User talk:Shmitra/Archive 1

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi Shmitra, and a warm welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you have enjoyed editing as much as I did so far and decide to stay. Unfamiliar with the features and workings of Wikipedia? Don't fret! Be Bold! Here's some good links for your reference and that'll get you started in no time!

Most Wikipedians would prefer to just work on articles of their own interest. But if you have some free time to spare, here are some open tasks that you may want to help out :

  • RC Patrol - Keeping a lookout for vandalism.
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Oh yes, don't forget to sign when you write on talk pages, simply type four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automatically add your name and the time after your comments. And finally, if you have any questions or doubts, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Once again, welcome! =)

- Mailer Diablo 04:38, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Welcome... :D, please sign messages with --~~~~ --Ragib 03:57, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Voting for Biography collaboration of the week

Hi, the article Sheikh Hasina has been nominated for voting at "Biography collaboration of the week". What this will do is that for a week, people of the team would contribute to make the article enriched, balanced and complete. Since this is an article about a Bangladeshi politician and a rich article would promote Bangladesh more, I think regardless of political beliefs we can vote for it. Even if you are opposed to her political ideology, you can be sure that both her positive and negative sides would be presented in a Collaboration of the week article. Please vote at Wikipedia:Biography Collaboration of the Week#Sheikh Hasina .28July_21.29 by signing your name with # ~~~~ . Thanks.


[edit] BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article. (I know its a little early but I'm not sure if I will be on tommorow)--Falphin 01:30, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bangladesh WikiProject

Hi Shmitra,

I felt you might be interested in working on articles on/related to Bangladesh. For a start check out our Bangladesh Project page and see if you want to join us. We also want to make a page for each district and fix the pages on the divisions. (Tasks 6 and 7 on the project page.) Do you think you'd want to help us out? (Leave a message on my talk page.)

Be bold!

-- Urnonav 9 July 2005 12:32 (UTC)

[edit] Grammen Bank

See Grameen Bank in This week's improvement drive. --Ragib 21:44, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Durga

You might look into it, claims Bangladesh only has 100 puja mandaps!!! I myself remember 20+ in Chittagong alone. --Ragib 21:10, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] District article common format

I started a discussion on the common format for District articles in Talk:Districts of Bangladesh. Please participate in the discussion and add your ideas. Thanks. --Ragib 00:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Plassey

I put a move proposal to change the name to "Battle of Palashee" or "Battle of Palashi". Would you add your comments in the talk page? Thanks. --Ragib 20:22, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ramakrishna

Hello. I noticed your work on the Vivekananda article. Would you like to help with Devanagari and Bangla versions of Ramakrishna's name? --goethean ॐ 18:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. My impression is that Devanagari is just another term for the lettering used in Hindi. --goethean ॐ 20:05, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
Ok. I thought that you had edited the Hindi words in the Vivekananda article, but I must have been mistaken. --goethean ॐ 20:19, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] J Das

Hi there,

Nice to see the Bangla script on J Das's name!

However, JD's last name is spelt with a "talebosh-sho", not a "dontosh-sho" -- this is also how it is spelt on the official edition of his "Kobita Shomogro." Would you be able to put in the correct "sho"?

Thanks! --Peripatetic 00:34, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Interesting, I think I saw his name spelt with "donto-sha" rather thatn "Talobbo-sha" as Periapatetic suggests. Usually, the surname Das is written with Donto-sha in Bangla, and I think most of the copies of his books I saw, had donto-sha. Of course, I saw some pirated versions of his books with the Talobbo sha spelling. So, ppm, what do you think about that? --Ragib 01:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Lalon.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Lalon.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or {{fairuse}}. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks so much. --SCEhardT 23:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] India related links

Links for Wikipedians interested in India content

Newcomers: Welcome kit | Register: Indian Wikipedians | Network: Noticeboard (WP:INWNB) Browse: India | Open tasks | Deletions
Contribute content: Wikiportal India - Indian current events (WP:INCE) India collaboration of the week (WP:INCOTW) - Category adoptions


Hi, you may also be interested in WikiProject Indian cinema. --Gurubrahma 04:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bangla and linguistics

Hi, Ragib suggested I contact you to see if you could confirm a translation of a phrase he has written in Bengali, you can find it here (do not click if you are offended by strong language) - please see the talk page of the article for further discussion. :) - FrancisTyers 09:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] references

ppm, can you mark what facts are being supported by the references being added? Use the {{mn| }} and mnb tags for that.--Ragib 23:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)</nowiki>

will do

[edit] Request for edit summary

Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 1% for major edits and 3% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 126 minor edits in the article namespace.)

