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Hello!

Welcome to Wikivoyage. You can edit your preferences to change how the software works for you. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to our wiki software, MediaWiki, look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to edit a page. If you need help, check out the help desk, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.

In response to your question about the UN having it's own article I don't believe this is permitted under Wikivoyage policy, because it's really just an attraction in New York (city). Most travelers won't care that the UN property is not technically a part of New York City of the U.S. -- (WT-en) Andrew H. (Sapphire) 01:33, 28 December 2006 (EST)

 * Hello and another welcome! I just wanted to let you know that I rolled back one of your contributions-- we have a convention of listings all villages, towns, unincorporated townships, and hamlets under the heading "cities" just to keep things consistent. Thanks. (WT-en) Maj 20:43, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Thonburi
Thanks for your extensive contributions to Thonburi, but please take a look through the Manual of Style and follow it. You're using way, way, way, way too many bold, italic and bullet point tags, eg. *noodle soup shop (restaurant), on the corner of Phutthamonthon Sai 1 road and an undisclosed road?, opposite  street  -- why not just switch to Project:Listings and let the software handle the formatting?

Also, the "Wildlife" section you added to Thonburi is not appropriate. I've extracted the relevant bits to the main Thailand page. (WT-en) Jpatokal 00:57, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

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Hello! Welcome to Wikivoyage. If you want to specialize your experience you may want to consider editing your preferences. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to the whole wiki community look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to use the wiki markup. If you need help, check out the help desk, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.-- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 23:45, 30 August 2006 (EDT)

Des Moines (I assume)
Did you erase listings for the High Life Lounge and El Bait Shop? If so, why?
 * If so, it was an accident-- Please copy and paste them from an earlier edit. (WT-en) Texugo 02:05, 1 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Actually, if it IS in fact Des Moines you are talking about, those two listing were not present in your last edit of the page, so maybe you did it yourself by accident? Also please have a look at Manual of style. I just spent over an hour doing a style edit on this article--it saves a lot of work if people do it right the first time. One more thing-- you can sign your name at the end of a talk post by typing ~ . That way people can see who is posting. (WT-en) Texugo 02:14, 1 September 2006 (EDT)

Alright, thanks for the work. I just stumbled upon Wikivoyage three days ago and decided to write about Des Moines. What types of things did you have to spend over an hour on in the MOS? A bit too much of my journalist habits coming out, I guess...thanks again for the work and tips. (WT-en) Unizeppelin 02:28, 1 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Moving the address, phone, and website info from the end of each listing to the beginning, inserting bold and italics tags, moving certain listings to more appropriate locations, spacing, breaking certain paragraphs into lists and formatting them, etc. You've done some great work here though. This is almost a guide article now. Do you have any photos to insert? (WT-en) Texugo

I'm not sure how to go about that whole process of asking Websites and/or photographers if I can use their stuff (other than trying to find an e-mail address and e-mailing someone)...any suggestions? What's an article guide--is that good? Thanks! (WT-en) Unizeppelin 03:11, 1 September 2006 (EDT)

Also, how do you distinguish events,etc. from "Do" and "See" categories?(WT-en) Unizeppelin 03:17, 1 September 2006 (EDT)
 * As for what constitutes a guide article versus a star, outline, usable, etc., have a look at our ratings system. And for help distinguishing between the Do and See section, see Project:Where_you_can_stick_it. And finally, since I notice you are (apparently) writing a lot of restaurant and bar reviews yourself (thanks for not plagiarizing), please have a look at the policy on touting, as some of your reviews are pretty borderline there. Thanks, and keep contributing! (WT-en) Texugo 04:12, 1 September 2006 (EDT)

If you look at the manual of style under where to stick it, you'll see under "Cope" sections people can list places to work out or laundromats...if we're able to list places to do dirty clothes, I definitely think it's within reason to include ethnic grocery stores and the common places where people shop to buy their groceries....your thoughts? (WT-en) Unizeppelin 02:11, 12 September 2006 (EDT)

Italics, and photos
Why no italics for a newspaper? Also, any tips (aka instructions) for getting photos from Websites for the site? (WT-en) Unizeppelin 00:10, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
 * The uses for italics sanctioned by the Manual of Style are for 1)the part of telephone numbers that is unnecessary when dialed locally, 2) foreign words, and 3) to give emphasis to a word for someone who is reading the text closely rather than skimming. Newspaper listings on dozens of other pages are already out there with no italics, so there is no reason to start here... As for photos, I don't really know-- the ones I've put up so far have all been my own. (WT-en) Texugo 00:56, 4 September 2006 (EDT)

Restaurants in the Get Out section
If suburbs are close enough to be considered districts of the city then I'd create them as such. We typically do not list restaurants in the Get Out section. Either they should be placed in the appropriate district or town article, or they are close enough to put them back in the main article. (WT-en) Texugo 04:24, 1 September 2006 (EDT)

Yeah, I wasn't sure which way to go...thanks though! I'll edit! (WT-en) Unizeppelin 04:42, 1 September 2006 (EDT)

Grocery stores
I don't want to see a Yellow Book listings either but I think anyone who's visiting Iowa from another country would enjoy seeing an ethnic storie available to them if they want to do some cooking. I live overseas and would love it if I saw a listing where I could pick up some American-style groceries. Also, why did you delete Dahls, Hy-Vee, Fareway, Wal-Mart and Target? Two of them (Dahls and Fareway) are unique to Iowa (one in fact just to Des Moines). These are where even most of the locals shop...these places also offer a variety of services (eg, film processing, Ticketmaster) that would be great for an out-of-towner to know about. I would seriously think about re-inserting these places...after all, all I pretty much did was list how many locations were in the area and the Website...(WT-en) Unizeppelin 01:46, 12 September 2006 (EDT)
 * As for the long list of ethnic grocery stores, maybe try to pick the best one of each ethnicity? I think the section is dis-proportionately large compared to the percentage of travelers likely to be cooking for themselves in the middle of Iowa. As for the ones I deleted, I removed them because they are big chains, normal places just like every other city on the US map has, most of which also have pharmacies, photo processing, etc. If Dahls and Fareway are unique to Iowa, put them in the Iowa article. Wal-mart and Target are pretty ubiquitous in the States, so if anywhere, I'd put them in the United States article. I definitely don't want to see a Wal-Mart listing in every article for every American city over 10,000 people, do you? For the same reason, I remove McDonald's other mega-fast-food chains when I find listings in city articles. There are just too many to care about here in a travel guide. (WT-en) Texugo

Point well-taken. I don't don't want to see the big chains up there either--having chains doesn't make Seattle anymore special than San Antonio. As far as the ethnic ones go...well, I thought by posting some visitors to the site could add their comments about the ones they liked...the ones that don't have comments could be erased. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for your help, nonetheless... What's the standard for formatting titles and the like. I know for the work you've edited for me you had it as such: Hello, 1234 Main Street, +1 999 999-9999 - This place is great!

Is this what the Wiki people want? So many people use the period at the end of the header and not the hyphen... Also, what's your stance on abbreviations, such as "Av." and "St". Do the Wiki people want it standardized somehow (I always write out the whole thing because I know people from outside the US will find it much easier)? Thanks in advance...(WT-en) Unizeppelin 05:04, 12 September 2006 (EDT)

Yeah, um.. You can find the standard formatting set-up can be found in the manual of style articles on Project:Attraction_listings, like this: I have recently discovered that I had been making that very mistake of using a hyphen and I have repented, confessed, said my hail marys, and changed my ways. As for abbreviations, I tend to write them out fully too, though the super-common ones like Ave. and St. don't bother me too much. Anything else I usually jump in and change to the full form.(WT-en) Texugo 08:40, 12 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Name of Attraction, Address (extra directions if necessary), phone number (email, fax, other contact if possible), . Days and times open. One to five sentences about why this attraction is worth seeing, things to pay special attention to, warnings, notes, historical or other background information. $entryprice (extra price info).

