User talk:AshLin/Archive 8

Credo accounts

As a great contributor to Lepidoptera articles, I would like to point out this to you: Wikipedia:Credo accounts. Might be you already have access or have already signed up, but if not, you really should! Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 17:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Prose

I'm glad to see you helping out. We seem to be finished for what seems to be the first half, however I don't understand what the reviewer means by his last comment, "what I want you to do is to read this out aloud, a sentence at a time and see where the prose can be rendered more literately," do you? Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 12:44, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes,I do. He means a general copy edit for rolling/rhythmic feel to the language. I can help you with that. I'm also thinking we need to get rid of the external linkspam about butterflies/moths of each country, don't you think. There are issues. I'd much rather remove them all and reintroduce any selectively after consideration. AshLin (talk) 12:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

hi

hi AshLin, male or female? however nice to meet you, I need help. You posted a message for welcoming me on wikipedia and now I need help from you on a dispute. By the way I thank you now for your welcoming message. Please read Template_talk:Infobox_music_festival, I try to add color on This template for better identification, but someone is strongly opposed and revert systematically. Can you help me? Say me if I am wrong as I don't want to start a war on colors Wikipedia:Don't_edit_war_over_the_colour_of_templates even if this articles is more about changing a color for another. Actually template Music festival has no color for identification, I would be sad if it stays like this cause color is smarter. Will you help me considering you are more experimented on Wikipedia. Please leave a post on my page. If you don't have the time I understand. Dominiquewikki (talk) 17:37, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

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Is malaysia a neighbour

I noticed that perlis ditrict of malaysia is pretty near to andaman and nicobar islands of india. can u refer me a user who knows about this type of topics and can tell me whether india shares a maritime boundry with malaysia. Vibhijain 07:15, 29 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs)

Belated congrats :)

I have been busy lately and have now noticed that External morphology of Lepidoptera has finally reached GA status! Congratulations on all the hard work and effort you put into the article. Cheers, Megan|^talk_contribs 21:00, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words :). Megan|^talk_contribs 19:35, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

version numbers for article selection for Wikipedia for Schools

Hi Ashlin, I found a help article on version number that User:BozMo had talked about on his talk page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007_September_22#article_version_number

To just note the latest revision of the page (we'll be needing that only in max articles), we only need to copy the Permalink, it's available under Toolbox on the left pane. For instance, Maharashtra's permalink right now is this.

So, wondering if we should add the permalinks next to the topics on the User:AshLin/Work_list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikhilsheth (talk • contribs) 12:31, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

As promised - life on the rocks

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I am currently thwacking my head for not having taken photos of de:Oliver Goetzl and de:Ivo Nörenberg who were next to us filming the bears for all of the three hour watch. Shyamal (talk) 14:14, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Dear Ashlin,

I continue to look to you for suggestions and guidance.

Many thanks for your assistance

Warm Regards

Lupus singularis (talk) 11:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar. I hope to work with you in the future, or maybe you would like to work on every collaboration, *wink* :D Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 04:23, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

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Distrubution of CDs to Indian school children

A question about the Wikipedia for schools - India version conversation we had - does the version include talk pages or is it just the articles? Zuggernaut (talk) 04:55, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Re:Books

I have the one you sent, actually, the ones I need are the other two that you mentioned. It would help a lot if you sent those, thanks. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 02:08, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Animal behavior

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Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		for your great work guiding this weekend! Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 22:13, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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Pune District

Ashwin,

The Bhigwan section of the Pune District article is in a mess. Relates mostly to birds. Thought you might want to have a look. SoFullofHell 08:06, 24 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbohra (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your edit. Point noted. Sbohra 12:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbohra (talk • contribs)

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Tetrastichus planipennisi

Hello! Your submission of Tetrastichus planipennisi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --Doug Coldwell ^talk 22:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

You are good to go now. Everything else checks alright. Nice picture. Interesting article! I like to make an article at least 2000 - 3000 characters for my own personal goal. Then IF there are any disputes on any wording and something has to be taken out, I am STILL good. Thanks for notifying me that you worked additional on the article.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 11:17, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

P.S. Did a minor fix to your hook line. Changed "alongwith" to "along with". My dictionary does NOT show such a word.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 11:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Observation

On your jscript called "Page size", I am thinking it is giving you a number too high - which may give you false hopes. This character count tool shows text prose of 2574 and my wordprocessor MS Word gives me 2166 as a character count (392 words). I think the real number is something between 2166 and 2574, NOT anywhere close to 3541 as that may be counting the characters in the reference section (which is NOT prose). I have always used MS Word for my character count and so far nobody has disputed that I have enough characters for an article (which is 1500 minimum) - and I am right at 199 DYKs. I would use the tool above (which may be a little conservative compared to your jscript) and then you won't have any disputes IF you have enough for an article. Shoot for a personal goal of 2000, then IF something has to be removed you will STILL be good. Remember always to have plenty of references and that also will prevent disputes.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:09, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Had to be away due to poor health for some months.

