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Notabily Michalis Zampelas

Michalis Zampelas He was the mayor of Nicosia, I have yet to find a mayor of a capital who is not on wikipedia. I am surprised you deleted this without discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polysophia (talk • contribs) 20:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 131.215.220.112

I use this to check for TOR, and it was returning positive yesterday... I also didn't realize that this affects every CalTech student as I checked and they own the whole /16. Thanks for lifting the block when I was away.

I'm nearly illiterate in Hindi by the way. :( east.718 at 20:21, 11/16/2007

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:IndianOceanTag.jpg

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Happy New Year!

Dear friend, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve, and that 2008 is your best year yet! ~ Riana ⁂ 02:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Dahnoltirockfest.jpg

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Image deleted. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mirella.JPG

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I have made amendments. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 12:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Advice (for Harish)

Hey there! I'm just a random editor who's seeking advice. I was curious to know if it's fine to quote from the same online article, and to reference the same article multiple times (due to the quotes in the references). To maybe help explain what I'm doing, I'm currently working on the article Akshardham (Delhi) in my sandbox thing (as to be able to work on cleaning up the article in peace, as such), and if you look at the article in my sandbox, you'll notice I have a lot of quotations going on in the 'References' section. Many of the references are from the same article, but it's fairly huge... so I was curious to know if it's fine, really.

Also, if you have time, would you be willing to briefly go over the work I've done to the article, everything that's referenced is the work I've done (even on the official 'Akshardham' article). The rest I'm still working on, so a brief thought of my direction would be cool. By the way, I picked you randomly from one of the raandom Indian wikiprojects, seeing you to be an Admin. Sorry if it's a problem, bro. I just wanna make sure I'm heading the right way for a REALLY GOOD article (Featured, if one day possible). I appreciate any help giveable, and thanks for at least reading.

P.S. - I see where you wrote that you mention you prefer to keep convo's without breaking, so if you inform me of a reply, it'd be really nice if you dropped the link in my talk page, for Archive purposes... please! :) -- Harish - 19:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Western Chalukya architecture

Thanks for the support.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 13:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Boundless Planet Deletion

Can you explain your deletion of the Released MMORTS title Boundless Planet's entry and retention of the Mankind, Time of Defiance, Ballerium, Dreamlords, and other titles? Seems that this game keeps getting deleted with no explanation by folk with no idea or clue about MMORTS games. Boundless Planet is a genre defining game and one of the only ones to have every boxed ticked. Come to www.mmortsgamers.com or www.mmorts.com if you want to debate this as you need to check your facts. Soon we will be doing an article on the wiki entry and featuring each member who has edited it and hindered our genre's development and coverage. Feel free to engage me over this beforehand to get an explantion in.

12 jan 2008 - Stoneface1970 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoneface1970 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom decision on User: Dbachmann

Well, well! The ArbCom may be of some use after all ;) (though I keep in mind that four arbiters voted to ban me for nothing and that Bachmann got off without any sanctions whatsoever -- just a reprimand and a "reminder," like he'd somehow -- oops -- "forgotten" he's supposed to behave). I never did find the patience to focus on the prosecution of User: Moreschi for his actions, or all the proposed remedies, but perhaps he and Dbachmann will both find themselves a little chastened by this recent decision. It was about time someone did something to rein in these rogue admins who think they can get away with anything. Well done -- all around. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deeceevoice (talk • contribs) 20:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Yeah, I done did dat. deeceevoice (talk) 22:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Radiomirchi.jpg

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User:Soumen_thakur

Deleted User:Soumen_thakur Sir, Today it was very unfortunate to see that you have deleted my userpage (User:Soumen_thakur) mentioning the reasons: self-gratification, vanity, advert. (Vide deletion log "13:00, 19 September 2007 Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Talk | contribs) deleted "User:Soumen thakur" ‎ (self-gratification, vanity, advert)"
However, I had created said user page clearly following the guideline of wikipedia i.e. how to create a user page and I would like to mention a paragraph from the said guideline as quoted below,
".... Some people add information about themselves as well, possibly including contact information (email, instant messaging, etc), a photograph, their real name, their location, information about their areas of expertise and interest, likes and dislikes, homepages, and so forth..... "
Therefore, if one mindfully sees the content of the said page (deleted), it will clearly reflect that I have included more of my bio-data related information and about myself on that page but now it becomes confusing that you have deleted the page on the grounds viz. self-gratification, vanity, advert!?

