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स्वागत Swagat, नमस्कारNamaskar (Welcome, Greetings 🙏 ) to all members and guests reading, browsing and/or posting in Indian subforum of defencehub.live

It is now a little past 3 months for this forum's creation. In the rush of all that, a proper welcome (to this subforum) was not given at its inception and this is addressed belatedly now.

2020 (with its grievous issues, challenges and circumstances) nears it end....2021 will hopefully be a better year for all reading this and also for this forum and subforum.

Holiday/vacation season likely makes schedules busier soon w.r.t forum etc (at least for me).

So I decided to post this now for member convenience (especially new members and interested guests) on how best to use/interact in this subforum as of this moment.

They in general apply to the forum at large too.

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Rule guideline:

A) Please leave all (previous forums) issues/attitudes/SOP's etc at the doorstep as much as you can. Treat this subforum (and larger forum) as clean slate as far as possible before you enter (especially if you see old adversary). Experiences and recollections are fine if pertinent to subject/debate matter and follow the rules, but that is really about it. Try build something new, informative and better here. Auld Lang Syne etc...but let the foul bygones be bygones too.

B) Read the forum rules if you haven't already: https://defencehub.live/threads/forum-rules.802/

C) Use common sense and common decency, especially when engaging an opponent. Approach a mod (or use report button) if there is rule violation rather than breaking the rule in response yourself.

D) Warnings will be issued henceforth for rule violations from any member here. No ifs and buts anymore.

E) Too many warnings accumulated may lead to a temporary forum ban. This is last resort of course.

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General FAQ:

A) Post (new) article/topic either in existing subsection or main page. They will be moved/archived as seen fit by me later.

B) I normally archive + organise end/start of each month. This generally gives articles about 1 month time to exist "as is" in the main section if you want eyes on it that way.

C) Similarly directly posting into an archive or existing thread will generally tag/alert all previous thread posters. So it depends what your preference is. B and C are done to keep number of pages (on main) to as few as possible (a later or returning visitor etc can just browse by topic interest more conveniently)

D) Subsections are just rough guidelines to make browsing easier at the top of main page. Same goes for Archives.

E) Threads of special relevance, importance and interest will be pinned for convenience. It is a little too many right now and I will be unpinning some.

F) This thread will remain locked, it is just a "Read only" Guide basically. So there is no convo/debate here (just things might be updated here over time w.r.t subforum)

G) If you have suggestions, additions, concerns etc (for this thread or in general), message me on my profile page or inbox or use the forum suggestion area too: https://defencehub.live/forums/feedback-suggestions.2/ ..... whatever your preference is.

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IN Subforum org. Update Log (December 2020):

IN Economy + Science and Industry subsections (redundant, low activity) merged into "IN internal matters". Standardises with rest of forum.

More threads added to IN External matters. More will be added as relevant news for those countries w.r.t India come for monthly archiving.

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Thank you for your attention and please enjoy.
 
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Jan 5th update:

Relevant Archiving up to early december done.

A few archive names were changed and organised better, and pinned/unpinned as seen fit.

"General" archives older posts will be further moved/organised into the newer more relevant archives created time pending. A directory might be given in the 1st post for other archives with time too.

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Members that are getting into troll/bait and counter-troll/counter bait are strongly advised to drop this behaviour both in this subsection and forum at large.

They are advised to ignore each other as far as possible and not create new bait threads.

Admin action will come if unheeded. You know who you are, take it as last official warning.
 

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Jan 6th update:

"General" archives older posts will be further moved/organised into the newer more relevant archives created time pending. A directory might be given in the 1st post for other archives with time too.

This has now been done. There is now one "general" archive for each defence branch (Army, Navy, AirForce).

These will focus on anything not covered by more specific archives for each branch (these can be seen listed in their relevant subsections).

Relevant posts in general archives have now been moved to their specific archives as far as possible.

The choice remains of course for each member:

A) to post anywhere*/anything* in Indian main subforum they want for specific news/articles/updates (and get the thread listed in the homepage shoutbox etc for eyes/interest or just your convenience)

B) to post directly to relevant archive (specific or general) to tag everyone in that archive.

If (A) , the time allotted (in open thread body) will generally be ~ 1 month as this is the time (I plan) between archiving by me.

Without further ado, the General Archives with directory in 1st post (to reduce pinning need):


Comments, suggestions and corrections may be DM'ed or posted on my profile wall. This should be very close to final structure we have for this subforum going forward.

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*This does not apply to contentious/controversial topics like wars, conflicts, political angst that inevitably carry trolling/baiting/demeaning potential (intended or not).

Specifically for those:

A) Use your common sense and use the existing archives like Indian War History and India - Pakistan, India - China etc, and post only news as far as possible (especially starting out). If you plan to analyse/discuss....first explore them, read them, know where these threads are and keep things topic-wise organized and restricted to those rather than post headline threads to attract trolling and rancour by the shoutbox appearance.

B) Discussion/analysis should be professional + factual as possible, if there is rule violation, trolling, ad-hominem etc...do not quote and reply and troll back. Just tag me and wait is best. Report post if I am on a break/away for more than cpl days.

C) Please check with me first (via DM) if you are unsure or check with me later (after you get a warning/msg, its your 1st time etc).

A happy new year (2021) to everyone reading this.
 

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Feb 5th update:

Archiving up to early january completed.