Darn, I guess I have some repenting to do then because of it! Hopefully people won't think I'm too big of a prick because of my hyphen obsession. Interesting how the Atraction Listings cites a desire for "every day" to be used, although in time/date format it requests "daily" to be used.(WT-en) Unizeppelin 02:00, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

Listings
I've only looked at a little bit of the above discussions, but you may want to consider using these listings. They've proven useful for me and have greatly improved my manual of style editing. See Cincinnati or Singapore on how to use them. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 02:57, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

 * Thanks for the suggestion, Sapphire. I checked out the Cincy one although I was disappointed a bit...just a few edit changes I've made, but probably more to do...found some currency and phone # edits that needed to be done.
 * I've yet to see a perfect site...although my Des Moines one is getting awfully close (I might need some help on how to post pics...got any recommendations?).(WT-en) Unizeppelin 03:14, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

 * For images make sure you upload to Wikivoyage Shared, since it's our image depository. To upload an image you'll probably want to check out Project:How to add an image. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 03:19, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

Time and dates
See Project:Time and date formats. This will hopefully help you. I use: "Monday - Saturday: 09:00 - 23:00", but it's not exactly policy, however, I think it's more useful to use military time and doesn't look as cluttered as: "Mon. - Fri.: 11AM - 6PM." I've always hated abbreviations and AM & PM, but use whatever you think is best. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 03:16, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

Military, or international time, is good because doesn't require an AM/PM and there's NEVER a mixup. However, since the city is in the US where AM/PM are used, that's why Wiki wants people to use AM/PM format.

Also, make sure when you do something like "3PM-10PM" you don't leave any space around the hyphen... I think as long as you're following policy you'll create less headaches for those who really are trying to do it by the book! People who write and edit need to be on the same page...the page where the policy is given. Many thanks. I'm not going to tackle the phone number editing that needs to be done for the Cincy page...I'll have someone else do that maybe?(WT-en) Unizeppelin 03:37, 13 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Right, but there's a discussion, which I'm reviving, about making the 24 hour format policy. Anyway, it's impossible to format the Cincinnati phone numbers, because they are enclosed in the listing tags, which ignore the wiki markup like (+1-513).  I haven't any idea why the tags ignore them, but I don't mess with God's plan. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 03:45, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

Alright, I won't mess with the coding gods for the Cincy page. That whole page is crazy, the formatting and stuffy anyhow. Okay, let's revive the date/time format arguments. I'm all for international (what some in the US like to call military time, even though places outside of the military used it before) time format but the reason why the folks at Wiki don't want us to use that format for US-based destinations is because that's not what the museums, buses, hotels, etc. use...so why use something that when visitors come here they won't be greeted with? If we're trying to make as visitor-friendly page as possible, we know to make sure the pages describing US-based locations all have the "$" symbol, are in AM/PM, etc. That's what's used in the US.

Now, when using pages about Paris or Beijing, I don't expect to find $ signs...and I don't expect to find AM/PM b/c that's not what's used there...but in the US it is...(WT-en) Unizeppelin 03:56, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

What are your thoughts on hotel listings (the chains, like Holiday Inn, Microtel, Best Western, etc.)?(WT-en) Unizeppelin 01:58, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

Hotels
What are your thoughts on hotel listings? Do you think it's good to list a bunch of different chains (Holiday Inn, Microtel, etc.)?(WT-en) Unizeppelin 01:57, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
 * To whom are you speaking? I find that it's essential to provide a traveller with an array of hotel, hostel, and B&B options.  You may want to try and use User:(WT-en) Cjensen/project/hotelmaker.  Simply click on the respective state and see if there is section for the particular city you need sleep information for.  It's not a perfect listing, but it's a start.  If you use those listings do not change the listing at all since Colin is planning to have his script automatically change all listings into proper formats, MoS, and whatever else.  -- (WT-en) Sapphire 02:03, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

Yeah, I'm talking to you and anyone else who will "listen." I was wondering because if the criteria for restaurants is "local, can't find anywhere else" then I was wondering why hotels/motels/etc. doesn't have the same criteria. I can find a Holiday Inn in just about Anytown, USA. All I have to do is go to any search engine, type in "Holiday inn" and I'll see the Website. That's why I'm wondering why as creators/editors we're not supposed to list cool chain restaurants but it's okay to list a major chain hotel...you get what I'm saying at all? Let me know...and don't worry, I won't be changing Colin's format or anything else....(WT-en) Unizeppelin 02:16, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Well, finding "local" restaurants is far more easier than finding a privately owned hotel that doesn't have some kind of association with a huge chain. I think the policy was stating that chain restaurants like Applebees, Lonestar Steakhouse, or O'Charleys are OK, but don't list McDonalds or Burger King.  Anyways, feel free to add a Del Frisco's Steakhouse (A somewhat small chain) or even Applebee's because that's perfectly alright.  However, if you know of a really cool local institution like what Cincinnati's Maisonette was before it closed that should trump a restaurant belonging to a chain.  If you have anymore questions feel free to ask here or on my talk page.  I'm trying to go to sleep and if I succeed I'll respond later. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 02:33, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

Phone numbers
Hi, and welcome. Thanks for your edits on Orlando, but I want you to be aware of a few things about phone numbers. The format can vary from what is shown in the style manual for areas that have 10 digit dialing (such as Orlando). Those areas have to dial all the area code even when calling locally, and get formatted like: ph: +1 987-654-3210. Also, we generally preface the number with ph: tel: or Phone: just to make it easier for the bots to go through someday and change to tag listings (something that seems inevitable). (WT-en) OldPine 07:05, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

Ahh...now I feel bad in a way about the area code. The manual guide doesn't have any sort of "tel" or "phone:" so that's why I deleted them. If you feel like adding them back in I won't change it! (WT-en) Unizeppelin 23:46, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

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Welcome
Hello Upamanyuwikitravel! Welcome to Wikivoyage. Please take a sec to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you need help, check out Project:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub. (WT-en) Ryan 06:41, 16 November 2006 (EST)

Sacred sites
Good job on the Hindu section of Sacred sites. With regard to respect, what about mentioning the rules about vegetarian food, leather shoes, and alcohol at Hindu temples - necessary? (WT-en) WindHorse 11:30, 1 March 2007 (EST)
 * Adding the festivals is a good idea, and if finally the consensus is to change the focus of the article, the info will still be useful. When a village or city itself is considered sacred, such as Bodh Gaya or Varanasi, then the town is listed first, but when town is not equal to the sacred site, then the temple is listed as the sacred site and the town as the place where it is located. For example, we talk about Haridwar or Varanasi as being sacred cities, but Delhi? The same principle is used in the 'Other destinations' section on the India article. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:29, 2 March 2007 (EST)

Yes
Yes, my young friend, what can I do for you? (WT-en) WindHorse 09:27, 3 March 2007 (EST)
 * First question: I think start with the major festivals, because the general sacred sites article is aimed more for providing info for casual tourists. More specific info relating to local festivals can be given on the pilgrimage itineraries. Likewise, with symbols, I think just add the common ones that tourists will see on short visits to major temples and encounter in restaurants, dhal bhat and chai stores. Otherwise, we will end up with a telephone directory of symbols, which rather than helping tourists gain some basic understanding about the things they encounter, will confuse them. At least that is my feeling. What do you think? (WT-en) WindHorse 09:39, 3 March 2007 (EST)

