC submission about a notable person? Should the article be kept and improved? —Anne Delong (talk) 22:45, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

@Anne Delong: Jagdish Batra is not much notable as per my knowledge even I took the help of Google and didn't find significant coverage in public domain. CutestPenguin 16:31, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Cutest Penguin, for taking the time to check this out. If no one edits it, it should be deleted soon as a stale draft. —Anne Delong (talk) 18:51, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

North Bengal

FYI information and comment. Some funny editing going on at North Bengal(NB). 'New' editor Mohan Bose (talk · contribs) twice deleted most content from NB. This was done without any explanation and repeated after reversion by other editors, including me. See here .

The NB page was left with only 2 links, to North Bengal, India, and to North Bengal, Bangladesh, both of which Bose also created, and appear to be simply cut and pasted from Nth Bengal.

I don't know if there is any reasonable rationale for this, as the editor has used no edit summaries, and ignored all talkpage messages.

Currently all three pages exist, so if there is no need for the two new 'daughter' pages, perhaps they should simply be deleted, leaving Nth. Bengal. If the new pages are kept, then a cut and paste repair of the edit histories needs to be done, to maintain attribution.

The editor also made unexplained/unsourced edits to Jalpaiguri, which has a history of sockpuppetry. AGF, I have only a suspicion at the moment but WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Sayan Basu/Archive may be related.--220 of 04:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Mohan Bose (talk · contribs) is obviously related to the WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Sayan Basu/Archive. He is also editing anonymously. He is distorting several North Bengal related pages and navboxes. With his edits many North Bengal pages are sources of misinformation. Any attempt to restore them is proving to be futile. - Chandan Guha (talk) 08:41, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@Chandan Guha: Thanks for you view. If you are familiar with the sockpuppeteer could you take out a wp:Sockpuppet investigation on 'Mohan Bose'? Bose and IP socks are currently active (within last 30 minutes anyway) at Jalpaiguri.--220 of 09:40, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I am not well up with rules and regulations. - Chandan Guha (talk) 09:50, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem, but the only 'hard' evidence I have so far is edits to the same pages, over linking, plus totally ignoring talkpage messages. @Amartyabag: was involved in that SPI so they may be interested.--220 of 09:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@220 of Borg: - If you carefully look at the edit pattern of Sayan Basu and its socks and Mohan Bose, there are many similarities, like insisting on mentioning Jalpaiguri as city, addition of factual errors, etc. This looks like a duck to me. I am bit busy now a days to initiate a SPI, by presenting evidences. Can you initiate SPI? Moreover, I have requested for full protection of Jalpaiguri (it was full protected for 2 months in past). Amartyabag 10:06, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

@Amartyabag: thanks for your reply. I also did an RFPP for Jaipalguri, but I think Admin Ground Zero protected it independently. (twice now for short periods). Ground Zero has also started a disussion at Talk:Jalpaiguri#Discussion of edits with a very good analysis of the issues to be resolved. But I am the only other editor who has taken part, so far. :-/

I see that you also smell 'socks' so it's not just my imagination. I think it may be wise to wait for more evidence. I would be surprised if an actual mayor, as user Mohan Bose claims to be, was silly enought to behave in this manner. I did point out to them that they were showing themslves and their town in a poor light. Madhurima Nandy who has few edits and all seemingly Jalpaiguri related, and who even reverted Ground Zero(!), seems more like a meat puppet, as they actually talk back!, and have used a few summaries. Then there were the IPs, all in the 117.2##.### range, which seems to geolocate all in Kolkata. --220 of 12:46, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Uppara

Just found an IP editing this and reverted him as he'd removed Brahmins from the 4 castes mentioned in the article. However, some of it is copy and paste from Andhra Pradesh (India). Backward Classes Commission, K. N. Anantaraman - I don't know if that is copyright free or not. Dougweller (talk) 16:26, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Please take a look at this also - racing wooden elephants on wheels? I can't source that. Dougweller (talk) 16:29, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Indian government websites assert copyright, so I would assume that Indian government publications are also copyrighted. The BCC is a government body. - Sitush (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision: Final report?

Does anyone know where one may obtain the final accident report of the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision in 1996? It was the third deadliest plane crash incident in the history of the world.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 19:01, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Sources in other languages?

