User talk:Thunderboltz/Archive 13

Portal reviews
Thanks for your reviews of Portal: West Bengal. Being a totally non-technical person, I almost copied every aspect of the portal from some other ones. Now that I see the Kerala portal, I guess I have some better portal to copy from :) I'll try the automatic rotation thing. Also, the selected biography thing in WB is a non-democratic process. As you know, there is little participation in voting process etc even in portal:India, let alone portals like WB! However, this is an important aspect, and maybe we'll introduce some voting process. Thanks. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Vidya Balan
made an amazingly bad-faith allegation about us here. For some reason we should write every bollywood bio in nastaliq script. She accused us of political ploy which (in our case) means "anti-Muslim ploys". Anyway, Malayali and Nagari (for Hindi movies she acts in) are the only two languages which even make sense. Bakaman  Bakatalk 05:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I made a suggestion to the users that they should try to find a urdu wiki article on Vidya Balan, and interwiki link it so that urdu readers can get even better treatment (an article they can read in their own language). Bakaman  Bakatalk 17:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Where did the pic go?
Where did the kollam.jpg image go?? Missing from this page too Standard of living in India. Jisha C J

Bollywood Barnstar
Hello, Deepujoseph (do you want to be addressed as or Thunderboltz? :)), thanks for contributing to Classicfilm's Bollywood award. I guess s/he really deserved it. Sorry for preempting you. ;) Maybe next time? Best regards, --Plum couch Talk2Me 19:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Citation required
In the Indian Navy article, that you have contributed requires a citation for the part According to a report published by the US Congress, the Indian Navy could be among the top three navies in the world by 2009[citation needed].. The report cannot be found. Your help is required in this regard.

Chanakyathegreat 03:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It is best to ask the user who added the info for a reference. Am currently looking for one. Will get back to you soon.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 14:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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Malayalam films
Hi, Thanks for your invitation. I am generally interested in movie related articles. I noticed that most classic movies dont have a page. Even worse T.V. Chandran did not have a page. If we can have more people contributing to movies it would be great. I have started on Bhoothakkannadi, T.V.Chandran and Kathavasheshan. Anyway.. nice job you doing there. --Jaseerabubakar 14:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

kerala edit re: 'God's own country'
1. You said the edit is 'controversial'. On what basis?

2. You asked for discussion on Kerla talkpage. Why was there no discussion by user saravsk or you when you guys did your edits? 3. Tourism industry's slogan is irrelevant. 192.30.202.20 17:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Your edit was controversial, because your edit summaries contained little or no explanation as to why you are removing the sentence. The phrase "God's Own country" is not just a tourist promotion tag-line, but one that has been extensively in use even before the tourism boom. Even reputed television channels like CNN-IBN and NDTV use it regulary to refer to the state (as a mask for the word "Kerala"). When such be the popularity of the world, why do you term it as irrelavent? Kindly explain your point of view. Thank you for your time.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 15:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

First of all you are devalueing the word 'controversial' just because you didn't like the removal of something you like. It is questionable whether the phrase was used extensively in Kerala before the tourism dept hijacked it from elsewhere. Even if it was, it is not an original phrase anyway. Cnn-ibn and ndtv are just repeating the slogan the tourism dept has succeeded in popularizing. I would suggest more concentration is focused on substance than on catch phrases unless the catchphrases has some real relevance. And you didn't answer why your edits didn't need explanation. Not plain double standard, I hope. 192.30.202.20 15:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

hey!
just heard u become an indian admin recently :D congratulations! Cocopopz2005 04:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :)--thunderboltz(Deepu) 15:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Farewell
Hey all, Its really a great joy for me to be a part of you all and to work with you all. Well I really do not know what to say. I was almost in tears when I got to know this. A big thanks to all of my friends. I am gonna miss you. I really hope you go and see.rencin24

