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Pseudobarnstaria genus?

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....wondering if you saw this barnstar apparently given by you to this user. prashanthns (talk) 07:14, 27 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

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Lep morphology

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See your article is getting better every day, great work! Anyway, I found an online book about Noctuidae moths some time ago. I use it for species descriptions, but today I noticed it has a chapter about Lep morphology (mainly about the larval stage), maybe helpful? http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/wagner/USDA%20Noctuid%20Guide%20Most%20Current.doc There is additional morphology for every subfamily (in the greyed out blocks of text). Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 10:17, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ruigeroeland. A most useful text for Noctuids. Since its unpublished, I wonder if we can quote it. However, it will be of great utility while studying Indian noctuids. AshLin (talk) 13:18, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Noctoid facts

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Well, I must say that I don't know much more of it than is allready stated in the article. I know some blood suckers are Calyptra species, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptra_(genus). Furthermore, I found some info about lachryphagy (in a wikipedia article!), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling (never came across this article before, nice) and a nice online source, although not really dealing with morphology though: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:q1DD3zMe7dkJ:www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/53001446.pdf+lachryphagy&hl=nl&gl=nl&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjCCTNsitPLRc-AYglUINU5SM4ytJvbKqvML9bRgzgBV9xlSLozt6bsQWGjBa1n8tE_sip_ryb1We8LTFE_n_gD3c3lHCb7r3KrRcVpGVEfOtvZ2MGLThPtrfaSkSH8pMcyZzOe&sig=AHIEtbSvOfgJTC_PDFPxkQJELaOLqjuP0Q I would love to contribute, but this article really is far beyond my knowledge and English skill, i.e. I don't know the meaning of half of the words in there! :) So I would feel I would do more damage than good to the article if I meddle with it. I would be happy to assist with searching for sources and images and such. Speaking of which, I made two articles yesterday which contain images you might be able to use, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleophora_peribenanderi (I think this is a picture of the genitalia of this species, but I'm not sure) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleophora_graminicolella (a larval case of pupa?). Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and one more thing, I came across this article on the NL wiki some time ago, it deals with spots which are found in Noctuidae species and are used for identification. I was planning to translate it, but I don't know the English term for those "spots". There are three kinds, roughly translated as: "circular spot", "kidney spot" and I dont really know the translation for the last one.. see: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niervlek If you want to use the info in this article, let me know, and I will try to translate as much as I can. Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sabatinca_lucilia.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gonepteryx.rhamni.mounted.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synanthedon_tipuliformis_%28ento-csiro-au%29.jpg


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File:Doratifera quadriguttata larva 1.jpg

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Morpho iridescence

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Hi Ash I put a first try in commons under Morpho cypris The file name is File:Morphocyprislateral.JPG . You might also be interested in a File:Morphorhetenoriridescence I just added in Commons Morpho rhetenor. All the best from Ireland. Robert Notafly (talk) 21:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC) If I can improve on these I will let you know but the pics are unpredictable especially with flash.[reply]

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Here they are atb Robert

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...here if you have already not taken note. Would be good to see your involvement there. prashanthns (talk) 05:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC):[reply]

Thanks for pointing it out! I'll definitely join as a member once its formed. AshLin (talk) 05:56, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Email

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Do you know how e-mail works on wiki? Thx. (From : At-par)

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You're very welcome

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You have done such a fantastic job on this article. I wish I could help you more, but I just don't have very many of the right sources for this article. However, if there is anything I can help you with, let me know, and I will do my best to help. Cheers, Megan|talkcontribs 18:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Arthropods cleanup

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The Arthropod Barnstar
For joining in the crucial but thankless task of cleaning up arthropod articles, you deserve this barnstar. --Stemonitis (talk) 09:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pet project under WikiProject Lepidoptera

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Hi, AshLin,

Thanks for the offer...how about Heath Fritillary? Cheers—GRM (talk) 20:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, but I'll take some time on it. AshLin (talk) 20:39, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, AshLin! GRM (talk) 21:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image labelling

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Annotated pupa

Hi Ashwin, Inkscape does not help much here - would have to make it a regular raster image finally - it would be just like your snake scales. Shyamal (talk) 11:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one. Shyamal (talk) 06:33, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Pupa image

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Thanks for giving me a heads-up about my image. Cheers, Megan|talkcontribs 01:23, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Scratch, scratch

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whitened the background and removed numbers and scale factors. Shyamal (talk) 15:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

sensu 2

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sensu 2 = in the second sense. The Linnean taxonomy article gives two meanings for Linnean taxonomy, the first being what might more commonly be called the Linnean System (compare Cronquist system), and the second being the nomenclatural scheme which has developed from Linnaeus's work, and which is now represented by the ICBN, ICZN and the corresponding bacteriological code. Elsewhere you might find references to Malvaceae sensu APG, meaning Malvaceae as circumscribed by the APG classification, rather than, say, Cronquist's. Lavateraguy (talk) 09:19, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Postage Stamps and postal history of the United States

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Hello Ashlin. I am the fellow who has been upgrading the page 'Postage Stamps and postal history of the United States'. As the title of this page indeed begins with 'Postage Stamps ...' it was my understanding that this was the appropriate place to enter info about US Postage stamps and stamp images and their history. I have made links to and from this page with dozens of other history pages, so starting up a new page would certainly be easier said than done. The historical aspect of the page is what attracted me to it, as the other stamp page looks more like a catalog. Hoping that this page will be the place to look into the historical aspects of stamps, mail and post offices, open to suggestions. GWillHickers (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Time for a New page

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Hi AshLin,

Thank you for your letter of explanation and your consideration. Well I see WW2censor came in and slashed and burned his way through the page, so it looks like its time to start that new page you mentioned earlier. 'Postage stamps of the United States.' I am hoping the historical aspect I have been using will be an appropriate theme for the page, one that ties into the history pages in an appropriate manner. I am mot really interested in covering all the stamps and do not wish to simply create a 'catalog' of stamp pictures with Scott numbers and tidbits of generic stamp info so perhaps the page should be titled 'American History on US Postage Stamps'. Before I start up a new page I certainly would like your input. Meanwhile there are now dozens of history pages that will not link up properly to the page I referenced before as the links addressed specific sections of the page that have now been removed. I am hoping, with some help from seasoned editors such as yourself, such a page can be started and little by little the many dozens of Wiki' links I have made before in the various history (and other) pages can be redirected there. The first thing that must be done is choosing the right title and writing an introduction to the page. Perhaps in a few days I can get this project off the ground. Again, much thanks. GWillHickers (talk) 13:04, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've returned the favour of undoing the edit without an edit summary. It seems you have been contributing to the project long enough to know that this is not how things should be done - possibly you could also have noticed the warning it displays when you do that. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:09, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have five images that show meaningful magnification; two of them are optical magnification (one macro, one micro), the other three are scanning electron micrographs. The SEM captures are better technically, show the subject more clearly, but owing to the medium, without colour. So discarding the optical in favour of an EM does not seem a good option, since colour is at least part of the function of scales. In particular, the partial optical transparency of scales cannot be captured in electron microscopy. So the most sensible option is to line them up alongside each other, overlapping where the magnification is roughly equivalent. This provides an opportunity for the same gallery to be used in other articles highlighting the differences between optical and EM microscopy, or more general topics such as magnification and so on. Finally, the slightly lower magnification macro photograph is useful to provide spatial context for the more zoomed-in one.