I was wondering if anyone could look to see if there are any foreign language sources for the group Sabri brothers India, as their article is currently up for deletion. I didn't find anything that'd be usable as far as English language sources go, so I'm kind of doubtful about there being enough coverage in other languages to merit a keep. (Usually there'd be *something* out there.) I'd also like to ask if anyone can help either of the editors involved with the article out as far as notability and whatnot goes. They appear to be new users and I can't entirely tell if they're COI editors or just very excited about whatever they're writing about, but either way some help would be appreciated from people who are experienced with India-related subjects and are fluent in Hindi. (I say fluent as there is the possibility for FLS and they'd need someone who could help them weed through them effectively, as opposed to me running them through Google Translate or Google in general.) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 11:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

@Tokyogirl79: the article has been already deleted by admin Bbb23. CutestPenguin 15:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Jalpaiguri disruption

The disruptive editing at Jalpaiguri mentioned above at 'North Bengal' has started again. See 220 of 14:09, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

@220 of Borg: You can either remove or revert it since the entire newly added content is unreferenced. CutestPenguin 15:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

:-) Well, naturally, but the more editors involed the better! I'll know I've done the right thing when Bose, a sock or a related IP vandalises my userspace pages. --220 of 18:38, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

* The editor in question has been temporarily blocked for a week and the page fully protected.

This is the 7th time this page has been protected this year, but never before. Any ideas what has triggered this? Political turmoil perhaps? --220 of 01:26, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

It is good to see that some progress has taken place in bringing about normalcy in the Jalpaiguri page. Now that Admin Ground Zero is taking interest progress should be fast. Jalpaiguri is at the core of Sayan Basu/ Mohan Bose / their anonymous edits, but the other pages / navboxes being distorted also need attention – Template:Jalpaiguri district, Template:Jalpaiguri topics, Template:Municipalities of West Bengal and so on. Ground Zero has also taken up the page Jalpaiguri district. The page Dhupguri subdivision was deleted. See - Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Dhupguri subdivision. Now, those clicking on Dhupguri subdivision are sent by a redirect page to Dhupguri (community development block). All links to Dhupguri subdivision page have been re-established. Dhupguri subdivision redirect page needs to be deleted. - Chandan Guha (talk) 01:45, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Admin User:RegentsPark has also taken an interest and commented at Talk:Jalpaiguri.--220 of 01:37, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

I have begun a discussion on the article's talk page about edits. Edits should be discussed there and consensus established before being made. The editor or editors who are making edits that violate WP:V and WP:MOS are:

• User:Madhurima Nandy
• User:Mohan Bose
• User:V jazz
• User:Anjali mj

Ground Zero | t 10:04, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Professor Gautam Chatterjee

Dear India experts: The page Gautam Chatterjee redirects to Gautam Chattopadhyay. However, the word "Chatterjee" doesn't appear in that article. Are these really the same person? The draft appears to have different information. If these are two different men, then the redirect will need to be deleted before the draft can be accepted. —Anne Delong (talk) 23:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

"Chatterjee" is indeed the short form of "Chattopadhyay". Some people use a single form for their name and some use both. I can't say much about this gentleman, however. Don't know him. Kautilya3 (talk) 21:51, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Chattopadhyay & Chatterjee are same or you can say alternative of Chatterjee. @Anne Delong: It is alright to keep if the reference talk of any one of these. CutestPenguin 11:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Kautilya3 and Cutest Penguin. Looking at these two articles, Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Professor Gautam Chatterjee and Gautam Chattopadhyay, would you agree that these are two different men who happen to have similar names? —Anne Delong (talk) 11:29, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Anne Delong: It looks different to me, some general differences you can see is the DOB, birthplace and other details. CutestPenguin 11:33, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Good. I thought so, but I wanted to make sure, because if the draft is accepted the redirect would have to be replaced. —Anne Delong (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Template:Welcome-India

Namaskar! members at WikiProject India. I am thinking to improve the Welcome-India template with Indian style or you can say Indian touch. Interested editors can give their feedback below. Thank you! CutestPenguin 13:38, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Namaskar Cutest Penguin! You are free to Indianize the template. But is this template ever used? I can't find a single transclusion of it although its a 3 year old template. Check its usability and then put in your efforts. I use the welcome templates which are supported by WP:Twinkle. You might want to convince them to include this one too in it to start getting it used. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:11, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

My mistake! Twinkle has it incorporated. So disregard that. But is it ever used? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

It came about during the campaign that involved Zuggernaut, Yogesh etc. There were concerns about canvassing, POV-pushing and precisely how it could be deployed without making assumptions about people. - Sitush (talk) 10:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

So are country-specific welcome notes not to be used? Asking cause there are templates of other countries too, but I don't know about their usability. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:22, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Dharmadhyaksha: Even I use TW to welcome users but now I started using Welcome-India template. Well, I will try to enhance the template without violating any wiki policy or promoting any language. Thanks! CutestPenguin 11:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Number formatting

I have become aware that in India it is normal practice to format numbers as shown here:

"... a margin of 1,59,128 votes, getting a total of 4,06,931 ..."

