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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 70 destubbings, I am presently taking a break from Wikipedia. Mail me to contact me.

A quick look

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বাংলা এই ব্যবহারকারীর মাতৃভাষা।

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

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इस सदस्य को हिन्दी भाषा का प्रारम्भिक स्तर का ज्ञान है।

Locate

This user comes from India.

This user's time zone is GMT-5.

This user lives in or hails from
Pittsburgh.

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This user can be reached by email at pradiptaray@yahoo.com.

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This user's Yahoo! Messenger screename is pradiptaray.

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This user has a [durrelliana blog].

Grammar

they

This user considers singular they standard English usage.

to¦go

This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

man-
kind

Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

A, B and C

This user prefers not to use the serial comma.

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This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

…in.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

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This user enjoys comics.

This user enjoys folk music.

This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.

This user is interested in Paleontology.

This user is interested in maps.

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C&H

This user reads Calvin and Hobbes.

This user likes to read Tintin
comic albums and books about Tintin.

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S₁

This user is a Scrabble player.

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This user has visited one or more of the United States' National Parks.

Trivial userboxes

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This user is a bibliophile.

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This user loves using Google Earth.

This user is a railfan.

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This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

To do

De-stub / create

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jersey Zoo
All wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests in West Bengal
Leonardo comics
Wildlife sanctuaries of India
Biosphere reserves of India
Reserve forests of India
Tiger reserves of India
Upendrakishore Ray
Sukumar Ray and Upendrakishore Ray works

Copyedit

Neora Valley National Park
Buxa National Park
Sundarban National Park (upon expansion)
Indian National Parks stubs

Add sections and material

Musical Theater in P. G. Wodehouse, and possible copyedits to style
Fictional locations in Tintin
Material in The Smurfs, Walter Melon, Leonardo and other Bande Dessinee comics.
Advertising work in Satyajit Ray

Stub

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

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

Edits

Articles

I have a wide range of interests. De-stubbed articles and articles created from scratch to non-stub status, or with significant edits, include:

The life sciences

Taxonomy and species: Pink Pigeon, White-crowned Pigeon

The life sciences: Conservation and natural history

Methods: Captive breeding
National Parks and Protected Areas: National parks of India, Protected areas of India, Biosphere reserves of India, Gorumara National Park, Singalila National Park, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Naturalists: Gerald Durrell, Theodore Stephanides, Jeremy Mallinson, Lee McGeorge Durrell
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)

The social sciences

Archaeology: datestone

Socio-cultural topics: Kolkata

Alma mater vandalism watch: Jadavpur University, Sanskriti (culfest)
Calcutta topics: Kolkata, dhoper chop, adda (South Asian), Calcutta Book Fair, Kolkata culture, Ethnic communities in Kolkata

The social sciences: Political systems

Cameroon: Fon (Cameroon), Bafut, Fon of Bafut, Achirimbi II, Bafut Wars, Bafut Traditional Administrative System
Bedouins: Bisha'a, Honor codes of the Bedouin, Bedouin systems of justice

The social sciences: Religion

Buddhism: Tsechu
Inuit shamanism: Siqqitiq

Bookkeeping

Disambigs: Odessa Mama, mahananda (you thought disambig pages are easy to write? )

Diagrams created

Include

A schematic of hiking trails in the Singalila National Park

Photographs taken and uploaded and linked

Include

Arobindo Bhavan, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Jheel, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Templates created

The Life and Times of Gerald Durrell

Institutions associated with: Jersey Zoo • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust • Wildlife Trust • Wildlife Preservation Canada • Mauritian Wildlife Foundation • Madagascar Fauna Group

Co-conservationists: Lee Durrell • David Attenborough • Peter Scott • Jeremy Mallinson • Edward Whitley

Expeditions undertaken: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bhutan • Cameroon • India • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Russia • Sierra Leone

Species associations: Aye-Aye • Gorilla • Mauritius Kestrel • Pink Pigeon • Pigmy Hog • Rockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit

Books authored: The Overloaded Ark • Three Singles to Adventure • The Bafut Beagles • The New Noah • The Drunken Forest • My Family and Other Animals • Encounters with Animals • A Zoo in My Luggage • The Whispering Land • Island Zoo • A Look at Zoos • Menagerie Manor • Two in the Bush • The Donkey Rustlers • Rosie is My Relative • Birds, Beasts and Relatives • Fillets of Plaice • Catch Me a Colobus • Beasts in My Belfry • The Talking Parcel • The Stationary Ark • Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons • The Garden of the Gods • The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium • The Mockery Bird • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist • Durrell in Russia • The Fantastic Flying Journey • The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure • The Ark's Anniversary • Keeper • Toby the Tortoise • Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories • The Aye-Aye and I • Puppy Tales • The Best of Gerald Durrell

Illustrators: Ralph Thompson • Edward Mortelmans • Peter Barrett • Graham Percy • Keith West • Cliff Wright

Famous TV Series: Two in the Bush • Catch Me a Colobus • The Garden of the Gods • The Stationary Ark • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • Ourselves and Other Animals • Durrell in Russia

Notable others: Jacquie Durrell • Lawrence Durrell • Achirimbi II • Theodore Stephanides • Douglas Botting

National Parks of India

Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Campbell Bay • Galathea • Mahatma Gandhi • Mt. Harriet Island • Middle Button Island • North Button Island • Rani Jhansi • Saddle Peak • South Button Island Andhra Pradesh: Kasu Brahmananda Reddy • Mahavir Harina Vanasthali • Mrugavani • Sri Venkateswara Arunachal Pradesh: Mouling • Namdapha Assam: Dibru-Saikhowa • Kaziranga • Manas • Nameri • Orang Bihar: Valmiki Chhattisgarh: Indravati • Kanger Ghati • Sanjay Goa: Mollem Gujarat: Blackbuck • Gir • Marine • Vansda Haryana: Kalesar • Sultanpur Himachal Pradesh: Great Himalayan • Pin Valley Jammu & Kashmir: Dachigam • Hemis • Kishtwar • Salim Ali Jharkhand: Betla Karnataka: Anshi • Bandipur • Bannerghatta • Kudremukh • Nagarhole Kerala: Eravikulam • Mathikettan Shola • Periyar • Silent Valley Madhya Pradesh: Bandhavgarh • Fossil • Kanha • Madhav • Panna • Pench • Sanjay • Satpura • Van Vihar Maharastra: Gugamal • Navegaon • Pench • Sanjay Gandhi • Tadoba Manipur: Keibul Lamjao • Sirohi Meghalaya: Balphakram • Nokrek Mizoram: Murlen • Phawngpui Nagaland: Intanki Orissa: Bhitarkanika • Simlipal Rajasthan: Desert • Keoladeo • Ranthambhore • Rajiv Gandhi • Sariska Sikkim: Khangchendzonga Tamil Nadu: Guindy • Gulf of Mannar • Indira Gandhi • Mudumalai • Mukurthi Uttar Pradesh: Dudhwa Uttaranchal: Corbett • Gangotri • Govind • Nanda Devi • Rajaji • Valley of Flowers West Bengal: Buxa • Gorumara • Neora Valley • Singalila • Sundarbans

Protected areas • National Parks • Protected areas of India • National parks of India

Memo

Wikipedia stylefile, now with popups
Laili-o-Majnoon (film) 1936 - this Iranian film was made with the help of Kolkata diaspora

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