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[edit] Unreferenced BLPs

Information.svg Hello DaGizza! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 758 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

  1. Ramesh Sethi - Find sources: "Ramesh Sethi" – news · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 05:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] add these denominations please

theres 6 denominations in islam

but only 4 are showing in the purple 'islam topics' template box at the bottom of the 'islam' page


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi

thats denomination 1 for Salafi's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an_alone

thats denomination 2 for Quranists

could you try your best to add them please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jigglyfidders (talk • contribs) 04:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] deletion of category

Well, Good evening. In the page : Kalitas of Assam, the category"Assam" has been removed by u. actually the Kalitas as a caste or community is distinct to the province of Assam in India and hence the category "Assam" is very much important for searching this page. "Kalitas of Assam" has to be included in "Assam" category.

Hence I am putting the category back again.(Undo)

Clankalita (talk) 12:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Category from page

Hi Girish, Thanx for the reply.

"Kalitas of Assam" -- are the most numerous of all Assamese social groups in Assam (like the Ahoms).

By the same yardstick which u have applied in removing the category "Assam" from this page , you should also remove the "Assam" category from the wikipage "Ahom" too.

Regards, Clankalita (talk) 09:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Zoroastrian marriage

I have nominated Category:Zoroastrian marriage (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Zoroastrian cosmology

I have nominated Category:Zoroastrian cosmology (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:God in Zoroastrianism

I have nominated Category:God in Zoroastrianism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:06, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] external link removed

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.138.117.204 (talk) 03:31, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] GA reassessment of Melbourne Storm

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Melbourne Storm/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Durga

Hello, I hope you have been doing well. I noticed that you had done some needed cleanup on Durga. I spotted what looks to me to have been a small error and changed a word in the article. I hope you will review it and revert it if it was not appropriate. Buddhipriya (talk) 04:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] removal of Alpolic Aluminum Composite Materials?

Hello,

Could you kindly explain how this article was tagged as an "advertisement"?

Here it is again for quick reference:

ALPOLIC® is a lightweight material composed of a thermoplastic core sandwiched between two skins of aluminum. This material is generally called Aluminum Composite Material and abbreviated as ACM. ACM was first produced in Japan in 1974, and was then introduced to the United States in the early 1980s. Common applications for ALPOLIC® are for architectural applications such as external and interior claddings, roof coverings, and ceilings of buildings.

I have read all the rules as to sort of content to stay away from, and I do not understand how this is nothing more than a informative piece not advertising anything?

I followed the information structure from a description from another similar material, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucobond

If anything, the Alucobond article is more of an advertising piece in that is is more pro-product.

Could you please advise?

Thank You,

joshua —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.79.32 (talk) 14:22, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Alpolic Aluminum Composite Materials?

Hello, Could you kindly explain how this article was tagged as an "advertisement"? Here it is again for quick reference: ALPOLIC® is a lightweight material composed of a thermoplastic core sandwiched between two skins of aluminum. This material is generally called Aluminum Composite Material and abbreviated as ACM. ACM was first produced in Japan in 1974, and was then introduced to the United States in the early 1980s. Common applications for ALPOLIC® are for architectural applications such as external and interior claddings, roof coverings, and ceilings of buildings. I have read all the rules as to sort of content to stay away from, and I do not understand how this is nothing more than a informative piece not advertising anything? I followed the information structure from a description from another similar material, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucobond If anything, the Alucobond article is more of an advertising piece in that is is more pro-product. Could you please advise? Thank You, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ludlow123 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 24 March 2010 (UTC)


Cc Adi 8.38: ‘Chaitanya-mangala’ shune yadi pashandi, yavana seha maha-vaishnava haya tatakshana  If even a great atheist hears Shri Chaitanya-mangala, he immediately becomes a great devotee.   Cc Adi 8.40: Vrindavana-dasa-pade koti namaskara aiche grantha kari’ tenho tarila samsara  I offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. No one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/index.htm The Vaikuntha planets begin 26,200,000 yojanas (209,600,000 miles) above Satyaloka.