Hi Deepu
This may be of interest to you. Bakaman  Bakatalk 20:53, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

mandir infobox
Can you added a caption section to describe image in the infobox?--D-Boy 22:38, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I referred Dboy to you because I dont know how you got the stuff to work. Bakaman  Bakatalk 03:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you mke the parameters that are not being used invisible? ex : Bayon--D-Boy 01:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

what's this?
Trying to up the edit-score eh? ;) --h y dka t 07:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * thanks, about ROTFL... whats so funny? :( --h y dka t 07:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * yipes! thats why Danny Yee isn't talking to me.... he thought I was being sarcastic! :S
 * About Remo- Due to lack of time: I haven't edited the article in ages.... this is what happens when you a)get a job, b)leave home, and this one really hurts: c)don't organise a personal internet connected comp :'( --h y dka t 16:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Nick Vujicic
Hey Deepu,Rencin here I did check ur message well I think i will hand around but not much frequently. But I will give my best to averything I can. Well as of now can do something about this page and add a comment about your thoughs to it.I created but, some of my friends helped me. You too can do the same.Nick Vujicic.Thanks a lot for your motivation brother. rencin24

I smell trouble...
sorry to about this: but I thought I should post somebody about this: --h y dka t  13:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Peer review issue
The peer review issue has been fixed. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 22:18, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :) --thunderboltz(Deepu) 16:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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Sukumari
Hi Deepu, Do you know whether Sukumari is an aunt of Shobhana and Vineeth. -- Agεθ020 ( ΔT  •  ФC ) 20:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Copyright
Now I am searching for copyright information on using infomation, images released by the Government of India on their website, www.-.nic.in I found that the 60 year restrictions are for classified information and all other information in WWW.NIC.IN are in public domain. Check this out. What is your opinion.

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/012e-Goswami_Dasgupta.pdf

"Almost all the government ministries, departments, subordinate offices and government funded autonomous organizations have their websites on the Internet created by the NIC (National Informatics Centre, India), (http://www.nic.in). The spheres of activity, plans and programmes of different ministries and departments are made public through their website."

Is this enough for information like that is used to copy images like the U.S military images by citing U.S public domain laws.

Thanking you

Chanakyathegreat 14:27, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Added later:Certain information will not be released to the public. That is the copyrighted images etc. If they release it, it will be with mentioning it that it is copyrighted like http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/NewPfr06/index2.htm you can see that this page states Copyright Indian Navy © since 2005. So this is the only page that is copyrighted and the navy has copyright over these images and all other images are in public domain. And all other images released through government website are not copyrighted and is in the public domain. Am I right? Chanakyathegreat 14:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Indian Navy article
I am fedup with that article. I request you to do the needful to make it a FA. Chanakyathegreat 14:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

India article
The section on Indian military in the India article need to be expanded. This is a main article and hence the Military information need to be precise. Requesting your help in expanding it. Thanking you. Chanakyathegreat 04:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

South Indian Cinema and Music Award
Dear Deepu, Just thought we'd need experienced Wikipedians to discuss about the introduction or removal of a new barnstar for South Indian Cinema and Music. Would appreciate very much you taking a look at the discussion and perhaps providing your comment here. Thank you. Best wishes, AppleJuggler 15:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for undoing vandalism on my user page on 27 November. --Gurubrahma 19:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|28px]] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006
thanks Deepu. U were right. i created the image by myself and I think i have added it selecting from the menu there. but not the tag. i wish I can contribute more in en:wiki. But I am limiting myself with ml:wiki. cause not too many people contribute there. if you need any specific help you can alwasy ask me. I can do history or science related contributions. --ചള്ളിയാന്‍ 08:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Correction: Pallippuram
Hi there,

It was by mistake Pallippuram was tagged "featured article". Thanks all the way for the correction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aniljay (talk • contribs) 05:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Pallippuram
Hi there

Thanks for the help. I am doing some more research on the place, and would sure append changes (also on other articles) as I get it. Would come back to you in case I get stuck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aniljay (talk • contribs) 07:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC). Anil 07:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all the assistance
Dear MR Deepu Joseph.I thank you for all the assistance and welcome you have given me ever since I came to wikipedia.Please feel free to ask me for any assitance writing/editing any articles that I may have a knowledge of.RegardsNadirali 05:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
 * My pleasure. Thanks for the invitation. Will certainly ping you if I need your help. Thanks!--thunderboltz(Deepu) 06:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Maths
I am pretty sure that Akhilavijnanakosam doesn't have it. I know it quite well, but hadn't heard of the Kerala mathematicians till reading it online fairly recently. Checking Sarvavijnanakosam will take some more time because it is in Kochi. Tintin (talk) 14:55, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

do u knw abut sai kumar
Hey dear, once i saw movie "AGni" by actor sai kumar. do u know abut him? if u can let knw abut his movies and abut him,wel he is telegu actor,i saw translated version of it. [[User:Khalidkhoso|Khalidkhoso]

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Congrats on becoming Admin
Deepu, Just came to know that you became an admin...Was this sometime in November? Cheers Murari15:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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question
Dear Mr Deepu Joeph,Im slightly confused regarding the difference between a portal site and a regular site.Example they have Portal:Star Wars and the regular Star Wars article.The portal page for each subject is different from the regular page.What's the difference between the two?

ThankyouNadirali 16:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

Re:Portals

Okay thanks alot for letting me know.Now I understand better.

thankyou very muchNadirali 04:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

Thirichchu vanne!
Hi, Deepu! I see you're an admin now; congradulations! Good luck on your exams, too! I have an exam tomorrow and another the day after, but they're in Italian and Japanese (respectively), so they shouldn't be at all hard. :-P

I've started questioning the claim (again!) that there were no famines since Independence. I also added a vague synopsis for Piya Ka Ghar...oh! That reminds me! I should probably put up something from that article on the DYK page!

Finally, if you're interested, you should be able to access the transliteration search engine at http://66.69.213.75:22555/trans/trans.htm. Let me know if it STILL doesn't work; several people have (succesfully) tried it out...--Kuaichik 17:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I'm really honored! For now, my plans with translit search are to improve it and then expand it (gradually) to various other transliteration systems and then other languages.

At this point, it only works if the search term is a Mandarin Chinese term in Hanyu Pinyin. Maybe someday, I will make other versions for Hindustani (I've already started), Malayalam, etc. Indian languages are really a challenge, just because there are so many ways to transliterate something in an Indian language. Hindustani is even harder, though, because you also have two scripts to deal with...!

Anyway, I'll see what contributions I can make while I can. I have also been working on the Spanish Wikipedia a little, but no one there seems to have taken any notice yet :-P --Kuaichik 07:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Probability of article selection
The answer to both of your questions is yes. Most days, the value of (29+31*July) mod X goes up by one until it would reach X, by when it jumps back to 0. So normally it just cycles around. When it is the first day of a new month following a month of 30 days, CURRENTDAY goes back by 29 while 31*CURRENTMONTH goes up by 31, so then the value skips 1 in the cycle. When going from 28 February to 1 March the value skips 3. So there are only five "hiccoughs" in a whole year, which should be negligeable, and even more so since the values skipped are usually different each time. --Lambiam Talk 21:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Lage Raho Munna Bhai Production
Hey, we desperately need some sources to fill in a production section and then we can submit it to WP:GAC and I think we should pass. I just need sources if you haven't got the time to fill things in, just a few sources and I'll manage. I think that after a thorough copyedit, it might be worth it to give it a peer review.  Noble eagle   [TALK]  [C] 05:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you misunderstood, the current content is well sourced, but I need something to base a section on the Production of the film on. All Film FAs have a production section so this is essential. I only think we should try GA after such a section is made. I believe this definitely has the potential to be the first Hindi movie to make it to the main page.  Noble eagle   [TALK]  [C] 06:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of User:Kuntan
I have blocked a few sockpuppets of Kuntan. One of which was confirmed by Checkuser Dmcdevit – User:Banvasi who was trolling on User talk:Bhadani and was disruptively editing. User:Dakshayani and User:Bulleena have been blocked indefinitely as a suspected sockpuppets as well. In case you can bring out more suspected sockpuppet accounts of this user, please list them here so that we may take appropriate actions. Regards, &mdash; Nearly Headless Nick  {L} 16:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Aah. too bad. He was a very knowledgable guy and had done some very good edits in his different avatars. IMO, the good that he did was definitely more significant than the bad. Deepu, please don't reveal the names of his other incarnations :-) Tintin (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I really cant believe you, Tintin! [[Image:Face-surprise.svg|22px]] Good job, Sir Nick. Knowledgeable or not, he has given us enough and more headaches. He hasn't shown an inkling of a likeliness to turn around and edit constructively. Anyways, blocking his old socks isn't going to help. He rarely uses them again.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 06:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, its not Tintin's fault really. He was brought up in the nation that exudes Gandhigiri; and there might be a thing or two Tintin's expecting. As dear ol' Dubya would sacrimoniously put it – You are either on our side, or theirs. There is no middle ground. On a serious note, I do not think it would be a problem if he got himself a legitimate account which is devoid of trolling; as we cannot have him run amok with multiple sockpuppets. Blocking and marking his sockpuppets would be a good thing to do, as we can gain communal consensus to block him permanently if he continues trolling. By the way, I have zeroed on two of his IP addresses; seems like the wise guy was using two ISPs to avoid getting caught and wikilawyer all his way. Cheers, &mdash; Nearly Headless Nick  {L} 09:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See
 * Also
 * Please take note –, , , . IP hopping already (this time he chose BSNL) – which traces to New Delhi. Rather unusual that this one did not show Bangalore as the city of origin. I surmise use of meatpuppets and I am afraid he might set up the bomb anytime soon. &mdash;  Nearly Headless Nick  {C} <font color="black" title="Admin logs">{L} 13:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

