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Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System was the Indian collaboration of the week for the week starting on December 30, 2005. For details on improvements made to the article, see history of past collaborations.

Contents 1 Lines under construction 2 Permission to use images 2.1 Permission to use images by Ashish Vashisht from IRFCA website 3 Line colors 4 Re: Correct colours for the various Delhi Metro lines

[edit] Lines under construction

203.187.237.153, I have reverted your change. The official website says this line is not yet fully complete. Please provide reference otherwise. - Ganeshk 21:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

The line is actually complete, and trains have been running (sans passengers) for a while. Formal inauguration was supposed to happen today ([1]). Does anyone know if it really happened? deeptrivia (talk) 22:38, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh yeah, it was indeed inaugurated today: [2]. Shifting to "completed" category. deeptrivia (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

There were supposed to be two phases of the metro. I think, with the completion of line 3, the Phase I is over, and the phase II has started (to be completed by 2010 commonwealth games). These details can be mentioned. deeptrivia (talk) 22:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Permission to use images

I got this response from Ashish Vashisht:

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Hello, 

I allow you to use my photographs from the IRFCA website under the
Creative Commons Attribution (by), Non Commercial (nc), No Derivative
Works (nd) License on Wikipedia. 

You should also write to the webmaster at IRFCA informing him that you
will be copying some of the image files from his server, and for
permission to re-use those files. The email address is:
webmaster[a.t.]irfca.org 

Ashish

I'll write to the webmaster, and then I guess we can use all those images. deeptrivia (talk) 04:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Permission to use images by Ashish Vashisht from IRFCA website

We now have permission to use any photos taken by Ashish Vashisht that are on IRFCA's website under Creative Commons Attribution. I confirmed this with both Ashish and the IRFCA webmaster, who added:

"It would be appreciated if you acknowledge the photographs as being from Ashish Vashisht. A pointer to IRFCA would also be appreciated. Please check with me before using any other material (photographs or otherwise) from IRFCA."

I think there are lots of nice photos to be used on the Delhi Metro and related articles that can be picked up from there. deeptrivia (talk) 15:16, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Line colors

Hello Ashish, According to the IRFCA website, Line 2 is the 'Blue Line' and Line 3 is 'Yellow line'. I am quoting a few lines from that page,

"Construction on the underground Line 2 (the 'Blue Line') was at an advanced stage by [1/03]. Both..."

"Line 3 (the 'Yellow Line') running Indraprastha - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka - Dwarka Sub City was recently [2003] approved by the Central and State governments."

Is the website wrong? - Ganeshk 01:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Signage on the Metro itself is definitely the other way around. Jpatokal 10:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Correct colours for the various Delhi Metro lines

Here's the article from the Indian Express which gives the correct colours. This information can also be verified from first person accounts on the Delhi Metro discussion group archives. The info on IRFCA website needs to be corrected.

I believe DMRC is somewhat guilty of creating this number vs. colour confusion. They started out giving numbers for each lines, however after the Line 2 (or Yellow Line) was opened, they changed the lines to have distinct colours instead of numbers. Unfortunately the DMRC website does not provide this information at this point. By the way, as most Delhi residents would know, the private buses in Delhi have also had various colourful names such as Red Line, Blue Line etc. --vashisht 02:44, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I think the names of line articles should be changed to refer to the colors: this is in accordance with actual signage on the Metro, and it'll save a lot of renaming work when the next extension opens. Red Line (Delhi Metro) would be unambiguous and in line with current practice (see Red Line). Jpatokal 10:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Jpatokal 15:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)