:{{u|Marchjuly}}, better? '''[[User:Usedtobecool|Usedtobecool]]''' [[User talk:Usedtobecool|☎️]] 15:29, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
:{{u|Marchjuly}}, better? '''[[User:Usedtobecool|Usedtobecool]]''' [[User talk:Usedtobecool|☎️]] 15:29, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
::Yes. Thank you for taking a look at this {{u|Usedtobecool}}. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 22:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
::Yes. Thank you for taking a look at this {{u|Usedtobecool}}. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 22:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
==Lalita Niwas Scam==
Add [[Lalita Niwas Scam]]
known as "Lalita Niwas land grab scam" is one of the biggest political-financial scam in Nepal. Constitutes grabbing of public lands of Lalita Niwas by some politically charged private parties.
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hi, I am a fan trying to create a page for Nepali film director Hem Raj BC who directed popular movie Jerryy & Hostel (2013 film). It seems that most of his works have a wikipedia but his bio was not found here. Could some of you guys help me as it has not been able to pass for conflict of interest. Could someone help with the editing as well? thank you!
Can someone more familiar with Nepal have a look at Kirat Mundhum? There seems to be some nonsense (highlighted for emphasis) recently added in the first sentence by a couple of editors:
Kirat Mundhum (also Kirati Mundhum), are the stories recited/sung by the shamans[added here] (called 'Fedangma/Samba') of the Kirati ethnic groups of the Indian subcontinent[added here]: Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar and Yakkha peoples.[1]
Since creation in 2008, Kirat Mundhum has been described as the religion of the Kira[n]ts of Nepal, not a bunch of "stories", until this IP edit in October.
Furthermore, the Kirats appear to be a Himalayan people, mostly of Nepal; changing their territory to "Indian subcontinent" (here), makes about as much sense as saying they're from "the Eurasian continent". Formerly, it just said "of Nepal and India" (until this edit added a bunch of countries not supported by the following ref). Probably it should just go back to saying, "Nepal and India" again (or "northern"/"Himalayan" India, or some such). Mathglot (talk) 02:09, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
Population of VDC's: please update based upon the 2011 census.
The population data for villages in Nepal that are provided in articles seems to be very much out of date or inaccurate, according to a sampling of a few in Sindhupalchok District, namely:
Tauthali — unverified data for 2001 or 2013, and unverified data for unstated year.
Today I have updated each of these with data from the 2011 census (the most recent one).
I suggest that each village in Nepal with a Wikipedia article be updated to provide number of people (men and women) and number of households.
This can be done by following the examples on the abovementioned pages that I have already updated, using a format like:
{{As of|2011|alt=In 2011}} the official population was 2762 (1507 females and 1255 males) in 776 households.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2018/12/23-Sindhupalchowk_VDCLevelReport.pdf |title=
SINDHUPALCHOWK |volume=Volume 06, NPHC2011 |at=Table 2.1: Households, population and average household size. Data for "Tauthali". |work=National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality) |via=https://cbs.gov.np/vdc-municipality-in-detail/ |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), National Planning Commission Secretariat, Government of Nepal |place=Kathmandu, Nepal |date=19 March 2014 |publicationdate=2018 |accessdate=2019-06-25 |deadurl= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |df= |format=PDF }}</ref>
Obviously the data in bold need to be changed for other villages in Sindhupalchok District, and various additional entries would need to be adapted for other districts.
This could be done entirely manually. Alternatively, some clever person might be able to create a convenient template like {{Nepal-village-population|2011|Tauthali|p=2762|f=1507|m=1255|h=776}}. Ideally some extremely clever person would create a bot, but with the variation in spelling of the village names, this seems impractical.
By the way, I still think the issue of verifying "official" English names of Nepali villages needs more attention.
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After 2015, the Provinces of Nepal came to be. The five old articles for the development regions still exist, and they're generally poorly cited or just stubs. I suggest that someone with more expertise to just merge all of the necessary information from the articles to the main Development regions of Nepal article and then redirect all of them there. If there is some information that pertains to the new provinces, it can be added to those articles instead.