I'll close with the repeated request that you be less trigger-happy in future, and stick to the warnings and instructions that the software provides. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:28, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Bangladesh Liberation War#The Indian Military Operations section needs expansion

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It appears from the last line that you wrote in the above section that you are requesting help with something. If so, please specify what you need help with. Thanks Spitfire19 (Talk) 15:37, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lepidoptera morphology images

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I recently extracted some images from a ZooKeys article and made a page for Amyna axis. There are some images you might find useful for your Lepidoptera morphology page. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:12, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Looks a lot better! Ruigeroeland (talk) 13:27, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, done! Ruigeroeland (talk) 13:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This is by no means a "legal" download, but what the heck.. This might interest you: Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera (Contemporary Topics in Entomology: http://www.ebookee.com/Molecular-Biology-and-Genetics-of-the-Lepidoptera-Contemporary-Topics-in-Entomology-_363412.html Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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One still in Service

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One of the Kalvari class is still in service. Vagli still in service. [4] "At a ceremony in Vishakhaptnam on Friday, INS Vela, one of the last two Foxtrots left, would be de-commissioned." The Vela and Vagli were the two foxtrot left in service. Vela has been decommissioned. Now only INS Vagli is in service. So you will revert it back.Bcs09 (talk) 06:20, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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IAAC

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Thanks AshLin, you're keeping a close watch!! The reason is that there is very very little on the individual regiments of the Indian Armoured Corps that I can get hold of. That article appears to be the single reference to 40 Armoured Regiment (apart from the fact that it exists, which is reported widely) on the net. Without enough material to start regimental pages, I've taken to putting the material for stubs (future) at the IAAC page. Does that explain what I'm doing? Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 10:14, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me, I wasn't aware I was talking to a serving member of the Army. Might I ask which regiment you hail from? Please accept my good wishes - your army is an amazing force. I just hope that my recent set of edits have improved the picture slightly for it on Wikipedia. Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 10:17, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
1.Forgive me being impertinent, but please tell me things I don't know, rather than those I do. When I established the original 'administrative corps' category for whichever army it was, I faced the issue of naming, which has two parts. Firstly, regiments and corps, so called by all Commonwealth armies, are effectively the same 'being,' whether you call it a regiment or a corps. So one should group them all together. Faced with the within-wikipedia issue of distinguishing between regiments/corps and corps as formations, I decided to use the term 'administrative corps,' as opposed to those corps which fight as formations. Now, when you came along after I had already established the Category:Administrative corps of the Indian Army, you created a second category which was designed to hold all the same organisations. The thing is there is no reason to have two categories holding the same set of organisations, and one accords with the wider categorisation scheme, and one doesn't. We will eventually have to run a CfD on one of them if both continue. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
2. Brilliant! I had suspected that the Indian Army did the 'Arms Plot' type rotations as well. In the British Army, Engineers and Artillery do not rotate, only the infantry and armoured regiments. Is that the case with the Indian Army as well - just infantry and armour? On small details, you will notice that many of the British regimental pages gives details of rotations, brigades, etc, where served. For the Indian and Pakistani Armies, we cannot obviously go that far yet, simply because the information is not public. But that is no reason whatsoever to not collect the data that is available. Once we get around to establishing a page for every Indian Armoured Corps regiment, that little data will provide some level of context for the much greater amount of information on the regiment' participation in 48, 65, 71, Brasstacks (we need an article on that exercise, or a section in the Indian Army page) Kargil etc. Thoughts welcome. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:35, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
1. We'll have to agree to disagree on regiments/corps, I suspect. I repeat, I am fully aware of all the things you've just repeated (or maybe 85-90% aware). I understand clearly that titles are important, especially in historically conscious bodies like armies, which is why people get excited about the difference between regiments and corps, or arms and services. However I would really rather not get into disagreements about this, but focus on the things we do agree on and that we can work together on.
2. So, would you kindly please respond to my query at (2) above on rotations or arms plots? Which arms and services rotate?
3. I'm glad to hear you're a sapper. I've had some really helpful sappers help me with my PhD. A lieutenant colonel with the Canadian Engineers, a lieutenant colonel with the Royal Engineers who's at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham, and a major with our own Royal New Zealand Engineers who's just back from a military staff officer post in the Sudan. All great guys. I have a bunch of questions on the Indian Engineers which I hope you won't mind me asking - initially about the organisation of regiments (three fd sqns? one plant sqn, HQ sqn etc?) and how many armoured engineer regiments you have - this is because the British Army of the Rhine, faced with the enormous Warsaw Pact threat, only had one regiment, 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment, so I hope the Indian Army has more. Anyway I thought that these sort of questions you'd probably be able to answer, so please tell me and I can either ask away or .. stop asking about.
4. Are you aware of any Indian Engineers corps history books we can add to the various Indian Engineers or the Bombay/Madras Engineer Groups articles? Kind regards from New Zealand, Buckshot06 (talk) 10:40, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks AshLin. Appreciate you checking up on that. If there are publicly published books, like the one I've just found and added to the Armoured Corps article, it would make the articles so much more valuable. Thanks Buckshot06 (talk) 11:12, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Response to critcism about Yom Kippur editing

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A tactical victory may refer to a victory that results in the completion of a tactical objective as part of an operation or a victory where the losses of the defeated outweigh those of the victor.-wikipedia article: Tactical victory.

So as you can see, there are some distinct differences between a tactical victory and a total military victory. An army can kill more enemy soldiers but still loose the overall war. This is an example of a tactical victory. An army can also acheive operational goals, but suffer high losses and loose a war. In the case of the Yom Kippur war, Israel acheived a tactical victory by keeping the egyptian agressors from taking land in the Sinai. Israel also killed more egyptians than egyt killed Israelis. Israel also succeded in breaking across the Suez canal, and took more territory than the egyptians did. Israel's military victory was in the way she repeled the invading agressors, successfully stopping the massive invasion while starting an invasion of our own. Please feel free to express your thoughts on this topic, but I am re-editing the article.

