User talk:AreJay/Archive 07

Re:Template:INRConvert
Cool! I would need to learn how to make some more of these type templates soon from you. :-) -- gp pande  «talk»  08:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Anytime :) AreJay (talk) 14:55, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Protected! =Nichalp   «Talk»=  07:04, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

INRInflation
I did play around a bit, but the way the template is created needs some tweaking.


 * 1) Rupee values < 1 should be rendered as paise
 * 2) I believe the template would be used mostly to calculate the present day rupee value. So therefore, was looking for a basic template  . This is more advanced, so maybe you could separate it into  and make the target_year optional.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:33, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm kinda caught up with another project that has caught my fancy, so I'll test it out later this week. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  07:34, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Mangalore
Hi Arejay. I am in India right now. Will be back in a week and then look into the article.thanks Dineshkannambadi (talk) 08:48, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Mangalore FAC
Hello, AreJay. Thanks for your comments on the Mangalore FAC. I have addressed all your comments. Do have a glance when you are free. Kensplanet Talk  E-mail  Contributions  18:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Dubai sprotection
AreJay, I checked the history. I found the vandalism to be manageable. Do you feel otherwise? Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Rough guide to semi-protection is nice essay on the subject. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:17, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Erech-Uruk Merge
Easy, tiger. You really should wait five minutes before reverting and sending off accusations of vandalism. That will allow a good-faith editor to complete what they're doing. There's been an announcement to merge in the article that hasn't been responded to. Us casual users rely on editors like you to keep Wikipedia clean, but don't abuse the power, count to ten and wait until you know an edit really is vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.7.132.71 (talk) 01:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * If you were planning on making sweeping changes to an article, you should have attempted to obtain consensus by using the template.  Looked like vandalism to me, from where I was standing. Neither did there appear to be any previous discussion on the matter nor did you include an explanation for the redirect in any one of your several edit summaries...tiger. Thanks AreJay (talk) 02:54, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

You're right. Apart from the notice to merge and the listing in the proposed merge page and the note on the discussion page there was absolutely nothing.....

OK, so it wasn't the cleanest process ever, but you jumped in pretty quickly before it could be fixed, with only a cursory glance over the edit summaries. You need to do a bit more examination than that before you start throwing around the vandal tag. But not to worry - you're not the only one with more power than patience. However, unlike Oroso who made the world a better place by apologising and then helping me make the merge cleaner, you got defensive and stood on your high horse. Hope the view's nice from up there...210.7.132.71 (talk) 01:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes it is, thanks for asking. I was trying to provide some information on how to go about the redirect process, but if that means that I was standing on my high horse, then I can see no point in providing any input to you.  Good luck, and continue doing whatever it is that you're doing here.  AreJay (talk) 20:12, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * You know, I really shouldn't take the bait so easily but... there wasn't any advice - just quick revert and a vandal tag. The information regarding using the template - I'm sure what you meant was to use the  template, right? - all came after I first wrote to you. And apart from anythuing else, the merge tag WAS on the article - only you didn't read that or anything else. You had a quick look at the edit summary notes, didn't check the time and Whooshka! because 'looked like vandalism to me, from where I was standing.' Sorry, but from where I was standing you were too quick to judge in this case. 210.7.132.71 (talk) 02:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Whooshka? Is that a technical term? No, I didn't mean, I did infact mean .  If you think I was too quick to judge the case, then that's your opinion.  Continue doing what your doing, and no doubt you'll have the opportunity to point out to some other editor who blanket reverts anon #REDIRECT edits with no edit summaries how quick he/she was to judge your contribs (which, btw, will happen if you continue to edit the way you do).  I tried to offer you some friendly advice as someone that has been on Wikipedia for close to four years, but if it's not needed, fair enough.  It's no skin off my back.  This is also the last time I will be responding on this topic.  Thanks AreJay (talk) 02:25, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * No, its not technical - and I'm not trying to tick you off, and yes, I agree it was clumsy edit - not all my edits are like that, but the idea was to put the edit summary in the last one, but I didn't get a chance to. Anyway its all done now - although it took all of 2 days before someone put in a notice to split back to Erech again.
 * I know you just said you wouldn't respond again, but my curiosity has been peaked now - why would I use split when I want to merge? Aren't they opposites?210.7.132.71 (talk) 06:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Enjoy!