It's not even really that difficult, but as so much of the information is uncited, I'm not sure where to begin myself. Maybe very little of it is really needed. Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:05, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Could some brave soul please take a look at this page. Seriously, it has to be one of the worst pages I have seen on WP. I think it needs a total re-write, massive update, or revert to about 2010, or earlier.
Eg "For an entire generation of students in the 1970s, Bidehanagar was a codeword for fierce resistance, ceaseless struggle and spirit of sacrifice." 😲 That's been on the page for nearly 3 years. Unsourced, of course. 220ofBorg08:23, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
True, but I have had quite a bit to do with some Indian and Pakistani ones! 😣 Facepalm There was this I did yesterday too. Could be a case, which I've seen before, of a page with a similar name being 'hijacked' because a newby editor doesn't know how to start a new page, so they just change a 'John Smith' page to be about another 'John Smith' entirely. Yadukuha had content relating to 'Videha Municipality' (which is apparently Bideha, Dhanusa) dumped into it, for example. A lot of IP editors from that region don't seem to agree on the difference between a village and a town, or city, too. 220ofBorg02:21, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nomination for deletion of Template:Rukum District
Your Pegship, I am pinging you here as I intend to ping a few others too. @CAPTAIN MEDUSA, SS49, and Raju Babu:, please correct me if I'm wrong:
Pegship, I am looking at your edits to Rugha, and I'm thinking you might have been thrown off by the outdated tenses. Rugha was a VDC in Rukum District of Rapti Zone, Mid-Western Development Region. The VDC by this name does not exist anymore, though it is likely there is an eponymous village that would not pass GNG or GEOLAND somewhere within the territories of the former VDC. Currently, the whole area (area, not a named place encompassing the area) is a part of Tribeni Rural Municipality, Western Rukum District, Karnali Pradesh.
So, my thoughts are (and it comes out of an almost complete ignorance regarding Wikipedia practices on the issue): the article should describe Rugha as a former VDC in former Rukum District, former Rapti Zone, former Mid-Western Development Region. Under this scheme, the template in question would still be relevant. The fact that the area is now under Tribeni of West Rukum, Karnali should be mentioned only as an afterthought. The template {{West Rukum District}} could still be included since that is where the area now falls under. Instead of the populated places category(I do not know if all geo articles must be in a populated places category), I would suggest Category:Former VDCs in Western Rukum District which would be a child of Category:VDCs of Rukum District. Stubsorting, I think, is fine as is, though, now that I think about it, something like "This article about a [former-VDC/historical-place/something-similar] in Karnali Pradesh of Nepal is a stub" might be better (That would be seven specific cats for some 4000 articles; not that stub-sorting is the most-pertinent of the updates those articles are missing right now).
Hi there! I appreciate any education on this topic. I have been assigning stub templates and categories, but not usually editing the articles' content (figured I or someone else would get to that eventually). The "populated places" category is hit-or-miss - some district categories have one and some don't - and any re-arranging, renaming, or creation of categories such as you suggested would provide a great deal of clarity. If the Rukum and Nawalpuri District templates should still exist, I will withdraw the TfD, go on merrily stub sorting, and leave actual geography to those who know more about it. Cheers! Her Pegship (I'm listening) 16:58, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Pegship, I think that might be best, at least for now. I have reverted Raju Babu's modification of the template, and will wait for them and hopefully others to join.
If you will withdraw the nomination, I will start a new discussion on standardising all district templates, along with exceptions. We do have a lack of clarity on what to do with the VDCs in other districts also; some districts templates seem to have deleted all evidence of prior divisions, while some had them moved to a historical subgroup last I checked. We don't seem to have the quorum of editors to establish consensus or implement them. That's why I have been reluctant to dive into anything major. I will formulate a proposal and go by the WP:SILENCE route if need be.
Hi Captain - I think a non-stub template might be more appropriate (like the district template currently under discussion). Stub types follow a specific pattern and process, and I can tell you that a VDC-level stub type is not currently needed for stub sorting purposes. The stub sorting project is currently re-sorting articles from zones into provinces, and after that we'll look at the numbers for districts. If you feel strongly about creating any kind of stub, I invite you to discuss it over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting. Thank you for your efforts, but I think Template:Karnali-formervdc-stub should be deleted. Her Pegship (I'm listening) 22:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Geo stub types
Greetings all! Pursuant to changes made in the administrative divisions of Nepal in 2015, and due to the very large number of geographic stub types thereof, the Stub sorting Project has created stub templates by province and district and is in the process of emptying the zone-geo-stub categories. (See the Proposals page for details.) I encourage anyone who's looking for a tedious but useful mission to help re-sort these stubs. If you'd prefer something just as useful but not quite as tedious, please feel free to update the contents of the articles, as the text still gives the old location in most cases. Cheers, Her Pegship (I'm listening) 15:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Pegship, I did one district just now. I will be doing resorting for a while, when I come across the need, as I try and rate all unassessed articles in this WikiProject.
Great job with all this truly tedious stuff. I think you have covered all the bases with regard to Nepal-geo-stub for years to come. Thank you! Usedtobecool☎️17:24, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The Government of Nepal recently published a new map incorporating disputed territories under Indian administration, officially increasing the country's area, and changing its official map as well as emblems that include the map. The emblems, when published, will, I assume, without controversy, be adopted by Wikipedia articles that use them. As for the map, I think the convention is to display disputed territories with dotted boundaries. So, maps of Nepal, and perhaps India (if the territory is discernible in the scale used) will have to be updated. Presently, there has been a flood of driveby edits updating the area of Nepal wherever it appears. I have tried to address the issue with edits like these in Geography of Nepal, Nepal and List of countries and dependencies by area. The last one stuck, those in the domestic articles haven't. So, I would like this discussed.
I think we should do nothing about maps until reliable WP:THIRDPARTY sources do.
We seem to have jumped the gun already with Kalapani territory, which Wikipedia maps are showing coloured yellow. I don't know who made this decision and what sources they used. I was thinking of taking it to WP:NPOVN at some point, when Nepal began to amplify its claims even further. Our practice has generally been to colour the disputed areas as per the administering country. Only with regard to Kashmir do we use hatched areas, because THIRDPARTY sources do so. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As for the area, it doesn't matter particularly, as long as it is stated whether it includes claimed areas. We need to be judicious about it though. For instance, do we calculate population densities while including claimed areas but not their populations? -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:55, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Kautilya3, I would just like the consensus figured out on all of these issues, whatever it may be. I have stopped reverting for the time being, as in the absence of others to back me up, I would be edit-warring against immediate local consensus in those articles.
Geographyinitiative, the immediate question is what to do with the driveby editors: leave their edits alone (I am sure when enough Indians become aware, they'll be here to swing it the other way), or keep reverting them however much they outnumber me by (what policy/consensus do I stand on while doing that?). Usedtobecool☎️11:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My suggestion is to put dotted lines around territories claimed by a given country but not administered by that country following the way that Jammu and Kashmir maps are done. Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Slatersteven, and what exactly would that mean? I am guessing we are not counting Nepalese and Indian newspapers. Are you saying that we should go with the old area as long as, for example, the CIA or the UN don't list the new area in their data, and disregard news altogether? Usedtobecool☎️11:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The only convention I'm aware of regarding disputed territories on maps is that used in the country infoboxes, which is to colour any claimed territory that the country doesn't actually control as light green instead of the regular dark green. As for other maps, I suspect it's mostly a case by case basis. Could you link to some of the new maps you've seen?
That would mean that RS (I.E. third party independent sources), its is not just a question of reliability, but also of weight. No we should not disregard news, but wP:news is clear we also should not allow it to dictate content.Slatersteven (talk) 11:40, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Map of Ladakh
Indeed, the current Jammu and Kashmir maps are ideal. No colouring, no shading, no hatching. Just dotted lines around the claimed areas.