And Thanks for the Mil Hist Barnstar!

Vprajkumar (talk) 01:43, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Re:Some guidance

Just a quick note to say, don't worry about DYK hooks drifting into the "old" section whilst unreviewed. While the system has been enormously better since they flipped the page (new hooks used to be at the top), some reviewers still tend to go to the bottom of the page and find the easiest hooks first. Some people get a little scared about genome articles (I still don't review them at GA as I'm worried I'll miss something!), but in the absolute worst case scenario with no one reviewing a hook, an admin will come along and do it once it starts being there for a silly amount of time. Miyagawa (talk) 09:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

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13th Meetup of Wikipedians

T-Shirt? I have not received the T-Shirt. My size is Large. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prabodh1987 (talk • contribs) 06:46, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok! thanks! User:Prabodh1987 08:55, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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IceMole

In prep, congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Campus Program: Attendance

Thanks a lot for the reminder. I would have loved to come to this discussion. In fact I would have loved to help with the organisation of the event if it was required. I have tweeted about it and spoken to couple of people who might be interested. But unfortunately I am in Europe at the moment. As for the T-Shirt, I will try to see if a friend can pick it up for me, if you dont mind :) Is there any chance the event will be tweeted? I will follow that hastag #WPMPN13 then.

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Wikipedia Meetup.

Hello, My friend, Mr Balaji Iyer is interested in attending the the meetup on 14th May. He will also be able to collect the tshirt :) Hopefully he will become a new active member of the wikipedia community :)

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DYK for IceMole

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Reporting

How to report some IP address . A IP is repeatedly posting advertisements across a number of wikipedia articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/114.143.24.231 What should I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GreenEdu (talk • contribs) 11:59, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

• • Undid those of his edits pending.Gave warning messsage on ip talk page. --AshLin (talk) 10:36, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Vote on article name

Hello. You are invited to take part in a 'Gordion knot vote' with three options on the future title of List of Indian inventions and discoveries. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 09:56, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Pune 13

Hello, I hope the event went on succesfully. Is there a blogpost or pictures of the event that I can see somewhere? and Thank You for the Tshirt!

GreenEdu (talk) 13:21, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Need comments on this RFC - [| discussion]

Hi, Requesting your views and comments. One should also go through ['no consensus' discussion]. ..असक्तः सततं कार्य कर्म समाचर | असक्तः हि आचरन् कर्म.. Humour Thisthat2011 17:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

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Uploads

Hey AshLin, I tried uploading a few photos following your example and unfortunately got busted. Are there any precedents I can point this admin toward, or should I just accept these images as gone? I did start a discussion at the Village Pump per his suggestion, but only one taker so far. Thanks, and enjoy the day! Khazar (talk) 03:44, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

No problem, I think I've figured out an alternative tag. Believe me, it's a mystery to me as well. =) I appreciate the help! Khazar (talk) 02:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Titanomyrma

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Unfinished Business

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Bat

Of interest - bat in military uniform! Shyamal (talk) 15:37, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

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Hello

Hello Sir. Please keep informing me about the meetups. I would be gald to attend them. Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 15:55, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

German involvement in the Spanish Civil War

Thank you for the review, and for the barnstar, and for the article. As much as I'd like to work on the General Franco page, there isn't the time for everything – as the saying goes, Wikipedia is a work in progress, and basically everything could be improved. I hope to do so at some point, though. Depends on real life. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 10:41, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Query

Hi Ashlin,

Thanks for the welcome message you left on my talk page.