question about vandal protection programs.
Hello Mr Joeseph it's Nadirali.I know I should be asking administrator daniel about this,but he seems to be unavailable most of the time. Maybe you might know.

I was under the impression that anti-vandal templates,such as vandalsniper would provide protection for my userpage from vandals.I'm not sure if that's the case still. I read on the programs page that the program comes seperate from the template but it sounds a bit confusing. Do you know if adding the template would automatically upload the program and protect your userpage?

I'll be very grateful if you can tell me anything you know about this.

All the best.

(PS congratulations on becoming an admnistrator)

Nadirali 04:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)user:Nadirali

Thankyou for providing me the link to vandal protection.I have added the script of the program to my prefference page.However I must go through another procejur to be able to view it.I think I'll pass on the viewing for now.Although it does not fully guarantee 100% protection,it atleast gives me a better chance against vandals.I have also applied for vandalsniper(you need special permission to use that)Though vandalproof and vandalsniper give you the oppertunity to go "vandal hunting",I unfortunately won't have the time for that.My main concern is that my userpage stays safe from anyone randomly editing or vandalizing my it. I still plan on adding a template to my userpage in case anyone is tempted to mess around with it.I again thankyou for providing me the info for it. (goodluck with your exams!!!!) RegardsNadirali 20:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

St Mary's Cathedral Basilica
I don't think that I have authority to remove the AfD tag, but if I think it's worthy of saving, then I'll change my vote to keep or abstain. --Адам Райли Talk 14:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * IRC time! &mdash; Nearly Headless Nick  <font color="black" title="Admin actions">{L} 11:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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M.N.Sathyarthi
Hi, I have been using wikipedia for quite a long time but didn’t have the courage to edit till now. I was trying to go through the maze rules and discussions. Still I am not sure I will be doing the right thing. Please correct me if I make any mistake. I think wikipedia expects editors to be BOLD. I see that there is no article on M.N.Sathyarthi. he is a very important figure in Indian Freedom struggle and also in Malayalam literature. He accompanied Netaji to Afghanistan on his way to USSR. He has translated under the pen-name Chamanlal Asad; won the Sahitya Academy award for translation. So there can be an article on him, I suppose. The problem is that there are not many online materials on him. Is it okay if I can give some books as reference? You cannot verify by clicking at a link but can go to a library and verify. Is that okay with verifiability? User:SunilMS

I looked at your discussion page and was very disappointed to see what was going on. I feel that the energy of wikipedia administrators are being wasted on not so constructive thinks. All editors should stand united and do something about this soon. I am really saddened to see this. Perhaps you should improve your software to prevent this type of vandalism and attacks. User:SunilMS SunilMS 05:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:S11 AC.jpg
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 * Orphaned and speedied it myself. Thanks!--thunderboltz<sup style="color:green;">(Deepu) 09:17, 22 December 2006 (UTC)