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John Small senior

Hi, Tintin. The issue about the start of first-class cricket is rumbling on and I might as well tell you that I have written to the ACS committee requesting that the matter is given priority at the next AGM. In particular, they must disassociate themselves from 1801 which is absurd: that's very POV, I know! ;-)

Anyway, Small's century is the second one definitely known of and the quality of the teams in that match were undeniably top-class at the time. The only known century before his was scored by John Minshull in 1769 in a match of very dubious quality. Consensus among people I've spoken or written to is that Minshull's century was made in a minor match.

I have not encountered one person who agrees that 1801 was the starting point of first-class cricket and I have not encountered anyone who thinks Small did not score a first-class century. The problem is that the ACS has left 1801 "up in the air" pending further research and so we do not have any clear definition of the timespan of first-class cricket. We have made some progress this year by getting the scorecards from 1744 to 1800 loaded onto CricketArchive where the games are classified as major or minor. All the Hambledon games are major but the Minshull game is minor. It is agreed amongst all the involved parties (i.e., there is a working group of six people who all make frequent historical and statistical contributions to the ACS) that any match currently categorised as major will go into the overall first-class record as soon as an accord can be reached with the ACS as a body. That is why I am rattling the committee's cage. We shall see how things progress.

If you are unhappy with the use of the term first-class cricket in connection with 18th Century cricket, I would suggest you change "first-class" to "major" or even "top-class" so that the terminology is vague without losing the impact. I would have no problem with that at all.

I have spoken to more than one person who agrees with my view that John Small was the greatest batsman of all time until WG came along. Someone (I forget who) published an alltime England XI and Small was in it (so was WG naturally): I would say he probably deserved to be. He really was the outstanding player of his time. --Jack 14:22, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

Would you like to become a wiki admin? =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:10, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, ...maybe oneday... =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mecca Masjid Article

Welcome to wikipedia. Please note that copying contents, as is, from external sites is not allowed. You can ofcourse rewrite the contents. The Mecca Masjid had to be tagged for copyright violation, but please do continue to contribute. Cheers, Tintin 03:39, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

        I have re-written the article in the Temp Page of Mecca Masjid...can u have a look at it?
        It was my mistake posting the copyrited content bfore...
        Dinesh Cyanam 00:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Diwali

Hmm....

You cannot use that either. It comes from http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/06-06b-04.asp and is copyrighted unless the site specifically says that it is in the public domain. The restriction for pictures is a very frustrating thing, but we have no choice here. Tintin 18:11, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 Yeah I guess ur right....but I wonder how other sites use the same pic...
 cos i got it frm cricinfo.com
 and as u know its impossible to get a picture which is not copyrited.....
 thanks for ur help.....
 Dinesh Cyanam 18:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can scanned images from the newspaper or a magazine be posted? Dinesh Cyanam 02:13, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where is wikipedia going?

I presume you mean by having a known list of trusted editors you don't have to worry about checking everything last thing on your cricket watch-list. That's true in the case of cricket, but what about general Wikipedia that isn't monitored by specific interest groups? -- Ian ≡ talk 12:48, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My quizzing feats

I appeared on Radio in early 1990s when in school (don't remember the exact year). I then appeared on CNBC's Complete Manager Contest 1999 in the regional finals. I was eliminated early (partly due to all those glaring lights and cameras pointed at me) representing my college. I try to participate on quizzes, though right now I'm less active there and it's been more than a year since I last participated in one. How about you? You like quizzes too? Idleguy 17:00, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Syed Mohammed Hadi

Vanakkam Tintin. Nalla yekkara? That's all the Tamil I know. Syed Mohammed Hadi is my great grandfather. My father's mother's dad. My father Syed Asad Akbar tended to him towards the end of his life when he was battling cancer and shared all his memories with him before he died. My father's mother Zainab Akbar née Hadi married her first cousin Masood Akbar who was Syed Mohammed Hadi's brother Syed Ali Akbar's son. I know the last names are different but in Shia Islamic culture, if you are "Syed" last names don't matter. BTW we are Abidi Syeds so technically our last name should have been XYZ Abidi (from the fourth Imam). I don't know how word of mouth references are verified. If you would like I can give you my dad's email address. Salmaakbar 9:08 AM, 2nd November 2005 (Houston)

Speedy Tintin!

Reverting vandalism in the same minute it was done is very cool! Stephen Turner 17:29, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from Pamri

Hi Tintin, Thanks for being the first to vote at my RFA. I am now a wikipedia administrator. I hope I can keep your trust. Thanks again. --Pamri ^{• Talk • Reply} 16:15, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

opri

you could be right, I changed the tag from speedy to cleanup, just to be sure. Thanks for pointing it out --Isolani 17:57, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Campbell

Your tag is fine. I wanted to make sure that anyone coming across it before it got deleted would get to the correct information. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm just going above and beyond. --WAvegetarian 18:48, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Quiz

It's all yours. Johnlp 09:19, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And again... Johnlp 14:35, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And again. Gimblett was right. And I'm much impressed by the speed of response! Johnlp 11:14, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Q42 is yours too. Stephen Turner 10:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Chetan Chauhan, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

West Indian cricketers' first names

Hello again, Tintin. I see you've edited a lot of West Indian cricketers' first names on List of Test cricketers. Maybe you're not aware that this list is generated automatically from List of West Indian Test cricketers. So you need to make the edits on the latter page (and also on List of West Indian ODI cricketers if applicable), otherwise they will get overwritten when List of Test cricketers is next regenerated.

Stephen Turner 09:58, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Sdsamant

Thanks for the heads-up. I gave him a block of 24 hours. If there is anymore troublesome activity tomorrow, I'll head toward an indefinite block. Ac e tic '^Acid 19:56, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gorakhpur

Regarding your query about Gorakhpur in Madhya Pradesh here is the answer: Gorakhpur is a township of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. burdak 10:06, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Bots

Thanks, Tintin, I wasn't aware of that. Stephen Turner 11:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

IIPM

What do you need me to do there? =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Hi Tintin1107,

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Regards, Joann e B 13:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

GraemeL's RFA

Hi Tintin1107,

I am now an administrator and would like to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was very surprised at the number of votes and amount of and kind comments that I gathered. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I mess up in the use of my new powers. --GraemeL ^(talk) 14:35, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Quiz again

... and again you are a winner. Well done. Johnlp 10:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tintin: It's your turn! -- Ian ≡ talk 18:05, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: linking years

No worries, Tintin. Most people do it! Stephen Turner 20:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your advice.

Thanks for your advice, I thought about it and I will contribute more and try harder and maybe try for admin in a while. Thanks again.

Brothers

Ah. Well, I suppose it's best to remove it - after all, it's not the obvious place to look when the record is eventually broken. 195.159.185.127 22:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Um, that was me. Sam Vimes 22:27, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hi

hey im new to all this and i really wanted to contact you on about Syed Nazir Ali's article and every thing about him. being his grandson that is.....

Replied at User talk:Syed Ahsan Ali Tintin (talk) 12:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]