This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear impolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 02:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bangla names

ppm, when you have time, can you add Bangla names for some more articles, may be starting from List of Bangladesh-related topics? For example Victory Day (Bangladesh) doesn't have Bangla name, nor does BD Independence day page. Thanks. --Ragib 04:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Making refs into two columns

Is it possible to make the ref section in Bangladesh into 2 columns, as in Rabindranath Tagore? 35 refs are taking a lot of space .. --Ragib 02:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Handshake

Hey! No probs! This things happen. Today only I made a disgraceful mistake wjile commenting on the comments of such an user as Nichalp in Wikipedia:Peer review/Kolkata/archive1. Anyway, when are you planning to take Bangladesh to FAC? It's high time!!--Dwaipayanc 19:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you on Satyajit Ray

Thank you for your works on Satyajit Ray. Let alone FAC, I have been trying to make it an Indian selected article for some time but not yet succeeded. It's not a single-man job. Now that you have come, I feel elated and hopeful. Please try to bring others also. Once Bangladesh becomes an FA, I hope Ragib can also contribute. The article needs lot of references, besides, of course, further enhancement on content. Please comment on the Indian selected article nominations page for the article. Thanks a lot :). Bye.--Dwaipayanc 11:27, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi! It's quite a long way for Satyajit Ray to go for an FA. I dont even see peer review shortly. Have to work on it. Movie screenshots and posters should be ok , I gues ! Please comment.--Dwaipayanc 16:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed

Hi ! I need some help. This regards the reference method. After working in Bangladesh, you have become adept at how to cite in the Harvard style. I simply could not understand the way. I see you have done it in Satyajit Ray. Of you have time, could you please spend about half an hour (max) to help the references cited in Kolkata arrange in the Harvard style ? Or at least, could you tell me in simple terms how to cite books, websites etc in the Harvard methon? Thanks.--Dwaipayanc 20:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On Satyajit Ray

I think you already have found out many references . I just stumbled upon one here. I guess you have already found it by googling. Anyway, just in case...--Dwaipayanc 05:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I am adding some critic's comment in the section "Critical reception". Ar first, as you pointed out in the discussion page, rhe comments may seem somewhat disjointed as weel as unnecessary. Please feel free to rearrange/ remove as you feel necessary. For example, 3 comments are on Pather Panchali. I shall be adding comments on other films also, but slowly, and removing seemingly extra comments later on. Thanks.--Dwaipayanc 05:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I shall add the the critic's comments on individual films on the respective articles of the films. And general comments on Ray in the section "critical reception" henceforth. You should surf the individual film articles to see if any of the comments are suitable for the main article Satyajit Ray and place them accordingly. I think this strategy should work fine, and will cause less amount of temporary flaws in the main article Satyajit Ray. Please let me know what do you think. Bye...--Dwaipayanc 06:03, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I started to read the biographical writting of Bijoya Ray when it started appearing in "Desh". But soon could not but discontinue. The biography was so peculiarly "feminine", if I may use the term! I mean almost all the time there were talks about who was who (the relatives), which lady was beautiful, where they did marketing, how poor were they, how beautiful was Sandip in infancy, how Bijoya Ray gave birth to Sandip without feeling a little bit of labor pain, how mrX or MrY came to meet the family and what gift did they bring, and in which corner of the drawing room did Bijoya placed that adorable gift - OMG!
Of course, scattered in between those irritating stuff were invaluable comments. Unfortunately, I do not have those issues of "Desh" now. it would have been great if we had such an interesting bit of info like the alleged affair! I will try to find out if any of my friends have archived those "Desh"s. Bye--Dwaipayanc 05:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)!!

