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[edit] Welcome

Hello, Chanakyathegreat, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Deepu Joseph (a.k.a. thunderboltz). Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Again, welcome! And if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask - Just click here to leave me a message; or add {{helpme}} to this page.
thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu_Joseph |TALK

[edit] Hello

Hi! I was a bit busy these days and could get time to reply to your message only now. Good to know that you are slowly progressing on the path to becoming a wikiholic. ;-)
It is very important to gather a consensus before making any major changes. This actually encourages only verified information to get into wikipedia. And discerning the correct info from rumors and vandalism can indeed be a tiring job.
The Indian Coast Guard page seems to doing quite fine to me. Perhaps you forgot to type the correct case (note that the first letters are all caps) — Wikipedia is case sensitive.
Everything's going fine here in Kochi. (Are you from this part of the world?) Achu mamas doing great work. He has already sent back the Dubai Internet city people who were planning to invest half a million crores in Kochi. And now he's working real hard to get me out of college (and reserve all the colleges in the state for OBCs). Oh well, life goes on.... -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK16:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Haha. And a note to anybody watching this convo: The above comments do not specify my political orientation, but my views on politics itself. :P
Happy editing!-- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK14:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance

Hi, noticed you were editing Indian Navy articles and wanted you to have Atlantique Incident in your watchlist since a certain biased Pakistani seems keen to remove whatever I have to add to it though I've provided sources. I'm hoping you can aid me in keeping the article free of bias since he is likely to revert any edit of mine and impose his POVs. Tx --Idleguy 06:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Blue-water navies

Hey, how are you? I just wanted to let you know that I am in full agreement with you regarding the status of the Spanish Navy. It is not a blue-water navy at all and the people who insist on that label have serious misconceptions. Thank you for your work. I have removed the Spanish from the list of blue navies.UberCryxic 18:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I am fine with adding Spain on the potential blue-water section, as long as Italy is added there as well. I am a little shocked that the Spanish Navy has been regarded so highly in the conversations you guys had. Spain has a good, even great, navy, but to hear some of those people talking you'd think they had the best navy in the world.UberCryxic 14:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately I do not know much about the South Korean Navy, but I am aware that their strategic doctrine is undergoing major shifts. In terms of gross tonnage, they don't seem like a potential blue-water navy (one French Triomphant class submarine is larger than South Korea's ENTIRE submarine fleet), so I'd be willing to support you from that angle.UberCryxic 16:14, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I'm in the process now of acquiring sources and making a comprehensive case for why the Spanish Navy should not be considered as a blue-water navy. Until then, can you keep a track on Marneus and revert his vandalism if necessary? If he violates 3RR, which he already has, then please report him here. Thank you!UberCryxic 00:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] more pictures

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Greetings Wandalstouring 22:31, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] regardsing INS Kadamba

Hi, why not put the fact that distance does matter when it comes to berthing of ships. I forgot to put revert but isnt that thing obvious and needs to be put? regards Kaushal mehta 17:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hindi letters in indian air force page

hi chanakya, any particular reason you are deleting the hindi letters from the indian air force page? many iaf aircraft carry the letters and i think it is appropriate to leave them on the page

regards iafguru 13:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

well Hindi is afterall the official language of the National government in India. and as i said before, there are lot of IAF aircraft that carry the hindi words and not sanskrit or malyalam. i think it is appropriate to leave the hindi letters in the page.

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[edit] Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali!!!
Known as the "Festival of Lights" in India, Diwali symbolises the victory of good over evil. It represents celebration of hope and life, and is an occasion to strengthen relationships. This year, it is celebrated on April 8, 2007. I take this as an occasion to wish you the best in the days to come. May this Diwali invigorate you, bringing you more happiness and content. Happy Diwali!!!

-- Chez (Discuss / Email) • 10:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:INS Mumbai.jpg

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[edit] FN Charles de Gaulle

Please help me with a WIKI arbitration on the India-Pakistan section of FN CHarles de Gaulle. There is a user who keep on reverting to claims that are (in my opinion) not WIKI rules. Please arbitrate. I do not know how to call for an arbitration. Thanks.

There is a Straw Poll on this subject, can you kindly participate ? Also, if you have some other persons who can come and take the poll for unbiased opinions and comments please feel free to pass the word around. Thanks a lot. Natobxl

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Indian Navy

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Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Infantry fighting vehicle. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Kf4bdy talk contribs 06:35, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

It was not showing up. It was a bad image or link or both. --Kf4bdy talk contribs 06:51, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Indian Navy

Hey I just changed the color layout of Template:Indian Navy. What do you think? I thought this would look better. - Tutmosis 22:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Glad you like it. :) - Tutmosis 16:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] INCOTW

You voted for Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- Ganeshk (talk) 00:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:INS MUMBAI.jpeg

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[edit] Image:INS DELHI FARING1.jpg

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[edit] I have tagged a number of your other images uploads ...

