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Thanks!!!!!![edit]

Hey Ganesh, my bot is approved! All thanks to U!!!

The Surreal Barnstar
Never in my wildest dreams could I have thought that I could ever operate a bot if not for you. Thanks for being so patient with me!!! -- Lost(talk) 16:30, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


PS:I am still not fully active. Will be more active in November..

thanks![edit]

When I started my second editor review, I had no idea how greatly helpful it would be to me. Here are people from across the world who I've never met or laid eyes upon, taking their personal time to think about me and offer me valuable criticism and advice. And the stuff I've learnt is more helpful in real life than just on Wikipedia. This is an experiment I will never forget. I thank you most sincerely for your kindness, for helping me be a better person. I am very much in your debt. Rama's arrow 15:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advise please[edit]

Hi Ganesh, I started doing another run today. I am facing two problems that are frustrating me:

  • I do all the stuff User:Kingbotk/Plugin/Generic WikiProject templates tells me. Then I save the xml file for future use. But it never loads my previous settings for me. Gives some sort of error. Then I have to go thru the whole procedure again trying to find the redirects and adding them to the template etc.
  • Too often, I get the error: Zero sized reply. Am I doing something wrong? LostBot 18:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another question: The bot tagged Talk:Katoch as stub even though it does not use a stub template. (I populated from Category:History of Himachal Pradesh). Doesn't it actually check if the article uses a stub template? -- Lost(talk) 18:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plotting multiple cricket grounds[edit]

Could you please try this on Indian cricket team, in the picture with the map of the venues. Thanks. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 06:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have this table on the page which lists the cities each of the grounds is located in. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 06:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You could use that, although I imagine the table with both ground names and cities would be easier, but whatever suits you best is fine. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 06:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 07:23, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Osmania Univ.[edit]

There's this article created by Ganeshbot. Are you sure its a town? Isn't it a university? Should it be merged? Me thinks not. The Silent Contributor 15:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian geography stubs by district[edit]

I see your bot has been busy again, in Uttar Pradesh this time. These by-state categories (and stub categories) are becoming very large: when you're creating these new articles, could you add by-district categories instead? I assume this is doable, as often they do link to the district they're part of. Alai 18:00, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my bad: I saw a large tranche of same starting at User:Ganeshbot/sandbox/Akbarpur, and assumed they were recent. There must be a large number of other new articles in UP (if only one could do "diffs" on categories). And thanks, I'm sure the district stuff will pan out in the long run. Alai 18:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's an excellent idea (I should have thought of that myself). By all means. Alai 18:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reg: Assessment[edit]

Moved to [1].

More categories[edit]

Hi Ganesh, should we add more categories apart from the various stubs to the automation page? Currently all stubs are aligned to a workgroup. And there should not be duplication if we start working on the non stub categories -- Lost(talk) 11:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

But as that was in July, I haven't the foggiest idea what I wanted to do. :-) --estavisti 14:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It worked![edit]

Hey Ganesh, it worked! Now I have another question, on the India tab in AWB, a field called alternate names has only WP_India according to your settings. When I searched according to instructions, all WP Indian cinema templates also redirect to this one.

Regarding the automation page, I did put up a category where I am starting work. But my signature does not appear in the last column of the table. Any idea, why??

Man, I must have asked you atleast 20 questions in the past few days!!! -- Lost(talk) 14:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ganeshk, You reverted my edit to Indian language wiki links on Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/to_do. I had made the changes because the links were pointing to non-existent pages, that too written in the script of some other languages (Korean and Japanese, I think). This was as seen on IE6. Please find below a screenshot of the same.

Are these valid pages, or am I the only one seeing the links this way because of some inexplicable Unicode font problem with IE?

At the very least, I am going to change the Marathi wikipedia link which clearly has Specialpages misspelled as Spacialpages.

Thanks,
MaximvsDecimvs 16:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


No issues! Just wanted to confirm whether it a browser problem. Thanks for the revert. MaximvsDecimvs 16:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Image:Delhi metro.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Delhi metro.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}
  2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Kjetil_r 18:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ganesh. Thanks for including the nice TNhistory template and the locator map. Can you also review the article and leave some comments for improvements in its peer review page? Cheers Parthi talk/contribs 01:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sub categories on AWB[edit]

Hi Ganesh, do you have an idea about this? -- Lost(talk) 02:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if its greek for you then its martian for me :). I need those manuals for dummies to work -- Lost(talk) 03:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK yes, this makes sense. But it goes only to one level below. It would be great to have all sub cats listed automatically. I hope AWB allows this. Still waiting for their reply -- Lost(talk) 03:27, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Ganesh, see the reply by Mets501. Not entirely automatic, but makes it quite easy!! -- Lost(talk) 03:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes one level at a time, but quite easy to do it... Sort of semi automatic -- Lost(talk) 03:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes very powerful, I am off for another round of adding the tags!! -- Lost(talk) 03:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing a change at WikiProject India[edit]

Hi Ganesh,

I'm proposing a major change related to WikiProject India. I'm trying to build a consensus. Your suggestions/views/ideas are very much valued. Please talk about it here.

