Talk:Delhi/Archive 3

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Lead

Please consider moving all the alternate information in the lead (different languages and scripts etc) and put them in the infobox instead.--Filll 17:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

MAP IS SCREWD

Theres something wrong with the map. Delhi is not located in Sri Lanka! — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nikkul (talk • contribs) 19:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC).

It appears fine to me. Probably an issue with your browser — Lost ^(talk) 06:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

It's been fixed now.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Beijing Beautiful...Delhi---dull

I was looking at the Beijing page and i noticed that each section has pics of Beijing booming. New buildings and glamor...Not that Delhi should be compared with Bejing, but can we add pics that makes Delhi look a little more high-tech?

For example, under people and culture, can someone submit a pic of the local mall? (I live in the US so I can't really do that)

And a better pic of the government building and some better pics under the economy section? Lets make Delhi shine!

Dude! As Nichalp will argue, Beijing is not even 'Good' article. Why to show only one aspect of Delhi? Encyclopedia should present neutral information as much as possible. spacejuncky 05:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Big mistake

In 1984, the assassination of Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India)... Gandhi died in January 30, 1948 and not in 1984... Bobsodium from wikipedia France 202.53.15.226 06:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948. Indira Gandhi is another peron, who was Prime Minister of India and was assassinated in 1984. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Shame on me, I'm sorry...Bobsodium202.53.15.226 07:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Population figures

Delhi [...] is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai [...]. When comparing the numbers given in this article in the right table with those found in Mumbai, Delhi would be the larger metropolis. --Abdull 07:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Seven major cities have been discovered in Delhi

I read this in the book by khushwant singh ,that delhi was destroyed 7 times and was rebuilt 7 times.202.89.69.130 05:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)Yourdeadin

Raja Dhillu?

The article states Raja Dhillu (King Dhillu) founded ancient Delhi in 800 BC. I know of no inscription or text mentioning Raja Dhillu before 1882AD. There were many chronologies of Delhi compiled before 1882AD, none of them mention Raja Dhillu.

--ISKapoor 22:44, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. Also, the source mentioned of that bit of statement is incomplete, it does not have page number. It is a bad source. So, what do you suggest, should we remove that statement? I think so.--Dwaipayan (talk) 01:35, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Sports

"The coming years will see the city host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, projected to be the largest multi-sport event ever held in the 'city'...". I thought the 2010 Commonwealth Games would be the biggest multi-sporting event in the country. Have not heard of any other multi-sporting event that was bigger. What say? Syiem (talk) 08:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Must Check : Infobox

I was just comparing infoboxes of Delhi and Mumbai and found strange disparities. Even though infoboxes show population of -

Delhi as 13,782,976 (13 million 782 thousand and 976) or 13.8 million approx. as of 2001, and that of
Mumbai as 13.3 million as of 2006,

how come Delhi is 2nd largest metropolitan city in the country?

Even on comparing by area Delhi is far more larger than Mumbai -

Delhi - 1,483 sq km
Mumbai - 603.45 sq km

Don't know why nobody else found it. Please review the data and discuss the situation so as to reach a consensus. It would be better if official data from Indian government is used for the purpose.

- Manik (talk) 22:48, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Why not use more graphics???

I guess it would be just to use more graphic representations, like infoboxes, templates and images to show data as it would be more presentable, shorten the length of pages, and provide more information also. We can cut short text data also.

I would also propose sub-categorisation of sections like transport, media, sports, education etc. - Manik (talk) 19:15, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Please look at other featured Indian city articles. None have subsections. Itgoes against the format of the Featured Article tohave subsections. There are guidelines that we follow here. The WP:India guidelines statethat no section should have more than 2 images unless it is really long where 3 can be used. Please have a look at other featured Indian city articles before reverting edits. Nikkul (talk) 15:55, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Guidelines are fine to work with but they should be modified to include more info, better representation of info. I would suggest that we should also learn from other very well crafted articles like London, real good representation. As of sub-categorization, if a person wishes to learn about bus system only why bother reading out whole section? For example have a look at National Capital Region (India), sub-categories are used in a good way there. - Manik (talk) 19:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

NOOO! We are supposed to follow Featured Articles. Featured Articles represent the BEST of Wiki articles. If you would like to change the Featured Article format, please discuss it at WP:FA. Until then, you can not add subsections and random graphics on this page since it is a featured article. Please also see Wikipedia:Summary style. Thanks Nikkul (talk) 01:31, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, then you may like to check NYC, it is a featured article as well as semi-protected from editing too. And it makes use of sub-sections as well as large amount of graphical data too. I am just saying that even a featured article can be improved also and graphics are a good way to do it. - Manik (talk) 11:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Nikkul has a point. We need to follow Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities guidelines. Also, we have an article on Transport in Delhi. The main Delhi article just provides a brief summary of each topic. --Mellisa Anthony Jones (talk) 07:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)