With replaceable fair use. In several cases we already had free images in the articles.

  • Image:INS Tabar.jpg (Replaceable fairuse.) (top)
  • Image:INS Aditya Indian navy.jpg (Orphanfairuse.) (top)
  • Image:ALH Dhruv Helicopter.jpg (We already have better free images of this helicopter - why do we need fairuse ones ?) (top)
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Please read WP:Fairuse before tagging any more images as fairuse. Fairuse should only be used for unique unreproducable images - i.e. paintings, films, statues, and unique historic events i.e. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, etc. By using fair use images where we could possibly could use free images we are discouraging people from producing free images (i.e. why bother? if we can use a fair use image). Megapixie 13:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

You don't understand fair use - please read Wikipedia:Fair use#Policy in particular criteria 1, which states that no free image could be created. All these things, ships, helicopters, etc exist - and thus could be photographed, and thus are replaceable fair use. By removing the fair use images, we encourage people to go out and create free images of the objects. Megapixie 14:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The first sentence is the most important in this case: "No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.". The ships / helicopters exist - it's reasonable that someone could take a photo of them - people have already taken photos of some of the other ships. This isn't a guideline. This isn't an essay. This is policy. Megapixie 23:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reinstated the Incidents and Accicents section

This is in my opinion as important a section as the exercises & future plans section. It gives a brief non-biased write-up of the events. Also, do see IN discussion page. Natobxl 12:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to IN discussion page for comments Natobxl 14:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:INS Shankul.gif

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Also Image:VIRAAT 7.jpg. --RobthTalk 16:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

For your sustained contributions to Indian Military related articles, I Idleguy award you the hero of labour. Idleguy 15:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
For your sustained contributions to Indian Military related articles, I Idleguy award you the hero of labour. Idleguy 15:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

You deserve this medal. Hope you do not mind a communist medal. --Idleguy 15:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] India as an emerging superpower

Thank-you for your work but know that you have to add a source or reference for every single line you add to that article. It's a very controversial article and lack of sources makes it innacurate. I will give you two days to cite your sources for the ICBM stuff or I will have to delete it. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 06:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Navy

Thought I should explain a bit what I meant about reference books being used in the Indian Navy article. I didn't just mean adding links to books mentioned on the internet at the bottom, I meant getting hold of a number of books (the history section could use some more references), and adding info from them. I've recently gotten an article - Russian Ground Forces - to 'A' class by this method. Hope that helps. Cheers from New Zealand!! Buckshot06 09:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad you found that helpful. I'm quite happy to help if I can, but here in New Zealand I don't have the Indian Official Histories and so on that you probably can get hold of. Actually one thought - I think orbat.com in some way was reproducing the unpublished Indian Official History for one of the Indo-Pakistani wars. Also, a good example naval article is Axis naval activity in Australian waters where the referencing is very good. Cheers Buckshot06 20:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Image:WikiThanks.pngIt feels great to be appreciated, but I truely do not deserve so many barnstars. Thank you, once again. You've been doing a great job too. Keep it up! Cheers!--thunderboltz(Deepu) 16:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thank you so very much! I am honored to receive this barnstar.UberCryxic 21:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
  • It was a pleasant surprise. Thanks Idleguy 03:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the 'Tireless Contributor' award. I've enjoyed adding to Wiki and hope to continue as before with patience, accuracy and impartiality. See you around on the articles discussions.Natobxl 08:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tibet map

You'd have to contact the original author of the derivate map since he has the originals that was used to plot the boundaries of the neighbouring countries. Without these, it would be difficult for me to accurately plot the boundaries of Tibet. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:22, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Your GA nomination of Indian Navy

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[edit] Re: Citation

I've given up. I couldnt find any references of such a US Congress report. Like I said earlier, it might be a good idea to search the article's history and see who actually added the information. If it is a registered user, that makes our task easy. By the way, you've been doing a good job on the Indian Navy article. Many editors like Nirav, Saravask, Nichalp and Sundar (to mention a few) are good at copyediting. It might be a wise idea to ping them and request a quick copyedit. A good copyediting can better its chances at GA and FAC. Regards,--thunderboltz(Deepu) 13:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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Copyrighted images (such as those from NIC sites) can be allowed restrictively on wikipedia if they satisfy some of these fair use criteria. See if any of your images fit into these.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 10:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Navy

