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Contents 1 Just too many images added - is this is a photo gallery??? 2 Concern About Mumbai 3 bad geography of metropolitan area template 4 Area of Mumbai 5 Population of Mumbai and Delhi 6 Population Table in Demographics

[edit] Just too many images added - is this is a photo gallery???

I just noticed some new additions been made to article and all are of images. Wikipedia advices 1 image per section. But after today's new additions section People and Culture has 3 images, transport has 3, economy has 2 and so does history. Wow !!! Looks like a photo exhibition in Jehangir Art Gallery :-))
All images are brilliant but count seems too big for this page. Better start a new page Image gallery of Mumbai. gppande «talk» 12:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you. Do you want to take a stab? Or should I go ahead and remove the pics myself.. Anshuk (talk) 22:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I do not want any single person to remove images and so I too didn't attempt it. Let there be a discussion on which picture of the above 2-3 best represents each section. If a single person removes one image and keeps another it will always incite some editor group to put it back starting an edit war. Lets have a poll (if possible). gppande «talk» 13:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Creat a new page Image gallery of Mumbai and redirect people to this page who want to see more pic of Mumbai it is that simple. --Suyogaerospace^{talk to me!} 15:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Do we have such image galleries of other cities? Is it a norm? Anshuk (talk) 19:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

see Gallery of Birmingham city centre images. Commons would be final resting place of the images moved out. gppande «talk» 15:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

See Baku city they have also added a gallery sectionSuyogaerospace^{talk to me!} 14:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC) Poll(Everybody is invited)

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I dont think there are too many images. According to WikiProject Indian cities, there should be at most 2 or 3 images (depending on the length of the section) per section. I think this page has just the right amount of images. All of them are necessary. Nikkul (talk) 22:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not advise 1 image per section. MOST featured artciles have more than 1 image per section (depending on length of course) Nikkul (talk) 22:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Concern About Mumbai

If you all are really concern about Mumbai then also try to improve following articles Mumbai Policeand Mumbai Fire Brigade. I want to make these article as that of NYPD and NYFDSuyogaerospace^{talk to me!} 15:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] bad geography of metropolitan area template

Byculla comes in south mumbai. it is well known fact. person who put byculla in east suburbs should refresh their geography. similarly chinchpokli also comes in south. byculla and chickpokli are very near to CST.

Dharavi lies between sion and mahim. matunga lies below dharavi. how can anybody put dharavi in south mumbai and and matunga/wadala in eastern suburbs.

please refer proper map and experts from govt. This template is made my some layman who dont know where is what in Mumbai.

Bala 207 (talk) 14:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

This template is made by me. Any place that lies below Dadar should be considered south Mumbai. Matunga & Mahim lie to the west part. Similarly, Sion and Dharavi lie to east along with Kurla. Chinckpokli lies in south Mumbai. Do not refer to railways eastern western line maps. This template is of Mumbai metro region and tells "geographical" position of suburbs. Refer to Google Maps. I have done the necessary corrections to template. --gppande «talk» 13:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

i agree with u. that railway map should not be considered. i am also not considering it. but when u define suburbs. look into the google maps again. the suburbs should be part of suburban district. now sion,mahim,matunga,dharavi all lie in city district of mumbai,not suburban district.

change the name of south mumbai to island city. also mention that the autos are not allowed in island city. please research little more.

thanks 202.75.200.19 (talk) 07:52, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

A template is used for Navigational purpose. It helps people jump from one page to another which are related to each other by a common topic. Terms like "Island city" or any other are Wikipedia:Peacock terms and should be avoided. This is Wikipedia policy. People who live in India or know Mumbai will understand it but general Wikipedian from across globe will be confused. Mentioning "auto rickshaw not allowed" and this kind of information should be in article and not the navigational template. It defeats the purpose of template to direct people QUICKLY to pages they want. Too much text should be avoided. --gppande «talk» 09:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I think i should volunterlaly handel this geographical problem. I am born and bought up in Mumbai and have detail knowledge of MumbaiSuyogaerospace^{talk to me!} 14:56, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Area of Mumbai

The administrative district that is Mumbai is said to be 434 square kilometers when you go to the administrative page concerning how the city is administered. Yet, the infobox gives it an area of 603 square kilometers. Why the discrepency? And, if this is a page about Mumbai as an administrative unit, shouldn't we use the 434 square kilometer number? --Criticalthinker (talk) 01:47, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

603 is more like it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.26.229 (talk) 14:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Are you just saying that, or do you know that to be the case? We need to get this official, and not have it be some guess. The numbers on both the administrative governments page and this page should be the same. --Criticalthinker (talk) 05:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Population of Mumbai and Delhi

Recently there was an edit inserted that sourced references that Delhi was more populous than Mumbai. Please note that these are approximations conducted by parties that are using several criteria to determine the population, that is not in use by the Census Commission of India. We on Wikipedia go by the figures of the Census Bureau, the only organization competent enough to define and conduct a population census. =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Population Table in Demographics

Mumbai Population
Census	Pop.		%±
1971	5,970,575		—
1981	8,243,405		38.1%
1991	9,925,891		20.4%
2001	11,914,398		20.0%
Source : www.mmrdamumbai.org Data is based on Government of India Census.

User:Gppande has added this table. I don't think it's suited for the Mumbai page because:

• ALL Featured Indian city articles do not have this table and have not had this table when they became featured
• This table would work better on the Mumbai statistics page
• The average reader doesnt really care about how many people lived in the city 20 years ago and 30 years ago
• The demographics section is supposed to reflect the current demographics including religion, ethnicity, etc.
• This table contains very auxiliary information. It not important

Nikkul (talk) 04:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I have moved the discussion to here as this involves discussion on 2 pages. Better to have centralized discussion. --gppande «talk» 09:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)