Is there a MOS section on this, or is

"... a margin of 159,128 votes, getting a total of 406,931 ..." (excess, to me at least, commas removed)
also acceptable? --220 of 07:37, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@220 of Borg: I prefer the uniform "powers of thousands" notation, like you have done. Kautilya3 (talk) 08:57, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

• While there is a fixed convention to use lakh and crore in WP:MOSIN when using words, there is no fixed convention on where to put the commas when using numbers. But if lakhs and crores are used, the commas should also be used likewise to form "4 lakh 63 thousand 7 hundred 28" of the number 463728 i.e. 4,63,728 and not 463,728. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

• We've had this discussion time and again. I thought that the consensus was to try to avoid using the Indic style because it just confuses people, that most Indians understand the Western style but few non-Indians understand the native style. IIRC, there was some support also for parenthetical "translations" when lakh and crore were used. MOSTIES is only guidance and is a damn nuisance in this particular instance, as is evidenced by the number of times this question keeps arising - people just do not get it. - Sitush (talk) 10:13, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Well Sitush, its right that when the word "lakh" is used it should be followed by "(one hundred thousand)" and wikilink it as lakh on first occurrence. But I don't recall the comma issue being discussed. What do the European pages follow in the countries where , and . are interchanged in currency format? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:18, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Dharmadhyaksha: Well at least now I can see why it's used that way, thanks for the explanation. Somewhat reminiscent of Pounds, shillings and pence, but I didn't want to cause a controversy!

I dont think I've come across any page other than India related ones where anything other than 1,000,000.00 (for one million) style formatting is used.--220 of 13:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Dharmadhyaksha, it is only recently that I checked out the European "." vs "," situation at WP:MOSNUM or similar and it seemed to be quite specific that the former is not to be used. That query of mine came about because of a newbie editor who was creating articles relating to Bosnian places but it does rather scupper those who still insist on using the Indic style of numbering. - Sitush (talk) 06:54, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

@220 of Borg and Dharmadhyaksha:, I've checked and we should not use the Indian comma delimitation despite MOS:TIES. See Group digits in Western thousands-based style (e.g., 30,000,000; not 3,00,00,000) at WP:NUMERAL, which also gives advice regarding the use of crore etc. If there is some India-specific style guide that says otherwise, I think we need to fix it. - Sitush (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

I've just amended the guideline wording here. - Sitush (talk) 10:51, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Well, good that we have both guidelines say same things now. Thanks for that Sitush. But i can't see a reason for using western thousand based style in numericals. Is that discussed somewhere in past or did you mention it here and i overlooked it? While we are using lakh, crore system, i think the same style of commas should be used. It doesn't make sense to have commas after every three digits when in prose the words change after every two digits. (It goes, thousand, ten thousand, lakh, ten lakh, crore, ten crore, so on...) §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 15:10, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm just quoting the MOS. We have had discussions in the past here but the MOS, which applies across the entire English Misplaced Pages and specifically refers to the South Asian situation, is clear. I think you'd need to raise any issue at the relevant MOS talk page. I can sort of see why you might think mixing comma styles with crore etc might be confusing and inconsistent but, frankly, I think that given our target audience it is less confusing than the alternative. I'd actually favour abandoning the use of crore and lakh entirely for that reason but I know it will never happen. - Sitush (talk) 15:21, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Sitush. That change makes things a lot clearer. I'm on the side of keeping crores and lakhs because Indian sources usually exclusively use those. If, for example, our article says !50,000 but a source says 1.5 lakhs - without explanation - that may confuse a reader who happens to be looking for verification. If we say 1.5 lakhs (150,000), that's a lot clearer. --regentspark (comment) 16:32, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Lok Sabha constituency

