User:Nvvchar/Archives/2007-December 2009

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Angadipuram Laterites
Hi Narasipur,

I've had a go at the page in your sandbox, mainly to do with language. It overall looks good but some of the sections are a bit weak, especially 'history'. I'm not sure what you are trying to cover in the history section but it doesn't read logically at the moment. I'll give some thought to a hook, the obvious one is that Angadipuram is the place where the term was coined. Best wishes, Mikenorton (talk) 15:32, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


 * some suggested hooks :-


 * ...that the Angadipuram Laterite in Kerala were described by Scottish surgeon Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1807 and that he coined the term laterite for them?


 * ...that the Scottish surgeon Francis Buchanan-Hamilton coined the term laterite when he described Kerala's Angadipuram Laterite?


 * ...that Kerala's Angadipuram Laterite formed from the weathering of many rock types, including charnockite, anorthosite and gabbro?

I'll see if I can think of any more. Regards, Mikenorton (talk) 10:34, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Go ahead. Once you've notified me, I'll nominate with my second suggestion and add the third as ALT1 if you like. Regards, Mikenorton (talk) 14:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Done. Regards, Mikenorton (talk) 18:12, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Image added, I'm away on a business trip for a week, I'll try to have a look at the other article, but no promises. Regards, Mikenorton (talk) 11:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * You're very welcome, enjoy your trip! Mikenorton (talk) 15:03, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * No problem. You deserve it.  T i a m u t talk 13:56, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Well thankyou kind sir
Thanks for your kind words. You also do a lot of great work on Indian and Nepal subjects, your recent article Diu Fort is excellent. We have enormous potential in terms of content and making the rest of the world aware about other cultures and places but so little time to get done what we want. Recently I've been developing articles about monasteries in northern India like Likir Monastery and I discovered that we have few articles about Ladakhi kings or Malla rulers of Nepal either!! I used to edit as User:Dr. Blofeld and added all of the VDCs of Nepal, as yet though the online resources needed to expand them are very limited but I believe they will be expanded eventually. I also started a series on architecture of Indian cities like Architecture of Mumbai which I hope will branch out and cover all the pther main cities in the same way! I wish I could do more work about towns in India but the country is so huge and so much work needs doing expanding them it gets stressfull! It is people like you from places like India which can go a long way towards giving the country the recognition and fair coverage it deserves, I just wish there was several hundred thousand editors like yourself too! Regards. Himalayan   14:12, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

That is quite a brilliant article Nvvchar. You should be very proud and it is better than most other DYK nominations!. In fact I'd be happy to help you promote it to GA once you create it. That is exactly the sort of article states and cities of India need on here. Well done! Himalayan   14:24, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Icreated:

anyway so we know what is missing! Himalayan   14:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Rajasaurus now a Good Article
Hi, Nvvchar - thought you'd like to know that Rajasaurus was promoted. J. Spencer (talk) 23:18, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Oops! I'd blanked that you'd already left a message for me about Rajasaurus!  That's what I get for working on this right after work.  It's a little outside of my usual topics, but I'll have a look at Eld's Deer. J. Spencer (talk) 02:26, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I found Eld's Deer to be an informative article, and content-wise, it's probably close to GA-level. However, the prose needs copy-editing before it can be successfully proposed to GA. J. Spencer (talk) 00:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Fort Anjediva
I think it's ready to go, but as I proposed changes to the hook, I can't approve it. It will get approved by someone soon, don't worry. Geraldk (talk) 14:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see what you mean now, I was thinking of a different submission. I've looked at sources for both, and while the sources are clear that both the Fort and the Church are on the island, I can't find anything that confirms that the church is inside the fort, which is what the proposed hook seems to suggest. Can you point me towards that source, or perhaps reqord the hook slightly? Geraldk (talk) 15:03, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of St. Paul’s Church, Diu
Hello! Your submission of St. Paul’s Church, Diu 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! -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 02:23, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Help needed reading the Dravidian language
Please see the Navagraha image. Can you read the text and tell description of the deities written on the plank, or at least their names in sequence from top to bottom. I want to separate the images so that they can be used in the Category:Graha articles. Thanks. Or at least can you confirm which language it is? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:22, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the names given in the picture with their English equivalents in parenthesis are given below.

