User talk:Tachs/Archive 2

Equalization disambiguation
Hi, would you mind stopping disambiguating Equalization for the moment? The page is in a state of flux and the situation is likely to change, see the discussion on the talk page. Disambiguating now may well make it harder to fix. SpinningSpark 14:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Message noted. Will keep away from it. Cheers mate!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 15:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

adding templates
When adding templates, please do not add the word template. Just do Tourism in Kerala and not. These templates go before categories. They also do not need collapsed=no. If two or more templates are found, default is to collapse them all. If only one is found, it should be uncollapsed. Bgwhite (talk) 04:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mate, noted. It was an oversight. Good you took it up; it really helped to stick it firm in my mind.--jojo@nthony (talk) 05:44, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The mess has been cleaned up. Thanks once again!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 07:09, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I think I got everything but the collapsed option.  No worries on the mess up, it happens to us all.  Bgwhite (talk) 17:48, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

That was not good advice about the collapsed option. Tourism in Kerala defaulted to expanded, so far from cleaning up a mess, a mess has now been created. I have changed the default to collapse, since this is a larger, and frankly contentious template that should not be displayed in its full glory unless there is good reason to do so. --Epipelagic (talk) 12:40, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Collapsed advice still stands. This is why navboxes should follow normal standards. Bgwhite (talk) 17:48, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Padma Shri template
Hi, I notice that you are the top contributor of our Padma Shri list articles. You also seem to be involved in creating and/or expanding articles on many of the recipients. I wonder if you ever thought of creating a dedicated Padma Shri template which will make the maintenance trouble lot easier, say in case of unintended circumstances like changing of the URL of the government website (and the like). Solomon7968 12:37, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Good idea, Mate! Let me gather myself to the task. Will check into it soon.--jojo@nthony (talk) 12:50, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * , Checked on the subject, felt it is beyond the scope of one template. If Padma Shri awards are split category-wise, i.e. arts, civil service, so on and so forth, it might fit in. Please see if you can create templates accordingly--jojo@nthony (talk) 16:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * That was only a suggestion actually, I am not very good at templates and don't want to screw things up. Maybe (who posted above) can create the templates as I think they have got some experience with similar things. Or it might be worthwhile to post at WT:INB, where someone can take the initiative. Solomon7968 16:43, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Can I add something here
Pls Dhilin (talk) 13:03, 6 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Please do--jojo@nthony (talk) 13:04, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Graduate diploma
I would like to comment on your two edits - one that you made on List of University of Edinburgh people and another one on List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of Edinburgh. Graduate diploma page on Wikipedia is about a postgraduate qualification. On List of University of Edinburgh people and List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of Edinburgh pages, graduates are those who obtained their bachelor's, master's and other qualifications from the University of Edinburgh and not just those who obtained their graduate diploma. Zenqueue (talk) 05:24, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing it to my notice. My edits were probably made in haste. Good they have now been corrected, Cheers!! --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:32, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Christianity in Kerala
Can you please refrain from adding articles to the Category:Christianity in Kerala parent category as many of the churches you have added are in the Category:Churches in Kerala category within the Christianity in Kerala parent category, and the Christians within their respective church categories. There is no need to add these articles to the parent category also. Mugsalot (talk) 14:44, 23 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for bringing this to my notice.--jojo@nthony (talk) 14:48, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Christianity in Kerala
Template:Christianity in Kerala has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. StAnselm (talk) 08:52, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

More on template
Tachs, watching you taking on the effort to create articles on Padma Shri recipients is very inspiring. Thank you for that! But the articles you create have few links pointing to them, see WP:WHATLINKSHERE (except the list from where they are linked).


 * You can create internal links of the articles via the User:Edward/Find link tool.
 * You are also adding the Padma Shri Awards in individual articles of the recipients. That is, imho, redundant. Some people may object to it. What would be a good thing is to create more templates like Padma Award winners of Kerala and Padma Award winners of Odisha for all states of India.

