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| == About Madhesia community in India == | |||
| Madhesia's (Baniya Kanu) in india are mostly in the eastern parts of the country like in eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Aasam. Traditionaly they are good sweetmakers. They workship their own god known as Baba Ganinath. They have their own customs and traditions. Usually they like to marry in their own caste, but meanwhile they check mool's of each others if the mool's matches same the marriage will not be eligible. | |||
| by:- Sunil Kumar madhesia | |||
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Outline of Knowledge from Britannica
I have added the Outline of Knowledge (Propædia) of Encyclopedia Britannica to the Categorical Indices. The Outline is the result of the collaboration of many eminent academics and specialists, and is an excellent compendium of all human knowledge. I believe it merits inclusion in the "content listings" box. Palaeovia 03:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC) .
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How do you create a page from nothing? Ie if you want to add an article. – Squire101 02:47, 26 April 2007
what can we do with nuclear waste — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.1.180.189 (talk • contribs)
- See Category:Radioactive waste for more info on this. However I don't think this was the right page to ask this. Jackaranga 11:45, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Limits of Knowledge
I noticed that most contributors are happy to show off what they know, but are less up-front about what they don't know. Especially in science, only a few are willing to admit ignorance. As Wiki is for everybody, I would suggest to frame content more in terms of what we know and what we don't know. This might help avoid intimidation of simple minds like mine, and help knowledge seekers get a better picture of the limits of knowledge and the challenges ahead.--Robert van der Hoff 01:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
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ok..this may seem very strange, but how do you talk to other users? if someone could maybe just teach me, i would be thankful! >.< Ikeyko 21:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- Replied on User talk:Ikeyko – Gurch 06:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
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Reading this page for the first time and clicking the links left me confused.
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About Madhesia community in India
Madhesia's (Baniya Kanu) in india are mostly in the eastern parts of the country like in eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Aasam. Traditionaly they are good sweetmakers. They workship their own god known as Baba Ganinath. They have their own customs and traditions. Usually they like to marry in their own caste, but meanwhile they check mool's of each others if the mool's matches same the marriage will not be eligible.
by:- Sunil Kumar madhesia