[edit] Bangla wikipedia

Hi! Are you there in the Bangla wikipedia? If yes, what's the user name? Mine is same. Bye!--Dwaipayanc 04:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awards

Hi! Already there was an article Awards of Satyajit Ray. Now another Awards for Satyajit Ray. Which one—"of" or "for"— is correct? Please move one article to the other accordingly. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 05:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

If you make the "Filmography" multi-column, please take care the English names of the films are also included. You can reduce the text size, if needed. Bye!--Dwaipayanc 05:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Year problem

I was thinking exactly the same thing when editing! So far as I remember, I previously edited the filmography and made the previous complete form. And I copied the filmography from some other source, of course. Have to check out if something wrong happened then!

Hmm! Checked at satyajitray.org. It was a mistake. Correcting! Bye.--Dwaipayanc 19:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Culture question

Yup. Thanks for pointing it out. I've added Bangla cinema . Also in the Culture of India article. have added a line on the "nono-commercial" directors. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 07:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy editing. Pepsidrinka 20:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User bn template

Hi ppm,

Refer to {{User bn}} and its sub-templates. It uses the word "ব্যবহারকারী", which I feel is quite less popular (in my opinion). I contacted a few Bengalis and even some of them didn't knew there was any such word. I feel that it should be changed to either "সদস্য" or "উপযোগকর্তা". I wanted your opinion on this. Also, I realized that bengali rendering was a problem with my settings and if you want, you may change the font size in Bangladesh to how it was initially.

Regards,

-Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to get into the conversation, but actually, this is the standard term used in the Bangla wikipedia. The last example you said, "উপযোগকর্তা", isn't even a common word (I am yet to see it ever used in a book other than the dictionary). But ব্যবহারকারী is widely used in media. --Ragib 16:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
If its a standard and accepted term then this is not an issue. I am myself not a Bengali so I don't know enough. Why it struck me was because I had never heard of "ব্যবহারকারী" before. The English user templates say "This user is...", which translates to "উপযোগকর্তা", while in Hindi it goes like "इस सदस्य..." which translates to "সদস্য". Anyway, thanks for letting me know. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:20, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
সদস্য means member, not user. A user someone who uses something. Use = ব্যবহার. user = ব্যবহারকারী. This is a widely used term, even in spoken Bangla and written text. But I've never really heard of the term উপযোগকর্তা *anywhere*, not in spooken or written Bangla. I guess ব্যবহারকারী is the most commonly used term which convey the meaning. But anyway, I'll discuss it with other admins in the Bangla wikipedia, where we actually use the namespace ব্যবহারকারী , reperesenting the user namespace. Thanks. --Ragib 18:00, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the insight guys, but you don't have to take this so seriously. As I have said, I am not a Bengali myself and "উপযোগকর্তা" can at best be said as my Original Research. Its just that I asked a few other Bengalis and they told that "উপযোগকর্তা" will be a valid Bangla word. This does not mean that it is being used anywhere else. I was motivated to raise this issue by a friend who never heard either "উপযোগকর্তা" or "ব্যবহারকারী" and told that he would prefer the former. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, this is then okay I guess. Ragib is a admin in Bangla wikipedia, so he is really the person to talk to.--ppm 17:03, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bangla

Ok. I will try for some old Bangla stuff. Let's see.--Dwaipayanc 17:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Yo! Congrats for Bangladesh.--Dwaipayanc 06:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, your help was invaluable.--ppm 06:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Your hard work finally bears fruit. Congrats for Bangladesh. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:40, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kolkata

Hi! Kolkata is FAC. Please have some say.--Dwaipayanc 18:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Yup. I removed the double referencing and repetitive comment from thr lead in Kolkata. Thanks. Sorry that I could not work on Satyajit Ray despite it being the Indian COTW this week. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 05:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I have a request. Can you or Ragib bhai create the IPA pronounciation for Kolkata? I do not know how to do it. So asking for help.--Dwaipayanc 19:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I actually don't know how to do this. Maybe Ragib can help--ppm 23:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! It is done now. Thanks.--Dwaipayanc 18:46, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It was an effort shared by many Wikipedians, including you.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:38, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Satyajit

I hardly took a look on Satyajit Ray lately, even if it is INCOTW. sort of busy with Kolkata FAC and related stuffs. You can understand! Please go on with whatever you think right. I will see later. Thanks. regards.--Dwaipayanc 05:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi! Wow, you have really great plans for Ray. I am here to help, if you need. Since you have some reference books, I do not think you will need much help! Have you thought about the photos (you once expressed some concern regarding the status of the images). We shall get input from another editor, User:Besidesamiracle. Please go through the lines i added in "Influences" (the lines discuss influences on Ray, and not influences of Ray). Bye. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
You detected the right tone regarding influnces, influence of will go as "legacy".--ppm 06:56, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
As far as help is concerned, it goes the other way too. If you know a fact and want to incorporate it, go ahead, and I might be able to provide a refrence
Hi! Just a woed of caution. Satyajit Ray is already 39 kb. And the excellent input you are giving, it may become hard to summarise later! May be we shall need daughter articles. But just go on adding now.We'll see about the size later on. It's going EXCELLENT. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:17, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Darjeeling

Hi! Could you please have a quick look of Darjeeling? Please give your suggestions in the article's talk page. This is for an internal review before moving to peer review. Thanks. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] about the grammatical mistake

in the article about MS Sultan , there is a sentence grammatically wrong . I mean rather than thought I guess it must be rather than thought or though anyway ,if you take care , i'd be grateful .

[edit] Peer review??

How about a peer review mow? (Ray). Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

sounds good--ppm 21:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately I am also taking a wilkibreak. I will be back in mid June. When will u come back? Lets postpone the PR to then, as it would not be possible to run the PR of you are not around. You are the main editor of the article. Lets meet in near future again. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:29, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Probably around same time...okay let's wait till then --ppm 19:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
well, I am in a long holiday. I doubt if I will be able to follow thr PR. You can continue, of course. Otherwise we'll have to wait till mid-July. Sorry :(--Dwaipayan (talk) 08:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Summary for Satyajit Ray

Hi ppm,

I am currently looking after "Today's Selected Article" for Portal:India. Satyajit Ray recently became a selected article on Portal:India. In order for it to appear on the main page of the portal, can you please provide a summary with an image on this page on the same lines as existing articles do. Thanks, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi,
The Summary is still required but there's a problem. After I didn't get any response in a week's time, I decided to do it myself. However, the trouble is that all the images used in the article are Fair-use and hence unsuitable to appear on the portal page. It is always advisable to have images accompanying articles on the Main Page (of the Portal). Hence I gave up writing the summary. Still, I will appreciate if you could do it. Thanks, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding references to the Bengali article

Hi Shmitra,

I just wanted to say thanks for adding all those reference to the Bengali language article. As you have noticed, I am horrible at citing my references, and often don't even realize that citations are needed for some of the things I've written. I wanted to thank you for going through and checking up on all of these things and fixing them. It really adds credibility and professionalism to the article. I really appreciate it. --SameerKhan 18:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Hah, that's what linguistics is all about. Breaking down real languages into a language no one can understand. --SameerKhan 07:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you for your constructive criticism and support of the FAC for Cryptography, which became a featured article today. I appreciate your effort and attention! Mangojuicetalk 19:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Hi Shmitra - I hope you'll have some time to check this article out. I'm trying to make it an FA, and I value your assistance, especially with obtaining photographs and book references. Rama's Arrow 00:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I expect this topic to create uncountable controversies. Anyway, I'll see what can be done--ppm 19:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sarai archive

The archive says: "The Sarai archive will be free and open to the public."([1])

Believe that means PD. Nice finding.

— Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

The SA Summary is good. Thanks. I will put it on the queue for the Portal Page ASAP. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 04:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Barendra Museum

Hi Shmitra, Thank you for your hard work on the above mentioned article. But as far as I know, the actual spelling is Varendra Research Museum, The museum doesnot have their own website. But they use this spelling. If you have any copy of Banglapedia (English Version), then you may look for it. Mr. Saifuddin Chowdhury, Director of the museum, was also a contributor of Banglapedia. He used this spelling and you may find it in the contributor's list. I hope you would take the necessary steps. Thank You User:Auyon

