User talk:Gamesmasterg9

Picky Detail about Proposed Deletions
Hi, Gamesmasterg9 I noticed that you put some prod code on a couple of articles, but it didn't get a date stamp. I'm not sure what was up with that. I added dates, so the five days just started. It's not a big deal, but it slows down the process. With prod, the five days starts right away. For more info, check out Proposed Deletion. Hey, in other news, I'm a Northwestern grad, too. Cool.

-GumbyProf: &quot;I&#39;m about ideas, but I&#39;m not always about good ideas.&quot; 03:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Amrita Rao
Hello, Gamesmasterg9, I noticed your contributions to Amrita Rao's article. Why did you remove the links for her movies? Doesn't it make it easier for people to just see the movies and be able to click on them? Best regards, --Plumcouch 20:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

whoops -- sorry
Hello, Gamesmasterg9, totally my mistake. You're absolutely right and I apologize. It's late here - chalk it up on not enough sleep. Best regards, and sorry again, --Plumcouch 20:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Pictures
Hallo, Gamesmasterg9. Generally, when I look out for pictures, I choose the newest movie an actor/an actress has made (because new movies have generally lots of pics on the net). If it is an Indian actress, I go over to Indiafm.com, Glamsham, Radiosargam or IndiaGlitz (for Tollywood/Telugu etc.) and see, if they have wallpapers or stills of that movie. However, there's a difference between officially released wallpaper and home-made stuff from the websites. The first wallies to appear on the net are usually those released by the production company of the movie - homemade wps are released later and normally don't look as professional as the production company's ones - however the websites are improving, so it's difficult to tell the difference in some cases.

I choose one where you can see the face of the actor/actres, crop it if necessary and improve satuaration and stuff. Then, I try to find via IMdb or Google what the Production Company and/or the copyright holder/distributor is and add everything into a fair use rationale (generally, I use something like this as a fair use rationale). Then, I upload everything, choose an approriate tag (like promo, poster, still or something) and voilá, done. User:Yamla has a very sharp eye on copyright violations and since he almost never complained, I think this way works quite well. When in doubt, I visit articles which have reached featured status like Lindsay Lohan and look for their pictures and fair use rationales - those have to be correct, otherwise the article wouldn't have been featured. I hope this helps.

Best regards, --Plumcouch 14:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Samit Basu
Hi, I notaced that you added Samit Basu to the credits of the Virgin Comics 'Devi' article. I was wondering where you heard this - im interested to know, because ive been following the progress of those comics, and the addition of an Indian fantasy novellist would be cool. Thanks. Vastu 15:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Vatsu,


 * Samit is a personal friend, so the information is straight from the horse's mouth, as it were. He has finished writing issue #3, and it should hit the stands in September. He tells me he's planning to change the tone of the comic completely.Gamesmaster G-9 18:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thats really cool to hear. I was a bit worried after reading the first issue that the comic was superficially desi, (i.e. had Indian references), but underneath, lacked eastern styles and philosophy. When I saw the wiki saying Samit was going to be writing, I was very interested, and now im even more interested after you have mentioned that the comic will be taking a new direction.  I think a fantasy novellist like Samit is the perfect addition to the project, and im really looking forward to the upcoming issues now.


 * I created the wiki article on the comics, and have been updating them every now and again. These comics could be to be to India, what manga is to Japan, and manga is one the most expressive and sophisticated mediums of storytelling that I know of.  Thanks for the information, and give Samit my encouragement :-)


 * Regards, Vastu 20:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, You said we could make a page similar to discword trilogy. I can't do that by myself and nobody else seems interested.-$@ur@BH-- 14:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Wrong GM
for which i am much mortified :( My router tanked immediately after. Probably Wikinemesis. am now using a clunky laptop and a new router.

Hi
Just dropped in to say hi! I see you contribute generously in articles especially on bollywood actresses and also upload good photos. Are you from Calcutta Don Bosco, too?--Dwaipayan (talk) 12:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I am 1999 HS (Barasat Govt High School). As you are a friend of Samit Basu, I thought you might be from Bosco. In fact, one of Samit's classfriends (Rajarshi Dutta) is my roommate in hostel. He also had a twin bro (Deborshi) in the same class. Also happen to know Pathikrit, Arya etc ( all from 1998 ISC). Happen to know?--Dwaipayan (talk) 13:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi there everyone i dont really get wikipedia but i shall get help. (Wears Pants (talk) 22:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC))

Magazine covers?
I thought scans of magazine covers, if the name of the magazine appeared in the image or the caption, was fine, and have been so advising people. I don't think we've had any complaints from magazines. What's the story?

