User talk:Jishacj/Talk archive 3

Hello
How are you? I would like to share with you a link about a meetup at bangalore:
 * Meetup/Bangalore1
 * Women wikipedians in India --Bhadani 00:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Book project
Hi Jishacj,

I'm a free lanced journlist from germany and I try to find interesting interview partners from over the world for a book project on behalf the Bertelsmann Pro Futura Verlag. Issue are portraits of the persons behind the Wikipedia. I would be very happy if you're interesting in taking part. My E-Mail: bmentzel@gmx.de. Thank you very much in advance, Britta

Happy Diwali!
Hello Jishacj, I wish you a very happy Diwali! May you enjoy yourself on this day commemorating good over evil. Cheers! -- May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 12:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

The lighted path
I thank you for your greetings. I wish you All The Best on the ocasion of the Indian festival of light, Diwali. I am sure that the light of hope, confidence, and all positive attributes shall always remain inside you – lighting your path and guiding you to attain higher and higher levels of excellence in all your endevours! All the best! --Bhadani 15:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali
Wishing you a shubh Diwali, and a great time ahead on wikipedia! deeptrivia (talk) 17:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I wish you and your family a happy "Festival of Lights"! Nish kid  64  17:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Great job on Kollam article
Just wanted to say that i think you have done a wonderful job on the Kollam article. cheers --Plane Mad 19:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Administration section
Jisha, Good effort put on Kollam page. Keep going.

Btw, the Administration section in the Kollam page is not related to the city. It talks about the administration of Kollam district, and hence should be moved to there. You should include the city corporation details such as No. of wards, Mayor's name, the hierarchy of the Police force in Kollam city, etc. You can leave me a message for any help. -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me...) :-) 10:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Enikku vayikkunnathellam cross-check cheyyunna oru duswabhavam pitichirikkukayaanu :-) Can you please check whether Marco Polo really came to Kollam in 1275 ? I saw it in some sites but he reached Kublai Khan's captital (starting from Europe in 1271) in mid-1275. It sounds very implausible that he could have travelled all the way to South India by the end of the year. Many sites mention the years of his Indian visits as 1288 and 1292 (or 1293). Btw, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12410/12410-8.txt is the record of his visit to Kollam (search for Coilum) Tintin (talk) 13:55, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll put a query in the Reference desk to check whether he visited India in 1275. Most online sources say that he visited India in 1288 and 1292 but This article mentions that "Europe knew of it (Mahabalipuram ) as early as the 13th century when, following Marco Polo's visit, it appears in the Catalan Map of 1275." Does encarta say that he visited Kollam in 1292 ? I am not able to access it because it is 'premium content'. Tintin (talk) 14:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, I was looking in encarta.com. The gutenberg.com link above contains Marco Polo's travellogue and it mentions about "Coilum". I have posted the query here Tintin (talk) 17:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Or we can just remove the year and wait for better/conclusive references. Tintin (talk) 02:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Marco Polo's book at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12410/12410.txt talks about Kannur too. It must be the same journey because Kollam is in Chapter 12, Kanyakumari is 13, and "Eli" is 14. Marco Polo wasn't born in 1250. As per the book :


 * CHAPTER XXIV (CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF ELI.) : Eli is a kingdom towards the west, about 300 miles from Comari (Kanyakumari). The people are Idolaters and have a king, and are tributary to nobody; and have a peculiar language. We will tell you particulars about their manners andtheir products, and you will better understand things now because we are drawing near to places that are not so outlandish.[NOTE 1] There is no proper harbour in the country, but there are many great rivers with good estuaries, wide and deep.[NOTE 2] Pepper and ginger grow there, and other spices in quantities.[NOTE 3]

The Note 1 explains that Eli is the present Ezhimala Hill which is a few miles north of Kannur. Many online articles says that Polo called Kannur the "emporium of spices". That is probably an alternate translation of the "spices in quantities" above. Tintin (talk) 18:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you access http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p#a3613 ? This is in the volume 2 of the book mentioned there. (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12410 is the next level From here you have to pick the download link for plain text at the end.) Tintin (talk) 04:05, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you, Jisha. Your work on Kollam kollaam. Kerala Piravi aashamsakal. Cheers!--thunderboltz(Deepu) 15:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Jisha, Thanks for your compliments :) .. I will also try to improve the Kollam page. I will try to get some snaps too to fit in to the article. -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me...) :-) 09:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I found that pic on the Standard of living in India page. By the way, did you take a look at WP:INCITIES? It contains a lot of useful information.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 09:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Saddam Beach
Thanks. :) I'm working on getting it to WP:DYK.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 14:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome Template
Hi, when you post a welcome message to a newcomer, could you use,  , etc., instead of just  ,  , etc. It means that the text of that particular template will be added to the talk page of the user instead of the user just seeing a sort of mirror image of it. Two advantages are that if the actual template is vandalized, the message you have sent will not be altered in any way, and also less load is placed on the server. For more information, please see WP:SUBST. Cheers. Langara College 19:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Coimbatore
I saw that you have changed all the section/subsections levels in the Coimbatore article. I had grouped and organized them in Level 2/3/4 titles so that it reads better in the Contents listing. The way you have changed it, the Content list is not as readable. May be my grouping was not perfect but I think we should organize them using Level 2/3/4 formatting rather than using bold text. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 17:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Dear Jishacj, what's your problem, why do you remove the external link to my website fort-kochi.com. This is not an commercial website and very valuable for the travellers of Western countries. When I arrived here three years ago, I would have been happy s.o. had made such an website for me. I get already now emails from people who like it and ask for some details. Kind regards Doris