The kalpa is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.17): sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ. One day of Brahmā is called a kalpa. A yuga, or mahā-yuga, consists of 4,320,000 years, and one thousand such mahā-yugas constitute one kalpa. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta says that if one does not take advantage of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he cannot be delivered for millions of such kalpas. http://vedabase.net/cc/antya/3/255/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.133.0.240 (talk) 07:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Inclusionism, not deletionism

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism

Inclusionism is the philosophy that information should be liberally added and retained on Wikipedia. It is espoused by users called inclusionists who favor keeping and amending problematic articles over deleting them. Inclusionists are generally less concerned with the question of notability, and instead focus on whether or not an article is factual, with merit, or useful.

Inclusionism is opposed to deletionism which supports the deletion of unworthy articles and exclusionism which involves removal of unhelpful information (and deletion of an entire article only if such removal leaves nothing behind). In other areas, inclusionism usually aligns with eventualism because both philosophies hold that articles with mixed quality of content should be retained and will be improved in time. As the size of Wikipedia grows, incrementalists will also become more inclusionist as the standards for notability become easier to meet. Inclusionists do not necessarily lean toward either end of the mergism-separatism or exopedianism-metapedianism spectrums.

A favorite phrase of inclusionists is "Wiki is not paper." Because Wikipedia does not have the same space limitations as a paper encyclopedia, there is no need to restrict content in the same way that a Britannica must. Usually the AFD discussion takes the same or more amount of disk space than the article. It has also been suggested that no performance problems result from having many articles [1]. Inclusionists claim that authors should take a more open-minded look at content criteria. Articles on people, places, and concepts of little note may be perfectly acceptable for Wikipedia in this view. Some inclusionists do not see a problem with including pages which give a factual description of every person on Earth.

From a deletionist or exclusionist viewpoint, inclusionists appear to be arguing for the value of material and information which is substandard, or inadequately verified; however, inclusionists counter that there is little harm in keeping material that might some day be improved as information on the topics become more widely available. Inclusionists also point out that Wikipedia is not meant to be a poor copy of the Britannica, but rather a unique encyclopedia that aspires to "the sum total of human knowledge." Furthermore, inclusionists argue that the concept of "notability", an idea that many deletionists use as a basis for selecting which articles ought to remain and which deleted, usually has no objective criteria. They argue that reliance on such a concept does more harm than good to the goals of the project.

Inclusionists are perceived as having a greater acceptance of trivialities, small articles, non-traditional topics, and non-academic articles; this may cause them opposition by those who hold stricter views about the proper content of an encyclopedia. Inclusionists often see this project as a completely new and revolutionary way of storing and organizing all human knowledge. Many editors may object to articles such as a "List of tennis players who appeared on the David Letterman Show in 1995", but some inclusionists strongly support such items, arguing that they are valid additions to an encyclopedia aimed at being a repository of all human knowledge. Inclusionists may feel such critics are simply suffering from the academic standards kick. Inclusionists also point to the fact that there are no concrete standards for determining how noteworthy or notable a topic is.

Two important prerequisites for additions to Wikipedia are that the information is correct and well placed. That last aspect requires a good structuring of Wikipedia in levels of detail, with general articles linking to more detailed 'subarticles', which in turn link to still more detailed ones, so that (ideally, eventually) on the one hand people who are not interested in certain details will not be bothered by them, while on the other hand people who are interested in them will easily find them through just a few well-placed links. If the information is not thus well placed or Wikipedia is not well structured to place the info, then that should be changed instead of removing the info. If someone finds something interesting enough to write about then chances are that someone else will (one day) find it interesting enough to read about, so it should be in Wikipedia. If that person does not know where to place the info, then that should not stop them from putting it somewhere. Someone else will then (eventually) put it in the right place. Although of course what is the 'right place' also changes over time. If for example the info does not warrant a separate article yet, it can be kept in a higher level article, where it might become a 'seed' that attracts other related info, which together might later warrant a separate (sub)article. Such loose facts are often placed in trivia sections at the bottom of an article. Removing those seeds will stunt the growth of Wikipedia.