BTW, the new changes in the WP India template was really good. Please implement it yourself. I've replied there at the talk page as well. Cheers -- Chez (Discuss / Email) • 06:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ganeshbotk's tagging problem+ request[edit]

I didn't understand the logic behind adding Khawaja Nazimuddin as part of WP India. Perhaps Ganeshbot made a mistake here? I have changed it to WP Bangladesh.


I'm taking this chance to request your bot to add {{WP Bangladesh}} to the articles under Category:Bangladesh and its subcategories. Let me know if you can schedule that some time.

--Ragib 08:25, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, FYI: Hyderabad (India) was recently moved to Hyderabad, India. I started a discuss poll about moving it back. I'd like your opnion --hydkat 14:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

India settlements[edit]

should city naming for India be treated the same as for all other countries? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 18:19, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I placed a comment in the straw poll. Thanks for participating btw. --hydkat 13:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks, beginning another category now. Signing off as user and on as bot -- Lost(talk) 19:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks for the tip. I only have IE. Will have to get firefox I guess -- Lost(talk) 19:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Salman Khan[edit]

Hello, GaneshK, could you have a look at these edits: [2], [3]. Didn't know that the Times of India qualifies as a gossip magazine. Best regards, --Plumcouch Talk2Me 20:27, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reg Changes to WP India[edit]

Hi Ganesh,

I've replied to your concerns here. Have a nice weekend. Cheers. -- Chez (Discuss / Email) • 23:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KAR Infobox[edit]

Hi. Any progress? Any decisions?? Please respond here. Thanks. Sarvagnya 00:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Enfield[edit]

I saw the assessment banner put up while I was doing a re-edit of the article Royal Enfield. Can I ask if the changes are an improvement, and if there are any suggestions as to further possible improvements? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seasalt (talkcontribs) 03:54, 29 October 2006

Whoops. Sorry about the sig. Thanks for the feedbackSeasalt 06:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No politics please[edit]

Please leave politics away while giving info —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asprakash (talkcontribs) 08:56, 29 October 2006

I have no idea what you meant. Some context please? -- Ganeshk (talk) 16:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thank you. The changes on Kollam page are great. Jisha C J 15:34, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ganeshbot articles merge[edit]

I have completed the merge for all Category:Cities and towns in Uttaranchal, but I am not sure about the population figures for Dehradun. The article already had some figures that's drastically different from the info gathered by the bot. this website shows something different from both. Please check it up. Other than this everything else was more or less smooth. ~ srini 15:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have now corrected the population data in the infobox. Abt how I got to 'Not created' page... I found a list of uncreated places in Category:Cities and towns in Uttaranchal while I was editing some town in Uttaranchal some time back, and that's how I found my way to User:Ganeshbot/Not_created. And sure, I will help with more merges in the future. ~ srini 04:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks (for the nth time)[edit]

Hey Ganesh, thank you so much!! I am both flattered and humbled -- Lost(talk) 20:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious but how close to being ready are these two? I'm just creating the airport articles and would like to link to them. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great, that was quick. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 07:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot[edit]

Hi Ganesh,

Thanks for updating the Davanagere district infobox, with your bot. In doing so,the http link of an external link got trimmed. Thought of brining it to your notice, so that you can fix any problem with the bot ( Diff). - Naveen (talk) 08:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ganesh. I was referring to the external link section in the article. Link http://pc.freeshell.org/maps/dist.html was changed to pc.freeshell.org/maps/dist.html by the bot Diff. Naveen (talk) 14:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Navy[edit]

I need help in making the article on Indian Navy a featured article. Indian Navy

Chanakyathegreat 08:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the BarnStar![edit]

Hi Ganesh, Thanks for the heads up and the BarnStar. I hope the site will continue to remain NPOV, and I'm glad my efforts have helped. Deepakshenoy 13:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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==thank you==[edit]