Delineation of the following into archives (and relevant post moves) will be done in near future when time available :

Tejas mk1/A (existing)

mk2/MWF/TEDBF (existing only as TEDBF separately now)

AMCA (dedicated only for it, right now its in stealth a/c)

General Drone Archive (stealth and non stealth)


They will be updated to the Airforce and Navy directory too.

Any suggestions for this can be given to my inbox. Thank you.

Of further interest to members may be the upcoming wiki for defencehub:


Enjoy your February everyone.
 

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Archiving up to early February 2021 completed.

Tejas program moved to IAF section, augmented to include Mk1A, and mk2 (MWF) programs as well.

Stealth A/C thread changed to AMCA program only.

Stealth Drone posts moved to UAV/Drone Archive.

TEDBF "Sneak peek" tread changed to TEDBF program and moved to Navy subsection.

IAF directory updated.

Indian Navy directory updated.

Errors, requests (for moves/pins etc), suggestions and comments as always can be sent to my inbox.

Have a happy spring everyone.
 

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Archiving up to early March 2021 completed.

A few archive names were amended/broadened (eg. Infra added to economy).

As usual any requests, errors, suggestions may be given to my inbox etc.

Have a happy April everyone.
 

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Archiving up to early April 2021 completed.

Wish everyone a happy May.
 

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Archiving up to early May 2021 completed.

Have a good summer everyone.
 

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Major re-organisation is underway (especially w.r.t strategic subsection which now includes specific programs that have been split off from larger earlier compiler threads).


Examples:

Scramjet (HSTDV etc)
Cruise Missiles
Ballistic Missiles
BMD
UAV (Conventional)
UAV (Stealth)
IAC

Over next few days this process will be completed (there is still sorting + creating to be done) w.r.t:

SSN
Jet Engine
Radars/AWACS/Sensors

A hangout zone has also been created.

Final update will be given here when its all completed (for now along with regular monthly archiving) and I will take more suggestions then (in hangout zone etc).

@Jackdaws @Joe Shearer @Gautam @Raptor @FalconSlayersDFI @Zapper @crixus @Anmdt @AlphaMike @Cabatli_53 @MisterLike @Test7 @Isa Khan @T-123456 and all other regular posters/readers of Indian thread section.
 
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OK it has all been finished (for now).

Some highlights:

A) First posts (in reorganised or new created threads) can contain "MOD NOTE" edit (in orange) about what the thread content should focus on.

B) Given the re-organisation, All MOD NOTE "intro" directories (in earlier threads) will be checked and updated as time permits later.

C) All non P5 and non-neigbhour foreign relation threads have been combined into one. US relations has been merged into "Quad".

D) General archiving up to Early June has been completed.

E) Found "copy" function (superior in some aspects to "move") a bit late, but will be using it more going forward.

F) Going forward, use archives + program threads wherever and whenever possible (esp to help get views up in new created ones like cruise missile, ballistic missile, stealth UAV etc as they have small+early view count now given larger view count currently remains only with their older parent compiler threads.

By using existing archive/program thread, you will also get the most alerts to interested posters (that already posted) instead of relying on how long it stays up on shoutbox (or ppl visiting the subforum to browse etc).

There will of course be some grey intersection (between 2 or 3+ threads something could potentially fit into) regarding some news/developments....so just pick one in that case and I will move/copy it later if I deem it necessary.

One can also post in all the relevant threads yourself that you find relevant if you feel like.

Point F is important to read for frequent defence news+dev posters in this section
i.e @Raptor @Zapper @FalconSlayersDFI @crixus etc.

G) Please suggest more (dedicated threads to make, mistakes and improvements you find) as necessary in hangout zone or inbox etc.

H) Overall this will be the final structural setting for the subforum, it is unlikely any major changes will be made in future.

Hope everyone has a good midsummer.
 

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Archiving has been completed up to early July .

IAC program thread was merged into general IN carrier archive.

Some threads were pinned and some were unpinned.

As always inbox/coffeehouse/profile page remains open for member's suggestions regarding subforum organisation etc.

Have a good August everyone.
 

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Archiving completed up to early August.

Pleasant September wishes to all members.
 

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Archiving completed to Early September 2021.

"RnD Ecosystem analysis" was merged into prior existing General RnD thread.

The name of the merged thread is now Indian R&D Ecosystems.

Have a good October everyone.
 

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Archiving completed to early October 2021.

A few minor changes made in pinning/unpinning

Indian War history thread was pinned @Jackdaws

Have a good November everyone.
 

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Archiving completed to early November 2021.

Seasons greetings to all members.
 

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Archiving completed to early December 2021.

A Happy new year (2022) to all members.
 

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Archiving completed to Early January 2022.

February greetings to all members.
 

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Belated March greetings to all members.

Belated welcome to our new Indian moderator/advisor @Joe Shearer

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Archiving completed to early February 2022.

Some threads were un-pinned to reduce clutter on main page.

I plan to put a picture for each pinned thread later (as the cursor highlight picture in shoutbox etc) and I would appreciate if any interested members suggest pictures for this purpose as they see fit.

Any overall improvements and suggestions can as always be given in usual way as well.

Members may be interested to peruse and participate in the rapidly growing + deepening Indian coffee thread to their hearts content

 

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April Greetings to all members,

The subforum is now archived up to Early March.

All pinned threads were updated with an introductory picture (shows with mouse scroll + hover when browsing titles).

Mod notes were shortened, the headers may be cleaned up more at later date.

Regards and have a good April and Spring.
 

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Archiving completed to early April.

Enjoy your month of May folks.

....and "May the 4th" be with you *chortles* 😉

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