Usedtobecool, every day we revert dozens of Indian/Pakistani editors pushing their countries' brandings on the others' territories. Nepalese editors doing it is nothing new for us. What justification do we use? "Unsourced edit" is the easiest, because most such edits never bother giving a source or write edit summaries justifying their edits. If they give national sources, we demand WP:NPOVorWP:THIRDPARTY. Every Wikipedia editor is supposed to follow WP:NPOV. It doesn't matter what country they are from, or whether they are experienced or inexperienced, registered or unregistered. Note also that Wikipedia doesn't have any special policies for countries or governments. They are sources just like any other. If they make claims about themselves, they are just WP:SPS and have no value for Wikipedia. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Kautilya3, but the NPOV or SPS dispute would still come under valid content dispute, no? I was confident enough reverting when the edits were unsourced, but then they had government sources, then national papers, now Indian and international papers as well. So, I would need to point to a consensus to justify continued reversion after that. And WP:3RR still applies to me, even if I am on the side of the right (Sorry I am no practical experience with conflict). Usedtobecool☎️12:57, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It is not our problem. The WP:BURDEN is on the editors making the changes to demonstrate WP:V and WP:NPOV. Since the Indian and Nepalese claims neutralise each other, how are they able to give priority to one over the other? It is their problem to demonstrate and convince us.
If we run up against 3RR, we ask for help from other editors at the project pages or NPOV editors we know. If they exceed limits, we request page protection. Once we bring it to the admin attention, they take care of things quite well. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, something like this needs to be standardized on all pages with the "New" map. The map used by the government of Nepal is non-neutral by definition and I think should not be used as per WP:NPOVN. For examples, maps that reflect the Indian government's territorial claims do not appear on the India page. There are edits being done to the Infobox as well, which counter template norms used by other countries, there is a discussion there too on disputed territories which was helpful to go through. I also think this map has no place in the infobox. Thanks Usedtobecool for putting this together. Redpandamoon (talk) 05:18, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In my experience waves of edits such as those pushing this new info will subside in time. The reason will no doubt vary per the edit being reverted. There will also be positive and constructive edits emerging from this event. Territorial disputes of India and Nepal can be expanded, and perhaps we might now even be able to create a map for it. CMD (talk) 13:30, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
District templates
We recently had a preliminary discussion at #Nomination for deletion of Template:Rukum District on what to do regarding District templates. It seems to me, clarity on the subject would help going forward. I have looked at some, and:
For districts that no longer exist, we should list VDCs and municipalities of the time, and make no mention of the new ones; since the district was gone when the new system came in. {{Nawalparasi District}} is an existing example.
For new districts, we should list rural and urban municipalities and make no mention of the old VDCs or municipalities (if any). The old divisions were before their time, so they need not bother with them. {{Eastern Rukum District}} seems like the template to follow.
There were only two districts which were splited into total four new districts. Other districts are same how they were before. VDCs were a large unit consisting many villages togather. Now these units are nullified and meged with new formed Rural Municipalities/new formed urban municipalities/the existing old municipalities.
I think VDCs should be listed only with the former two districts: Nawalparasi & Rukum. All other districts including four new districts shouldn't be listed former VDCs with it's templates because those VDCs are already a part of new formed Municipality/Rural Municipality. For example: Jalpachilaune was a VDC with 48 kmsq of area which had many Villages and the headquarter was in a remote village but now Jalpachilaune is just a small town (neighborhood) in Triyuga municipality. Now Jalpachilaune doesn't represent all of 48 kmsq of area. Now Jalpachilaune is a part of ward no. 16 in Triyuga. If anybody want to know about former VDCs he can check Former administrative units of Nepal. We do not use now former development regions, former zones and former VDCs--- 👤Raju💌12:23, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As mentioned by Raju Babu, all former VDCs are now parts of either Rural or Urban municipalities so these former VDCs should not be listed in the district templates. Should list current municipalities and rural municipalities and district headquarters. ~SS49~{talk}12:49, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The templates' function is to link related articles together. We need a template to link the former VDCs. I think putting them into a historical section of existing templates would be just the right amount of work necessary. If consensus is reached against inclusion of former VDCs in the district templates, we will need separate sub-templates for each district. VDCs are a significant part of the history of any district, except the four new ones. So, I would favour including them in the existing templates, marking them properly as historical. Usedtobecool☎️13:38, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you reverted my edits at Manisha Koirala. In that edit, I changed the word NeplaesetoNepali. I believe it should be Nepali. You said Nepalese is the standard term on enwiki, can you direct me to a discussion that led to this change (as being the standard term).