As far as my knowledge goes I do understand that 'self-gratification' means, 'the act of satisfying ones own desires and giving oneself (himself) pleasure' BUT it is not understood how one can even term my "personal information" as a self-gratification, instead of treating the same more like a bio-data! Shall I, from now on, treat a 'bio-data' more as a self-gratifying content instead of considering the same as "personal information"?
You have also included the term "vanity" as one of the reasons for the concerned deletion while, according to my understandings, vanity means, "excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others"! BUT I do not really understand that how a bio-data like personal information can be interpreted as my excessive belief in my own abilities!? This reason shown by you for the concerned deletion is very confusing to me but it does really enable me to realize what should have been the proper (ideal) page content, can you please throw some light on it?

And finally, the last reason for deletion stated by you is 'advert' BUT it would be my pleasure to inform you that necessarily an 'advert' is a public promotion of some product or service (generally for commercial purpose) OR a form of communication whose purpose is to inform potential customers about products and services, here please note the term 'customers'. And a customer is generally a buyer. BUT can you please explain me how the deleted user page was displaying my service for commercial purpose. Here, I would like to add that I (rather my business) have more than enough publicity in the print media here in national market and I don't think that placing an advert in the wikipedia user page would be of any commercial gain to me as the effectiveness of any intended advert here is almost nil (if not negative value)!

Therefore, considering the stated facts and circumstances, I can not really accept that said deletion was at all the act of an efficient administrator, however its my personal interpretation about said act and in this regard, I may not agree with your views.

So can you please enlighten me explaining what I should have included in my user page so that one would consider the same as a proper or near ideal content? What was wrong with the deleted page, any explanation?

Thanks regards,
- SNT (talk) 00:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The page was deleted because your account has very few contributions to the encyclopedia and most of them were on your userpage itself. There are a lot of people who use Wikipedia as a tool for self-promotion, and it reasonably appears that, at that time, you were using the page for the same reason. It also appears that you turned up on Wikipedia after you realised that Google had stopped turning up your name on search. Wikipedia is not for self-promotion. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 11:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Attack on another editor

You might want to review this section again. Please provide evidence we can review in public or strike this attack. Thanks. Lawrence § t/e 18:24, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Hddcs.JPG

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Admin Coaching Re-confirmation

Hello, previously you expressed interest in participating in the Wikipedia:Admin coaching project. We are currently conducting a reconfirmation drive to give coaches the opportunity to update their information and capacity to participate in the project. Please visit Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Status to update your status. Also, please remember to update your capacity (5th table variable) in the form of a fraction (eg. 2/3 means you are currently coaching 2 students, and could accept 1 more student). Thank you. MBisanz talk 09:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, I cannot renew. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yatra

Thank you for contacting me, Mr. Appleyard. However, I regret to tell you that it would be difficult for me to contribute regularly to the encyclopedia for sometime, at least, as I am busy with my academic life at the University. Best wishes, — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption

Hello. My name is Stephen Dixon(but you can call me Drance). I am curently looking to be REadopted seeing as how my former adopter has gone into hideing. I was wondering if you would be willing to take the job. Contact me at my talk page.

