User talk:Mspraveen/Archive 2

Indian cinema
Yes I have done a lot of work on Indian films and lists but predominantly Bollywood which I have split by year. Due the fact that the original Tamil and Telugu list were so incomprehendable I only split them by decade and haven't cleaned them up because I have no knowledge of the films and imdb is very poor for tamil and telugu. I had strongly hoped that somebody from Indian cinema would come along and beautify them like the Bollywood films which I split by year and are now linked in Template:Bollywood. I strongly urge somebody to do the same with Tamil and Telegu films - a detailed guide by year (given the sheer amount of films) and have the Template:Tamilcinema linked with the years in Tamil film at the bottom of every article like bollywood. i'd like to see cleaned up and developed pages like Tamil films of 1972 like Bollywood films of 1972etc. Unfortunately it never seems like anybody except Shahid, Bollywood dreamz and universal hero are consistently active in this group aside from myself, let alone in Tamil or telugu cinema. pLease can somebody clean up the tamil and telegu lists and perhaps from 1950 onwards split by year like Bollywood. Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      Talk? 15:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Bollywood is in the middle of development. Ideally I want tamil and telugu to have pages like :

♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     Talk? 15:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Would you rather they were named Tollywood films of 2000 etc rather than Telugu films of 2000? After all the Bollywood lists are Bollywood films of etc. Personally I'd rather they were named Telugu. As for imdb -I used to think it was awesome but as I have gathered experience in world film I have found it to be very flawed and incomplete. Perhaps you could ask User:Universal Hero if there is a site for Telugu films but I can point you t the years in telugu film onimdb if you haven't found it already -this would be a great start. Ideally there should be at least 25 films to be split by year. How about it begins at Telugu films of 1960? I'll check imdb anyway (although many films ar emissing) this would be astart  ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      Talk? 16:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

See User talk:Ajay ijn also for my ideas and current discussion ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      Talk? 16:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

We need to make a quick decision on whether they will be name Tollywood films of or Telugu films of ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     Talk? 16:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be easier to name them Telugu films of as they will be linked in Category:Telugu-language films rather than Category:Tollywood films agreed? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 16:43, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

i agree, it should be telugu films --Ajay ijn (talk) 16:49, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes I agree also. Mmm. I tell you what we;ll leave it as decades for now pre 2000 and once they have fully developed we'll see if it is necessary to split by year, Remember the Bollywood film lists were only split by year once the decade pages had developed. This way we know how many films we are dealing with and whether it is feasible to have by year. Anyway I'll move tollywood 1930s to telugu per consensus <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 16:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Thats excellent work on Telugu films of the 1930s exactly what I wanted doing!!! Judging by how many films there are in 1939 I think it is safe to say that they will be split by year at least from 1950 onwards eventually. How as we said best to fill out the decades first and then to the year split afterwards I think. Keep up the great work <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 17:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks great! I would think around 25 films would be a good cut off point. Probably we were right that 1960 onwards should be by year but we'll see how thr 50s look later. What is your source? <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 19:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

OK I definately think 1960 should be the first page split by year agreed? I'll set up the years for you to develop <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 10:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on the Sivaji (film) article!! Looking excellent. Are you interested in developing the tamil list like the telugu one? How far have you got? <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Dr. Blofeld ♦     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 13:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

That should be fine -750 films is rather extreme. <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 14:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Hey there. It has indeed been a long time. I'm unfortunately a little busy in real life, and with a dodgy internet connection. Still, I'm optimistic it will be back to normal sometime in the next couple of weeks, if not sooner. Sorry for the lack of reply over the past few days too. When I took the decision to assess Sivaji, I did notice your nomination of Lagaan. I still went for Sivaji as it might be the first film that I've seen before reviewing as an article, let alone a GA! (although, it seems like quite a while back, even if it was last year). I do want to have a look at Lagaan - will it be too long if I save it for after the review of Sivaji? Best wishes with the reviewing - I'm sure you're doing a good job. Will have a quick look at your review when I get a chance. And yeah...I was still reviewing. I've just finished reviewing Sivaji for the first round and I'm about to put it on hold. Of course, I expect I'll be re-reviewing within the next 7 days as seems to often be the case with most of my GA reviews (fortunately/unfortunately for the editor of the article I'm reviewing :P ). Anyway, other than that, I'm ok. Hope all is well with you too. Take care, Ncmvocalist (talk) 06:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC) P.S. Sorry about how I've written this message - it's all over the place. Just writing as each thought comes to mind with no real sense of planning...but I blame the constraint of time (and the poor internet connection) for that.... ;)

