User talk:Gurubrahma/Archive14

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This archive page covers approximately the dates between 2 June 2006 and 23 June 2006.

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Please add new archivals to User talk:Gurubrahma/Archive15. (See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page.) Thank you. --Gurubrahma 16:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome

It's June. It's yes this time. A big thanks for asking. - Ganeshk (talk) 03:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Got the mail. I will work on the sub-page tonight (PST). - Ganeshk (talk) 17:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Done. Please check this and let me know it needs any changes. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 07:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the nom. It looks great! I have accepted the nom and placed in the list. - Ganeshk (talk) 15:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK and Portal archives

Hi Gurubrahma, there has been some discussion about the broken DYK archiving (and the portal archiving). I would like to get this sorted out and can do the DYK archive manually, but I'm not clear on the portal archiving issue. Can you perhaps enlighten me about the portal issues and maybe I could sort that as well? Thanks in advance. --Cactus.man ✍ 14:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Declaration of Peace deletion

Dear Gurubrahma,

I'm curious as to why you deleted the page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_peace

I'd like to reinstate that page, if possible. My email is 'peterbrown@worldcommunity.com'.

Thanks,

Peter Brown (the author) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.129.84.166 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the template

Thought I'll reply on your page too. Thanks a lot for the template. Lost 15:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion review

Just saw your defeat in Quiz :(. Just to remind, did you have the time to write a strong deletion review for Category: Indian Freedom Fighters? Well, there is no hurry really, but the case should be strong. It's bad to see prople like Bhagat Sigh and Gandhi not under Indian Freedom Fighters. We are perhaps too polotically correct!--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. That seems to be the correct location. No category deletion reviewed ever? That's funny! Yes we know you are busy, in fact, you are inactive!!(in india related notice board) :) --Dwaipayan (talk) 18:01, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I see

It's getting close to nighttime PST and we are all coincidentally checking our watchlists :) ... -- Samir धर्म 06:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Ganeshk's RFA is looking quite promising (knock on wood). If your connection was fast, you'd be mopping the floor with us at PINQ! Cheers -- Samir धर्म 07:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

AP Maps

Hello, I have checked many sources for the actual borders between the three regions, and I had some conflicting evidence. But I think you are right, the majority of the sources that I have found have shown that Rayalaseema has only 4 regions. I will change Nellore and Prakasam into Coastal Andhra as soon as possible. The Wikipedia article for Rayalaseema also provides incorrect information about the districts that it includes. There was also POV shown in the Coastal Andhra article. I will try and work on both of these articles when I get the time, but I will change the images very soon. Thanks for catching my mistake.

Bmaganti 19:22, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion sorting

Hi Guru, just to let you know that per your message, I have begun updating the India-related deletion proposal listing daily. I now think I can do it, although I will be going largely inactive soon, since if done daily it does not demand much time. What r u up to these days? Chained to the work-desk? ImpuMozhi 02:46, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Sandeep Patil

Created a draft. Needs more copyedit. Tintin (talk) 03:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

SOS

Dear Gurubrahma, I would like to know why somebody has condemned my article on Bhavabhushan Mitra, even before I could complete it. Usually it requires a good number of days to bring together different data, before writing this sort of paper. Instead of sapping it outright, there could have been more palatable negociations. Can you help me solving the problem ? Anticipated thanks.--BobClive 07:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

1. Quite a comfortable and prompt reply. The man I write on had grown extremely diffident of all new contact and I feel gratified by his trust in guiding me in my research on that period. Therefore I am scared of any brusque handling of the topic. Thanks for your understanding.--BobClive 10:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK archiving

Hi Gurubrahma, thanks so much for doing the archiving, no doubt you have saved me much pain and suffering as I would have feebly attempted to make sense of it all (and possibly failed). I am indebted :-) Is there any word on whether the bot will come back on line or should we instigate a new archival method in the meantime?

I can understand your sentiments about simplifying the notification process to encourage more updaters, but I disagree. For me, it is mere courtesy to say "thank you, we appreciate your efforts" to all, newbies or veterans alike. After all, it is not really so much extra work to place 5 or 6 additional templates, 5 minutes work or so, and admins should be willing to invest the time to do the extra work entrusted to them (IMHO). Also, fostering of community spirit is essential if we are to thrive, and notifications help build that.

