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Former featured articleBangalore is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
Good articleBangalore has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 2, 2006.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
February 20, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
March 24, 2006Featured article candidatePromoted
July 23, 2012Featured article reviewDemoted
July 13, 2022Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 29, 2022.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the name of the Indian city Bangalore could be derived from a Kannada word meaning 'town of boiled beans'?
Current status: Former featured article, current good article

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Improved to Good Article status by Kpddg (talk). Self-nominated at 11:54, 14 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: I added some citation needed tags in places that were missing a citation, which need to be resolved. Earwig did detect some copyright concerns, but I think the other sites copied from Wikipedia. Z1720 (talk) 18:20, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720, this was discussed in the GA review as well. Each statement (like XYZ is a franchise based on the city) has its own article , so it was considered WP:BLUE. Kpddg (talk) 10:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look at the statements, and I would not consider them WP:BLUE. Furthermore, BLUE is an essay, which means it is "the opinion or advice of an editor or group of editors for which widespread consensus has not been established." (WP:POLICIES). Since DYK articles appear on the Main Page, there are stricter rules about what needs to be in the articles, and thus these statements will need citations to conform to WP:V. Z1720 (talk) 13:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have added the citations Kpddg (talk) 14:27, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for adding the citations. This is approved, with a preference for ALT0. Z1720 (talk) 14:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Kpddg (talk) 15:12, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ —Canton, Naomi (6 December 2012). "How the 'Silicon Valley of India' is bridging the digital divide". CNN. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
    —Rai, Saritha (20 March 2006). "Is the Next Silicon Valley Taking Root in Bangalore?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2006.
    —Vaidyanathan, Rajini (5 November 2012). "Can the 'American Dream' be reversed in India?". BBC World News. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=VvpIAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y

References

Why are we using an outdated colonial spelling of the name?

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Should we rename the articles for Bombay and Calcutta as well? 192.34.130.239 (talk) 16:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The official name is Bengaluru. The article should be moved. Mantharatalk 18:56, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 May 2024 (2)

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Highest temperature ever recorded in Bengaluru is 41.8°c at Kengeri on April 30, 2024

Record high temperature in May is 41.1°c.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:25D9:474C:D532:AA0C:C015:A00E (talk) 05:05, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No source for Mega City

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The population crossed 10 million in bangalore and hyderabad but there is no official census after 2011. Statista un reliable source for Bangalore and Hyderabad. There is no official data after 2011 census in Indian citites, so only 3 cities qualify as Mega cities Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata as on today.Ustadeditor2011 (talk) 10:14, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks 2409:40E4:4D:CC6C:4C39:CE29:E23C:369C (talk) 13:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting move from Bangalore to Bengaluru

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Bangalore → Bengaluru – Hello, I would like to highlight a previously closed proposal to move the article from Bangalore to Bengaluru. The last discussion was closed due to lack of evidence. The official name of the city is Bengaluru and is also the common use.

Below are the evidences. As per WP:NAMECHANGES

As per WP:COMMONNAME

Please let me know if any more evidence needs to be provided. Mantharatalk 19:15, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, as many users pointed out the page move should be supported as per WP:TIES and WP:TITLEVAR. Mantharatalk 19:30, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment let's not speedy close this – there's already enough discussion to warrant keeping this discussion going. A moratorium can be discussed afterwards if this doesn't pass.
Anyway, some pure google hit totals over the past year like I provided in the June 2023 discussion:
"Bengaluru" (normal google search since July 1, 2023) – 84,500,000
"Bangalore" (normal google search since July 1, 2023) – 99,500,000
"Bengaluru" (normal google search since November 1, 2014) – 190,000,000
"Bangalore" (normal google search since November 1, 2014) – 327,000,000
"Bengaluru" (google books search since December 31, 2022) – 16,600
"Bangalore" (google books search since December 31, 2022) – 3,070
"Bengaluru" (google books search since November 1, 2014) – 93,600
"Bangalore" (google books search since November 1, 2014) – 294,000
"Bengaluru" (google scholar search of 2023–2024) – 18,000
"Bangalore" (google scholar search of 2023–2024) – 21,000 (this seems to hit on a few fairly prolific author names)
"Bengaluru" (google scholar search of 2015–2024) – 68,600
"Bangalore" (google scholar search of 2015–2024) – 228,000 (same problem as the 2023–2024 search)
These numbers aren't the most reliable, and I don't find them too useful, but compared to last RM there does seem to be a shift towards use of Bengaluru; notably, the gap in results in the same ~year is a lot smaller now, and looking at google books searches since the start of 2023 (it wouldn't let me shrink the range any further) Bengaluru seems to be significantly ahead. Do with them what you will. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 20:16, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lean Oppose for now, but we are getting closer to "Bengaluru" being common internationally. We may need a clarification on how much to weigh the "Indian English" aspect, as it seems to be more common in Indian English-language sources now. BilCat (talk) 23:46, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Notifications

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@Jayanthkumar123, RegentsPark, SilverLocust, Ortizesp, Arjayay, DieOuTransvaal, AusLondonder, BarrelProof, Necrothesp, Celia Homeford, DankJae, CX Zoom, Skarmory, BilCat, In ictu oculi, Old Naval Rooftops, Red Slash, Qwv, Vijethnbharadwaj, Ckfasdf, and Estar8806: Notify editors from the last couple of RM's. BilledMammal (talk) 12:33, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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