@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: "Nepali" is a recent trend affected by the Indo-Aryan demonym usage for Nepal (Nepali is more generally used for the language in English). Nepalese has been the standard adjective/demonym in English and on this Wikipedia since the beginning as is evident by the categories on the page itself. And I don't see a reason why this or any other page should be an exception to that. Gotitbro (talk) 12:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: This the current standard adjective form for Nepal here on enwiki and its precedent is evident by the myriad cats and titles related to it. You can disagree but the consensus for your change is not there. Gotitbro (talk) 12:36, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
OK! there might "not" be consensus. Let's talk about Koirala. The Media usage: RepublicaNepali actress Manisha Koirala[6], The Rising NepalManisha Koirala is getting huge support from Nepali people, A book students in Indore disrupted the screening of a movie by the Nepali Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala[7]OutlookManisha will live in Nepal and will mostly devote time to Nepali films.
Using Google: If you search for Manisha Koirala "Nepali actress", it bring 189,000 results. Manisha Koirala "Nepalese actress" brings 5,600 results. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk13:08, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I specifically didn't refer to that article as it has been the subject of multiple edit wars, disputes and moves. Changing of a demonym/adjective would require a sitewide consensus. Gotitbro (talk) 14:20, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: I really don't think my userpage is an appropriate venue for this discussion. A category rename request/discussion for Nepal related cats at WP:CFD and a discussion for titles related to Nepal (both of which use Nepalese) at Talk:Nepal or a similar forum that involves more users is definitely better. Would lastly like to add that I was only following precedent and the standard form here in my revert and do not have a strong opinion either way. Nepali/Nepalese are used interchangebaly, the latter more so in international pubs and obviously here on the enwiki. Gotitbro (talk) 15:21, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Talking about this with Wikimedians of Nepal members and I do personally agree with them, "Nepalese" is the standard English language term used formally wide across the nation such as in Nepalese passport, Nepalese rupee, etc. while "Nepali" is frequently used these days informally. Moreover, from the Nepali point of view, "Nepali" is correct, but from English point of view, "Nepalese" is preferred as it possesses the English language word syntax. Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat[ contribs | talk ]04:59, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think cats on this project use "Nepalese", so new cats should follow that, and any movement toward "Nepali" would require a massive CFD or an RFC. That is just for consistency among cats, so there is no way that automatically translates into article space consensus in favour of "Nepalese". The two words are synonyms and are mostly interchangeable. I think it's not necessary to make an edit specifically to change from one to another unless it would be confusing or in error. If the majority of the sources use "Nepali" as the Cap'n claims is the case with Manisha Koirala, then that may be a case where switching to "Nepali" may be justified. If Gotitbro disagrees, I think standard WP:BRD for local consensus should be the way to go, in absence of any overriding global one.. Nepali politicians, just like any other, say all the things all the time, I don't think just that fact makes it official or correct. I think there is a general movement toward "Nepali" even in International media, but I am not basing that on any data. I am not aware of any guideline which would justify favouring one over the other, and if there were actually an attempt to get Wikipedia to favour one usage over another, I think the result would be something similar to datevar/engvar/citevar. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️05:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think "Nepalese" is correct in English language. "Nepali" is adjective/demonym in Nepali language. In Nepali language we say Japani for people from Japan but in English we say Japanese. Nepalese is English translation of Nepali. ~SS49~{talk}11:43, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The first known use of "Nepali" to mean "Inhabitant of Nepal" goes back to 1882, according to Merriam-Webster. So, it's not true that "Nepali" is a neologism, or just a Nepali/Sanskritic word which is properly translated into English as "Nepalese". The -i suffix isn't something unheard of in English; there's Pakistani (is there Pakistanese?) and Azeri, and those two are just off the top of my head. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️12:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, I think "Nepali" is dominant in the South Asia region at least, so one could always add a "Use Indian English" when they begin an article to run away with "Nepali". Regards! Usedtobecool☎️12:10, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Formally we have to use "Nepalese" term instead of "Nepali". The Constitution of Nepal 2015[1] says
Every Nepalese community residing in Nepal shall have the right to preserve and promote its language, script, culture, cultural civilization and heritage.