Creating more internal links helps to increase visibility in search engine rankings (particularly relevant for Indic articles where Romanization is a perennial problem). Also helps to track if some articles get speedy deleted, without appropriate notification to the creator, in this case you.

Kindest regards. Solomon7968 05:45, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Solomon, for the advice, it will guide me in my future work. I am aware that certain names on the Padma Awards list may not find a place elsewhere in English Wiki. I am taking this Padma article creations as a project as some of the individuals listed there (though not all) are owed a bit by the humanity and it would be a sacrilege if they are denied the space they truly deserve. I did not know of the User:Edward/Find link, a special thanks for that. It was nice exchanging a few words with you, cordial exchanges are, at times, hard to find here .--jojo@nthony (talk) 06:07, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * At the current state of progress when do you expect all Padma awardees to get articles? There is a WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles project whose (ambitious) goal is to (among others) create article on every biography who has got a entry in any other biographical dictionary. It might be worthwhile to create a page to track the progress made on the Padma front and link it from the Missing articles project page. I don't expect more people to get involved by this (the parent project is moribund anyway) but at least it will set a goal for the India project there (keeping it in mind, I added the Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915) entry, quite a while ago).


 * And since all of the articles you created are better than the average India article and most (all?) contains more than 1,500 characters of prose, I wonder if you have thought of nominating them for Did you know (and hence showcasing them on the front page). Most editors of biographical pages are also contributors to DYK but some consider DYK to not worth their time (of the top of my head,, who more or less single handedly runs the WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography project). Solomon7968 08:08, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I expect my project to run for another three months, when I should be able to complete all reasonably referenceable names on Padma list. I haven't thought about DYK but let me get acquainted with it, it is worth a shot. I will look at your suggestions whenever I take an intentional pause from biographies (just to escape repetitive work). We will be in touch; thanks for your time for this discussion.--jojo@nthony (talk) 08:24, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Mate, I checked the project pages you mentioned. Would you be able to create a page on the Padma related articles and get it linked to the parent project page? An article shell is enough which I can populate. The page can, then, be developed further by adding the list of other major award winners such as Dr. B. C. Roy Award and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Cheers!! --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, I started WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Padma and linked it from there. I personally think a separate page is best for other awards, lest we lose focus. Btw, all of the Shanti Swarup awardees for Mathematics now have articles, thanks to the efforts of a couple of years ago. So that is not a priority although most of the articles lack portraits (which will be nice to have). Solomon7968 13:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot Mate, I will now start populating it and log my work as I go forward. We will check on other awards once we are through with this.--jojo@nthony (talk) 16:04, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry to enter in the discussion uninvited. I agree that these award winners deserve a page however I am not sure of usefulness of DYK and time spent in the process. BTW I just searched some listed names on google and found a few articles already available .Just provided redirection. Regards Shyamsunder (talk) 09:09, 5 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Shyamsunder, We will proceed with the article creation first and then take it up from there.--jojo@nthony (talk) 11:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * @Shyamsunder, you are more than welcome to join in the effort. And as I say some people take the DYK thing as a motivator, other work silently (FWIW, the second person in List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs is from India, I believe). And @Tachs, one thing to keep in mind is whether the person already have an article, redirects are helpful here. Looking around I found out Articles for deletion/Prem Chand Pandey, deletion debate on a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Awardee for 1989, see the umpteen redlinks mentioned there! Solomon7968 20:48, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Article
I am Madhav Gadgil, an ecologist at madhav.gadgil@gmail.com. I was delighted to see that you have recently updated an article about me in the Wikipedia. I have watched the Wikipedia movement with great interest and admiration since its very beginning, but never participated in it. However, recent health problems mean that I now have to curtail my field ecological work. I have consequently come to the conclusion that I should now direct my energies to contributing to Wikipedia. You are obviously a very seasoned Wikipedian and I hope to keep consulting you as I now take up this enterprise. I realize that proper referencing is very important for Wikipedia. On top of the biographical article about me I see a notice that it is poorly referenced. I also see a note asking for specific reference for a paper of mine that became a Citation Classic. Since you have recently edited this article, I thought I would like to provide you a set of appropriate references, including the one to the Citation Classic. I would greatly appreciate remaining in touch with you. Links to Wikipedia articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadgil_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Advisory_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Prize_for_Environmental_Achievement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Environment_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athirappilly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Fissured_Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mumbai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_K_Firodia_awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_Award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989) References Deshpande, A.P. 2 .Dr Madhav Gadgil, Vidnyanayatri. (Biography in Marathi) Rajahansa Prakashan, Pune Gadgil, M. 1985. This week's citation classic. Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences), 16: 18. ML Lewis 2003Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the Biodiversity Ideal in India, 1945-1997, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, devotes a full chapter 5 to Madhav Gadgil’s work. Guha, Ramachandra 2006 The Democratic Social Ecology of Madhav Gadgil in How Much Should a Person Consume? - Environmentalism in India and the United States University of California Press Gadgil, Madhav 2002 Reflections on Harvard days. Colloquy: Alumni News Year book of the Third World Academy of Sciences. Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy : Yearbook 2014 Prashant Nair. QnAs with Madhav Gadgil PNAS 2015 112 (24) 7341-7342;published ahead of print May 29, 2015. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/24/7341.full Ecology is for the People: A Methodology Manual for People’s Biodiversity Register. National Biodiversity Authority. http://nbaindia.in/uploaded/docs/ec_for_ppl.pdf External Links Vidnyanayatri (Marathi biography) http://www.menakabooks.com/rajhans-prakashan/5152-vidnyanyatri-dr-madhav-gadgil-a-p-deshapnde-rajhans-prakashan-buy-online.html?nosto=nosto-page-category1 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru,  http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=G Fellow, Indian National Science Academy http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N84-0244 http://www.iiap.res.in/MadhavGadgil ( Biographical sketch on website of Indian Institute of Astropysics, Benagaluru) Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences www.nationalacademies.org/memarea/ Honorary Member, British Ecological Society, http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants-awards/honours_awards_prizes/honorary-membership/ Honorary Member, Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/history/Awards/bulletin/honorary2001.pdf Biographical sketch Honorary Fellow, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation http://tropicalbiology.org/honorary-fellow-atbc-2010-dr-madhav-gadgil/ Harvard University GSAS Centennial Medal, 2002 http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/alumni/gsas_centennial_medalists.php Volvo Environment Prize, 2003 http://www.environment-prize.com/laureates/by-year/2003/madhav-gadgil-,-mohammad-yunus/ Padma Bhushan www.webindia123.com/government/award/padbhu/padbhu.html Georgescu-Roegen Awards for Bioeconomic Practice 2014 http://dsds.teriin.org/2014/georgescu.php Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievements tylerprize.usc.edu/laureates.html Chair, Science and Technology Advisory Panel, Global Environment Facility, https://www.thegef.org/gef/node/904 Pew Charitable Trusts. Conservation Fellow, http://www.pewtrusts.org/sitecore/content/pewtrusts_org/projects/marine-fellows/fellows-directory/1993/madhav-gadgil?sc_lang=en “Central University of Orissa confers Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) to Professor Madhav Gadgil” 2012 http://eodishasamachar.com/en/central-university-of-orissa-confers-degree-of-doctor-of-science-honoris-causa-to-professor-madhav-gadgil/ 103.8.149.83 (talk) 10:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)Madhav Gadgil 103.8.149.83 (talk) 10:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Dear Professor, Thanks for your message and thanks for the links. Yes, it is a precondition that the statements made in Wikipedia should be supported by valid reliable references. Please allow me a bit of time before I can go through the links you have provided, which will help me to develop the article. Meanwhile, the template showing lack of adequate citation has since been removed. I welcome you to Wikipedia and hope you will have a fulfilling time here!! --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:38, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I added the references to the talk page of the article, see Talk:Madhav Gadgil. Solomon7968 11:59, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your prompt action. I hope to stay in touch as I get involved in Wikipedia. MadhavDGadgil (talk) 05:53, 8 October 2015 (UTC)Madhav Gadgil
 * You are welcome, Professor. I will leave a message here once I am through with the article. --jojo@nthony (talk) 06:02, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I have tried my little mite to develop the article. Trust the effort was fruitful.--jojo@nthony (talk) 16:53, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Kerala templates
I see what you've done at User:Tachs/Sandbox4. It seems to be a great idea to just have Template:Churches in Thrissur, etc. You could just create that now, independent of the deletion discussion. StAnselm (talk) 21:09, 8 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I have already created a Template:Churches of Kerala. Still I have prepared the draft of the template as you suggested and have kept in my sandbox. --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Gyan
Tachs, Please note my last edit to Satish Chandra Kakati. In particular see User:Sitush/Common. The publisher plagiarizes from our Wiki articles. Solomon7968 08:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Solomon, Good you removed them. There are enough inline citations without that in the article.--jojo@nthony (talk) 11:09, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Doctors
Have you considered creating a list, say, List of Indian doctors? Looking around I came to the conclusion that the best way to increasing the number of WHATLINKSHERE for doctors/engineers is to start material from lists. The model to follow is WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography/Medics. Solomon7968 14:29, 15 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Let me complete this Padma bios and I will look into it.--jojo@nthony (talk) 14:58, 15 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I actually meant to create a list of all doctors who have received Padma award, red link or blue link. It can subsequently be expanded to include other wiki-notable doctors (i.e. notable via some other means than getting Padma). Solomon7968 15:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Got it, I will give it a try when I take a break from the present flow.--jojo@nthony (talk) 15:10, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Begum Zaffar Ali
Hi Tachs,