 * Second question: If it can be done neatly and precisely, like with the train schedule for Guangzhou, then, yes, maybe it is a good idea. However, it is going to be a huge list that dominates the page, then maybe not. If you check, most cities don't have the schedules listed, and mostly for that reason. However, as Shimla is small and doesn't have either a frequent train or plane service, it might be ok. What's your opinion? Usually when I consider adding a schedule, I try to see it from both the prospective of the benefits to travelers as well as the overall aesthetics of the article. (WT-en) WindHorse 09:51, 3 March 2007 (EST)

South African Languages
The 11 official languages are:

 * Afrikaans
 * English
 * isiNdebele
 * isiXhosa
 * isiZulu
 * Sepedi
 * Sesotho
 * Setswana
 * siSwati
 * Tshivenda
 * Xitsonga

In addition to the official languages there are a number of others that are in common use as there are large Indian, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Greek and Chinese communities in South Africa.

Fanagalo, a language invented primarily for the mining industry is also in general use as a second language by hundreds of thousands of current and ex miners.

(WT-en) NJR_ZA 12:01, 3 March 2007 (EST)

Happy Holi!
Hey! Hope you had a great holi yourself! I am at work at home, preparing for two meetings tomorrow :( — (WT-en) Ravikiran 05:22, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Time table
''I've added the return timetable (after consulting Trains At A Glance) in the same format as yours. It looks neat as it is, so I'm not making it into a table. I've also added the flight schedule in a small table. Only the flights TO Chandigarh and Shimla are included. I copied the size from the Guangzhou article. Thanks. Take care — Upamanyuwikivoyage 07:38, 4 March 2007 (EST)''
 * It looks great. You did a good job. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 00:25, 5 March 2007 (EST)
 * Thanks for the barnstar. Now I have two. Ravi gave me one before, but its in my archives. The Kolkata article is looking good, by the way. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:20, 5 March 2007 (EST)
 * P.S. The Jagson Airlines site seems to be giving some trouble so I can't find the flight(s) to Kullu. As soon as I get the info, I'll update. Take care — Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( Travel )•

 * Thanks for the update. I've never flown that airline, so I know nothing about their efficiency or scheduling. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 20:38, 6 March 2007 (EST)

Images
Wow! The images really enhance the quality of the article. Thanks for your efforts. They are appreciated. Also, Thanks also for the info on the airline. Maybe I can fly with them on future visits to Shimla or Leh, assuming, that is, they resume flights on that route. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:53, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Thane
I came back end of december (and got married). I am in fact busy, but I do manage to do some editing every year. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:12, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Sacred sites
How come the Jain section gave you so much trouble? It is supposed to be such a peaceful religion He He. Actually, thanks for all your efforts on the Sacred sites article. It is looking really great at the moment. Thanks also for the info on the Leh flights. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:08, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Kolkata
Are you placing Park Street under Maidan or Esplanade? I've been adding listings for Park Street, Sudder Street and J.L. Nehru Road (north of Park Street) under Esplanade. Where is the border between the two areas? Is it Middleton Street or south side of Park Street? Please advise. (WT-en) WindHorse 05:31, 9 March 2007 (EST)

 * OK, but are we including Park Street under Esplanade or Maidan? At the moment we have got places on this street listed under both districts. Thanks. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:01, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * OK, but I'm wondering whether that might be too complicated for contributors. What if it was just simply like this: Park Street from Jl Neru Street to Rafi Ahmed Kidwel Road (sp?) is in Esplanade. From there the road is in Maidan until ? (not so familiar with East Kolkata). (WT-en) WindHorse 06:11, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * Sorry. I read your original explanation incorrectly. So, you are saying that none of Park Street will come under Eslanade - OK. Then how about Jl Neru Road - south of Park Street = Maidan and north = Esplanade? (WT-en) WindHorse 06:16, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * No need for a reply. I was tracing the names of places you gave in my head from memory, and somehow had Park Street Station a little more south than it actually is. Now, I have found a map and can follow your explanation. Yes, you are correct. It is very clear. Thanks. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:26, 9 March 2007 (EST)

Shimla
The Shimla article looks up to standard for DoM. Also, the Sacred sites article is looking good. I guess the Jains section needs some basic info at some point, but it can be done slowly. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 07:10, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * Thanks for correcting my sloppy edits on Shimla, and for adding info to the Jains section of Sacred sites. When I get the chance, I'll research some info for 'Understand'. I don't know too much about their religion, but as a vegetarian I've occasionally encountered Jains in veggie restaurants and we have spoken a little about their philosophy. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:19, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * I added the non-stop Indus Air flight from Bombay to Chandigarh, I didn't even know there was one! I hope the Shimla#By plane is not getting too long. Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 04:44, 10 March 2007 (EST)
 * Hi, my young friend. At the moment I don't think the list of flights is too long, but do you think it is worth distinguishing between flights that go directly to Shimla and those that go only to Chandigarh because Chandigarh is still quite some distance from Shimla? (WT-en) WindHorse 06:49, 10 March 2007 (EST)
 * Sorry. I just glanced at the list and it didn't click that IXC was the airport code for Chandigarh. Actually, it is very clear. Mea culpa. (WT-en) WindHorse 07:25, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Hindi
Hold on. Ask Evan if there is a language file already written up in Hindi. Translations of the MediaWiki php file are becoming increasingly available and complete, so before you go and start translating all the interface files be sure to ask him, if he doesn't already have access to a file. Then he may be able to get it online and you can start doing policy translation on the Hindi wiki. -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 05:59, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Hey, that website you mentioned is fantastic!!! मेरा नाम् काकाहुअटे है! यी-हा! – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 01:54, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

While I'm bothering you
Since you're interested in linguistics you may be interested in checking out Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) OpenCourseWare. It's free for anyone to use and is licensed under a Creative Commons license, albeit non-commercial. Anywho, they provide information about linguistics courses (Chinese, German, and French, come to mind) and resources. Of course, if you want to learn about other things such as the rise and fall of democracies they have that course too. -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 06:09, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Hindi
I just took a peak at your sandbox - wow, have you been busy. When do you expect to launch the Hindi site? Anyway, I'm sorry I cannot help with this project, but I wish you good luck. (WT-en) WindHorse 12:17, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

Tilde
Howdy Upamanyu,

I just wanted to point out that the tilde (~) isn't always in the same place for everyone. As an example, on my laptop it's located near the space bar, however, since my laptop is going bonkers I had to purchase a new keyboard and on it the key is located near the "Escape" key. And when I switch to the German keyboard what pops up when I hit the key under the "Escape" key is "°". It might be wise not to advise anyone where exactly the tilde is on a keyboard, but then again it's not a big deal. -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 12:24, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

Hi there
Hello, I'm familiar with Wikipedia but am new here. Right now, am exploring around and checking out the policies and so on. Btw, I have one question. Is there a way to see the Edit toolbar while editing? -- (WT-en) Madhu