The UK and Nepal have reaffirmed their strong friendship following a visit by Nepali Prime Minister Oli to the UK, and set out areas to deepen the relationship.
BBC Newswill cost 860 million Nepali rupees[8]. New York TimesCanadian Humanitarian Sentenced to 9 Years for Raping 2 Nepali boys[9]. USA TodayQatar says Nepali worker dies building World Cup stadium[10]ThePrintsaid a senior Nepali official who refused to be identified[11]The Kathmandu Postinterested in learning about Nepali culture[12]Human Rights WatchSenior Nepali lawyers have raised objections to the lack of safeguards[13] U.S. Embassy in Nepal Keep the Nepali People Protected from the Novel Coronavirus[14]ReliefWebA Survey of the Nepali People in 2017[15]Nepali TimesThere was great hope among Nepalis[16]Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)the decades-long dream of Nepali people to have a constitution made[17]GOV.UKNepal’s development efforts under the new polity. The MFA on behalf of the Government of Nepal appreciated DFID’s work to help the Nepali people ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk13:47, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
in case of a child born to a Nepali citizen woman married to a foreign citizen, sub-section (2) of Section 5 shall apply.
Found beautiful and worth skimming conversation going here. As for the words, both words are possibly interchangeable. However, Nepalese has been consistently used in most of the wiki articles of/related to Nepal. For the common understanding and commonness 'Nepalese' has been accepted. Although the word 'Nepali' is generally seen in current trends, Nepalese is frequently and mostly used. I don't see why this should be argued more as both the words have no dissimilar meanings.
More, the word Nepali will be accepted as this conversation will slightly lighten the issue.
Thankyou for the ping. Capt. Medusa :)
18:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Pokhara navbox
Hallo, Nd12052010 seems to have misunderstood how navboxes work, and has included the full code for a Pokhara template into articles such as Lamachaur, Pokhara, Amarsingh Chowk, and presumably all the others included in what I've now created as {{Pokhara}} navbox, which I made by lifting the code from Lamachaur, Pokhara. I hope what I've done is helpful, and I've fixed that one article, but there is still a lot of sorting out to be done, by this editor or helpful others. There are also a lot of spelled-out stubs, as if they;ve used "subst:Pokara-geo-stub", when stub templates should never be subst'd. Too late at night, here, for me to do any more now. I know there is a push to create many many articles on Nepal at the moment, but I hope new editors are being helped to understand how to do so. Good luck. PamD23:25, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you PamD, I made some improvements to a few articles, as well as the geo-stub template and category. The templates and cats require consensus at WP:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals before they get created, so they should not have been created at all. I have been having a hard time keeping up with the recent level of WPNEPAL page creations. I had found a few minor formatting issues before, and was fixing them as I went but nothing like this. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️01:39, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Usedtobecool, Maybe we need to update the challenge, like writing a how-to guide for writing stubs/start. I think by redirecting users to here, they can get most of it, this page is watched many users. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk10:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
CAPTAIN MEDUSA I was thinking more of a discussion/QA page more like the Teahouse or CVU/NPP schools specifically for new editors from Nepal. A bit friendlier than this page. Precisely because this page is the mainboard of the project and everyone is watching it, it's not suited to function as a training page or help desk. It doesn't have to be 10000's talk page, we could have a whole new project subpage for the purpose. Let's try it out for a couple of months; see if anyone shows up with questions. Of course I agree with your suggestion for a help page or a quick guide to creating the new articles or at the very least, a list of resources (help and PAG pages). I'll try to throw something together in the next couple of days... unless you beat me to it. Best, Usedtobecool☎️07:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nirmaljoshi, not really in the job description for admins. These are mostly handled through usual processes. If it becomes too disruptive, admins can always invoke WP:ARBIPA as India is "broadly construed" in it. Best, Usedtobecool☎️06:50, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
Hello, Please note that Asian art, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBottalk00:06, 14 September 2020 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team[reply]