If we can't use magazine covers, WHERE do we get pictures of Bollywood actors? Zora 23:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

What's your say?
Hey thanks for updating Rani's page. It sounds much more professional. Thanks again. But don't you think her magazine qualified? Because I put it in personal life where she was supposedly having an affair with Govinda. I think you should put that magazine back and cover the story or find a new magazine picture for her because magazines tell a lot about the person in the article. shez15 19:33, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Amrita Rao Fansite
Hey thanks Gamesmasterg9 for re-enabling my link. I would definitely like to contribute to the main Article and do some modifications maybe in a day or 2. By the way I had also added the link to the German version of Wiki at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Rao which was removed, I guess by the same person. I've made the changes there also. Thanks once again for your help.

User:Ikonoblast's edit-warring on Votebank

 * I have reported him for a WP:3RR violation on the article on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR

If you would like to comment on this situation and what seems to be his uncivil and derogatory tone towards you (and, more recently towards myself) in his edit summaries and talk page posts, then I would suggest leaving comments here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR#User:Ikonoblast_reported_by_User:Hkelkar_.28Result:.29

Thank you and have a nice day.Hkelkar 10:54, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * He has been unblocked because he "promised to behave" (see his talk page). He has also done similar edit-warring on Lalu Prasad Yadav over the fact tat I put NPOV tag on a section because of a pending RfC on the article. He has promised to behave, so hope springs eternal...

21:02, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I had promised to relax only.  Ikon   |no-blast 11:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I assume good faith that both of you will behave yourself and the above commentary is not an open invitation to gamesmasterg by Hkelkar to join him in edit warring on Lalu Prasad Yadav.Take care.  Ikon   |no-blast 11:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Votebank
Regarding POV on CPM's "not practicing votebank politics".Time to restart the debate, and invite RfA in case of intransigence. I would appreciate it if you could get some sources.Hkelkar 02:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news again, but looks like Ikonoblast's at it again on Votebank. I'll be away for a few hours but would appreciate it if you could participate in debate with him (as hard as that may be) on the talk page Talk:Votebank

Fansites
Are you not aware of the new rule of WikiPedia's Bollywood editors? Fan sites for all the Indian stars are not allowed. Visit the WikiProject for the Indian cinema for more details.

Rani Mukerji
Hey, I love your edits! You're an amazing writer. I just needed one favor. If you could guard Rani Mukerji's page from Zora. She seems to cut down all the essence and only keeps a paragraph in the whole article. I don't know why she thinks everything written on that article is not encyclopedic. I'd really appreciate your help. I've worked three months on that article to make it what it is today. Pa_7 and other editors have helped me make it possible. When you improved the grammar, the article was a winner itself. You really did a great job. Keep it up. And if you can add other references and other things, that will be nice too. Just keep Zora from cutting everything. Thanks! -- shez15 19:33, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Ikonoblast again

 * He was blocked for his usual edit-warring on votebank. He's back and has made additional personal attacks against me by putting bogus vandalism tags in my talk page. I suggest you contribute to the discussion going on at

Talk:William M. Connolley regarding this issue (he's the admin who blocked ikonoblast). The discussion is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Regarding_Dozy_admins

I have requested that you be involved in any mediation matters regarding the votebank article. Thanks.Hkelkar 12:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Gamesmasterg, even though we have differences in editing which is part and parcel of wikipedia I appreciate you not joining Hkelkar and co. and you will not proove me wrong in future either.I do have differences with admins and you too but this is not the way to proceed as proposed by Hkelkar (treat this as advice).  Ikon   |no-blast 12:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Can you defend it????
You have made this edit on Lalu Prasad Yadav.You must quote good source to back it.Using words like "Known criminal" violates WP:BLP.  Ikon  |no-blast 09:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Since you oferred no argument I have changed the heading to old one . But if you still want to pursue it ,you should have a good source to back it.Good day  Ikon   |no-blast 09:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

ikonoblast is back
He's messing about with Lalu Prasad Yadav again. Might want to take a look. Plus, he's been bothering Admin William Connelly (see ikonoblast's contribs page for details).Shall we file a joint RfA on him? We can do that if you want.Hkelkar 10:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I say both of you go through this adventure too.  Ikon   |no-blast 13:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

ikonoblast was blocked
And has been making allegations against you in his talk page. I suggest you contribute as the discussion is getting one-sided and admins might get the wrong idea unless you say your side. Thanks.Hkelkar 12:58, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Votebank
After going through your comment on my talk page, I feel you have some misconceptions about me (although it is violation of AGF, I don't want to pursue it).You must discuss the matter on article's talk page and refrain from edit warring and agressive editing.  Ikon  |no-blast 11:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, I was discussing this issue with Plumcoach and he referred me to you. :) I recently added to 2 external links to the Vidya Balan page. One to IndiaFM's page on Vidya and a fansite (http://fansites.hollywood.com/~vidya). However the fansite link I added was changed to another site (vidya-balan.com). Is there a problem?

Atomickitkat 16:46, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your help in getting the article on Riya Sen, and also thanks for everything I learned from your edits (there are quite a few). But, I still think the laguage links are relevant, since it is being stated that she works in may different languages. And, I hope you reconsider the infobox image, and replace it with a better one. I am trying to find a better image as well (of course it has to be relevant and as free as possible). And finally, would you take a look at another of my contributions - Ganguly Family Connection. Please, check the image on Moonmoon Sen's article as well (it was not uploaded by me though). - Aditya Kabir 05:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC) - please, reply on my talk page


 * Thanks again. - Aditya Kabir 11:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Can you help me to move the category "Ganguly Family Connection" to the category "Ganguly Family" or "Ganguly Family (films)" - like it is with the Kapoor Family - as well? - Aditya Kabir 12:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Advise, please
I have posted some questions and comments on Riya Sen talk page. I need your advise. - Aditya Kabir 08:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC) - please, reply on my talk page

User:ikonoblast is back!!!

 * He seemed to have disappeared for a while thank g-d but he's back to revert-warring on votebank. Just thought I should drop you a note.Hkelkar 08:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, there is an arbitration case against me going on. Ikonoblast is an "involved party", no doubt he will engage in his usual malicious mud-slinging there. If you don;t mind, I would like to list you as an involved party and would like you to tell the admins there of our problems with his vandalism and tendentious editing on votebank. The RfA is:

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Requests for arbitration/Hkelkar. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Hkelkar/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Hkelkar/WorkshopHkelkar 08:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

St. Xavier's High School Loyola Hall
I have reverted your redirect. The 2 schools are different. - Aksi_great (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. I am sure about that. I live in Ahmedabad and studied in one of the schools. There are many schools named St. Xavier's in Gujarat. There is St. Xavier's Loyola, Mirzapur, Gandhinagar, Surat and Bhuj. All of them were founded by the same institution - Society of Jesus and have the same logo, uniform and other rules. The Mirzapur article has been copied nearly verbatim by someone from the Loyola article (the latter article was my first article on wikipedia). But as the information is correct, I don't think there is any need to remove information from the Mirzapur article. - Aksi_great (talk) 18:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Re:Riya Sen
She's adha-Tripuri and adha-Bangla. Tripuris (especially of royal birth like Riya sen) use Bengali. See Script issues of Kokborok. Bengali is the only script needed for her bio. Bakaman  Bakatalk 01:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

bangla
you might find this useful: Indic transliteration scheme--D-Boy 02:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Riya Sen
Why do you insist on putting up measurements (even though there is NO guarantee that they're correct) and making references to love affairs and scandals? The former is offensive to women, and the latter is against the WP:BLP policy. I will raise the model infobox issue at the Village Pump (policy), but for the latter, it would be sufficient to complain to an admin. I don't WANT to do that, since you've otherwise been doing good work, but prurient gossip is just not what we do. Zora 09:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I find the measurements informative......--D-Boy 03:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Is Hindi the problem?
Is that why you don't want scripts?--D-Boy 03:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar
This case is now closed and the results have been posted above.


 * is banned for one year.
 * editing under any name or anonymous ip is banned from Wikipedia for one year.
 * is banned for a year for personal attacks, disruptive comments, edit-warring and incivility.
 * BhaiSaab is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar.
 * Hkelkar and socks is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar.
 * TerryJ-Ho is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar.

For the Arbitration committee, Cowman109 Talk 06:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
hey thanx for deleting the Fake information on The Mahabharata (film).They shouldnt add stuff without proper reference...Thanx anywayz--Cometstyles 11:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't
U have left me a msg that i have temperd with Celina Jaitley article.I have neebver actually accessed that article.U must be mistaken.Kindly check thoroughly b4 sending any threats and warnings.. --202.147.165.180 18:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Vernacular scripts
I don't see much consensus on removal or use of scripts, but I think we can at least have some consensus on issues such as order of scripts -- it can avoid stupid edit wars (see history of Belgaum for example). If there is no clear consensus on the order of scripts, we can go for a straw poll. utcursch | talk 11:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for improving my article, thats so sweet of you!

Ayesha Takia 22:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:EnglishAugust.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:EnglishAugust.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 12:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

back on WP
hi, just did a paper on WP for a conference, have posted summary on my userpage and am soliciting comments.

Have you ever done any for-print scholarly editing? Can you comment on the diffferences between FP and WP for me? Ar ki khobor bol. kaj kemon cholchhe?

Rimi  talk  08:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * My deepest sympathies (and empathies) Chalie ja. Rimi   talk contribs 09:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Need help with two articles within the scope of Indian cinema project
Dabboo Ratnani needs a proper bio, an infobox, and of course a complete list of celebrities who appeared through the years on his famous calendar. The sample image from his calendar also needs more critical commentary with references. Ananthabhadram needs quite some work, too, though I can't really pinpoint the problems yet. Aditya Kabir 06:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Gameworld
Hi, I did a bit of work on the Gameworld page and then on the character's page for the same. Are you still interested in working on the article, in particular, the easter eggs in the books?

Heavynash 09:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:RakhiSawant.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:RakhiSawant.jpg. I noticed 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 that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the image description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

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 fair use images which could be replaced by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted 7 days after this notification, per our Fair Use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Yamla 15:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:Security Control Organisation.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Security Control Organisation.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 04:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:Headquarter Force.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Headquarter Force.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 05:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:South Division.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:South Division.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 23:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Reserve Force.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Reserve Force.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 17:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Wireless Branch.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Wireless Branch.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 23:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Enforcment Branch.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Enforcment Branch.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 06:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Central Division.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Central Division.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 12:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Eastern Suburban Division.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Eastern Suburban Division.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 06:22, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Detective Department.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Detective Department.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 09:04, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:North Division.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:North Division.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 04:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Port Division.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Port Division.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 19:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Traffic Police.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Traffic Police.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 21:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Special Branch.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Special Branch.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 21:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:MamtaKulkarni.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:MamtaKulkarni.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media 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 media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the media description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

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 description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, fair use media which could be replaced by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if not used in an article), per our Fair Use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. – Quadell (talk) (random) 13:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Little context in Detective Department (Kolkata Police)
Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Detective Department (Kolkata Police), by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Detective Department (Kolkata Police) is very short providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Detective Department (Kolkata Police), please affix the template to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that '''this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here''' CSDWarnBot (talk) 08:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Rinki Kapoor
A tag has been placed on Rinki kapoor requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Alexius08 (talk) 04:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mandakini RTGM.jpg
Thank you for uploading Image:Mandakini RTGM.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 15:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films coordinator elections
The WikiProject Films coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect five coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by March 28! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 10:11, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:PayalRohatgi.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:PayalRohatgi.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the media description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Mspraveen (talk) 18:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:PayalRohatgi.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:PayalRohatgi.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

User pages
Please do not edit any of the User:RussBot subpages. --Russ (talk) 02:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Gunda (film)
Hi Gamesmasterg9, I don't understand why you keep reverting the article for Gunda to a page with no information at all. If you want to improve the article wouldn't it be better to edit and clean the article rather than removing all the information? Obnoxious (talk) 21:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:PresidencyCollegeLogo.gif)
Thanks for uploading Image:PresidencyCollegeLogo.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Pritam.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Pritam.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films August 2008 Newsletter
The August 2008 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections
Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 03:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films coordinator elections - voting now open!
Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 22:45, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ISI.gif)
Thanks for uploading Image:ISI.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:02, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Questionnaire
As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 03:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: ownership of article Sindhi people
Hi Admin,

Please have a look at Sindhis, a user by the name of Wasimawan has completely changed the article and made it pro Muslim and pro Pakistani and Anti Indian Hindu.

-Sindhi_seth —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sindhi seth (talk • contribs) 18:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Some people are making this pro Pakistani, please monitor this page -K Melwani —Preceding unsigned comment added by K Melwani (talk • contribs) 19:30, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, you had stopped by this article after a Rfc I posted. I'm dealing with at least one stubborn editor who is not only jealously guarding the article against edits by non-Sindhis (her words), refuses to respond to requests for discussion. I don't want to move arbitration just yet, but I can't find any precedent for a situation where one party refuses to talk. Any help would be appreciated.

Gamesmaster G-9 (talk) 01:53, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you ask at WT:INB to get more input for yourself? The reverts are very large and seem hard to follow.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 01:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Gamesmasterg9, I really don't understand what is your problem. You are the one being stubborn who reverts my edit every morning I wake up. I don't have a problem with non-Sindhis contributing, but you're not contributing anything, you are just reverting and not making progress. Any edit I make, I provide a link for its validity. You should really explain your actions. In the future, I would like you to discuss the changes you want with me, instead of just reverting the whole thing. -Skatergirl —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skatergal (talk • contribs) 12:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Let us continue the discussion on the article talk page. Gamesmaster G-9 (talk) 22:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I came to give some advice but
...now that I see how much spam tagging you've done on India-related articles, I'll probably come to you for advice a lot. I often have a feeling that I just don't know enough to make good speedy deletion calls, especially involving schools. Anyway... I'm here about Prasad Bidapa, I always leave a note with the tagger when I decline a speedy. Generally, when an article is tagged for db-spam and there's an earlier version in the history that was accepted, especially by someone who works with speedies a lot, then the preference is to revert to the last non-spammy version rather than deleting, and I've done that reversion. Should I have included some of the later edits, do you think? Should we still delete the article? (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 03:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * A lot of articles show up in the db-spam queue that are about Indian educational or community service organizations. I'd like to get some feedback from some Indian editors on how to handle these; is there some website or some kind of search that would help us decide which institutions are notable?  For instance, New article appearing on wikepedia has a link to un.org that mentions the subject favorably; is that important? - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 11:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Sindhis
Re:Hi. I have been watching the article for a while, and you are right - there has been some vandalism by certain Pakistani editors. I also wanted to let you know that I had to make some changes to the article, as it had acquired a very heavy anti-Muslim slant. I realise that the partition of India is a sensitive issue, but the facts need to be presented in as neutral a manner as possible. Gamesmaster G-9 (talk) 07:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gamesmaster, the content that you have deleted was showing the reason why we have Sindhi community in two different countries, there was very little anti-muslim slant. Its sad to see all my efforts just wiped out this way. - K Melwani 24 June 2009

I have made a few changes to make this article neutral. I have edited Sufism, Post 1947 and a few other minor edits. The Sindhi surnames section has been added as the 'ANI' and 'JA' suffix is an important part of the Sindhi identity. I will constantly monitor this page to ensure its neutrality. - K Melwani 24 June 2009


 * [[Image:Stop x nuvola with clock.svg|40px|left]] You have been blocked from editing for  in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule. Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text  below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first.  The duration of the block is 24 hours. Here are the reverts in question. William M. Connolley (talk) 22:37, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Juju (Chandrabindoo album)
A tag has been placed on Juju (Chandrabindoo album) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. fetchcomms 00:18, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Gamesmasterg9! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 06:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Upamanyu Chatterjee -

File permission problem with File:Bhanu Athaiya.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Bhanu Athaiya.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Kelly hi! 18:06, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project
Aloha!

My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco working on collecting unique and interesting stories from Wikipedians that can be used to compel donations for the 2011 fundraiser.

I found your user name on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Chicago

If you are interested in participating, and would like to schedule a telephone or Skype interview with me, please send me an email (vgrigas@wikimedia.org) along with any questions you may have.

Thanks for your time!

Victor, User:Victorgrigas Victor Grigas (talk) 22:13, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

PS If you know of anyone with whom I should speak please let me know :)

Kolkata Metropolitan Area
A tag has been placed on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Camyoung54  talk  23:53, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:24, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Sindhi names for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sindhi names is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Sindhi names until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sitush (talk) 14:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for July 4
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Médico de familia, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages TV3, Geminis and Iván Santos. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:53, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for July 27
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Benjamín Rubio, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Rebel and Asturian miners' strike. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for August 29
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited University of Orihuela, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Civil Law and Chancellory. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:03, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

You are Invited to Bangla Wikipedia Photography Contest 2014!
 Hello Gamesmasterg9, First of all take heartiest greetings from.

In order to celebrate it's 10 year Bengali Wikipedia has arranged a photography contest at Wikimedia Commons. It is scheduled to, start at 1 September 2014 00:00 (UTC) and end at 31 October 2014 00:00 (UTC). We welcome you participate there. Hoping to see you at the contest. Thanks.

Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of 15:11, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ignacio Fernández Toxo


The article Ignacio Fernández Toxo has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Jinkinson  talk to me  01:41, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 8
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Ignacio Fernández Toxo, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bazan. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:19, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 20
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Kim Bodnia, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Russian. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:58, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for July 8
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Bañares, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Lamb chops and Pillar. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:52, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 14
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Luisa Martín, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Death and the Maiden. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Samit2.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Samit2.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as non-free fair use or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 17:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Tumanbay, Tumanbay (Radio)
Hi. I wanted to let you know that I reverted your edits to Tumanbay to return it to a disambiguation page. I then created the new page Tumanbay (Radio). I felt this was more clear in terms of keeping to the naming convention of WP:NC-BC for the radio page, and keeping the disambiguation page useful. I hope that I haven't violated the spirit of what you were trying to accomplish with the new page. If you have questions, please feel free to write something on my talk page. Prof. Mc (talk) 14:11, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 1416a of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:10, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

DRN case closed
This message template was placed here by Yashovardhan Dhanania, a volunteer at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard. You recently filed a request or were a major party in the DRN case titled "Talk:Sierra Leone". The case is now closed: not enough extensive discussion at article talk page. If you are unsatisfied with this outcome, you may refile the DRN request or open a thread on another noticeboard as appropriate. If you have any questions please feel free to contact this volunteer at his/ her talk page or at the DRN talk page. Thank you! --Yashovardhan (talk) 04:05, 31 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Additional comments by volunteer: consider refiling after having extensive discussion at the article talk page under already started discussion on this. Also, filing party should notify all concerned parties about the drn immediately after filing DRN. See closing comments for more details.

Speedy deletion declined: Antonio de Noli Academic Society
Hello Gamesmasterg9, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Antonio de Noli Academic Society, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article claims importance/significance of the subject. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you.  So Why  09:35, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I declined the related Alberto Peluffo for similar reasons, but was reverted so took it to AfD (which is a general procedure I do on the incredibly rare occasion that this happens). Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  09:47, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Edit warring block
You've been blocked from editing due to edit warring. Please be more careful in the future. El_C 04:42, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Manoush Zomorodi (September 13)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Manoush Zomorodi and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Manoush_Zomorodi Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sulfurboy&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Manoush_Zomorodi reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Sulfurboy (talk) 03:12, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

James Woods
Hi, about this edit, I've added a template on one of the sentences there requesting to have it replaced with a RS. I'm afraid IMDb is a user-generated website (like Wikipedia) and generally not accepted as a RS: per WP:Citing IMDb and WP:RS/IMDb. SLIGHTLY mad   05:34, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Removal of sources at Bengali language
Your edit here: removed three sources very important to the lede. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that. I've re-added them. Polarmaps (talk) 00:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 3
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Kamalini Mukherji discography, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Barwa ([//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py/Kamalini_Mukherji_discography check to confirm] | [//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py/Kamalini_Mukherji_discography?client=notify fix with Dab solver]). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:37, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Article SWEDHR
According to Wikipedia instructions, I also post here this warning notice aimed to prevent further vandalising of article on Swedish Doctors for Human Rights, SWEDHR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Doctors_for_Human_Rights. Toverster (talk) 14:46, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

This is the second warning ref. vandalism of the article “Swedish Doctors for Human Rights” which I notify you according to “Wikipedia: administrator intervention against vandalism”. I also let you know that I am reporting the incident to Wikipedia administrators. In your revert in full of the said article, you have solely dropped a ”WP:COI” without explanation. While I absolutely contest your insinuation, I would much welcome that you formalise your complain to COI administrators (the COI noticeboard), now. That would enable a COI investigation associated with your consistent disrupting behavior directed against a true description of the organization “Swedish Doctors for Human Rights”, including the arguments you had when you proposed/supported back in 2017 the deletion of the Wikipedia article about that organisation. Toverster (talk) 15:10, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Toverster (talk) 15:40, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

For the record: Do take note of administrator El_C's comment at the Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, that edits should not be reverted solely on the base of COI allegations. Toverster (talk) 17:14, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

July 2020
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Nicole Maines; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. ☾Loriendrew☽   ☏(ring-ring)  02:07, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Orphaned non-free image File:Millennial Podcast.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Millennial Podcast.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:40, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Millennial Podcast.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Millennial Podcast.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:28, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

File:Sarnath Banerjee.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Sarnath Banerjee.jpg, has been listed at Files for discussion. Please see the to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 01:32, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
 Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for February 26
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Senior Year (2022 film), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Australian. Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 06:02, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)