Hindi babel
Can you check out the babel templates for Hindi that I created (actually just copied the one for hi-3 that was made on shared and did my best to find appropriate words to swap out for each of the other levels). Let me know (or change them yourself) if you think there are better words to use for "beginner", intermediate", etc... scroll up to the English section on that page for what the boxes should roughly say – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 03:24, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Cricket
If you don't mind, my young friend, I'll answer for Ravi. You'll find all the answers to your questions on this article: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200703200901.htm Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:24, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
 * De nada. Good luck working on shared. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:34, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Hindi WT
It's me who has been editing the main page of the Hindi Wikivoyage. I will hold off creating a username for a day in the hope that Evan will sort out the OpenId problems and I don't have to create a user. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 06:33, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Hey, congratulations of the successful launch of the HiWt. You've worked very hard. Let's hope that the site really takes off and your efforts are rewarded. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:52, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Hi. I took a look at the sidebar on HiWT, but I couldn't see a problem. Sorry. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:17, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

Suggestion
I suggest you don't quit over your failed admin application. As I said, see it as an experience and learn from it. Everyone is opposed by others at some time. That is part of life's experiences. You cannot change that any more than you can stop Delhi becoming an oven in April and May, but you can choose how you react. And, I think the best way to react is not to over-react, but instead try to see the situation from other people's view point. For example, if a new guy entered you class and you caught him out on a lie, would you trust him immediately after. Probably not, right? However, if he didn't lie again and he became your friend, then slowly you would forget about that transgression and he would gain your trust and confidence. However, it would take some time for that to happen. It wouldn't happen straight away, right? This situation is the same. So, try to see it from the admins point of view. They are not against you, but just need a little more time to regain their confidence. Can you understand that? So, I suggest that you just keep doing a good job, and within a few months I'm sure people will trust your judgment and you will be accepted as as admin. Anyway, personally I hope you hang around. You have been really helpful and have offered some very insightful and interesting comments. By the way, I'll probably be away from internet connections for a few weeks from next week, so I won't be active on WT. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 03:17, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Please stay, Upamanyu!
 * Two months is not long to wait to try again.
 * Quit now and you will prove your critics right...(WT-en) W. Frank 10:32, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

Around
I'm around for the moment, though I may be falling asleep sometime shortly, or at least I hope to so I kick this case of insomnia. -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 06:25, 28 March 2007 (EDT)

Trip
Hey, have a great school trip. I'm also probably going to be away from internet connection from this weekend, though I will be away longer than you. As for the Chinese WT, like the Japanese one, I'll just take a took a look at it every now and again, but I think I prefer to concentrate my efforts on the English version. There are more than a billion Chinese. They won't miss my help. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:02, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Welcome back. It is always a special feeling to cross the Ganga - especially at dawn or dusk. Anyway, I'm going to be out of action for a few weeks, so we are changing the guards! (WT-en) WindHorse 11:19, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

Congratulations
...to the launch of Wikivoyage in Hindi. Have you seen the status report page where the various language versions report their progress on Shared? If not, feel free to take a look at Liaison reports. (WT-en) Riggwelter 19:22, 30 March 2007 (EDT)

Re: templates
Absolutely, with pleasure... probably later today. FYI, I'm probably going to create the page names in English at first, partly because it will be easier for me to add the templates to new articles (, etc) , but also because I don't want to wrongly guess at the proper names for those templates. When you do translate the page names, you could just move the pages to the new names, though if possible it would be nice for me (and perhaps Sapphire, etc) to also have the English ones in existence so we can help out more, in which case you should just create new pages and copy in the info. But either way. – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 19:40, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

Quickbar
Were you editing the wrong wiki? -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 08:51, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

I'd love to help with this, but I am completely unable to read Hindi, so I can't even find the Quickbar template on hi. :) - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 09:44, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm not sure what the problem is with the "topimage" part of the Quickbar template, but I modified it so the template at least works now. Someone who really understands that feature could probably give a better explanation of why it wasn't working. - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 13:32, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

Yes, that was me who fixed the template. I finally figured out how that bit works. I've looked at the main page for the Hindi Wikivoyage, and although I have no idea what any of it says, it looks good. - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 12:55, 12 April 2007 (EDT)

Hello
I presume today's your birthday (since you changed the age on your user page a few minutes back). If my guess is correct, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 12:39, 12 April 2007 (EDT)
 * In fact my birthday was the day before, on April 11th. But thanks a lot anyway. (WT-en) Julien 16:37, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

How are you doing?
Long time didn't see you on the English wiki. How's everything going on Hi? (WT-en) WindHorse 12:06, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

 * Aww, poor Upamanyu, look at that arm! Nice to see a picture of you, you are indeed Indian and indeed 13. Not that I didn't believe you before, but I sure do now. – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 00:34, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

hi:
I finally fixed some of the problems with special pages and new-message notification on hi:. Can you check them and let me know how they work? --(WT-en) Evan 12:19, 28 May 2007 (EDT)

Welcome back!
Good to see you back, even if anonymously ;) Hope you had a great time in Kolkata! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 06:48, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

Hello
I thought I would mention, that your work has been outstanding for such a young man. I hope you continue to contribute to wikivoyage. If you ever decide to visit Ohio, let me know, I will try to intoduce you to my grandsons. If you come during the winter months, we can show you how to walk on water ;-) (WT-en) 2old 15:23, 20 September 2007 (EDT)

Re: Hello
Yes, I do. Beshirbhag somoy, at least. Kintu not in Chittagong any more. (WT-en) Aditya Kabir 06:49, 21 September 2007 (EDT)
 * Are brother apnakei to khujchilam. Let's collaborate on Shillong. I've been there this year, and the article here is very rudimentary. Let's improve it from both sides of the border. (WT-en) Aditya Kabir 07:12, 21 September 2007 (EDT)

Contributions
Greetings from Ohio Upamanyu! As we know, you are a very good contributor to wikivoyage, may I make a suggestion. One of the things that wikivoyage is lacking, is good photo's. They have a lot of good ones, but when you consider the area they are covering, they only have a few. This may be one of the many areas in which you could be a great help. Some whine about Photoshop, but it is a great tool and a way to crop and enhance what may be a useless photo. Some tips:1.)Take a lot of photos. A memory card that can hold a 1,000 photos and can be reused is about US25.00. 2.) In many cases (landscapes, buildings, cities} is may be best to get far back from the subject and then crop out what you want. 3.)Lighting is of utmost importance. Usually, it is best to have the light source to your back. When outside blue skies will usually add a lot to the beauty of the photo or subject. 4.) Take a lot of photo's. 5.) Take a lot of photo's. 6.) Take a lot of photo's. You get the idea. I find your country to be very interesting, they say a photo is worth a thousand words. One last word of advice. Keep your original photo's stored on a memory type that you can access when you are my age (60). It will bring back many pleasant memories. Best of luck to you young man! (WT-en) 2old 12:36, 22 September 2007 (EDT) One last thought, keep people out of the photo's you submit online, the main reason is liability. Please ask your father to explain this. It may be something not to worry about, but as always, play it safe. (WT-en) 2old 12:41, 22 September 2007 (EDT)

Happy Diwali!
Hope you had a good time! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:03, 12 November 2007 (EST)

well
look who's alive! hello – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 18:03, 28 June 2008 (EDT)

 * Welcome back! (WT-en) Jpatokal 12:12, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

 * Sounds like you're busy then.... good luck to you with your exams :) – (WT-en) cacahuate   talk 20:23, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Rail travel in India
Hi, Check out the page. What do you think of it? — (WT-en) SBC-YPR 14:09, 12 July 2008 (EDT)

Welcome Back!
We have missed your participation and comments. (WT-en) 2old 09:12, 23 March 2009 (EDT)

 * Good to see you here again! (WT-en) Jpatokal 11:31, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

