User talk:Nvvchar/Archive 2009 January

Chilka lake

 * Huge article. Good job. Tree articles good too. You're really doing a lot. I can't keep up with you. I have not checked whole article Marcus (talk) 04:15, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've now read the article and see room for improvement, mostly in grammer, especially needing attention is excessive Run-on sentences. Also overuse of sub sections. Several sections and subsections can be merged to improve readability. These points are especially obvious in sections 8 and 9. I will do this if you like, but I didn't want to just dive in and make a lot of reorganizations without your prior comment. Let me know.
 * If anyone has a problem regarding our co-nomination of Berijam lake, they will raise the issue, then we can direct them to history of our sandboxes. Comment about this on DYK nomination page is not now needed. Marcus (talk) 18:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I didn't really set out to make all those additions, but was starting a new article: User:Marcus334/Sandbox and came across some good new refs.
 * I see that the place is usually called Chilika and not Chilka so it seems that the name of the article should be changed. What do you think? Marcus (talk) 02:38, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Since Chilika is also mentioned in bracket, I feel the name Chilka could remain.Thanks for the additions. I will soon come up with a quartet Hook for us to work together. I am trying to get some pictures and drawings. I am in Bangalore now and will be collecting some material for the articles. --Nvvchar (talk) 02:44, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * While you're in Bangalore you may enjoy meeting Shyamal (talk). He's a smart young guy you'd enjoy. Marcus (talk) 03:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Chilika Dolphin.gif|right|125px]]I'd like to move the Irrawaddy Dolphin image into the infobox and move men poling boat down. They are the Keystone species of Chilka. This Vulnerable mammal is critically endangered in all its other habitats. Chilka is its best hope for long term survival.
 * A group there is actively working with them now. I plan to expand the dolphin sub-section next. They deserve the attention. What do you think? Marcus (talk) 05:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have also read the present actions on Dolphin in the lake. The present article is already too long. There are some observation on the HOOK. I have given an alternate HOOK as suggested by Danielcase.Let us wait till the DYK hook is accepted before adding more text now.--Nvvchar (talk) 12:08, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I would appreciate that the lake article be retained as a Chilka Lake article. Irrawady Dolphin is a seperate article in wiki which could be expanded (partly done already) and the picture posted on the Infobox there and not on Chilka lake Infobox.Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 02:56, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Greetings
Best wishes for the coming new year!Dineshkannambadi (talk) 19:37, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
Thank you Narasipur Vijayaraghavachar Venkatanarasimhachar :) Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas too from my side. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  15:29, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank You for the Merry Christmas e-mail. Happy New year to you. Congratulations on the Chilka and Berijam DYK's. Those were a lot of work for both of us. What's next? Marcus (talk) 02:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Marcus, Thank you for the e-mail conveying to us your greetings for christmas and the new year. Why don't you put up Irrawady Dolphin with a five fold expansion for DYK? I was working for four artciles with one HOOk but some one else has already put up two articles on the subject. I am collecting some references and photos from the Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore on some of their research projects. I will be able to post the draft articles on my sand box for us to work on by the middle of next year.I did contact Shaymal on phone. He was very postive in our talks. He will be moving out of Bangalore from the begining of the new year.--Nvvchar (talk) 06:21, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2009
''' Happy New Year !!!! I wish for you and your family to have a wonderful 2009!!! Have fun partying and may you make many edits!!!   - Ravichandar My coffee shop  12:10, 31 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm, Thank you!:-) Just had a look at some of your userboxes. It's great to find another Aquarian here :-) By the way, I just observed that you would be fifth on this list. I wish to appreciate the effort some people have put forth over this encyclopedia. With close to 3 million articles on almost every subject under the sun, Wikipedia is something truly amazing. And people like you have put a great deal of effort over this encylopedia. Take care! And have a BLAST! - Ravichandar My coffee shop  06:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bugle Rock
--Dravecky (talk) 21:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Iyengar
I'll try to search for the botanical name. As far as the book is concerned, I wish to know more. Was it a self-publication? If not, then I wish to know who published the book? As you indicated that he was not able to sell the book, the need for the book to be checked for reliability now arises. Is the book available in any of the online bookstores like Amazon, etc? - Ravichandar My coffee shop 04:04, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The book was a self effort of the author. An article in a Tamil weekly magazine by the author has mentioned it and my aunt told me about it. I will check with her and find out the name of the Tamil magazine and month of issue. Thank you for the prompt reply.--Nvvchar (talk) 05:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I have checked up with my aunt. The information she could provide is that the name of the book is "Long Missing Link" It is 900 pages book Wriiten by Vaduvar Doraiswamy Iyengar. This was published by the author with his own money. I believe that  Mr Iyengar is a famous Tamil writer and used to write for Tamil News Papers. That is all the info she could give me.I don't know whether it will help.

I need some help in respect of three Geological Monuments in Tamil Nadu. These are: National Fossil Wood Park in Sattanur Charonockite, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai

The above sites are part of the 26 sites declared by the Geological Survey of India. Would you be interested in providing me inputs of photos of thse sites and any other literature on the subject. We could jointly put up the artciles on DYK. I have posted two DYKs on the same subject for Karnataka Monuments namely, Bugle Rock (DYK accepted) and St. Mary's Islands, Karnataka on Columnar Basaltic Lava--Nvvchar (talk) 11:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, I don't travel much. So, I don't have photos in my personal collection. I'll check out if there are public domain images on the web. I'll try to get a picture of St Thomas Mount ready. It's quite near my house- Ravichandar My coffee shop 17:28, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Over Smart Peoples of Wikipedia
Hi!! You know why we are not able to expand Mum police and MumFB is due to lack of refrences. With out knowing this fact few people on wikipedia (They are not Indian) says that Articles on Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte, Hemant Karkare are useless articles and should be deleted and says '''""the relevant page is WP:NOTMEMORIAL: Wikipedia isn't a memorial site for deceased people. All articles on people who are notable only because they were killed in the Mumbai attacks belong merged into Casualties of the 2008 Mumbai attacks""(This article is not written as a Memorial nor as Homage) read thisSAVE THIS THREE ARTICLES FROM DELETION-- Suyog talk to me!  10:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Pongal to you!
''' HAPPY PONGAL !!!! I wish for you and your family a very HAPPY PONGAL!! :-) May you celebrate with plenty of sugarcane, ven pongal and sakkara pongal!!!   - Ravichandar My coffee shop  06:08, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Long Missing Link
Well, I just performed a Google search and found that Vaduvur Doraiswamy Iyengar was quite a famous writer during the 1930s. One person compares him to Kalki in his blog. But I am not sure if we can include his theory in the article. Yeah, he might have been a good writer as is evident from Google search results, but I would like to know whether he has a "history" background. If I give "Long missing link" and "doraiswamy iyengar", I do not get any matching results. Or should his name be spelt in a different way?

Well, I think Doraiswamy Iyengar's theory may very well be included in the article; but caution should be exhibited while mentioning it. As yet, we have not been able to establish if the theory has much credibility. Hence, we could only state something like this: "Famous writer Vaduvur Doraiswamy Iyengar feels that..." while explaining his theory. We could not specify it like a widely-acknowledged and recognized theory.- Ravichandar My coffee shop 16:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

And then, we've got to be ready to face people who might question its inclusion :-)- Ravichandar My coffee shop 16:31, 27 January 2009 (UTC)