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Hello Friends,

Welcome to my talk page.

I'd love to have your comments, responses and brickbats (if any). Earlier a newbie, now just a bull in a China shop, so am bound to trod on a few toes, but I'm ready to stand a drink in that case :). Am enjoying being a contributing and participating member of this global community.

My main field of work is on Indian butterflies, reptiles and military history.

Regards, AshLin (talk) 09:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Battle honour

Hi AshLin, I left a reply at that page. I don't think we are in disagreement over anything, and I hope I addressed your points. Thanks, 118.90.25.253 (talk) 07:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Engineer Images

Each of the 3 Engineer corps has atleast 4 Images now, AshLin Sir. (Haven't checked the article's text though)

Raj Kumar  Talk 

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Indian Corps of Engineers(ICE)

Sir, I came across this Flag of ICE and the associated Army source link seems to be dead. Just would like to know, would you be in position to confirm that this image is indeed associated with ICE. Thank you Sir!

Raj Kumar  Talk 

Maroon and blue in lieu of red and black. Generally otherwise okay but dimensions need to be checked. AshLin (talk) 04:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks sir! I shall try to find a better version of it. Vprajkumar (talk) 15:48, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

wing

schreiberi ?

Have never seen this butterfly but came across this wing on the forest floor. Shyamal (talk) 15:46, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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You'd know more than me =) I probably did it with Auto wiki Browser. Aaroncrick^{(Tassie talk)} 19:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Assaye

Hello, I have left a note on your talk page because I don't want to give you an impression that there are any issues with article ownership from myself. I have removed the sentence you added about a public monument being erected in Calcuatta as it is unreferenced and I am planning to take this article to GAC. I have searched for a reference regarding the monument but I can not find any evidence it was ever built (I have never been to Calcutta). Also may I ask your opinion on the neutrality of the article? With most of the references available to me written by British historians, I hope it is not slanted towards the East India Company or Wellesley (although I feel this was an important battle in Wellesley's career). Thanks. BarretBonden (talk) 20:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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Indian Army

Maybe you need to go through edits before tagging them as "unconstructive". --128.211.201.161 (talk) 05:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

To add, the list was removed because it is more relevant to the article on the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army rather than the main Indian Army article. The main article itself is too long and more sub-articles need to be created so as to shorten the main article's length. Thanks --128.211.201.161 (talk) 05:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I do get a bit suspicious of anon edits. I have looked over the wikis of other army pages and see what you mean. I misunderstood your intention and now agree with your point. AshLin (talk) 08:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Bengal Sappers

Hi AshLin. I have managed to locate something for you on your query about the Chindit BH. I have replied on my talkpage for continuity of the topic! Richard Harvey (talk) 01:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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WP:SPOKEN

Hi AshLin, and thanks for your message. I will complete a review within the next couple of days, and will post another message here when I have done so. Thanks for contributing; I hope you found the narrating and recording process enjoyable! Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 19:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi again; I have now completed the review (sorry it took a bit longer than expected; I had to go out last night at short notice). Please see here for the details. Thanks again for this one, and I hope it is the first of many; looking forward to hearing some military-related ones and maybe some others as well. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 00:06, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Spoken Wikipedia

Unfortunately, my only experience with Spoken Wikipedia has been occasionally seeing the associated icons in articles; I've never had any involvement with the production side of things. Kirill ^[pf] 02:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Error in template

Er, basically, what happened was that there was an error in the infobox that displays the file information for spoken recordings. Instead of showing the authors name, the field said {{author_name_link}}. This was due to a mistake in the template programming over at the Commons. You see, the value was author= {{author_name_link}}, but {{author_name_link}} doesn't exist on the Commons, it only applies on Wikipedia. I changed it to what it should have been, {{author_name}}, which is a function that takes the inputted name and makes it a link to the user page. {{author_name_link}} should have done the same think, but it was non-existent, and so really couldn't do anything.
Anyhow, I fixed it, but I couldn't tell until a few minutes later, because the servers had to change about one hundred different pages at once, and it took them a minute.
I hope that explained what I was talking about. (Though it's probably incoherent...) Sophus Bie ^(talk) 01:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'm glad my explication wasn't as incomprehensible as it seemed to me! :) Though I'm not quite sure what you mean by not being able to upload to the Commons directly; I was under the impression that the licensing they had problems with was fair use, not GFDL. Is it some requirement specific to the Spoken Wikipedia project that I missed? Sophus Bie ^(talk) 02:07, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Bird- spoken word

Hi AshLin, I would love to help you out with the 'spoken' stuff on WP:Bird but am currently scuttling back and forward between Australia and UK as my parents are not in good-health. I will look at the discussion on the plane to Seoul on Sunday, Cheers, Tom. Aviceda talk 18:07, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

spoken wiki

I must fetch the microphone from a friend (who records songs, so it's good quality). Maybe within two weeks I can record. The article I chose is currently undergoing a surprising FAC and I still have to find out how to pronounce some names. Wandalstouring (talk) 19:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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Re Merger of Persia 1856-1857 (Battle Honour)

Hello AshLin, i agree that this article should be merged into Anglo-Persian War, but how to go about it is difficult. The Battle Honour article has a great deal of information on it!It deals specifically with Indian military units and in great detail. I am willing to help in anyway i can. Tristan benedict (talk) 12:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Its been sometime since I had suggested the merger. At that time I was just beginning to add battle honour articles. I now think that both the articles should continue to exist but with general history and overview of military details in the {{Anglo-Persian War]] while the battle honour concentrates on what is relevant to it. AshLin (talk) 01:49, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Glad to hear that as it seemed like quite a big job. Lets get rid of that banner then. Tristan benedict (talk) 19:55, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