 * Yeah, welcome back. We missed you. (WT-en) WindHorse 13:16, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

Cricket
Yes, I know, but most people outside India have no idea what a "Test" or "ODI" is. I've tried to reword it in more general terms. (WT-en) Jpatokal 11:32, 1 April 2009 (EDT)

 * We should assume that people have no idea about cricket in India and give them a rough overview of the "cricket experience" if they go to a match. Detailed rules etc are way beyond our scope. (WT-en) Jpatokal 10:08, 2 April 2009 (EDT)

Hindustani?
Could you have a look at Project:Travellers%27_pub? It is a discussion of world languages. I and others have mentioned on Hindi & Urdu; it needs an Indian to check if we got it right. (WT-en) Pashley 02:53, 17 December 2009 (EST)

Kolkata districts
Hey, as you seem familiar with Kolkata, maybe you can help to finally get the district thing cleared up and mapped? Would be great if you could spare some minutes! (WT-en) Sebindi 12:34, 4 April 2010 (EDT)

title: User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel


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User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel/2006

Hey Upamanyuwikivoyage, you are doing a great job on the Pune article, and you are only 13 years of age - amazing. Anyway, there are a few things that still need to be corrected in the article, so I nominated Pune for Project:Collaboration of the week. So, when it is Pune's turn to be CoW, hopefully then a few people will help with the editing. Anyway, keep up the good work. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:33, 9 December 2006 (EST)

 * Yes, let's hope the Pune article can be made a star. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:00, 9 December 2006 (EST)

Pune
Hey there, I noticed you undoing some of the fixes that I did the other day on the Pune page... Quickbars are used for countries only, not on city pages... any of that info can go in the 'Understand' section... also the India region map only belongs on the India page, it isn't specific to Pune. If we're going to move it towards Star Status then it has to be perfect, so if you have a second read through some of the links at the top of your talk page, such as the Manual of Style, to get a better idea of how to perfect the article... it's got a lot of info, we just need to now get it into perfect Wikivoyage shape! (WT-en) Cacahuate 07:41, 12 December 2006 (EST)

Also here are some guidelines for the photos, if you can get the Pune photos inline with these then it will help it on its way towards stardom...

Image sizing guidelines
 * 250px for normal image thumbnails
 * 400px for the article's lead picture
 * 500px for maps containing small detail

-- :) (WT-en) Cacahuate 01:26, 13 December 2006 (EST)

Hey there again, if you have the time I've got a few suggestions of things that need to be done to improve the Pune article. The biggest task is getting the Sleep, Eat and Drink sections to conform to Wikivoyage guidelines... Project:Restaurant listings and Project:Accomodation listings will give you a good idea of how they should look...

We really need to have addresses and phone numbers for all of the listings, many of them just have websites listed. So at some point someone needs to just get all of that info off of their websites.

Anyway, I know you really want Pune to make star, so I figured I would give you some pointers as to how it can get there! Take care, (WT-en) Cacahuate 12:33, 16 December 2006 (EST)


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User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel/Jan-Feb 2007

Pune is CotW!!!
Hey there Upamanyu, just wanted to point out that Pune is Collaboration of the Week, it's a good time to make it shine, and you seem to have a good interest in the article! If it isn't improved soon we'll probably have to remove it from the Star Nominations page, it definitely isn't a Star yet... (WT-en) Cacahuate 08:03, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Hi!
Don't worry too much about what everyone said about that image. We all make mistakes, and the thing to do after we make mistakes is to fix them and carry on as before. You've been very helpful around here, so keep it up! I notice you're from New Delhi, that article is only at useful status, so it would be really great if you could try and bring that up to at least guide status! -- (WT-en) Tim 07:46, 24 January 2007 (EST)

 * I've gone ahead and added the districts that you mentioned. Feel free to have a go at trying to shift stuff over if you get the time. I'm also in talks with someone from WikiPedia who made this map to see if I can get a copy of it in .svg so I can edit it to whichever districts we decide to use. I'll let you know when I get a reply. -- (WT-en) Tim 10:20, 24 January 2007 (EST)

Hi Upamanyuwikivoyage - I'm sure that you have learned from your error and understand why people were angry with you. Anyway, let's let bygones be bygones. As Tim said, if you could help with the Delhi article that would be great. However, if you find Delhi too difficult, how about looking at Shimla? It is a very popular place for tourists, but all the listings are really thin. When I last there, I stayed at the YMCA, but I don't remember the names of the restaurants or other hotels, so can't complete sections. However, I'm sure you must have visited there with your family, so if you could add some useful information, perhaps with your parents' help, it would be great. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:14, 24 January 2007 (EST)

Shimla
Yeah, I remember the Cecil Oberoi. It's a big hotel with a great view, right? Anyway, just do the best you can, but I think Tim is going to keep you busy with Delhi for a while, so maybe just help with that first. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:25, 24 January 2007 (EST)

''I'll find time to work on both Delhi and Shimla. I found my travel diary in my cupboard and there's a fair bit of info. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 03:45, 25 January 2007 (EST)''

Great. I look forward to using the information on my next visit to those places. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:15, 25 January 2007 (EST)

 * Thanks for adding the listings to the Shimla article. They are really useful - though remember that because of copyright restrictions we cannot copy the text from another source, but have to write everything in our own words. Also, I have made a few edits to the listings you made (take take a look). By the way, there is a discussion on the Delhi Talk page about how to set up the districts. Can you offer any help? I've been to Delhi many times, but I've never taken much notice about the district names, so I'm afraid I cannot help. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 07:47, 26 January 2007 (EST) Ps. Take a look at Colin's comments below, and try to do that as quickly as possible so that we can avoid possible copyright problems - ok?
 * Thanks for the edit to the monastery, but Nyingma is a school of Tibetan Buddhist, not a style of building - anyway, it was a good idea. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:02, 26 January 2007 (EST)
 * Hey, man, are you copying some of the edits on the Shimla article from a brochure??? As I said above, we have to write aaaaaaaaall our contributions in our words. What's your answer??? (WT-en) WindHorse 08:20, 26 January 2007 (EST)

''Here's my answer - I AM NOT USING ANY BROCHURE. I'm doing random googling to find out the websites and opening hours. And the reviews are from my own travel diary. Don't worry. P.S. I am consulting the web to find out opening hours, entry prices and items on the menu which is fine. All the reviews which I am using are being re-formatted which is within wikivoyage conventions. Upamanyuwikivoyage 09:19, 26 January 2007 (EST)''

OK, but many of the reviews still sound very brochure-like - for example...''Admire the Victorian Architecture, for The Mall retains much of its Raj-era charm....The central area of the mall, flanked by its half-timbered buildings, has always been, and remains its most fahionable area. Home to a profusion of restaurants''... Don't you agree? If you re-format, you have do more than just change a few words, it has to be re-written. Anyway, I'm just letting you know, because if anyone finds that you have copied something, then definitely you'll banned, and there is nothing I can do about it. Take it easy (WT-en) WindHorse 09:32, 26 January 2007 (EST)

 * Listen, here's the original text. I have re-formatted it. The Mall in Shimla is a classic example of Victorian Architecture. The half-timbered buildings in the central section of The Mall retain their Raj-era charm. This area is the poshest neighbourhood in the city, and houses a multitude of stylish restaurants, art galleries and shopping plazas. P.S. Just gloss over the spellings, I tend to use British spellings which apparently isn't the wikivoyage norm. I'm Done with See, Do, Eat & Drink I'll complete the Sleep Listings today evening, that is 12.30 GMT. And The Get Around is blank, Get In is too sparse. Upamanyuwikivoyage 22:18, 26 January 2007 (EST)

