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Mahitgar 17:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

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Atmospheric water generator

Hi Ashvidia. Thanks for joining Wikipedia and taking the time to contribute. I'm a little bit worried about some of your edits though - you seem to focus mainly on Atmospheric water generator, and articles that link to this article. You also link quite a lot to this article, sometimes when it's only tangentially related to the article you're linking from. In addition, a lot of what you're writing sounds like advertising. Maybe this is just me being paranoid, but is there any chance that this is some form of advertising campaign? Thankyou for any replies, and I'm sorry if I have caused any offense. GeorgeBills 05:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

(following a response on my talk page, responding here so you can see it)

Thanks for clearing that up Ashvidia, sorry for being paranoid about this. The "benefits", "FAQs" and "Conclusion" section are probably the bits that sound the most like they're selling something - especially the bit that goes "whenever one needs a solution to their water problem, an AWG might be it". Largely I think a lot of improvement could be made by stating "just the facts" and referencing those when possible. For example, if there have been any studies or certification to standards or something done on these that could be linked to as a reference: so instead of just saying "an AWG produces X amounts of water in Y hours" you could say "an AWG provides X amounts of water in Y hours, according to Z (link)". The same for the claim that they produce water with "no harmful chemicals" (is there a study or standard document that shows this? As far as I'm aware, when products are put on the market they have to pass some checks, and if those checks are online they can be referenced...).

The other articles looked like they were duplicating a lot of content from the AWG page which is why I put the merge notice there, but it looks like you've already done those merges, so that's great.

Also bear in mind that the reads like an ad thing is subjective and maybe just my opinion. If you disagree you might be able to get a third opinion from someone who's been here for a while. GeorgeBills 05:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism,.GraemeL ^(talk) 15:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

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Please stop assuming ownership of articlessuch as Atmospheric water generator. Doing so may lead to disruptive behavior such as edit wars and is a violation of policy, which may lead to a block from editing. thewinchester 00:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Ashvida - sign your talk posts. This can be done by placing four tildes (four of ~) at the end of your comments. I should take a lesson from my own book, because I brainlessly forgot to sign the above warning when I added it. The issue of disclosure is moot, as WP is neutral and does not take a position either way on any of the content. The addition of the manufacturers links section is quite frankly silly and clearly is not in concert with WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory. Let the Open Directory project provide a list of links to the manufacturers. That's why someone took the time to have this category loaded into ODP and moved all that content there, and if people wish to find out more about these units then they can do so of their own perogative On the issue of the disclaimer, it is both silly and un-encyclopaedic, and does not fit within the article nor does it comply with WP:MOS. Further to these issues, you persist in removing legit WP message tags from the top of the article. The article within the cleanup defn's does require it, and severely lacks citations on the information being presented as required under MOS. As the technology is in your own words developing, the opening sentence of the article has been re-worded to reflect this and the future events tag added accordingly. Lastly, you have exhibited traits of ownership of this article and you have been warned on multiple occasions on this. I would not be out of line referring your constant changes to AN/I or ArbCom should you persist in demonstrating these traits. thewinchester 00:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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Regarding Current_science_and_technology_events: Please, follow the above advice and read WP:SPAM and WP:NOT. Please, do not add advertising to Wikipedia. Awolf002 14:38, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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    • 2. starting parenthesis, then English name in Roman script, in-page interwiki-linked to English wiki ff. by semicolon ((अंग्रेज़ी : [[:en:Apollo]];)
    • 3. The native name(s) if applicable in the italicized native script, preferably followed either by its italicized approximate Hindi pronunciation or non-italicized phonological transcription within / /, ff. by closed parenthesis (यूनानी : ''Aπollων अपोल्लोन''))
    • 4. the rest of the definition or introduction (प्राचीन [[यूनानी धर्म]] (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन [[रोमन धर्म]] के सर्वोच्च देवता थे ।) For country names, only the standard short form of the name is needed in the first line. If there is a common name for a difficult word in Hindustani, also mention it. Whence: अपोलो (अंग्रेज़ी : en:Apollo; यूनानी : Aπollων अपोल्लोन) प्राचीन यूनानी धर्म (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन रोमन धर्म के सर्वोच्च देवता थे । If you don't give the interwiki English/another language link (which would be deemed to be the default reference), then you MUST provide an appropriate reference.
11. Please leave no article without an appropriate category. See the list of created categories here; you can also make a new category (pref. in Hindi). Please leave no article without at least ONE off page (like en:) interwiki link. E.g., the user can check the article name (say Apollo) on the finally redirected English page and append to the Hindi article ([[en:Appolo]])). These interlanguage links will help a bot to update all interwiki links for that article in all wikipedias. The category and the aforementioned link should be typed at the end of the article. If the article is very small, mention it as a stub/substub.
12. Use of templates is welcome. See the list of templates here. If creating a template, name it pref. in Hindi.
13. Use पूर्णविराम ( । ) instead of a period (.) for ending statements. The पूर्णविराम, semicolon, colon and dash (but not comma) must come after one space after the word to prevent ambiguity. Use the international form of the Hindu-Arabic numerals (1,2,3 instead of १,२,३), as used by the Constitution and the Government of India (even for Hindi). There is no need to use the हलन्त at the end of Sanskrit words wherever it occurs. Hence, prefer: संसद over संसद्; अथर्वन over अथर्वन्. Use the proper quotation marks “” from the Insert toolbox, not "". Write dates as 2 मई 2006 (ईसवी or ईसापूर्व). Write time as 3:45 pm. Separate common suffix-words like शास्त्र, विज्ञान, ज्ञान with a hyphen. Thus: रसायन-शास्त्र. For most others, leave both the words of the noun-cluster free. Combine them into one word only if it is very common to do so. Thus: सामवेद.
14. The use of ज़ for the en:voiced alveolar fricative (/z/, as in zoo, rose) is fundamentally wrong. Its nearest counterpart is the en:voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ (as in sea), and not Hindi ज (en:voiced palatal plosive). Hence, it is suggested and recommended that for the sound /z/, whether it comes in English (etc.) spellings (z) for while pronunciation otherwise, should be transcribed as स़ (स with a dot below, available in the Insert toolbox). Hence: Reason रीस़न, not रीज़न ; Roses रोस़ेस़, not रोज़ेज़. But common Hindi words borrowed from Persian/Arabic (so-called Urdu words) are allowed to continue with ज़ spelling. Thus: ज़रा, नज़र, तर्ज़. The en:voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/ as in treasure), inexistent in Hindi, can similarly be transcribed with श़. Thus: treasure ट्रॅश़र. The nukta (dot) available in the Insert toolbox can be combined with various consonants to suggest a more exact phonetic devanagari rendering of foreign sounds. E.g., since phonetically, English Think and this are not equal to थिंक and दिस, a better transcription could be थ़िंक and द़िस. Please take care of the dot below in so-called Urdu words, otherwise the Hindi spelling is deemed incorrect.
15. For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.
16. Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.
17. When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.
18. Please pay careful attention to the masculine/feminine gender (and singular/plural) in adjectives and verbs, else the sentence becomes ungrammatical.

For more information/suggestions/criticisms, please contact any one of the administrators of Hindi wiki here, preferably en:User:Magicalsaumy.

This page can also be found here.

Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 03:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

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Invitation for WikiProject Maharashtra

Hi there,

A new project has been created, to exclusively deal with Maharashtra and Marathi-related articles. You are invited to join the WikiProject Maharashtra. The project aims to develop Marathi and Maharashtra-related articles to Featured Article-status. You can join the WikiProject by adding your username here. However, don't forget to visit the project page. This is of course, a sister project of Portal:Maharashtra. Come, join us in developing Wikipedia. Thanks,

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Chaunk

Hello, could you help me find the Hindi script (and Marathi term as well) for Chaunk? Many thanks, Badagnani 20:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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Invitation for Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebrations

On January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will turn 10.
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Meetup - 26
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4 p.m. ,
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Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

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