Thanks for reverting vandalism from the Hinduism page! HeBhagawan 13:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will you pl. look at the controversy of 4 pursuits in Hinduism?[edit]

I think you have been protecting Hinduism. May I urge you see the 4 persuit controversy on talk page of Hinduism? Swadhyayee 16:39, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ganeshbot suggestion[edit]

Ganesh, I was considering User:Ganeshbot/Not created and noticed that there is no way for anyone looking at the existing Wikipedia article to know that there is more information available to be merged in. Would it be possible to use Ganeshbot to tag the talk pages of every article that has an entry in User:Ganeshbot/Not created? A merge page on the article itself would be too much, but the talk page would be ideal I'd think. It seems some could be done automatically, but some like User:Ganeshbot/sandbox/Tura would have to consider the disambiguation page at Tura first and find Tura, India. Those would need manual intervention, but perhaps AWB or similar would help in the task. - Taxman Talk 06:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I created a template, {{Mergefromganeshbot}} for this purpose and added it to Talk:Ambassa. Please take a look and comment. I could tag this template across the articles on Not created page using AWB. -- Ganeshk (talk) 20:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good, but add an explanatory link in the template to what the Ganeshbot sandbox article is and some tips on merging them in. That way people that don't know anything about the project will have some context, understand why it wasn't merged in automatically, what the source of the data was, etc. Maybe create a page just for that purpose that has the header information from User:Ganeshbot/Not created and the context from User:Ganeshbot. That way people won't have to load the whole not created page to get to work, but it can be linked to of course. - Taxman Talk 21:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New noticeboard design[edit]

Hi Ganesh. While I like the design of the noticeboard, I prefer the older, more inclusive name and title. Please consider having the earlier title unless the consensus is otherwise. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:31, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ganesh. :) -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images on the India page[edit]

Hi, Could you please take a look at the discussion section "Too many images?" on the India page? I've been trying to tell user Hkelkar (who has added a number of pictures recently, including one to the demographics section) that he should discuss the issue with you and others first. I seem to remember that you have an ongoing discussion on which pictures to add to that section. Fowler&fowler 02:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images on India[edit]

I suggest you look at Pakistan, another featured article with many more images.The images as they stand now are not representative.Hkelkar 03:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am glad that you are so proud. I only wish you could express it as I have.The pics, as they stand, do not even remotely constitute a representative cross section. Even though India is featured, so are al the other articles I mentioned. Among the country-featured articles, India is one of the worst right now.Like I said, shall I start a "Cities" section in the article or what?Hkelkar 03:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Largest Cities would be POV????? Why is it that only we Indians seem to suffer from such problems and consequently produce some of the worst articles on wikipedia? Why do the Americans not have this POV problem? See United_States#Largest_cities.Care to explain that? It is widely regarded that Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi & Chennai are the 4 major metropolitan cities, with Bangalore, Cochin/Ernakulam, Hyderabad and a few other trailing behind. I propose we mention them all briefly and put the pics I uploaded there.Hkelkar 03:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But Pakistan is! Plus, their article is better than ours because they don;t waste time with their own pet peeves and try to improve the article rather than undo the work of others and then try to find justifications for it.It's a miracle that we actually won any wars against them.Hkelkar 03:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: map testing[edit]

Yes, I was responding to the criticism on the template talk page -- it seemed the guy wanted more state-specific detail (counties/district borders, etc -- see for example Seattle or other American city infobox maps). The difference here is that general color scheme, scale, etc. would be preserved. If it is generally not liked, I'm willing to roll back the changes, though. But I feel that it is relatively unobtrusive to add district outlines and state-level shading to the standard map (compared to what he was proposing -- completely different maps w/ different scales, etc.). Thanks. Saravask 07:24, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I just noticed that certain pogs (e.g., Trivandrum) were off the mark a bit. Makes sense to do more testing before implementing these. Saravask 07:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks better than the garish multi-hued red/blue pogs we were using. I think it can go into the template now. The future issue though is that if/when we implement the state-shaded maps (w/ red shading, the red color might not stand out enough. But for now, it's fine. I was just doing some testing w/ color just now -- nothing permanent. Thanks. Saravask 09:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CFD[edit]

WP:CFD Is there any faster way? this process is very slow! --Transit1 17:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Sub-Categories[edit]

So how do I make a new sub category like Shipping Companies of Russia? I am little confused.

