Pradiptaray is a grad student at Carnegie Mellon , Pittsburgh working on bioinformatics who tries to improve articles he feels strongly about in a burst mode. Scroll down to see edits I have made. If you are interested in contributing to present projects, please do so. If you are interested in contributing to future projects - do not hesitate to contact me, most of the future work just needs a fillip to get started. Having completed 100 destubbings, I am presently taking a break from Wikipedia. Mail me to contact me.
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De-stub / create edit Copyedit edit Add sections and material edit Removal of all red links in Gerald Durrell Independent bookstores and bookshop districts in Kolkata Famous sweet shops and eateries in Kolkata Historic movie theaters in Kolkata Museums, permanent exhibits and galleries in Kolkata Sports clubs and stadiums in Kolkata Palaces and mansions of Kolkata Parks in Kolkata Buick Super automobile Possible future projects edit Import The Annotated Asterix, or whatever is left to import Etymology based stubbing of Kolkata streets, localities, and suburbs. A Kolkata / West Bengal portal An Etymology of Indian Geographical Names project Uploading public domain Indian photographs, and art. All Simon and Garfunkel songs All Peter, Paul and Mary songs Pittsburgh images Bengali cuisine in depth Kolkata images
Articles edit I have a wide range of interests. De-stubbed articles and articles created from scratch to non-stub status, or with significant edits, include:
Methods: Captive breeding National Parks and Protected Areas blanket articles: National parks of India , Wildlife sanctuaries of India , Protected areas of India , Biosphere reserves of India , Reserved forests and protected forests of India , Communal forests of India , Sacred grove , Sacred groves of India , Private protected areas of India , Conservation reserves and community reserves of India , Conservation areas of India , Forest Division , Forest Range , Forest Circle National Parks and Protected Areas specific articles: Gorumara National Park , Singalila National Park , Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary , Kaziranga National Park Naturalists: Gerald Durrell , Theodore Stephanides , Jeremy Mallinson , Lee McGeorge Durrell , Ram Brahma Sanyal Conservationists: Edward Whitley Conservation Organizations: Wildlife Trust (US) , Mauritian Wildlife Foundation , Madagascar Fauna Group , Wildlife Preservation Canada , Fauna and Flora Preservation Society , World Land Trust Animals: Jambo (gorilla) Conservation mouthpieces: Sanctuary Asia Socio-cultural topics: Kolkata edit Authors: Alfred Ollivant , Evadne Price , Jacquie Durrell , Margaret Durrell Translators: Anthea Bell Illustrators: Graham Percy , Ralph Thompson , Cliff Wright , Robert Sabuda , Frank R. Grey , Thomas Henry , Peter Barrett , Edward Mortelmans Publishers: Hamish Hamilton , Michael O'Mara Books , Jamie Hamilton (publisher) Bibliophiles: Alan G. Thomas Fictional characters: Jane Turpin Depicted real-life characters: Louisa Florence Durrell Poetry: Ghinnawa Musical instruments: Dramyin Songs: The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie Dances: Dramyin Cham Films: Asphalt Zahov , Namehay Bad , Chang Hup Thengi Thruel Nang , Guimba, un tyrant une époque , Beshkempir Yiddish Theatre: A Khasene in Shtetl , The Komediant , Lillian Lux , Pesach Burstein , On Second Avenue Yiddish Film: Shnei Kuni Leml Yiddish Songs: Odessa Mama Actors: Balla Moussa Keïta Sports: Sushil Kumar , Mohammed Ali Qamar , Hawa Singh , Pu Zoramthanga (boxer) Bookkeeping edit Diagrams created edit Include
A schematic of hiking trails in the Singalila National Park Photographs taken and uploaded and linked edit Include
Arobindo Bhavan, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Jheel, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
The Deep Web edit If you are working in low data scenarios, these information sources might be of use to you:
Non-googlable Virtual Repositories edit Journals edit JSTOR - the archive of scholarly journals - Athena login required (ask your librarian)Google Scholar - search of published literaturearxiv.org Libraries edit Magazines, Periodicals and Newspapers edit Encyclopaediae edit EB - Athena login required (ask your librarian)Encarta - the MS backed encyclopaediaH2G2 - this is free and googlable, but I'm including it for completenessAuction Sites edit Image repositories edit Flickr - this is also free and googlable, and included here for completenessBritish Library image search - large public domain image collectioneBay - to reiterate, the best place to find rare book coversLibrary of Congress media repositoryPeer process edit Strange. An article I stubbed with one line has become a DYK snippet based on that line now that the article was well destubbed.
And a barnstar to boot!
To the silent contributor to a plethora of India-related article, I award you this Barnstar. — Ambuj Saxena