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DYK for Ratilal Borisagar

On 13 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ratilal Borisagar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gujarati humourist Ratilal Borisagar was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India's National Academy of Letters in 2019? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ratilal Borisagar. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ratilal Borisagar), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Check

... and review these articles too. Tulasi Gowda, Yazdi Karanjia.-- Harshil want to talk? 06:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Harshil169:, I will review. Please note following things:
  1. Wikipedia has international audience. Please write in that context. They may not know about Indian things so better clarify or link in the article. I have done some such corrections.
  2. Format your references properly and completely. Autogenerated references are not always good. You may find some additional information in Gujarati newspapers for Gujarati awardees. Please do not forget to archive your references on archive.org or similar services to avoid dead links and failed verification in future.
  3. Instead of creating short stubs, please focus on content. Try to make articles more complete and readable. Reader should not be left thinking that the article had nothing informative. You may expand these stubs later. Please create talkpages with appropriate WikiProjects templates, add appropriate categories as well. Please also link article at appropriate places so they are not left WP:ORPHAN. It may take sometime but they are worth the effort because better integration of article means better readership and better maintainance.
Regards,-Nizil (talk) 06:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Can you review this one? Jagdish Lal Ahuja? I have followed your advice largely in this. Harshil want to talk? 13:13, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
@Harshil169:, reviewed and have done some copyediting. Please fix autogenerated/malformed references there. Please continue your good work. Regards, Nizil (talk) 05:50, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Sayed Mehboob Shah and Sixteen Stormy Days.— Harshil want to talk? 07:50, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
@Harshil169:, Please add talkpages and relevant projects. Add categories and fix ORPHAN issues.-Nizil (talk) 12:06, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
A Dominant Character--Can you review this one? Also, can we create pages on Munshi's Patan Trilogy? Harshil want to talk? 03:58, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
@Harshil169: Reviewed with some copyediting. We can create articles on Munshi's Patan trilogy if enough references are available. You may ask Gazal world for reference help. See Prithivivallabh for idea. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 04:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
@Harshil169:, Just curious. Did you read A Dominant Character? How is it? What inspired you to make an article on that book? -Nizil (talk) 04:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Not yet but I received copy on yesterday. Currently reading India's Coal Story and દ્રષ્ટા અને ચિંતકો. After these two, will read Sixteen Stormy Days and this one. India’s coal story is amazingly researched book; can give copy for reading if you can return back. I generally create Wikipedia pages of books to decrease content gap and to help readers which are rare species nowadays.— Harshil want to talk? 04:44, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
@Harshil169:, Happy to hear that. I would like to read India's Coal Story but it would be difficult to receive/return the book as we live in different places. Thanks for filling the content gap on books. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 04:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Golkeri has been accepted

Golkeri, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Nizil (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Update

Hi ...

  • Winston Price needs a bit of research which I will do in slow motion if okay.
  • Thank you for looking over this... quite an emotional article to write and one I was initially hesitant to do incase someone felt it needed deleting. I noticed some edits on his daughters. I think you are correct to link him and I will try and look out for citing the edits. BTW...The prison and chocolate cake might help. Whispyhistory (talk) 21:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
  • @Whispyhistory: Take your time with Price. Regarding Pandit, I felt that too. I feel like history has ignored his contribution due to his short career. Nehru and her sister were far more popular and visible so they eclipsed him. I will read Prison and Chocolate Cake some day. Reagrds,-Nizil (talk) 07:38, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 at Women in Red

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DYK nomination of Malayanil

Hello! Your submission of Malayanil at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! -- Black Falcon (talk) 00:03, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

GOCE copyedit request for Malayanil

Changed template to show it's finished. --Tenryuu (🐲 • 💬 • 🌟) 17:01, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

GA

Hi! Can you please check Vivek Agnihotri is qualified for WP:GA? If yes then can you please review it or no then can you please help in copy editing and guiding for it?-- Harshil want to talk? 13:56, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