Thanks and Shalom

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Bipin Joshi

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Done as requested. I think it's a bit poor that we don't list the regiment he was commissioned into! Please if you find that out at some point, add it in. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 23:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let me explain; that's just something I copied from Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army into Indian Army Armoured Corps - check the latest change or two. And the 'reference' you cited is just a outside-wikipedia copy of the COAS page. Is there anything better? Buckshot06 (talk) 05:45, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever the information is genuine!! But we need a source, per WP:V. Can you not find one - surely your cantonment library or even admin office has some of these sort of details? If I was in New Delhi I would go to the libraries myself, but our libraries in Wellington simply don't have the books! It's really frustrating. Buckshot06 (talk) 07:16, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your recent edits, especially fixing my work on the template and the Liberation of Ladakh (1948). On the template, should we not list the regiments of the Armoured Corps, especially like the first twenty or so are effectively separate regiments in their own right? The other thing I wanted to check with you was what you thought about the title of Liberation of Ladakh (1948). Let me explain, and please make allowance for me, since I'm a Kiwi 6,000 miles away. My reasoning goes that the entirety of J&K is a contested area between India and Pakistan. It might be difficult for reasonable editors to agree on a title for the article that prejudiced either an Indian or a Pakistani viewpoint. We might easily have editors sympathetic to Pakistan come along and have an edit war over the title. Thus I wanted to ask you whether you thought a title such as 'Seizure of Ladakh' (or whatever formulation) might convey the essence of what happened without appearing POV. Would welcome your thoughts on the issue.
Secondly, at Structure of the Pakistan Army I've collated a good amount of the detail floating around on the Pakistan Army that's available on wikipedia. Yet a significant amount is unsourced, and one part of that I thought I might be able to ask you about. Someone added a list of engineer regiments, including assault engineers. Does that list look reasonably correct, or is it badly wrong and should be removed? Kind regards from New Zealand, Buckshot06 (talk) 22:57, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, of course all of them are all regiments in their own right. It's funny the way the British system has evolved; the RTR has '2 RTR' within the Royal Tank Regiment, and meanwhile there are regiments within larger corps etc.. Buckshot06 (talk) 05:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, but it gets more complicated than that. They started out as Battalions of the Tank Corps. At the end of WWII they became battalions of the Royal Tank Corps. In 1939 they became battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment; from 1945 they have been '2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Tank Regiment' etc ;) Buckshot06 (talk) 05:17, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Try and make the move yourself; check there's no redirect blocking the intended move target and if so I'll delete it for you. On 74 and 86 Armoured Regiments, the thing is that we have absolutely nothing!! except their regimental colonel as of 2001. You see, the articles build from one sentence mentions, to two sentence mentions, to several paragraphs, and then get split off. If we had anything else, I'd probably agree with you. At the moment I cannot. Buckshot06 (talk) 10:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Done - go ahead. Buckshot06 (talk) 10:16, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have two passionate hates in wikipedia: complicated titles and short stubs. Right now all the information is in one place. Unless you want to write a comprehensive introduction to Northern Command, let's keep it all in one place for now. Buckshot06 (talk) 08:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for creating Western Command (India). Do your sources have anything about the transfer of the brigades of the Punjab Boundary Force back to the two independent areas or other formations? (Can Areas or Sub-Areas supervise field formations?) Buckshot06 (talk) 22:22, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Requesting Rollback Rights

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Ah yes, I remember you. Rollback granted. It has been quite a while since we communicated. So how're you doing lately? OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear that your health is better. Since you're interested in Tree Of Life, did I show you Wikispecies yet? I'm more active over there nowadays. OhanaUnitedTalk page 11:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We always need more editors to create articles or add pictures. Ideally our project should cover more, if not the same number of species, than Wikipedia. Unfortunately this is not the case since we have less editors and no bots to help us write articles. (There were few attempts before but the quality or the format of the bot-generated articles require human intervention to cleanup.) It will be great if you have access to specimens, take pictures of them, and upload to the Commons. We're also uploading images of newly described species from some journals (such as ZooKeys which have adopted Creative Commons license. We need more people to help us. A drop in the bucket (Wikipedia) is not the same as a drop in a spoon (Wikispecies). OhanaUnitedTalk page 21:27, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Nice article. But reads like a official regimental history ("the enemy was surprised", "the enemy withdrew" etc). Please change it something like "pakistani forces were surprised" etc.--Sodabottle (talk) 14:15, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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No problem; the number of times someone else has had to clean up my typos...cheers! Minorhistorian (talk) 18:32, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Why did you delete that reference on Inkscape. Mr Nathan Willis is a extremely well known professional writer specializing in Open Source (he is an authority on graphic apps), who writes for Linux.com and many other top publications. Mr. Willis also happens to be a long term member of the Inkscape community. The entry in the wiki page referenced his article on a blog. How can than not be a reliable accurate source?

thank you so much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.99.246.202 (talk) 17:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that links in Wikipedia are no-follow. However, if you delete a reference, why dont you delete what it referenced? Thank you for you answers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.99.246.202 (talk) 18:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"A moth-eaten rag..."

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Thanks for adding that to the 32nd Foot article, I knew the quotation, but had no idea it was linked to the 32nd. DuncanHill (talk) 09:02, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Advice taken. I won't be putting any sensitive info up. Your advice is imp to me. Jonathanvarunbenjamin (talk) 10:06, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi!! Moksh, here

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Hi!! We met at the Wikipedia Meet Up 2 User:Mokshjuneja Moksh Juneja 12:13, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Useful piece of code for you?

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Hi AshLin, I thought you might find it handy to use this little piece of code in binomial names of organisms.

 

This piece of code neatly and invisibly creates a non-breaking space that you can put in between the genus and species name so that the species name never gets separated from its genus name by an automatic line break. That way you don't need to use a period or an underline to keep the two names linked together, as you did back in March in the captions of the moth images in the article Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera. I just recently learned this myself, and I figured it might be helpful to tell you about it. Best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 21:01, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome! Have fun! Invertzoo (talk) 12:22, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3 with Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia

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Photo:Mumbai Skyline, Mumbai

Hi !

A Meet up has been organised on 31st Oct., 2010 at Mumbai.

Alongwith others Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia will be attending the meet up.

For details please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3

You are invited to attend. Angpradesh (talk) 06:13, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"Your changes to old British Indian Army articles to remove Ind-mil stub are POV. Ind-mil stubs contain all stubs of units part of the present Indian Army or the old British Indian Army. You are welcome to add pak-mil-stub templates to all battalions forming part of the Pakistan Army but please do not remove existing stubs. AshLin (talk) 16:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)"

Dear AshLin, Ind-mil stub shows the flag of post-independence Indian Army. Its display in articles/stubs of units that were awarded to Pakistan Army at the time of independence would make it factually incorrect. Beloochee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beloochee (talk • contribs) 17:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message!

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Hi AshLin, I have been using wikipedia for years now. So I thought, its time to share some of my learnings back with my favorite website in the world. I shall keep contributing on subjects like India, Web Technology and Trends, Mobile, Social Networking, PE and VC activity in India and all.

Please let me know if there is some specific initiative you wish me to undertake and I can do the same as well.

Thanks for writing, feels great to get in touch with a senior Wikipedia editor.

PS: I am also going to the Mumbai Wikipedia meetup today. Hope to meet Jimmy Wales there.

