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Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

Hi, you removed an image, can you link the policy that states one image given a fair use rational can not be used on another wiki article? And if at all this image has something like that? --lTopGunl (talk) 10:25, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition 2011

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
This user has been nominated by the community of Indian editors for recognition as a Noteworthy Wikimedian at WikiConference India 2011. AshLin (talk) 14:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, sir! utcursch | talk 04:46, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 November 2011

The Signpost: 05 December 2011

An Invite to join the WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools

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Hi, Utcursch/archive, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools. The WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools is an evolving and expanding WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to help the organisation of articles on English Wikipedia for the purpose of making offline compilations for schools, colleges and general community in India.

As you have shown an interest in article related to India we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to welcoming you to the project ! To join the project please click here

naveenpf (talk) 02:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

OWIS

Hi Utcursch, thanks for your edits. Truth be told, there is some confusion in the linking. The adding of content has not yet been completed. So dont be surprised to find the page content moved. :) The revised aim is to fix the scope for each subject in the OWIS-FULL and then contract the list to minimum possible for OWIS-500. (OWIS = Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools. AshLin (talk) 07:09, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Offline Wikipedia

Hi, the Offline Wikipedia project has been formally announced on Wikimedia-I list, wikipedia-in-eng list and on the India-noticboard which you may like to read. The first mission - selection of topics for six subjects has begun. Please consider joining one of the teams. AshLin (talk) 15:46, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for joining the Offline project!

Happy to be helped!
Thanks for pitching in at Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools! You are going to make a lot of children very happy :) AshLin (talk) 05:32, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
We would like to see you join a team! AshLin (talk) 05:32, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 December 2011

The Signpost: 19 December 2011

You have new messages!

Hello, Utcursch. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full/IT#Two_Important_Direction_Changes.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

AshLin (talk) 16:09, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I contribute this barnstar for your tireless work towards indo related articles on English Wikipedia  RahulMothiya (Talk) 11:45, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello Utcursch, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page — I'm happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.

Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...

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Utcursch, good luck, and have fun. -- RahulMothiya (Talk) 11:46, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 December 2011

Khalistan movement

Collapsed templates in Qawwali

Hi there!

For some reason, "Islamic Culture" is not showing in collapsed form. "Pakistani Music" and "Indian Music" are probably much more relevant. Right now they are being overshadowed by the uncollapsed "Islamic Culture". If it can't be made to collapse, perhaps they should all be uncollapsed?

Thanks! --Sarabseth (talk) 12:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Maybe it's best to just leave it as it is, under the circumstance.
Thanks! --Sarabseth (talk) 14:04, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You

The Teamwork Barnstar
for work beyond and above the call of duty on Sikh Extremism SH 11:24, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 January 2012

Possible sock of Mughal Lohar

Sir the IP address 182.182.0.181 seems to be sock of the banned user User:Mughal Lohar. There is some similarity in edits in the article Battle of Panipat (1761). He is deleting Ibrahim Khan Gardi again and again from the list of Maratha commanders.

Please have a check : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Panipat_(1761)&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamlesh-rattan (talk • contribs) 14:42, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Sir can u please semi-protect the article Third battle of Panipat to prevent sock edits by Mughal Lohar? Today u have reverted his edits, but tomorrow he will come again with some new IP. He has a long history of vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamlesh-rattan (talk • contribs) 06:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll do that if the vandalism persists. utcursch | talk 06:54, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 January 2012

Revival of COTM

Hi,

You may be aware that Collaboration of the Month has been revived by members of WP: India. For January 2012 there are 2 articles - Indian COTM - Premchand and Indian COTM for GA - Mahatma Gandhi. As a senior and respected editor you are requested to partake in this activity. Cheers, Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते 15:19, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2012

Ging gang goolie, scouting song with several possible myths

I notice that Utcursh did some excellent work on the Ging gang goolie wiki article. Now I would invite you to revisit this article and participate in the discussion.

We, my twin brother and me (born 1947), have during several years researched "Ging gang goolie" (and some various langugage and music versions), its origin, its possible meaning and its road to fame. The sources have been libraries and archives inside and outside Scandinavia as well as contacts with linguists and with the music industry. And of course the web. Our dedication has been boosted by a family tradition to sing “Ging gang goolie” (Scandinavian spelling, same melody) at family gatherings (started well before 1950 with our grandfather, 1882-1960), plain curiosity and a zeal for scientific research, in other words to find and evaluate relevant evidence.

We now want to share our humble findings of this research. We understand there are four main myths? regarding “Ging gang goolie” all over the web. Some have been discussed previously.

I. Robert Baden-Powell as originator: no evidence found (rather the opposite), highly improbable

II. The music used was written by Mozart, 1st symphony: no evidence found, influence possible

III. Exotic place as origin: many suggestions, none seem to be verified by evidence

IV. Meaning of the lyrics among others indecent/vulgar/obscene: many suggestions, none seem to be verified by evidence

Please ref Wikipedia Discussion on "Ging gang goolie" for a more detailed discussion

Talk:Ging_Gang_Goolie Brommabo (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

AMP v. Persons Unknown

I note you purged the history to get rid of the woman's name. There's now a redirect from the woman's name to the article which I guess ought to be deleted and salted. Regards, Bazj (talk) 15:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks like someone has already deleted it. utcursch | talk 04:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

You deserve a barnstar, and you just got one!

