Thank you for your updates to India, among many other places. You've made yourself a valuable editor on this site. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:30, 17 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Soumya-8974. It's great that you plunge forward and make so many great updates! In the case of non-obvious changes of pagebanner, though, the procedure is to post a thumbnail of the existing pagebanner and your proposed replacement on the talk page of the article in question and wait to see if a consensus develops, not to replace pagebanners unilaterally. In the event, I disagree somewhat with one of your replacements and strongly with another. Your input is requested at Talk:Kashmiri phrasebook and Talk:Ladakhi phrasebook. Thanks.

All the best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:47, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi. I don't understand why you're doing that. Could you please respond to the points being made on this page? Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:15, 25 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Soumya-8974. You do fine work, but you haven't posted a single reply on this page, so I feel like you may not be reading any of this. I hope you are. If so, please read Wikivoyage:Listings#Template parameters:

• address: the street address for the business or attraction. Do not include the city (if the same as the page title), the state/province or postal code (except for addresses in the United Kingdom and Germany, which should include the post code; see Wikivoyage:Abbreviations#Addresses, etc. for formatting guidelines).

So in the Amaravati guide, Amaravati should not appear in any address tab of any listing.

And take a few seconds to post one reply on this page, so we know you're reading. Thanks, and thanks for the good work you're doing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

I saw that you deleted some city listings in Rayalaseema#Cities. They all have to be restored because that region is a bottom-level region not divided into any subregions. Otherwise, we have orphaned cities. I can only hope you're reading. You do great work but have been entirely uncommunicative, which is not the Wiki way. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:51, 28 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Soumyabrata. I don't think HYD airport is big or complex enough to merit its own article. Before you put any more work into the article, please join me to discuss at Talk:Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Hope to see you there. All the best, ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 09:59, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

To my knowledge, User:Soumya-8974 hasn't replied to any talk page post ever, so don't hold your breath. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

So I see. Soumya, is there anything we can do to help you feel more comfortable using talk pages? It's alright to be nervous (if indeed you are), but we're really quite friendly here. You obviously made your user page to introduce yourself to the wider community, and we only want to work in collaboration with you.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 10:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

I guess this is Indian English for "to the north(west)", but to this American, it would seem to imply that it's the north(west) part of whatever (in this case, Mumbai). "To the [direction]" means that it is [direction] beyond the city limits. So I will change these phrases back, but let's discuss the language if "to the [direction]" is confusing to an Indian and find an expression that's clear to all English-speakers. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:53, 2 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, please do not make unilateral changes by just redirecting Kalwa to Thane because of how you feel it is. Discuss options on the talk page first. Also, can you please stop making unnecessary redirects. They provide no help and they'll end up being deleted in the end. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 07:49, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Also I see you've a tendency to not reply on talk pages. But please inform about the change in Talk:Kalwa and not here before making unilateral changes. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 07:56, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

I used to write edit summaries to describe unilateral changes, not talk pages. --Soumya-8974 (he) (talk • contribs) 08:05, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Since Kalwa has no attractions or activities for travellers, that city does not merit its own article. That is why I redirected the article to the nearby city Thane. If you believe that Kalwa still merits an article, then list attractions under "See" and activities under "Do" if you find one. --Soumya-8974 (he) (talk • contribs) 08:02, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

It's proper etiquette to use talk pages, and not edit summaries. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 08:08, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi Soumya-8974, I have nominated your redirects TW and MO for deletion. Please share your comments at vfd. Thanks, SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 08:21, 20 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

There is a proposal to ban you from redirects and disambiguations for a certain period of time. It's currently being discussed on Wikivoyage:User ban nominations, and this is just a note to tell you about the proposal. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 00:50, 24 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello Sbb1413, you changed File:Kolkata Wikivoyage map PNG.png in such a way that now other language Wikivoyage's have a wrong map in their Kolkata page (color scheme). FredTC (talk) 09:38, 1 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Will alter it soon. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 14:33, 1 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Done, thank you. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 18:17, 1 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