The question of what "newest articles" should link to is more complicated. I saw your posting on the DYK discussion page and I agree that it doesn't make sense to link up recent additions twice. However, neither solution is perfect. Special:newpages is a new-user unfriendly morass of (largely) junk, and often profanity-laden material, yet Wikipedia:Recent additions is also deficient because it only lists past DYK featured articles. The solution?? We need a wise man, is your name prophetic?

Please let me know your thoughts on the interim archival method as I would like to implement something soon. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 19:18, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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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 00:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Barakatullah

Dear Gurubrahma, I intimated earlier Users and proposed a new article on Maulavi Barakatullah. The new version is my contribution and I would like it to be recorded as such. Can you help ? Regards.--BobClive 08:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again, for your prompt reply.Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by BobClive (talk • contribs)

Vandalism

Happy to help out... it's never a good idea to vandalise a sysop's page! I'm still mulling over the RfA, but I think I will accept. Take care my friend. -- Samir धर्म 09:02, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wondering where he had dissapeared

Here he comes. - Aksi_great (talk) 09:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Sir, you ask me to keep my cool. But, I have to wonder where I lost it? :) --Nearly Headless Nick 14:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Calling someone stubborn might not be a personal attack, but calling someone a stubborn POV warrior is definately an attack. But, if you insist I will keep myself from it. Regards, --Nearly Headless Nick 14:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

ANI

Can you check this out? Don't know what anyone can do, but just thought that you should know. - Aksi_great (talk) 16:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I am not sure if Bhadaniji knows about this. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Nice answer. Thought for a while that you had signed out for the day. Always glad to know that you are around :). Feeling silly that we were all wishing you "good bye" just weeks ago. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

DFTT proves to be useful sometimes. But I already informed Bhadaniji (coz I thought you had gone for the day). Though as soon as I saw your comment I posted on his talk page. Probably you should also ask him not to reply further on the matter as it will only further aggravate the issue. And while I am on your talk page - can you check out Ahmedabad Stock Exchange. I thought it could go to DYK. Check this out. I hope the article isn't too short for it. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Talk page refractoring link is incorrect. This is the right one. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

It is correct after a second look. The new link I provided was when it was reported and fixed. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:43, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Headline text

ITS THE FIRST TIME IVE VISITED - ITS A RISK YOU TAKE WITH A WIKI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.109.70 (talk • contribs)

Re: DYK

Thanks for the tips (especially the swastika one). I will try and find out more information. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

i.p. addresses

NO ONE ELSE USES MY COMPUTER APART FROM ME!

PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE AN ACCOUNT AND DIDNT ENTER THAT WORD ON THE PAGE ABOUT THE SCALES!

I am sorry for any problems caused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.109.70 (talk • contribs)

abt article Jyotindra Nath

hey nice to meet you i want my article Jyotindra Nath to be stay as encyclopedia article only and if anyone searches it in google or anyother search engine it should appear ,what can i do? Regards joy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jn86 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia:Editor review/Shreshth91

Please comment on my ER. I eagerly await your comments.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 07:07, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Guru, I am an admin now. Thanks so much for the nom! I hope to live up to the expectations of the community and be a good admin. - Ganeshk (talk) 18:38, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Rajiv

Hi Gurubrahma, do you think the above article should be part of wikipedia. I dont, so thought of bringing this to your attention. I am yet to get around to the various ways of nominating an article for deletion myself. -- Lost 16:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. And I have borrowed your reply policy. so thanks for that too!!!:)) -- Lost 05:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

livejournal/shared IP

What do you mean by "wikipedia is not a live journal?" This is an IP that is shared by over 30000 people at this university, so might i recommend linking to the edit you refer to so those that are using this IP to edit can see if comments on the talk page are referring to their edits or to someone elses. 129.15.107.60 18:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

still, say someone else logged on in 5 minutes and was given this IP, they would have no idea what you were referring to, please specify from now on.

Thanks Guruji!

Dear Gurubrahma/Archive14, well, we managed to pull the wool over everyone's eyes! Thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship, and your support since I've been here on Wikipedia. I really appreciate it, and your ongoing help. You really are a great role model for wikipedians and new admins. Take care my friend -- Samir धर्म 05:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Now that you are back...

Now that you are back, I shall again poke you reagrding that freedom fighter deletion review. :). We must have that review soon. Look, I am from Kolkata, and you know the habits here! I can generate a huge Michhil (procession) chanting that you must hear our voice and amader dabi mante hobe (hamari mange puri karo, or, meet our demands). LoL. By the way, why are you infrequent in PINQ now?--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

On Babu Gogineni

I write this because you are a wikipedia administrator. And I the original contributor of the article!I have to clarify first that I am not Babu Gogineni, so the question of this article being called an autobiographical piece does not arise.