Inclusionism parallels eventualism and the legal standard of presumption of innocence. As always, the dangers of factionalism should be noted, as should the likelihood that many Wikipedians are neither exclusively inclusionist nor deletionist, but mergist or some other wiki-philosophy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.236.20 (talk) 06:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] About Ravana page

Hi Girik, I need a small help.

There are some wrong information on Ravana page, specially in Etymology section. Some people have replaced the word "Sinhala" with "Tamil" and they defaced that section. This is the reference link : http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ravana-is-a-hero-for-Sinhala-nationalists/Article1-249335.aspx . Please correct those errors according to this original article.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sivhela (talk • contribs) 15:25, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Hello,

I suspect infdef banned user Hkelkar to be back again: IPs 59.160.210.68 ([1]) and 117.194.193.101 ([2]) act in pair to evade 3RR and vandalize usual Hindutva related topics. Thanks. - TwoHorned User_talk:TwoHorned 15:27, 23 June 2010 (UTC)



[edit] WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 1 - (June 2010)

Project News

WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Wikipedia, and over the past few months the focus has been on improving article quality. A number of the project's featured articles underwent featured article reviews over the past year. Of these, Darjeeling and Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period, Gangtok, Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760), Marwari horse and Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16.

Due to the recent policy changes regarding unreferenced Biographies of Living People (BLPs), an effort was started in January 2010 to source all unreferenced BLPs coming under Wikiproject India. 1200 such articles were identified initially and more were added to the list later. Due to the sourcing effort, the number of Indian unreferenced BLPs is down to 565 currently. During February-April 2010, There was a large scale disruption of Kerala related articles by a Thrissur based IP vandal. Editing from a dynamic IP BSNL connection, the vandal changed dates of birth, death and ages of a number of Malayalam and Tamil film actors. Later he added a few international biographies to his list. He also marked some living people like Arvind Swamy as dead. A month long range block was imposed on his IP range two times and each time he came back to vandalise dates once the block expired. Currently the range has been blocked for three months till September 11, 2010.
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[edit] super rugby

Hello, i would like to inform of a discussion on in the WikiProject Rugby Union discussion page about the format to be used through the season articles of the super 12, super 14 and super rugby seasons. Please click the link below and have your opinion, thank you. JaFa 01 (talk) 05:23, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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[edit] Pada-yatra

13:06, 17 August 2010 DaGizza (talk | contribs) m (329 bytes) (Reverted edits by 87.114.110.120 (talk) to last version by Gaurav) (undo)

Why did you delete my edit? It made a valid point - actually the term Padayatra is more well known in ISKCON circles as a religious pilgrimage, than it is generally as a political march.

Every time I have made any (valid and well thought-out) contribution to Wiki, some editor has deleted it, or worse - deleted the whole page! (Which stood for years before I helpfully tried to delete a spelling or grammar mistake). My experience with Wiki editors leaves a sour taste in my mouth. This is made even more annoying in this case - when I was on Padayatra in 1994, how old were you? lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.152.52 (talk) 21:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


[edit] WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010

English WikiProject News

After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias.

Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, a bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to Twitter was created and launched by User:Logicwiki.
What's New?

Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile, Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16.

The source code for the Article Alert Bot is now available and the bot itself is expected to be up and running very shortly. This means that article alerts for the Indian Wikiproject will again be available, enabling editors to easily keep track of developments in respect of reviews, nominations, deletions etc.

The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011.

In October there was a heated discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.
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  • The Bengali Wikisource, which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to List of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.
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Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Wikipedia CD of 500 selected articles during his key note address at Wikimania 2010 at Gdansk.
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The first meetup in Delhi on 22 September 2010.

Mumbai and Delhi held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and Bishakha Datta met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later, Hyderabad also held its first meetup.

Arun Ram, Shiju Alex and Barry Newstead releasing the Wikimedia India community newsletter at the nineteenth Bangalore meetup on 24 September 2010.

Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the Centre for Internet and Society, with the nineteenth meetup in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the community newsletter. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Wikipedia Foundation.

Jimmy Wales Mumbai 31 October 2010.ogg
Jimmy Wales speech at the Mumbai Wikipedia Meetup #3 on 31 October 2010. Intro by User:Bishdatta & User:Arunram. (Recorded by User:AshLin.)

