User talk:Nichalp/Archive66

Draft
(Addition)"Four languages of high antiquity with a body of ancient literature which is considered a valuable heritage have been accorded classical language status by the Government of India. These are: Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

(Existing)"The earliest works of Indian literature were transmitted orally and only later written down.[124]"

(Existing - modified) "These included works of Sanskrit literature – such as the early Vedas, the epics Mahābhārata and Ramayana, the drama Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Śakuntalā), and poetry such as the Mahākāvya[125] – and the Tamil Sangam literature[126], the Kannada Kavirajamarga(Sastri 1955, p. 355) and the Telugu Mahabharata(Sastri 1955, p. 367)Dineshkannambadi (talk) 20:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Dinesh, I'm going to be away for the next few days. Not keeping too well. Will check on it once I take a nice short wikibreak. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  20:03, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Hope you feel better
Hi Nichalp, Just saw your post on the British India page. Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Hope you feel better soon. Btw, have you read Salim Ali's Fall of a sparrow? If you haven't, it might be fun to read while you recuperate (has BNHS stuff too). By the way, I liked the picture you posted of the Bombay Presidency soldier. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  22:02, 16 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Take a relaxing wikibreak and get well soon. Reading suggestions, hmm, I'm reading Obama's "Dream's of my father" and I quite like it, and Hesse's Steppenwolf (it was the COTW for the novels wikiproject and since it was on my list of must reads .....), but, since we have a Burma, er Myanmar, involvement, may I suggest "Under the Dragon" by Rory Maclean or "Finding George Orwell in Burma" by Emma Larkin? For something quick and unconnected with India/Burma, I just finished "A Most Wanted Man" by Le Carre, a bit disappointing in the end but overall a good read. (Unfortunately, my Byculla station picture turned out to be a sketch by an unknown artist in "The Illustrated London News of 1854. Not sure what the copyright situation of an 1854 sketch is likely to be.)--Regents Park (bail out your boat) 02:38, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you mean, RegentsPark, you liked none of the four railways pictures I have contributed to Wikipedia (See below)? Not even the 3-d?  :(    Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  02:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

  Image:Railway bridge bhor ghaut incline1855.jpg|Photograph (1855) showing construction of the Bhor Ghat incline bridge, Bombay, which was conceived by George Clark, the Chief Engineer in the East India Company Government of Bombay. Image:Dapoorie viaduct, Poona, 1858.jpg|Photograph (1858) of the Dapoorie viaduct over the Mula River, near Poona in Bombay Presidency. Image:Victoriaterminus1903.JPG|"The most magnificent railway station in the world." Stereographic image of Victoria Terminus, Bombay, which was completed in 1888. Image:India railways1909a.jpg|The 1909 Map of Indian Railways, when India had the fourth largest railway network in the world. Railway construction in India began in 1853.  


 * I haven't even looked at your pictures yet. Try focusing on anything with a three year old climbing all over you! Mañana!--Regents Park (bail out your boat) 02:55, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Get Well Soon
 is sorry to hear you're not feeling well. He hopes you take the time you need to make a full recovery - Wikipedia's not the same without you.