Hi! I was wondering if someone fluent (or at least fluent enough) in Nepalese could search for sourcing for Champa (novel). It's currently up for deletion and I have a feeling that the bulk of sourcing will not be in English and I'd like to make sure that if it's deleted (or kept), it would only be after a good search for sourcing. The author looks to be very notable, so I'd be surprised if there wasn't sourcing out there. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡)03:37, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This is outside my area of expertise, so I don't know whether these changes are justified ... but it seems to me that such such widespread changes should not be without some discussion. --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 13:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you BrownHairedGirl, I think they came here to move Province No. 5 that was officially named today. They went with Lumbini Province, which is inconsistent with the rest of our articles but objectively a superior choice I think. They likely noticed that the rest of the articles were using "Pradesh" and moved the ones they could find. It seems they are done, and I doubt they'll return. So, I'll revert rest of their moves, which, you're correct, should not have been done without discussion, as it requires an organised effort to update everything after any such moves. This will have the Lumbini Province as an odd one out for the time being. But considering the resources at our disposal vs the number of things that are urgent on WikiProject Nepal, I think that's ok. So, I have requested a speedy rename of the adjoining category, Category:Province No. 5 and its subs. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️14:56, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the confidence, BrownHairedGirl! My plan didn't work. I have withdrawn the speedies and started a RM to get it done the proper way once and for all (notice below this section). I have tried to lay out the context well enough that editors unfamiliar would also be able to participate, or at least give a general opinion if not a specific !vote. You are welcome too, if you'd like. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️05:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Looking to connect with wikipedians interested in GLAM
Hi Greetings,
I am looking to connect with any Nepalese Wikipedians interested in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) articles on wikipedia. If any wikipedians are interested please connect with me on my wikipedia page to explore GLAM article editing collaborations. Arunram (talk) 20:42, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Christianity in Nepal
The article Christianity in Nepal needs a thorough rewriting. It is currently entirely based on Christian missionary sources and is extremely slanted in favor of Christianity (even citing that Christians would constitute 10% of the population while according to census they are 1.4%). There is a user who guards the article impeding any modification and the addition of problem tags. Based on the nickname, he is the very same author of many of the cited sources, a Christian missionary, and thus has a strong conflict of interest.--37.161.136.19 (talk) 22:18, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gurkha Page Discussion
Hi, There is currently a discussion about the edit on the Gurkha page HERE and HERE, due to inaccurate mentions of India and other similar inaccuracies. They don't seem to act according to the clearly stated Wikipedia policies but rather act on their personal judgement. It'll be very beneficial if anyone could include what you think. Thank you. ---AWikiGenius (talk) 01:39, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Nepal related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
I have created an article on Ram Saroj Yadav who is a minister of Physical Infrastructure from province no. 2 hich is presently in Draft. How can it be verified by speedy process? If it's possible, please help me do it as it shows it may take 5 month or more. Curious boy np (talk) 14:55, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This article has been the subject of an edit war that resulted in several editors being blocked. I have reverted to the last version before the edit war broke out but I do not know if everything that was removed in this reversion was appropriate. If someone who has a NPOV could look over this article, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. LizRead!Talk!02:04, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Second oli cabinet and Third oli cabinet are not different and the only difference is they come under second premiership and third premiership respectively as mentioned above. So a section for third premiership in same article, Second Oli cabinet can address both. Even the national medias term this as cabinet reshuffle. Can we deny this? It can be termed as second term of same cabinet as all the ministers remained same and same ministers took oath. Even their article suggest no Third Oli cabinet![1] Can wiki deny this? Fifth Deuba Cabinet, 2021 mentions it's preceded by Second Oli cabinet. Second Oli cabinet says it's succeeded by Fifth Deuba Cabinet, 2021. Isn't it? Except this article, you may not find this awkward topic, Third Oli canet any where. For your clarification:-
What is a cabinet?