Best,

Siddhesh Joglekar (talk) 07:53, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Recording Jimmy's talk

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Yes, since it's a public lecture there should be no problem recording and putting it up on commons. Bishakha Bishdatta (talk) 11:33, 30 October 2010 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishdatta (talk • contribs) 11:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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Wow, thank you so much for the barnstar! I really appreciate it :) Megan|talkcontribs 17:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, next give us the opportunity to drop you again. It was a pleasure having a discussion with you, as always. Moksh Juneja 10:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mokshjuneja (talk • contribs)

Re : Hi

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Clintong (talk) 12:27, 1 November 2010 (UTC)Hi Ashlin, Great meeting you last night too. Great job you did too at the Meetup. Do keep in touch with me and Happy Editing too.[reply]

Warm Regards Clinton

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Audio/pics/email and all that.

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Thanks for uploading the audio. The pics, as I might have told you are up on Netra's facebook page. I didn't get your email address. Also, I can be reached on [[twitter]] Prolificdyslexic (talk) 18:32, 3 November 2010 (UTC)prolificdyslexic[reply]

Hi Ashwin

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Hi Ashwin,

This is Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekvc . I'll keep in touch. —Preceding undated comment added 10:06, 4 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]

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Hi Ashwin Baindur,

Writing to you because I've noticed a lot of Kannadiga vandalism on Wikipedia pages of famous amchi people like Deepika Padukone, Prakash Padukone and Nandan Nilekani. A lot of people make vandal edits saying stuff that these people speak Kannada as their mother tongue etc. Please check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hehest Noticed you have some higher privileges and you would be able to bring these vandal edits down.

Thanks. --Bhanap1708 (talk) 20:51, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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Thanks for the response. I honestly have no problem with editors from Karnataka wanting to have names in Kannada alongside Konkani. The trouble is that most people randomly come and remove Devanagari script and attach Kannada script in place of Konkani claiming that Kannada script is used to write Konkani by CSB's. Showing them proof of literature written in Konkani using the Devanagari script by our Swamiji has been in vain. Then there's the other issue of them tweaking the pronunciation. They claim it's padu-ko-nay and not padu-cone. My last revert dispute with this certain individual started out along these lines (script and pronunciation) and ended up with him wanting to have Kannada because it's the state language. It's a different issue he got blocked for vandalism on other pages ;)

PS - As a proud Amchi, it saddens me to see famous Amchis misidentified as either Kannadaigas or Tulus and it's largely because of people who engage in such kind of vandalism. --Bhanap1708 (talk) 13:15, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thanks much. :) --Bhanap1708 (talk) 13:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I created a user template for CSB's. Feel free to use it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_Chitrapur_Saraswat_Brahmin Also, notice the change in my username ;) --Bhanap1708 (talk) 19:31, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re:A really really well-deserved barnstar!

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Thanks! Didn't know I made that many really... Sadly a lot of them are extremely short, seeing there is absolutely nothing known about the biology of many species. Anyway, still some 100,000 species to go.. :) Ruigeroeland (talk) 17:38, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and will do. Beloochee (talk) 10:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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http://tweepml.org/Wikipedians-who-tweet/ link doesn't seem to be working. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahafreed (talk • contribs) 05:48, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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AshLin,

Thanks for the explanation. I am a high school teacher in northeast Indiana, and we were trying to teach students to contribute responsibly to the web. I'm not sure how to site all the information on Wikipedia. As you mentioned, this is obviously my first time using it. It appeared ambitious,because the posts were a collaborative effort by about 30 students. I simply copied and pasted the students' information. Maybe you could offer some constructive criticism on how we can improve the post, rather than simply eliminating all the students' hard work. Any suggestions would be great. Each post has close 16 sources, as each student had to have 4 cross-referenced sources while working in groups of 4.

thanks,

Geography&historyofworld —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geography&historyofworld (talk • contribs) 16:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

nation states

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I understand that you need to be critical of all information posted on Wikipedia. If at all possible, please consider each individual Nation State posted as students were in groups of 4 and their project was to create a Wikipedia post for a Nation-State they chose. Maybe they could be considered individually instead of all coming from 1 person. I know some are better than others, but that is the nature of high school students. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geography&historyofworld (talk • contribs) 17:59, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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Thanks for your help. This is truly a learning experience for both me and my students. We're going to post a few more to finish our project, but you won't hear much more from us for a while. I understand the comments about this page being highly policed, but the project was centered around an academic standard for the state of Indiana. (State, Nations, and Nation-States)

My students and I noticed that the examples were pretty weak, so we thought we would try and contribute.

thanks again for your help and explanations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geography&historyofworld (talk • contribs) 18:26, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AshLin, I am part of a high school class that posted on here earlier today. we found your comments kind of rude and uncalled for. we would like it better if you would have given us constructive criticism. i am not trying to sound offensive but that really got to some of us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LikeI'dTellYou (talk • contribs) 00:58, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(from talk page of User:LikeI'dTellYou
Thank you for your feedback. I confess it was a surprise to me that you thought my comments rude and unhelpful. I was under the impression that I was helping out. I was also under the impression I was communicating with a teacher who had a class full of young students, perhaps too young to edit independently. My deepest personal apologies to your teacher and your whole class.
I come from a different civilisation than yours. I am also unaccustomed to dealing with young American children. Perhaps I should get some knowledge on that. I do not understand your school system either. In my context, I spent time away from my hobby editing to welcome User:Geography&historyofworld, explained why I reverted his edits (I thought he was an adult), when he explained his circumstances I suggested a way of gradually bringing you into the world of Wikipedia by incremental edits and by first working on small local articles where you would pretty much be free to learn your craft without excessive interference from editors like me.
Later, I improved some material you put up in Egypt to display the following techniques to you -
  • incremental editing (editing a sentance, fact, image or action at a time).
  • showing the kind of encyclopaedic language expected, though not really expecting you to be able to write to that standard.
  • cleaned up your references and showing how to add a properly templated citation using {{cite book}} and {{cite web}}.
  • I found some information (United Arab Republic) you did not know about Egypt directly concerned with your topic and added it with a Google book reference.
  • I added a meaningful image, making your section on Egypt more useful.
  • I located words which coud be wikified and found appropriate articles on it and wikified them.
By doing all this, I demonstrated how your text could be improved and how editing is done.
I also pointed out his duty to get a little bit more involved in Wikipedia before plunging his students in directly - as an analogy, he would not take you to a museum before checking it out by himself earlier, would he? I'm sorry to hear that you percieved my actions as rude. The actions were in good faith, though I unintentionally hurt your feelings.
Wikipedia is the real world - like a subway in New York in American movies - you will meet all kinds of people. Most belong to your nation and are helpful and polite as per your standards. Others like me, live in the English speaking world but not in your culture. We have good intentions but believe things in a different way and have different values. Yet others are rude, vandals, insensitive or worse, by the standards of both your culture and mine.
I had taken time to help out, though very ineffectively I admit, because where I come from, not responding to your teachers first edits after reverting them, or giving no time, effort or consideration to help you is considered rudeness.
Similarly, I take time to explain my point of view to you. Hope this assuages your feelings. As a measure of my good faith, I am willing to teach you simple skills, which may take you longer to acquire otherwise and provide general guidance.
Stick around editing, a small incident ike this should not prevent you guys from enjoying a truly thrilling globally participatory experience. Good day and happy editing. AshLin (talk) 03:17, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Actually that extra n wasn't added by me :) But yes, I should've caught it. Good catch. --User:Woohookitty Disamming fool! 11:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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A stub template, by its very nature, contains no new information. This template is included in various articles which already have links to articles about the Pakistan armed forces, so a repeat link has no value. This sort of unlinking was proposed at WT:STUB some time ago and received no objections. BTW, I've also just modified this template to make it read better and to expand the text to refer to the whole of the Pakistan military, not just the Army, in line with the stub's name and usage. 16:46, 13 November 2010 (UTC)Colonies Chris (talk)