Thanks for reporting back. To be honest I'm not 100% sure of the rules concerning reformatting, but what you have written does seem far enough from the original for it not to contravene copyright laws. Let's see if anyone else can offer a more in depth appraisal (I'll add the dialogue to the Shimla Talk page). Anyway, the Shimla does look much better. Thanks for your efforts. (WT-en) WindHorse 04:10, 27 January 2007 (EST)

 * I'd agree - the original and "rewritten" text seem far too similar to me. It's not enough to just change a few words in a sentence; if you find a description of a place that is four sentences long and you simply copy those four sentences and shuffle a few words it's still copying.  My advice would be if you can't write clearly original work, using external sites as references only, then it's better to wait for others to make original contributions.  In the mean time add your own contributions for places you are familiar with! -- (WT-en) Ryan 04:15, 27 January 2007 (EST)

 * Hey Upamanyuwikivoyage - Based on my own feelings and Ryan's input, I think that the Shimla text needs to be written - which I'll do. Then, in the future, please write any contributions in your words. Don't worry that the grammar is not 100% correct. It will get cleaned up at some point. OK? Anyway, keep going. You are doing fine, and it is good that you checking back with us about your contributions. In that way, we can avoid future problems. (WT-en) WindHorse 04:24, 27 January 2007 (EST)

On fixing errors
If you truely plan on changing your ways, then you need to take an important step. You need to tell us about everything you have copied from other sites. Please review your contributions to Wikivoyage and let us know if any other contributions -- whether photos or text -- were taken from other sites. -- (WT-en) Colin 22:30, 25 January 2007 (EST)

Wikipedia is GFDL, not CC-SA
Wikipedia content is licensed under the GFDL, not the CC-SA, so text from Wikipedia cannot be copied to Wikivoyage. See Project:Why Wikivoyage isn't GFDL and Project:Copyleft. -- (WT-en) Ryan 13:34, 30 January 2007 (EST)

Thirteen
''Wow - you are smart. Are you sure you only 13? WindHorse 21:27, 30 January 2007 (EST) Ps. Image looks good. Thanks. You don't believe that I'm 13, look in your talk page - I've given the email IDs of some of my classmates, just email them and ask.(i'd forgotten to sign my name). Upamanyuwikivoyage 02:54, 31 January 2007 (EST)
 * I wasn't doubting you, just complimenting you. You seem so smart for only 13. By the way, the information you have added looks great, though be careful not add too much academic stuff. Remember this is a guide not an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. Also, don't worry about writing in your own words. Even if there are mistakes in the grammar, it is better to do this than copy another text. OK? (WT-en) WindHorse 04:31, 31 January 2007 (EST)

''Hey wh, what's your name?? Er, windhorse, what's your real name and where are you from?? I'd still prefer calling you windhorse, I like the name. Upamanyuwikivoyage 11:18, 31 January 2007 (EST)''

 * Do you remember Star Wars? Well, I am Chewbacca's cousin. We look alike and both come from the planet Kashyyyk. Ha Ha. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:23, 1 February 2007 (EST)

New language versions
→ wts:How to start a new language version (WT-en) Jpatokal 05:49, 2 February 2007 (EST)

 * Start the Expedition(s) and sign your name up top. Try to recruit more people.  Wait until you have 5 people.  (WT-en) Jpatokal 09:53, 2 February 2007 (EST)

Sleazy in Shimla
Were you looking for some other word when you wrote "A good place to enjoy tea or a quiet drink in a sleazy atmosphere." to describe the bar at the Oberoi in Shimla? Great work on the article by the way. I am nominating it for DotM. (Windhorse has already done that!) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:40, 5 February 2007 (EST)
 * Actually, I had tea (well, coffee actually) at the Oberoi in Shimla, and I would say that elegant was perhaps a more appropriate description of the Lobby Lounge than trendy, but anyway it's up to you. Trendy is also ok. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:29, 5 February 2007 (EST)

Hotels in Mumbai
I'd recommend you stay in Santa cruz, Khar or Juhu. Andheri is farther away and I'd expect that hotels there are more expensive because it's close to a lot of software cos. I had opportunity to drive to the Santa cruz area today and I noticed that there were a lot of budget-type hotels between the Western Express highway and the railway station - that is a convenient location. In particular, I noticed Hotel Airlines international (listed on the page as having a decent range). It is very close to the Western express highway, close to the airport and is in a decent locality. I don't know how it is inside, but has some decent reviews. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:16, 15 February 2007 (EST)
 * Yes it is very close to the santa cruz station. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:24, 16 February 2007 (EST)

Photos
Of course you can use them — that's what this whole Project:Copyleft thing is about! (WT-en) Jpatokal 09:06, 23 February 2007 (EST)

Delhi to Jo'burg
Saw your comment on Ravikiran's page, I flew from Jo'burg to Delhi well, over a year ago now, on Emirates, which I'm pretty sure still flies that route via Dubai :)  (WT-en) - Cacahuate 14:34, 27 February 2007 (EST)

 * p.s... http://www.sidestep.com is sometimes a pretty good site, checks lots of different airlines and booking sites and often shows competitive prices... (WT-en) - Cacahuate 14:35, 27 February 2007 (EST)

Shimla
Hi young man, regarding Shimla, no I have only been there once, but I stayed for some time and really enjoyed my time there. It is a really pleasant little town and a good base for traveling on to Manali, Kullu and Dharamsala. As for the timetable, your welcome. Actually, you did all the hard work. I'm just filling in a few gaps. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:02, 28 February 2007 (EST)


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User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel/Kathgodam.jpg

This talk page includes all the messages that I received regarding the image (Kathgodam.jpg) which I had uploaded. It had intervened copyright laws, and I had lied and claimed that it was my personal photo.

From my welcome note
Thanks for your contributions to Nainital! Two requests: can you take a look at Project:Copyleft and make sure that any images you upload specifically specify who the author of the image is and that the author has agreed to license the image under the CC-SA license? Images that aren't licensed under the CC-SA unfortunately have to be deleted. Second, you might consider uploading your images to Wikivoyage shared, which would allow all Wikivoyage language versions to use the images. Thanks again for contributing! -- (WT-en) Ryan November 2006

Image to be uploaded
I rolled back your addition of the image. You will have to upload an image first. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:46, 18 December 2006 (EST)

Uploading to shared, CCSA??

 * Is [[Image:Kathgodam.jpg]] available under the CC-by-SA 1.0 license? Also, who is the photographer? -- (WT-en) Andrew H. (Sapphire) 09:19, 21 December 2006 (EST)

 * Would you please add this template or whatever template best describes the license the image is available under.  Also, would you upload images to Wikivoyage Shared because Shared allows our other language versions to use your images.  Please be sure to select the license when you upload too.  Thanks! -- (WT-en) Andrew H. (Sapphire) 10:59, 21 December 2006 (EST)

The truth comes out...
I can't believe you lied about taking this picture yourself!!! Shame on you. If I was Evan, I'd lock you out of the site and delete every word you've ever contributed: how can we trust you now? (WT-en) Jpatokal 21:39, 21 January 2007 (EST)

This really pisses me off because you specifically lied to me. Do you realize you broke the law!? I almost share the same view point as Jpatokal - you do not deserve any trust from us and I'm very much tempted to delete every single thing you've uploaded! -- (WT-en) Andrew H. (Sapphire) 22:42, 21 January 2007 (EST)


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User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikitravel/Sandbox

swept in from User talk:(WT-en) Ravikiran r

Okay Ravi, I know that you're very busy, but could you please look through my (WT-en) sandbox and gimme some feedback on the English-Hindi translations that I've been doing for wikivoyage-specific vocab. I want to launch a Hindi wikivoyage expedition by next month if all goes well... :)

And see if you can come up with Hindi terms for docent, VfD and iterenary, (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 08:10, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

 * 1) मार्ग्दर्शक्?
 * 2) ____  का प्ऱस्ताव् (Check with Wikipedia what they use...)
 * 3) भ्ऱ���ण्पथ्?

