User talk:DaGizza/Archive/4

Hindi
My Hindi is limited to film words. I can say "Acha!", "Nahin", "Budmarsh!" I know hum, tum, hai, pagal, shaadi, yaar, dil, mohabbat, and a lot of food words.

I've thought of learning Hindi, but first I have to learn Arabic and Persian. Zora 09:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Thank you for voting on my RfA, it passed with a final tally of 68/0/0 so I'm now an administrator. If there's anything I can do to help, you feel I've done something wrong, or there's just something you want to tell, don't hesitate to use my talk page. Thanks. - Bobet 10:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Care to explain
You recently said that " It is also difficult to trust Anonym's judgement, considering the fights he gets into". That was an attack. Can you explain yourself? I get into some arguments like all editors do and I have worked on articles in the past that are more controversial than what many other editors work on. Saying "fights I get into" is a needless attempt. So answer here and fix your comment based on policy. -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 11:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Novels
Hi, thanks for joining the Novels WikiProject, have a look round, get used to our article pattern, and our other tools and get stuck in as you find something to contribute. Any questions just ask. Enjoy your stay. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page)  11:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)


 * oh and would you be so kind as to pur our userbax on your page . Thanks :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page)  11:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Your Wikiproject India note
Hi Da: I'm a little reluctant to move on your suggestion. I'm not Indian, Hindu, Muslim (or for that matter Christian), and I have experienced a lot of hostility over many of my edits, claiming I favor one side more than another, or that I am too slavish in basing articles on fact rather than opinionated, revisionist history.

It is not a bad thing for a Westerner to get involved in dialogues with Muslim and Hindu Indians over how best to recount their history and customs...it's their history and customs -- YOUR history and customs -- after all, not mine, and you know much, much more about them than I can ever hope too. But it has been a revelation when I get comments about Aurangzeb, for example, that I am an opinionated boor because I won't call him treacherous, or because I won't call him a pir. Apparently simply to state what he did is not enough: he must be castigated or canonized.

I know a lot about a little when it comes to India. I have for some years been exploring (in books and in India) the conflict between Aurangzeb and Shivaji. I've got a couple of books on the period coming out. Highly fictional. Within this narrow swath of geography, history and culture, I'm reasonably well informed. If I step one kilometer beyond a narrow band of the Deccan Plateau, I am a compleat idiot.

Diwali is an example of stepping over that line. I hoped to include some Diwali scene in my next book. In websurfing, I discovered the large-scale copying of huge chunks of the article, which seemed unfortunate to me. (I found also that a particular Indian Wikipedier who was being highly critical of my edits had been the single source of the Diwali copyvio, and of many, many others.)

I could probably write a pretty good article on Christmas, or US Labor Day, or what have you, but all I know about Diwali is what I've seen (little lamps on the street), and what I've read (websites on Diwali). In other words, I'm a tourist, not an authority.

So I don't know that I'd bring very much to Wikiproject India. If there were Wikiproject:Shivaji v. Aurangzeb, that might be a different story.

If you want to know about how Hindu stonecutting methods influenced the design of Mughal-era mosques, or about temple defacement techniques used by Mughal troops during Aurangzeb's reign, or steel-making techniques from Hyderabad in the 1600's, or the elaborate preparations for a tiger hunt in Mughal times, then I'm your man. I know a lot of trivial stuff.

Along with feeling uncertain about how to improve Indian articles factually, I am also uncertain about how to treat Indian grammar, spelling, etc., which often is at odds with Western English, but is usually comprehendable. I feel bad simply overwriting another person's work, but do so on a regular basis. This seems to me to be pretty egotistical, but also helpful, as Wikipedia seems inclined to Western English. I'd love your opinion.

Unlike many of the wikipedians working on India articles, I am a very old coot indeed, by the way. More than 3 times the age of some of the editors. --Nemonoman 15:20, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Holi greetings
Hi, I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. I have collected A Gift Pack of Quotations for you contained in the sections Do things Differently & Something More , which are part of the on-going discussion pertaining to my nomination of Idleguy for adminship. You are aware of the tradition that if you throw colored water on flames of burning Holika, you enable a Prahlad to emerge from the flames!!! I again convey Holi greetings to you and your family!!! --Bhadani 16:19, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support of my RfA
Thank you for your support of my successful request for adminship. I am honoured that the nomination was supported unanimously and that the community expressed confidence that I would use the tools wisely. If you have any concerns please let me know on my talk page. Regards A Y  Arktos 01:55, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
P.S. If you are interested in The Beatles, User:Lar has asked me to tag on a little note advertising the creation of a new Beatles WikiProject that we are currently setting up. Please sign up and help.