I have a query. I have identified a couple of issues with the article on the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai. I have voiced them on the talk page under the title "Tone of the article, Unverified claims". Can you suggest an appropriate noticeboard where I can post about it so that some attention is drawn to it? Thanks. Rohini (talk) 20:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC) Thanks for your help! Rohini (talk) 06:16, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Screaming Hairy Armadillo

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Ladakh and Bird Spoken Articles

Hi, just wondering if you are still working on the Spoken Article versions of Ladakh and Bird. If not, I will be removing the articles from the list in 7 days. Thanks! Cognate247 (talk) 04:20, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Comma

Thanks for the advice. Odd that fauna should be by common name, but flora by scientific. RegardsPtelea (talk) 09:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat

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Category talk:Politicians arrested and charges with corruption

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DYK for Manipur Bush Rat

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Thanks Ashlin, I was struggling with uploading my image :)

ram 14:56, 5 June 2011 (UTC)ram — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramshankaryadav (talk • contribs)

IP editing Indian army

You guys need to have given this guy a warning or two. I've now given him one, but he's clearly made about 6-7 reverts on different IP's without getting a single warning. TW makes it easy :). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 17:31, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I don't have Twinkle at the moment. AshLin (talk) 17:39, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Well it is generally useful for stuff like this. You can always copy-paste them from WP:UTM if you aren't using Twinkle. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:37, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for this great resource. Also, I have now activated Twinkle. AshLin (talk) 23:00, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hello Ashwin I am Vivek Shelar

Hi, This was just to give you my Wiki ID.

Have a great day ahead.!

Thank you!

Regards, Vivek Shelar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shelarvivek (talk • contribs) 04:27, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi....

Hello Sir,

I was thinking we could put up a blog for WikiPuneri and our Wikipedia meetups, so that people can visit it and get news and updates for the next meetups Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 06:53, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

wikicampus ambassadors

Hi,

I was wondering whether I could be of any help in the wiki campus ambassador thing from here?(Europe). I should become relatively free in a few days. Let me know! GreenEdu (talk) 21:24, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Can't think of anything at the moment. But will definitely let you know. When do you get back? AshLin (talk) 03:12, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I dont get back soon :( Only next year! Also if there is anything I can help in wikiconference also, I woould like to. For example online publicity.

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Help needed !!!!

Hi Ashwin Sir,

I want to start editing Wikipedia but have no idea where to start, it would be of great help if you could suggest me some topics so that i can atleast start with something.

Regards Wå§ïm Mðgål 18:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wasimmogal2007 (talk • contribs)

Hi

Hi sir, Thanks for the response but to be frank the problem with biology is that I cant start fresh with biology now, but instead my mind is trained for civil engineering n computer hardware and networking. I would love to edit or write an article on any of the above.

Thanks Wå§ïm Mðgål 15:49, 12 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wasimmogal2007 (talk • contribs)

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Thank You

Thank you so much for your warm welcome. I am here to stay on Wiki and will surely ask for your kind help whenever the need arises. Once again, Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supriya Srivatsa (talk • contribs) 19:12, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

hey

thanks for your information about editing. and my editing work on gurkha. But i thought it would be appropriate to add the quotation where ever there is a article on Gurkha. since every one needs to know who Gurkhas really are.

And i also need some help from you. About the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhetri

if you have any information about the contents of that page.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sohanmax02 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 18 June 2011 (UTC) 

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DYK nomination of Structures built by animals

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Re: Narendra Dhar Jayal

Hi, I was just converting this list into a category (it included "Nandu Jayal, Mountaineer"). Please feel free to make any corrections. utcursch | talk 17:51, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Structures built by animals

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Tipu's Tiger

I'll leave this for now, after 2 ecs . Please let me know when you are done. Johnbod (talk) 10:29, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for your edits here - it's now a DYK nom, under today's date. The article was expanded as part of the [1] event, in which versions in Hindi and Tamil were started. Any chance of a version in Marathi, or another language? Johnbod (talk) 21:32, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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I'm curious to do the work assigned of the mailing list. I have also created a blog (under construction) adressed - http://www.wikipuneri.weebly.com/. Hope you like the idea.

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Orange Phelps

First, Google Books is not a source, it is a search engine and repository for existing printed sources. Those sources exist in the real world, and any link to Google Books is a convenience link (one might even say commercial which is why I sometimes leave them out in an instance here where the reason the publisher puts it with Google Books is to drive sales). Secondly, please review what you did very, very carefully. The citation (the Arcadia Publishing book) you added already exists not only in that article, but at the end of the same sentence (the very first footnote in fact). It is the same book, just no link and some minor unimportant citation style issues. Had you just added the URL to the existing link I would have cared less, but we don't add the same source over and over. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:57, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Newsletter Feature for WikiPuneri Blog

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Kedar range

Hi there, You probably just forgot, but could you replace the current "Himalayas" image in India with the Kedar range image? I could do it myself, but I figured that since it is your find, you should do the honors. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:28, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

I love Tipu's tiger. Very cool! I visited V&A in 2005, but that was before I had developed an interest in Mysore, so I either missed it completely or saw it but forgot. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:56, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Will implement your suggestions. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:18, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar, its my pleasure to work on obscure taxa people haven't heard of before! :-D --Kevmin § 00:36, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Somali bushbaby

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 21:11, 25 July 2011 (UTC) 21:58, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tipu's Tiger

Another contribution to the DYK project, thanks Victuallers (talk) 22:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit glitch?