Hello! I feel there is a missunderstanding. The wikitravel travel guide is a commercial website, which should not be in Wikipedia. My fort-kochi.com website is a NON commercial website. I did it as assistance for the Indian travellers, who want to come to Fort Cochin. Regards, Doris

Hello jisha


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Kollam
Can you please take a look at the highway numbers. The last two don't look right. Do you have plans for getting this up to FA standard in the near future ? Tintin (talk) 13:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * In maps like this and this, it is Koyilandi that lies in the exact spot where Kollam is in that map. This map which has Kollam shows a railway line that passes through it. I checked in irctc.co.in for trains between Ernakulam and Mangalore. There is a stop in Koyilandi for some trains but no Kollam. Tintin (talk) 12:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Wait. There seems to be a place called Kollam which is a part of Koyilandy. See this google search Tintin (talk) 12:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

That image was deleted because it was a copyvio, it seems. You can see some free images (on Kollam) over here. Upload the ones you feel fit for the article. Regards,--thunderboltz(Deepu) 14:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Pallipuram
What do you want me to do - edit the language or check the data ? Tintin (talk) 17:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Pallipuram
Hi there

I'm doing a little more research on Pallippuram. As I get data, I would redo the entire captioning of the article once again. In the meanwhile, you are welcome to append changes —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aniljay (talk • contribs) 05:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Pallippuram
Hello there

I am trying hard to get the latest census data. With regard to the use of Malayalam words in the article, I have honestly tried to minimise them, however, the ones you see there are purely meant for the 'effect' it could possibly create. Thanks all the way for the other things that you did. I am a recently joined wikipeadian, and you know what I mean! Happy that you are interested in this small village, and have joined the effort.--Aniljay 11:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

It's done. Sorry for the trouble, although inadvertant!Aniljay 12:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Roger!! Aniljay 12:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Jisha, sorry, I was not around here much in the last few days. Did some very minor edits, but don't know any of the stuff mentioned in the article.

Aniljay, I hope there are no copyright issues. Did Njaralathu Rama Poduval play chenda too ? I thought he did only edakka. Can you try to change the tone of the article a little more encyclopaediac (ie, a little more serious and less informal).

മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയിലേക്കും സ്വാഗതം
ഞാന്‍ കൂടുതലായി മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയിലാണ് ലേഖനങ്ങള്‍ എഴുതുന്നത്. ഇന്റര്‍വിക്കി ലിങ്കുകള്‍ക്കു വേണ്ടിയാണ് കൂടുതലായും ഇവിടെ വരുന്നത്. --sunil 10:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanungu perukku
Never heard of it. I'll call home and check whether it is something that is well-known. Tintin (talk) 11:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It might be (bad?) Tamil or something. It could even be one of those desperate Malayalee attempts to mock/impersonate/communicate with Tamils resulting in completely meaningless terms(!). Thanungu sounds like thaangu (to/for you), i.e. thanikk(u) in Malayalam. The Tamil word perukku simply means pErkk(u) (to/for name). --Kuaichik 06:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're welcome! It was just a guess :-P --Kuaichik 17:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello
hi Jisha,

Are you with Mathrubhoomi daily at Kottayam ?

-- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me...) :-) 18:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Kannur
I have tried to fix up the page. The Kannur article has come up really well though it is slightly lengthy. Thanks for the tip about talk page. I have archived it now sumal 06:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Peringottukurissi
A recent edit of yours has a summary that does not accurately describe your changes. Please write edit summaries that tell other editors what you did. Geniac 16:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Pallikoodam
If the movie is notable/successful, then a disambiguation page might be needed. Otherwise, I think Pallikoodam should point to the school, and the film should be disambiguated to Pallikoodam (film). The school does deserve a page of its own, IMO, as there have been notable alumni like Arundhati Roy. --thunderboltz(Deepu) 07:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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Re:Help
The person is now blocked. We're trying to undo the damage. Thanks for informing us. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  09:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * My pleasure, just annoyed that it lasted so long. Take care :) – Riana talk 12:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Good job catching the vandal. I wasnt around when you left the message. He later came back as User:Virkshatriya and User:Gurikkal. It seems to be User:Kuntan. He's deliberately asking for trouble.--thunderboltz(TALK) 19:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I too saw your message late. Anyways, thnx for informing me. Good job done by tracing him. :) Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me..) 10:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, by the time I saw your message it was already fixed. Tintin 05:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Infobox
Hi, Jisha. User:PlaneMad was kind enough to fix it for me. Thanks. Saravask 17:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Mamootty
Yes, the information is correct. Mamootty did campaign for the deal. :-) --thunderboltz(TALK) 05:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Hi Jisha. Just dropped in to say you hello. Right now I saw you Qizzing :) --Bhadani (talk) 12:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Enjoying my time here - yes. --Bhadani (talk) 12:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Congrats fellow wikipedian using GNU/Linux
Best Lucks from me.Me too A longtime GNU/Linux Debian User —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Praka123 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

up map
fixed--Plane Mad 08:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * done--Plane Mad 17:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Kanam
I'm not sure. The article needs be completely rewritten from scratch even if it were a notable place. I've asked Tintin for an opinion.--thunderboltz(TALK) 16:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the invite
Thanks a lot Jisha for the invite! Sreejith Kumar 11:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Template
Hi, Jishacj. The issue has been fixed. Please let us know of any other issues or requests. Thanks. Saravask 17:45, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Numbers have to provided as raw data. I just removed the comma from the population density and that fixed the problem on Malappuram district. Please do the same on other articles that have this error. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 20:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)