User talk:Raomap

M.A.Padmanabha Rao
	File:M.A.P.Rao.jpg
Date of birth	September 19, 1937
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Discovery of Bharat radiation

M.A.Padmanabha Rao
M.A.Padmanabha Rao
	File:M.A.P.Rao.jpg
Born	September 19, 1937
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Discovery of Bharat radiation

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Hello, Raomap, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Strange stuff

Please don't add your odd finding to wikipedia; see WP:COI. Dicklyon (talk) 05:05, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the urge to cite your own work or that of someone you admire, but those papers are not appropriate external links. Please wait until the work has had some substantial impact on the relevant academic community, as evidenced by multiple citations in prominent review articles, and cite those instead. In the meantime, Wikiproject Physics is always looking for volunteers to help us explain the relevant material, as reported in reliable sources. - 2/0 (cont.) 20:42, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with upload of File:M.A.P.Rao.jpg

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Formatting the infobox at the top right

I see that you are still having trouble with the information box at the top right of User:Raomap. Did you see my reply to your help desk question, currently at Wikipedia:Help desk#Image problem? (It will be archived soon, though).

The proper way to format the box depends on whether you are trying to write a draft article, or merely posting some information on your user page.

Writing a draft article?

...then to judge from your user name you should read Wikipedia:Autobiography. But the proper way to format the box is with {{Infobox scientist}}. I've copied this from the template page and have filled in some of the fields. See the template page for the other fields you could add.

{{Infobox scientist
| name              = M.A.Padmanabha Rao
| image             = M.A.P.Rao.jpg
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1937|09|19}}
| nationality       = Indian
| known_for         = Discovery of Bharat radiation
}}

Creating your user page?

I've read somewhere that article-related infobox templates shouldn't be used on a user page. Here is the code to display the same information using {{Infobox}}. Note that you have complete freedom to add whatever lableN/dataN pairs you wish:

{{Infobox
| bodystyle         = width:26em; text-align:left;
| title             = M.A.Padmanabha Rao
| image             = [[File:M.A.P.Rao.jpg|225px]]
| label1            = Date of birth
| data1             = {{Birth date|1937|09|19}}
| label2            = Nationality
| data2             = Indian
| label3            = Known for
| data3             = Discovery of Bharat radiation
}}

As you can see, the two versions display the same. Pick one of them and add it to the top of User:Raomap. I hope this helps! -- John of Reading (talk) 19:04, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]