4 Gorkha Rifles

Hi, mate. I have made a comment about your changes to the 4th Gurkhas page. I do not agree with the number of 3 VCs for the 4th Gurkhas and I have provided why I feel this way on the talk page. Please take a look. I have not changed it back as I do not want to get into an edit war over this, however, I ask that you take a look at what I have said and make up your own mind. Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 00:48, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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Image tagging

Ive left a comment on my talk. Regards, Stevertigo 18:33, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Ornithology

This is a tough nut. The subject is large and its borders are as usual difficult to establish, its history is long and techniques used are numerous. Those were the key areas of the article but it is hard to get to GA unless all the literature is available. I have only a few bits and those are already added. Restructuring the article is too much of a hassle. Shyamal (talk) 01:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Philately Wikiproject

Welcome to the Philately WikiProject. Hopefully you have a good time, start many new articles and can contribute lots to the existing ones as we need that. If you have any questions please ask by leaving a message on my talk page. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 17:55, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

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Indian stamps

Do you mean Postage stamps and postal history of India? Surely you aren't going to list every stamp India has printed? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I see. I agree that the history articles to little to document the actual stampls themselves. I would not personally object to a detailed list of stamps by decade and each country. I have the 2004 Stanley Gibbons catalogue of Abu Dhabi - Zululand in four gigantic directories but the task for too daunting to take on. If you want to list all of the stamp issues for India, I support you providing you give references. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Wish you luck on that, some of the issues, particularly older one or historic ones marking major events like 1947 etc issues may even be notable for their own articles. But any step to improving our philatelic coverage on here is a good thing. Look forward to seeing the end result. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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What's going on in India?

We have a lengthy dispute here whether Alexander the Great did really enter India and did really win against Porus (Battle of the Hydaspes River. Unfortunately, we aren't that familiar with Indian historians and their opinions. Can you help us establish whether there are any relevant scientific opinions doubting this or whether it's about some nationalistic rambles? Feel free to invite other editors who might be able to help. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 06:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hi AshLin: I'm working on next month's issue of the WP:BIRDS newsletter, and I'm wondering if I could get you to put together a short piece on the spoken article stuff you're doing. Basically, it would be good to know what's needed, what's involved, and who people can contact if they'd like to get involved. Do you have time to write a paragraph or two about this? If so, please leave the info on the Tip line page; if not, can you please let me know ASAP so I can fill the gap with something else? Thanks! MeegsC | Talk 20:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

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Gurkha battle honours

Hi mate, I am working on creating a list of Gurkha battle honours similar to the List of Gurkha VCs.

I've got all the battle honours that have gone to the regiments prior to Indian independence, but not the Indian battle and theatre honours that were awarded to Indian Gurkha units afterwards. You wouldn't by any chance have this information, or a source that I could use? Also, do you know if there are any battle honours that were awarded to Gurkha regiments which are considered repugnant (I think that is the correct term) and if there are any, what is the best way for them to be discussed if I were to make such a list? AustralianRupert (talk) 01:23, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi mate, thanks for your comments on my talk page. I appreciate your opinion as I understand that the topic is a sensitive one in India. I am thinking that perhaps the best way to deal with this would be to create an article called List of British Battle Honours awarded to Gurkha Regiments or something similar. By definition this would then only discuss honours awarded prior to 1947. Would this be an appropriate way of treating the subject in your opinion? — AustralianRupert (talk) 10:33, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

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protected to do list

The list is protected as it is the list for the whole project, not just the individual articles. I'm guessing, anyway, I didn't protect it. But I guess the protection is to stop confusion when someone wants to add a to do list for an article and does one for the whole project. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:23, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

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GA Sweeps June update

Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 396 articles were swept in May! That more than doubles our most successful month of 163 swept articles in September 2007 (and the 2 articles swept in April)! I plan to be sending out updates at the beginning of each month detailing any changes, updates, or other news until Sweeps are completed. So if you get sick of me, keep reviewing articles so we can be done (and then maybe you'll just occasionally bump into me). We are currently over 60% done with Sweeps, with just over a 1,000 articles left to review. With over 40 members, that averages out to about 24 articles per person. If each member reviews an article a day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. I know that may be asking for a lot, but it would allow us to complete Sweeps and allow you to spend more time writing GAs, reviewing GANs, or focusing on other GARs (or whatever else it is you do to improve Wikipedia) as well as finish ahead of the two-year mark coming up in August. I recognize that this can be a difficult process at times and appreciate your tenacity in spending time in ensuring the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:53, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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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, 11,029 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! — [sd], Ganeshk and Tinu Cherian Project · Portal · Members · Noticeboard · Discussion+

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Log

Isn't a bot or something supposed to be logging things here? You created the page back in 2007 but nothing's happened. :) Rocket000 (talk) 05:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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GA Sweeps July update

Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 290 articles were swept in June! Last month was our second most successful month in reviewing articles (after May). We are currently over 70% done with Sweeps, with just under 800 articles left to review. With nearly 50 members, that averages out to about 15 articles per person. If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. This may sound difficult, but if everyone completes their reviews, Sweeps would be completed in less than two years when we first started (with only four members!). With the conclusion of Sweeps, each editor could spend more time writing GAs, reviewing at the backlogged GAN, or focusing on other GARs. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)

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Happy AshLin/Archive 5's Day!

User:AshLin/Archive 5 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as AshLin/Archive 5's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear AshLin/Archive 5! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

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

Project news File:India 1947 India Flag 3 and half annas.jpg 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! — Ncmvocalist, RegentsPark, [sd] and Tinu Cherian Project · Portal · Members · Noticeboard · Discussion+

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Settle dispute

Hey, There is an argument between a user and me concerning the use of this picture in Canna (plant). Please see the article and it's talk page and advice. Thanks --Muhammad(talk) 11:54, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost: 27 July 2009

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