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had an interaction with Wikipedians followed by a presentation to members of the public at the third Wikipedia meetup in Mumbai on October 31, 2010.

The first Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in Bangalore and Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in Delhi also held a meetup the same day.

The Malayalam Wikipedia held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.

Wikimedia Foundation board member Bishakha Datta and Indian Wikipedian Srinivas Gunta co-authored a panel presentation at Wikimania 2010 on the Wikimedia Asia Project.
Current proposals and discussions
  • This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.

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[edit] Brahmand Pujan Article

Cow Milk Moral or Sin ? by Naresh Sonee writer of Brahmand Pujan http://vegetarians-cows.blogspot.com/2008/01/drinking-milk-moral-or-sin.html

APPEAL TO YOU - RESCUE Reg: [BRAHMAN PUJAN] , [UNIVERSAL PRAYERS] . written by [Naresh Sonee] On wikipedia , These above two pages are far older than the present article [Brahman] References of above titles are also available on New York site - http://www.printsasia.com/BookDetails.aspx?Id=445813482 Meanwhile, Can your good selves in Wiki Project Indian Community re-create a precise pages on [Naresh Sonee] & his book [Brahmand Pujan] – [Brahmaand Pujan] . However, Sonee is the writer of this book [Brahmand Pujan] written in 1999 . registered with Government of India- HRRD. Details of the registration is provided here on http://brhmaandpujanbook.tripod.com/ . More than sufficient, news and reviews are there on http://brhmaandpujan-news-reviews.tripod.com/ Since 5-6 yrs, for one or the other reason pages of [Naresh Sonee] & [Brahmand Pujan] are faced by communal bias from outside India so these articles over and again get deleted here in Wikipedia for minor reasons. However, many hits of - Naresh Sonee reflects on google search engine also. So, I request Wiki Indian community to kindly come forward and generously help these two pages to grow, as I am fed up to fight my case alone here [left] and moved out long back. Meanwhile, such an important info/issue on ‘Indian literature’ which adds & spell ‘new meaning /dimension’ to Brahman -should it stay lost else ignored? Your community panel has to judge at last. Myself, will not be on Wikipedia, for the same i apologise, but- pls. help these two pages to get reinstalled, reap, sow and grow, if you too feel so, I appeal to do this munificent favour. Regards- Dralansun (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:42, 27 December 2010 (UTC).

[edit] Request to Move Pages

Hi Girik! Sorry to bother you again. I realise that I can move pages myself etc. but I have created 3 pages and 3 corresponding redirects to them (the redirects are simply acronyms). But I came to realise that in cryptography these concepts are exclusively known by their acronyms and I cannot move the original pages onto the redirects. So could you please move the following pages?

That would be great thanks :)RobertHannah89 (talk) 11:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Few Questions

Hey Girik. I was just wondering a few things:

  • Firstly, you know how at the bottom of the contributions page, there is a link to the pie chart of your edits: how do you get that to be displayed on your user page?
  • Secondly, is there a way of automating citing articles that appear in Google Scholar? There used to be but it doesn't work, I've looked for a while and I can't find any instructions.
  • Thirdly, is there a way to automate things like saying "citation needed" or "more inline references needed"? It's tedious going into the articles and then trawling through the script again and again.

Thank you for your help :D RobertHannah89 (talk) 13:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Vote in WP:CRIC

There has been a issue in WT:CRIC that needs your vote. Thanks --ashwinikalantri talk 06:42, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

[edit] InterWikiProject Collaboration

The Outline WikiProject is currently working on the Outline of Sikhism.

You are invited to join this collaboration.

The Outline of Sikhism is the latest addition to the religion section of Portal:Contents/Outlines.

We look forward to learning from your expertise on this subject.

The Transhumanist 05:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] India at FAR

India is now at FAR. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:33, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Cookies ;)

Thanks for the Welcome. I have been doing minor editing in wikipedica for sometime, but never created an account to do it. I will follow your tips. Thanks Baishakh Mishra —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baishakh78 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Information

Hello

Thank you for your message regarding removal of link. I understand the removal of tag to an external link. However, this link is not an advertisement or soliciting. The external website contain true information about tabla notation. We are not selling anything nor trying to pursue anyone, but just giving the information. You can verify the external link and check for yourself. I am not that computer savvy as such I cannot edit pages on Wikipedia with special figures and sketches. May be you can help me on this issue. I will appreciate if you can reinsert the link. Thanks.

