User talk:Hisham

Thanks! -ShirinShirin tejani (talk) 05:27, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Welcome!

 * }

Re:
Thanks for the kitten. :) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 11:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you! :) Please let me know how I can improve the article further... There's still a lot to do...

Abhilasha369 (talk) 13:23, 25 August 2011 (UTC) 

Robinson Crusoe is good friends with Ragnar Nurkse
Hello "Hisham Mundol, consultant to the foundation"! I read the article in TOI, it was really nice! I also read and re-read the part about free t-shirts very very carefully... Ahem. :) Anyway, please check out my new article - Ragnar Nurkse's Balanced Growth Theory I would love to know your feedback and suggestions for improvement. :) Thanks and regards Abhilasha369 (talk) 12:42, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hahaha.. Thank you! This wiki project is so much fun.. It doesn't seem like "work"! <:-) - Regards Abhilasha369 (talk) 12:26, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

You nominated me for the Executive Director's Barnstar?!?! Oh my god!! I'm so honoured! Thank you so much!! Really kind of you.. As you may have guessed, I did actually win! Thank you so much! I'm merely the recipient, but you're the nominator... (is that a word?) So thank you.. It's really a shared barnstar more than my own! Thank you and regards :-) -Abhilasha369 (talk) 13:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hehe. I still believe its shared but oh well, I don't think I'll be able to convince you. :-) I notice you've noticed the exchange of bags. You must think I am so materialistic. First, I talk about apparel. Then, bags. :D On a more dematerialised note, one of my Ragnar Nurkse photos has been nominated for deletion! I'm in correspondence with the person who nominated it. Will keep you posted. Regards Abhilasha369 (talk) 14:50, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkbalk: User:SpacemanSpiff
&mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  20:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Lindahl tax review
hi Hisham, would you please review my article and rate it Lindahl tax Devanshi tripathi (talk) 05:01, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is AFDs of articles created in India Education Program. Thank you. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  09:26, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a ton!
Thanks a ton for my first and very Special BarnStar!!

I got this opportunity because of you, and it gave a new meaning to my life, frankly speaking made it "meaningful!".

Ram (talk • contribs) 16:59, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

THANKS
Thank you so much Hisham, for the barn star and the constant support and help. :) it feels great to be a part of a team full of such amazing people. Devanshi tripathi (talk) 07:34, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

India Education Programme
Hi Hisham. It was a great  pleasure talking  to  you  this morning. I'm just  letting  you  know that  following  the various conversations I've had with you and  Phillipe, I  have decided to unblock the Pune faculty  IP. I probably  won't  be joining  the IRC, because I  don't  favour  that method of discussion, but  I'm  convinced that  everything  possible is being  done to  iron  out any  issues with  the project. Please don't hesitate to  talk  to  me again  if you  need any  input. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:57, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
This is a message to Mihir but  I  think  it  concerns everyone involved on  IEP. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:55, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Absent CAs on one of IEP's biggest courses
Hi Hisham. Could you take a look here. I'm concerned about seemingly absent CAs on one of the IEP's biggest courses. Voceditenore (talk) 16:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help, Voceditenore. The team will look in to this urgently. Hisham (talk) 00:06, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
I've tried to do what I can. I shall be super active after my exams. Hope you aren't too overburdened either from defending us...you don't stand alone, we are all with you on this one.... Debastein1 (talk) " Lets make this world a better and more informative place " 19:11, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

IEP
Hi. If you are working  on  IEP  clean up, for easy  checking  and follow up  of students and their articles, please see:

IEP student and article lists and how to use them

If you are not  working  on  this clean  up,  please pass this message along  to  anyone you  know who is. Thanks, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Maternal nutrition
It has been proposed to merge this article which you created with another article. If you wish to participate in the merger discussion, it's at Talk:Prenatal nutrition and birth weight. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 10:47, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