Drance I know 7

Dear Sir Drance, thank you for your message. However, I regret to inform you that I would not be in a position to coach you for adminship, since I have been out of touch with Wikipedia since a considerable time now. The encyclopedia and the community evolves continually, and it is essential that when I come back, I am able to accustom myself to the environment. There are, obviously, better suited coaches around – like User:Riana for instance. Best wishes, — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

-- SMS Talk 05:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Hey, another one can't hurt. Besides, Harry Potter (series) rules. Two One Six Five Five τ ʃ 18:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (talk) 14:49, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

--Nadir D Steinmetz 19:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 23:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Gah. Someone must have screwed with the records. The date is 4th August 2006. But, thanks anyway. <blushes> :*) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 07:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Films coordinator elections

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Board elections 2008

Hi Nick,

The 2008 board elections will be in a few months (1 to 14 June) and the election committee is looking for people willing to translate the election pages into various languages. I noticed that you seem to be interested in Meta translations en>hi. Would you be available and interested in translating the board election pages into Hindi? I'm looking for at least two people per language so no one translator feels overwhelmed, so they can mutually proofread each other and help each other out as needed, but if only one is available that is fine as well. (To get an idea of how much work is involved you can take a look at last year's election pages.)

If you are not available or are not interested, it would be nice if you could point me in the direction of users who might be interested in helping, or show them this message.

Please contact me on my Meta page (meta:User talk:Arria Belli), where you can write to me in either English, French, Spanish or Italian, whichever you feel most comfortable with.

Happy editing,

Arria Belli | parlami 15:32, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Any comments?

... the deleted article nominated by me... was against WP:RS and WP:CRUFT. If you had known the policy of Jimmy Wales that “Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information, you wouldn’t contrib this kind of crufts. Again my advice to you is take off some time and read WP:AGF and WP:5P. Hope it helps. --Tomb of the Unknown Warrior tomb 04:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[3]

I would like to know if this is why you deleted the article, because the way I read it, it was because the "title of the article is POV ", and the material looked like commentary. But if the real reason is that religious harmony in India is "misleading or false information", then please tell me so that I can take rest.--talk 07:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As arguments progresses, more opinions would be formed & clear consensus will also be shaped. Sometimes, the nominator has his own points to delete and others have their own points to delete. Check my reason for nomination & others comments (including the closing admin). --Tomb of the Unknown Warrior tomb 08:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let the closing admin speak. --talk 07:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is no false commentary. The article was an opinion piece, and cannot be objectively made independent from articles like Religion in India. Best wishes and apologies for the delayed response. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 18:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

May I ask you why haven't you replied until yet? As an admin it is your responsibility, don't you think?--talk 14:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Parikrama1.jpg

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Allegations of apartheid deletion notification

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Image source problem with Image:Amrit.jpg

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Requesting Suggestions

I looked you up from Wikiproject India, in which I have enlisted myself. I have been spending some time bringing this article up to par and I have done a lot of work today. Would you take a look into the article and suggest the ways in which it can be expanded (I have a list of mathematical, medical, and engineering related innovations but am really lacking in the machines, astronomy, physics etc. fields) and made better? I want to bring it up to the level of this article and then work on the Science and technology in ancient India (rename it 'History of science and technology in India') article and then perhaps add a section like this one in the India article.

Thanks in advance, South Block (talk) 09:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Hey Anirudh, I hope you and your family are ok. Take care, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We are good. Thanks for asking. :) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 17:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections

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Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you thinking of creating a new article or section here: User:Sir_Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington/Desk#Legal_Process_Outsourcing? Bearian (talk) 20:34, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps it should be part of service of process? Bearian (talk) 20:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)
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EV on US Pres. Election article

It's not on pollster, but CNN has called NE-2 for McCain. Would you be able to change the picture to show that NE-2 is still undecided?--The Bruce (talk) 17:30, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help on solving deadlock

Hi, I and one of my fellow editors are facing a deadlock on a issue of bias on a controversial topic Operation Blue Star, the summary of dispute can be found at [4], please let us know your views so that we can solve the dispute amicably. Thanks LegalEagle (talk) 01:51, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
Awarded to Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington aka Anirudh, one of the most prolific editors and an admin from India. We are proud of you ! -- Tinu Cherian - 06:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Restore Chutiya kingdom