@Harshil169: It does not qualify as GA. At best it qualifies as B-class IMO. Few points at a glance:
  1. The article misses many details such as birth date, something about his early life, those "several tele-serials".
  2. There is less detail on his career than his controversies and political activism. A good biography should have more details on his career.
  3. The article may need copyediting for grammar and prose.
  4. Reference formatting is inconsistent and quality/reliability of some references is questionable. There are some primary references as well.
I like you to add more details, then get it copyedited by someone at WP:GOCE. There is a peer review process which will give you further suggestions, see WP:PR, from broad range of editors. Sorry for late reply because it needed some time. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 07:51, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

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WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Amar Asha

Hello! Your submission of Amar Asha at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 18:40, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Question about WP:RS

Hello, I hope you are well. I'm concerned about the arguments raised here. I read WP:RS, and bias is clearly not a reason for sources to be blacklisted in Wikipedia, even if it is a bias against Wikipedia. In fact, there's an entire article devoted to Criticism of Wikipedia which has reliable sources. No examples are provided of a lack of editorial oversight or inaccurate reporting, so it seems the discussion is based more on retaliation than reason. Blacklisting sources without sound reasoning risks NPOV. In your experience, what's the best way to refute these assertions? Moksha88 (talk) 05:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

@Moksha88:, both news portals are frequently caught spreading fake news and recently doxed an editor. Criticism is acceptable and rarely frowned upon by Wikipedians. But doxing is a form of harassment/personal attack and is unacceptable. See SamHolt6's extensive comment there too. Other has questioned lack of editorial control and their poor fact-checking. You may ask there for specific instances of failure of fact-checking or examples of lack of editorial oversight. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 15:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Can you..

.. review The Death And Afterlife Of Mahatma Gandhi? -- Brihaspati (talk) 09:11, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

 Done. -Nizil (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Mahatma's autobiography is in pathetic condition. Any ways to improve it? I mean sources in which someone has written review of it. I don't think these parts are required in the page. Brihaspati (talk) 03:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
@Brihaspati: Yes, I agree. The long Parts need to shortened to summaries. There is a need to have Publication history, Reception, Analysis etc sections. @Gazal world: may provide some references. You can go ahead with expansion. -Nizil (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
I am adding Gandhi's autobiography in my 'to do' list. --Gazal world (talk) 16:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

... review Indian Struggle for Independence? @Gazal world: any help in finding reviews of book because it is recommended for UPSC for two decades and was written in 1987?-- Brihaspati (talk) 15:44, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

@Brihaspati:, reviewed. The title was incorrect. I have corrected it. Please be careful. And please expand beyond reception section. Add things like content and infobox. Thanks, Nizil (talk) 16:57, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I’m going to expand it as I’ll come across archives.— Brihaspati (talk) 18:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vastupala

The article Vastupala you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Vastupala for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Winged Blades of Godric -- Winged Blades of Godric (talk) 17:21, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Expand or review

Can you review Purshottamdas Thakurdas, Vasantrao Oak and Awakening Bharat Mata? Noting few points here:

There is a biographical book; Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas (1957) By Francis Robert Moraes. You can request specific page(s) from it at WP:RX. Awakening Bharat Mata is too short. --Gazal world (talk) 18:00, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the articles.
I have have concerns regarding Vasantrao Oak and Awakening Bharat Mata.
  • Regarding Oak, the current references seem passing mentions mostly concerning his work in northeast and establishing first Shakhas and his role in foundation of RSS and BJS. There is nothing about his life, career, his "role" in those institutes, or even relevant dates. There should be more biographical sources and information about him before he actually pass WP:NBIO. Add some good sources.
  • Awakening Bharat Mata should have at least two reviews to pass WP:NBOOK.
When new page is patrolled, I should be careful that it passes some minimum criteria. I know that both articles are notable but references should be there so nobody drag it to AFD easily or unnecessarily.-Nizil (talk) 05:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Regarding WP:autopatrolled, they are very strict in granting it. Generally 25 articles are required demonstrating good understanding of various guidelines but the rights are granted to only trustworthy. You may not worry about it as this rights are just that your articles need not be patrolled. Eventually you may get it by some admin who regularly watches your work. You may apply if you wish to have it granted soon.Regards,-Nizil (talk) 05:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Nizil Shah, Awakening Bharat Mata has four reviews and I have cited them in the article. I am finding sources about Oak but most of the sources are biased and in the publications of RSS and BJS which may not help in establishing notability per WP:GNG and independent guidelines. Brihaspati (talk) 05:20, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
@Brihaspati: Both are passed for now but add good references and more categories asap. There should be some independent sources for Oak with biographical info. I have added bdate/ddate of categorisation convenience. Basic biographical source should be enough to have him an article. Thanks,-Nizil (talk) 05:26, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