IEP survey participation
I wish to be part of the study. I prefer the interview being conducted on my talk page; hopefully this will help build community confidence in the program. MER-C 12:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Danger High voltage! 13:21, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Request for Time: India Education Program Learnings
I can be contacted on my talk page. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:38, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Hisham - the team can contact me through "Email this user" at my user talk page, or leave me a message at my talk page. I may be available for more direct communication early next week, and will be available through multiple means of communication the weekend of December 2. Risker (talk) 14:10, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I can be contacted at [mailto:inbox@ruudkoot.nl inbox@ruudkoot.nl]. —Ruud 15:22, 23 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Very busy this week, but my deadline passes at the weekend and then I'd be happy to respond. Email is good - the links work. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much to the four of you for responding. I have contacted you by email through your talk pages to set up interviews, and I look forward to interviewing you. After I speak with the four of you over the course of the next few weeks, I'll determine if I need to contact additional Users, since the documentation of User ideas, lessons and recommendations is quite thorough on the talk pages. Toryread (talk) 21:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I see that Danger and MER-C have also expressed interest in participating. I will contact you on your talk pages toward the end of next week with questions. Thank you. Toryread (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Hisham. Yes, I'd be happy to talk with the person you mentioned. She can contact me by email. I prefer not to have my email on Wiki, so will send you an email with the address. I'm travelling at the moment, but will be back at my home base (London) on November 28th. Best, --Voceditenore (talk) 11:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Hisham, I'd be happy to speak to your researcher. They can contact me via "email this user," leave a message on my talk page, or I'd be willing to talk to them on irc if we can set up a time to meet in advance. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:50, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Hisham and Tory. I'm rather busy right now, but feel free to contact me as well if you think it may help planning and organizing future programmes. I may not be able to respond "live", though. If you send mail, please just leave me a note on the talk page so that I'll check that account. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 21:07, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Here's a post from my talk page, where MER-C asked why I had contacted him for an interview by e-mail, when he had expressed preference for talk page: Hi. I'm happy to do the questions on your talk page. I am not a Wikipedian, and email is easier for me, so if all things were equal, I'd do it by email. In your case and also in Danger's case, I'll do the interview on your talk pages. I'm in the field now doing interviews on the ground in India. When I have a moment in transit tomorrow evening, India Standard Time, I'll be posting a summary of my work plan. Please assume good faith with my work. I am very good at what I do, and I have a lot of integrity. I respect Wikipedia, and all of the people who contribute to it.Toryread (talk) 12:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to move any further communication on the Pune Pilot Project Review to my talk page, thanks.Toryread (talk) 14:52, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador for the India Education Program
Hello Hisham, I was suggested to sign up as an 'Online Ambassador' for the 'India Education Program' by Kudpung กุดผึ้ง. You could see the conversation here. Kudpung directed me to contact Danger, and Danger has directed me to you. Shall I repeat the questions I asked Danger: What is the present position with the programme? Are you taking new ambassadors anymore? Neither of the pages India Education Program/Online Ambassadors/About or India Education Program do talk about new enrollment. How is it that I could enroll? Place an application at Online Ambassadors/Apply? Hope you could guide me. Thanks. Austria156 (talk) 20:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Dear Hisham



Thank you so so so so so much!! I received a wonderful Wiki jacket today! Really really nice of you! It's absolutely beautiful and I really love it! I can't thank you enough, you have no idea how cool and privileged I feel! :-)

Regards Abhilasha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhilasha369 (talk • contribs) 05:26, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification
Hi. When you recently edited Dance in India, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Gagari (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). 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) 10:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest
Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

& (Drive coordinators)

Delivered per [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_requests&oldid=481419438#Message_to_take_part_in_Assessment_Drive request] on Bot requests. 01:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC) The  Helpful  Bot  01:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Outreach session
Sure, I'd love to join the ISB outreach session on the 17th. utcursch | talk 09:13, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:52, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Userboxes for Workshop/Ahmedabad Workshop 1
Hi there! I knew about this event but failed to come, but anyways I have created some userboxes related to the event which you can add to your userbpage.

I hope that you like it. Thanks and Happy editing!  Yash  t  101   04:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the appreciation! And I have contacted them giving reference of yours. I'd love to help them as I create templates of any type upon request. I have more then 50 templates created and I'd love to be at the service. Thanks!  Yash  t  101   05:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Hey :) Thank you so much!!! :) You won't believe it, but someone majorly vandalised (i.e. blanked out) the entire Robinson Crusoe economy article! It's fixed now though. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhilasha369 (talk • contribs) 12:09, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

So true!!! Not only can evil be undone, but the doer of evil can also be penalised! :P Ok, I sound like a warlord!! :P Abhilasha369 (talk) 12:08, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Four
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!


 * Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!

Thank you and congratulations to all of the community members who participated - and continue to participate!


 * What you've all been waiting for: Teahouse Pilot Report is released! We look forward to your feedback on the methodology and outcomes of this pilot project.
 * ....and if a pilot report wasn't enough, the Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report is out too! Dive into the numbers and survey results to learn about the impact the Teahouse has made on English Wikipedia.
 * Teahouse shows positive impact on new editor retention and engagement
 * 409 new editors participated during the entire pilot period, with about 40 new editors participating in the Teahouse per week.
 * Two weeks after participating, 33% of Teahouse guests are still active on Wikipedia, as opposed to 11% of a similar control group.
 * New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Wikipedia compared to the control group.


