Talk:Bishan Singh Bedi

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was: it was movedjiy (talk) 18:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]


  1. Two out of the three websites that WikiProject Cricket uses (Cricinfo, Cricketarchive, Howstat) as the main cricket resources, use the name Bishan instead of Bishen.
  2. On Google 9740 pages found for Bishan Singh Bedi 971 pages found for Bishen Singh Bedi
  3. Bishan is the proper transliteration of the name in Hindi (and also other Indian languages).

If you oppose this move, please provide a detailed explaination of why you do. Of course, Bishen Singh Bedi will become a redirect. Thanks DaGizza Chat (c) 05:13, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support I've always thought it was Bishen, but I'm perfectly happy to have common usage trump me Sam Vimes 10:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, if you give the name as a single string to google "Bishan Singh Bedi" gets 671, "Bishan Bedi" 509, "Bishen Singh Bedi" 766 and "Bishen Bedi" 1210. So there is not that big a difference. CMJ's 'Who's who' has it as Bishen. Wisden seems to use only the surname. Not sure what Indian Cricket (annual) says about it. But since CI/CA goes with Bishan, I don't have a problem with the move. We just have to mention the alternate spelling in the very first line. Tintin Talk 14:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

WikiProject class rating[edit]

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 17:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Balance[edit]

Needs more on the cricket IMHO. At the moment, it seems from this article that BB was famous for shouting too much about Murali, rather than his spin bowling. I do believe he held the Indian record for Test wickets at the point at which he retired. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That maybe so, but of recent times the most notable thing he has done is complain about Murali... that has in the eyes of the cricketing community taken a greater precedence than his exquisite bowling ... sad, but true Pubuman (talk) 06:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:INDIA Banner/Delhi Addition[edit]

Note: {{WP India}} Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag TALK2ME 15:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV removed[edit]

The article has been substantially changed since 2007, I've removed the NPOV template, please use {{POV-section}} or better yet {{POV-statement}} for sentences, then detail issues here. This will help address them in a timely manner. - RoyBoy 00:23, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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