Navagraha (Nine Planets), The British Museum - (from the left) Surya (Sun), Chandra (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn), Rahu (Moons' North Node), Ketu (Moon's South Node). --Nvvchar (talk) 14:07, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for translation. The British Museum image you were probably pointing to (the one in Navagraha) was uploaded by me. Is there any other British Museum image ? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 03:59, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Are the specific wives of the graha, which are carved in the stone img mentioned on the plank? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:21, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 14:38, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
Excellent work, I've DYK nominated it for you and transferred it, hope this is what you wanted. I mentioned in the edit history credit goes to you. Keep up the great work! Himalayan   11:40, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

That would be good also. I have nominated it though already, might be a little long... Himalayan   16:04, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK
Hello! Your submission of Kondapalli Fort 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! Sasata (talk) 20:51, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

The 100 DYK Medal

 * Kudos Nvvchar. Congrats. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:10, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Cheers, mate! :) Mspraveen (talk) 16:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Kondavid hook: a more detailed explanation and some related suggestions
Hello again. Please allow me to stress that the one reason why I brought up the issue as a comment was to make sure that you had noticed it: not as a form of snubbing or pedantry, but simply because it is quite likely that you had not been looking into this exact issue, and had not noticed the anomalies. It happens to many users (it has happened to me many times in the past), and the best thing I could do is to raise awareness - particularly given that your articles are otherwise exceptionally well written and are fine wikipedia assets. If one simply corrects such a link in the hook, there is the possibility that the other editor might miss it, and I hoped that by mentioning it I would also help improve the WP:BTW in your hooks and maybe (if applicable) your articles - that extra stylistic touch. In other words, to encourage you to look around and find the more exact or relevant articles for the internal links - the info we assume is under one title may turn out to be elsewhere entirely. There is innate difficulty in trying to express such nuances over a web exchange, and I hope I've caused no offense to you with my rather abrupt post on T:TDYK (such posts are always abrupt, by nature of the process). If I did in any way, I apologize.

Also allow me to note to additional issues: you didn't actually need to propose an alt hook, but just correct the link into the original one - as I would have done myself normally, were it not for the above rationale. Also, the characters in DYK hooks are not counting the first, hidden, part of piped links, so you need not have worried about length. These may spare you some effort in the future. Thank you and all the best, Dahn (talk) 23:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I just wanted to make sure: many times, comments such as the one I made may be seen as excessive or unmotivated criticism, and I felt I needed some more space to clarify my stance - particularly since there was a risk of it seeming like I was ordering you around (and my apology preceded other comments that could be read in the same key). It really is impossible to tell if I've not caused offense to the recipient in situations such as that one, and I'm glad to know that this did not happen in this case. Thank you and 'til we meet again, Dahn (talk) 04:59, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Template_talk:Did_you_know
Suggested an ALT. hook. Please see if you like it. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 04:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I thought of it intially but it is not adequately referenced in the articile. Since it is already posted on DYK, I have no problems with it. If it is accepted, it will be fine.--Nvvchar (talk) 04:41, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Andhra articles
I checked the Kondapalli Fort and Kondavid Fort articles. Fantastic! You doing a great job, Nvvchar! Wikipedia needs tens of people like you. :) I hope to be more active in these days. See you around. Cheers, Mspraveen (talk) 17:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Orang National Park
Actually I have a request. Can you expand this article? Himalayan   13:57, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, but may take a few dyas as I am presently busy with three articles. It should be through by next week end. --Nvvchar (talk) 15:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Kondapalli Fort
Both articles look excellent as usual. You might want to note though that the interior picture of the church is blanked in red... Himalayan   12:47, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Excellent work, I added it and nominated it. Shame about free photographs of the park, maybe I can make a few requests on flickr... Himalayan   20:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

I just noticed you exapnded Lake Pichola a while back. I'm fascinated by that place! I was wondering if you had any info to expand the Monsoon Palace article I started a while back? Himalayan   20:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for nominating the article on Orang. As reagrds Udaipur palace, yes, I have some references. I will let you know by the end of the day.--Nvvchar (talk) 20:19, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you might need a specialist book to expand it considerably but whatever you can do will be a great help. L loved the palace ever since I saw it in Octopussy! Himalayan   17:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC) That's a major improvement. I'm afraid my local library is rather basic but I'll see if I can find anything in google books. Himalayan   13:40, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Just scraped Monsoon Palace through I think. Thanks for your help. I started Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group as you have experience with hydraulic and engineering projects in India I thought this might interest you. I'll probably be starting a few more similar sort of articles in the coming days so if you are interested in a collaboration let me know. Himalayan  20:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Do you edit any articles outside of India? Its just I've long desired to make Kathmandu into a much better article but I need more resources. Its an awful article at present on a beautiful capital city! Any chance you could improve it?. Himalayan   22:09, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

St. Thomas Church (Palayur) need some fixing I think that was why. The references and some prose needed fixing.. Himalayan   12:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I've looked at your work on Architecture in Sikkim. Very good. One thing though, the discussion of "mountain architecture" is awkward. When we talk of architecture we usually refer to the man made landscape rather than natural features. Discussion of mountains etc would be more discussed under Geography of Sikkim or Topography of Sikkim. Do you follow? Himalayan   12:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of St. Thomas Church (Palyar)
Hello! Your submission of St. Thomas Church (Palyar) 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! Calmer  Waters  02:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Monsoon Palace
Hello! Your submission of Monsoon Palace 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! Materialscientist (talk) 11:33, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Monsoon Palace