Do we first create a category, Category:Shipping companies of Russia. And then put " | " ? --Transit1 17:47, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, it works now :) --Transit1 18:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Bali![edit]

Hi, I saw just an entry on the Bali (INdonesia) discussion page suggesting a merge of info on the city of Bali (India?). That's obviously incorrect. Why not create a page "Bali, India"? regards --Merbabu 03:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


User:Knbh[edit]

Hello, GaneshK, could you have a look at these edits? User:Knbh created this article Best_hrithik, this one The_Under_World_Don and this one The_World_Best_Hrithik_Roshan. They are about movies that clearly don't exist. Also, among his edits are alterations of filmographies: [[4]], [[5]], [[6]], [[7]], [[8]], [[9]], [[10]] among others. In all of these movies, Roshan has not part (at least, I didn't find any information about him on Google, Imdb and IndiaFm) - yet, he keeps adding him. --Plumcouch Talk2Me 15:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hkelkar, Freedom skies, and Sati[edit]

Dear Ganeshk,

I don't mean to trouble you with inconsequential stuff, but please take a look at the India talk page. In my opinion, users Hkelkar and Freedom skies are pushing their POV into the history section sentence on Sati.

Fowler&fowler 18:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was gonna ask you something different Ganesh, but Raja Ram Mohan Roy is widely known as the prominent anti-Sati activist of his time. Hkelkar has provided refs to back him up, and nearly every user other than fowler does will agree with him. I'll ask the bengali users their input on this, since they know more than I do (I'm just a PIO, not even an NRI). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bakasuprman (talkcontribs) 19:40, 5 November 2006.

India:Its new[edit]

Looks like we both created shortcuts. I added both, you know just in case. Do you know a bit about the Bhangra artist Sukhbir ? I started an article on him for DYK, but I dont know how wikipedia's picture laws work, so the article looks bland.Bakaman Bakatalk 19:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

Thanks for the great job your bot is doing in unifying the design for towns and districts. I'll go through all the WB articles manually over time and fix them and de-cat them from the sandbox. Thanks again. Antorjal

template[edit]

Ganesh, I just noticed your request. Unfortunately, I don't know much about talk page templates. I'm sure that more template-savvy users like User:Docu can help. Best. Saravask 00:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Parole, India[edit]

Your bot came by and tagged Parole with a merge tag. A merge won't work, but I have moved User:Ganeshbot/sandbox/Parole to Parole, India. --Aude (talk) 01:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

False positive. Thanks for the help! -- Ganeshk (talk) 01:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Punch/Ganeshbot[edit]

Umm.. Your bot wants to add merge an article to Punch, but it's a disambiguation. Also, the article it wants to merge into punch already exists, in detail, in the article Poonch. Thought you might like to know.--Vercalos 06:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up. I moved Poonch to Poonch district since it was a district article. And created a new city article from the Bot's sandbox. -- Ganeshk (talk) 07:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merged Kudal[edit]

Your bot suggested merging Ganeshbot/sandbox/Kudal to Kudal, so I did, even though it actually meant copypasting Ganeshbots article over the one sentence long stub :p -Aryoc 06:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Puuurfect! :)-- Ganeshk (talk) 07:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

...for the welcome, much appreciated :) -Aryoc 11:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hinduism projects[edit]

can you merge the hinduism and hindu myth project templates like you did for the WP India. Can you also add in the assement code too? WP Hinduism needs a lot of work.--D-Boy 12:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank. There are also two more projects to put into the banner. They are Wikipedia:WikiProject Vedanta and Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu philosophy. Also, do you think your can parameterize this infobox: Template:Infobox Hindu teacher/leader?--D-Boy 15:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I posted the templates in the talk pages of their respective projects. Can you include a link to the notice board in the template? As for the parameters for the infobox hindu techer/leader, can you make it like this: Template:Hdeity infobox?--D-Boy 10:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The image of the person does not seem to appear when the infobox is used. I tried it on Sri Aurobindo. His image did not appear in the template. Also, I don't think the orange background color appeared as well.--D-Boy 14:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Portal[edit]

Hi Ganesh,

Thanks for looking after the Indian portal. Although I am not free yet, I will remember to at least keep the portal page updated. If by any chance this doesn't happen, please go through this page to see how all the activities are to be done in case of the eventuality. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nasirabad is located in Balochistan, Pakistan. The Nasirabad in Rajasthan should have it's own page. You cannot merge the two pages. Siddiqui 15:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mahmudabad is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Mahmudabad in Uttar Pradesh should have it's own page. You cannot merge the two pages. Siddiqui 15:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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picture[edit]