The Lok Sabha constituencies are considered article or list? A majority of them are list in format but assessed as articles.--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:16, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Skr15081997: There is huge difference between List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha. Can you link that article to me? CutestPenguin 11:20, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Cutest Penguin: There are several pages. Take Araku (Lok Sabha constituency) for example. It has been assessed as stub. I am talking about the articles under Category:Constituencies of the Lok Sabha. BTW has the font changed or so?--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:39, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Skr15081997: I think it consist of both . CutestPenguin 11:43, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Cutest Penguin: I don't think this is a good practice.--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:46, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

@Skr15081997: I think the same but there is noway to inform (new) editors. Currently I cannot cite but still there are lots of categories exist as this one. CutestPenguin 11:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

It should be considered an article. They are in list format, because it is very easy to obtain the list of MP's on web. Getting the material for a prose is not so easy. I will compare with this situation with an article on say a movie star, which will contain some prose and a list of their movies. --Vigyani_talk 12:38, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

on Vigyani. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 04:02, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Kheri Ram Nagar

Dear India experts: Here's another village submission. It appears to be a real place. Shall it be accepted? —Anne Delong (talk) 01:52, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Anne Delong, IMO any real place named in a government site is notable as per Populated, legally-recognized places clause of WP:GEOLAND. --Redtigerxyz 05:57, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Redtigerxyz. I agree that Misplaced Pages should have an article about this place, but none of the information in the article was supported by the references. However, by spelling the name "Kheri Ramnagar" I found the village on a government census report, so I have fixed it up a little and accepted it. It's not a very balanced look at this village, though. Perhaps someone who is familiar with the area could check it over and make sure that I haven't added anything incorrect. —Anne Delong (talk) 12:14, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Deva Soye

While working on the unreferenced articles backlog (it's really long!) I stumbled across the article Deva Soye, which is about a purported tradition where starting "auspicious works" are prohibited from August to November. I cannot find any references on this tradition, and the original author has not edited for a year. My question to all the India experts out there is, have any of you heard of Deva Soye? Altamel (talk) 04:12, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Altamel, this source mentions a little bit about the practice. I think the above article should be merged to Chaturmas which has more coverage regarding this topic.--Skr15081997 (talk) 15:57, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

@Altamel and Skr15081997: The article lacks significant coverage in the reliable sources, I am going to tag Afd. CutestPenguin 04:42, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Women in Law and Litigation

Members at Wikiproject India are requested and welcome to improve the article Women in Law and Litigation. Thank you! CutestPenguin 16:37, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana

Once again, more scrutiny would be welcome here. I posted here previously, and the input was useful, but apparently insufficient to end the debate. If this fails, DRN would seem to be the only option. Vanamonde93 (talk) 06:39, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

The discussion was on this edit. It got derailed. I have separated the newly appended discussion into a separate section. Vanamonde93, you may want to check that. --AmritasyaPutra✍ 06:57, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

That was the old discussion, yes, but there are a host of issues that remain unresolved all over the talk. Vanamonde93 (talk) 13:44, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Naming convention

I moved Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna to Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna district, as I thought Krishna is a river name and also confuses it with the district Krishna district. Can you guide me on naming convention of Indian villages/towns with same name and different villages in different districts. I moved some more pages in the same way because like <village name, Guntur> -> <village, Guntur district> as Guntur is a disambiguate page and it may refer to city. But the village is in district. Any help?--Vin09 (talk) 09:50, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

@Vin09: The article you moved, lacks references and fails WP:V. My suggestion, avoid moving article if in case you are not sure. CutestPenguin 13:49, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

That's ok but my question is if it is verifiable, then how to name it?

You did the right thing. Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna district is the standard form that WP uses for disambs. The term 'district' is often added on even when not necessary (e.g. the unnecessarily long North 24 Parganas district) but it is of course needed here; as is the disamb river for the river after which it is named. Imc (talk) 16:51, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks.--Vin09 (talk) 17:30, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Youtube video as reference

At Amarnath Express, the a user created youtube clip is used as a source for some facts related to the train ex. that the train has a pantry car, or so and so type of engine etc. The clip just shows the train crossing a particular station. Can such clips be used as reliable sources? Wont it be equivalent to a user created blog ? --Vigyani_talk 01:48, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Acharya Shri Chandanaji