Kindly restore Chutiya kingdom. For reference, look at Gait, Edward, 1906 "History of Assam". ([5])

Can you please produce substantial references? The link which you provided here does not mention "Chutiya kingdom" anywhere. I am referring to multiple, independent and reliable references. Thank you. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:19, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"History of Assam" by Edward Gait is a standard reference, and "Chutiya kingdom" appears highlighted in the link I have provided. I quote from the text here, with the mention underlined:
The founder of the Chutiya kingdom is said to have been a chief named Bir Pal...
The Chutiya kingdom has been extensively chronicled in the Buranjis of the Ahom kingdom, which are some of the primary sources of the kingdom. Amalendu Guha mentions the expansion of the Ahom kingdom at the cost of the Chutiya kingdom as follows (Social Scientist, Vol. 12, No. 6 (Jun., 1984), pp. 70-77, [6]):
Their almost simultaneous northward expansion towards the Hinduized Chutiya Kingdom had also the same effect.
An alternative spelling is "Chutia". Sometimes, people who belong to the ethnic community associated with the historical kingdom use the name as a last name. For example here. Note the name and address of the person "Joyonti Chutia" in the link. A Chutia community exists in Assam, though it has largely assimilated in the greater Assamese community. Much of Assam's cultural artefacts and political history are sourced from this historical kingdom and the people associated with it.
Could you please indicate what your references are that claim this article is a hoax?
Chaipau (talk) 11:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, you are right. I checked the references over JSTOR and restored the article. However, the first reference you linked me to never mentioned "Chutiya Kingdom" anywhere. I regret any inconvenience caused. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 14:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Chaipau (talk) 15:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: Shalom!

Hell yeah, duder! :-D Tomertalk 06:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season. Guettarda (talk) 02:09, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And a happy Christmas to you! :) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 10:12, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to use this top Indian Wikipedian list for effective collaboration

Hi, I have added a section 'How to use this list for effective collaboration' on User:Tinucherian/Indians WP page to see if we can put this list to really good use, pl give your thoughts on the same and we can take it further from there. Thanks. Vjdchauhan (talk) 18:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

WP:FILMS Questionnaire

As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing!
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WP:FILMS Questionnaire

As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing!
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Locksport Reinstatement?

Any chance of reinstating the Locksport article(if that is even possible after such a long time...though I can probably dig up the text) and merge the TOOOL page? Presumably that is a far more valuable use of space, having the actual community discussed rather than one segment of it. Redirection of traffic from the Locksport page to another that is about a specific group of the locksporting community seems rather odd as well as having a ref to participating in lockpicking for the "hack value" but no actual info about the community...(also posting this on NawlinWiki's talk, not sure where is best.) Arachnowhat (talk) 10:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to go ahead and recreate the page as I feel I have addressed the majority of concerns brought up and it has a legitimate place... Feel free to look it over and please let me know if it needs more cites or if things should be changed. Arachnowhat (talk) 14:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!
Versus22 talk 09:30, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Happy First Edit Day, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--SMS Talk 12:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BSB

Seri Begawan was named after the Sultan's late father Sir Omar Ali Saifuddien on October 5, 1970, its original name being Bandar Brunei. Begawan is a name given to Bruneian monarchs who have abdicated, originally coming from the Sanskrit word for "god"). Bandar, comes from Persian بندر and means "port" or "haven" (bandar means "town" in Malay). -- Y not? 14:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Willking1979 (talk) 15:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Coaching

I saw that you were listed in the Coaches for reconfirmation section of the admin coaching status page. Could you please update your status, and if you are still interested, drop me a note on my talk page? Thanks, Genius101Guestbook 22:23, 25 April 2009 (UTC) This message was delivered semi-automatically by AutoWikiBrowser.[reply]

IRC

Hi, could you let me know what your IRC nick is so I can keep the access list for m:IRC/wikimedia-admin up to date? Thanks so much  — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's usually Andy123, but I'm not sure if it's still registered with freenode. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:50, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. (it is still a valid nick)  — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I need your mentorship

Hi,

I need help from an experienced Wikipedian, and I saw your name over at WP:ADOPT.