Regards,

Sanjeev Shelar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanjeev Shelar (talk • contribs) 01:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive awards!

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[edit] The Wikifier: March 2011

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[edit] June 2011 Wikification Drive

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[edit] WikiProject Wikify Discussion Invitation

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[edit] Wikimedia Foundation

Hi DaGizza,

My name is Patricia. I'm working with the Wikimedia Foundation this summer to learn about the histories of different Wikipedias. You can read about the project here. You probably don't know this, but you were one of the first users to register on Hindi Wikipedia and one of the most active of those early users. Any chance you'd be willing to talk with me about your experiences editing? I'm especially interested in what you feel like are the differences between the Hindi and English Wikipedias. I'm sure seeing Hindi Wikipedia grow, even though you've not done any editing over there in about a year, you've got some great insight!

If you'd be willing to talk to with me please send me an email at hindiwikipedia@gmail.com or just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks so much! Cloudmessenger (talk) 21:47, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki Followup

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! Late this week or early next would be just fine. You're helping me out so I'm happy to work around your schedule. I've put some basic questions on my Hindi talk page so you can get a sense of what I'll be asking.

I'm in the UK right now, so there's a 10 hour time difference between us. A Skype chat would probably be best or we could IM.

Cheers! Cloudmessenger (talk) 10:25, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

[edit] August 2011 Wikification Drive

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Note: The drive starts August 1, but you can still sign up!

[edit] Invite to WikiConference India 2011

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Hi DaGizza,

The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.

But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

[edit] WikiProject Wikify's August Newsletter

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Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue IV, October 2011

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[edit] Uploading Images

My God! They just want to make AS HARD AS POSSIBLE to upload an image. No wonder Wikimedia Commons is essentially empty. All I want to do is upload a picture of Milton Friedman that was given to me by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice as a public domain image and I honestly don't have several hours to figure out how to document the image. The state of this system is so broken that Wikipedia does not even have a picture of the most famous economist of the 20th century.RobertHannah89 (talk) 00:34, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

[edit] October 2011 Wikification drive

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[edit] WikiProject Wikify's October Newsletter

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Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue IV, October 2011

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[edit] Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:22, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Sydney meetup

Hi, I got your name from this list, and thought you might be interested in a meetup in Sydney at the Alexandria Hotel tomorrow. I hope you can join us. Sorry for the late notice. --99of9 (talk) 10:45, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation to the December Wikification Drive

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[edit] Talkback

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[edit] Talkback

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[edit] Talkback

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[edit] Talkback

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Found something new. Maybe the actors' list can be added after all. Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 00:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] MSU Interview

Dear DaGizza,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:46, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators)

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[edit] Happy Adminship Anniversary

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Wishing DaGizza a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 22:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation to the April Wikification Drive

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Note: The drive started April 1, and you can sign up anytime!

[edit] Indic related naming conventions

Hi, I'm following up on a comment you made on Wikipedia_talk:Hinduism-related_topics_notice_board/Archive_3#Naming_Conventions in 2007...

If you get a chance can you give your opinion about a reverting a name change in the following article Talk:Kripalu_Maharaj#Revert_name_change. The article was originally called "Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj" but 2 days ago a user changed it to "Kripalu Maharaj". Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj is the name by which the subject of the article is overwhelmingly known as, and I have given many reasons and proof of that, and reasons why the name should be reverted back to Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj. "Kripalu Maharaj" sounds completely wrong to anyone who knows the subject, and anyway there are other people with similar names.

Anyway, since you previously vaguely commented on the issue, maybe you can leave a comment on the talk page for the article.

Thanks. Lotusjuice (talk) 22:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Edit

I have reverted an edit of yours for inappropriate use of rollback i.e. that edit was not vandalism. I am aware that you are an admin, so I thought of dropping a note here. Thanks!! Secret of success (talk) 09:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

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