April 2020 at Women in Red

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Your GA nomination of Vastupala

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Somanatha: History of the temple

Hi, You have just reverted my edits, which was edited after prolonged discussions with an Editor. you have raised WP:AGF, I'm unable to see, what was wrong in my edit or How do you come to a conclusion that, my edit was not in Good faith? Could you please explain the reasons for your revert? Santoshdts (talk) 14:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Santoshdts: Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. I have tagged your as "assumed good faith" edits so they were not bad edit or vandalism. Please take care capitals while editing such as Political etc here.
I know Somnath is equated with Manat[1][2][3] but it is disputed and controversial. Please build a consensus on talkpage before inserting the controversial thing IMO.
The text I removed was:
The purpose of the raid could have been Political, Economic in nature and undoubtedly Iconoclasm was also one of the reason.[4] Some Muslim writers established connections to an idol of "Manāt" from Ka‘ba with Somanatha. They said "Somanatha or Somnāt (as it was often rendered in Persian) was a garbled version of su-manāt — referring to the goddess Manāt.”[5]
Here it says, according to Thapar: The identification of Somnath idol with that of Manat has little historical credibility. There is no evidence to suggest that the temple housed an image of Manat. Nevertheless, the story is significant to the reconstruction of the aftermath of the event since it is closely tied to the kind of legitimation which was being projected for Mahmud.
So there is little historical credibility in claims of Muslim writers. So I have removed it. Built the consensus on talkpage on how to represent this thing exactly because improper represent of this can lead to unending edit war there. Hope it clarified. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 14:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
@Kautilya3:, inviting you for additional comments, if any. Is it discussed before? See Manat (goddess) too.-Nizil (talk) 14:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SG83AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=somanath+and+manat&source=bl&ots=GKYv9-kVmj&sig=ACfU3U1N5m5xCCnEyuiIIcqX2MNtdJoONw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKq93l9sToAhULVH0KHRErD744ChDoATABegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=somanath%20and%20manat&f=false
  2. ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/somnath-india-gujarat-rahul-gandhi-narendra-modi-jawaharlal-nehru-hindu-1116098-2017-12-25
  3. ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/23259581
  4. ^ Thapar, Romila (2008). Somanatha:the many voices of a history. Penguin. p. 39.
  5. ^ Thapar, Romila. Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History. Penguin. p. 48.

Thanks, I shall henceforth take care of capitals in such scenarios. I agree with your interpretation on manat. Even I don't have any issue of that being removed. Then my contention is, what is the whole section on Somanath Templeton doing in the main article on Manat? However, the motive of the destruction of temple and joytirling can still remain leaving out the manat part. Thanks. Santoshdts (talk) 14:59, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I have discussed this issue with @Kautilya3: plz see discussion here. Santoshdts (talk) 15:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Santoshdts: Thanks for pointing me to discussion. I am glad that it is already discussed. You may reinstate it with some modification. Instead of "Some Muslim writers" use specific names of writers like "XYZ and ABC wrote PQRPQR.". And Please also add that: The claim was used to legitimise Mahmud's act by those writers in the aftermath of the event. The claim has no historical credibility according to Thapar. Please also post links to this two discussions on Talk:Somnath so nobody else object it again. You may improve section on Manat article as well if needed. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 15:46, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi Santoshdts, the discussions you have with editors like me on our talk pages have the status of "private chats". You cannot cite them as justification for making edits. Any discussion of that kind needs to happen on the article talk pages.
Moreover, I didn't agree that your text was good enough. When I pointed you to Manat (goddess)#Somnath temple, my meaning was why is your text so different? You are welcome to copy that section to the Somnath temple because it is polished and reliably sourced. But your text is significantly different. For instance it uses WP:weasel wording like "some Muslim writers", without establishing any connection to Mahmud. So its relevance is not at all clear.
Finally, even if you reached an agreement with me, it doesn't mean that everybody else has to agree to it. You need to answer their concerns as well. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 16:02, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
@Nizil Shah: Thanks for the clearing out my doubts and errors. I agree "Some Muslim writers" could have been avoided. I'll rephrase the edit accordingly and surely link these discussions to the article talk page.
@Kautilya3: I linked our discussion on your talk page as Nizil invited you to look in to the matter, no other intentions. Anyhow I shall rework know my edit. Thanks. Santoshdts (talk) 16:22, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
And it's clearly my bad that, instead of discussing the issue on the article talk page, I took it to user talk pages. Sorry for that. Santoshdts (talk) 16:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Malayanil

On 3 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Malayanil, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Indian writer Malayanil was a pioneer of modern short-story writing in the Gujarati language? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Malayanil. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Malayanil), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Amar Asha

Hello! Your submission of Amar Asha at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --evrik (talk) 05:15, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Review

Can you review Brahmkumar Bhatt? And do you have any sources which give more details about his political affiliations in pre-independence era? His name suddenly came in mind because I am currently reading his Le Ke Rahenge Mahagujarat. It is nice read, by the way.-- Brihaspati (talk) 09:11, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

@Brihaspati:, already reviewed. I will try to find more sources on him. Regards, Nizil (talk) 14:47, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

pinging Gazal world here. Brihaspati (talk) 17:21, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
Pl review Harihar Khambholja too. Thanks-- Brihaspati (talk) 02:57, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
@Brihaspati: I will obtain the details about Brahmkumar Bhatt when I visit the library after lockdown end. There is a directory which provides biographical information about each politicians of Gujarat. --Gazal world (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
This book also has some useful biographical info about him including date of birth and place. --Gazal world (talk) 03:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

GOCE


ITN recognition for Shanti Hiranand

On 13 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Shanti Hiranand, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:03, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Regarding Indian Police brutality amid lockdown page curation

Hi, Nizil Shah, Can I know the reason for marking Indian Police brutality amid lockdown unpatrolled ? Thanks. Amkgp (talk) 18:05, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

@Amkgp: The article hardly pass any notability criteria at WP:N. It is already under deletion discussion. I would rather speedy deleted it but as it is under discussion so I will not. The information does not need separate article at all and can be covered in the main article easily.-Nizil (talk) 18:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Nizil Shah I have started the deletion discussion. If you wish, please contribute. If consensus is arived in retaining the article I think it can be moved to 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India as a seperate section. But, for now it fails in WP:NPOV. Thanks. Amkgp (talk) 18:19, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
@Amkgp:, Unpatrolling helps to remove it from search result displays and other visibility. Patrolled pages fulfill minimum criteria while it is just plain rubbish article.-Nizil (talk) 18:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
You are right Nizil Shah, thank you for correcting. Amkgp (talk) 18:15, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
@Nizil Shah : why do you think it is rubbish article eventhough it has an international reference. Saifullah.vguj (talk) 02:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
@Saifullah.vguj:, the article has a very poor grammar, bad title violating the title policy, only one reference. It is very short article. The is no justification to have a separate article when the same thing can be covered in 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India with a small section. There is a lack objectivity in writing as well. There is no following of WP:MOS guidelines either. Hope it clarifies. Nizil (talk) 03:22, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
Nizil Shah: Regarding Grammar I checked it and there are no grammatical error and moreover if title is improper you can correct it, Well the 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India does not have any talk running and it is write protected can you clarify regarding that? Saifullah.vguj (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
@Saifullah.vguj:, just look at inappropriate use of capital letters. There are many more but it is not point of discussion. There is no need of separate article when main article can cover the issue with few sentences. 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India is not write protected as well as you can propose your addition at Talk:2020 coronavirus lockdown in India where talks are ongoing. And please read WP:N and WP:MOS to understand some basic policies. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 06:47, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Amar Asha

On 22 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Amar Asha, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mahatma Gandhi praised the Gujarati-language poem "Amar Asha" ('Immortal Hope'), saying that both Hindus and Muslims "should be proud of it"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Amar Asha. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Amar Asha), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Vanamonde (Talk) 12:03, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations!

