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Help on Tag & Assess 2012

• Hello! I tagged and assessed the article Talk:Vijaya Vauhini Studios. It seems that article was previously called as Vijaya Studios and is redirected to VVS now. However, Talk:Vijaya Studios still is unassessed. Will this happen always or was there some error while the page was renamed? -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 06:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

No talk page templates for redirect unless there is a specific reason. Example, the redirect is about a single subject which points to a section of an article about many things combined, or some such attenuating circumstance. Otherwise usually not. AshLin (talk) 08:31, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

So in this case, where only name was changed, there actually shouldn't exist two talk pages. Right? -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 08:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

You cannot delete this because it may have shared history. Ignore hthe redirect. AshLin (talk) 08:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

So should i blank out the page like you did for this one? Deletion would be a better option. Isnt it? I came across another of this kind. Also, i will make a new section on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject India/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2012 where we can list pages which require other editors' look. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 09:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Deletion requires not just care but wisdom. If you want to bring people's attention to pages for second opinions, that's a good thing to do but it should be done on the talk page (of the TAG & Assess 2912). AshLin (talk) 10:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Anyways... will just leave those disputed things. And i though that as this is a mass drive opinions maybe requested on one common page. But forget it. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 10:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry I didn't see your message on my talk page in February until now, but I see you've sorted it out now so all is good! Keep up the good work! Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:57, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

RFC Repeat !Vote

I'll give you the benefit of doubt that you forgot about your previous comment.. but you've added a repeat !vote to the RFC, please remove it or merge it with your previous one where it was placed. --lTopGunl (talk) 14:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar

Thanks a lot for the barnstar. Getting it from you means a lot to me. Thank you again! :) BPositive (talk) 05:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks and next plan

Thanks for the encouragement. Planning a few more

• Articles not part of our project - bring to the scope based on category.
• Close on the 42k unknown importance.
• Re-assess drive - there were many expanded over the period and still put up in lower rating.

Ssriram mt (talk) 01:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt

Indian maps

Hello,

Thanks for your message. I asked for input on Indian maps some time ago without getting any answer. Would you have a look please? See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indian maps#Location maps for MP districts. Yann (talk) 16:53, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

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Beer - thanks

I am keeping tabs on the articles assessed recently - i will improve on my one liner feeedback :) After a bit of time a pulse check on the overrating and underrating needs to be taken. I am a tee-totaller, hope the beer is non-alchoholic :) Ssriram mt (talk) 05:17, 6 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt.

Great take off!

The assessment drive has managed a great take off! Great work by you guys. My kudos for you...

However, it seems you might have noticed already, the importance assessment (and quality assessment to some extent) may need to be further elucidated/ brought to attention. You can probably mention in the assessment page to go slow but steady, and give importance to quality, not just quantity. What say? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:29, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

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Re: WikiProject India template

Hi Ashlin, the auto parameter was designed specifically for use by bots. Bots can look for the existence of a stub template and tag the article as a stub. When the bots do this, they also set the auto parameter to "yes". A human will need to review the tagged pages, and make sure the article is a stub. If the article is not a stub (false positive), the human reviewer will need change the classification and remove the auto parameter. The auto parameter will always get removed after a review. Here is a demonstration:

There is a AutoWikiBrowser plugin, User:Kingbotk/Plugin that helps with assessment drives. Please check if it will be useful. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:33, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess 2012

Hi, I would like to comment on the views of awarding barnstars during this drive. At the outset, I would like to make it clear that I am not running for barnstars, but do my contributions just because I love doing it and love the way I am doing it as well. I am assuming that you would count AWB also as a bot, and hence my comment in this respect. Taking my contributions as specific example, I have the following points.

• I probably tagged about 2500+ as stubs with only about 10% being assigned importance as well. It is most likely that about 90% of these are correct assessments, with very little incorrect assessments.
• If the class assessment is wrong, anyway the main article needs change to drop the stub template and the importance can be assessed at that time.
• Thirdly, I plan to return to these to assess the importance, but after my favourite subproject - Indian Music.
• I have in the stub-assessment process found at least 600 or more articles of India project that did not have the WP India template at all.
• After that activity, I am doing some serious assessment, by which I go through the article and assess all the sub-project parameter too. Though I use AWB, it is not in anyway similar to the first pass that I had. This is a manual check of the article and assessment, though using AWB only for going through the list easily. In such a case, just because anyone uses a bot, does not mean that this methodology of assessment is in any way less than someone who does not use AWB, do you agree?
• Finally, I have earlier done 2 drives of my own a couple of years ago to tag about 2000+ categories and 600+ templates into our project, which did not have the WP India template in the talk page at all. At that time it was motivation by prevention some of the categories and templates from getting deleted without a notification to WP India notice-board. FYI. :)

--VasuVR (talk, contribs) 16:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate your view point, VasuVR. So what do you suggest? I would only like to give more awards. It is difficult for someone who manually edits to match up the tally in numbers to one who uses AWB or a bot, hence a separate category for bot editors, since they cant keep up with you. It does not mean that you are doing a worse job, than someone who does manual edits, or a better job either. It also is neither more or less prestigious. if anything, it says you are technically savvy to have a bot work with you, even if its good old AWB. It does say that you have been able to be more productive also because of the bot-assist.

I have already mentioned how much I appreciate your adding new articles to the community. That is great service. The WikiProject actually grows because of this kind of work, the growth in numbers through template addition by article creators is minimal.