You created Begum Zaffar Ali, but someone else,, who turned out to be a sock of , created Begum Zafar Ali (one 'f'). They also created Agha Nasir Ali, Agha Shaukat Ali and Agha Ashraf Ali claimed to be her three sons. I only just stumbled on the fact that there were two pages on the former Malka Begum. Obviously one page has to go. Just FYI. 220  of  Borg 16:43, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Mine was created on 19 August 2015 whereas the other one on 18 September 2015. Still, the second article is more detailed (though a few tags are there). Merging is one option or let one go, no issues even if the axe falls on the article created by me. After all, what we need is a better article with more information. Cheers !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 06:45, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month is COMING!
Hi Tachs ,

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K
thx, u can do whatever you want, just a drive by edit lol. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 18:38, 1 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Cheers mate! --jojo@nthony (talk) 19:02, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

WAM
Hi Tachs, sorry I don't make this clear. The letter (Y, N, P) is used for reviewing by organizers. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia Asian Month!--AddisWang (talk) 06:11, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Tachs, Jagmohan Sursagar and M. S. Ramakumar does not meet the requirement of 300 words(exclude tempalte, reference etc ), please considering expand it. Thank you for contributing Asian content!--AddisWang (talk) 19:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Photos from family
I am assuming you are watchlisting all the articles you are creating (otherwise it can be very difficult to track vandalism on them, as few others are tracking those articles). Have you ever noticed any family member of a subject (judging from same/similar surnames and the like) editing their kin's WP bio?

Some time ago I started the article Jagdish Mehra and today noticed ‎a new editor editing it.

I wonder how many of them would be interested in sharing their kin's photos from family albums to help illustrate our articles. Solomon7968 07:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I have noticed it on three occasions. If you check the history of Tejas Patel, Madan Lal Madhu and Janak Palta McGilligan, you can find them. In fact, Tejas Patel article was being constantly edited on promo lines for which I had to request for page protection.--jojo@nthony (talk) 10:51, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Looking around I found out Donated artwork project of. While that project is somewhat different in scope its various subpages may be useful to my above proposal. Basically I am thinking of a page to gather list of editors/groups/organizations who may be able to supply photos for our WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Padma project. Let's wait for AF's response to the ping, if they have got something to add here. Solomon7968 06:45, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I like your initiative. It may have better success than Donated artwork. I was reluctant to put too much into it lest it get no response. Although new, so far, it has been a disappointment. Photos may do better because less time is spent creating them, so less desire for monetary compensation. Also, artists are artists and photographers are often hobbyists. Artists seem to want to get paid. Let me know if I can help. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:21, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you know of any similar project/initiative even if it is tangentially related? There's this Requested pictures which points to Wikipedians/Photographers and Category:Wikipedian photographers but it basically seems an approach to ask a Wikipedian to take a photo. I think we can do better to ask the subject themselves to release one of their photos in a compatible license. Such a project can start with academics because all Wiki-notable academics presumably have their own Email ids where they can be contacted directly. Solomon7968 10:32, 11 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I dont think there is a similar project here, at least not to my knowledge. Yes, your proposal will really help making the articles more comprehensive.--jojo@nthony (talk) 10:54, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

OK so for now let's start a page with the three usernames you mentioned. As like AF I am also reluctant to put too much effort here but I hope, with luck, before we (you) are done with at least a basic stub of all the Padma awardees, we can get a few people interested in this. Solomon7968 14:50, 12 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's worth a try.--jojo@nthony (talk) 15:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I started WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Padma/P. P can stand for anything, including but not limited to: Padma, Photo, Portrait and also abides by WP:Privacy. I hope it will get some attention. Solomon7968 17:03, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Great!, let's wait and watch.--jojo@nthony (talk) 17:04, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Nominations to Did You Know
Hi! I was looking through the submissions at Wikipedia Asian Month/Participants and noticed that you had a bunch of excellent articles, but hadn't brought them to the Did You Know process. I hope you don't mind, but I've nominated a few of your articles. You can see the nominations at:


 * Template:Did you know nominations/S. K. Sama
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar
 * Template:Did you know nominations/J. S. Guleria

Sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:50, 15 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mate, please go ahead, All the best!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 07:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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DYK for Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for S. K. Sama
Allen3 talk 12:55, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for J. S. Guleria
Allen3 talk 12:22, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Tachs: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Solomon7968 06:17, 21 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

, Thanks for the wishes Mate, Wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful year 2016--jojo@nthony (talk) 12:58, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Swaminathan Sivaram
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Mohan Kameswaran
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

artsome.co reliable?
Artsome.co is currently blacklisted. I see you added it to Manu Parekh. Do you think it is a reliable source? --Ronz (talk) 17:20, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It is an online repository of art information, focusing primarily on the modern art movement in the Indian subcontinent. I have checked several profiles there and all of them were found to be short, matter of fact and devoid of controversial facts. Further, it showcases the works of the painters, chronologically arranged. I feel the site should not be in the blacklist.--jojo@nthony (talk) 17:48, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I haven't looked at it closely, but tend to agree. I don't know what discussions there have been other than spamming reports, the latest here. --Ronz (talk) 17:55, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month
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Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
Hello, CIS-A2K is going to organize an edit-a-thon between 25 and 31 January this year. The aim of this edit-a-thon is creating and improving Geographical Indications in India related articles.

We welcome all of you to join this edit-a-thon. Please see the event and add your name as a participant: WikiProject India/Events/Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon

Feel free to ask if you have question(s). Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 19:51, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Note on Khurody
Hi! I noticed that you have been working on biographies of various Padma winners. Please note that I am already working on User:Dharmadhyaksha/Dara Nusserwanji Khurody, Padma Bhushan winner of 1964. Just so you don't work on it too. Good job going on.... §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 07:05, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Mate, message noted. All the best !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 07:31, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

GB tool
It looks like you are manually typing the cite book templates. There is a Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books which automatically extracts the metadata (author, publisher, isbn etc.).

On a side note I considered adding Ahalya Chari to WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Padma/P. I wonder if you have thought of a special template to welcome some such user. It would be very handy. Solomon7968 12:51, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mate, I have been using Provelt, but this is easier for Google Books. On those users who appear to be connected with the subjects of bios, a standardized welcome note will be handy, but my skills there are limited.--jojo@nthony (talk) 13:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


 * (who commented above) is somewhat of an expert in templates, I believe. Let's see if this ping gets a reply and they are willing to create such a template. Solomon7968 13:13, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * These are the current templates Welcoming_committee/Welcome_templates. I may create one (it is not difficult), however you may discuss it at the relevant project talk (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography) first. --Tito Dutta (talk) 14:13, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * While you are here can you also check . There ought to be a dedicated Padma Shri reference template, on the model of, say, MacTutor (see the full discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Padma). Solomon7968 14:34, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Ancestry of Muhammad
An article that you have been involved in editing&mdash;Ancestry of Muhammad &mdash;has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. 89.240.87.162 (talk) 20:13, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

thanks and request
hi Sir... i am a pass-out from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Actually most of the material written on my college's wikipedia article has been written by me.

I would like to Thank you for creating the Vijay Prasad Dimri and Rabi Narayan Bastia articles, and for making significant edits on Harsh Gupta article. All these 3 persons are pass-outs from my college. 101.57.11.131 (talk) 20:06, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

By the way Sir, I have a Request for you. Sir can u please improve Portal:Military of India and Template:Military of India? Actuly if u compare these with something like US military portal and US military template respectively, u realize that the Indian ones r too childish. Also they r inaccurate coz Indian Coast Guard is not a part of Indian military in reality (see ), but it has been listed so on the portal. Further, unlike their US counterparts (see Portal:United States Army), Indian Army, Navy & Air Force dont even have their own wikipedia Portals, and their Templates exist but r overly simple (for example, compare Template:Indian Army with Template:United States Army). If u are able to create/improve these, u can put these templates and portals on the Wikipedia articles of Indian Army, Indian Armed Forces, etc, just like it is there on the wiki articles of US Army, US Armed Forces etc.

Sir, the time u wud b spend on the above wud b a service to India. Becoz a nation's military strength is valued by its enemies only when that nation can show-off its military strength. And what better way to do this, than Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia. Actually I wud have done these edits myself, but Im not an expert of either Wikipedia or of military, and I have no idea about how to edit portals. Thanks again. 101.57.11.131 (talk) 20:57, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Sir i am the same guy who posted the above messages (my IP keeps automatically changing). Plz respond Sir, I'm waiting. You can leave your messages for me here only..i will be regularly visiting your Talk page. 101.59.214.189 (talk) 00:29, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi friend, I read your message but was not sure where I should post my reply to you. I have a wish list of a few more articles, after which I will check into the templates you have mentioned. I am not an expert on military matters but can check on the available references as I start on them. But I would need a bit more time before I can complete my present project. Cheers !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 05:33, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Alright Sir. After how many days/weeks approx will u become free? I will remind u after that many days. Actuly I know that even with ur limited military knowledge, the quality of article that u can write, I myself can never do. So I wud rather wait for u, than try to doing it. By the way Sir, I thought I shud create my own userpage now, and Ive done so. I can be reached at- Opalstone (talk) 19:09, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks, for the nice gesture --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:20, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Dara Nusserwanji Khurody
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Painters and Sculptors of India
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A barnstar for you!
Thanks Mate, for the kind gesture and good words !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 06:04, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Prabook
Hi Tachs, you might want to keep an eye on developments in this thread at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. You have been using Prabook as a source in a lot of articles and I really do not think it is remotely reliable. There will be a lot of citation requests in those articles should I gain consensus for my opinion. I'm so certain that I will get that consensus that I've already removed it from some articles.

Also, you seem often to cite a source for one sentence and then cite it again for the next sentence - there is no need for that. - Sitush (talk) 10:38, 11 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks Sitush, but let me assure you that though the site allows creation of biographies and permits user-editing, the edits are not precipitated immediately. There is a delay and I am not sure if it is for some sort of whetting. I checked this out myself before started using the site as a reference. In any case, I will stay away from Prabook till we have the issue cleared out. Regarding the second advice, yes, I used to do that but have since dropped that habit if the following sentence also points to the earlier citation. Thanks, still, for reaching me; good to be in touch with like-minded people.--jojo@nthony (talk) 11:58, 11 August 2016 (UTC)


 * No problem. We'll see how it works out and, of course, you're welcome to comment in the discussion there. I was pleased to see the work you have been putting into the Indian award-winners stuff - that's almost a project in itself because there are a lot of them! - Sitush (talk) 12:07, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Please, help me
I am writing this to take your help for some of the pages I have created. Following are the pages: Ananda Shankar Jayant, Karuna Gopal, Kulpreet Yadav, Aditya Gupta, Sarman Singh, K K Handa, Vijay Kumar Roy, Rajendra Kumar Premchand, Najm Rehan, H K Kaul, Virender Singh Sangwan and R S Sathe, Tarang Krishna

Someone has tagged them for deletion which i feel is not at all right. All these people deserve Wikipedia pages. You can check out the references. Please, do what is necessary to protect these pages. I would be very grateful to you as I have really invested a lot of time in creating these pages.

I am writing this to you because i consider you to be my source of inspiration. I started editing Wikipedia more frequently when i noted your unique contributions....And I do not want my contributions to go wasted because of someone wrongly tagged them for deletion.

Please, protect the pages as they have been created keeping in mind policies of Wikipedia. Or please, guide me how to tackle this situation. I hope you will provide assistance in this regard. Thanks in advance. Take care. Thanks a lot.


 * Dear NaserBanaqeeb, I have gone through your articles and my impression is that, barring Ananda Shankar Jayant and Virender Singh Sangwan, the articles may not hold up against the respective deletion requests. While the subjects of the other articles may be notable in their areas of activity on a regional perspective, they do not demand articles per WP:BIO guidelines. Ananda Shankar Jayant and Virender Singh Sangwan are notable per WP:ANYBIO and deserve Wiki articles on them. I request you to rewrite these two articles, from beginning to end, sifting out all the promotional contents (eg. Ananda Shankar Jayant, is celebrated as one of India’s acclaimed dance choreographers) as well as questionable mentions (eg. She believes that cancer is only one page in her life and that her focus on her art, and tuning into her dance, helped her tune out of cancer) and insignificant facts.--jojo@nthony (talk) 15:02, 12 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for your reply. If you can do anything to save them then please. Thank you.


 * User:Tachs, I think that NaserBanaqeeb should initially focus on answering the question that has been asked many times, and ignored by him, many times - is he getting paid to edit Wikipedia? - after that has been dealt with, then he can consider editing articles. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 07:24, 16 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Spacecowboy420, In any case, all the articles, barring two, have already been deleted; deservedly so, as they were a bit too promotional.--jojo@nthony (talk) 07:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, the majority of the articles started by Naser seemed to lack notability and be very promotional, and are candidates for speedy deletion. It could be that he is getting paid to create Wikipedia articles for people who lack the notability required to have one. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 09:25, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ananda Shankar Jayant
A tag has been placed on Ananda Shankar Jayant, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:38, 25 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Please ignore this. I messed up. I saw this was a recreation of page that had been deleted multiple times for being spam and promotional. I didn't do my due diligence before tagging. 100% on me and I sincerely apologize. -- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:41, 25 August 2016 (UTC)


 * No issues Mate, Cheers !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 18:46, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Appearance trick
Do you know of some nice fancy template trick that would result the three tables in Indian Statistical Institute displayed in one row? Also I wonder if you would be able to retrieve the full names of the redlinks there. I suspect some of the redlinks might be part of your padma project. Solomon7968 20:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)


 * , I have taken the liberty to post the merged table for Indian Statistical Institute in your sandbox, Trust that helps.--jojo@nthony (talk) 06:30, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I copied it to the main article (with modifications). My query on the full names of the redlinks remains though. Would you able to find a similar chronological list(s) for Central Statistical Organisation? 10:11, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

, I could only get two; Sir Edward Charles Benthall (E. C. Benthall) and Benegal Rama Rau (B. Rama Rao, this I am not sure). On CSO, I will check.--jojo@nthony (talk) 11:23, 27 August 2016 (UTC)