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Hi,

Thanks for your message from last 17 October. Yes, my username pseudois is based on Pseudois nayaur, or Himalayan blue sheep (also called bharal). Good guess! Cheers, pseudois —Precedingunsigned comment added by Pseudois (talk •contribs) 13:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry for my late response. I just saw your message and I am willing to do that, but I wasn't able to find his contact information. Can you contact him and let him know that you want it for his article on Wiki? Then I will email him and make an appointment and take a picture of him. KARL


Thanks AshLin. I'll try to find him and see what I can do. Karl Montague (talk) 19:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC) How is that? :-) A nice signature. Thanks.[reply]

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AWB run

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hi

due to my pc failing I am only able to edit using my mobile phone at the moment and so cannot do any AWB work

Also AWB tends to be used on runs of articles in a category or a collection of articles

there are tools you can use for individual articles. If you look on the GA (good article) page there is a link to the GA tools

there are also editing tools available via the links in the left column of the page which you can enable using your user settinngs

unfortunately it would be difficult for me to link them here for you due to the limitations of this mobile--Chaosdruid (talk) 00:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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

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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 upthe 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 [5] 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 byHammersoft 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.

Complete To Do List
News from Indian-language Wikipedias
  • 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 toList of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.
The Tamil Wikipedia stall at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 inCoimbatore in June 2010.
Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Wikipedia CD of500 selected articles during his key note address at Wikimania 2010 at Gdansk.
  • The Hindi Wikipedia and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into theWikiBhasha translation and contribution toolkit developed by Microsoft Research.


Community news
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 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 apresentation 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 theWikimedia Asia Project.

Current proposals and discussions
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Inkscape diagrams

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Thank you sir.

Mahesh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahesh Iyer (talk • contribs) 07:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lepidoptera scales

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Yes, of course it's lower case. Thanks. My intention was to remove "scales" completely (Wikipedia removes the parenthesis automatically. Don't know why I did what I actually did. --Ettrig (talk) 15:05, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Kannadiga vandalism from User:Hehest on biographies of Chitrapur Saraswats

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Hi Ashwin,

I believe you are familiar with Hehest (talk) as I noticed you had left him a message few weeks ago.. He had been on hiatus for quite sometime after being blocked for vandalism on other pages likeB.K.S. Iyengar

Seems like he is back now and has taken to vandalizing biographies of famous Chitrapur Saraswats by removing name written in Konkani. He is doing this in spite of those pages having a mention of both: Konkani (devanagari) and Kannada scripts.

Please review the following pages and their revision histories:

  • Shankar Nag ( view difference ) This page had a mention of both Konkani and Kannada, but on the 13th of November, an anonymous user (117.192.161.12) deleted Konkani script in spite of both scripts being present. I happened to revert it back and restore it to back to keeping both scripts. Now Hehest has deleted Konkani yesterday with a comment 'Identified as outsider vandalism'.
  • Anant Nag ( view difference ) This page also had a mention of both Konkani and Kannada, but Konkani was removed.
  • Girish Karnad ( view difference ) This page didn't have a mention of Kannada script, but Hehest replaced it with Kannada.


I do not wish to get in an edit war with him, so I'm writing to you, so you can probably revert his changes and keep on eye on those pages. I don't seem to understand what his problem is. Previously he had been blocked for doing the very same vandalism (removing Tamil script) from B.K.S. Iyengar. Not to mention, he uses ethnic slurs in his comments ( he refers to Tamilians as 'kongas' ).

--129.137.176.204 (talk) 22:37, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Papilio demoleus

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Thanks for asking. Please feel free to make the changes yourself. The article seems to be coming along nicely. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, but I've been under the weather.Megan|talkcontribs 00:29, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Announcement

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Hello! I'm The Arbiter, one of the coordinators for WikiProject Zoo. I am proud to announce the launch of a new portal: Portal:Zoos and Aquariums! ZooPro, ZooFari, and I worked hard to create a new portal for information on zoos, aquariums, and the associated projects and articles on Wikipedia. If you could head on over, take a look at our work, and maybe learn some more about zoos and Wikiproject Zoo, it would be great! Cheers and Happy Editing!

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Arbiter(talk) at 03:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Language Chauvinism continues

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Language chauvinism from User:Hehest continues. Just bringing to your notice that he undid your rollback terming it 'vandalism'. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Girish_Karnad&action=historysubmit&diff=401981035&oldid=399666002 This guy needs to be reported to admins. He's continuing with linguistic chauvinism in spite of several warnings.--129.137.85.56 (talk) 17:15, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Yet another barnstar!

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Well thank you! I will need to make a user-page for them soon.. :) By the way: how is the GA review for your Lep morphology article getting on? Ruigeroeland (talk) 16:10, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Christmas Greetings

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Very warm regards at Christmas.And a very belated (I'm afraid posr retirement I got badly behind with mail) and a special thankyou for the Barnstar.Wiki is going from strength to strength. Many of my entomological friends are using both wikitext and commons pics for "academic" articles not to mention a multiplicity of other purpose. Happy Xmas Robert Notafly (talk) 15:42, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,

I guess you are incharge of organising the party on the 15th. So what's happening?

mail me at kevinlobo91@gmail.com —Precedingunsigned comment added by 220.225.111.1 (talk) 04:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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No biting!

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Hey, you know better than this. I know the subject matter and know thatthis edit is improper, but that user was correct in saying that it is not properly sourced and I can understand how a 19th century term about polytheistic Kali-worshipping Muslims can confuse some people. Do not bite - you actually did not bite, but you still nipped. I am going to go to the library soon and see if I can get some good sources on Muslim thugs. Cheers. Blue Rasberry 05:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the cautionary, AshLin (talk) 06:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thuggee

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Hey why are you reverting this article? I removed the material already tagged as unsourced? There seems to be some confusion about thuggee and thug. Can you come to the article talk page and discuss there before starting a war, please? Seethakathi (talk) 08:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Zizula gaika/hylax

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Hi, I've made most of the WikiSpecies pages on Polyommatini and have recently made pages there for Genus Zizula, including Zizula hylax.