done--ppm 15:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mujib FAC

Hi - I've pointed out some incorrect things in your objections, but addressed most of the points. Please take a look. This Fire Burns.....Always 18:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I've addressed your points. This Fire Burns.....Always 22:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Shmitra - I've finished adressing your points as well as Shreshth's objections. If there is anything outstanding, please lemme know. I hope you'll change your vote. Please take another look. This Fire Burns.....Always 17:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Please have a look at Mujib's FAC so I may fix up any other problems. Thanks, This Fire Burns.....Always 17:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I'll be happy to do so, but I hope you understand my objection is not about fact fixing etc. I honestly think it needs more time. --ppm 17:58, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
In that case, I suggest you wait till tomorrow. I'll be doing a lot of copyediting today/tonite, which hopefully will fix your core objections. This Fire Burns.....Always 18:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes sorry, but please wait a little more. I've been hunting for more references, and haven't been able to copyedit yet. Give it 12 hours more. This Fire Burns Always 21:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Btw, please feel free to edit the article, because it will help me understand your points on the style and coherence of the data in historical perspective (as per your comments) better. This Fire Burns Always 21:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Per above, please do stick your nose in. First off, I don't wish to control this article, and secondly your contribution will help me understand what improvements are necessary. If I'm just staring at my words, I find it difficult to analyze. This Fire Burns Always 21:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Back

I will be back to WP regularly from 15th July. So you can put Ray on PR now...people may take some time to put reviews. Thanks a lot. --Dwaipayan (talk) 07:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

IMO, the article needs some daughter articles and some condensation, especially in the sections of films Ray made. Will talk more later...Let's see what the PR generates. Regards. --Dwaipayan (talk) 19:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ray reply

I do not have any idea about the images. Ok, I shall try to build up a template containing films and literature. However, due to massive volume of works, the template might be a large one. If the template turns out to be that large, we can do away with the section "Filmography".--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you please see this provisional template? I started to build it. However, the cinema portion does not look aesthetically good. Also, more info can be incorporated in the literature part. For example, short stories and poetry, sandesh etc have not been mentioned in the template, just a link to the article Literary creations of Satyajit Ray has been given. This template needs more work.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Organization

Hi - I think the organization is messed up - becoz you deal with personal life separately from the work, I think it chronological disorders the biography, especially when you go over a period, say 1950-60 three separate times for personal life, film career and writing career. Also, as I said that "Pather Panchali" subsection deal more with the film and should be integrated, not segregated in Ray's biography. Case in point is that the film career directly proceeds to reception, and at the bottom is his literary career - why the relegation?

I suggest the following format: (a) Early life (b) Early film career (c) Middle film and literary career (d) Late career/international works/unfilmed (e) Reception/criticism (f) Death and commemoration. Integrate personal life between the works. After all, Ray was a writer, filmmaker and even composed music. This illustration of Ray's genius across his life must flow in a stream - for example the literary career begins with a work in 1961, so what was he doing in that skill area for 40 years before that? How come the sudden switch to writing in between his filmmaking. If you create a chronology-based organization, readers will find it easier to categorize Ray's mind, personality and character as it evolved through various decades. For example, if you mention about Ray's political/social outlook amidst Bengal's communist upheaval in his personal life, and then mention his work related to that two sections later...Its iffy.

Integrate filmcraft into respective sections, as well as reception/criticism. For the problem of pictures - I know its hard to work without FU images, but the problem with the FU images you use is that doesn't meet the FU criteria, becoz it doesn't illustrate the object in question - a movie poster is for the film, not Ray. FU images must exclusively illustrate Ray. Plus, the number of FU images should be reduced in general to avoid dependence. Above all, whatever FU images you decide to go with, must have a rationale.

Hope this helps. You're doing a job par excellence single-handedly. If you need any help, I'll be only to happy - am reluctant to mess with your stream of work unless you specify a task for me. Cheers, This Fire Burns Always 22:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually you can still do that while keeping it in a framework led by his personal life. See Kazi Nazrul Islam, where I've tried to keep it in harmony in the sequence of his life, but also provide criticism and analysis of his work - its not yet FA, but I like that way of writing as better to read - I had similar complaint on Tagore's FA, but I was late for that and the biography was sufficiently detailed and balanced. The problem with the organization in Ray is that the biography ends just as one scrolls a little, and the rest seem forks of film articls with too much on commemoration. This Fire Burns Always 23:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


Importantly I think your reasoning is reason itself to integrate as I suggest. If Ray lived thru his work (quite rightly), why is his personal life section separate? Why don't you add more info on how Ray thought of, approached and behaved during his work. What personal events played a role in his personal life? How did his work change after his 1983 heart attack? Did his work alter in nature? Also, you must NOT make that judgment but instead present facts of his life in an orderly fashion and let the reader decide. Here you impose your POV about Ray's life (inadvertantly) - you see it in a particular way, perhaps based on the book you've read of him, but its not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. This Fire Burns Always 23:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
It doesn't have to proceed like thought x personal life = film. If you can get this article to flow in one stream, I'll be only too happy to support it in its present form. The only problem is that it IMO the organization is poor and isn't smooth reading, which automatically affects the brilliant prose critera. This Fire Burns Always 23:24, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I.E. - do please see if you have any data/references you can give Kazi Nazrul Islam - I'm having the same problem I had on Sheikh Mujib. Btw, I hope you don't mind my asking, but are you Bangladeshi or Indian? This Fire Burns Always 23:31, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
That "Ray lived thru his work" is POV - its a specific interpretation that may be disputed by other scholars. You should write the article in a clear organization that through its composition will allow the reader to judge whether Ray lived thru his work, or were there dissociated elements of his personality and life. In any case, the article should not be organized based on this perspective. Bengali reference are just fine - one just needs to cite it differently. If you have any, much appreciated. This Fire Burns Always 23:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
The organisation at present (Apu years, middle etc) is better for encyclopedia, as Rama said. However, literary creations,IMO,is better discussed seperately - as it is now. However, it seems "filmcraft" and "literary works" should come before reception. The body of the article should end with reception. What do you think?--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Satyajit Ray: Template talk

I differ with you in one regard; the template should contain all the films, and also contain English names. Because other than Bengalis (and many non-Bengali Indians), the rest of the world knows the films in English (and maybe other language) names. I propose to add the template. It does not look good, but tries to be comprehensive, which is a necessary attribute of an encyclopedia. What do u say? Also, Rama, have a look at this template. Please help to better it. Thanks.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey I deleted Filmography and the old template. Added the new template instead. Some links (eg film institute) needs some work and there are some red links - I'll take care of those in 2 days. However, think if anything more is needed to add in the template. I can think of a lot (eg Feluda books) but not good! See if you like the changes I made.
Advantages of the changes: 3kb less size. All films listed, along with English names, without having any listy look in the article!
Disadvantage: probably looks bad :( Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I have something to tell you. In "The Apu Years" there are stuffs that do not belong to that period, eg. GuGaBaBa funding, crane crash in jalsaghar, Pikoo, Naxal era etc. I hope you can incorporate this stuffs elsewhere (though it's tough!). I shall be checking all sections for disambiguation, double redirects etc - but later. Hope the article would be ready for FAC by 2 weeks more, we are not in a hurry! Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] content revision

Hi Shmitra - I've copyedited the lead, early life and reception sections. One thing is that you should use only Kolkata, not Calcutta thruout. Now I'm gonna copyedit "The Apu years" but please check it after I do if its acceptable. This Fire Burns Always 23:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] I was being polite

If you want, I'll delete the pages and block recreation. Try being polite, and see how others respond. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Do whatever you want, including leaving unwanted messages on the talk page - Talk pages are intended for users to communicate with each other. I see you like "unwanted" comments when they praise you, but you're not so happy when another user suggests (suggest, mind you, doesn't demand, doesn't threaten, behaves in a perfectly respectful manner), that you might reconsider creating articles which will, obviously, fail WP:SNOW. Your information is still there. If you can find more to say, then, as I said earlier, before you so rudely deleted my perfectly polite comments, please remove the redirects and add the new information. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

You'll also note that I have yet to touch your one-line sentence articles about actors. How about improving those, as well? User:Zoe|(talk) 23:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't give a good --- ---- if you don't like unsolicited advice. Every user needs a little advice once in a while, unless they're God, which is obvious you are not, even if you think you are. You know what? I don't know you, I've never had any dealings with you, I come here with the best of motives making suggestions that you just might want to improve some of the ---- you wrote, and you get all shirty and try to act as if you don't need "unsolicited advice". Well, I'm sorry, but you're going to get it, the most important being, Don't be a dick. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:30, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Tell you what. I won't bother you with "unsolicited advice" any more. The next time I encounter some of the crap you write, I'll just delete it, and save us both all of this drama. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank God, finally!--ppm 01:13, 24 July 2006 (UTC)