Talk:Ahmedabad

Is it just me or does the tushar rickshaw part of "getting around" sound suspiciously like an ad? Can anyone confirm the validity

Panorama size

@ User:W. Frank

Why have you changed the size to 95 % ? Please explain !! Chintanvarma (talk) 14:35, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

It's a bit difficult to be more explanatory than my edit summary at the time I made the edit, Sir: "probably better to use the Panorama template to display this panoramic image so it's not so prone to "falling off the right hand edge" on smaller screens"

Have a look at Template:Panorama and try and view the "before" and "after" result on a narrow screen.

Before the huge thumbnail image would have overflowed so that it was about the twice of the available screen width:

[[File:Ahmedabad Panorama 1.jpg|thumbnail|900px|center|Panorama of Ahmedabad]]

Panorama of Ahmedabad

After the panorama image box (with a slider displayed below on narrow screens to enable panning) is set to occupy 95% of the available width of the page:

{{panorama|image=Ahmedabad Panorama 1.jpg|caption=Panorama of Ahmedabad|width: 95%;}}

Panorama of Ahmedabad

--W. Frank^e-mail_talk 20:17, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Okay... Chintanvarma (talk) 01:06, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

That panorama would be a better, more vivid pagebanner, if it could be turned into one. Right now, it looks too small for that. Is the file sufficiently big for that purpose? Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:38, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Adalaj Step-Well

For an entry in "Go next," it is way too detailed! Should the village of Adalaj have its own article? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:53, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't think Adalaj requires a separate article. It's a separate village-town nearing Ahmedabad/New West Zone and south of Gandhinagar. As Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar are twin cities, the area between them is rapdily developing. Except the step - well, Adalaj doesn't have a travel necessity. Also, I'm re - adding Ashok and Sapna cinema since to my knowledge, they are the only ones showing Gujarati films. All the three are in different zones, so they need to be listed on main page of Ahmedabad. Chintanvarma (talk) 08:31, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

I understand. Perhaps it should be put into a different section in "See," then, rather than "Go next." What do you think about that idea? Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Where's the district discussion?

There's a district discussion tag on the article, however I cannot find any discussion here nor in any older version of the talk page. However the city is districtified in some way. Looks like someone has just created a bunch of districts and slapped the tag on the top of the article. I was planning to make a map of the districts however as there's no discussion here, the Wikipedia articles for most of those district parts mentioned give no clue about their location and limits (ex. w:Girdharnagar - not even the coordinates) and I know nothing about the city it's a fairly hard task. ϒpsilon (talk) 18:13, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

"Learn" section

First of all, a districted article should have no full listings, but secondly, this is exactly what we don't want a Learn section to be - touty listings for universities. Normally, this section would list places where visitors could take brief (e.g., 2-week) courses in a language, yoga, et al., but some prose description of the most important universities at the city level would be acceptable if someone wants to write it. Meanwhile, I plan to move all the current listings to this talk page within 24-48 hours. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Moved from the article:

The list also includes the centers of learning in the twin city of Gandhinagar.

Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

• Indian Institute of Management (IIM - A), IIM, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380015, ☏ +91 79 66323456, fax: +91 79 26306896, cao@iimahd.ernet.in. IIM-A is considered the best business school in India and among the best in Asia. 

• Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College (B J Medical College (BJMC)), B.J. Medical College, New Civil Hospital, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380016, ☏ +91 79 22680074, fax: +91 79 22683067, drb_j_shah@yahoo.com. One of the top medical colleges in India. Established in 1871 as Ahmedabad Medical College. 

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - Gn), Vishwakarma Government Engineering College Complex, Chandkheda, Visat - Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 382424, ☏ +91 79 32419484, fax: +91 79 2397 2324, office@iitgn.ac.in. IIT - Gn is among the presitigious IITs of India. 

• National Institute of Design (NID), NID Campus, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380007, ☏ +91 79 26629500, fax: + 91 79 26621167, info@nid.edu. Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. NID is one of the topmost design schools in the world. 

• Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), MICA Campus, Shela, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380058, ☏ +91 2717 308250, fax: +91 2717 308349, admissionenquiry@micamail.in. MICA is an academic institution for communications management skills. 

Gandhinagar

• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), NIFT Campus, GH - 0 Circle, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382007, ☏ +91 79 23240832, fax: +91 79 23240772. NIFT is a fashion institute in the twin city of Gandhinagar. 

• Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), DFS Head Quarters, Sector 18-A, Near Police Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382007, ☏ +91 79 65735504, fax: +91 79 23247465. 11:00 am - 5:30 pm (Mondays - Saturdays) The University remains closed on Second & Fourth Saturdays of the Week, Sundays & Public Holidays.. The Gujarat Forensic Sciences University is a highly specialized higher education institution. It is the only university across the world, dedicated to Forensic & Investigative Science. The University is segregated into three academic departments, namely: Institute of Forensic Science, Institute of Behavioural Science and Institute of Research & Development. It currently offers only postgraduate level academic programs. 

• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), PDPU Campus, Knowledge Corridor, Off Koba - Gandhinagar Highway, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382007, ☏ +91 79 23275060, fax: +91 79 23275030, info@pdpu.ac.in. Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. PDPU is an energy - focused university in the twin city of Gandhinagar, having Schools of Petroleum Technology (for petroleum engineering), Petroleum Management (MBA specializing in Oil and Gas), Solar Energy, Nuclear Energy, Liberal Studies and Technology (for civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, industrial engineering branches). 

Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:39, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

The "metal scene" section is useless

The Metal Scene link is an empty Wordpress Blog. Is the whole metal section an elaborate prank or a play on the fact that it is so underground that even its blog is empty?

In addition, the metal scene section is completely useless, especially when the link it provides is dead. —The preceding comment was added by Ford prefect reporter (talk • contribs)

It sounds like the sensible thing for you to do is delete the section. Wordpress blogs aren't supposed to be linked, anyway, as per this site's external links policy. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:04, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll remove it. User:Ford prefect reporter, the next time you see something like that, feel free to amend it yourself. ϒpsilon (talk) 12:09, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

District discussion

Given that all but one of the districts are currently at outline and a district discussion tag has been slapped onto this article likely some time ago, let's have the discussion here and now: What are we to do? Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:26, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

I've made Ahmedabad's district map (svg) which is also my first Wikivoyage-style map! Comments and suggestions welcome. :) If all looks fine, I'll go ahead and update the article. Csyogi (talk) 00:50, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate the effort. However, someone who knows anything about this city might have to judge whether the current district boundaries make much sense to our readers. One of the current districts contains quite a lot of information while the others are sitting at outline status right now. Maybe this is just due to some easily updatable listings not having been inserted, but it might also be due to the district boundaries having been drawn "wrong". I fear though that none of our editors could really answer the question, or do you know anybody who might? Hobbitschuster (talk) 01:12, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

User:Ravikiran r and User:Prof tpms, any input? Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:46, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

ː Ikan Kekek The division into six districts looks quite reasonable. Prof. Manna (talk) 01:58, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Hobbitschuster, I had referenced the map on Ahmedabad Muncipal Corporation website to draw the boundaries on Inkscape to create this map. Had asked my friend who lives in the city to check the boundaries if they are correct and he has confirmed that they're right. Any inputs from User:Ravikiran r? Csyogi (talk) 09:13, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for asking so bluntly, but: Correct as in "useful from a travel standpoint"? Thanks again for making the map! Hobbitschuster (talk) 16:27, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Right, then may be we should discuss if this is useful from a travel standpoint or not. I'll be happy to modify the map as needed. Csyogi (talk) 00:08, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Sorry to respond so late, but I know nothing about Ahmedabad except that it must be districtified because it is a big enough city. I'll defer to those who do know. — Ravikiran (talk) 09:40, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I fear this discussion has become dormant without producing much of a result. Should we just go ahead with the districts as on the map or should some more traveler oriented different approach be taken? To reiterate: I know nothing about this town, I just saw the tag but no discussion and observed the state of the currently existing district articles. Hobbitschuster (talk) 00:41, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, this article is a mess. If all the listings are moved to the district articles, will some articles have no listings or only a few while others have the great bulk of them? Csyogi and Prof. Manna, what do you think? I'd really like for the listings to all be moved as soon as possible and for the "Go next" section to also be dealt with (see #Adalaj Step-Well). Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:16, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Dear Ikan Kekek, my knowledge of Ahamedabad is not sufficient for any useful help in the districtification process. It is far away from here in Mysore. Regards, --Prof TPMS (talk) 19:25, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

So... there seems to be six district articles listed now. Are they covering all of the city? If yes, then I guess someone knowledgeable could just move the listings currently in the article to the appropriate districts. ϒpsilon (talk) 19:56, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

@Csyogi,@Hobbitschuster,@Ikan Kekek,@Prof tpms,@Ravikiran r,@Ypsilon: Ahmedabad now has more zones; New West Zone is now divided in Northwest and Southwest zones. See here. The article should reorganised accordingly. Regards,- Nizil Shah (talk) 08:44, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikivoyage uses district divisions that aim to be most helpful to travellers, and not necessarily official ones. If we divide the New West Zone, about how many listings will each of the new articles have? Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:22, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Got your point. If New West Zone is large enough, split should be done else there is no point in doing it.- Nizil Shah (talk) 18:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Basically, yes. So could you approximate the number of listings each article would have if a split is made? Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:14, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Merge?

Would it make sense to merge the West and New West Zones of this city? --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 20:09, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

There is quite a bit of content in each of the district articles now, so I think there is no need to merge any, and it is time to remove the district discussion tag. Ground Zero (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Moving the details of listings to district articles

I've been moving the details of listings to district articles and removing them from this article, in line with Wikivoyage style. I would be grateful for assistance from anyone with local knowledge in correcting any errors I make, and in moving restaurant, hotel and other listings. Ground Zero (talk) 13:25, 3 September 2023 (UTC)