I note that on Wikipedia you have promoted the Trimen 1862 taxon gaika, which is an African insect name, above Fabricius' 1775 taxon hylax, which is from India. While a number of authors have in the past used gaika as a replacement for hylax, I can find no official decision from ICZN making that replacement and all the recent lists, publications and websites (Lepindex, Funet, Afrotropical butterflies) that I have retain hylax as the correct species name and sink gaika as a subjective synonym. You will see a larger synonymy and references on my WikiSpecies page.

Can you explain the authority behind your decision to give gaika precedence over hylax as surely Wikipedia, Commons and Species should all say the same thing taxonomically, or we lose credibility. Thank you.ACCassidy (talk) 11:51, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I dont recall. I'm not into taxonomy. Go ahead and do what you intend. If someone objects, there would be a discussion for consensus. AshLin (talk) 05:16, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Parallel pages

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See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Birds#A_small_collaborative_project_to_improve_bird_articles. Parallel pages can not be incorporated into the wiki. Snowman (talk) 13:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Paper request

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Hi Ashwin, could you email a scan of Pande, Satish; Yosef, Reuven; Mahabal, Anil (2009). "Distribuion of the Preregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus babylonicus, F. p. calidus and F. p. peregrinator) in India with some notes on the nesting habits of the Shaheen Falcon". In Sielicki, Janusz. Peregrine Falcon populations - Status and Perspectives in the 21st Century. Mizera, Tadeusz. European Peregrine Falcon Working Goup and Society for the Protection of Wild nimals "Falcon", Poland and Turl Publishing & Poznan University of Life Sciences Press, Warsaw-Poznan. p. 493-520.ISBN 9788392096962. I would like to know the method used in this study. Shyamal (talk) 16:14, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to borrow it from his home and scan it. It may take a week at the least, is that okay with you?AshLin (talk) 16:24, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles assessment drive

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At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, in which you are listed as a member, we're working on a pretty massive backlog (1000+ articles!) of unassessed articles. We would appreciate it greatly if you would help assess the articles in the link. It's simple to do!

  1. Read over the article.
  2. On the discussion page, look for the {{AARTalk}} template. Add in a "class" and "importance" parameter if the template does not have them already. Example: {{AARTalk|class= |importance= }}
  3. For the class, fill in the article's quality using the WikiProject'squality scale: stub, start, C, B, GA, A, or FA. Most unassessed articles will probably be stubs or start class articles, and definitely B or lower.
  4. For the importance, fill in the article's importance to the WikiProject using theimportance scale: low, mid, high, or top. Most unassessed articles will probably be low or mid importance.
  5. Then you're done!

It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks, bibliomaniac15 00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wilco will contribute after W10. AshLin (talk) 07:39, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

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Hi Sir. This is Rishabh. Thank you for everything today. It was a great experience. Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 16:21, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rishabh, great to meet you too! Keep in touch! Let me know if you need help! AshLin (talk) 10:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki 10 TeeShirt

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Hello Sir

I am one of the attendees of Todays Wiki 10th Anniversary Meetup at SICSR. It was a great event very well oraganized and really encouraging for anyone to start contributing to Wikipedia.

I would like to get a Wiki 10 Tee-Shirt.

Thanking You

Anindita Adhikary — Preceding unsigned comment added byAninditAdhikary (talk •contribs) 17:42, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AninditA, what size? Please see two tips at User:Vivekvc's post below! AshLin (talk) 10:05, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Size - Medium will be OK. :) AninditAdhikary 17:33, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Wiki 10 meetup

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Hello Sir,

I too was one of the attendees of Today's Wiki 10th Anniversary Meetup at SICSR. It was a good event and well organised. It would be great if we can organise more meetings of Pune Wikipedians in general and put Pune prominently on Wikipedia. For example I really liked that there is a initiative to document all the 500 points of interest in Pune. Hoping we will keep in touch.

When they are available, please let me know-I would like to get the Wiki 10 Tee-Shirt.

Thanking You,

GreenEdu

GreenEdu (talk) IST 00:01, 16 January 2011

Hi GreenEdu, noted. What size? AshLin (talk) 10:02, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Whichever is the largest.If XXXL is available then that one, or else XXL. See you around! GreenEdu(talk) 18:46, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from Vivekvc

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Hi Ashwin,

I am doing great. We celebrated the 10th Anniversary Celeberations at VJTI on the 15th.

My personal edit count has touched around 150 and I am also looking for a mentor to adopt me.

Hope everything is well with you.

Vivekvc (talk) 21:02, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vivek, Doing good. I arranged the multi-mural Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary Celebrations in Pune! We are now forming a Puneri wikipedian community to be jointly active on English & Marathi Wikipedias & Wikimedia Commons. I have never been a mentor before but you are always welcome to approach me.
Two learning points for you :
  • Always sign off with "~~~~" on talk pages. It automatically adds the signature block you see at the end of posts of other users.
  • Use the new section tab to add a new message. Don't forget to give a title & edit summary. Alternatively, you can add a message by editing the post above and preceding your message by "==Title of your message post==".
AshLin (talk) 08:25, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Ashwin,

We are planning a series of 'Wikipedia takes Mumbai' Photo Walks to photograph historic/importaint monuments in and around Mumbai every monday morning.

I have started the habit of signing off with "~~~~" on talk and also other project pages. I am not yet 100% familiar with wikimarkup, but with more than 150 edits I am on a 'Do it and learn it your self' path :-).

Basically having a nice time on the English Wikipedia :-)

Vivekvc (talk) 19:19, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Garware college article

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Please see the article of Abasaheb Garware College (Garware College) created by me and make changes to any mistakes. Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 16:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wiki 10 celebrations

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Hi,

This is Girish Kale. I wanted to re-inform you that I would like to have the wiki 10 T-shirt. A medium size T-shirt should do for me.

Thanking you for organizing such a nice event,

Regards,

Girish Kale

username: girish.iiser — Preceding unsigned comment added byGirish.iiser (talk • contribs) 12:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki 10 Tee Shirts

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Dear Sir,

If they are available, could you kindly tell me where I could collect the Wiki 10 tshirts?