You may delete the page if you find the person whom this article is about is not a notable personality. I think otherwise and that precisely is the reason why I contributed this page.

Apart from this, another notorious user User:S_kollur who imitating my userid User:Skollur (plese not the difference, the space between S and kollur) uploaded the image of Babu Gogineni(Image:Gogineni.jpg) and then replaced an image in my user page. (See the very first contribution of this user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/S_kollur as well as the changes he made in my user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Skollur&oldid=56810364). The only way to counter this was to create a page of Babu Gogineni himself. If you don't find it fit to be a wikipedia article, you may well delete it. But this should not be done at the instance of a malicious campaign unleashed by the User:S_kollur who has been appearing under various USERIDs. See the followring links for details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sanal_Edamaruku. Skollur

Thank You

Seen your comment in Project Page of Babu Gogineni. I happy that you have accepted my clarification that I am not Mr. Gogineni. I don't want somebodyelse to be maligned because of my contributions. Thank you once again. s.kollur@yahoo.com Skollur

Your edit of Template:Prod, 17 June 2006, 11:46

This edit is to the usage example contained in the Template:Prod article. If you wish to change the effect of the template itself, you must edit Template:Dated prod. Spacepotato 12:03, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Change of Username

Received your message.

I don't mind getting my username changed. But that is not the point. Perhaps you have not followed the entire discussion, which you please do. I have every reason to believe that this user:S_kollur is just one of the many USERIDs used by the same user. If you want telltale clues, I can easily provide them.

Another clarification: If one user changes his USERID (which I am not immediatley planning to do, for various reasons), what will happen to the editing/contributions already done by him? Will the changes take care of the existing contributions?Skollur

Deletions

Brian Periera is Indian! Google tells you he is from Bangalore -- see his image also. Can you let me know if non-admins are allowed to close discussions that do not need deletion? The Britasur went on for a week although I could have redirected it instantly. Thanx for adding the PROD patroller category -- good idea! ImpuMozhi 05:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, here is the India connection. I have of course voted for Chalapathi Rau, I just wish more people would take note of the AfD's and vote! Regards, ImpuMozhi 06:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Blnguyen | rant-line 06:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

In recognition of your meritorious service to DYK, keeping it running

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DYK medal from Blnguyen - moved to appreciation page --Gurubrahma 06:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Sankarabharanam plot

Hello Gurubrahma;I think it will be nice if you write the Sankarabharanam plot in a better way. You can refer my website page http://www.indianjourney.net/classic_movies/shankarabharanam.html .After referring it; tell me if I can write movie article here from my website.(Just plot;not the My Opinion column).S.GaneshKumar 09:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

"User:Brad Pitt's second penis" account

I figured out what happened. My little brother had been on Wikipedia and created that account with my username logged in so that it was recorded as having been created by me.--Conrad Devonshire ^Talk 19:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion

Thanks for your reply;but right now my website is listed only in Yahoo.Hence;I prefer not to do what you had said.Moreover;I had also copied Mahanadi (film);Edhirum Pudhirum;Porkaalam Vetri Kodi Kattu from my site.If you do not oppose(Since you are an administrator);I might provide external links to my site for those articles.It is up to you.S.GaneshKumar 12:51, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hello;see the Sankarabharanam article now and tell if it must be like this or something else. S.GaneshKumar 13:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I thought you must've forgotten.....

Hey...you still remember me putting that link on the Aish page? geezzz..now when I think of it, its soo embarrassing. I'm really sorry if I had sounded rude back then. I was kinda pissed off, you know...like I couldnt at first understand why my link was being removed. And you were correct in guessing that site to be mine. lol...It all sounds so silly now. :P And think of the irony — I got a barnstar for reverting the vandalism on the Aish article! Oh..it is a very small world, isnt it? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}13:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thats how life is, lol. I was chatting with Srikiet the other day (on #wikipedia-in), and it seems his first edit was a sort of vandalism like mine. ;-) So I had this really nasty idea of checking your first edit here. [1] "Dissapointed" would be an understatement. For heaven's sake, Gurubrahma, you even added an edit summary. X-P -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Ashta Pradhan and Ashta pradhan