--evrik (talk) 14:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

@Evrik: Ohh, thanks. -Nizil (talk) 14:42, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Teri Mitti

Hi Nizil shah...I hope you are well during these times. Can you guide me with this? The link to the 2020 version was sent to me by a colleague in Mumbai at midday today....they wanted to extend appreciation to UK key workers. The lyrics are incredible and the story of the song more complex than initially appears. It appears that Modi and the Indian cricket team have also used the lyrics. Sorry...I wasn't sure who else to turn to. The Hindi is correct (I can read and write it).Whispyhistory (talk) 23:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory:, I am doing well and working only few hours a day right now. How are you doing? How can I help? I can not understand your request clearly. Nizil (talk) 19:18, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I'm glad to hear you are ok. I think I have my head around this now...so don't worry if you are tied up with other things. I was taught Hindi by an incredible French lady who taught Sanskrit and Russian in Paris. I'm not perfect, but if it is simple enough I can read it easily. The lyrics to the song are quite touching. I noticed it has been used in government campaigns and sports campaigns, but I couldn't find any reliable sources for that. If you could look over the sources and let me know if I have used any that are not appropriate. I noticed you have previously written on poetry. Should I add the lyrics to the article? Thank you. Take care. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:31, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I will look into it. -Nizil (talk) 12:24, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
@Whispyhistory: I know Hindi so you are right place. :) I could not find any sources regarding its use either by Modi or Indian Cricket team. Videos created by fans are found but no references of an actual use were found. If you are refereeing this Mitti Ki song referred by Modi, it is different. I thinks lyrics should not be added due to copyright issue. I have added poem in Amar Asha because original poem was in public domain and I had translated it. I have corrected a small typo in the article. Please take care of you and your family in this crisis. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 12:42, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ... Philafrenzy will be pleased that someone else is correcting my spelling. I'll spend some more time on it shortly. You take care too. Whispyhistory (talk) 17:31, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
According to academic research, being multi-lingual gives you a better brain. You are both evidence of the truth of that. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:02, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
I think NizilShah does amazing to contribute to all those English articles. Can you imagine us trying to do one in Hindi Philafrenzy?...btw...need a dyk hook, but I have a lot more to do on it first? Whispyhistory (talk) 20:17, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
I can imagine you writing it and me making a minor contribution. Offer a few hooks in the nom and I will see if I can improve them. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:08, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

May 2020 at Women in Red

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ITN recognition for Kundanika Kapadia

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Jainism GA

Hi Nizil Shah, nice to see you active in Jainism articles after a break. Jainism is under the process of GA and currently going through NPOV verification. I thought it would be nice to notify you too. Capankajsmilyo(Talk | Infobox assistance) 14:37, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

@Capankajsmilyo:, Thanks for inviting. I will be watching the review. I am active here but not much in religious stuff nowadays due to other priorities. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 16:05, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

A plate of Uttapam for you

 A plate of Uttapam for you
Here is a plate of Uttapam for you. is a type of dosa from South India. Unlike a typical dosa, which is crisp and crepe-like, uttapam is thicker, with toppings. Hope you'll like it.

Thank you.

Titodutta (talk) 14:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

For more Indian dishes, visit the Kitchen of WikiProject India.

@Titodutta: Thanks. They are delicious. We make it at home. -Nizil (talk) 16:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Current Events.

Hello. I wanted to invite you to Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events as I see you have done a lot of work on Visakhapatnam gas leak, which is a current event. Hopefully you will consider joining. Elijahandskip (talk) 13:52, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

@Elijahandskip: Thanks for inviting. I am regular contributor to ITN but have not joined WikiProject yet. I will surely join it. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 16:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Manobina Roy

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 08:14, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

India 10,000 challenge

WikiProject India Hello Nizil Shah. You are invited to join the new WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge, a challenge which aims to see 10,000 improvements, destubs, and creations for Indian articles, covering every state of India and topic. Articles on all related topics are welcome. We need numbers to make this work and do something extraordinary for India on Wikipedia! Every 100 articles submitted will be copied into the wider Asian challenge. Sign up on the page if interested and start contributing!
If you know someone who might be interested, please invite them by: 
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Thanks, Dey subrata (talk) 12:14, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

India's first woman dentist

Hi..Your thoughts? May be one of your colleagues can fix. Some clarity probably required here. Vimla Sood qualified in 1944 is listed as India's first woman dentist. Dentist Fatima Jinnah, who studied under Rafiuddin Ahmed (dentist), qualified earlier in 1923. There was also another female dentist who qualified in 1928 (Tabitha Solomon), who incidentally has been on my to do list. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:26, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory: Fatima Jinnah was related to Jinnah family and probably counted as a Pakistani now. So technically she should qualify as the first Indian woman dentist but may not be considered as "Indian" now. It is a confusion that British India should be considered as India or not. I think undivided India should be considered as India. In that sense Fatima was the first. I searched about Tabitha Soloman. She should be considered as second dentist, or the first "Indian" dentist if we consider Fatima as Pakistani. Vimla Sood described as the first Indian woman dentist in sources but she graduated in 1944 so it is not true as per our research. Fatima practised in Bombay so I think she should be considered as the "first woman dentist of India".-Nizil (talk) 07:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Good detective work. I might tackle Tabitha Solomon sooner than later. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:06, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your 12 years of Wikipedia contributions. बृहस्पति (talk) 14:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, @बृहस्पति:. If you are stuck somewhere, feel free to ask me. I will be happy to help.-Nizil (talk) 12:59, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

@Nizil Shah: Hi Nizil, I am TSAray and I want to thank you for all the articles you have written regarding Gujarati History, People and Society. I have been editing [[1]] please let me know if the changes I have made are fine and if you have any suggestions for the future. Kind regards, TSAray (talk) 19:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

@TSAray: Thanks. Your work regarding Mer people looks good to me. Keep it up. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 12:58, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
@Nizil Shah: Thanks! TSAray (talk) 09:40, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

June 2020 at Women in Red

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How to Retrieve Data of Speedy Deleted Articles?

I created my Wikipedia account and published 2 articles, Which deleted in no time, may be those are not as per Wikipedia guideline. Then I requested admin who deleted my pages to retrieve that data, So I can improve those articles as per Wikipedia guidelines or may those data helps me in future. I am talking with him but I can't get proper conclusion on my doubts. He deleted my Neelkanth Patang - The Revolving Restaurant page by citing notability, promotional. Can I retrieve that data?? Is Neelkanth Patang - The Revolving Restaurant is not a notable page?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by बृहस्पति (talk • contribs) 13:49, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

I will request to retrieve it as a draft. The topic is notable but title needs change. Hotel Patang will work probably. Official name can be added as I did with Ahmedabad Town Hall. Give me some time to retrieve it. -Nizil (talk) 14:26, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Please Help/Guide me further on this issue.बृहस्पति (talk) 08:56, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Requesting you to review Cable Bridge Suratबृहस्पति (talk) 08:56, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Prahlad Jani

On 1 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Prahlad Jani, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 00:29, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Lekhapaddhati

If you would like to copy-edit/expand this new article created by User:Santoshdts. --Gazal world (talk) 18:13, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Teri Mitti

On 23 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Teri Mitti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Manoj Muntashir originally wrote "Teri Mitti" as a tribute to soldiers, then wrote a reprise as a tribute to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Teri Mitti. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Teri Mitti), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 23:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 00:02, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:1837 Surat fire

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