GreenEdu (talk) 18:20, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

collecting wiki tshirt

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Hi, I stay far away from Pune (Nigdi). I will see if I can get a friend to collect it for me-who stay nearby. Else I will collect it whenever its next possible for you. -Thanks

--Update-- My friend Pradnya (or if possible me) will pick it up from you. -Thanks. GreenEdu (talk)

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Re: Grey Francolin

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Good job adding the call of the Grey Francolin to the article. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 04:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the thumbs up! Hopefully, it gets better. I have two versions of the call. I'm looking to see if they are the calls of male & female. If confirmed we would have the first bird article with male & female calls :-), I suspect, at least for Indian birds. AshLin (talk) 06:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
May I ask how you recorded it? Viriditas (talk) 21:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I borrowed a cell phone sized video camera for recording. Then stripped the audio as wav. Then cleaned it with Audacity. Then converted to ogg. They are calling right now outside my house. You may like to seethis link of User:Shyamal. BTW check out the second call too on commons. AshLin (talk) 02:26, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I ask because I would like to record them where I live. We have hundreds of them on the island of Maui.Viriditas (talk) 03:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Introduced species? Didn't know they extended naturally across the island chains. AshLin (talk) 03:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, introduced to Hawaii some time ago. They thrive in the Hawaiian Islands and do very well.Viriditas (talk) 03:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

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Hi,

I joined Wikipedia. :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ADti B (talk • contribs) 14:02, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Request from vivekvc

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I find that the wikipedia user 'Hilldu' is repeatedly editing my user page under the pretext of helping me fix external links. I do not prefer any other Wikipedia user to edit my user page. Kindly either lock/protect the page or set the privilege on my page so that only I can edit it.

Vivekvc (talk) 07:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replied by email. AshLin (talk) 04:18, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Type label

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Here's a faded one (they usually are) [6] and some other labels too though I now see one is upside-down Hope it's ok. If not I'll try for another.All the best Robert Notafly (talk) 22:08, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Holotype

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Hi Ashlin Forebear with me. Misunderstandings of the term Holotype are legion so this page needs a little attention and the emphasis of some points. I'll start with an outline on the talk page and invite consultation (also maybe by e-mail). When we have an agreed text we can change the page (or not).This one has been bugging me for some time.Talk to you soon Robert Notafly (talk) 21:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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British Raj

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The template has been removed for now. I will keep your feedback in mind while improving it. Thanks for letting me know. Zuggernaut (talk) 06:18, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The problem you pointed out has been fixed. Feel free to comment in an already ongoing discussion if you can think of more ways to improve the templates. Zuggernaut (talk) 02:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GNUnify

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Hello, I would have loved to attend, but am out of town currently. GreenEdu (talk) 17:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

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...for your contributions about the Sloth Moth! Chrisrus (talk) 15:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Might be interesting..

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For your moths and sloths article..: http://acta.inpa.gov.br/fasciculos/12-3/PDF/v12n3a17.pdf Cheers and great work!Ruigeroeland (talk) 20:18, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. You can even add a section "in popular culture" by the way, check this out:http://www.thrinberry-frog.com/VirtualSongbook/TheSlothAndTheMoth.pdf :) Ruigeroeland (talk) 07:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Haha.. yeah, it was pretty high in the google results when searching for Sloth Moth, so I might have figured you would have found it yourself. Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:About Lepidoptera articles

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I see what you are saying. You could just say it is just procedure that I'm trying to rewrite everything in my sandbox so I get a consistent flow and don't have too much repeating information. My problem is that Lepidoptera is the article of which of most imporatnce to both Wikiproject Lepidoptera and Insects at this point and its not a Good article as of yet. What Im probably going to do now, is take your advice and move my reworking directly to the article. There, I will do the the tedious (and I mean good forsaken) job of adding references to every paragraph. Then I will add info, thank god though becuase I have obtained the book, Encyclopedia of Insects which should come in handy. I wish I could use my own prior knowledge, but we can't do that for obvious reasons. So referencing I will do.Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 13:55, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, I see what you are saying. I am going start now, my only concern now is that when I'm add stuff from what I was working on, I won't accidently delte references that have been repeated with a </ref> latter on. Oh and yeas, that is the book I have, its a very good book. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 14:12, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A question, why does the morphology have information about the stages in the life cycle, should we move that to its aproppriate location, or is that there to show the difference between the difference between stages? Because then I try to work that in there. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 14:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What I'll probably do is have each sect (head, thorax, abdomen) each have part for both the adults and the larvae.Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 14:36, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

edits on the indo-pak war page

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the rational for my edit is as follows- all historical sources agree that the valley of kashmir was a mughal territory but the highlands of Ladakh and the hills of Jammu were FULLY INDEPENDENT DOMAINS.There were several unsuccessful Mughal attacks against Ladakh and only one partially successful adventure where the Ladakhis were assisted in their war against the Tibetans by the Mughals and agreed to pay the Mughals some taxes in return.This promise was promptly withdrawn by Ladakh and it reverted to its fully independent status.Similarly the mountain based kingdoms of Jammu,owing to their geographical location ,in vry heavily hilly and forested terrain forever remained beyonf the reach of Mughal central asian cavalry tactics.[Please see Airavat Singh's excellent source on the military history of these petty but srong kingdoms].This was the primary reason for those places staying Hindu.Any Mughal involvement ,at its peak,was as allies at best.Greetings from Skylark and congrats on your good-work for our motherland as a soldier and now as a wikipedian.Please let me know your thoughts. Skylark2008 (talk) 06:59, 20 February 2011 (UTC) Skylark2008[reply]

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I was wondering if you could through some more ideas into what needs to be fixed, expanded, ect. I was thinking of a section on the ecological significance in nature. But other then that, I'm not really that sure. I will be continuing to add and fix things randomly, but I might need some help, because I might through it into the fryer soon.Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 22:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:another standing problem is that I'm not a hundred percent sure what information goes where. For example, The info about the eggs being made of chirion, should that be with the morphology? Or how caterpillars can sequester the toxins they eat from plants to deter predators, would that go in defense and predation? Or butterflies' mutual association with ants goes in ecology? or diapause in egg laying, should that go in the diapause section? Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 00:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Haha thanks, I'm just about to add this diagram I've been working on for the past hour :P Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 04:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Is it alright we readd the information about the preditory caterpillar, I found it to be an interesting fact.Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 13:43, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You, are right it is interesting stuff :-). Lepidoptera is meant to be written in summary style - so details about the predatory caterpillars habits correctly should go to its parent page. Here we are supposed to just list the types of lifestyles etc without detail. What do you feel in this regard? AshLin (talk) 13:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't notice you replied on your talk page. Yes, your right, since Lepidoptera reflects all species, it does necessarily reflect a summary, with relevant examples. I'll keep in mind in the future to reflect that fact, I guess I was trying to curb the interest of the reader. But I will add it to the species page because I don't think it has this information. Oh and I'm also running out of what to do next, I'm pretty sure this article is ready for review, aside for the obvious reference fixes and typos which can be fixed during the review. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 01:31, 26 February 2011 (UTC) Woops, wrong word choice. And I did change it, I left a message before under copyvio, the user told me what was needed to be done, and I did it. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 03:27, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it, I didn't get a chance to finish it as I was preparing the next GA project for WP:INSECT. IF its like any the other GA articles I have nominated, it will take some time for a reviewer to come a long. And if I did all that in a week, I'm pretty sure I can do a section in a day, plus I got my information already available with all the organ systems (well most). Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 05:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If your interested, I have left some notes to be discussed on the Lepidoptera talk page for consideration. And what is the status on your GAN, do you need any help? Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 22:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Copyvio

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I guess I'll never understand how information can be copyrighted, but this is a very useful diagram, what do I have to do to keep it? Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 05:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll flip it and see if I can change some stuff. My understanding is that the book doesn't hold copy right claim over the image sense it in itself was an image from a previous work that was slightly modified, so, in effect, I should be able to do the same. The only problem I really see is that I claimed it to be my own, which was an accident because I forgot to add the copyright (which is why I got that notice) and I copied and paced it from another of my files. I'll fix it tomorrow, because its midnight and I'm exhausted. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 05:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I did some research by looking at other diagrams, many of which are taken from books, that I can claim as mine sense I drew it, but have to acknowledge where it derived from. You should take a look at some other graphs, you'll see what I'm saying. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 02:50, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did some reediting, and was given the okay. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-=

Thank you for your welcome message

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Hi AshLin,

Thank you very much indeed for your welcome message dtd 07:07, 6 February 2011 (UTC).