Answer:the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.(as found in dictionary)
If group of ministers is same in both Second and Third term of Oli, how can they be represented by different articles?
Previously, I had a merger reqest on Wikiproject Nepal but none was interested to duscyss on this topic. This proves how much unnotable this topic is. Please someone create a deletion discussion here in the page Deletion shorting else proceed deletion to prevent wrong message being transmitted. 110.44.124.181 (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I request someone here to check the article. The major contributor to this article seems to be family member of subject of article. Its ok but no reference! why? Please help maintain this page. Maybe his son has made such changes withour reference. Ujjwal Jha, whos major contributor here is former Minister Jha's son. I hope, you understand this. This article seems story or advertising co tent. Nothing seems encyclopedic here from top to bottom. Hence, I request someone to make a productive edit here!Curious km (talk) 20:38, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding Merger of articles on splitter groups of Nepal Sadbhawana Party to same article under a section
The old Sadbhawana Council has broken infinitely many times. They were led by Rajemdra Mahato, Anil Jha, Anandi Devi, Laxman Lal Karna, Sarita Giri,etc. On every member, there was a party but unauthorized. Wikipedia has articles on them. Many of these parties had no any place in country politics or elections and they remained in shadow. Some of these splinter groups were unable to be registered at Election commission. This includes the Anandi Devi factions. These Sadbhawana Parties broke and meged almost every year till 2017. Hence, they are not clearly notable. Even see the view count if these articles to get a clear image. These articles lack proper citations. Please share your valuable views on Talk: Nepal Sadbhawana Party. Thank you!Curious km (talk) 20:33, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that will work. A VDC is not the same as a village. There are usually many villages in a VDC. And all VDCs are notable per WP:NGEO but not all villages are. So, converting them to villages would reduce the articles' scope and make them non-notable. VDCs are a historical entity which are Wikipedia notable irrespective of current status. There is no reason to overwrite them. If there are notable villages, new articles can be created on them. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️15:31, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Film Development Board seems to have published their film database online. [19] This can be used to verify film release dates and cast. They also have awards but they are very limited (only the recent ones are available). Bada Kaji (talk • श्रीमान् गम्भीर) 21:48, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding Ishwar Pokhrel, I'm not familiar with naming customs so is it Ishwar or Ishwor? The article I've linked uses both spellings and I just think for consistency's sake, he should be referred to by one name. A general Google search for either name returns hits to the same person, so I don't know which to go with. Which spelling is preferred or does it matter? Just curious. Thank you. Snickers2686 (talk) 23:41, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Important one!!! The article Gagan Thapa needs to be rewritten or improved! I ask someone here help doing that. The article needs to be reaccessed as well. Many references, maybe 118! Yes, a redirect from Gagan Kumar Thapa, his official name as to be made to this article.Bedbhandari23 (talk) 10:27, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
FAR for Darjeeling
I have nominated Darjeeling for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog FarmTalk06:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nepali calendar date format
Would someone from this WikiProject mind taking a look at Dhanush Chandra Gautam and checking the dates in the article? The person who created the article seems to be using some type of the Vikram Samvat for the dates which might be OK per MOS:ERA, but there should be also some kind of conversion provided for readers to a more commonly used date format to improve understanding. At least one of the categories also seems to be screwed up a bit because of this since a person born in BS 1989 wasn't born in 1989 AD and shouldn't be placed in the category Category:1989 births. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:58, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Add Lalita Niwas Scam
known as "Lalita Niwas land grab scam" is one of the biggest political-financial scam in Nepal. Constitutes grabbing of public lands of Lalita Niwas by some politically charged private parties.