 * Embarrassing to say, but we have technical errors at DYK daily. Please leave a message whenever you notice one. This one is originated from incorrect creation of credits back at T:TDYK and I missed it in transfer. It was absolutely appropriate to fix that. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 22:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about it Material, I figured that. Korzok would definately be a good one to start with, I was surprised it was missing initially. I'll look into your recent article later. Himalayan   10:32, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

OK hope you didn't lose anything further. If you could merge my infobox and the buddhist temples source this would be great.I didn't realise you were working on it right now! Himalayan   21:12, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

OK thanks, I'll continue tomorrow with it. Himalayan   23:12, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Great, always nice to have some collaboration. If more editors worked together rather than working against each other and arguing in forums wikipedia would develop much quicker! Keep up the great work. Himalayan  10:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

OK it will have to be a little later i'm busy making tibetan county maps at the mo. If you visit my user page scroll down to the bottom and there are more places where you can find useable images for wikipedia. I've spent much of the afternnon finding photograph and working out where they are from the google maps given by them and adding them to articles! There are some quite useful ones. I added a few more to Monsoon Palace too. I've set them all on the required filters. The Picasa album is particularly good... Himalayan   18:44, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

I've uploaded the images of Korzok. One thing though. You don't need to ask them permission to use the images. They are Creatives Commons Attiribution 2.0 Share Alike. Himalayan   20:01, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

I've given the Rajasthan village article a copy edit. When you upload to the commons though please categorize them in the commons when you upload e.g Category:Bhadrajun. You should categorize images in the commons in the same way as you do on here witha Category: and  around it. Do you follow? Himalayan   21:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

HI. I already DYK nommed the Khursha article. I thought you'd finished with Korzok!! I'll nominate it tomorrow. Thanks! Himalayan   19:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

One thing though. The infobox claims 19th century yet in the article you claim it is over 400 years old! Please correct.. Himalayan   22:09, 23 November 2009 (UTC) There are still some problems with Korzok Monastery. In the intro you claim Korzok has its name from the poor payment given to the nomads and means "acquired by unfair means". Yet you don't mention this in the etymology and say it is derived from meaning "place" and "management". I'm confused. Can you please clarify? Himalayan   12:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Issues with Bhadrajun
Hello! Your submission of Bhadrajun‎ 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! Mangoe (talk) 18:18, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bhadrajun
Hi you'll have to nominate Korzok for both of us as I'm off for a week or so. When I return hopefully you'll have started on Kathmandu!! Keep up the good work, and have fun! Best! Himalayan   21:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hindu festival nearing in January

 * Ganesha Jayanti: 19 January (planning a new article)
 * Ratha Saptami: 22nd January-- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:50, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Also I noticed you have created a DYK nom. about a Ladakhi monastery. We can create DYKs for


 * Thikse
 * Diskit
 * Shanti Stupa

I do have photos for the same. We can rope in HimalayanExplorer too. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * So lets start with Ganesha Jayanti at User:Redtigerxyz/Titwala -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:12, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't know how you do it, but you do create articles speedily. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 10:49, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Ratha Saptami
Hi. Great work on this one. I gave it a copy edit and added a bit and posted it to the mainspcae and DYk nominated it. Looks really good. I had a good break thanks, I am still on a semi-break but editing wikipedia is fun! Himalayan   13:13, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Rizong is looking good. Very interesting that it is that strict. I hope you don't mind but I took the liberty to rename your sandboxes simply Sandbox 1 and Sandbox 2, I was finding it confusing having a different name at the top! If you have further sandbox I'd suggest you rename Sandbox 3 etc accordingly... Himalayan  22:30, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You can add 2 names at once using author2 parameter in the DYK nom template.-- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean??? Of course I would never forget you. In fact I listed your name first please look again. You know you can't list two names at once. I always have to add your name afterwards. Himalayan   23:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

You must have been watching my edits as I added your name within one minute of the original posting at DYK as normally do! You must have been on the page when I nominated it and when I saved your name immedatiely afterwards it wouldn't have picked up on your screen I guess. Narturally I wouldn't dream of nominating and not giving credit to the other author! Articles next? Well Ganesh Jayanthi can be fleshed out a little. Diskit Monastery can be expanded or an article could be written about the town of Diskit (currently a redirect). Offhand though I'd say Shey Palace is the one in most need of attention.. Himalayan  11:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * About Ratha Saptami, thanks you told me. Without your message, I would have been shocked to see the development (It was not on my watchlist, so didn't notice). Any way please the concerned user do not place any content on mainspace from your userspace without your consent. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I may go alone for monastery articles as Himalayan Explorer is busy now, and I am going on a 3 week vacation next week. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure no worries. I'll archive your talk page. You are doing a great job with writing these articles. Himalayan   20:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC)