Comments on: WikipedIA

By: Punbaji BÃ¶y

Punbaji BÃ¶y — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:00:43 +0000

gc, I don't think there were any hate crimes in 1907 especially since there was statutory hate as lobbied by the Asiatic Exclusion League. So, rather than hate crimes, there were "hate samaritans", helping enforce govt. laws prohibiting interracial marriage, prohibiting ownership or leasing of land, prohibiting immigration and naturalization, and upholding segregation. Several marriage clerks proudly did their civic duty and prevented hispanics and Indians from marrying[1]. Unfortunately, a few rogue, unpatriotic clerks violated state and federal laws by granting marriage licenses.

By: Maitri

Maitri — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:48:03 +0000

That’s the magic of wikis– instead of commenting here, you can edit there

Having created wikis for other topics, I am aware of this. Yet, I want more info on this entry before I erase it from the annals of wiki history. Is it supposed to be offensive or just a phenom of which I haven’t heard?

Comments here can help information there.

By: Randompedia

Randompedia — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:31:23 +0000

Oh, and not that it matters, but the Indian American article is actully 1 year old.... content was copied over from "Indian-American" and a redirect placed. Here is the older history of the article.

By: gc

gc — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:15:37 +0000

I’d be more curious to read about the history of our community than have a destined-to-be-outdated contemporary entry.

I’m sure Manish can put in an entry.

“In 1907, the first hate crime against an Indian American was committed…”

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:02:50 +0000

There's also a Desi article.Someone had marked it with a vote for deletion tag, as it was basically a dictionary definition, so I quickly rewrote it. But it still could use some work.

By: Randompedia

Randompedia — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 23:32:19 +0000

I’m glad people took notice. I made the current outline structure for the Indian American article a few months ago (the article was 1 paragraph before), but left the sections blank. I hoped people would fill in some good info, but so far it has ended up a sad state. (i.e. When I included “Media Portrayal” as a section stub, I had no idea it would end up w/ a Dilbert comic.) People … go edit!! =]

By: Saurav

Saurav — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:23:37 +0000

Strangely enough, they also have a topic on this blog.

i was wondering how long it would take you to find it.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:00:37 +0000

“Ajay Bangale, monkey extraordinaire”

WTF?

That’s the magic of wikis– instead of commenting here, you can edit there

By: bee

bee — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:54:38 +0000

From the list of famous Indian Americans:

Amar Bose, physicist and founder of Bose Corporation

Am I the only one who didnt know this?!?!?! Blasphemy, i say

By: thoreaulylazy

thoreaulylazy — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:27:21 +0000

Punbaji,

As a wiki regular, I've decided to spruce up the Asian American page with a new Indian American history category adjacent to the Chinese American history and Japanese American history links. To avoid leaving the IA history page in an appallingly spartan state, I've seeded it with the 1923 Supreme Court case United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind