User talk:Mspraveen/Archive 4

Kulpahar
I would like your opinion on modified Kulpahar article, if it can be assessed as B-class article??--Rohit Saxena (talk) 20:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Also check Allahabad and Kanpur articles, they lack citation and reference but still rated as B-class article, why? Should these articles too be downgraded to start-class?--Rohit Saxena (talk) 08:30, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Chak De India
Have a look at this communique. Interested? (after you are over with RDB maybe!)--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:28, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi! As noted above, Dwaipayan suggested that I contact you about the Chak De India article. It still needs quite a bit of work before it can reach GA status. This will happen, I believe, if more editors contribute to it. I'm currently on a semi-wiki break but will be checking in every once and awhile. If you are not interested in this article, perhaps you might know of some other editors who might be? Thanks, -Classicfilms (talk) 08:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks I understand perfectly. I'm on break for at least this week but when I come back I'll keep your suggestions in mind. At the moment, Dwaipayan has said that he'll work on it as well when I come back. Good luck with your other articles. -Classicfilms (talk) 14:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

One bit
Hey sorry for not having responded... I'll keep copyediting and leave comments on the talk page in a few days. I'm just very busy at the moment. My name is Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  23:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Copyedited "Reviews". Please check and tell me what your opinion is. Apart from this, I just can't understand what the last review means, "Time Out comments (changed it from 'says') that the film's "... narrative meanders, but the film evokes... (?)"
 * Very awkward. Please elaborate. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  00:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi good work. There are still some awkward phrases that are a little out of place. In some parts particularly the early production I think you idscuss some things which aren't really focusing on the film itself, part of it reads like a biography of the film director. Certain sentences seem to jump out and seem totally out of place. E.g is it necessary to mention that "Domalpalli's father was a dam construction engineer". With each sentence you need to think about how does this enchance an understanding of the article at hand? Anything which doesn't should be left out, thats my rule of thumb. Naturally we need to mention the early events that affected the nature of the film but I feel you can cut down on some of the more intricate details. It is actually pretty well written overall but could do with a little work rephrasing. The awards section was very difficult to read and I had to split up many of the sentences to make it legible. It is necesssary to mention every single award it garnered, even if it isn't all that worth of note? Things like the "Golden Goat Award" even if a notable award to most readers this may question its notability. Also what about music? Did the film have a soundtrack. Perhaps you could elaborate on this, and having a theme of dance perhaps you could examine a little more into how the choreogtaphy was conducted in the film and how she was trained rather than just saying "a whole year". I also added an image, I think of the girl and her mentor.

A vital ingreditent I think that is missing is an examination of the cinematic techniques used by the director and actual devices used in the structure of the film. What techniques does he use in certian scenes, lighting, camera angles, panning in and out, sound, expression, landscape, juxtaposition etc? How do certain scenes in the film evoke pathos, such as the rape etc. and how does the director construct the final scenes where she gives up her baby? Emotional dialogue, silence what etc? If you could write another strong paragraph on cinematic tecnhiniques and style and focus of the film from a cinemagraphy viewpoint I feel it would develop greatly and understanding of the film making. Unfortunately most film articles I see on wikipeda even many FAs don't do anough to take apart the film and critically analyze the filmmaking itself other than telling a story of its production.

Keep up the good work  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 11:43, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, didn't you find my comments useful? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 08:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks friend rhanks for the kind words and barnstar. Yes the cinematic style is always good in the director article too, evne more so providing of course it isn't all original research and has some citations. A good example of an art film director where this is used is in Abbas Kiarostami. In a way I might have gone too far with examining his style to the point that the longer version even has its own article Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami!! But for him in particular it is very relevant. It would be good to see some more FAs on art film directors from India too. I'll take alook at the article in a few days to see how it has develoepd. Best regards  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 13:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey! How could you forget me?? Just kidding hehe!! ;)
 * Well the Reviews section looks fine. It's important to make it flow brilliantly, and most of the reviews were presented as "X said, Y said, Z said", so I tried to switch these words and rewrite it more diversely. Blofeld took the words right out of my mouth in the above messages. He is amazingly precise, and it was exactly what I was mostly concerned about (some parts looked like the director's biography). I still have some comments; I'll present them some time later on the talk page (a bit busy now). Keep up the great work. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  16:52, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Right now I'm located in Melbourne, Australia.:) Yeh it is a big problem to find sources covering Indian cinema related articles - it was maybe my biggest problem with the Preity Zinta article. I was going through entire web search results, newspapers. Oh it was tiresome. But today, the newer a film is, the more coverage it gets on the net, so I think there shoudn't be a problem with this article. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:11, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

GAN of Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
The article already had a review, and it didn't meet the GA criteria. I really would like this article to be a GA, and would appreciate any tips you can offer. Thank you! - Amog  | Talk •  contribs 09:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

YouTube link on Enrique Iglesias
Just to let you know, I have reverted your undoing of my edit (under a different IP address) because I believe the YouTube link is very relevant to the article.--92.40.88.133 (talk) 07:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Mspraveen, I'm guessing that you didn't see my message above before reverting again. Can you go into a bit more detail as to why you think the YouTube link isn't appropriate? Thanks.--92.40.88.133 (talk) 07:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You replied to me saying "Please see this that shows that the links like youtube and similar ones cannot be added." No, it does not show that. It simply indicates that such links would infrequently abide by the guidelines and that allowance is on a case-by-case basis. Note that the section begins "There is no blanket ban on linking to these sites". Videos of songs by a singer are directly relevant to an article about a singer, so an easily-accessible external link is of value. Note that, for an online encyclopaedia, the external links are often what casual consumers are looking for.--92.40.88.133 (talk) 07:47, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, for your info. I'm suggesting a change of policy re YouTube etc. here, and I've cited the above discussion as a reference point. Cheers, --92.40.88.133 (talk) 09:02, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

yeah this guy is too cruel on external links. Manojlds (talk) 12:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

M.P.T. Acharya
Hi, thanks for your message. I think the problem should be sorted now. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 17:14, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Kanihaa - Image
Dear Praveen...I dont think the Kanihaa photo has copyright problems. It is a free image —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reavan (talk • contribs) 14:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Graphology
The Graphology article has alternated between having a "Disputed" tag and an "Unreferenced" tag for most of its history. The references in the "validity" section of the Graphology article are reliable. The issue that 456hjk/IP Addres 190.51.x.x has with those citations, is that they are either research studies, or reviews of research studies, not opinion pieces. There are studies which do not support the claims of graphologists. Currently, the section on validity cites one study that supports graphology, and one which does not support graphology. Adding two more studies that don't support graphology to that section will correlate roughly with the percentage of studies that support each side. The second paragraph in the article does cite two studies that do not support graphology. Either those two articles can be cited again, or two more articles can be cited in the validity section, if an approximation of the ratio of articles that support graphology to those that do not support graphology, is desirable. jonathon (talk) 00:23, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Pseudodaoist is making unceasing efforts to add claims that graphology is a science to that section and eliminate any reference to a different point of view, going against the neutral point of view and Verifiability 456hjk (talk) 00:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC) Besides how did he get here?. Because if the way he did was looking at your edition in graphology this could be considered like "calling for help from your friend", even though you surely don´t even know him 456hjk (talk) 00:32, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * He asked for an explanation of why the dispute template should be used. jonathon (talk) 00:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * the request for an explanation of the template can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:190.51.174.73 jonathon (talk) 04:18, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

And Jonathon is directly blanking the section, leaving only his point of view 456hjk (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2008 (UTC) And i quote verifiability: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—that is, whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether pseudodaoist thinks it is true."456hjk (talk) 01:06, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Current events portal
I have started updating the current events section as you asked me if I could do it. Can you give your comments?Rohit Reddy™ (talk) 11:19, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I should have given the link too. Here it is: Portal:Current_events/India. I have been updating the "India in this week" section. Yeah, my final semester exams were going on, so I could not come online regularly. Rohit Reddy™ (talk) 05:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

How can one interlink the calendar dates with the news articles? If you can tell me how, I can update that section also. Did you have a look at the calendar? It needs some editing which I tried to do, but was not successful. Can you do something about it?Rohit Reddy™ (talk) 04:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sem exams were good. I am a student of Civil Engineering. Thanks for the reply.Rohit Reddy™ (talk) 06:17, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

i have not added any fiction
hi, may i point out that the calculations were based purely on data within that article (within the "same wiki article") and based on the common day to day knowledge of the govt.s' measures to accomodate any forward caste candidate who could be aggrieved by being in the 50 to 69 percentile range{fact}..references will be hard to find for an accepted fact..however i welcome any reference to a day to day fact —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.32.90 (talk) 15:47, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

RDB
When will be the FAC of RDB? The collage of advertisements in "influence" section probably would not be accepted.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Images
You didn't tell me what your interests were. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 14:17, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello buddy, it is a pleasure to meet you too!! BTW, regarding your question about the IndiaFM images, I first, myself need to ask you a question. Are you only planning to use the image you specified in my message? Anyways, now for my reply!! When I was in talks with the people of IndiaFM to use the images on their site, they indicated to me that we were allowed to use any images that came from "on the sets" and "events", such as award functions, music releases, etc. We are allowed to use these images as they have been taken exclusively and personally by the IndiaFM photographers team. So I am pretty sure that there shouldn't be a problem regarding the image you wanted to use on the RDB article. However, just a reminder that we are not allowed to use wallpapers and movie stills or posters as IndiaFM doesn't hold the copyright to these images. They specifically outlined this in their message!! BTW, the method of uploading images onto Wikipedia is quite complicated. If you want me to upload it for you, I have no problem!! Just a reminder that the OTRS members take quite a while to ticket the images!! So you will have to wait a while!! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Best Regards, --Bolly wood Dreamz  Talk 20:58, 28 June 2008
 * Hey buddy, you shouldn't have uploaded the image yet as you didn't know about the uploading process. However, it is okay!! We cannot just upload the images and stick on the IndiaFM tag with the OTRS ticket number. This is what it says on the template documentation: "Don't just upload images from there and put this license on it - all images from IndiaFM must be verified, individually or in small batches, by OTRS. This may be considered inconvenient, but it is a lot more inconvenient for people to have to delete all the images because one person may have done it wrong." As for the uploading technique, here I go... lol.. It is a very long and complicated process... To avoid the mess like what was the case with the Bollywood Blog images, we have to upload images in batches, for e.g. three-four images. BUT it must first have to pass through the OTRS system. You have to e-mail them at "permissions@wikimedia.org", providing the links of the pictures from the IndiaFM website and the original ticket number of the agreement between the IndiaFM people and I regarding the use of their images. (The original ticket number can be seen on the image's page where it says: "For reference, the correspondence with indiaFM can be viewed at...") Then after that, you upload it onto Commons, adding an OTRS pending tag. When an OTRS member comes across the image, he/she will go find your e-mail and then replace the OTRS pending tag with the permission ticket. Just a reminder that the OTRS members take quite a while to ticket the images!! Note: the permission ticket is different for all images as the ticket is when you sent your e-mail to them. See take a look at these images for yourself: (It is right above the "File History") Image:KareenaKapoor.jpg & Image:Zinta IIFA 04.jpg. If you have any questions regarding this long and confusing process, feel free to let me know. As for now, I fixed the RDB image. This is how it should look like in the beginning for all the images uploaded from IndiaFM. (In the IndiaFM images, everything is the same except the final permission OTRS ticket and the link of the image.) However, it is still not done yet!! Please send an e-mail to the OTRS at "permissions@wikimedia.org", providing the link of the picture from the IndiaFM website and the original ticket number of the agreement between the IndiaFM people and I regarding the use of their images. (The original ticket number can be seen on the image's page where it says: "For reference, the correspondence with indiaFM can be viewed at...") Best Regards, --Bolly wood Dreamz  Talk 16:25, 30 June 2008

WP:FILMS Barnstar
Cool. Congrats on the film barnstar, they don't give those out too generously trust me! Yes wikipedia has been very quiet this week for me, most of my wiki amigos seem to either be on holiday or very busy with work so are not here. I'll look at those articles when I can. Look after yourself ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:49, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I do remember that GA review, and I'm glad that the article was improved further in the process. Keep up the good work and happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 18:29, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

maybe it has got into his head. Reply in my talk page i have few things to tell you Manojlds (talk) 12:37, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films June 2008 Newsletter
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Hi
I'm busy trying to fix an article, please leave me automated messages at a later date. 170.140.210.108 (talk) 15:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

About the Edit to the Mr. Garrison article.
Hello. I was attempting to update the article on Mr. Garrison. I attempted to update the article because the last time that section of the article was edited, Mr. Garrison was still a woman, at this time Mr. Garrison is a man(See "Eek, A Penis!"). The article still called Mr. Garrison Janet, while his name is now Herbert. It also referred that he currently "Scissors", which is no longer true since he is now a man. If you could add a blip to my talk page about why you changed it, that would be greatly appreciated. 65.30.72.153 (talk) 16:01, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey!
Thanks for addressing the point... I'm extremely busy these days. Hey I see you have started a GAN for Vanaja (film) - I hope I have time to extend a helping hand. Best, Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  18:27, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh you'd sent me another message before... Sorry, didn't notice. Thanks again and good luck, Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  10:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Images
Hi did you get that production shot sorted afterwards? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 17:12, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad to hear that, thats cool. Yes Bollywood Dreamz is indeed a great help and a friendly guy. Lets hope Vanaja passes GA! I did mention that before that once we had made an agreement like that it would be good to try to find production shots of films as I feel this is very important and an asset to the article. As for Mr Biggelsworth, he is purring away happily, well fed as usual. Hope you are well. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 20:22, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello and Good Day
Hello sir/maam I am a new user here in wikipedia so i cannot edit protected articles like Angel locsin, i am only just concern of the article because it has no image. I am calmly requesting you to Put this image Angel_in_Dubai.jpg, the image was already proven licensed under creative commons and it was already inspected by Flickreviewer,please put it inside Angel Locsin's article with the caption of Angel Locsin at the Lobo Tour in Dubai. Please give me your kindness. Thankyou so much. God Bless You! Watcher Wiki (talk) 10:31, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Your recent edit to Hyderabad article
Oh! was it offensive? I did not want it to be actually. Just wrote... Actually after seeing the image I could not hold my laughter. I almost fell from my chair laughing. Who in the world would take such an image :-))) and even display it to the world after that!!! Would have delete it on camera itself. I will be careful next time. For newsletter, I have noted some points but not able to put it up. Very busy with 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul. Will start next week definitely. -- gp pande  «talk»  16:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yaar, I understand that. Will be careful next time. Meanwhile, that user did some major changes on India which I reverted and explained him the procedure. ITN nominations seem easy enough than DYK. I got 2 successfully nominated currently on main page - Kabul bombing and Lal Masjid. -- gp pande  «talk»  16:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Bengali films
Hi. I've begun reformatting the pointless A-Z into a chronology with details. A-Z is avilabale in the category anyway. Could you give me hand developed it gradually? Thanks  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, yeah, you're right abt the pic i had posted recently in the Hyderabad article. The night view when seen with bare eyes across the Hussain sagar is quite good. It's been long ive put new pics especially wanted to try to put up a good panoramic view of the lake. Got an opportunity receently to take some shots, but the pics didnt turn up quite well(im not a pro at panoramic shots) in the night. Shots taken in the evening would come out good i guess. Would try to put up good ones next time. Thanks for supporting editors like me.

Your thoughts on the sports section in article 'India' which i did edit recently? That apart how abt having a seperate section on 'Film and Music' as well as 'Indian cuisine' in the same article. PLz go thro' the India talk page to get a better view of wht im saying. Cheers! Cephas 405 (talk) 10:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

July Newsletter.
First cut is ready here. Lets have centralized discussion between you, me and Tinucherian on the talkpage this time. Also, I need your help for filing the ??? there. Could not find out the exact figures for them. Feel free to add/remove stuff to the newsletter and leave message on talkpage. -- gp pande  «talk»  13:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey buddy, where are you? -- gp pande  «talk»  08:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Since it is already end of July soon, shall we deliver it as August edition...? I was Just thinking... If it is going to over-work for you every month ...why not have it bi-monthly ? --  Tinu  Cherian  - 09:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * If you want to deliver it in this month also, I am oK ;) --  Tinu  Cherian  - 09:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I think august only will be feasible. -- gp pande  «talk»  18:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Portal:Current_events/India
Thanks for the message. I have not had a chance yet to look into the template issue. I will get to it soon. I learnt about Vanaja (film) from your contributions...great job on the article. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I made a minor change to the calendar sub-page. It was interesting for me to learn that we have month-wise calendar templates, eg. July 2008. I could not easily find any documentation though. Is the issue fixed now? Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Kareena Kapoor
Hi I wondering if you could read the Kareena Kapoor article sometime and yet some ideas for how to take it to FA. It passed GA a few days ago but is being improved all the time. Peer review has started here. Thanks  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 10:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Newsletter.
Yeah, I support the nuke deal from my bottom of the heart. I updated the news in ITN got it to the Main page. Nice to have you back. We can send out the newsletter this month end 30th with little more efforts. -- gp pande  «talk»  17:11, 23 July 2008 (UTC) Regarding DYK's I think we can put some this time as we do not have much facts about the projects. -- gp pande  «talk»  17:16, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice update. But I think we missed the july bus. So maybe by August month end we would need some updates for the newsletter. We would now keep the letter once in two months. -- gp pande  «talk»  10:42, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Ray comfort is an fundamentalist
Do you deny this, I supplied the proof of reference ro do you like to hide the facts hes a fundy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.192.91.4 (talk) 17:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

blasts
another series blast... damn...--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:05, 26 July 2008 (UTC)  By ;-) 127.0.0.1 (Talk) On ::  16:38, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * yes... it's shocking, two on consecutive days... --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:17, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Bangalore & Ahmedabad.....

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Use of text from other FA articles
Hi! Mspraveen,

I wish to know the views of Admn on the following aspects.

1. Whether the copy and paste strategy from one article to another is permitted? In one of the articles which I am writing, I wish to use some information and also refer to some of the referred texts in  a FA or any other article on wiki created  by some one else. What is the Admn policy of the Wikipedia on this issue?

2. Can the photos already available on Wikimedia but used by several others on other articles on wikipedia be used by any of the registered wikiusers? --Nvvchar (talk) 15:24, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Vanaja
Why did you remove a single screenshot when it identifies the subject of the article?? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 09:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

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GA/Barnstar
Hey, I promoted your GA nom of Vanaja {film to GA status (finally, right?!). I also dropped off a barnstar on your user page for all your hard work! :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 20:02, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

GA
Congrats on the GA!! I wondered why you didn't respond to me though. Are you still speaking to me? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 19:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes you seem to be busy!! Well done on the GA, perhaps you will develop it even further. Dwaiypanc's is currently at FA and I think stands a good chance. Regards  ♦ Dr. Blofeld ♦       "Talk"? 17:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Current
I created WikiProject India/Outreach/Newsletter/Current and updated it with June's newsletter. The page was created so that WikiProject Council/Newsletters doesn't have to be continuously updated. After you or the other editors create each new newsletter just paste the entire newsletter on this page and it will update it on the main newsletters' page. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 23:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Assessment Dept. stuff
Not at all. For A-class, it should generally feel complete. Things that can be discounted include minor tweaking issues, style issues, and some matters where expert knowledge is needed. But appropriate structure, broad array of reliable sourcing, no copyright problems, being stable and being well-illustrated are all key criteria - if there's any concerns over these, it shouldn't be granted.

Yeah, the tally hasn't been finalized...and as well as circulating it on the noticeboard, I did want to give individual notices to all participants. No real reason for the delay except in extending the due date, it's clashed with my initial plan and I've fallen behind schedule, and haven't quite caught up. You're most welcome to help :D and as always, really appreciate all the work you do :) -Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
Iam glad to help. According to that person IP. He is from India and using BSNL Dataone. Somehow went i to warn him. The software which i was using went broke. Anyways he is blocked for now. :).--SkyWalker (talk) 15:57, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup iam looking into it. Also i have watchlisted your user and talk page incase if there is anymore vandalism i will bring out my blaster cannons to blast them :P. Btw where are you from India?. Iam from BLR. I only know 3 Indian Wikipedians over here. --SkyWalker (talk) 16:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice to meet you too. :). I meant 3 Wikipedians in this wiki. --SkyWalker (talk) 16:30, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I joined on March 2006. Been 3 years here. I mostly add gaming articles and revert vandalism and other stuff like fixing table and adding them . Yup i will look into Quiz. I was into quiz and joined loads of quiz competition back in school days. To know more about me you can look at my userbox which would give you some idea about me :P. Are you working in Hyderabad?. --SkyWalker (talk) 16:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanx on the APO reverts
Thank you for the reverts on the Alpha Phi Omega web page. I don't know if anyone will say you violated 3RR, but if they do I'll be happy to support your efforts.Naraht (talk) 12:20, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanx for the information on the exceptions. Naraht (talk) 20:05, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on Larry West
Thanks a million! That person at the IP Address 71.229.185.65 has been sabatoging that page for unknown reasons. Thanks for the help. (LuvataciousSkull (talk) 15:04, 16 August 2008 (UTC))

Nice work!