Harappan Architecture
In your opinion, what is needed on Harappan architecture to bring it up from stub? Thanks, -- θnce θn this island Speak! 00:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Soundtrack
Why can't I add the "Picturised on" column in the soundtrack section of Sivaji article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saiwiki08 (talk • contribs) 10:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Telugu list
Hi friend howz it goin then? Did you lose interest in developing the list ?-it was going great up to 1960! <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">Talk? 11:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sivaji
Well Done on your achievement. Congratulations. Universal Hero (talk) 16:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Please check this out and add to it in the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/Indian_cinema_task_force#Top_articles

Thank You. Universal Hero (talk) 23:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

GA
FYI, completed GA nom, also, please indicate GA passes in your edit summaries so the script which completes incomplete passes can pick up the data (I did it manually). Sandy Georgia (Talk) 14:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
I re-rated to B - Good work. My apologies, I was going a bit fast and it slipped through. &mdash;Moondyne 14:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Sachin's centuries
Hi, I've added some comments at the FLC you recently started, hope they help, please get in touch should you need further explanation or assistance. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:19, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, I noticed that you Struck some of the comments from a reviewer in the FLC. In the future, please use the ✅ to indicate that you have addressed concerns. -- Scorpion0422 15:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Sundarakanda (2008 film)
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Re: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Hey Mspraveen! Yeah, I did wonder what was up...but I'd looked and seen you were making edits to this article, so thought of waiting until you were ready to nominate it - again, unfortunately/fortunately for you, I'm the reviewer :P (fortunately, because the likelihood of it being demoted is close to zilch if it passes, but unfortunately because of the time/effort it might take, to bring it up to the high standard that I expect it to be if it is a GA). I did have a cursory look over it and it seems shorter than what I expected it would be - but I haven't read it properly still, so that may just be due to very tight expression. I look forward to reviewing the article when time permits. Enjoy the rest of your weekend - Ncmvocalist (talk) 10:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I've done the preliminary review, which looks like it will make up most of the review anyway. Best wishes - Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Amit Kumar (doctor)
Per WP:BLP, we can't have articles that accuse their subject of being a criminal if those articles don't have reliable independent sources. This article cited no sources at all. (It was also only one sentence long.) If you have sources that establish that this person is a noted criminal/criminal suspect, feel free to repost. Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 13:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Kamal Haasan
Hey!

I need you to assist me and fellow editors, to make Kamal Haasan a Featured Article. Hopefully, this will be the start of a new style of editing. With all for one, editing constructively.

This new method will have experienced editors editing constructively at a quick rate. Please join in and request to me any other editors, you feel who should be involved.

Team: User:Blofeld of SPECTRE, User:Shshshsh, User:BOLLYWOOD_DREAMZ, User:Universal Hero, User:AppleJuggler, User:Mspraveen and User:Sintaku

Task One: Kamal Haasan

Please reply, if you are willing to take part or opt out

Universal Hero (talk) 22:20, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Fill in your relevant task please on his tlak page. Universal Hero (talk) 18:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:MrMrsIyer3.JPG)
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Bommarillu

 * Can you please add information about the Nandi Awards success, Universal Hero (talk) 14:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom
Hi, I've reviewed your submission and passed it. However, I think perhaps I should explain that just because your submission doesn't get a review doesn't mean it's going to get passed over. Reviews are an informal process and you don't need one to get your article promoted.

I might as well also inform you that while I've done a lot of reviews over the last few weeks, I may not be doing it much more. This is because I began writing reviews as a way to vet DYK's ahead of time so that I and others could put together DYK updates more easily. However, it seems that in practice it hasn't led to higher quality updates as I expected it to, as updates are still often hastily thrown together by an admin at the last minute.

Given that I also find these reviews very time consuming, this has made me think that I'd probably be better off going back to preparing updates myself instead of reviewing articles to make it easier for others, because that seems to be the only way to ensure a quality update. I still intend to do reviews when I can find the time though. Just don't expect me to be reviewing everything the way I did before :) Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 07:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

withdrawn
there was a note saying to withdraw it on the suggestions list Victuallers (talk) 11:50, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think you may have misread it Vic. IIRC the note was by Mspraveen himself who withdrew a particular hook, but I confirmed the other two hooks myself and as I recall, promoted one of them. Gatoclass (talk) 13:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Promoted
Mspraveen, there seems to have been a misunderstanding on Vic's part. I have now promoted your hook and it should appear in the next update. Gatoclass (talk) 13:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'm up with the state of play - at last :)


 * Since the veracity of the original hook has been challenged, I have changed the hook to simply state that he is the third Indian to win a Euro tour event - an unambiguous fact from a reliable source. So assuming you're happy with that, you will get your DYK in the next update. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 13:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Shiv Chowrasia, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 20:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

RfC on other editor
Thanks for that - I didn't notice it before. Any other help you provide in the RfC would be greatly appreciated. I've created a page for a draft here so feel free to contribute to it or edit any part of it that you think needs to be, whenever time permits. I will start adding material into it hopefully tomorrow. Will try to finish the GA assessment soon too, but once this is over, look forward to going through the article with you so as to add more improvements to achieve a grade higher than GA - which, I think, this article is very capable of based on what I've seen already. Thanks again - Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Amulya Malladi nomination
Hi, just letting you know that I read your nomination of this article but when I went there I couldn't find any reference to the near death experience that prompted the book. You might like to check because I believe that information needs to be in the article as well. Cheers Julia Rossi (talk) 09:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see what you mean. How to put it – using near-death experience (or NDE) is understood as someone dying, having a paranormal experience, then returning to life. For Malladi's situation there are turns of phrase such as "a narrow escape from death", or the family's "close brush with death" to indicate there were exceptional circumstances that left them alive. I like your wording "miraculous escape from death". But, it's entirely up to you. Best, Julia Rossi (talk) 22:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Lagaan
Hi! I stumbled upon many of your excellent works. Thanks a lot for improving so many articles. Although I did not go through the article Lagaan totally, a quick glimpse was enough to guess that the article is nearly ready for an FAC. What do you think? --Dwaipayan (talk) 11:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, right after writing you teh previous post, I saw the failed FAC of the article a few weeks back. And I see no significant work has been done after the failed FAC. One of the reviewer dealt with lack of brilliant prose, while Blnguyen was pointing out some lack in plot mainly. While the brilliant prose thing is often difficult to build, the other objections can be dealt with. I hope you won't mind if I can manage some time to try to develop the article further :) Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi! Nice to meet you, too. Although I volunteered to do some works on the article, I doubt if I will have enough time :) Anyway, it's a great effort. I also do not have the movie now with me, so cannot really detail the plot. However, the article is in good shape, and some works should lead it to a successful FAC. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I've upgraded the bit about the plot, specifically the cricket oriented parts. Unfortunately I couldn't help myself so I wrote a very detailed account of the cricket. Having said that, I wasn't paying much attention to the love story part and can't explain the Radha and Krishna motif. Unlike the cricket, I don't remember what happened. <font color="GoldenRod">Blnguyen  (<font color="#FA8605">vote in the photo straw poll ) 07:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your words of encouragement. When I started looking at Wikipedia seriously I found that there were too many people trying to develop or sometimes spoil the big pages but very few were interested in topics that are not that well known. I have greatly enjoyed developing these pages and feel so happy that there are people like you who have taken notice. I must say that you are making a great contribution to Wikipedia with commendable articles. Keep going. Regards. - P.K.Niyogi (talk) 04:42, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Mangalore
Hello, can you tell me the steps towards elevating the status of the Mangalore article from B-class to GA-class. I have already given the article for a Peer review here,,, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Peer_review#Requesting_a_review —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kensplanet (talk • contribs) 06:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

FA nom for Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Hi! I nominated Mr. and Mrs. Iyer in the FAC without consulting you. Sorry for this. But I hope it will get good response. Please keep a look on the FAC. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi hope you are well. Great work on developing Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. I haven't had a chance to review ir fully yet but while a very good article I've left some comments on the flaws I see initially. Please don't take it the wrong way, they are suggestions for how to improve it. Let me know if you would like a hand copy editing the article some time. Keep up the good work! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 12:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm very impressed by your work to date. As for me I'm a bit preoccupied with sorting out towns in Africa. Asia and Latin America in undeveloped regions to try to counteract systematic bias at present -I;ve been adding articles like Koré Maïroua. I haven't got around the editing film hardly at all this year yet. I have reassessed Dor (film) as a B -this should be nominated for a GA immediately and I can see this going to FA soon enough if the work is put in. I'll be happy to help you improve it when I have spare moment. Don't hesitate to ask for help  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Lead
Yes, we should discuss the reduction in lead.

Prior version: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) is an award-winning Indian film drama, written and directed by Aparna Sen, which featured her daughter, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Rahul Bose as the lead actors. For the film, which was produced by N. Venkatesan, Goutam Ghose was the cinematographer, while Raviranjan Maitra did the film editing. Zakir Hussain, an Indian tabla player composed the background score for the film.

The story revolves around the relationship between Meenakshi Iyer (Konkona Sen Sharma) and Raja (Rahul Bose). Meenakshi is a Tamil Iyer traveling with her son Santhanam, and Raja is a Muslim wildlife photographer. The story revolves around these two lead characters during a bus journey amidst Hindu - Muslim riots in India.

The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland and was also showcased at other prominent film festivals. It ran for 3 minutes longer than its runtime of 120 minutes at Locarno.[3] The film opened to the Indian audiences on 19 July 2002. It was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, and won several awards nationally and internationally. The film, which also released as a DVD, had English as its predominant language with a sporadic use of Tamil.

Later version: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) is an Indian drama film, written and directed by Aparna Sen and produced by N. Venkatesan. The film features Aparna Sen's daughter, Konkona Sen Sharma (as Meenakshi Iyer) and Rahul Bose (as Raja Chowdhury) in the lead roles. Meenakshi is a Tamil Iyer (a type of Hindu Brahmin) traveling with her son Santhanam, and Raja is a Muslim wildlife photographer. The story revolves around these two lead characters during a bus journey amidst Hindu–Muslim riots in India.

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland and was showcased at other prominent film festivals. The film opened to the Indian audiences on 19 July 2002. It was met with critical acclaim upon release, and won several national and international awards, such as Golden Maile award at the Hawaii International Film Festival and Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in India. The film, which was also released as a DVD, had English as its predominant language with a sporadic use of Tamil.

Differences
 * Composer, cinematographer, editor scrapped from the lead. (I did it because they are mentioned in the infobox; and they are not as important as the director). I followed the example of Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
 * In the prior version, in the 2nd paragraph, 2 sentences begun with "the story revolves around..." I joined the themes of teh 2 sentences. However, one word I may have omitted is "relationship", that can be incorporated.
 * The third para of previous version is almost same. I removed the 3 minute longer run at Locarno (this is definitely not needed in the lead). Also, later, had to add the names of 2 awards (as suggested in the FAC), and removed the word "widespread".

My view
 * Composer being Zakir Hussain can be mentioned in lead. The word "relationship" among the 2 protagonist may prove to be significant, so can be incorporated. Otherwise, I thing the lead is sufficient. Please tell what is your opinion. Any other addable stuffs? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

My views
Cheers! Mspraveen (talk) 17:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I usually look upto FAs which are a part of world cinema. For instance, if you look at Transformers (film) or Casino Royale (2006 film), they have a unique way of putting across the lead section. The lead could be developed on similar lines.
 * In my opinion, the infobox is a quick glance at the movie, but the lead section is more verbose and elucidating each and every aspect of the article as a summary. But, I'm not sure of the FA practices and how stringent they are.
 * The 3 minute longer part, I agree, needn't be present in the lead section.
 * Reply. Ok, I get your point. I have added Zakir Hussain and Goutam Ghose in the lead; please see how do you like it.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Dor (film)
I notice I'm a little late again, and it seems whatever little time I spend on Wikipedia never seems to be enough. Oh well! I do have some issues with it, although, I don't think I can conduct the GA review this time (at least, not momentarily). I have noticed that your articles seem to be appear more shorter in content, and at times, research. Of course, whether this is actually the case I cannot say (without looking in the edit history). When making an article, find as much as you can and include as much of it as you can (even if it's double triple or more citations for even 1 line). Tighten expression and remove the unnecessaries afterwards. It is often tempting to tighten the expression all in one go and at the same time, removing what may be considered unnecessary (because you don't want to put work in it only to find that it should be removed again anyway). Even if this process takes a bit longer before you get the hang of it, it is worth it, and can make that much of a difference in the article's quality. Not to say that the quality is declining in your recent articles - it seems to be to a reasonably high standard, but, keeping the above in mind will ensure that standard doesn't start to slide the other way, nor that you are missing anything that may be of use. The filmmaking section appears quite comprehensive, in contrast to the reception and reviews section. I would change the musicindiaonline reference and add an appropriate citation where you mention something from the Dvd's extras. Also, consider fixing some of the red links, if and when you have a chance. Other than that, I would also suggest you give it a day and read it afresh as if someone else wrote it - and consider what other bits I may have picked up on if I was reviewing it as a GA. Good luck! - Ncmvocalist (talk) 05:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hola! I;m not surprised that the article passed GA, just a little surprised it was reviewed so quickly. I said that I think that is a stronger article than the one at FA at present and it was only a start class two days ago. Sure when I have some time I'll look at reading and copy editing it -I see FA potential with that particular article as I said. However for me I think you need to at least double the length of the reception section and to evaluate more reviews to give a more balanced and thorough insight into how it was received ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 18:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, keep going! Universal Hero (talk) 18:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Universal Hero! Mspraveen (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought I left some recommendations for improvements on the nomination page? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 17:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Thanks for your note: about the "as", it sounds more correct to me like this, but you're right, it might be open to misinterpretation. Feel free to change it. Relata refero (talk) 19:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yo! I feel the response in the FAC is great! There has been some excellent analysis, and copyedit of the article. I have a request to you, please ensure about the comprehensiveness of the article (you are the best person to do so, as you are the one who developed the whole article).
 * I am trying to fix the MoS issues. Prose improvement - Relata refaro has done excellent job. We should request Blofeld to help.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * After the oppose by Maralia, I think we need the help of Blofeld or someone else. After seeing the article grow up from scratches, you are bound get blind about certain faults in the prose. This is very common. I faced similar problem in other articles. When you go through an article several times, gradually faults disappear! It needs a fresh pair of eyes. However, even if this FAC is not successful, a second FAC after a major copyedit (grammar and language will be the main concerns) is bound to be ok. Let's hope Blofeld gets some time.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

India portal news
Thanks for removing the last item, quick work !! --STTW (talk)  17:11, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Anytime! :) Mspraveen (talk) 17:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for editing Kashmir Singh page!
Hi,

Thanks for updating Kashmir singh page!

From that page I got a message in my "talk" saying "Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Kashmir singh.JPG. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale."

Please can you help me in telling what kind of explanation wiki is expecting from me! I want to contribute wiki in more positive way.

Thanks, Sumeet Sahu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumeetsahu (talk • contribs) 05:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Rahul Bose
Unfortunately not -it is marked as non commercial. The best to do would be to ask permission to use it under creative commons 2.0 for wikipedia or creative commons attribution. Everytime I;ve requested use I've got clearance  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi congrats on your great images! I do a lot of work to improve coverage of Indian cinema articles on wikipedia and we are desperately seeking to obtain free images to improve our content on actor/director related pages. Would you be so kind as to permit wikipedia to use the Rahul Bose image under Creative Commons 2.0 attribution? This way the image would be licensed as owned by yourself and a link provided to indicate you are the author of the image. Would you be willing to help wikipedia with this?

Please let me know

Best regards

Always a good idea to find a user who has images of multiple actors also and try to arrange something with them also. Hope this helps ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes you'll have to assert that you've got special permission to use it under that license. I know wikipedia could use 90% of flickr images if they just asked. There needs to be some sort of flickr work group which specifically aims to upload images from flickr to the wikimedia  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

No because it is still marked as non commercial. All image son wikipedia need to be able to distribute commerically for any purpose. You;ll have to provide the link and explain that the author has granted it under a different license by email. APologies I haven't given much time to the Indian FA articles but I'm currently restructuring all of the places in Africa and have today reorganized well over 240 articles on ethiopia. I'll do my best to try to copyedit one of them when I can. Regards  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for helping!
Thanks Praveen for helping me for image related issue in Kashmir Singh article.

I hope the description have added in it is up to the wiki standard. I will try my best to keep the standard and keep contributing more in wiki.

Thanks for staying with me!

I will contact you again in future related to article on India as you are one of its member and I am also very much interested in updating and creating articles related to India.

Thanks and Regards

Sumeet Sahu

Sumeetsahu (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi
I hope I will learn fast How to contribute wiki (from the links you have given to me) and will be able to join Wiki team as one of the editor to create/edit articles.

Right now, I am trying to concentrate on individual contribution and learning the style of Wiki. I will need your guidance for how to become editor in Wiki once I feel that I have learned enough to start contributing as editor.

I will contact you then!

Thanks again!

Sumeet Sahu

Sumeetsahu (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD
Congratulations on your recent successful WP:FL promotion. You may be interested in taking part in our experimental procedure for the selecting lists of the day and lists of the month at WP:LOTD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Hemanti Sarkar
A tag has been placed on Hemanti Sarkar 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 a person or group of people, 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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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) 10:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Anand (2004 film)
Do you want a review on this article? It seems you had given this article for peer review and have received no response--Kensplanet (talk) 14:28, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Mithya
Have you seen this movie? I found it very different. Please consider this as a humble request to expand the article with your editorial capabilities..

Thanks. Anshuk (talk) 09:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi there! Well, I did have a look at the article before because I knew of its critical acclaim. Unfortunately, I don't improve movie articles significantly unless I've seen the film. I hope that I shall find an occasion to watch it add content to it. Thanks for your message and sorry that I cannot immediately work on it. Cheers! Mspraveen (talk) 14:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply. I am in love with this movie. Please send me your postal address and if you don't mind I will send you a dvd of this movie. I am not associated with the making of this movie.. it's just that I think this movie deserves more.. Anshuk (talk) 17:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the blanking on my user talk page
<div class="NavHead" style="border-style: solid; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background: white; text-align: center; border: black solid 1px; padding: 12px; font-size: 120%;"><font face="helvetica" color="#000000">In thanks for fixing the vandalism/blanking on one/some/all of my userpages I reward you this bootleg CD of your favorite band/musician. Enjoy!

-- ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 11:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Sobhan Babu
Please do not rv my edits to Babu's page. It was garbage in its prior form. Please learn WP:IMOS and WP:BIO.

216.194.4.35 (talk) 12:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
Hi! In fact, my watchlist showed changes in RDB article, and I went there. I saw the condition of the article grossly, and was sure it must be your job! And the article history proved so. You are doing great. I will go through the article soon. And this time, Peer review must precede FAC. (I was really hasty in nominating Iyer) --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Lottery
Hello,

I removed some information from this thread yesterday only for it to come back.

The information was regarding a company called VWD being a SCAM and a Pyrimid Scheme.

This Information is completely incorrect.

I have been involved with the company for some time now.

If this information appears again - I will pass it on to the company so that they can take further action.

Regards

Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.75.137.34 (talk) 16:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)