Hi, I just reverted a major edit of yours on Tipu's Tiger here. It appeared to be a glitch of some sort. Cheers Fæ (talk) 06:03, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks Ashlin, my plan is too get 1000 people for WP:INEI and another 1000 people for WP:INTI ( WP:INR and WP:INRI ) .... :) --naveenpf (talk) 01:24, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Prehistoric Lepidoptera

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Thanks for correcting. I clicked on "vandalism" by mistake on Seva Panda's Page. AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 03:42, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. Will be more careful from next time. Mahitgar is always helpful and he is supporting us (Ambassadors) from initial phase. Thanks for correction. and Hope to see you on 13th August Community Meet-up.:-) AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 03:51, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Someone has removed all college logos from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Courses , What should be ideal condition to upload logos to Education Program Page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AbhiSuryawanshi (talk • contribs) 03:59, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I do remember. Thanks for highlight on issue. And finally, I am learning how and where to use Wikipedia Logos with proper permission, with help of trademark policies http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 04:15, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Lists of Educational institutions in states and union territories of India

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DYK for Biological screw joint

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:02, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Tipu's Tiger/GA1

Review has begun.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:03, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

ANI comment - Yogesh Khandke matter

The ANI thread got archived before I could respond. You can call my "judgement" questionable if you like but my opinion is formed after seeing him behave in a mature and patient manner over the last one year even while many insults and even racist comments have been hurled at him and me (check out the talk pages of the British Empire). I am not in the business of furthering or advancing any POV but I'm glad that you recognize that others are doing so. Recognizing the problem is a good starting point for fixing some of the pathetic and lopsided India articles. If you go through my edit history, you will find that your 5 pillars comment is without any foundation. Zuggernaut (talk) 14:00, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

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hi!!!i am vaibhav dandekar and i am in ur group vaibhavd 12:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaibhav1992 (talk • contribs)

hi

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hi, i am vaibhav...i am in ur group...Vaibhav dandekar 12:55, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

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The Championships, Wimbledon

Reverting an entire gallery in The Championships, Wimbledon appears to be extreme. Agreed that the images may not be of the highest quality but at least some images are of encyclopaedic value, for example, the Royal Box and the longest match record plate would provide greater context to article text about the Royal family and the match statistics. As such it may have been better if some of these were moved elsewhere in the article rather the complete gallery simply being reverted. Wimbledon neither has GA/FA status so imho a more lenient policy is warranted. Do you have an objection to re-introducing some of those images in a more specific context than a gallery? AshLin (talk) 04:07, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

No objection at all. I should have added that to the original edit comment. Regards Chienlit (talk) 07:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, AshLin (talk) 09:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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Requesting help with resolving dispute on Jan Lokpal Bill. The debate can be found here: Talk:Jan_Lokpal_Bill#Complete_differences_section_debate and Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Source_on_Jan_Lokpal_Bill

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Thanks! Veryhuman (talk) 16:27, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Barnstar!

My first one! Veryhuman (talk) 18:56, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Issue with three images at Madras_Engineer_Group#Gallery

Hi there. I came across the three images of the medals at Madras_Engineer_Group#Gallery. I talked to an OTRS agent, and he can't find the email granting permission for those works. If you could resend the email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org that would be swell. Thank you, Sven Manguard Wha? 08:45, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the support. abhijit 09:07, 19 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijit13 (talk • contribs)

Re: Vikram DYK

I have corrected a few issues that you sorted out and modified the hook. Please check the article and let me know if it has further issues. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 14:35, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

I have placed the ref under "outcome". Please have a look at the nomination page. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 04:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I cant find any reliable sources for that. But it's true that he was nominated for the award. Filmfare Awards South have been listing out the nominees only from 2007 and in the past they did it only once in 2003. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 04:19, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I could not find any source whatsoever except the youtube, which is again not relaible. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 08:25, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Ibn Thabit

Thanks for your patience and further attention to the article. It is now approved. Cbl62 (talk) 22:04, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Ibn Thabit (Libyan musician)