WP:AFL Bar colours
Yeah, I noticed that The-Pope changed the Fremantle progress bar to Fremantle club colours and thought it would be a good idea to have all bars like that - to give the page a little more flair :) At the moment I've been editing other things so was just changing the colours as I go, but you're more than welcome to help out. Cheers,  R o  gerthat  Talk  09:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Christopherlin
Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. It closed (22/11/8) without consensus, but once I get a better hang of "the process", I'll probably be up again. --Christopherlin 17:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Explain
"Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. DaGizza Chat (c) 04:37, 6 December 2005 (UTC" You left me this message. Which 'experiment' are you referring to? 60.225.85.173 08:50, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Here's a userbox for you. --Cyde Weys 04:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
I'm leaving this macrophage, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there... Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :) -- O bli (Talk) ? 20:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Hey, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! &mdash; Deckiller 04:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for your support in my RfA. It passed, with a final tally of 62/0/1. I'm touched by all the kind comments it attracted, and hope I'll be of some use with my new tools. You know where I am if you need to shout at me. Flowerparty ? 15:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

My username
LTNS -- how've you been? And returning my question on user-name, eh? Its quite straight-forward, no code, "Impu" in all the south Indian languages means "melodious" and "Mozhi" is the pure-Tamil word for "Language". Note that 'Mozhi' is pronounced with a rolling 'r' in place of the 'z'. Nearly everyone must be pronouncing it as 'z', and also, everyone on WP is likely to think of "Impu" as connected to "Imp" -- I don't like that imagery, and it isn't me, but the deed is done. I thought I had conjured up a nice user-name, but it is an all-round fiasco. Wages of grandoiseness. Take care, ImpuMozhi 14:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Regarding "Mozhi", it is a rolling 'r' as I said, but not a double-r. It's not possible to explain -- if at all you are interested, please ask some Tamilian to pronounce the word. Best, ImpuMozhi 22:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Holi greetings. --Bhadani 16:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:user name and rfa
Hi - yes, I want to become an administrator. It will be a while though, coz I want to prove myself on RC patrol and the backwaters of Wikipedia. Adminship ain't a reward for being a good users. Thanks for your support.

I will reply to you about the username next week. (What?!!!.....) There's a reason. Rama&#39;s Arrow 16:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Thanks for supporting my RFA. I really appreciated the show of support and all the kind words from so many great Wikipedians. I hope I live up to them! -- Vary | Talk 17:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA. While the nomination failed, I was rather expecting it due to the big lapse between registration and recent edits. I appreciate the comments you left when you voted, and I will definitely keep them in mind. If you have any other suggestions as to how I could improve as a Wikipedian, so as to hopefully succeed next time, please let me know! Thanks! &mdash;akghetto talk 07:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The news
Hi, actually, I saw this in the printed copy, and I will have to type or scan it. I will have to scan the news-item and send that by way of e-mail attachemnt. I will try to search in the google - perhaps I will not find a link to all news item published in the Hindu. It was quoting the Guradian Newspapers of UK. --Bhadani 09:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The News I am referring was something like the one found here: Wikipedia changes the Policy. --Bhadani 09:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Greetings
Holi greetings - once more, and thanks for your suggestions on my page. --Bhadani 10:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Thank you for commenting on my RFA. I appreciated the comments and will endeavor to improve with my new sysop status. If there's ever anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to contact me. --Myles Long 15:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Heads-up
Hi, you've answered the first question correctly on WP:PINQ - please watchlist the page so that you can ask a question as soon as the preceding questioner gives you a go-ahead. --Gurubrahma 16:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

template
I've been using instead of the bigger one. Also, I don't know if you should put the Indian one there. It's really big, almost as big as the regular hinduism template. And not everything Indian is Hindu just like not everything arab is muslim.--Dangerous-Boy 18:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)