Hi, Chanakya. I'll be glad to give a full copyedit on Saturday. Also, I hope you noticed how the military section was merged into the new "Military and foreign affairs" section, similar to how other FA country articles like Australia do it. It was also moved up towards the top. Thanks. Saravask 04:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Chanakya, I disagree. No other country FA on Wikipedia (Australia, Pakistan, Belgium, Bangladesh, South Africa, Canada, etc.) chunks out a section just for the military. Having a "foreign relations and the military" section like that in the Australia or Canada articles is a good compromise. If you still disagree, feel free to raise the issue at Talk:India. But I suspect that, based on comments by Nichalp, Blnguyen, Fowler, etc., consensus will come down against a specific military section. You should still seek inputs from them on Indian Navy, though. Regards. Saravask 05:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] India

Yes, it can be added a bit more. The current draft is choppy. It needs to be highly tweaked so that it has maximum information with least text. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] S Seagal

Please see this most recent edit [1].Hkelkar 16:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, see this other article started by him. May be a Pakistani Nationalist POV fork of another article on Ahuja[2]. Hkelkar 18:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] =Regarding improving India article

Thanks for your suggestions.

I have already created image for demographic section.(It has a theme of unity in diversity with religious and linguistic pie charts).Will upload soon.

I have following idea for cultural section. Hinduism,Sikhism,Jainism,Buddhism(Religions which originated in India) symbols along with symbol of yoga. I am just fine tuning my ideas.

I am just thinking Siachen,Kerala,Tar Desert,Chirapunjee or Meghalaya photo gallery which shows various geographical terrains of India(Pictures has to be same size and should come as stripe) for geography section. I am just trying to locate non copy righted pictures.Please offer your ideas and give me if you can get copyrighted pictures. --Indianstar 15:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I modified Indian political parties image pixel size as 800 and it seems to be looking better.(Actual size is 863x135.so keeping 863 will show letters without distortion.You can try it by seeing it in preview window after modifying value as 863)See and give your feedback.Once you give feedback,i will make letters as bold for better characters viewing. --Indianstar 16:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC).

I have added chart for demographic section of India article and it can be found here.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UnityinDiversity.JPG. Pl review and give your feedback.

Regarding Indian political parties image, I am able to view perfectly in 14 and 15" monitors if I keep computer resolution as 1024*768.(To view image your computer resolution in control panel has to be anything above 800.No need to scroll).Scrolling may be necessary if control panel resolution settings is equal to or above 800.See it and give feedback.Also there is a procedure like grand canyon picture in Grand Canyon article,if we do it like that then scroll bar will appear automatically and it will not cause any disruption to the article. I will also think how I can modify the same to suit all computer settings.--Indianstar 16:53, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Pl confirm whether below image causes any problem.

I hope you will get the image with scroll bar under image and it should not cause any problem to the article in any monitor. I am also thinking how I can reduce width of total image without making font size very smaller.--Indianstar 17:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Removed. Posted here. Chanakyathegreat 17:20, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi,I have added image to demographic section. I will modify it based on feedback received from you and others.--Indianstar 17:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing influences from India main article

Dear Chanakyathegreat, I just like your name and your support for the lead paragraph! It is good to see that an Indic view - factually correct - devoid of ultra-nationalism has been agreed upon, with your support. Many many many thanks!! Yes we have to present a positive picture of India by presenting facts in a well-written & befitting manner. Thanks for the support again! Himalayanashoka 16:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

hm, I don't understand your edit. If your point is just that British India was "foreign occupation", just insert a link to colonialism, military occupation or irredentism, don't blank the entire sentence referring to the period altogether. I am not reverting you because I disagree with your characterization of "occupation", but because you are replacing a perfectly valid statement with a less informative but more biased one. You clearly need to learn to make your point on a talkpage first, request input, and seek for a consensus for a rephrasing that takes into account your point without throwing out the child with the bathwater. dab (𒁳) 16:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dbachmann, I disagree with your stmnt that it is biased. In fact the earlier stmnt was biased because the user simply refuses to remove GB influences from his sneaky insertions & local perceptions without an appreciation of how things evolved. The user simply fails to understand that India's history & unchanged culture stretches back continuously 4000yrs and is well documented. No one writes in the Germany page lead, in any poetic way, that this was a country with a democratically elected govt which murdered 6 million Jews, or the main country responsible for both WW (I myself would not do that even though its an acceptable fact). Tell me something would you like to see such a writing on the Germany page. In a similar way, we do not want to see any British influenced/dominant stmnt in the India page. But we are not presenting any factually wrong stmnts. Its an article related to India and the British may have a passing reference, not as if they setup India one fine night in the middle of August1947. The British are a tiny 100 yr chapter in a continuous resilient 4000 yrs majestically galloping Indian history. This has to reflect in our main article.
I fully agree with Chanakyathegreat what he mentions in his edit summary.
Himalayanashoka 17:30, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I think your keyboard is broken. And your sense of reality. We try to keep Wikipedia free of nationalist mysticism, per WP:ENC. dab (𒁳) 12:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indic View