The Teamwork Barnstar
For your teamwork in developing Premchand, the Collaboration of the Month for January 2012 on Wikiproject India. AshLin (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. utcursch | talk 04:54, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Oops!

I guess my twinkle-CSD hit in the split second where you recreated the article before userfying, and identified you as the creator. Sorry. Bazj (talk) 10:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Happy editing! utcursch | talk 10:18, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Invitation !!

Mumbai Photowalk II

Greetings from the Mumbai Wiki Community,
We are organising a Photowalk for images/videos/audios related to Mumbai and Mumbaikars.

  • Recognition: Certificates will be awarded to prize winners. Best images will be featured in the respective article page on Wikipedia.
  • Upload: Files have to be uploaded to Wikimedia commons through the photowalk portal using a customised version of the commons upload wizard. Or if you choose to upload directly to commons, the category "WTM" has to be added to the files.
  • Venue: Oval Maidan (Forte,Mumbai)
  • Date  : 28 January 2012
  • Time : 8am till 2pm followed by upload of images
  • All files should be uploaders own work. Copyright expired and PD/CC images of others are not eligible.

We invite you all to participate in the event. Please spread the word among your friends and share our Facebook group: Share with Facebook
-- Nikita (talk)

The Signpost: 23 January 2012

Linking the Hindi and English Articles on Inditva

I am pleased to see your efforts in linking my Hindi and English Articles on Inditva. You have proved your proactive adminship. Thanks, Hindustanilanguage (talk) 10:38, 28 January 2012 (UTC).

The Signpost: 30 January 2012

Arindam Chaudhury

Copied from the original talk page to yours.

Please stop reverting the edits: (1) The source is not the unpublished book. The source is a published article, which qualifies as a reliable source as per Wikipedia's existing guidelines. Please stop making your own guidelines about what qualifies as a reliable source. (2) You're reverting the entire set of changes blindly -- not all of them are based on the article you're talking about. (3) Please read the Wikipedia policies on conflict of interest, if you've any connections with IIPM or Arindam Choudhuri. utcursch | talk 15:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

(1)The article that you say has not been written for the caravan, it has been written for unpublished book. This was not the case then the caravan would not have written "printed from the book" (2) Sorry for reverting all changes... (3) I saw on your page, your are a management schools student in Mumbai, therefore I think you have a confilcts of interests editing an article about another management schools professor . so please read the guidelines your selves and clarify on the articles talk page about the conflicts of interests you have.You are administrator OTRS user, I expected higher ethic and value from you. Suraj845 (talk) 05:06, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

No need to sling mud at someone who doesn't share your view. Do note that he's been an admin for close to 7 years, which proves that he's good at what he does here. If he has a Conflict of Interest, so do I, so do you, so does everyone. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
No point in discussing this, we all know who has a conflict of interest here. The Indian newspapers keep publishing PR material about their advertisers, but shy away from covering anything that's remotely controversial since they don't want to lose revenues. As long as that's the case, there's no point in trying to make this article neutral. That's why I removed that page from my watchlist. utcursch | talk 12:12, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 February 2012

The Signpost: 13 February 2012

Would You like to Help?

Hi, I am starting Wikipedia:WikiProject Ravidassia. I would like to get help from people who are interested. You may sign up for the project on the [[1]]. McKinseies (talk) 15:08, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Nominated for deletion (4th time)

I'm trying to get this article deleted, List of former atheists and agnostics, please consider entering the discussion! Ncboy2010 (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Utcursch,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and

Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's

Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we

teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community,

and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what

you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community

[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-

_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my

students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training,

motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one

of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of

communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)

  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will

never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.

  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an

interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.

  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics

review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have

been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak

with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I

will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your

name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be

more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 21:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2012

The Signpost: 27 February 2012

Editing of User:Krantmlverma

My dear Utcursch! Actually it was not my intention at all to blame anybody for confrontation whether he be you or any other. It was my finding based on the talks with three living persons at the time of my earlier research. They were: (1) - Manmathnath Gupta, (2)- Prem Krishna Khanna and (3) - Ram Krishna Khatri; who provided me rare photographs and other related informations. I can show them to anybody. If you are interested you may visit my residence any time and see them. I have already given very rare photographs and other facts in my book Swadhinta Sangram Ke Krantikari Sahitya Ka Itihas which was published in 2006 by my regular publisher. Even then if my fellow wikipedians do not want I am the least interested to place them before the wikipedia viewers. Hope you would not mind it and excuse me for anything that might have hurt your sentiments anyway. Yours very truely,Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma (talk•Email) Krantmlverma (talk) 16:05, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Regional Science Centre, Bhopal

Dear Utcursch,
I appreciate your effort for the above mentioned article. But I thing the 'Regional Science Centre, Bhopal' should go to an another page as 'Birla Industrial & Technological Museum', 'National Science Centre' so on. As you created the article under the 'National Council of Science Museums' that does not reflect the totality of the museums chain and it is highlighted rather than the main article, better to shift it to a new page, obviously with a wiki-link.
Thanks. -- Biswarup Ganguly (talk) 16:06, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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