Kindly put the picture back. I thought that the picture should always refer to the latest news item. Sorry for the mistake.Shahab 08:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mini talk page template[edit]

Hi Ganeshk: can you assist in adding the optional "small" parameter to the talk page templates, and removing the transclusions to the subpages? I've done {{ACIDnom}}, {{FAOL}}, {{V0.5}}, {{Spoken Wikipedia request}}, {{Oldpeerreview}}, {{FACfailed}}, {{FailedGA}}, {{Peerreview}}. We can start by creating the optional parameter for the templates which you have created a /Small subpage (and then remove transclusions to the subpage and delete it), and then move on from there! Talk:Islam looks great now! (Also, if you're looking for new templates to add the parameter to, try the templates on these pages) —Mets501 (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image[edit]

Thanks, now the article is probably one of the best Bhangra articles on wiki.Bakaman Bakatalk 02:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image size?[edit]

Mmm, I'm pretty sure that 45px is the standard image size for userboxes templates anyway, not 30px; there's no need to make these any smaller, in my opinion. Kirill Lokshin 03:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The smaller size helps more text fit in the box, thereby making it smaller (which is good). -- Ganeshk (talk) 03:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's not going to significantly affect the vast majority of templates (since the size will still be controlled by how lines break, not the text in of itself). It also makes any image more complicated than clipart rather unrecognizable. I have no particular problems if people want to shrink some images that don't lose much, but please don't try to impose this as a rule across the board. Kirill Lokshin 03:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I did not mean to impose it as a rule. It helps if all the templates use 30px so that all the text and images align across the boxes. That was my thought. -- Ganeshk (talk) 03:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, a certain amount of inconsistency is to be expected, particularly from the more complex templates. The ones with show/hide divs, in particular, can change internal alignment quite sharlpy depending on how those are set up, so trying to cram them all into the same width is likely to be unproductive anyways. Kirill Lokshin 03:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Understood! Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 03:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And thank you for all the work you've been doing adding the needed code to templates! :-)
(Maybe we'll be able to have it be the default, at some point, with only selected templates even having a large version?) Kirill Lokshin 03:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again![edit]

Hey Ganesh, thanks for the (n+1)th time!!! BTW, my bot has now probably got more edits than me:) -- Lost(talk) 14:14, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou, thankyou. WP:INBIN seems very handy. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you should use Template talk:Did you know for collecting stamps for your new articles. I don't see you there ever. It's good fun - I've collected 46 so far - hopefully this will be my 47th. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Pity that it was picked out of sequence, I just expanded it a little more...Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK - Nagarjunakonda[edit]

Updated DYK query On 10 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nagarjunakonda, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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Using Latitude and Longitude info[edit]

Hi, see if you could use the info from http://www.fallingrain.com for updating the lat, long for all the towns. Currently, I'm manually taking information from this to update the info on various towns and cities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Balajiviswanathan (talkcontribs) 23:07, 10 November 2006.

(Sorry for forgetting to sign the previous msg)

However, for some of the stubs without the latlongs, I found the info in fallingrain and updated. Balajiviswanathan 23:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont remember what all towns, I've modified through Fallingrain, but I remember modifying atleast a dozen towns and cities, including Tiruchendur and Badrinath. I guess a part of the problem is some of the cities are misspelt in fallingrain (eg. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Tiruchchendur.html wouldnt be caught by ur bot for Tiruchendrur)

RfA thanks[edit]

Thanks Ganesh for supporting my RfA and for comments made on it. I am very grateful for showing confidence in me. Very thanks for congratulations, Shyam (T/C) 06:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam[edit]

spam Lincher 17:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is funny, though it wasn't my intention at all ... it came from User:GeorgeMoney/spam's list where I was just perusing and trying to look at how things worked ... evil me ... not knowing it and hitting your username's button made an autosaved edit that I didn't notice. I guess you learn it the hard way. I'm sorry for any trouble caused. I find such a page a really bad thing especially if badfaithed users fall on it. Well, good luck with whatever you do on WP ;) Lincher 21:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006[edit]

Project News
  • The Performing Community: Thanks to many contributors like you, we're proud to share that our community is the third most performing community. It has more than 50 FAs related to India, to its credit, lagging only behing Wikiproject Biography and WikiProject Military History.
    (Courtesy: Ganeshk at Discussion Board).
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Re:Wrong Cat[edit]

Just preparing to do the same... -- Lost(talk) 19:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam[edit]

spam Ganeshk (talk) 21:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]