Hi, you created these as re-directs (Redirect created as part of the Missing Encyclopedic Articles project). I'd like to delete them and move Ashtapradhan to Ashta Pradhan, as that should be the correct location. Just wanted to inform you before I do that. Pl. let me know on my talkpage if you have any issues with that. --Gurubrahma 05:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate you letting me know about the renaming so I did the move as you suggested. --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 14:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hindutva

Can u pls check the article Hindutva. Bharatveer 14:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My intention was to show the "content dispute " between user Haphar and me. I thought it was getting out of control . Bharatveer 14:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Now;I had entered the declaration in http://www.indianjourney.net/about_wiki.html page.Also;I had written the plot for Mayabazar from my site.Check it. S.GaneshKumar 16:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello Gurubrahma, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 19:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for your message! I will definitely take your advice into consideration for my future edits. I would really like to participate in the Indian Cinema project. Could you please let me know how I can join and become a project member? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bollywoodbombay (talk • contribs)

hehehe...

... Actually you'd 'ave been wrong to consult me on Ashtapradhan coz I was just stub/cat sorting. Btw, I'm grateful that you're making edits continously, no matter how few, and generally being informed. The knowledge of your presence and watchful eyes is becoming an important support to your fellow editors. Thanks man, Rama's Arrow 01:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Submitted

Hello Gurubrahma;I sent a message granting permission to copy from my site.(For Wikipedia only). I myself will copy from the site and that too only of movies.(Since others are likePOV).Others need not.And can I add my site to external links to pages which I had created?S.GaneshKumar 12:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Please be careful not to appear biased in the DYK choices. 3 of the 5 articles are on U.S. individuals. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-21 17:58

• Not every nomination has to be used, and we can always extend the 5-day limit by a day if there is a huge pile-up of suggestions. It's more important to keep the template highly interesting and varied. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-21 18:10
  • That's fine. I'm just always fearful of the "systemic bias" police. :) — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-21 19:11
    • (Since Brian reverted my comment [2] from his page, as a personal attack, the tone there may well have have been too strident, let's try a softening. I am happy to acknowledge that I am not perfect and may make mistakes...)

Gurubrahma, welcome to what some of us call "Brian Scrutiny". He scrutinises and critiques many many updates by others at great length... (see for example here: User_talk:Lar#DYK_for_10_Jun_evening among others of mine he's criticised) His critiques, to be fair, DO often catch errors or result in improvements, but the way that they are delivered is often quite, in my view and the view of others, offputting. (reducing incentive to do the updates and making things less collegial)... .this has been brought to his attention but I don't think he shares or even acknowledges the view of some others that his actions are not 100% positive or that there are areas where he could improve his approach. You may not be aware of this, but you should be. That said I'm not perfect and I've let his actions get my back up to the point where I'm not quite as collegial to him as I should be either. ++Lar: t/c 21:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin powers

Hi,

From my experience of Wikipedia, I have a decent idea of the powers (and responsibilities) of admins. No admin can block me without proper reason. Take the case when Akash was blocked by an admin without reason. The matter was raised at ANI and the admin apologised. In the end it only brought bad repute to the admin and nobody said anything to Akash. The issue concerning COLIN, though, isn't anything to be happy about, but I wanted to say that we needn't worry still. I have already pondered upon the question of "Industrial Sabotage of Wikipedia" in front of which this seems a minor issue. Coming back to the issue of admin powers, I am very sure that if someone blocks me without reason, instead of Wiki-stress, I would be wearing a smile thinking what would happen to that admin. Anyway, nice to see you join the discussion. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree

I did not add any link to my site only because of the reason you had cited nor will i ever.It is only because you had said to give the acknowledgement to allow wikipedia to copy from the site.As i had said earlier I was copying from my site to here many articles;only because more people might read what I had written. S.GaneshKumar 00:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Quizzing in India

A lot of it was removed because it was getting crappy, and various people were getting into petty edit wars, mentioning their two bit quiz, or their notability as a qm [wikipedia doesnt really appreciate self edits as you know]. Would you mind reverting some of those reversions you made please? The big list of qms, etc etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hserus (talk • contribs)

Annamayya article

I had expanded the article on Annamayya copying from my site.See it and suggest any corrections. S.GaneshKumar 09:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou

I just wanted to say thankyou very much for the Barnstar you gave me. It was very kind. I've tried hard to keep my articles as informative and helpful as possible, and will check out your suggestions at a later date (moving house right now). Thankyou--Jackyd101 10:52, 22 June 2006 (UTC)