I am not in support of an Indian view or a British view, but for the truth. When they call an occupation as governance, it cannot be tolerated. It's not only a big blatant lie but they themselves are comitting a crime by supporting a henious brutal regime. Chanakyathegreat 16:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Chanakyathegreat, I fully and completely agree with you on the views and presenting the truth. When I say Indic view I mean it coupled against another view (GB, PT, FR etc) not in isolation. Neither do I like to present anything factually wrong nor ultra-nationalistic, but there is a way to write and to explain it logically so that the writing stays. I think your logical explanation stepped in perfect time and maybe I got carried away happily! Historically, half the time Indians have been fooled because of interpretations (writing or verbal) perpetrated by foreigners.
But I must also explicitly write that I do not like the words 'British', 'UK' popping up so frequently as if India was setup by them. They are a tiny 100 yr chapter in a continuous resilient 4000 yrs majestically galloping Indian history. This also has to reflect somehow in our main article.
I will now seek your guidance and support from time to time. And yes it is for the truth presented in a befitting manner for the India article.

Himalayanashoka 17:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Fowler has agreed in talk page for using word Colonization which in my opinion communicates more or less same meaning!!. Do you have any reservations for using word colonization? CIA fact book and other encyclopedias talk about foreign incursions for 1200 years.There were intermittent attacks against India for another 1200 years (before foreign incursions) starting from Alexander... Is it OK to modify the sentence as inspite of many foreign incursions(same word as used in CIA fact book) and attacks by foreign forces for 2400 years,India was able to maintain its culture......blah..blah..--Indianstar 14:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewording

Hi, Please see the Talk:India#Occupation for new suggested re-wording. However, please also read the section about usage of the word "occupation" before you reply. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Indian Army vandalism

Yea, thanks for the heads up. A pakistani editor introduced those edits almost a month back and now I've reverted to a previous version to remove those jingoistic comments. Idleguy 16:08, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Power categorisation

No influential admin is supporting my view on the lead of India and the inclusion of great power and emerging superpower. And on that page, if Nichalp, Fowler, Blacksun and Dab do not agree with you, then you have no chance of getting what you want. Interestingly, none of the other pages have a problem with the term. Great power is mentioned in the lead of every other country that fits, including Italy and FA Germany. China describes itself as an emerging superpower and the United States as a superpower. India is the only page that does not describe itself as such in the lead. From my discussion, it seemed like the people I were discussion with were not familiar with the term (per Blacksun's major power comment) and perhaps disliked it because they didn't think it was encyclopaedic enough since they hadn't heard of it. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 23:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History section of India article

Can you please validate current contents of History section and verify whether it has any text which is objectionable? F & F wants to revert to original text of Nichalp... Also please suggest how we can shorten that section to bring down article size.--Indianstar 17:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Could you check some statements

I'm not fluent with Indian military history, but the statements in cavalry tactics#War elephants about regiments of thousands of war elephants are a bit suspicious in my opinion because I couldn't find any recorded battle where so many elephants clashed. Would be nice if you could help. Wandalstouring 01:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] shaNo varuNa

I think shaNo is a single word, probably having its origin in Vedic Sanskrit (most probably from the Rig Veda). Vedic words are difficult to justify in classical sanskrit, so I am unable to do further research on this. Since the navy page also mentions this as a single word, I think you may take it as it is. Thanks for seeking my help. ­ Kris (talk) 17:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Army Motto

Do not know off the cuff, let me check and revert. Haphar 12:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC) Yes I now it's not on the net, I am trying to get the information from some resources not on the net, will let you know when I get the information.Haphar 18:33, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

There is no Motto for the Army, however the officer's have a Motto called the Chetwode Motto.Haphar 07:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] 4th generation jet fighter

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[edit] India Demographics

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[edit] Indian Navy Page

Please check the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Indian_Navy

This page is about Indian navy and not Royal Indian navy. The link is misleading. I have posted in the talk of "lostinthe" rush too--Zebra 10:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Navy Page- your response

Ok I get it. Its a redirection. Thanks anyway--Zebra 07:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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