I will come up with more suggestions later. BTW, have you seen this ?

P.S. How's Bombay progressing? :) (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) •

 * By the end of this month, I hope to make it a guide. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 10:45, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Thanks for the link. It is awesome, just type in Roman and out comes the Hindi font! I have translated the welcome note already, take a look (User:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage/Sandbox) (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 05:24, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
 * मार्गदर्शक is an excellent suggestion for docent.
 * I dunno what Hi:Wp uses for VfD (well, they use AfD in en). I opened AfD but couldn't find the hindi link in the other languages box. How about हटाने का  प्रस्ताव ?
 * Do you mean भ्रमण पथ ? That's good. I was think about विचरण पथ but भ्रमण is a better word.

(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 05:24, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

Hey Ravi, please sign up for the Hindi wikivoyage expedition. I know you're very busy, but we need an experienced wikivoyager and well, I still have a lot of stuff to learn... (I'm not an admin either) (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 07:45, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

And we need translations for the following...
 * Off the beaten Path (— हायवे से हटके?? — (WT-en) Ravikiran 23:33, 15 March 2007 (EDT))
 * Policies and guidelines (— नीति एवम् सूची — (WT-en) Ravikiran 23:33, 15 March 2007 (EDT))

 * Done, but who's going to write the articles? It is one thing to do the translations. It is another to actually write the guides. Very tough to do. We need some solid committed people for that. Please don't start the language version till we have at least 4-5 people. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 23:28, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

 * I'm not going to start it until we have at least 8 guys :), I realize that writing guides ain't a joke. I'm still working hard on translating the MoS - User:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage/Sandbox. If you have spare time, please try to translate a page or two, but if you're busy, no problem :) . I hope it's OK if I encourage my classmates to join because my friend Himanshu will definitely sign up. One wikipedian from the hi:wikipedia, Mitul, has also agreed to join. And User:(WT-en) Yann will also probably accept, I've asked him on his user-page, but perhaps I'll add it in French to his fr: page, he's more active out there. BTW, on the 5-point scale used for babels, what would you rate yourself for Hindi - 3,4 or 5?? -- (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:34, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

 * I think that Yann is a she... Not sure. On a 4 for Hindi. Also, did you have a look at my suggestions above? Also, this page is getting too messy. Can you create a page as a subpage of the Hindi expedition page, where everyone can chip in with suggestions for all translations? That will be easier to keep track of. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 02:22, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Hey I didn't mean to tell you to move the entire conversation here! I meant that all those translation suggestions! e.g. This one, which you probably did not notice because the page was getting too messy!

— (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:50, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Off the beaten Path (— हायवे से हटके?? — (WT-en) Ravikiran 23:33, 15 March 2007 (EDT))
 * Policies and guidelines (— नीति एवम् सूची — (WT-en) Ravikiran 23:33, 15 March 2007 (EDT))

You wanted a hard-working comminted guy. Well, I've found one. wts:User:(WT-shared) Mitul. Advanced level in both Hindi and English, as well as an admin on the hi:WP

Now for 3-4 more.... (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 12:11, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Great! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 02:22, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Ya, of course I will add your suggestions to the wt:specific vocab list. So you're on a 4 for Hindi, 3 for Mrathi? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 05:52, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

नाम
Upamanyu, I appreciate your efforts to begin a Hindi Wiktiravel, but I have a suggestion. How does विकिभ्रमण or विकियात्रा sound instead of विकिट्रैवल? What do you think? --Wolf 14:24, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

 * विकियात्रा - This is not a bad idea but the snag is that यात्रा refers more to a journey than travel per se.
 * विकिभ्रमण - This is not a bad idea either. Better than the previous one, the snag here is that भ्रमण is not a very common word. In fact, we're planning to use भ्रमण for itenerary.

Wikivoyage generally uses the same word across all language versions, with the exception of Japanese, since travel may be a little hard to pronounce for Japanese speakers. In the case of Hindi, there's no spelling issue, and most Hindi-speaking people will be able to understand the word travel. In fact, the chances of an internet user knowing the word travel is greater than the chances of him/her knowing what भ्रमण means, it is seriously quite Sanskritized!

That said, you have a right to disagree and argue against the viewpoints given above. We'll come to a concensus on this one soon, don't worry, and the outcome will be the word which will be chosen by the majority. Anyway, I'll ask others what they think. Take care (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 07:32, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Post Scriptum: Fantastic work on the wp.s, congrats!

 * I would just like to say that the words used on the Hindi Wikipedia for Template, Website and District are साँचा, जालपृष्ठ and जिला/ज़िला. They might sound a bit complicated/Sanskritised, but I think it may be better than using English words.--Wolf 14:19, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Yeah, but there is a copyright issue at stake, do you realize that. Wikivoyage has legal claims on the term "wikivoyage" and there'll be legal issues to add to it if we use a "wiki+Hindi word". Besides, you're a wikipedian, and in wikipedia using the shuddh Hindi word is preferable to using an English one. But in wikivoyage, the traveller comes first, so we can't use जालपृष्ठ for website because half the inbternet users who'll be using hi:wt won't be knowing what it means! Our policy is : The Traveller Comes First. We can indeed use साँचा for template, but sorry, जालपृष्ठ is way too Sanskritized. It is no good using words on a travel guide that are way too complicated for others to understand, we have to strike a balance between English and technical Hindi. In fact, I noticed that the Sanskrit wp's interface is completely in English. Terms like जालपृष्ठ would be useful for the sa:wp, even for languages like Marathi or Bengali, but not for Hindi.

Regarding the word wikivoyage, if I had to choose a Hindi alternative, I'd go for WikiParyatan, since we use the term "Paryatan Vishvakosh" for travel guide. Take care and remember, my say is not the only opinion that counts, it is the the majority that wins..... (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:26, 21 March 2007 (EDT)


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Copyright issues?
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 * All right, I've excluded the image from the article.(WT-en) Urang bandung 08:47, 21 July 2006 (EDT)
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 * Hey, thanks. That's so convenient.(WT-en) Urang bandung 08:47, 21 July 2006 (EDT)

Map
Could you upload the source for your map of Bandung? --(WT-en) Evan 19:36, 20 July 2006 (EDT)
 * Yes I have.
 * Thanks! - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 07:37, 21 July 2006 (EDT)

Relax!
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Contribution
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Beijing
Nice rewrite! Very well edited!

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Hello i m Usman Contact with me when you come to arifwala my contact number is 0923007926219

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No advertising
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China In My EyesSharing Your Photos in China

Introduction: China, the extraordinary enchanting beauty of poetic and picturesque land has attracted increasing number of foreign people, like you, travel and live in China. Each of you had your own unique experience in China trip. To share your cherish photos with other friends from all over the world, rather than put them in the album. Join in the activity—“China in My Eyes” hold by China Service mall, showing your unique experience and share your interesting stories.