I need your advice concerning WP:WPOOK, which I've been coordinating. The set of pages the project concerns is listed at Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge#Projected outline, and has grown to about 500 articles in the encyclopedia.

The goals of the WikiProject are:

  1. Increase awareness of readers of the existence of the outlines on Wikipedia
  2. Complete the existing outlines
  3. Create an outline for every subject that is extensive enough to benefit from having an outline (core subjects and major or extensive fields). There are thousands of these.
  4. Recruit as many editors to work on these as possible (we need thousands of editors working on these)
  5. Surpass portals in number by the end of the summer, and leave them in the dust by the end of the year
  6. Get the major outline subject areas displayed on the Main Page (in place of or in addition to the portal links at the top of the page)
  7. Increase the OOK to higher quality than Britannica's Outline of Knowledge (published in its Propaedia volume).

I'm very interested in your comments on how to achieve these goals.

Also I'm interested in every possible way of reaching readers and editors of Wikipedia. How can I get the most eyes and typing fingers on Wikipedia's outlines? Contacting editors directly without a reason relevant to them is spam, which I'd like to avoid. There are 75,000 regular editors on Wikipedia, and I want to contact all of them. But how do I do it?

Directly or indirectly, I don't care which, piecemeal or all-at-once, all methods are fine with me. But I've got to find ways. I need your advice.

I would also like to know how to find or attract editors to create new outlines. And I need advice on finding editors to help write the new outline article mentioned above (it needs to be fleshed out, completely referenced, and brought to featured article status).

Please recommend anyone you know who might be interested in sinking their teeth into a project like this. Or ways to reach groups of editors. Or ways to reach all editors. I welcome any and all recommendations and advice you might have.

And any thoughts on attaining the WikiProject goals above.

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist 04:03, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP Bangalore Meetup

Following the Mailing list discussion that we had, here's a call for an informal meetup of Bangalore Wikipedians soon. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore3 -- Tinu Cherian - 10:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 1 – June 2009

Project news
Congratulations to the West Bengal workgroup for having their flagship article featured on the Main Page! The Indian states workgroup is also involved in maintaining articles about India's states and union territories. »

WikiProject Indian roads was recently started as a new workgroup, to standardize and improve articles related to Indian roads, mainly the National and State Highways. After all, India has the second largest road network in the world.

Iravan, the son of Arjuna, is now our 85th good article. How do we know this? Since last year, more processes have been automated, increasing productivity. Article alerts update the project with what's happening to India-related articles, from copyright violations to featured article candidates.

To do…
During the last few weeks, peer reviews for the recent general election and 2003 Afro-Asian Games (held in Hyderabad) were opened and are waiting for more comments, as are several articles at the peer review department. Sikkim has been nominated for FAR, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay has been nominated for FAC. »

Currently, 11,087 Indian articles need images. Please improve these pages, especially if you enjoy photography! We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

From the editors…
The last newsletter was written a year ago. In June 2008, Indian Premier League was "hot" on Wikipedia, but the article about this year's IPL has attracted 477 editors, or 53% more than the previous year! Even the number of articles in the scope of our project jumped by a whopping 18,500+ articles in an year. The 3.2-year-old India quiz continues to attract old and new Wikipedians, so join in the fun!

Wikipedians are organizing a meetup in Bangalore on July 4 or 5. If you are interested, head over to the page and add your name! Topics of discussion include Indian language editions of Wikipedia and Wikimedia India.

RegentsPark, one of the prominent members of our project, was promoted to adminship this year. If you'd like to know who are the most avid editors of Wikipedia by number of edits, refer to this list.

"While this issue has been resolved, one asks the question – what happens when there is a conflict of opinions? What about a Wikipedia entry on India and Pakistan, or the LTTE and the Tamils? Who can edit? Will the information be true?" writes B. Narasimhan of MiD DAY as deeper implications of the Scientology arbitration case,1 reminding us of the core principles of verifiability and the neutral point of view.