Regards, Imperium Caelestis 15:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for comment

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As a member of Wikiproject insects you maybe want to voice your opinionthis discussion on the use of vernacular or scientific names in higher ranking taxa. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 12:53, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I didn't see that you commented on Stemonitis talk page. To me, it seems that some form of conclusion was reached whether or not it was in favor, I could not decypher. What problems where not addressed that hindered the making of a consensus? Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 14:13, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Soliciting your advise

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I share with you the displeasure at the language Joyson Noel has been using. While I do concur on rectifying the technical/legal aspect of the images, I was taken aback by the language in which it was put across. What was a technical irregularity certainly did not warrant the use of words like you been stealing , you happen to be a Hindu with the odd name Lui Godinho. Joyson Noel did not stop his invective correspondence in spite of I suggesting that the images could be uploaded under non-free usage rationale if, as he says date of first publication can not be ascertained. I pray you appreciate the reason for my replies to him. I submit that my latter replies were insolent; however, they were only a consequence of aspersions cast in messages preceding them. On another note, I am in agreement to your proposition that a rationale for fair use be probed. regardsImperium Caelestis 08:02, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On another note, Joyson Noelreported me on the administration page and has been reprimanded by administrators.[7]Imperium Caelestis 13:16, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hah! Dream on! The way you portray it is as if the administrators supported you. In response to both of us,User:OlEnglish simply stated that Administrators do not take sides in an arguement, which was not what i was asking for. Unaware of our earlier correspondance, User:Georgewilliamherbert assumed that it was my first contact and told me that i should stop being excessively confrontational from the first contact, which i then clarified. He further warned you not to plagiarize images and claim copyright on them. The third one User:Future Perfect at Sunrise clearly stated that you do not come across as constructive and interpreted your use of my colored signature as a sign of an unconstructive, hostile stance. Joyson Noel Holla at me! 15:37, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

HELP NEEDED

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Hi! I read on Meta that a translated logo for Wikipedia Pali is needed. Thus, I created one. I want to know how can I switch the logo or request a bugzilla developer to do so. My logo is availablehere. Can you also tell me how can I become a online ambassador or can have reviewing rights. I am a active contributor. — Precedingunsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk •contribs) 07:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC) Vaibhav Jain 07:37, 14 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsignedcomment added by Vibhijain (talk •contribs) [reply]

I want to know how can I apply to become a administrator or some other rights. Vaibhav Jain 11:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsignedcomment added by Vibhijain (talk •contribs)

The Signpost: 14 March 2011

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Well hope that you have contacted someone, please tell me what should I do to change the logo. Vaibhav Jain 10:42, 15 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsignedcomment added by Vibhijain (talk •contribs)

DONE

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I have confirmed my email id. Thanks for help. Vaibhav Jain 14:47, 15 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs)

A bug infested barnstar

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An infested Barnstar
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I,Bugboy52.4, award you the honorary insect barnstar for your tremendous contribution to all thing insect-related topics on Wikipedia. Especially for your work in bringing External morphology of Lepidoptera to a good article. Congratulations! Keep up the good workAshLin! 15:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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-Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 15:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NO RESPONSE

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I enabled my mail id but I have got no response. Please tell what should I do. Vaibhav Jain 08:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added byVibhijain (talk • contribs)

Request

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Hey Ashlin, As a fellow Konkani, you are invited to take part in the following discussion currently going on in the Konkani language article's talk page. Kindly read the discussion carefully and offer your views on the subject.

Thanks! Joyson Noel Holla at me!10:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DONE

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YOUR FRIEND SAID ME THAT HE NEEDS THE PALI TEXT FOR THE LOGO. PLEASE PROVIDE HIM THE TEXT.

विकिपीङिया एका निंमुलेना सद्दकोसो

thanks for your help. Vaibhav Jain 15:04, 16 March 2011 (UTC) — Precedingunsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk •contribs)

ALL RIGHT

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THE LOGO UPLOADED IS ALL RIGHT. PLEASE SAY YOUR FRIEND TO ALSO UPLOAD A NEW LOGO FOR HINDI WIKIPEDIA AS ONE OF THE WORD IN THE LOGO IS OF URDU.

THE WORD AAZAAD {THE SECOND WORD IN THE SECOND LINE} HAS TO BE CHANGED INTO नि:शुल्क. THANKS Vaibhav Jain 07:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added byVibhijain (talk • contribs)

Thanks

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The word aazaad can be replaced by स्वंतत्र. Vaibhav Jain 09:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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Insect morphology and coleoptera

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I've been working on a lot of articles in my spare time, such as aforementioned (Coleoptera being be the next project), including insect evolution and next insect flight. Its been difficult to do all them at ones, but I've managed. However, can you do me a favor and add some pictures to the Insect morphology, as you did such a good job on the External morphology of Lepidoptera, just until I can draw up some diagrams of my own (maybe add some info here and there :D). Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 03:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but you give me too much credit. A lot of people provided images for that article, a few at my request but most of their own volition. I'm a bit busy at the moment so wont promise a thorough job but will keep a lookout and begin the search but this is usually a longish haul rather than a quick affair to get suitable images.AshLin (talk) 03:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 March 2011

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Removal of cap badge from "Guides Infantry" page

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Dear Ashlin, the cap badge you removed is not of Guides Cavalry but of the Corps of Guides. Both Guides Infantry and Cavalry, which made up the Corps of Guides, wore the same badge until 1922, when the Corps was dissolved and the Infantry became a component of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment. I would request that you restore the badge to the page. Regards. --Beloochee (talk) 02:15, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I performed this action because of the information from theimage page which you uploaded onto Wikipedia. Please correct the information there first of all please as both the information you placed there and the name you gave the capbadge misled me. After that you are welcome to replace the image unless you would like me to do it.AshLin (talk) 04:26, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry. My mistake. I have made the changes to the description of the cap badge. I think it would be better if you revert the changes to the "Guides Infantry" page. --Beloochee (talk) 21:08, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done the needfull. AshLin (talk) 06:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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