 * Hmmn four years. Have you not thought about adminship? I think you would do great with it. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

AWB
I've approved you for AWB, but your name was already listed on the users page, so you're good to go.  jj137  ( talk )  04:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Ranga
Hi, can you help me with the literal meaning of the Sanskrit "ranga," as in Ranganathan? Is it "place of assembly" or "gathering place"? Badagnani (talk) 21:28, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ranga just means Vishnu. It doesn't mean place of assembly or gathering place.  Thanks AreJay (talk) 22:09, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Template request
Hi AreJay, since you're good in template creation, could I request you to create one for me? This is in response to the FLRC for List of districts of India. I tried to make the template User:Nichalp/infobox, but not sure where it is going wrong. Three values would have to be calculated, area in mi, density in sq km and density in sq mi. Thanks. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  11:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, although Ganesh had already done the hard work cleaning up the mess I made. :) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:11, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

INRConvert bug
Hi! I found a bug with INR Convert, when trying to practically implement it for Abhinav Bindra. When I tried to format 2 crores, it shows up as 0.4 million. I think 400,000 USD would be preferable instead of the decimals. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you back and refreshed. Things are fine, I've managed to figure out much of the parser syntax thanks to Ganesh. Was then inpired to write a few scripts in Perl, and will be coming out with *one very nice one* by next week. Will give you the details once I'm through ironing out the bugs. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:39, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * My knowledge of Perl is limited to just three weeks. I hope to release the script by 1 Sep. Its ready and working, but with 52 different user input variables, some dependent on the others, I need to keep testing for an endless series of permutations and combinations. :( =Nichalp   «Talk»=  10:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyright issues with using Bloomberg currency conversion data...
Hi AreJay, I hate to be the messenger, however, the use of Bloomberg's currency conversion information to implement Template:INRConvert appears to be in violation both of Bloomberg's Terms Of Service and of Wikipedia's GFDL policy. The Template_talk:INRConvert page contains more details. --Mwarren us (talk) 18:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Script
Hi!

This is what I am trying to do. So far met good success. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  16:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Apologize for butting in.. but.. Coool! I've been looking for something like this for some time now.  Keep it up.  I'll try to use it over the next couple of weeks and let you know how it goes.  Thanks!  Sarvagnya 17:32, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If you have Linux, you can go ahead, though keep in mind the listed bugs. I've not tested it on Windows though. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:35, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Would there be an advantages of having an HTML frontend? The first script does automates the work by scanning and filling in values such as image name, orientation, ISO, aperture and so on. This would be lost if it was on toolserver. As for the bug, I did notice that and fixed it immediately. It was due to the .= operator where the previous values of the description in the loop were getting iterated. I never expected myself to write ~750 lines of code in three weeks. :-) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:35, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I did: http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/ (each chapter a PDF), and http://www.tizag.com/perlT/ (for a low level understanding). =Nichalp   «Talk»=  06:25, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Mangalore is now a FA
Hello Arejay. I thought I should inform you this that Mangalore has been successfully promoted to FA status. Your copyedits and comments had really helped the article during its first FAC. Thankyou very much. Kensplanet (talk) 16:24, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Nichalp's upload script
Just an update: My upload script is ready to be used. Do have a go at testing. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  13:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You can also test drive it on Windows. I tested it on Windows and it worked without a hitch. The installation page has the details to run it on Windows. Ya, looks slick, I took pains to make it look like it has the appearance of a featured article, still someway to go. :) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  15:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Coomaraswamy
Hello, could you tell me what the literal meaning and origin of the name Coomaraswamy is? Badagnani (talk) 17:08, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Not too sure...this name is also spelled Kumaraswamy...the name is typically a reference to Murugan. Not sure about the literal translation though.  Thanks AreJay (talk) 02:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Welcome back!
AreJay, thanks so much for the barnstar. I appreciate the acknowledgment of my efforts. But I have to admit that I do not feel as though I have done a lot. I only clean up after other users' edits or reverting vandalism. You have done more in terms of providing information and writing articles more than I have. Thanks again. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 23:00, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Template:INRConvert
How do you plan to update the values? The Re-$ conversion rates have changed significantly over the past month. Would it be possible to write a bot for this? ? =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:21, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Isn't manually updating it a tedious process? And then the question on maintained. If you go on a long wikibreak, chances are, the template will be forgotten. You could place a request on Bot requests, and someone could do the coding by using a site scraper bot.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  11:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Genesis wikiproject
Hello! I am just wondering on if you would be interested in joining a Genesis Wikiproject, if I were to make one. I am currently thinking about starting one, as I think it would be nice to get all Genesis fans to work together and collaborate. If you would be interested in the idea of having such a project, please respond to me on my talkpage. Thank you, and have a nice day! P.S. I have completely written the No Jacket Required article, in an effort to make it a good article. If you have any referenced contributions, copyedits or such, you are more than welcome to do so. ;) CarpetCrawler (talk) 00:39, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Script for automatic banner placement
--  Tinu  Cherian  - 14:58, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh my! Dubai!
Hiya, AreJay. This is my long overdue post to your talk page - in all fairness, I owed you one at least one revert ago. As briefly as I can manage: I deleted the line in question because I find it to be poor-quality writing. I should have stayed away from the term "POV" - I blame the short field offered to edit summaries and my own slipshod efforts in trying to deal with this challenge. The paragraph, without the first line, makes it quite clear that Dubai is a diverse city. The first line - cited or not - comes across as bludgeoning the poor reader with a screechy insistance of Dubai's multicultural diversity. A good percentage of readers, I imagine, would be put off by such an introduction, as it sounds condescending, and readers do not tend to appreciate being talked down to - no matter how factually correct the statement is! It may do well over on Simple Wikipedia, but not here. In short, my reasoning for the edit falls under stylistic concerns, rather than bias or counter-bias. I apologize for the rather poor edit summaries (particularly the one at 17:21), and hope that this clarifies my intent. Badger Drink (talk) 05:22, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Option 5
Could I ask you to revise your option 5? The poll is for the infobox entry. Mentioning classical languages in the culture section can be dealt with later. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  11:56, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Adminship
Hello. We need more admins and I'm scouting for unusual candidates to nominate. Your name's been suggested... are you interested in running? --Dweller (talk) 14:01, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. If you change your mind, please drop me a line. --Dweller (talk) 16:16, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Goofed up!
I was trying to make into a single vote system but I added to the confusion! How is it now? Thanks for pinging me. --KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 18:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * This poll is really confusing! The categories we have are (my assumption)

--KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 18:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) UNDUE in infobox but fine in Culture section
 * 2) Not UNDUE infobox but will settle for mention in Culture section
 * 3) Undue in both places

Help sought to mediate on a debate in op blue star article
Hi, I and one of my fellow editors are facing a deadlock on a issue of bias on a controversial topic Operation Blue Star, the summary of dispute can be found at, please let us know your views so that we can solve the dispute amicably. Thanks LegalEagle (talk) 02:45, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Bangalore
Please do not accuse me of canvassing! Asking someone how they feel about an issue in order to gain concensus is NOT canvassing. What would be canvassing was if I messaged everyone who had voted for the image and told them to go vote again. I have not even stated anything about the current vote. Stop accusing me of untrue things. Thanks Nikkul (talk) 18:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection issue
Hi - Based on advice given, I have initiated a discussion on the semi-protection issue at the village pump. Your opinion, now over the broader topic and not just India, will be most valuable. Shiva  (Visnu)  09:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Kannada literature in the Western Chalukya Empire
Thanks for supporting the FAC.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 20:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

For info on districts of Karnataka, find info
 * From a book by B.L. Rice,referenced in Kannada literature page.
 * Go to web page for Vedams Books in Delhi and search for key word "Karnataka". Some of the books here may help, especially if it is in a near by library where you live.
 * I had come across a book on line called "Tribes of Mysore" which may be a useful book to read.

If I get more ideas, I will keep you posted.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 01:10, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

One normally gets this sort of info in bits and pieces as you read through several books. For instance, I know that Kolar is derived from "Kolahala Pura" (land of violince, where most battles between Kannada and Tamil Kingdoms were fought) or something to that effect. Gadag was originally called "Virathapura" or "Viratha nagara" (Land of Viratha, from Mahabharata), Bankapura in Haveri gets its name from the famous army general of Amoghavarsha I, Bankesha. I reel this off this to my family as we travel in Karnataka, sometimes catching their attention:)Dineshkannambadi (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Bangalore.
AreJay, I have added the references as much as I could in Wikipedia format. I find adding references very complex. I request you not to remove the text as it is less known fact of Bangalore. If possible help me add more references. I am new here - but trying to learn. --Kokar (talk) 15:07, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Arejay, I am a new member to wikipedia and I was taking a look at the Bangalore page. I immediately thought the page name was due for a change, I looked at the discussion page and made a comment. Just wanted to know whats the final decision in this regard and who has the final word in such matters ? -- Manohar.sram (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC).

Thanks for the response and clarifications. It was not my intention to create any more fuss regarding the matter but only to understand the exact requirements for a name change. I read that the names won't be changed until it comes into "popular English usage". I had a problem with this, because now the whole thing becomes subjective and open to interpretation. I have no issues with wiki waiting for the Central Govt clearance after which the names would be changed automatically without any debate I suppose. In English or Kannada I say Bengaluru only. BIAL is Bengaluru International Airport. I have learnt to say Kolkata in English. Anyway, no issues with what you said. Manohar.sram (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:16, 13 July 2009 (UTC).

Template:Currency conversion
Copied from here: Hi Nichalp. Glad to hear that you are OK. I found Template:INRConvert, but am in need of a Japanese Yen to U.S. Dollar conversion template, perhaps one that optionally uses Inflation to adjust for inflation. if easy enought, would you consider creating Template:Currency conversion by modifying the code from Template:INRConvert. It would be nice if the currency conversion template could be used for any money type and go both ways. Thanks. -- Suntag  ☼  17:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Copied from here: is the real architect behind INR Convert. He could probably help with the technical details. Regards,  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  14:07, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi AreJay. Can you create Template:Currency conversion as noted above? Thanks. -- Suntag  ☼  14:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Incorporating inflation would be tough. For 2,000 Yen in 1958, the 2,000 Yen would be converted into U.S. dollars using a 1958 exchange rate. Then, the US dollars results would be adjusted for inflation to the year 2008. If daily exchange rates histories are available on the Internet, that might be possible. As for the inflation adjustment, that might be possible by following the instructions at Inflation wraping the Currency conversion template in Inflation. On a related note, Google has a currency converter at Google finance. If the results can be displayed in Wikipedia, that would make for an easy currency converter. -- Suntag  ☼  13:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know whether you saw this, but, "Effective January 1, 2009, the Federal Reserve Board is discontinuing publication of the H.10 Daily Update, which provides U.S. dollar exchange rates against other currencies certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and summary measures of the foreign exchange value of the dollar." Before starting the Yen-Dollar conversion, perhaps we can make the Rupee-Dollar conversion more automated. I posted some comments at Template talk:INRConvert. Thanks. -- Suntag  ☼  13:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

List of districts of West Bengal
Hi, please recheck the peer review page and see if something else needs to be done before it can be nominated for FL. As such content-wise, I am kind of through. Do we need any more refs? I tried adding more columns, but the content of existing columns gets somewhat distorted in display, so left it out for the time being. Thanks.--GDibyendu (talk) 19:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi 'AreJay', List of districts of West Bengal has got promoted to FL. Thanks for your comments/suggestions in peer review/FLC review.--GDibyendu (talk) 16:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Reverts
Hi there, I and I'm sure a lot of other editors would appreciate it if you explained your reverts using the edit summary box. Regards, --Joowwww (talk) 18:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Lalit Jagannath
Hey, you might be interested in Requests for comment/Lalit Jagannath. Any comments would be deeply appreciated. --Enigma Machine (talk) 04:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

hello
hi I saw you reverted my comments Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 'The the same article stated that 'severely mauled' by the larger Indian armed forces, Pakistan could continue the fight only by teaming up with Red China and turning its back on the U.N'.

this is the truth and if you care to read the article in TIME it clearly states that.--Wikireader41 (talk) 16:35, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. problem is that most news sources are NOT NPOV. eg new york times is liberal. The fact remains that 1965 war did not result in Kashmir being liberated which was the stated objective of Pakistan. Hence it clearly was a defeat because this objective was clearly not met. Yet very few sources would state that fact and state that it was a stalemate ( implying that pakistan met some of its objectives just not all of them). it had to do with pakistan being a western ally during those years. I was just quoting what TIME article said and would let the readers make their own inference about the biases that TIME has and credibility of this magazine. I think most wikipedia readers are reasonably bright and can draw their own conclusions and we should not make any judgements for them.

i can understand if I had added that statement without providing the reference then it would not be considered NPOV. As far as I know their is no wikipedia policy barring using TIME as a source. does not mean what is written in TIME is NPOV. actually very little is especially concerning Islam and 3rd world countries. have a great day --Wikireader41 (talk) 03:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Places of worship in Bangalore
Hi!Arejay,

Thanks for your positive views on my artcile Bengaluru Pete. You may like to read my latest article Places of worship in Bangalore, which gives more info on Bangalore.--Nvvchar (talk) 01:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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Dubai
Hi, please check my response and suggestions here

Colossal (talk) 12:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi AreJay, I'm new to wikipedia and still trying to get my head around all the guidelines and such. I'm very interested to contribute to the Dubai Project but not sure how to get started. I would like to add information about the Free Zones in Dubai. I know some pages exist which I think I'm fine to figure out how to edit. What I'm not sure about is how to start a new article about a free zone. Can you give me some direction? Thanks, Bob (Bbob312 (talk) 06:11, 23 June 2009 (UTC))

Al Farooj Fresh
Hi AreJay,

I found you contributing to WP:UAE. I'm afraid I have a request for you. We are discussing Al Farooj Fresh at AfD and I think it's close to being notable with English language sources, however it's probably not quite there. I wonder if you could have a look for relevant Arabic/local sources and bring them to the party please?! Thanks, Bigger digger (talk) 13:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey thanks for looking over the History of Dubai, I'm working on your suggestions, very helpful! Dottydotdot (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, with regards to the image in 1990-do you have any suggestions of finding who has the original copyright-. Does that mean all these sites are in violation of the copyright?  Thanks! Dotty•• | TALK 13:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Abu Dhabi
AreJay, you were saying in Dubai discussion page that the education section in the Abu Dhabi article only contains two sentences. So why don't we just remove the entire thing, because the two sentences don't even relate topic that much. And also the postage stamps section doesn't even include any text. (MoHasanie (talk) 15:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)).

WP Bangalore Meetup
Following the Mailing list discussion that we had, here's a call for an informal meetup of Bangalore Wikipedians soon. Please see Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore3 --  Tinu  Cherian  - 10:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
Yes, being here is like being home. :) I am not as active as old times, but I do stay around to a help a bit. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:03, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter, Volume IV, Issue 1 – June 2009
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Something for you
Thanks a lot for your kind words, AreJay. I am humbled --  Tinu  Cherian  - 05:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

WikMeetup Bangalore 3
WikMeetup Bangalore is scheduled for Sunday, 5 July, 2009 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM and I have emailed you with more details. Please ping me if you require any more information. Hoping to meet you on the meetup day. Take care --  Tinu  Cherian  - 09:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)