I concur with you. Barnstars and awards are symbols of recognition, but true happiness comes from one's own opinion of the work one does, not from other people's opinion alone. That apart, it is nice to get barnstars unlooked for and to be able to earn awards by sheer hard work.

Thanks for updating us about your work of the past, I'm very glad to hear that. Unfortunately, I myself put up AWB but there is some setting problem & I dont know to make it work. :(.

Stay cool, you are doing an awesome job, I'm really caught up wit the guide (part 2) hence I have not been closely monitoring for a while.

You are a valuable member of this team. I look forward t feedback from you on how I am doing things too.

AshLin (talk)

I have not been able to come up with any suggestion either... so left it as a comment! :) There were always thoughts in my mind of the many complications. For example, I plan to come back to assess importance. So, would two assessments on same article count as 1? I should think it should count as 1 and not 2. Another case, when someone assesses the same page 3 times, once for class, another for importance, later just because some reference they come across, etc. So, how do we do all these tallies. Can't. We have to conserve our energy for editing and less for administration. Hence, your idea of quick and dirty counts are quite sufficient, in my mind. Assume good faith... probably reduce the count to 1/2 if someone has used automation or use a higher divisor but be liberal... No idea... Ok, enough of my rambling for now... Thank you for detail discussion. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 17:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

In your case, I think you should award yourself the awards as you achieve them. Dont expect me or Sriram to cross-check your stuff other than a random spot-check. The count business is basically meant just to cross-check & verify person has done significant number of edits preferably more. AshLin (talk) 17:15, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Ooops. Nope. That goes against the spirit. I will wait for the expected unexpected barnstar. I have no issues with that! :) :) Anyway...

Thanks for the barnstar. Let us have a cup of coffee for your appreciation and for the general progress we are making. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 01:26, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I am running the stats against each user for the top edits only(so importance/quality assessment treated as one) and the ones published comply to this. I am reviewing dirty edits randomly and so far i have come across only a few. I dont want to take anything away from the most enthusiastic participants here just becuase of tools. I encourage use of AWB/kingbot only for the assessment of importance and tagging WP India. Since we have top edits count, the factor can be taken off. If you are fine with it, i will publish stats for the 10 day completion and start awarding. I have a constant eye on assessed ones and also the individual stats - so all is well. Ssriram mt (talk) 01:43, 9 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt

Wow... Seems things are much further along than I guessed... Super. Keep up the great work. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 03:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Great, Sriram. lets rock & roll. Make the changes you want. Award the barnstars. BTW I have suggested your name for Featured Wikimedian of the Week at the chapter portal. You need to update it here. AshLin (talk) 03:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for this one - shall i take this up by end of May when i will have something "big" to substantiate. Considering the profile of folks in the nomination, i feel i am no where near it :) Ssriram mt (talk) 01:35, 10 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt

As you wish. But you now need to start work on a report. The community needs to be informed of the phenomenal success. BTW please enlist on wikimedia-in-en if not already done. AshLin (talk) 02:34, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Doubt about "Tag and Assess"

Hi AshLin.. Could you please help me with how to "tag and assess"? Is there any WP page where the do's, do not's and instructions are posted? Going through something like that would really help me understand. Thank you in advance! :) Abhilasha369 (talk) 02:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

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Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir

I wonder what your position on Indian denial is, my opinion is that abuse by security forces is so well documented that adding denials would be being non-neutral in the effort to be neutral. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 18:51, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

• The people who are creating/developing these articles often use/misuse defective references, so this is one aspect which needs comprehensive checking. They often use non-neutral language, poor grammar and show POV in many issues.
• The Indian Government does not deny that there are no incidents at all - there is a free media in India itself that reports, we are a democracy and we have our own Human Rights Commission, and a vigorous though overburdened Supreme Court. The army punish transgessors very strictly. However, what gets investigated and proceeded against are often only those cases where there is clear-cut evidence of wrong-doing. Otherwise, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act gives immunity from prosecution.
• The article is crappy because of inadequate research, but I'll not improve that myself. AshLin (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, though "The army punish transgessors very strictly" sounds denialist. Is there a good source for information on AFSPA in relation to Kashmir? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 19:26, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I stand by what I said. The military, if it takes up a case, is not easily deterred from punishment. A Google search would probably help you regarding AFSPA. AshLin (talk) 03:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

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.

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Rape in Indian-administered Kashmir

Was deleted as it was created by a sock, I have recreated it and moved it to a more neutral title. Rape in Jammu and Kashmir Hope to see you there. Darkness Shines (talk) 01:57, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Krant M. L.Verma

Respected Sir! I have created an article on the above subject in Hindi as well as in English. I had given the reliable third party sorces in both the places. But today I saw a Tag (Article for Deletion) over this article. Since you are well conversed with both the languages. I would request you to please see [1] and help me to sustain this artilcle. It will be your kind support for me to continue on wiki-editings. Thanks Awadhesh.Pandey (talk) 08:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Oohhh! The User Wikieditindia had got some attack then and had tagged many articles for deletion. Almost all of them are worth staying. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 09:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

I have a COI since I have actually met KML Verma, he is a Wikipedian. AshLin (talk) 13:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, I see that you are involved in editing/rewriting of Mahatma Gandhi, I would like help by rewrite few of the sections if its not done already. Thanks --sarvajna (talk) 08:13, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

please check

Can you please check Mechanised Infantry Regiment, is it possible to add a bracket (Sri Lanka) at the end of the line that directs user to Mechanized Infantry Regiment. Giving a prior info that this belongs to SL will be much helpful, sadly I am not sure if its possible.-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 17:57, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done. When in edit mode, all templates are listed below the template box. In this case, it included {{distinguish}}, the previously used template. reading the template page, showed me how to use the template and what other options were available. That is how I knew. Get into the habit of reading template documentation. AshLin (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

• Great, Thanks for describing your way , Will remember this advice

I had seen this page sometimes back but could not find it today when i needed it, did not notice it was right there in the heap of templates,-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 19:40, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you so much for inviting and guiding me for the assessment. I may not be doing for the contest but I shall try my best. I have read the guidelines and done the assessment of a few articles. Could you have a look at them and give me some feedback? For that You may have to see my recent contributions. Arunbandana (talk • contribs) 06:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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Deletion

While assessing i came across this page Talk:Akola/Comments. I remember some discussion at INB about such pages of comments. But i dont remember what happened. Anyways... this particular page has no reason to remain. How do we ask for it's deletion? I could not find any suitable CSD tag. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 11:42, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

WP:MFD but recommend you don't waste time on all this now, we'll do them collectively some other time, there are more issues than the content they presently contain. AshLin (talk) 11:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Fine! Lets take this up in another drive. :) -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 12:36, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the burger :) ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 14:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

assessment 2012

1. how to choose a list of unassessed articles for AWB that others are not assessing right now ?
2. is there a standard edit summary for assessment ? what is it ? -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 16:36, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

• completed manual assessment of top 21 articles from [2] you can check for giving me suggestions (if any)-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 22:19, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

• thanks for the cake, should the Indian Navy ships be classified as Low class or Mid Class , some advice would be welcome-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 12:57, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Sacrilege! The importance to India must always be mid or high for the main ships, equipment, aircraft, organisations defending our country - never Low. Each individual ship should preferably be High. AshLin (talk) 13:09, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

oops reassessing it then, I was in a fix so after assessing a couple of it thought of getting a second opinion before assessing the rest of them. glad that i clarified this before it was too late -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 13:22, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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RfA ?

Hello sir.
I saw ur contributions n edit counts. N it were above 22,000 with rewier, rollbacker n autopatrolled groups. I wonder that y u havent yet gone for adminship!
U are a perfect user to get admin rights. I was thinking to nominate ur name. What do u say? Yasht101 22:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks but no. :) To be an admin, one needs to serve the general community in RFCs, discussions, etc. I have made WikiProject India my charge for this year & I just don't want to spend time away from it. Thank you for considering me. It's a great honour though that you think me worthy of being one. Why dont you think of becoming one?. You can do what all is needed for the next six months or so and at around 5000 edits or so, you may like to stand for it. We do need lots of admins. :) AshLin (talk) 02:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. I'd love to be one. But after i cross 25,000 edit count. Probably i'll reach 25,000 in December of this year, then i may go for it on 20th so that it closes on 27th (the day i made my 1st edit and 1 year later i m an admin if its a success). This is just my dream n i m 16 yrs old n few editors can oppose due to my age i think so. And thanks for considering me as a future eligible candidate! Yasht101 03:33, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Admins are chosen based on good track records, helpfulness, community service, not losing their cool, not edit-warring etc. It does not require 25K edits only 5 to 10K very responsible ones. :) AshLin (talk) 04:09, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

In short, an admin should be like u. Yasht101 07:11, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Ashwin, I sincerely wish you would go for an RfA. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 12:04, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Ashwin or Ashlin ?? Yasht101 12:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Both. :) AshLin (talk) 12:54, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Some of us know AshLin is Ashwin in real life. I call him Military Chacha. Yasht101, you don't need 25k edits to be an admin. VibhiJain is an admin on Samskrit and he's 13yrs old. MikeLynch, is my age, 20 and became admin last month. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I have seen similar things, Andy Sir became admin with 3k edits and 6 month experince. The reason for me not going for adminship till 25k is that i fear that, i wont be enough experinced as most of the time is spend in editing and creating articles. I created 34 yesterday and 20 day befor yesterday. My aim is to pull it above 300 by 31st march. Anyways, if after few months and after getting more experince and edits, if i felt that i m enough responsible to have the honour of adminship, then i'll go for it. But, Even if i had 50k edits and if i'd feel that i aint responsible and experinced that much, then i will not go for it! Its just that. I m an irresponsible, neuratic, careless and spoiled brat in my real life. Though i make it to top 10 rankers of my skul. I m so impulsive that i fear that i might do something silly at times. I need to be sure that a boy like me is ready for adminship or not! Yasht101 01:38, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

U can gess about my bratishness by looking at this incident;

Principal of my skul came to my class and told me "The skul has begain just a month ago and i have above 10 complains of urs from teachers. I was thinking to suspend u for 1 week....!!" as i was testing nerves of teachers to maximum.

Hearing this, the very next reply that i gave was, "Will this mean that i wont have to do my homework for 1 week??!"

And, the entire class, including students, class teacher and even the principal started laughing. But suddenly the principal bursted at me as if i'd asked for his kidney.

Then i replied that "Sorry sir, I'll try to control myself, but just little bit"

The principal gave last warning to me and went away n called at my home and told my parents, that how wild i was going. But, still i continue the same mischieves, bulling, cracking jokes, harresing. Now even the principal knows that i will not improve. They dont scold me much cuz inspite of all this i m in top 10 rankers of my skul.

U can c how really m i in real life. I just want more eidts that will bring me more experince, n more experince will make me little but enough serious to not to missuse admin rights!

I seriously have no idea that y i wrote all that sh#% above! Yasht101 02:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

:) AshLin (talk) 02:54, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Believe me, my parents get more complaints at home about me in Hostel. If you show good understanding of policies, then you can be an admin right now!. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 03:32, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

That encouraged me little. Not now but someday i'll go. Thanks guys, for keeping my spirits good. Yasht101 03:55, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

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Perhaps you could help out at Shapoorji Pallonji Group ??? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Made some small changes. There is lot of ref on their business activities on Google Books & Google News. You may like to slowly piece them together. Will visit again later. AshLin (talk) 13:14, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Thannk you for the Google Link!. -_Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a ton :)

Thanks AshLin! Your support and kind words keep us newbies going. We always know someone is noticing our work :) Noopur28 (talk) 18:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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Tag and Assess Stats

I would like to know if you know of anyway of getting the full list of articles under a category. This will help in my improving efficiency of working on the un-tagged articles. AWB has a limitation of fetching only 25000 articles at maximum. I am not able to get full list of stubs using AWB. Any help / pointers in this matter would be highly appreciated. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 07:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I do know that AWB has enough options for you to be able to get the categories you desire. But I am quite inept at it. You will need to ask an AWB expert or a skilled user. Sorry I cant help you further. 08:21, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you sir, for the Modaks. I normally avoid sweets, as my teeth are over sensitive and my sugar levels keep fluctuating. I'll make an exception. : ). In return, I shall give you a videshi biscuit. : )

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However, I fail to see what great work I have done. I've barely even assessed 50 articles. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood assesses articles along with me

Shall be my brother"

- St Crispin's Day speech paraphrased. AshLin (talk) 11:32, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

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Papilio demoleus and Endosulfan

Hi AshLin. This is to let you know that the link you added (in this edit on 29 November 2010) to FICCI's recommendation of Endosulphan for controlling lime butterflies is now dead. I've tried to find this recommendation elsewhere but all I'm seeing is material about Endosulphan being banned. So I've removed the entire paragraph, but of course if you have better information please reverse me. Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 10:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Pointillist. I have done that & replaced the reference as well as included mention of Endusulfan being banned in India since that edit. I have also placed a webcite url for the new ref. AshLin (talk) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Mmmm, thanks for the samosas. I'll have a drop of lime chutney too, if Papilio demoleus has left any fruit on the tree. - Pointillist (talk) 11:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

One thing I couldn't understand

I think there might be some inaccuracies in this reversion because the one that got deleted was more neutral (I think) and presented a fair perspective to the reader. What's your take on that?

And I think there might be an edit-war going on. :)Brendon is here 11:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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Great to see you taking on diseases of poverty article

It is one of the key health care topics that we are working on as part of the medical translation project here Wikipedia:MED/Translation_project. There unfortunately is not that much literature that specifically addresses it. --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:14, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I know. I was surprised to find this amongst your lowermost articles in terms of quality. I dont have medical knowledge but will add from time to time based on RS. Keep up your great leadership of the WikiProject! AshLin (talk) 19:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Score

Please let me know how do I calculate my score. tausif 05:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Simple counting from the day you signed up. :) AshLin (talk) 06:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess Stats

Please see Sriram's page for reply to your query on latest stats. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 07:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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India Assessment 2012

Being ecstatic on having completed 3000 edits on wiki i had changed my section here [3], I was not aware that The number of edit counts at that moment will be the decider for grouping, not that at a later date. realizing this i have reverted this and added my name back to the list of junior list [4], i hope this trifle issue will be overlooked.

Now coming to main point. I am currently looking at unassessed Jandk articles. and often find myself in a fix with respect to the importance parameters, besides there are lot of pakistani and seperatists POV and wp:SPS in these articles that sometimes makes these articles look nothing more than a propaganda, any suggestion how to tackle these ? also is there a way in which the importance parameter may be skipped in rare cases, (skipped meaning it would say the imp parameter is not required or something like that ) -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 06:25, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

I think you can leave the Pakistani items (I have already noted that there are lot of false positives). There are tons of propoganda stuff as well. If you do not wish to shift focus of your work, you can leave those alone as well. Regarding the importance parameters, if you are not sure, you can take an educated guess from the article. If you still find it difficult, you can leave it for others to look at. This will be tackled (you would have seen latest Tag and Assess section added by SSriram mt) by others. Hope this helps. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 06:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

• yes, thanks for the reply vasu-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 07:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

As proposed by Vasu, please leave the importance of ambigous pieces of importance. The counts set is based on set of edits at the start of the project and good that you reverted it - even if you stand at 15k at the end of the project, yours would be considered in the first set under 3k. Please try your hand in AWB - it is a very helpful tool on importance assessment. I usually don't suggest it for quality assessment but with some expertise, you can use it for that purpose as well. As again, thanks a lot for the participation. Ssriram mt (talk) 13:04, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

SPG DYK

The DYK got moved to Prep 2. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:52, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi there!

Hi, this is Saurabh from NERIST. Saurabhku007 (talk) 13:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

hi

hi, that was truely a great seminar today. it is not everyday that i got to learn or discover new things that is already around us un-noticed. thanks for showing my first step towards wiki. EmagiNingthem (talk) 13:42, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Ashwin

Hi, its me Sapna R. Ghimiray from NERIST. Sapna2203 (talk) 14:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Ashwin...Ankita here.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnkitaDas (talk • contribs) 16:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Shapoorji Pallonji Group

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NEW COMER

Hi, AskLin. Jaba here from NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh. It was really nice to meet you. :) Hope you have a god time ahead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaba Debbarma (talk • contribs) 02:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello again .

Thanks for the coffee !! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaba Debbarma (talk • contribs) 02:52, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

A catogry finished

Hey. I completed assesment of Category:Ahmedabad district geography stubs. Have I done it properly? If no, then guide me and If yes, then how much do I have to do to get rewards?? Happy assessment! Yasht101 :) 04:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Today i did 263 ! Yasht101 :)

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Hello Sir, i'm a student of N.I.T. Arunachal Pradesh

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	The idea to start 'Tag and Assess 2012' was amazing. It has not only helped the articles in getting assessed but also made editors acrosss India, know each other. I haven't a seen a better idea then this so far. so, U DESERVE THIS Yasht101 :) 01:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for help in Kolkata

Hi! Thanks a lot for your help in editing Kolkata. The article was in FAR, but it was saved. So, it remians in FA. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:52, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

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I have given references as discussed with you on Nirman. Kindly have a look and please guide. Thanks. Abhijeet Safai 17:34, 1 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

I think I have solved my signature issue also. :) Abhijeet Safai (talk) 05:00, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess 2012

Hi Ashlin, long time.. so wanted to touch base with you to know if you are finding things fine in Tag and Assess. With the help of Vasu, i got a good set of worklist and gradually closing them as well. Whenever time permits, i am working on C and B class to check if they are really worth it. The server lag is proving a bit tough for me to check this out. Please let me know for any improvements. Ssriram mt (talk) 03:37, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the piece of suggestions - i am a bit inclined towards assessment myself and cannot help control the insticts of finishing things. I got to learn about so many things in the past one month and pretty confident of taking this to completion (the zero thing is always the focus, though qualitatively). My plans are to complete assessment by early May and plan to focus on the subsequent cleanup of the articles - High and Top class will be the primary focus. I will start publishing listings in a couple of weeks. I usually dont go beyond a setnce of advise, probably would need to expand more :) Ssriram mt (talk) 00:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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Population stats

Hi! Do you know if we have any user who deals with population stats related to India? If there is any. I needed some help on the AfD for an article. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. George's Forane Church. The church is 200 yr old but is in a small village of Kaipuzha in Kerala. The article claimed that 713 families are members of this church. I interpret that as the largest church in that village. Plus with it's age i found it notable. But couldnt prove that in time. Hence wanted population stats of this village. The article is now deleted and nothing much can be done about it. I should have asked for this quite before. But i totally forgot of it. Good Friday reminded me of this today. But just in case needed in future, do we have any user who deals mostly with this? §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 10:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Try User:ApostleVonColorado & User:Sodabottle, principal contributors to Demographics of India. AshLin (talk)

[stalker] I've posted some links over on User talk:Animeshkulkarni#Indian_populations which you may find useful to store away some day - it's going to be a big job updating the geo articles when the 2011 census results are finally released. Not least because there's often a mismatch between Wiki names and the name used by the government - and it also shows up how many village articles are missing...

OT but as for the Hindi stuff, no worries. I figure that some people may like to do a few interwiki links or images as a bit of light relief from assessment. Meanwhile I seem to be doing all other stuff and not much assessment! But it is important to do things like reuniting talk pages with their articles that have moved to other names, not only in itself but it also makes things a lot easier to run automated tools if the underlying data is cleaned up. We're getting there.FlagSteward (talk) 10:21, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, This is Sayali Shirke, student of Ranade Institute, recenTly logged in for Wikipedia. :) Sayalishirke (talk) 06:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, This is Sushant from Ranade Institute. :) Sushant kirve (talk) 06:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Sir i am Ahmad from Department of Communication and Journalism University of Pune. Ahmad Ramin Journalist (talk) 06:10, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

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Hello Sir

Hallo Sir, I am Sachin from Ranade Institute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachinjournalist (talk • contribs) 06:08, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello.

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hello,

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Hello Ashlin sir

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Hello

Hi sirIam Ashwini Patil from Ranade institute just login for wikipedia. App.patil (talk) 06:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

As long as it is vodka, I'm good :D

Glad to help :) Yuvi (talk) 06:09, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

New Guide for Tag and Assess that uses AssessmentBar?

Was wondering if you will convert the google doc you wrote into a proper Guide and link it appropriately. I see there is one for AWB, so thought I should suggest :) Yuvi (talk) 00:10, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Help Needed

Hello AshLin

I'm Srikar Kashyap. We, some editors have reached consensus at the talk of Blue water navy that a new section for emerging Blue Water navies, PLAN and IN should be added.Since my english is not so good..Can you please do it for me?...Thanks in Advance Srikar Kashyap (talk) 15:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools/Offline Full/IT

Hello, I made few changes to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full/IT page , whats the road ahead?!

Madanpiyush (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC).

Coordinator?

Hi! Do we have coordinator for Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian television? I am seeing many rubbish articles under this project. Hence wanted to see if anyone is coordinating this project. Project's talk page is also rarely used. I doubt anyone is active in there. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 18:36, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

It is clearly inactive. Do you want to take up the job? AshLin (talk) 19:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Aa..... no! I am supposed to be already helping Vensatry on Film's project, for which i am not getting much time these days. Well anyways... now i know no one else is gonna solve those problems. Will try & do it myself. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 20:02, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Intention for Participation in Wikipedia:Wikiproject Hinduism

Dear all

I am R.Muthusamy from Chennai. I am much interested in contributing in Wikipedia:Wikiproject Hinduism. I can accept tasks from Hinduism Sub-groups also. If acceptable I may please be communicated. Thank you. Iramuthusamy (talk) 17:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

RfC on indic scripts

Hey, if an RfC is opened on keeping Indic scripts on the lead section of films and works of literature, please do leave a note on my talk page. I'd like to be a part of it. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 05:20, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Userboxes for Project

I have also created few userboxes related to our project:

Code	Result
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 1}}	This user is a member of Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 2}}	This user has made assessments under the contest, Tag & Assess 2012 India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 3}}	This user is a coordinator of Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 200+}}	This user has made 200+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 400+}}	This user has made 400+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 600+}}	This user has made 600+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 1000+}}	This user has made 1000+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 2000+}}	This user has made 2000+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 3000+}}	This user has made 3000+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage
{{Template:User India Assessment Tag & Assess 2012 4000+}}	This user has made 4000+ assessments for Tag & Assess 2012 contest India	Usage

Hope that you might like it. Thank you and Happy assessments! Yasht101 09:52, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE May copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:15, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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Siachen Conflict

Hi AshLin,

I was surprised to see 15000 causalities on the Indian side in Siachen Conflict.I have raised the issue in the talk but the other user says that the info is sourced from a book about Agriculture and Global Warming.Morever, he removes the casualties of Pakistani side and just keeps the 15000 of the Indian Side.I would like you to intervene.Notify me in my talk. Thank you very much Srikar Kashyap (talk) 15:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

For your contributions on Gateway of India, which was the collaboration of the month for the month of April 2012 under WikiProject India. Looking forward to your edits on the next months collaboration - President of India. BPositive (talk) 18:26, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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An NGO article

i was browsing through an NGO article Scrdo, when i felt i should request deletion. do you think its notable ? i suspect it may be scam also. will be glad to hear your opinion ---- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 00:53, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Check out its coverage in media. If you feel it is not notable then PROD it else clean & pare it to the bare minimum with references. Ugh to think this muck has existed since 2005. AshLin (talk) 03:07, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

• will check it later when i am free, on a cursory look it seems this article's purpose is to advertise. Thanks a lot for the quick reply-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 03:32, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar

I am elated to see your excellent contribution and super excellent teamwork in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi article, which was also the Indian Collaboration of the Month for taking upto GA/FA level under WikiProject India. Your long struggle and hard-work helped the article to achieve Good Article status. Along with you, the Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar has been awarded to the– Top 7 contributors of the article. Top 3 contributors of the GA review discussion. Once again thanks for your contribution! Note: If you are seeing this barnstar in someone's user page, you can also see this barnstar in GA review page where it was actually posted.BPositive (talk) 12:33, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:13, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK suggestion

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Madhuric (talk) 12:58, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

RfA..again

Hi sir....I have seen Yash's offer to nominate you for adminship.However....you have over 2000 edits in Wikipedia namespace and over 800 in the same namespace talk.I am sure that they will be enough for Adminship.Morever..you have a good(great) articlespace record too.Please give me the honour to nominate you.It will surely succeed.I'm User:Srikarkashyap..just had a user name change.. Thanks! StrikeEagle ^✈ 06:30, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, very flattered. Personal circumstances prevent me from giving attention to Wikipedia at the moment probably for a few months. In light of this, I'm obliged to respectfully decline. Thanks Srikar, very nice gesture on your part. I'm indeed touched. AshLin (talk) 06:39, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

oh........makes sense.....but unfortunately(for me)....I would be taking a long-term wikibreak due to my studies starting from June or July....but inform me when you are ready for RfA...I will surely return and nominate you.. Regards StrikeEagle ^✈ 06:49, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit

		The India Barnstar of National Merit
		For all the contributions you made to improve Indian Articles, for you contributions to WikiProject India and also for the 500+ articles you created.. StrikeEagle ✈ 06:58, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Editor Review

Please review me. StrikeEagle ^✈ 15:11, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

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Help Project newsletter : Issue 1

The Help Project Newsletter Issue I - May 2012
Project news the wub has been appointed as a Wikimedia Community Fellow to lead a data-driven improvement of the English Wikipedia's help documentation, and will be working closely with the Help Project. You can read more about his plans at Wikipedia:Help Project/Community fellowship or in this Signpost article, and he has just released a first report on progress so far. The project's pages have had a major redesign, introducing tabs in order to make them more usable. If you haven't stopped by recently then check them out! A table of statistics is now available for all pages in Category:WikiProject Help Project, this includes page views, word counts and a variety of readability scores. This should be helpful in prioritising improvement work and finding redundant pages. {{Breadcrumb2}} is a new template for making attractive navigational breadcrumbs. This may be useful for linking help pages. This newsletter was started :-)	From the editor Hi, and welcome to the first issue of the Help Project newsletter! This is a new monthly initiative to keep project members and the wider community informed about our work to improve Wikipedia's help pages. Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. I've initially sent this to all existing members of the project, if you don't wish to receive the newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. Conversely if you've just stumbled on this newsletter (perhaps through talk page stalking) and want to receive it in future then please feel free to sign up! the wub "?!" 16:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War Interview: Article writers discuss biographies Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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Tag and Assess 2012

	Thank You
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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lala Hanumant Sahai

Good Morning Sir! If I am not wrong we met in Bombay wikiconference India in the month of November 2011. I am giving you a trouble here. I had created a new article on Lala Hanumant Sahai which was immediately declined by User:Sitush some 2 days ago. As suggested by him on the tag I re-edited the article and submitted it again leaving a note on his User's talk page. Now he says he does not know Hindi I may ask some other reviewer. I know you are master of Hindi and English. I would request you to please review it give your findings. I do hope a favourable response from you. With thanks in anticipation. Yours semper fidelis Krantmlverma (talk) 06:23, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma ^{(talk•Email)}

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ANI

user:Sitush has brought a discussion up at ANI [6], this discussion involved you.[7] Yogesh Khandke (talk) 06:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Now I have mentioned you directly because the above message appears to me to be inequitable. - Sitush (talk) 07:22, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:43, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Chaco War and the Bougainville Campaign Op-ed: Remembering conflict

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Merge discussion for Sino-Indian War

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Indian film songs articles

If you get a chance, please express your opinion here. - Vivvt^Talk 17:44, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Help Project newsletter : Issue 2

The Help Project Newsletter Issue II - June 2012
Project news Progress on the help redesign fellowship continues apace. In-person usability testing is due to start next week, watch this space for results! A large survey about help pages was conducted. Responses are still coming in, but preliminary results are available. A new gadget has been proposed to make it easier for new- and non-editors to leave feedback about help pages. Please test it and leave your thoughts. In somewhat-related-project-news: the Teahouse has wrapped up its pilot phase with an extensive report. Planning and discussion is underway for phase 2. A discussion is taking place about the purpose and future of the venerable Community portal.	From the editor Hello from the Help Project, and welcome to the second issue of our newsletter! The biggest project I've been working on this month has been a large survey of users to find out what they think of our current help pages. Preliminary results from this are now available, although there are more responses trickling in from the lower edit count groups since a batch of email invitations were recently sent out. Finalised results and further analysis should be posted next week. Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. the wub "?!" 18:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles. Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:23, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

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Hello!

hi AshLin, Nice to meet you. Ramesh Ramaiah ^talk 13:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi there to you too! :) AshLin (talk) 02:56, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 July 2012

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GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:48, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop

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The Signpost: 30 July 2012

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• News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South; Telegraph's cheap shot at WP

• WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing

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Help Project newsletter : Issue 3

The Help Project Newsletter Issue III - August 2012

Project news summary Final results and conclusions from the help pages survey were released. The wub gave a presentation at Wikimania 2012 about help pages, and the slides are now on Commons. A discussion is taking place about the purpose and future of the venerable Community portal. New designs for tutorial pages have been proposed, comment from project members is welcome.

From the editor Welcome to the (slightly delayed) third issue of the Help Project newsletter. The past month has once again been a busy one for my fellowship. The full results and conclusions from the extensive user survey on help pages are now available, and make interesting reading. These do confirm a number of our suspicions about Wikipedia help, and suggest that the current plan for the remainder of the fellowship is a sound approach. Also last month I was fortunate enough to attend Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC, where I gave a presentation about help pages and the aforementioned survey results. You can find the slides from this on Commons. Wikimania was also a great opportunity for many discussions with staff and community members, and these brought up some interesting ideas which I hope to follow up on. One of the things much discussed was the planned tutorial pages. I've been working on a new design for them which can be seen at User:The wub/sandbox/1, please let me know what you think (especially if you spot any bugs!). Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. the wub "?!" 13:31, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Indian Collaboration of the Month - Red Fort

Indian Collaboration of the Month

Hi there! Thanks for being associated with the nomination cum voting process of the WikiProject Indian Collaboration of the Month under WikiProject India. As per the voting, the article selected for collaboration for the month of August 2012 is Red Fort. Let's improve this article over the course of the month. I look forward to your contributions on the article. BPositive (talk) 14:00, 4 August 2012 (UTC) Note: If you are seeing this message on someone's talk page and wish to be a part of the collaboration, add yourself in the members list.

The Signpost: 06 August 2012

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• News and notes: FDC portal launched

• Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases

• Featured content: Casliber's words take root

• Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity

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• Arbitration report: You really can request for arbitration

• Featured content: On the road again

• Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit

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The Signpost: 20 August 2012

• Op-ed: Wikimedians are rightfully wary

• News and notes: Core content competition in full swing; Wikinews fork taken offline

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GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:42, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history

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GOCE September activities

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Help Project newsletter : Issue 4

The Help Project Newsletter Issue IV - September 2012

Project news summary The in-person usability tests from the wub's community fellowship have been written up. Three new introductory tutorials for new users have been created: referencing, uploading images and navigating Wikipedia. The Article Feedback Tool has been deployed to pages in the Help namespace, and can be added manually to help pages in other namespaces. Read more... Page statistics were updated for the month of August.

