User talk:Mydreamsparrow/Archive 1

Haroon Habib
I see that you have added two or three references. I am quite sure this person is notable. The prod template gives a week for editors to reference the article properly. Anyone may remove it if they feel that sufficient references have been added. But remember, especially when it comes to a living person, every assertion in the article must be cited. Harry the Dog WOOF 18:08, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Re Kumar Anish
Hi Mydreamsparrow,

I was actually going to come and a drop you a note about the Kumar Anish article.

The first concern is Notability (people). I'm struggling to see that this chap is much beyond a yoga practitioner who happened to write a book in 2005, and came up with the GOPI method (or perhaps this is just a modification of his own teacher's method?). I'm not actually sure which section of biography a yoga practitioner fits into. If we look at Notability (sports) there's no section on yoga. Due to his book, etc you could maybe argue Notability (academics) or Creative professional, but not sure either is really correct, and one apparently not overly significant book probably doesn't quite qualify him. Just using the general notability guidelines he doesn't quite seem to make it. Perhaps if the GOPI method was well known (e.g., there is no article on it and Google doesn't indicate much about it as a prominent specialist yoga technique from what I can find), or if he was a prominent author (a single book ranking outside the top 10 million on Amazon probably doesn't quite cut it) it would be different. If you take if from another perspective, I'm sure you could understand that Wikipedia doesn't want articles on every local personal trainer in Australia for example, so these people do genuinely need to be notable.

The other concern is Verifiability and WP:Reliability. While there was nothing in the article that appeared to be offensive, similarly there was not a lot that seemed to be verifiable. There is particular sensitivity about Biographies of living persons, both for ethical and legal reasons, and in essence claims should be able to verified by reference to reliable secondary sources. Unfortunately very little of that article did so, with the references you provided not verifying the claims made. Many were simply links to the website of the organisations mentioned. Not only was Anish not mentioned on the linked pages, when I did advanced searches of the site he was not even mentioned anywhere on the sites. These cannot be used as references as they do not verify the claims made in the article. To be honest I can't help but think you know him personally and have written it partly through what you simply know or what he has told you (for a while I thought it may have actually been a Autobiography). Nonetheless, if you do know him closely this then borders on WP:Advertising which is frowned upon, and brings up the issue of Conflict of interest.

Another page I'd suggest you read is Citing sources. This contains a thorough discussion of how to cite sources (just providing URLs to the homepage, or even a subpage, of a website as you have tended to be doing is not recommended). There are even some automated tools that help you to create good citations that I highly recommend (I use one myself).

I realise that you are quite new to Wikipedia (perhaps introduced by Muhammad?) and a glance through your talkpage indicates problems with a number of your articles, some of which have already been deleted. Just as general advice could I perhaps suggest that you perhaps channel the initial enthusiasm you are showing for creating new pages and information into creating fewer but better articles, and improving existing articles. Indeed working through and improving an existing article can really help you to see what makes a good and bad article.

Also you may or may not be aware of the Did you know process. This gets new articles onto the mainpage and can attract a lot of eyes to them and gives you a bit of acknowledgement for your work. However the other benefit to you would be that it gives some independent review to your articles providing you with a bit of feedback if things are lacking, or a pat on the back if they're really good. This would also let you look through other new articles to see what they contain and check out some of the feedback being given about them, which is far less personal than people reviewing your work.

Again I would like to welcome you to Wikipedia and congratulate you for your enthusiasm for adding content. I note you have also added some lovely photographs! I know I have sprouted an awful lot of information above and linked to lots of advice pages, but there's lots to navigate here! Many new users find the Adopt-a-user program very helpful for this reason, and some users have very well structured processes in place to help new users. While I'm not part of that process, if you want further advice or clarification about anything I've said, etc, feel free to ask. I notice that some more refs have been added to this chap's article, so I'll go and check them out at some stage and see how they shape up, but in the meantime feel free to strengthen them or anything else in the article with anything I've suggested above.

Cheers, --jjron (talk) 11:12, 16 January 2013 (UTC).

Thank you so much for your guiding. I will be much careful in future. Mydreamsparrow (talk) 11:28, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Male impala profile.jpg
Hi, You didn't mention any reason at the nomination. Would you consider the original? --Muhammad (talk) 10:02, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Manjula Chellur
Hello! Your submission of Manjula Chellur at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Tito Dutta (contact) 19:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Reply in that DYK discussion page! --Tito Dutta (contact) 19:57, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see new note on DYK talk page. Yoninah (talk) 19:05, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, regarding your question about this nomination. You nominated an article that was too short by DYK rules, and another editor, Esemono, has been working on expanding it. Since everything written in a Wikipedia article must be verifiable, I removed some of his expansions because they were just padding the article and were not mentioned in the sources. There was also a problem with close paraphrasing, which means that you quoted the source directly rather than present the information in your own words. You have to be careful about quoting verbatim, as this is a copyright issue. After Esemono expanded the article with more sources, the character count increased to an acceptable level and the nomination was accepted. We're now waiting for an administrator to move it to the queue for the Main Page, and you'll be notified on your talk page when the article appears on the Main Page.
 * For future nominations, please read WP:DYK or contact me on my talk page with questions. Best, Yoninah (talk) 10:32, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Manjula Chellur
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * As you can see here, your article received nearly 2700 hits when it appeared in the Did You Know column on the Main Page. Congratulations! Yoninah (talk) 18:21, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

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September 2013
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Some baklava for you!

 * Thank you Nokho -- DreamSparrow Chat  10:19, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much...
...for your kind congratulations. As for the font, you're welcome to it; I stole it myself, long years ago, from someone whose username I no longer even remember. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 08:55, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Your Domain Dreamsparrows.net
has expired on May 25 2015 09:46:47:000AM --Hubertl (talk) 07:03, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Repost of Sana Althaf
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Featured picture candidates/Shrinika performing Abhinaya
This should be fixed. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

July 2015
Hello Mydreamsparrow.

I have noticed that you often edit without an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. An edit summary is even more important if you delete any text; otherwise, people may think you're being sneaky. Also, mentioning one change but not another one can be misleading to someone who finds the other one more important; add "and misc." to cover the other change(s). Thanks! (summary usage ) - 220  of  Borg 20:47, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Sameer Khan

 * |Why? Now don't be silly. You are good. Hafspajen (talk) 21:23, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Statue of Kuruvan & Kuruthi
Excuse me, but it's customary at FPC for a nominator to provide some description of, and rationale for, a nomination with the nomination. Sca (talk) 21:19, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * , thank you for your message and the material you added to the nomination. I've added a comment there, which perhaps might be helpful to you in your quest to nominate this interesting photo. Sca (talk) 13:26, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Noise

 * What do you think about the noise/loss of detail in File:Dian HP playing the keyboard, 2015-08-22 01.jpg and File:Sitok Srengenge reading a poem, 2015-08-22 02.jpg? Worth giving a shot? (Sitok would need an article first, of course...). Once I write an article on Emha Ainun Nadjib, I want to nominate this image of him. It has so much character!
 * The lighting situation wasn't very camera friendly though. No extra lighting. Just three bare bulbs on the roof of the building. The white background was likewise very minimalist and may be an issue. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:28, 23 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Chris,


 * I feel, if you give a try for these pics nominating, that may spoil your reputation, seriously, the pics are having excellent EV but the high level of noise reduction seriously effected the sharpness and still I can see the noise. IMO this is not a better composition Chrizz.... Sorry. DreamSparrow Chat  04:03, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have a reputation? As I said, very poor lighting conditions. Deliberate at the hands of the event organizers, but... sigh. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:08, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Madam Ada Castello and Jupiter, poster for Ringling Brothers, ca. 1899.jpg
Just to note, I did some additional cleaning on the image - removed some scratches, tears, - and most surprisingly - some stamps and notes at the bottom edge, etc, etc, and uploaded over. Obviously, if the image changes, I need to notify all voters of this fact. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:24, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Sana Althaf
Somebody has created again an article for this actress. I suggest your Draft:Sana Althaf and the new one be merged, I think the combined article, with sources, will stand now. Her third film has been released, and it looks like she's making another one. Kraxler (talk) 15:50, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Agustus,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg is schedule to be Picture of the Day on October 30, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-10-30. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:43, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/The boot is on the other foot
An alt images was added to the nomination. Could you check it, and modify your !vote according your preference. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

A Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali
Ohhhh..... Thank you so much Haffy. Wish you the same. DreamSparrow Chat  16:21, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Did you have much light at home? Hafspajen (talk) 16:39, 23 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Naaaa, who got much time for all this Haffy ? Busy with profession!!

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Filippino Lippi 016.jpg
An alternative image was added to the nomination 3 days ago. Could you indicate which version(s) you support? Thanks, Armbrust The Homunculus 12:13, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * It would be really nice if you would re-visit this FPC, and update your !vote. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 18:07, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...
Many Thanks Haffy !! : DreamSparrow Chat  17:05, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Augustus,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Shrinika performing Abhinaya (Kede Chhanda Janilu Tuhi).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on February 3, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-02-03. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:42, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Napier Museum photograph
Hi Augustus, I would like to ask your permission to use the photograph Napier Museum Thiruvananthapuran DSW New.jpg in our travel app.

Could you please share the copy right format that we have to give in the app.

-Ambili

Snake photo
I'm not an expert on modern photography, I should warn, but I'd be inclined to vote support, albeit with some caveats: The two colours adds a lot of value, but it has relatively poor focus, so it needs that hook. I'd say try it, but it might not pass Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 05:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm definitely glad I encouraged you to submit it now. Congrats! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 15:18, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Snake (2)


You're welcome. Sca (talk) 15:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Justice K.T Thomas
It's an excellernt picture. There are somer white specks on his robes, but I think they really were there. Stilll, might be wise to remove them as distractions. Your thoughts? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 00:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Adam Cuerden, Of course, the white specks can be removed. If you suggest so, I shall remove those dots and upload an Alt version. DreamSparrow Chat  15:53, 19 December 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ DreamSparrow Chat  09:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
I like to give you my heartiest gratitude for the medal. It inspires me. Keep helping, thank you sir. Pinakpani (talk) 08:16, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Featured_picture_candidates/Caligavis_chrysops_-_Lake_Parramatta_Reserve.jpg
In the interests of making the vote clear, can you have a look at my question at that page? Cheers. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 14:02, 26 December 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ DreamSparrow Chat  14:15, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Mydreamsparrow, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3AMydreamsparrow added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 21:05, 27 December 2018 (UTC)