This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. This newsletter is automatically delivered by -- Tinu Cherian BOT - 11:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC) [reply]

WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 2 – July 2009

Project news
A number of India-related articles have lost their featured article status, including Sikkim and Mumbai. The article about Gandhi was also demoted for referencing and image quality issues. Since then, Mumbai has been brought back to good article status, thanks to the efforts of Kensplanet and others.

Transport in India was promoted to good article status, thanks to the efforts of Rsrikanth05, SBC-YPR and GDibyendu.

Several new workgroups have been formed: WikiProjects Railways in India, Education in India and Transport in India. Please join us if you're interested in those topics!

To do...
The articles that have been selected for our latest collaborations of the month are history of Mumbai, Indian Railways, rail transport in India, Indian general election, 2009 and telecommunications in India. We need your help to improve them!

These India-related articles are currently on featured article review: Kerala (FAR), Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (FAR) and rail transport in India (FAR). Would you allow these articles to lose their FA status?

Wikipedia Takes Chennai – a scavenger hunt and free-content photography contest – has started in Chennai, along the same lines as Wikipedia Takes The City.

We look forward to more contributions from you. To get started, go to the noticeboard. »

From the editors...
Wikipedians in Bangalore organised a meetup on 5 July 2009; thanks to Tinu Cherian for hosting the event! Arunram and Tinu Cherian wrote extensively about the meetup, which was also covered by Wikizine, Headlines India and The Wikipedia Signpost. Photos have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Sunil Abraham from the Centre for Internet and Society has offered to help host such events in the future. All in all, the meetup was a great success. Watch out for the next meetup! »

Nichalp, an Indian bureaucrat and major contributor to more than 23 India-related featured articles and lists, was desysopped over allegations of paid editing and using sock puppets. An RfC about paid editing was opened as a result of this incident.

A prolific editor and administrator, Bhadani is among the top ten Wikipedians by number of edits across the English Wikipedia. Congratulations to Bhadani for also making the most number of edits among Indian Wikipedians!

Are you subscribed to wikimediaindia-l to learn about the latest developments of forming the Indian chapter of Wikimedia? Did you know that there are IRC channels for Wikipedians interested in India like you? Check them out at #wikipedia-in connect and #wikimedia-in connect!

Wikipedia's India quiz remains a hotspot of the community by continuing to attract old and new Wikipedians. You are invited to join in and have fun!

This is your newsletter, and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome – so feel free to join in! Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. Delivered automatically by -- Tinu Cherian BOT - 15:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Archiving' at User talk:Jayjg

Was the manual 'archiving' at User talk:Jayjg legitimate? It has the effect of hiding the adverse Arbcom decision relevant to that editor. Note that the "Well-Wishes" section was not archived, and that the editor doing the 'archiving' had contributed to the "Well-Wishes" section. --John Nagle (talk) 02:24, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is no question of the "legality" of the edit. The user has seen the message and that is the point of it. Also, given the situation, it wasn't appropriate of you to edit Jayjg's page. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 14:03, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Motto of the Day

Hi there, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! Thought you might be interested in Motto of the Day, a collaborative (and totally voluntary) effort by a group of Wikipedians to create original, inspirational mottos. Have a good motto idea? Share it here, comment on some of the mottos there or just pass this message onto your friends.

MOTD Needs Your Help!

Delivered By –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request on Commons

Hi,

I left you a request on your Commons talk page. Regards, Bibi Saint-Pol (parler) 10:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh

I don't think I've seen your name since my RfB. How the devil are you? --Dweller (talk) 16:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have been good, are you on facebook or something? :) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 21:25, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

gadget activation on hindi wiki

hullo,

I'm a frequent user of hindi wikipedia . We would like to activate "hotcat" gadget, as well as, other gadgets available on commons on hindi wiki. Details of the gadget is available at HotCat,

gadgets list contains list of other gadgets too. It would be great if you can enable these gadgets on hindi wiki. It seems no gadget is active on hindi wiki as of now, as gadget option does not come in the user preferences tab.