Award setting: Five awards are set for five themes including the natural scenery photo, historic interests photo, scenic spots photo, cityscapes photo, human landscapes photo and unique views photo, one picture will be elected as the golden award for each themes, the owners will be awarded a free three-day Fenghuang trip, and there will be 20 pictures elected as the honorable mention, which the owners will get 400 points in the Points City of China Service Mall. The points can exchange the goods and services in the Points City.

Detailed information: 1.	All the pictures should be original, descriptions added will be grateful. 2.	The activity opens to the foreigners, no limited nationalities. 3.	Ways of participating: By email: By MSN: By the forum of China Service Mall: http://bbs.at0086.com 4.	No limited accounts of photos but, pay attention: one photo for one post.

Judge details E-friends and judges from China Service Mall will be responsible for the judge process. Judges from e-friends and China Service Mall account for 80% and 20% of the result, respectively. Following aspects will be considered while judging: 1.	Themes of the photo: showing the Chinese culture 2.	Originality of the photo: all the pictures should be shooting by yourselves. 3.	Description of the photo: rich description added below the photo will add marks for your photo.

All the legal rights are reserved to China Service Mall.

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Greetings, and thanks for the good work on Zhuhai. (WT-en) Pashley 21:35, 11 March 2009 (EDT)

Care to comment on this? Talk:Zhuhai (WT-en) Pashley 23:14, 11 March 2009 (EDT)

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Please read Project:What is an article? -- we only have articles for places, not people like Tamerlan. In addition, copying from other sources is not allowed. (WT-en) Jpatokal 09:13, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Uzbekfriends

Hello, Uzbekfriends! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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Nice work on Tashkent, please keep it up! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 16:48, 7 December 2009 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) V400587

Hello! Welcome to Wikivoyage. If you want to specialize your experience you may want to consider editing your preferences. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to the whole wiki community look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to use the wiki markup. If you need help, check out Project:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.-- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 03:10, 28 July 2006 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vacationandcuisine

Explanation for deletion
Sorry, but you can't use any page, including your user page, for advertising or for the purpose of directing people to an external link. See Project:Don't tout. (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 04:52, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vagary

Introduction
Hi (WT-en) Vagary! My name is (WT-en) Kira, and I'm one of the co-founders of WikiOutdoors and a fairly long-time contributor to Wikivoyage. In the last couple of months, we've been building a cooperation between the two projects, and I just stumbled upon your questions about where to put hiking trail information in Wikivoyage. Check out the cooperation article and the linking article for more information. I'd love your thoughts on the cooperation that we're trying to build and any feedback or thoughts you have on WikiOutdoors. Have a good one! (WT-en) Kirasw 14:22, 3 March 2007 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vahagn Petrosyan

Armenian Phrasebook
Vahagn, thanks for all your great work on the Armenian phrasebook! Спасибо большое за всю вашу работу! --(WT-en) Peterfitzgerald Talk 11:31, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vaibhavsahu

Hello Vaibhavsahu! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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User talk:(WT-en) Vailmountainlodge

Welcome
Hello, Vailmountainlodge! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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Regarding your contributions of the Vail Mountain Lodge in the Vail article, I attempted to copyedit it to be more inline with the Project:Don't tout policy, but you seem to have reverted the changes. As that policy states, including multiple URLs and prose like "A unique and refreshing lodging option that feels more like a beloved home than one of those stuffy, huge hotels where you're just another face in the crowd" reads like an advertisement. Generally Wikivoyage readers don't trust such listings, so they are less effective in promoting your business than a listing that reads more like what would be expected in a travel guide (would you expect to see Lonely Planet describe your business with three URLs and flowery prose?). -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 14:45, 17 November 2010 (EST)

 * Hi Rayn!
 * Thanks for your feedback. I do appreciate it. I do work at the Vail Mountain Lodge, but I have also stayed here as a paying guest many times, along with much of my friends and family.  As far as the editing goes, I honestly thought that I had done something wrong and it had been deleted due to my fault, not that someone had edited it, so please accept my apology for that.  I feel very strongly about the text I wrote, as I experience all of the emotions and amenities I wrote about before I was an employee here.
 * I am an avid wikivoyage user. My husband and I backpacked around the world for a year ('08-'09) and were constantly on wikivoyage.  I respect it as a website and resource very highly.  I would not publish anything I felt was untrue or unfounded.
 * Would you please respond to this "talk" just so I know you saw it? Thank you so much!

 * Sincerely,
 * Lauren

 * p.s. I've heard from some people that they aren't able to view the Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa section in the Vail article.  Is there a reason it would show up on some computers and not all?  Thanks!

 * There are sometimes problems with how pages are cached in Wikivoyage, which would explain why some people may not see the latest updates. Given the lack of attention from the corporate overlords about the only way to overcome that limitation is to wait a while, after which caches tend to refresh.  As to the language in the Vail listing, I've left the language as-is, but if you'd like to promote the hotel I might suggest looking at the hotel listings in one of our star articles such as Chicago/Loop - these listings do a great job of letting the traveler know what is special about the hotel without reading anything like promotional material. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 18:19, 18 November 2010 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vajdaan

Hello Vajdaan! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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Thanks for your edits to Karachi! But why did you remove the bit about "sinful pleasures" in Dubai, since they surely exist? (WT-en) Jpatokal 09:47, 9 November 2008 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vakil mail

Hello!

Welcome to Wikivoyage. If you want to specialize your experience you may want to consider editing your preferences. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to the whole wiki community look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to use the wiki markup. If you need help, check out Project:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub. - (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 03:16, 26 June 2006 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Vaktsoldat

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Thank you for your recent work on destinations in Armenia! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 23:37, 7 January 2008 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Val42

Hello Val42!

Welcome to Wikivoyage. Please take a sec to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you need help, check out Project:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.

Thank you for contributing to Salt Lake City. --(WT-en) Huttite 17:10, 31 Dec 2004 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Valkyrie23

Hello, Valkyrie23! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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I saw you haven't been given the proper welcome yet. That is some really great work! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 20:24, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) VallartaReviewer

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User talk:(WT-en) Vallesa

Welcome
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User talk:(WT-en) Valmi

Moi, et (WT-en) Maj, on habite ici en Montréal. Y a un Wikivoyage francophone aussi. --(WT-en) Evan 01:18, 8 Jun 2004 (EDT)

 * Oh, does that mean Maj and you are toghether? I'm sorry to hear that. ;-) -- (WT-en) Valmi 10:55, 14 Jun 2004 (EDT)

LOL... hey Valmi, you should sign up for http://wikivoyage.meetup.com and see if we can get a Montreal meetup happening-- they're supposed to be the third monday of each month (July 19th is the next one). Or we can just organize it on wikivoyage, meetup.com can be a little lame. (WT-en) Majnoona 19:32, 28 Jun 2004 (EDT)

Hospitality Exchange
Ugh, sorry, I didn't realize I was stepping in such a mess when I made that change. I just hate to see so much energy going into reorganizing a seven item list. A-Z seemed like the most objective because everyone knows it, if the issue is which is the biggest best boldest or most beautiful then it's always going to mean at best some research to place each item and at worst a lot of arguing. Not to be a killjoy, but I really don't care, so I'll leave it to all the people who seem to have opinions to sort it out. I think people who are looking for a home stay thing are going to find one they like whether it's the first on the list or the fifth. Heh, we still have to manage a meetup one of these days! Take care (WT-en) Majnoona 17:48, 6 Dec 2004 (EST)

title: User talk:(WT-en) Valmi