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Category

Those are now in a new category Category:Military operations involving India which is a sub category of military history of India. However if you disagree please feel free to undo. Thanks Shyamsunder (talk) 20:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Ibn Thabit (Libyan musician)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Laurence Alma-Tadema

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I have submitted for the Conference Lecture i am about to deliver - Link

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Repost on Wikipedia offer to colloborate

AshLin - I posted this on the talk page of your submission but I'm not sure if you check that space - if you are open to the idea and don't have objections, I would like to collaborate with you on the presentation. Zuggernaut (talk) 02:08, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Wishing you a speedy recovery

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can i use your photos on wikipedia..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.20.242 (talk) 15:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar, mate! I appreciate that. Noym (talk) 10:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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I've had a hearty breakfast!

Hi AshLin,

Thank you so much for the constructive criticism! I have made a note on how I should reference in the future. Thank you for the advice.. I'm still learning all these new Wiki terms like MOS, lede, piping etc etc and it's all very interesting and exciting! :-) You're absolutely right, I need to verse myself well with all of them. I checked up on what a WikiOgre means.. It was really nice to know :-) Thank you once again and regards,

Abhilasha369 (talk) 02:15, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you.Desertcharioteer (talk) 01:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

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Hi AshLin... I do need your help with my topic.... which is, machine design in gaming engines. can you please help me out? Ankurjay007 (talk) 15:53, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

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Images at India#Environment

Hi, AshLin. I came across your name in a thread that was pointed out to me by Fowler, and was wondering if you could raise similar ideas at Talk:India about what images would best represent the full range of Indian wildlife (insects, plants, other unrepresented things, forests, other landscapes, whatever) and habitats with ultra-high resolution and high enc value. Images can be rotated there at your discretion. Asking because nature is not my area of expertise, but seems to be yours. Feel free to ping other similarly knowledgable folks also. Regards. Saravask 04:52, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, AshLin. I'll give him a ping. But I still believe you are more qualified than I to pick representative images, in case he chooses not to chime in. Take care. Saravask 05:01, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello, AshLin. You have new messages at ImperiumCaelestis's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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Weigh in?

Would you like to weigh in at the discussion in Talk:India on some 40 odd images? I know that's a lot, but a simple Yes/No would be adequate. Of course, if you choose to comment at more length, it would be even better. The India page is now the second most-viewed country page (after the US) and the 15th page overall, so having a set of high quality representative pictures becomes even more imperative. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:51, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project

Hello,

My name is Victor Grigas, and I'm a storyteller at the Wikimedia foundation. We're telling stories of Wikipedia users, editors, donors, programmers and staff to paint a picture of who uses Wikipedia - for the 2011 fundraiser.

I am in the process of planning a trip to India to gather stories from Indian Wikipedians in face-to-face interviews (possibly on video).

My primary goal is to conduct 15-20 interviews, and hopefully enough of my interviews will make compelling stories that will effectively solicit donations from the public. These stories may also be used for other communication purposes by the foundation.

I found your userpage on a list of prolific Wikipedians and thought I’d reach out to you. Prolific editing is always a good story to tell!

If you are interested in participating, please contact me via my email:

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Thank you for your time!

Victor

About me: I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2005, and have a background in film, video and audio. My userpage can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

Replied by email. AshLin (talk) 16:54, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

POV on india related military pages

there has been several instances of wp:POV, reference removal, wp:OR, section blanking etc on Indian articles. on articles like Indo-Pakistani wars and conflictsOperation Python, INS Khukri (1958), Sinking of PNS Ghazi, Operation Brasstacks, Operation Dwarka and others by lTopGunl (talk) also known as Hassanhn5(talk). I have also left a similar [message] on wp:IN The user lTopGunl uses Pakdef.info [which is a non reliable source] and based on this he is inserting multiple POV in his edits on Indo-Pak Related article and he even claims the correctness of them based on his citations from pakdef.info . Please have a check on these articles. --dBigXray (talk) 00:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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More images in Demographics

Per your comment, I've added 24 new images to the Demographics set, making a complete set of 36 representing every state and religion in India, with the exception of native Andaman Island(er)s and Indian Jews, both, sadly, dying communities. If you'd like to change your vote, in light of the new images, please do; otherwise, your old choices will remain as is. The new images are not FPs, since the first set of 12 had exhausted all the India FPs; however, they are still good hi-res images. I had to go through some 10 thousand images to find them. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 03:41, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for the tremendous effort involved. I will surely select amongst them and give my opinion. Due to certain responsibilities for WikiConference India, I will only be able to do so by the weekend. Hope that you make it for this event and that we can meet over there. AshLin (talk) 03:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

I wish I could. Unfortunately, I'm at the other end of the world and November is in the middle of my academic term and its responsibilities, but I'll look forward eagerly to reading about the conference. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:03, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

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India Image Vote

Hi,

Thank you for voting in the India Demographics Image Vote. I have counted the results of the vote and displayed them here. The top 8 images with the most votes were displayed.

Unfortunately, User:Fowler&fowler believes that he should be the one that gets to pick the final images, despite the fact that all of us have voted. He has called me disruptive, and when I tried to explain myself, he has reverted my explanation on the talk page twice!!! How can a user just delete someone else's comments on the Talk page?

Wikipedia consensus says that the images that most people have agreed upon should be the ones in the rotation. One user can't just pick his own images when all of us have voted.

Please post your opinion here. Thanks. Nikkul (talk) 02:35, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

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Addition of Honours and Awards

Hi, you've added honours & awards in Indian section of all the Indo-Pakistani wars, but the list seems to be of long not so notable ones. Also note that the awards actually mention the personnel being awarded with the title of the national award. I'm not reverting any of your edits related to that, instead I'll advise you to make sure yourself whether they conform with wiki's notability policy and trend of the war articles. The current lists, the way you've added them seem to overly dominate the article being not with any significant citation and not mentioning the awarded personnel/units etc. This will result in objections from editors and might bring you in line with POV allegations. --lTopGunl (talk) 18:04, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

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The page "Gopal Kundu Controvesy" of article "Scientific plagiarism in India" contains invalid information about him and the controversy, He is a former scientist who has registered patents and works at National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India. The page also refers to unofficial invalid sources. I request you to check official website of NCCS,Pune,India which is a Indian government body. the URL is www.nccs.res.in/gck.html. Please consider this request because it affects his reputation.

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The welcome message, though a bit overwhelming, was quite comprehensive. I did skip a few sections like how to create my own article since it may be better to whet myself by editing first and be comfortable with the style and content.

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A Pune born Royal Engineer

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Youngest Participants in WCI 2011

Dear Ashwin here are photos you asked me to upload in commons.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wikipedia_Offline

Hi AshLin,

How are you? :-)

Thanks for the feedback.

1. As the the general outline is directly adapted from the Malayalam Wikipedia CD, some of these topics may be highly Kerala-Centric and may not be significant at all from a national perspective. I am aware that curtailing of items in the list is not encouraged at a broad level. The few topics that may not be added are also probably subject to a lot of conflicting arguments. IMHO, it will be much helpful and prosperous if we try to avoid topics that may invite unnecessary controversies, (at least in our first vesrsion).

However, your points are respectfully and seriously noted.

2. As for the structure and red links: The red links are introduced not necessarily to prompt creation of new articles. It is only an intermediate way of introducing articles of interest into our broad consideration. We may substitute those red links with appropriate articles or completely eliminate them in case such articles do not readily exist.

3. Some of the topics may be cross-linked into other headings. We can scrutinize this as we develop the hierarchy gradually.

Thanks again, Viswam ( ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 17:22, 5 December 2011 (UTC) )

Thanks. Actually, I too was waiting for a proper and disciplined structure to form. In the meanwhile, Shiju just propmped me ;).

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WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools

Hi, I have just signed up on Team : Biology. Am I to create the list of relevant topics (by removing/adding content) on this page itself? Is it necessary that the topics should be listed in alphabetical order? Netha Hussain (talk) 17:29, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Netha, yes. You can add/remove topics on this page. However to keep track of what is added or removed, I recommend having two parts for each section named "articles to be removed" and "articles to be added". Articles that you feel are unimportant may be moved to the "articles to be removed" subsection while those you have identified as important are required to be added into the subsection named "articles to be added. etc. No, answering your second query, articles dont necessarily need to be in alphabetical order as long as they are there on the page. AshLin (talk) 18:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the Offline work!

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Thanks for the sentiment Jessie, that is a nice template to use! p.s. I'm borrowing your great idea! AshLin (talk) 05:15, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Good! WkiLove is awesome! And you chose a much nicer of a picture for your posts :) Jwild (talk) 02:32, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

I am with you!

Sure, I will be joining the team as well as the mailing list. Thanks for the message! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 20:48, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism vs Wrong Picks

Apologies, I assumed that that particular article I removed was vandalism of some sort. Am typing out a 'removal request' of sorts in another tab right now. Yuvi (talk) 21:37, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Made a small list of 'to-delete' to begin with. Am leaving the one I already deleted off. Yuvi (talk) 21:43, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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Symbiosis School of Economics

Hey AshLin,

I'd generally leave a talkback template so that the conversation is in one place. But I thought its best I came here and talked to you. Firstly I think we got off on the wrong foot on the mailing lists. Secondly, thank you for going through my article. Though the start assessment isn't very cheerful, but I'd really love ur help with this article. Believe me I'm very perplexed with this article. I really want this to go for Good Article one day. Though I have not at all finished editing but I am having a huge issue looking for external sources since its a fairly new college. I'm modelling it after Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. I am nowhere close to finishing, but you mentioned its un-encyclopaedic. Could you please explain that to me in detail? Or maybe in person as I will be going to the IT expo on Saturday? I really want to create a nice article and I hope you can take out some time to help me with this.

Regards, --Debastein (talk) 18:09, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

I just love to read the passion about your college in your words. But I will say, let the College grow. A new College article by default will be not more than a start class at first. Dont you agree? It will develop as we go on developing the article. As the College gets stature, your article will get thick with facts and large. Some of the facets are difficult to develop for an article on a new College. Once we are done, we check the B-list criteria and confirm. It will be B-class at that stage. Only after that do we develop it further and go to GA. FA is out of the question for short articles. So dont put too high a goal for yourself. What your immediate goal should be is to develop a very nice readable short article about your College, full of referenced facts and one in which anyone else will find it very hard to improve.

Why unencyclopedic? Because perhaps to overcome this problem of lack of facts/sources, it may have seemed reasonable to spread the facts on a large area and include more details abut the running. But, in its present condition it reads more like a prospectus. Whereas in an encyclopedic article, the issues are dealt concisely with relevance from encyclopedic point of view. See the college fests for example - I reduced it and it reads much more encyclopedic now. I'm sure over time as more events take place, it will become better especially as sources get generated over time.

There is still lots of scope for improvement. We need to do a number of things. There are MOS issues, article section development, image addition, scouring of sources. A good way to start is to take all MOS criteria of GAN and FAC and try to meet their requirements one by one.

I usually improve try to improve the refs first as they grow rapidly out of control later. Some improvement points -

• I find that the refs are too skimpy. I invariably try to provide some details and use the following limited format as my starting point for refs:
  • <ref name="">{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=16 December2011}}</ref>
  • <ref name="">{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=16 December2011}}</ref>
  • <ref name="">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |year= |title= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |url= |doi= |accessdate=16 December2011 }}</ref>
  • <ref name="">{{cite news |title= |author= |url= |newspaper= |date= |accessdate=16 December2011}}</ref>
  • You cant change the name of source to suit your ends. For example, see "Inauguration".
  • Accessdate helps give an idea of how long ago the url was added and it can be checked for existence.
• We will be expected to follow all the directions of WikiProject Universities. I know that I would as a GA reviewer I expect relevant WikiProject guidelines to be followed. So we need to try to bring the structure to become closer to that recommended.

I recommend - reference improvement first, followed by article structure change, little by little and then check the B class list criteria one your sections are written. Completeness of content is an important criteria to achieve before B class. Incomplete articles can go only make it upto C class. Technically speaking I could assess your article as C right now but what difference does it make.

There's lots to do. Have fun! Get back to me with any specific queries.

AshLin (talk) 02:25, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Ok so, as per the mailing lists, I didn't mean between you and myself but a general non-constructive flow. I am happy that there is no bad blood between us. Thank you for the lovely advice. I shall work with you closely on this. I see you have already made the references much better, so I will work on the other aspects that you pointed out to me. When I add more references, I'll make sure I take your advice. As per the MOS issues, even I agree with you, the major reason which you have understood, new college, hence less content, so I focused to write more detail about the fests. Your point is completely valid in that it makes it un-encyclopaedic. Even naveenpf (talk · contribs) mentioned this to me over a gmail chat that it lacks informative content based on the college and focuses more on the fests. Hence, I shall start reformatting it and get back to you after every restructuring so that I can move in the proper direction. I agree with your C class rating viewpoint, and though not happy with the start class, still understand that it is just and gives me a lot of scope to improve. Am not aiming this for FA, but hope is GA, even if not now, maybe someday. :) Cheers, thanks for the lovely advice. Meet you today at the COEP grounds and we shall discuss more.

Regards, --Debastein (talk) 04:46, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome

Thank you for the welcome, AshLin!

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Peer review of Tiruchirappalli

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	Genuinely thank you for all the help and support you have provided me in guiding me through the article Symbiosis School of Economics. You have played a big part in making me understand how to make it much better. Hope I can live up to your expectations. Debastein (talk) 04:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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Debastein (talk) 05:07, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Thanks Ashwin!

I'm also excited to be a part of the Offline Project.

Cheers,

Ram (talk • contribs) 05:54, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello! This is Pratik. It was nice to meet you at the expo! Just saw your user-page and your contributions and I'm amazed! I have a mentor on Wikipedia now ;-) Hoping to work with you in other outreach programmes and other Wikipedia projects.BPositive (talk) 18:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you for the barnstar! Though I am nearly done with the article selection, I shall continue to add articles to the 'articles to be added' category till the time is up. I have not fully adhered to the guidelines issued as I had started article selection even before the guidelines were issued. Shall see to it the next time. Would be happy to join you to edit 'biodiversity' section! Wish I had met you in person at WikiConference(Mumbai)! Netha Hussain (talk) 14:44, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

A cheeseburger for entrusting me with Biology article selection. :) Netha Hussain (talk) 14:47, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...!

I will surely try my level best to help the students with whatever subjects I could.

Regards, Gurmeet — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsinghglakes (talk • contribs) 18:11, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey thanks for welcoming me to the offline project. The reason I chose IT is because I'm currently doing IT Engineering and understand the requirements of the students. Well, I can also help out with Physics, Chemistry or Maths. Let me know if you require any help in those sections anytime. BPositive (talk) 05:10, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Apologies and questions

Firstly, apologies that I could not be there on Sunday as my internal exams are on. Really wanted to go though, but decided not to risk it. Secondly, I really want to contribute to the offline project also, unfortunately, I don't think I have any area of expertise that I can contribute it , esp since am not a techie and don't know that much about literature other than a few English poets and writers as well as a few Bengali ones. Anyway you think I can help?? --Debastein (talk) 13:05, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Clarification

Hi AshLin, I was a bit confused with your additions to Wikipedia:WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools/Offline Full/Physics. In the "Articles to be deleted" section, you've listed several. Did you mean to include it in the "Articles to be included" section? :) Lynch7 10:26, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Corrected own mistake - Thanks Mike Lynch for pointing out! AshLin (talk) 13:05, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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The least I could do in recognition of your great service. Would have come a lot earlier, had there been a barnstar I could find. I had to create this one and suggested it be included in the general barnstar list from now on. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 16:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Snake scales

What an beautiful article! The photos are too good. I liked it very much.

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-Abhijeet Safai 04:45, 22 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

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Regarding Wikipedia:WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools/Offline Full/IT

We all are waiting for your response on Discussion page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools/Offline Full/IT Should we start inserting the articles as list of Articles to be added is very long now. Madanpiyush (talk) 09:07, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

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Article about R S Wadia

Sir, I have created an article about Dr. R S Wadia. Here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_S_Wadia

He is a prominent neurologist in India.

I thought that it would be good if we have an article about him. I do think that he is Notable.

Please guide me about further building and modifications in the article. waiting for your response. Thanks

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You deserve a barnstar as well!

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		For your teamwork in developing Mullaperiyar Dam, the Collaboration of the Month for December 2011 on Wikiproject India. --NortyNort (Holla) 16:54, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. much appreciated. AshLin (talk) 17:41, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you, I would eventually like to promote it to FA, though that may take some time. Athenean (talk) 20:52, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for the barnstar! Now a question. Exactly how do these collaborations work? BollyJeff || talk 22:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Removing "Other States of India" section as a cleanup, because it is containing no reference as demanded by the article.

I section of the article I just edited have misleading information as such things don't exist in India, seems some sort of Vandalism of the article. Will that stay like that forever or removed after some time. The neutrality of Wikipedia must be respected, so people can always get authentic knowledge. Hynaboy (talk) 22:24, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Please see my messages on your talk page. AshLin (talk) 22:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Re:Suggested improvement for Radha Krishna

No idea. The main editors contributing there that I know of are Ism Schism and Wikidas - they may know more. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 09:44, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for both the barnstars - especially the fl one, a bit of a surprise, much appreciated! Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 10:02, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I would really like to see the COTM succeed, however with the number of regular editors currently active, I have serious doubts. Like you said, the dam article has been in the news recently and therefore it has a lot more edits. One other major point is that Manmohan Singh is a protected article - hence IPs cant edit it. Maybe if we run it for a few months and have some results to show, more editors can be attracted. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 11:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)