-- sbharti (Talk) 16:20, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(i'm on hindi wiki at hi:सदस्य_वार्ता:Sbharti)

Thank you for the suggestion, I will connect you with some of the developers with Wikimedia. Please send me an email : anirudhsbh [at] gmail [dot] com.

Happy Birthday

Hey, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!-- Vatsan34 (talk) 14:43, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. :) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 17:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (File:Parikrama Logo.png)

⚠
⚠
 Thanks for uploading File:Parikrama Logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aspects (talk) 19:33, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notice. I have deleted the image. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:47, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Happy First Edit Day

HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY! from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive16 a very Happy First Edit Day!

Have a fantastic day!

From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee

Vatsan34 (talk) 16:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, Vatsan! — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:07, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Coaching: Reconfirmation

I was looking through the coaches at Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Status and saw that there are a lot under "reconfirmation".

Could you let me know if you are still interesting in being involved with Admin Coaching, or if you would prefer to have your name removed from the "reconfirmation" list. If you want to be involved, could you please move your entry from "Reconfirmation" to "Active" and indicate how many students you would be willing to have (obviously, if you are actively coaching at the moment, then please indicate this!)

If I do not hear from you within a week, I will assume that you would like to have your name removed from the list of coaches.

Regards,

Thanks for the message, Phantomsteve. I'm sorry but I will be unable to contribute to the Admin coaching project. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 07:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know, I'll remove the entry. Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hindi Wiki

Hello, I am just asking that can you translate the pages WP:WARN and WP:BS into Hindi wiki. I could also help but don't know how to type in Hindi and some incorrect spellings. --Extra999 (Contact me + contribs) 03:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]



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

Project News

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

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

What's New?
Current proposals and discussions
  • A discussion is underway here to reach a consensus regarding the use of Indian number names (lakh, crore etc.) in Wikipedia articles. Please participate and add your comments.
  • A discussion is in progress here in order to determine whether non-Western (including Indian) forms of classical music should be referred to by the nomenclature of art music instead of classical music. Please participate and add your comments.
  • Watchlist the Articles for Deletions page for India related discussions. Opinions from more Indian Wikipedians are required in many of the discussions.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Looking forward toward more contributions from you!
Complete To Do List
Signed...
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at WikiProject India Outreach Department

This newsletter is automatically delivered by -- Tinu Cherian BOT - 02:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2

As discussed in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1 in September,2010, Wikipedians in Mumbai & Suburbs will meet up at least once every month, a Meet up

Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2 has been organised on 10th Oct., 2010 to move the same further.

Would you be available to meet with us on Sun 10th Oct.?

Could u send me the contact list of attendees of Mumbai Meet up-1 so that the same could be conveyed to them? My Email Id : kundanamitabh [at] gmail [dot] com . Regards. Angpradesh (talk) 04:02, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sir, will do that ASAP. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FAR notice Ahmedabad

I have nominated Ahmedabad for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Cirt (talk) 04:53, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Thing RFA

I didn't know you were still active, welcome back Secret account 23:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've been doing anon edits for a while now. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:11, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

English WikiProject News

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

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


What's New?

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

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

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

In October there was a heated discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.

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 to List 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 in Coimbatore in June 2010.
Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Wikipedia CD of 500 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 the WikiBhasha 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 a presentation to members of the public at the third Wikipedia meetup in Mumbai on October 31, 2010.

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

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

Wikimedia Foundation board member Bishakha Datta and Indian Wikipedian Srinivas Gunta co-authored a panel presentation at Wikimania 2010 on the Wikimedia Asia Project.

Current proposals and discussions
  • This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Signed...

SBC-YPR, Sodabottle (Editors)

Tinucherian (Distributor)


This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010.

Looking forward to more contributions from you!
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