Requests for adminship/Redmarkviolinist 3
Nichalp,

I have responded to your striking of my !vote in this RfA. Could you please advise how you wish me to proceed? - Richard Cavell (talk) 02:59, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nichalp, I wish to apologize for my !vote. I must say that I feel sick. I had no idea that my !vote was so unacceptable. I have resigned as an administrator. - Richard Cavell (talk) 09:12, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Nichalp. I've left a question for you on that RFA because I found your action quite surprising. That may be due to a misunderstanding on my part, in which case I'd be grateful for clarification. Thanks! Olaf Davis | Talk 10:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nichalp, I have to say that your striking of Richard Cavell's vote in this RfA is completely inappropriate. Please undo it immeddiately. I personally do not find the logic in Richard's vote convincing, but the vote was not friviolous or obviously invalid. He did give a reasoned explanation for his vote. The closing crat can discount this vote if they find it unpersuasive, but actually striking out a reasoned RfA vote by a Wikipedian in good standing is completely unacceptable. Nsk92 (talk) 13:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Please also see the thread WP:BN. Nsk92 (talk) 14:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I undid your striking of the two !votes, and explained my rationale in both the RfA in question and at the BN board.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 16:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I did not see the note on your userpage that you are ill. The RfA in question is closed now. However, Richard Cavell still intends to resign his adminship as he stated in a recent post at his talkpage. I hope that when you come back you can talk him out of it. This incident is certainly not worth anyone resigning anything. Nsk92 (talk) 03:09, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Get well soon
Hi - get well soon. Given your extensive work, you certainly deserve a good rest. I will continue working on Geography of India and help out at Indian Railways as much as possible. I will likely start a peer review on Geography of India soon but not nominate for FA until you come back. Thank you for helping and guiding me, Shiva (Visnu)  20:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Note - I've started Peer review/Geography of India/archive2. Shiva (Visnu)  23:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey there Nichalp, hope you get some rest get well soon. I'll touch base with you once I know you're back to talk about the Inflation template that we discussed a few months ago.  I think it might be a useful template, esp. given the current rates of inflation in India.  Thanks AreJay (talk) 07:43, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Get well and get back soon.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 11:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Get well soon. Waiting for you. Kensplanet  Talk  Contributions  12:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What happened ? Anyways return back soon... We need u --  Tinu  Cherian  - 14:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Wish you a quick recovery! --KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 17:41, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh boy! what happened? Take care buddy and get healthy soon. --GP Pande  talk!  15:10, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I hope it's nothing serious. Get well soon and come back refreshed. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 07:16, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Get well soon :). Viral fever i think?. --SkyWalker (talk) 07:21, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Nicholas, get well and have a good break. –Moondyne 14:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Get well soon.-- Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 09:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Welcome. --SkyWalker (talk) 14:27, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks everyone for the wishes. Have recovered. :) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  14:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good to see you back. --GP Pande  talk!  19:21, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Nich, we were worried. Hope you are doing fine now.. Good to see u back again. This smile is for you ...

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FAC:Niobium
Most of your comments were solved, but a few might require some clarifications. Nergaal (talk) 18:35, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Your GA Nominations
Hey there. I noticed you nominated four Fort articles for GA. I've looked at them all, and they're all extremely sparse on content. I don't believe there's a limit on how short a GA article can be, but I don't think they could be Good Articles in their present state. Perhaps you could merge all four of them into one article, if they're related at all? Skinny87 (talk) 17:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see your problem; I've had the same issue m'self more than a few times. It was only a passing thought, though, and I imagine they'll all pass a GA Review, although I don't think they'll be able to go any higher due to lack of content. Nice work, by the way! Skinny87 (talk) 14:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks!
Yup. :). We both being Indians is also the reason :P lool. --SkyWalker (talk) 15:06, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Maps of India
Hi Nichalp. An editor has brought up an issue concerning the depiction of disputed territories on maps of India on NPOV/N. I noticed you had raised the same point at Wikimedia a few weeks ago with the author of the maps, but there does not seem to have been any progress since then. Could we raise this elsewhere, or do you know someone who could work on and correct the files? Best, Jayen <i style="color:#FFBF00;">466</i> 14:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Nichap Bhai, thank you a million for fixing the map. Now it is fair and square. Please replace this map in ALL places that use that silly Non NPOV map by Ssolbergj. Thanks again! 218.111.30.197 (talk) 11:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I never did anything. Ssolbergj himself fixed the map. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  11:42, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Just synchronicity, I did not do anything either, nor did Ssolbergj, I think. Looking at the file history, the correction was made by Shibo77, and has now been undone, unfortunately, by Deepak, who claims the scale was wrong (it looked more or less okay to me ...). So right now it seems we're back to the non-NPOV version. But I'm sure we'll get it right eventually ... Cheers, Jayen <i style="color:#FFBF00;">466</i> 12:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, guess I missed that out. Names were similar at a glance. :) I was quite surprised to see editing on Wikipedia again, he quit editing WP, looks like he is working on commons: these days. Nice to see him back.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

District maps of West Bengal
Hi. I have saved the locator map, as it looks authentic. I am trying to remove the rivers and neighbouring countries to get an outline for districts. While saving the file (it was .svg as shown in WP), when I saved it as .svg, Inkscape was not able to open it. But, when trying to save it as .png, Inkscape can open it. Mozilla had suggested .png while trying to save the file.--GDibyendu (talk) 14:54, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, my Inkscape version is 0.46.--GDibyendu (talk) 16:54, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I got around the first problem: saving svg properly by saving the link under the image. Also, found out about unflowing the text. Still cleaning up locator map to get an outline map showing district may be tedious.--GDibyendu (talk) 17:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your tips. I almost made a district map yesterday, but reverted it for three issues not fixed. Most importantly, the locator map has used white color for border, but for this map, black color should be used for better visibility. Attempt to fill color did not work. I'll try opening it in notepad as you suggested. --GDibyendu (talk) 07:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notepad tips. That kind of opened all doors.--GDibyendu (talk) 14:48, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Niobium
Hi Nichalp. Have we got all your issues on the FAC Niobium?--Stone (talk) 05:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I hope the very busy phase is not permanent.--Stone (talk) 07:49, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Gate of Mercy Synagogue
Saw the GAN. I felt the article is too short. There should be some section on rituals or festivals celebrated at the synagogue and more detail about the architecture. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:49, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Indian Naval jack
Due to continued non-sense on Wikipedia, all images of Indian naval ensign have been removed. I've replaced some of them with Image:Indian White Ensign.png but at some other places, for example 🇮🇳, it still needs to be added and I don't know how. Can you please help? Thanks --128.211.201.161 (talk) 02:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you back editing. The version you supplied is PNG, I would prefer to upload an SVG file, since it will be terribly easy to make an SVg rendering. Do you have the ratios of the flags? =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:25, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Yar, Nichap bhai why isn't there a flag for Indian navy and the infoboxes?? Piracy in Somalia article instead uses a INDIA flag and not Indian navy one :( every country has a tmplate except INDIA. Why?218.111.29.115 (talk) 16:04, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Nichalp. Do you stay in South Mumbai. Kensplanet Talk  Contributions  18:40, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Terror attack near my place =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:41, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: firing on my road

Things are very tense and scary. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  18:47, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stay calm, don't panic. If you are still hearing shots, get in your bath tub and cover it with a mattress. Keep your doors locked and find any weapon you can to keep on your person. What ever you do, stay away from the windows, keep your doors locked and barricaded. How loud were the shots when you heard them? 70.156.10.121 (talk)


 * Hey man, you just keep low and hide. The BBC says the police are responding to the attacks. Skinny87 (talk) 19:06, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Scary indeed. Keep safe. Haros (talk) 19:09, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Be safe. And I though the blasts in Bangalore last July, when I was visiting India, were close.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 19:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Take care nichalp. hope all ok.  Docku:  What up?  19:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hope you are all right man, take care. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 20:06, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Just hide somewhere, be safe. I hope you will be OK - be very careful! --Novis-M (talk) 20:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Everything will be Ok. Kensplanet  Talk  Contributions  20:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stay safe. Best wishes during all this. - Taxman Talk 20:39, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Best wishes, take care.  Spencer T♦C 20:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, User:Nichalp, I don't know if you remember me, but I redid the India flood map back in May following your prompting. Just heard about the ongoing attacks in your vicinity. CNN are covering it. Keep your head down, lock the doors, don't go outside if you can help it. If you can, check in on this page regularly so we know you're safe, but don't endanger yourself to do so. Hope you remain OK, kind regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 21:12, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope you and your family continue to remain safe. My thoughts are with you.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  21:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stay safe mate. do update us on whats happening. ive been following live twitter updates for the past 2 hours, very very sad --Plane Mad 21:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stay safe, my friend. Tempting as it is, please look after your safety before anything else - we don't need updates as much as for you to be ok.  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  22:58, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stay safe. And, do let us know you're ok when you get the chance.--Regents Park (bail out your boat) 23:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hope you're doing okay...this a tragic event, and reading this has really brought it home. Yohan euan o4 (talk) 23:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Some great advice for our Indian friend on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.52.188 (talk) 22:09, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hope all is safe Nichalp. This makes my Indian blood boil - wish I could do something very, vey bad to a few of those [expletive] who did this to my city/nation. <font color="orange" face="Verdana">Shiva <font color="blue" face="cursive">(Visnu)  23:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Take care and all teh best Nichalp. I hope your loved ones are safe.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to choose Australia's next top model! ) 23:56, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Wishing you well from Hawaii. Our thoughts are with you. Stay strong. Viriditas (talk) 02:42, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hope you are OK KRS (talk) 05:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Do'nt worry, Everthing will be Ok. Sanfy  Talk


 * Those brain-fucked bastards can't do you no harm. Stay cool and composed as you always are. Situation should be under control. -- KnowledgeHegemony  talk 07:41, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Really sorry to hear that NICHAP bhai. Please capture photos if u can. can use them here and it may be able to aid investigations. Hope you are OK. The terrorists ie islamists will be brought to justice and will end up languishing in a prison for years awaiting a wardon to tell them "your execution will take place tomorrow morning". They will be crying, hysterical, shovering, sweating. After their last meal that they most probobly wont eat, they will be begging and crying but the hangman will just tighten the noose and pull the lever when the time comes. He will struggle suffocating for around 5 minutes before he goes inconscious, and dies soon after. 118.100.29.171 (talk) 11:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * My prayers and wishes - Amog  | Talk •  contribs 17:32, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I just saw this now. Hope and pray that you are alright. Please give us an update. Sarvagnya 22:35, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Important
The problem with Wikipedia is that we don't know whether you are alive or not. Tell us a bit more in a few hours please, just so we know you're ok! 2o-DeMoN-o8 (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Please be alive. Please! 2o-DeMoN-o8t*c*a*wp 19:34, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Coverage
Are you able to give an update? 62.56.99.2 (talk) 22:41, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

We are with you in spirit Nichalp. Hope you fair well and that all who do not appreciate the value of life stay far from any of us. --Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 01:41, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Thinking of you
I met you only briefly through a rename and doubt you remember me, but I remembered you were in India and instantly checked in. I'm sorry to hear the terror is so close, I hope your friends and family remain safe. StarM 02:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Dear Nichalp, stay calm, stay safe. I am looking forward to meeting you again in the real world. --Gurubrahma (talk) 07:36, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * As one of the locations were near your place, I guess you are not able to use internet as all communication channels must have been brought down in that area. Do let us know once you are able to login again.--GDibyendu (talk) 15:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thinking of you, too. All the best. Jayen <i style="color:#FFBF00;">466</i> 22:40, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Terror attack.
Sorry But please try to go to hotel and take come pics of Broken dome of hotel, Army commandos,and of Fire brigade.--<font face="Old English Text MT" color="Orange"> Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 07:40, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * No man, stay safe in your house. Please! -- KnowledgeHegemony  talk 07:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Rofl, was that a serious request, Suyogaerospace? I think we can give higher priority to staying alive than taking pics for WP. Be safe, Nichalp! Hope you and your family are in safe hands during these traumatic events! Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 07:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * NOOOOOOOOOO dont go, Take care of yourself, Nich ! Dont venture out ! -- <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu  <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian  - 07:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Lool i saw a big no which i saw on my watchlist. Take Nick. Don't go out when everything is settled. --SkyWalker (talk) 07:53, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I didnt mean to ask him to go in the hotel but near it. On TV they are showing that many people are comming there just to take pics. Actually I was going to Colaba But my Mother confiscated my wallet so I cant go there :( [By the way a curfew is set up at Colaba so I know Nichalp cant go out so I made my request ;) HOW CAN I ENDANGER LIFE OF MY FELLOW WIKIPEDIAN????????????????--<font face="Old English Text MT" color="Orange"> Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 08:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no telling yet if the terrorists have accomplices in the area who have yet to act(e.g. attacking the police, etc. surrounding the hotel), or if the ones in the hotel might start firing at the streets outside. Best advice for anyone in a place of safety is to stay there! Keep you head down, Nichalp - Wikipedia isn't worth this sort of risk. Nick Cooper (talk) 08:23, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Suyogaerospace your mum did the right thing. Listen to your parents. :). --SkyWalker (talk) 08:29, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You sound like my mom! One basic question is Nichalp reading this page? or is he alreadly near hotel or is he out of town?? (Smart Doubt isent it?)--<font face="Old English Text MT" color="Orange"> Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 08:38, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that :). He must be watching TV?. --SkyWalker (talk) 08:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hope you are alright Nicolas. You take care. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 16:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Nichalp, I did not know about the above because I do not watch your page. I just came here to check that you are OK, which I very much hope you are. I know Mumbai well and I have stayed at the Taj. It's all very worrying. My thoughts are with you. Stay safe please. Graham. Graham Colm Talk 22:11, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hope you are okay. — Nightstallion 00:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Are you okay?
PLEASE give us any and all information about your situation whenever possible. I'm seriously freaking out here, and I don't even know you! But I really hope you're okay... -Weaver of Dreams (Talk Page) 00:56, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Our thoughts are with you
Stay safe, Nichalp.  Master&amp;  Expert ( Talk ) 22:36, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * We are eagerly waiting for you... -- KnowledgeHegemony  talk 08:30, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I am safe, thanks
Hi everyone. Thanks for your wishes and concerns. I am safe and sound, but I had a harrowing time the past few days hearing the AK-47 gunfire and grenades being lobbed at close quarters. Four hours before the attack, I was at the vicinity of the VT station, walking under the same bridge they took, and in the lane in which they were later captured by CCTV. I was also close to the Cama Hospital, little did I know that it would be attacked some four hours later. I was supposed to be at the VT station later that evening, returning home approximately between 10-11 pm, which would have been the time of the attack, but because I got held up somewhere else, I was spared from the conflict zone. Later, at about 10:45 I heard online reports of some shooting at VT station, at that time attributed to gang shooting. I then switched on the TV and followed the news reports, which at that time was very sketchy. I saw a large group of journalists gathered a few metres near my house, all looking towards VT station. This was the outer cordon limit that the police had set. From my home, I clicked a photo of the journalists, (it was blurred and dark, so didn't come out well), and went inside in disappointment to keep myself informed. About ten minutes later I heard a commotion outside and some people running my way. Two seconds later, a series of machine gunshots rang out and I could hear people running helter skelter. (The shots were fired by the terrorists in the hijacked police van). I would have to add that for a short period of time, my building would have been in the direct line of fire and range of the AK-47 guns. We stayed inside, with the doors closed, and kept low so as to avoid any ricocheting bullets. About five minutes later we heard the news reports of the incident, including reports that the terrorists had moved ahead. At that time, we had assumed that they were on foot, which could mean they could sneak into any dark alleys around my area and create mayhem. 20 minutes later we heard they were apprehended, but was still unsure. I could still hear grenades go off intermittently, and machine gun fire away in the distance. I stayed up the entire night watching the news to keep myself updated of the situation.

I must add that all the mentioned locations in the attack range between 100 metres to 3 kilometres of where I stay, so I have been there many a time. All the people I personally know of are safe, but some people we (my family) know of did not make it... I personally am shaken by this incident, any sudden loud sound is likely to make me jump. I could feel the force of the grenades and bombs going off at the Taj even though I am located some 2 km away. Such was the force of the bombs. The police came around and asked us to keep indoors as much as possible yesterday due to rumours flying high. I'm currently not in a mood to edit wikipedia much. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  11:13, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Good to hear from you again, Nichalp. I am sorry to hear of the casualties amongst your family's acquaintances: please accept my sympathies. We were quite concerned and looked for you amongst the list of victims but such lists are inevitably incomplete/inaccurate. I'm sure I speak for everybody on this talk page when I say that we are very pleased to hear that you are safe. Kind regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 12:03, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear you are safe. I was worried of the delay since your last post. Thanks for the update. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 15:34, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Very relieved to hear that you and your family are safe.  It is perfectly understandable that you are not in a mood to edit Wikipedia.


 * My grandparents use to live just around the corner from Cuffe Parade (before the reclamation and tall buildings) when it was still on the water. I know Bombay will get past this.  Even so, I am very distraught and saddened, and can only imagine the anguish and confusion that must be yours at this moment.  Regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  19:58, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Nichalp, I am glad you are ok! Some of us were very worried about you.  I am sorry to hear about the friends of your family.  We'll all get through this somehow.  Even though you are about 13,000 kilometers away from me, I can feel what you folks are going through.  All of the people who have died, who have suffered, who are in pain from losing loved ones, are in our thoughts and we grieve with you. Viriditas (talk) 03:50, 30 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Perhaps akin to watching the Pentagon hit by a plane from a nearby building... <font color="orange" face="Verdana">Shiva <font color="blue" face="cursive">(Visnu)  18:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good to hear from you again, Nich. take care -- <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu  <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian  - 08:08, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

GA Review
Of course, take as long as you need.--Jackyd101 (talk) 13:38, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Lakes in Bangalore
Hi! Nichalp

Bombay is in the grip of terrorists. I hope you are safely away from the troubled areas.I wish you well.

I have expanded the above article, hopefully more than five times, but I could not exactly assess how much of the text portion only has been expanded. I have fully followed the tutorials you gave me on editing. I am sure a further editing by you may be as least as it can be. In case the expansion is accreptable for a DYK Hook, I would appreciate your nominating it for me. In fact, if all my added text from the time I created the article are added it may be more than five times expansion.I will suggest three alterantive hooks if you consider that it may be DYK acceptable. Basically the expansion is on management aspect as a policy (Public-private sector participation) which has failed ,iserably resulitng in policy reversal and would be a lesson to others that "Lake is a Common Property Resorce not to be meddled with for private gains".

Incidentally, my 25th DYK on Pulicat Lake was accepted.--Nvvchar (talk) 15:13, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry to read about the scare you have gone through. I am sure God has blessed you. You surely need a break from wikiediting. Don't worrry about the above article. Reply to me when you are more relaxed after this traumatic experience. Wish you well.--Nvvchar (talk) 14:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Glad you're OK
If there's anything you want me to keep an eye on for you while you're on wikibreak, please do drop me a line. --Dweller (talk) 20:48, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Great that everything is over. --Dwaipayan (talk) 04:29, 30 November 2008 (UTC)


 * After the trauma you definitely should take a wiki-break. Give your nerves a rest. -- KnowledgeHegemony  talk 06:54, 30 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey I'm so happy you are OK. Have you taken some Images :) Kensplanet  Talk  Contributions  06:56, 30 November 2008 (UTC)


 * User:Gppande needs admin assistance. When you return rom your break please take a look at his talk page. -- KnowledgeHegemony  talk 06:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Recent Mumbai Tragedy
Just came across your page and was a little shocked to hear that you were caught up in the recent Mumbai tragedy. Hope you are doing alright. Best wishes. Wiki Raja (talk) 11:37, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Truly Nichalp. These things are so sad. Why can't people just get along with each other? I truly hope you and your family are okay. Let us know if we can help in any way.<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 12:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Currency conversion
Hi Nichalp. Glad to hear that you are OK. I found Template:INRConvert, but am in need of a Japanese Yen to U.S. Dollar conversion template, perhaps one that optionally uses Inflation to adjust for inflation. if easy enought, would you consider creating Template:Currency conversion by modifying the code from Template:INRConvert. It would be nice if the currency conversion template could be used for any money type and go both ways. Thanks. -- Suntag  <font color="#FF8C00">☼  17:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Techno-park-logo.svg)
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 * Added the image to Technopark, Kerala and also the fair use claim for Image:Techno-park-logo.svg -- <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu  <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian  - 08:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

SVG images
Hi Nichalp. I am glad that you are doing ok. Hope you are feeling better.

As per your earlier suggestion, I had created SVG images for the Carnatic music scales - Melakarta and some Janya too. I dug around a bit and learnt adding Tamil script to SVG images, etc. Tips from Commons village pump also helped. So, I have finished about 80 scales in English and Tamil and uploaded them to Commons. I have modified half the English pages to start using the SVG in place of GIF.

I manually coded first SVG and used it along with Microsoft Excel to "generate" the 72 parent scales first. Then with minor changes I was able to "generate" the same for Tamil too. Now that I have perfected this, I can do the same in about 2-3 hours in other scripts, like Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Devanagari (if anyone needs them). Probably Malayalam folks need them first, as I can see the Melakarta ragam articles being linked one by one to the English and Tamil articles.

Thank you very much for the valuable suggestion, as it saves lot of time and also is simple to understand, expand (in size), reuse for other "derived scales", etc. You are a star!!! VasuVR ( talk,  contribs ) 14:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

YOB instead of DOB. Check instructions
Hi. Concerning this edit of yours, I would like to inform you that for article pages we use Category:Year of birth missing instead of Category:Date of birth missing. If, there is a reason to add the latter, please add it to the Talk page instead but first read WP:PRIVACY and the instructions in the categories above. Thanks. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:25, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Congrats
Hi Nichalp, congrats on seeing your baby on the Main Page. Shovon (talk) 07:01, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! =Nichalp   «Talk»=  11:35, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, excellent article on amateur radio in India and worthy of Featured Article status. Jim, K7JEB (talk) 14:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Vithoba
Nice to see the amateur radio article on main page. The copyedit of Vithoba has ended. You had upgraded the article status to A, which was reverted and had asked SandyGeorgia for inputs on the nomination failure as per Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Can you look at the article for FAC concerns, keeping in view SandyGeorgia's comments? Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit

 * Thanks Tinu =Nichalp   «Talk»=  14:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)