Dear India experts: This old AfC submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable person? If the page is kept it will need to be edited to include only neutral facts and independent sources. —Anne Delong (talk) 23:09, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Anne Delong, Acharya Chandana/Sadhvi Chandana (IAST:Acarya Candana) is notable as the first female acharya in the history of Jainism. Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-violence edited by Kurt Titze, Klaus Bruhn pp. 206, 216; The A to Z of Jainism By Kristi L. Wiley p. 65. . However the article is full of honorifics and POV, including the title with Shri and ji. Another option is we create a separate neutral stub on the seer.--Redtigerxyz 08:24, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Redtigerxyz, thank you for taking time to look at this. I have added some references, removed a lot of opinion, removed a section that was about an organization instead of about her, and done some copyediting. However, I know nothing about Jainism, and, indeed, little about India, so I may have accidentally changed the meaning in some areas. Can you or someone here at this project please read through and see if (1) it's correctly edited, and (2) it is now ready for mainspace. —Anne Delong (talk) 13:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Anne Delong sure, but am a little busy in real life, will take time. --Redtigerxyz 14:55, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Daying Ering

Hi. Just had a request via #en-wikipedia-help for a biography of Daying Ering, of the "Ering Commission', the North East Frontier Agency, and the Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary (there are also a number of schools named after him). He seems to be quite notable, but also looks like a biography to do him justice would need access to offline book sources. I'm trying to get the helpee to request the article at WP:RA, but he's rather confused about Misplaced Pages so I don't know if it will happen. Either way, I just though I'd mention the request here as well. Revent 10:19, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

How about starting one-liner stub and then letting even the requester edit it? That way they can add all the necessary stuff and we can of course wikify it. Refs ( )§§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 12:41, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Placename query

Are Kuruvattor (tor) (created 25 August 2014) and Kuruvattoor (toor) (also 25 August) possibly the same place?--220 of 00:20, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh dear, what about Kuruvattur (created 11:26, 12 December 2008) possibly the earliest page created about this 'place'? The two pages above from 25 Aug. were both created by new editor Atholim (talk · contribs).

Silly if this is some disagreement about how an 'Indian language' placename is transliterated into English. :-\ --220 of 04:12, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Centralised naming discussion - Firozpur/Ferozpur

We have various articles that currently use the spelling Firozpur in their titles. Examples are Firozpur, Firozpur district and Firozpur Road. Those articles seem to say that the official spelling is Ferozpur and there has recently been a query regarding which of these spellings best meets the requirements of WP:COMMONNAME.

Since they are a few articles involved, I think it better to have a centralised discussion here. I'm going to leave notes on the talk pages of the three linked articles above, directing people to this discussion. If anyone knows of any other affected articles then please could they do the same. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 10:53, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

I've notified Talk:Firozpur Cantonment also. It is worth bearing in mind that this issue first raised its head again as a consequence of people messing about with the Indic scripts on some of those pages. I ended up removing them entirely, pending some sort of agreement about which were the correct spellings etc. - Sitush (talk) 11:18, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

"Ferozepur" . The reasons people are messing with the scripts is a) the Indo-Pak problem b) the Punjab-Rajasthan problem, c) The division of the district. Lindashiers (talk) 17:34, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Not necessarily. See WP:COMMONNAME. - Sitush (talk) 17:37, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Ferozepur is also the more common spelling - a Google search (including books) indicates that. utcursch | talk 17:42, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Aadhaar Problem

There has been long term disruption on Aadhaar, as well as many other related articles like Voter ID (India), and more. Some of them like List of Indian states by Aadhaar generation were turned into redirect.(to Unique Identification Authority of India) I just made Aadhaar-enabled payment system a redirect too.

On these articles as well as some other related articles, Ravishyam Bangalore has added massive amount of seditious, POV and promo content.

Although I have cleaned up a lot compared to 179,000 bytes of unnecessary expansion, but Aadhaar also remained a redirect until the user returned. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 15:50, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

LeoFrank has just restored the redirect, but we will have to see if the user is going to revert or not. My guess is that he will surely give a try! OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log)

I have just reported the user at WP:AIV as reports at WP:ANI have been futile. The user has gone beyond control. — LeoFrank  16:05, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah I had seen that. Got that NB on my watchlist, knew that they are going to decline the report because user has been editing for months. Lets just wait now. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 16:24, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, have reviewed the edits. RaviShyam Bangalore is a menace to the stability of Misplaced Pages and should be site-banned. Lindashiers (talk) 17:39, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Additionally, UIDAI was being edited by 2 IPs "120.57.224.3" and "59.177.200.223" which are anons for 's promotional edits. Lindashiers (talk) 17:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

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