Chamal   Talk has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Hi, good job with reverting vandalism today! You beat me to it several times. Chamal   Talk 12:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Gorgeous women
Hello!! Wow she was lovely so tragic that she died so young. Thanks for that. If you want more fit women to look at see User:Blofeld of SPECTRE/Blofeld's Angels of Death. The "Angels of Death" is of course another Bond reference from OHMSS, nothing sinister intended!. The Bald One     <font color="Black">White cat 15:54, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Me too! These days I;m spending a lot of time translating Spanish language articles into english. My latest offering is Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica ‎. Aside from obscure articles like Liechtenstein wine etc, other than this I'm ploughing through the Mexican and El Salvadoran municipalities, working on African national parks and trying to develop the years in film such as Bollywood films of 1977 and Italian films of 1965. A huge amount to do! What about you? How is Vanaja doing? <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">The Bald One     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">White cat 16:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC) Excellent. Yes I saw Lumbini Park on my new page patrol. SHame about all those web comic and under 14 handball season articles that followed it. I also translated La Guerra Gaucha,an Argentine classic which is an FA on spanish wiki. It now needs copyediting and hopefully will reach GA eventually. Much of the bio info needs removing though -it need s a lot of work <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">The Bald One      <font size="-4"><font color="Black">White cat 16:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes! Although this one is more a "southern" or a "pre western" set around 1817. Its quite rare to see an article on an Argentine film so developed. Most of them, even on spanish wikipedia unfortunately are stubs. Most film industries have films that are generally considered classics. There are some remarkable films from Filipino cinema too (Quentin Tarantino is also a huge fan of Philippines cinema). Hinugot sa Langit is quite a moving film indeed. <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">The Bald One     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">White cat 16:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes that sockpuppet accusation was absolutely ridiculous. I wonder why they accused you if they didn't have concrete IP evidence. Just a testament to the ignorance of many of the people on here. It always seems when editors feel least enthusiastic about wikikipedia or are considering leaving somebody seems to do something even worse and give you another reason why wikipedia sucks. When I'm unhappy with an editor about an AFD or something I seem to log in the next day and find about three more thrown at me on articles that have clear potential to expand immediately. It makes you kind of think, do I really care if an image is deleted or somebody doesn't approve of an article? . SImilar incidents recently with Fritzpoll and Keeper76 and their difficulties with editors who don't consider them "civil admins" was far fetched too. I suggested to ALbert Herring yesterday that maybe we should have a time wasting counter on the main page that records the amount of time editors waste in such conflicts and accusations. <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">The Bald One     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">White cat 16:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

LOL yes my fembot is very graceful isn't she. Oh exactly, the bureacrats and wiki policeman who spend all their time at ANI seem to think they are of uttermost importance to the contributors. In exactly the same way 14 year boys with a meagre 500 mainspace edits and 3000 at ANI get elected to admins with only a few months experience and Bald bad guy veterans like me with a freakishly high mainspace edit count but who isn't afraid to tell the policemen what he thinks of them would probably get a lot of opposes. I do find it laughable how many people think wikipedia is a law court rather than an encyclopedia. Don't get me wrong I have a great deal of respect for those that deal with some of the serious issues we have on here but many of them really take things and themselves far too seriously. Sure we want the best possible encyclopedia of the greatest quality and magnitude but the idea in my view is that we have fun in doing so and not feel under pressure to conduct yourself in a way that these policemen think you should. <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">The Bald One     <font size="-4"><font color="Black">White cat 16:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Help Me
Hey Praveen, Thanks a ton, I did go through those but will take another look at them. I just couldnt figure out how to create a user page though. Or start any other article fresh. I get a download .PHP file option that I cant do anything with.

Arjun (talk) 05:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)Arjun

Re: Genelia D'Souza
Hello Mspraveen, I guess you misunderstood my edit summary. I never meant to say that IMDB isn't reliable. If you check the edit summary, I've been reverting edits that modify her DOB from anything other than what's stated in the IMDB, i.e. 5th August 1987. I'm not sure why those anons are changing it on a daily basis to 1982 and even 1975 but I can only classify it as vandalism as they are not willing to produce any alternate citation (or even an edit summary) that supports their changes. Moreover some of the anons making these changes have been consistantly making unconstructive edits, take for instance anon 82.29.213.93. I'm open to changes so long there are reliable sources to it. Right now the only reliable source we have is IMBD and so we have to go by it. Thanks. S3000 ☎  10:31, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks mate. You too! S3000  ☎  17:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Message
I have started Portal:Andhra Pradesh, your contributions will be helpfull.Vijay Sai (talk) 06:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for this. ChiragPatnaik (talk) 02:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

How's it going?
Hi! Just wanted to stop on by and see how you're doing! No real reason...... Okay I lie. I was wondering if you could help out with a copyedit for my peer review of Odwalla if you have a wikisecond to spare. Thanks! The link to the peer review is here. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 16:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I did. Hope everything goes well for your article! :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 17:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

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