You've been making a lot of great edits, but why was it necessary to recreate a deleted redirect for East Bengal, for example? Though most of the redirects you're creating tonight look reasonable to me. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:56, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

It was originally created as an extraregion article and not as a redirect. I have now created this redirect as it is synonymous to Bangladesh. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:00, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

That article went through the VFD process in 2021, wherein the possibility of redirecting was considered and rejected. Accordingly, I have upheld last year's vote and deleted your redirect. If you want to go down that road, you need to make a proposal at Votes for undeletion and wait for a consensus to be reached before acting.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 11:51, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ok, thanks. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 13:10, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

With this edit you made correct formatted times like "7AM" wrong, like "7 AM". FredTC (talk) 09:36, 13 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ah, I didn't notice that mistake. It is probably because of my smartphone keyboard suggesting to add a space between the number and the AM/PM sign (I alter my editing between smartphone and computer). I have also noticed that the style guide proscribes such spacing. Thank you for pointing it out. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

I argued for that space but was voted down. :-) Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:48, 13 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please look at Talk:Bay of Bengal. I don't agree with this redirect, or that we should have one for that term, but discuss it at the link.

I see new listings for a petrol pump and a jail. If you're going to list these types of establishments, you should explain why. Is it hard to find petrol in Palashi? Is the jail a beautiful building of a particular type or a historic one that has tours like Alcatraz? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Here's another one that needs more context: "Brindaban Chandra's Math". "Math" is short for "mathematics" in the U.S. I doubt most people from outside South Asia will know another meaning for the word. Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Palashi is a rural area and it might be hard to find a gas station. Both the Hooghly Jail and the Alipore Jail are historic prisons used by the British people to imprison Indian freedom activists. In the case of Brindaban Chandra's Math, "Math" (pronounced /mɔʈʰ/ in Bengali and /məʈʰ/ in Hindi as opposed to /mæθ/) is an Indo-Aryan word for monastery, like Belur Math in Howrah. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:02, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Right, but you need to clarify those things in the articles in question, not here, where no-one will read them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:29, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Done, thank you. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 07:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

On 29 July this year, with this edit, I made all images the same size by removing the "...px" from [[file: ...]]. At that time there were 18 images with 6 of a non-standard size. In my edit summary I wrote: 'All images same size, as specified by the user in "Preferences".' Letting the user decide how big the images (without "...px") must be, the user also influences the amount of data traffic involved with accessing the Wiki-page. The amount of data traffic can influence costs involved, as well as the time needed to load the page (specially in a shared internet connection). Having images with different sizes on the same page can look quite messy. So, all images the same size is an improvement. But since my edit you have been adding new images with "...px", and not just that, but you also added "...px" to many existing images, and you gave no explanation why. So: why do you do this? What is your problem with "let the user decide" about the size of the images via "Preferences"? --FredTC (talk) 10:41, 16 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

I had changed the image size as per Wikivoyage:How to add an image#Sizing and I will ignore the guideline if the guideline goes against the traveller's preferences. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 14:49, 16 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Apologies for chiming, but to Fred, keep in mind that many travellers are unregistered users who cannot change the default size of images via Special:Preferences and will see the default 200px-image. I don't see the problem in Sbb's editing, for what it's worth. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:02, 17 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

If so, why? I don't think that's done on this site. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:09, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

What do you mean by this? I don't understand. I was just splitting Category:Asia itineraries into subcats. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 10:11, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

I mean precisely that we don't manually edit or split categories. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:32, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Did you make the edits at Asia itineraries and the categories thereby were edited without your doing anything directly to them? That would be fine. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:36, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I understand why manual editing of categories are wrong. Wikivoyage:Categories says, "These categories are set automatically within the templates, not manually by users." However, I don't understand how the categories are set automatically within the templates I got it, thank you for pointing my mistake. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 10:47, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sure thing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:35, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Gold Barncompass

One year ago. Or to be a little more precise, about one and a half years ago. That should sum it all. However, after a year-long break from this site, you've turned yourself from a contributor who, to keep in simple, did some rather unwanted things on this site, to a highly-valued contributor. Since your return, you've substantially improved Wikivoyage's coverage of not only West Bengal, but of India and Bangladesh too. Thanks to your great work on various different regionalisations, we no longer have region articles under Bangladesh with a single destination article, a long and unwieldy list of destinations on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, or on the flip side, regions that reflect the physical geography on Assam. In addition, you're now one of the few contributors who can make static maps (and I have to admit: my best static maps are nowhere near as what you'd consider your worst, if you have a particular selection). Keep up the great work! --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:19, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

As a side note, I'm happy to help you get unblocked on enwiki if you need it. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:19, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the award. I'm looking forward to improving the destinations in South Asia. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 08:22, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

I'll be glad to be unblocked in enwiki, where I will put links to relevant Wikivoyage articles. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 08:22, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

It should be noted that the correspondence of the regions of Assam with its physical geography is a pure coincidence and the regions are actually based on the administrative divisions, with some changes to fit with the travel content. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 16:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy holidays, Sbb1413! Hello Sbb1413, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It has been a pleasure to have you as a fellow Wikivoyager this year. Wherever you are, enjoy the festive season and stay warm (if you're north of the Tropic of Cancer)! Your help in maintaining, improving and expanding Wikivoyage will always be appreciated. Greetings from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. --SHB2000 on 11:45, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for greeting, although it is not yet Christmas in India (UTC+5:30). Merry Christmas to you. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 13:10, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi Sbb1413, do you want me to give you the template editor right so you can edit complex templates like {{rint}}? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:53, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Yes. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 08:54, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Done. You should now be able to edit rint. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:56, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Dear Sbb1413 why are you deleting items from the see list of South Delhi. For example you have deleted the subsection of Green Park, deleted listing of Begampur Mosque, Hauz Khas Fort. I request Ikan Kekek, talk, Ground Zero and Matroc to have a look at it, --Rangan Datta Wiki (talk) 17:48, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

• It is part of my effort to reorganise the listings in Delhi. In order to reduce the clutter in mapframes, I'm trying to bring certain attractions under a single listing (e.g. Red Fort in Delhi/Central Delhi). In fact, I've added more listings for the Mehrauli area of South Delhi and more are yet to be come. The Green Park subsection is deleted since it is part of the Hauz Khas locality. The fort and the mosque listings were accidently deleted and will be restored. Thank you. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 17:51, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Rangan Datta Wiki Done, the listings are restored. Thank you again for notifying the mistakes I've done. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 17:55, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Sbb1413 thanks, you have done this is several other pages. Do restore them also. If you want to delete some listing do drop a message in the talk page. --Rangan Datta Wiki (talk) 02:09, 17 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I noted that you changed the breadcrumb of Arid region safety (Stay self → Hot weather) and created Category:Hot weather. Has this been discussed somewhere? Is it part of a bigger project?

The hierarchy of Stay safe → Severe weather → Hot weather → Arid region safety isn't very clear; the articles don't have sections according to the subarticles (at least not consistently), nor is there a list of subarticles near the top of the articles. I think there is room for improvement, where the additional categories may make sense, but I think there should be some place where the hierarchy is explained or discussed.

Having the hierarchy implicitly defined by breadcrumbs and categories has the risk of these being silently changed in inconsistent ways (I don't know whether your change was a possibly inconsistent ad hoc one, and don't know any easy way to check), and when this has happened, there really is no way to see what the intended structure is, or how different people changing it in different ways thought.

Could you please explain what you are doing, perhaps at some appropriate subject talk page, or in the Pub.

–LPfi (talk) 14:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikivoyage:Be fair#Political disputes uses the Kashmir conflict as an example. It looks OK to me, but I wonder how an Indian might see it. Pashley (talk) 19:23, 9 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Although the whole Kashmir is included in Indian maps, people here know that Pakistan has control on parts of Kashmir (called Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) in India), and POK is off-limits for Indian travellers. So, Indian travellers would usually travel the parts of Kashmir controlled by India. So, the example looks fine. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 02:30, 10 February 2025 (UTC)Reply