 * Women participate in the Teahouse 28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Wikipedia in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!
 * New opportunities await for the Teahouse in phase two as the Teahouse team and Wikipedia community examine ways to improve, scale, and sustain the project. Opportunities for future work include:
 * Automating or semi-automating systems such as invites, metrics and archiving
 * Experimenting with more ways for new editors to discover the Teahouse
 * Building out the social and peer-to-peer aspects further, including exploring ways to make answering questions easier, creating more ways for new editors to help each other and for all participants to acknowledge each other's efforts
 * Growing volunteer capacity, continuing to transfer Teahouse administration tasks to volunteers whenever possible, and looking for new ways to make maintenance and participation easier for everyone.

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 16:42, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Want to know how you can lend a hand at the Teahouse? Become a host! Learn more about what makes the Teahouse different than other help spaces on Wikipedia and see how you can help new editors by visiting here.
 * Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is really encouraging to new Wikipedians.

The Tea Leaf - Issue Five
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!


 * Guest activity increased in July. Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the automatic invite experiments we started near the end of month, which seeks to lessen the burden on hosts and other volunteer who manually invite editors. During the last week of July, questions doubled in the Teahouse! (But don't let that deter you from inviting editors to the Teahouse, please, there are still lots of new editors who haven't found Teahouse yet.)
 * More Teahouse hosts than ever. We had 12 new hosts sign up to participate at the Teahouse! We now have 35 hosts volunteering at the Teahouse. Feel free to stop by and see them all here.
 * Phase two update: Host sprint. In August, the Teahouse team plans to improve the host experience by developing a simpler new-host creation process, a better way of surfacing active hosts, and a host lounge renovation. Take a look at the plan and weigh in here.
 * New Teahouse guest barnstar is awarded to first recipient: Charlie Inks. Using the Teahouse barnstar designed by Heatherawalls, hosts hajatvrc and Ryan Vesey created the new Teahouse Guest Barnstar. The first recipient is Charlie Inks, for her boldness in asking questions at the Teahouse. Check out the award in action here.
 * Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania! The Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania this past month, where editor retention and interface design was heavily discussed. Sarah and Jonathan presented the Teahouse during the Wikimedia Fellowships panel. Slides can be viewed here. A lunch was also held at Wikimania for Teahouse hosts.

As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. SarahStierch (talk) 08:28, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Six
Hi! Welcome to the sixth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
 * Teahouse serves over 700 new editors in six months on Wikipedia! Since February 27, 741 new editors have participated at the Teahouse. The Q&A board and the guest intro pages are more active than ever.
 * Automatic invites are doing the trick: 50% more new editors visiting each week. Ever since HostBot's automated invite trial phase began we've seen a boost in new editor participation. Automating a baseline set of invitations also allows Teahouse hosts to focus on serving hot cups of help to guests, instead of spending countless hours inviting.
 * Guests to the Teahouse continue to edit more & interact more with other community members than non-Teahouse guests according to six month metrics. Teahouse guests make more than twice the article edits and edit more talk pages than other new editors.
 * New host process implemented which encourages anyone to get started as a Teahouse host in a few easy steps. Stop by the hosts page and become a Teahouse host today!
 * Host lounge renovations nearing completion. Working closely with Teahouse hosts, we've made some major renovations to the Teahouse Host Lounge - the main hangout and resource space for hosts. Learn more about the improvements here.

As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. EdwardsBot (talk) 00:07, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven
Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:
 * We’ve added badges! Teahouse awards is a pilot project to learn how acknowledgement impacts engagement and retention in Teahouse and Wikipedia.


 * We’ve got a new WikiLove Badge script that makes giving badges quick and easy. You can add it here.  You can give out badges to thank helpful hosts, welcome guests, acknowledge great questions and more.


 * Come join the experiment and let us know what you think!


 * You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here

Thanks again! Ocaasi 02:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)


It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)
 * -- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To add or remove yourself for receiving future newsletters, please update the list here

Disambiguation link notification for May 28
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Salwa Judum, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Tata (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). 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) 14:53, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Turquoise Cottage


A tag has been placed on Turquoise Cottage requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Derek Andrews (talk) 00:12, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Rajan Mittal


The article Rajan Mittal has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Only one source (Bloomberg source is a deadlink)

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on |the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.  Programming Geek  (Page! • Talk! • Contribs!) 12:52, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Sinhgad College of Pharmacy for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sinhgad College of Pharmacy 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/Sinhgad College of Pharmacy until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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. Vikram Vincent 18:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)