From the editor Hi, and welcome to the fourth issue of the Help Project newsletter. It's been another busy month in the world of Wikipedia help. The results from the in-person usability tests conducted as part of the help pages fellowship have been released. There are no great surprises here, the tests confirmed that people have trouble with the existing help system, and people looking for help on the same topic often end up at wildly different pages. Editors who experienced a tutorial and/or edited a sandbox as part of their learning were noticeably more confident when editing a real article. Drawing on that, three new "Introduction to" tutorials for new users have been created: referencing, uploading images and navigating Wikipedia. These join the popular existing introductions to policies and guidelines and talk pages. Feel free to edit them, but please do remember that the idea is to keep them simple and as free from extraneous details as possible. All three have been added to Help:Getting started, which is intended to be the new focal point for new editors, and will also be seeing a redesign soon. In other news, the Article Feedback Tool (AFT) can now be used to collect feedback on help pages. By default it has been deployed to all pages in the Help: namespace. It can be disabled on any page by adding Category:Article Feedback Blacklist, or enabled for pages in other namespaces by adding Category:Article Feedback 5 Additional Articles. Once a page has AFT applied, you can add feedback using the form which appears at the bottom of it. Feedback can be reviewed by clicking "View feedback" in the sidebar, or the "Feedback from my watched pages" link at the top of your watchlist. I'm now entering the final month of my fellowship, and will be focusing my efforts on making much needed improvements to Help:Contents, the main entrance point to our help system. It's been a pleasure working as a fellow, and I just want to thank all the people who have helped me or offered advice over the past months. That definitely won't be the end of my involvement in the Help Project though, I'll be sticking around as a volunteer and continuing to write this newsletter. Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. -- the wub "?!" 20:00, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Military history coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 September 2012

• From the editor: Signpost adapts as news consumption changes

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GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:48, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2012

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The Signpost: 24 September 2012

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The Signpost: 01 October 2012

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Now I understood about categories

Dear AshLin, Just now I understood about the category thing! It is such a great feeling to learn it. I am very happy. If you remember, I was frustrated as I was not able to understand it. I have even started understanding the reference thing. I referred to your communications and now I was able to understand what you was saying about references. Thanks once again. Dr. Abhijeet Safai (talk) 05:09, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:27, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference

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The Signpost: 08 October 2012

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The Signpost: 15 October 2012

• Op-ed: AdminCom: A proposal for changing the way we select admins

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• Featured content: Second star to the left

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GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved

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The Signpost: 22 October 2012

• Special report: Examining adminship from the German perspective

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The Signpost: 29 October 2012

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The Signpost: 05 November 2012

• Op-ed: 2012 WikiCup comes to an end

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• In the media: Was climate change a factor in Hurricane Sandy?

• Discussion report: Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks

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The Signpost: 12 November 2012

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GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us! The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both. The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote! November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:29, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

You are appreciated

		The Biography Barnstar
		Phenomenal work on the Mahatma Gandhi article

		The Barnstar of National Merit
		For contributions to coverage of India
		this WikiAward was given to AshLin by Parsh (talk) on 00:16, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

		The Epic Barnstar
		Your efforts are appreciated

Or perhaps more appropriately

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar

I am elated to see your excellent contribution and super excellent teamwork in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi article. I am giving Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Volunteer Barnstar to the– Top 7 contributors of the article (till today, click on the link to see the names). Top 3 contributors of the GA review discussion (till today, click on the link to see the names, don't count me). Once again thanks for your contribution! Note: If you are seeing this barnstar in someone's user page, you can also see this barnstar in GA review page where it was actually posted..--Tito Dutta Message 19:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks. Parsh (talk) 00:29, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 November 2012

• News and notes: FDC's financial muscle kicks in

• WikiProject report: No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles

• Technology report: Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"

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Parashurama article

Hello AshLin! When you have a moment, could you take a look at the article Parashurama that I have been working on and give me your thoughts? I have rewritten it significantly and just submitted it for Good Article review. Your insights would be appreciated. Thanks! Parsh (talk) 10:53, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

picture on Prosotas lutea

I was just going through the page and i saw the image on it was put up by you. Isnt prosotas a line blue ? .I am asking you because i saw a different butterfly here http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/245-prosotas/prosotas-lutea-dp2

Chinmayisk 17:56, 24 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chinmayisk (talk • contribs)

The Signpost: 26 November 2012

• News and notes: Toolserver finance remains uncertain

• Recent research: Movie success predictions, readability, credentials and authority, geographical comparisons

• Featured content: Panoramic views, history, and a celestial constellation

• Technology report: Wikidata reaches 100,000 entries

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The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel_66, AustralianRupert, and Nick-D look at ships, soldiers, and railways Op-ed: Nick-D on navigating the FA and A-Class review processes

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GOCE November drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:50, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 December 2012

• News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2012 winner

• Featured content: The play's the thing

• Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; standardize version history tables

• Technology report: MediaWiki problems but good news for Toolserver stability

• WikiProject report: The White Rose: WikiProject Yorkshire

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The Signpost: 10 December 2012

• News and notes: Wobbly start to ArbCom election, but turnout beats last year's

• Featured content: Wikipedia goes to Hell

• Technology report: The new Visual Editor gets a bit more visual

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Human Rights

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GOCE mid-December newsletter

End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:14, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 December 2012

• News and notes: Arbitrator election: stewards release the results

• WikiProject report: WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany

• Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes

• Op-ed: Finding truth in Sandy Hook

• Featured content: Wikipedia's cute ass

• Technology report: MediaWiki groups and why you might want to start snuggling newbie editors

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Yo Ho Ho

ϢereSpielChequers is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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The Signpost: 24 December 2012

• News and notes: Debates on Meta sparking along—grants, new entities, and conflicts of interest

• WikiProject report: A Song of Ice and Fire

• Featured content: Battlecruiser operational

• Technology report: Efforts to "normalise" Toolserver relations stepped up

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GOCE 2012 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2012 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:39, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 December 2012

• From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum

• In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter

• Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes

• Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy

• Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee

• Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review

• WikiProject report: New Year, New York

• Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined

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