User talk:Titodutta/Archive 73

10,000 Asia Challenge
Hi, I wondered if you or page stalkers would be interested in joining WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge based on The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge? The idea is to showcase the work being done on wikipedia across the continent, and inspire more people to create and work on countries which might not usually get much attention and then possibly running some contests to bring in new editors. I know it's very existence will definitely make me more likely to contribute more on India and other countries. Could be a way to highlight work needing doing for India and draw in new editors for the upcoming Asian Month and sinpire people to create more than they normally might! I've alreeady started an articles on a Cambodian woman scientist! Or perhaps set up a 1000 Challenge for India feeding into it? Not sure, but if interested add your name to the participants and I'll consider setting something up later in the month.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:30, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Status
My computer has not been working for sometime, hence I could not get online these days. Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 09:23, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Review my article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AngryBeard/sandbox/Manipal_Hospitals — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.179.19.55 (talk) 11:05, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I was not active at that time. --Tito Dutta (talk) 08:55, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Seeking a mentor
Dear Titodutta, I am looking for a mentor. I am new on the English Wikipedia.I have written a draft article "Draft:Medhananda" and submitted it for review. There has not been an answer yet because there are hundreds of new articles to be rewiewed at the moment. So it will take time. In the meantime I would like to improve the article according to Wikipedia standards. I would be thankful if you would accept me as a adoptee. Kind regards GoldenerBall2A02:1205:507B:1300:F5F9:5513:8E22:BC6E (talk) 13:20, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I would be happy to answer your questions. Please sign into your Wikipedia account and we'll start. --Tito Dutta (talk) 13:32, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Training
Hi Titodutta, i want training of Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism. Please guide what to do. Thanks Kambojharsangeet (talk) 11:18, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Kambojharsangeet, yes we can start if you are ready. --Tito Dutta (talk) 13:30, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm online what i have to do Kambojharsangeet (talk) 13:39, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Let's discuss here: User:Titodutta/CVU/Students/Kambojharsangeet --Tito Dutta (talk) 14:05, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your help
Thank you JarrahTree 14:12, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * JarrahTree, you are welcome. Happy editing. --Tito Dutta (talk) 14:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Appreciated - been meaning to do for ages - good it was quick. Thanks again JarrahTree 14:19, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Medhananda
Dear Titodutta thank you very much for accepting me as an adoptee. If you need some personal details about me, I would be glad to give them to you, but of course I would prefer to do it by e-mail. I am glad you did Wikipedia work on Swami Vivekananda, so I think you are the man to give advice about my article about Medhananda. When I put the article into the drafts section of Wikipedia, there has been a Wikipedia member who wrote ( I can't find his comment anymore in Wikipedia, I saw it more by chance than by knowledge), who said 1. the article should have more "reliable "sources in the references. That is a dilemma: about this author Medhananda there is no secondary literature yet, that one could quote. So, if one wants to explain what Medhananda says, one has to quote him - because what he says about the ancient Egyptian Psychology is quite new, and has not been attempted by other authors so far. One can only compare it to what Sri aurobindo has said about the symbols of the Veda. And 2. the critic said, the article should be more "neutral". That is a very good condition for articles in Wikipedia, as it is an Encyclopedia. I have tried to do this "neutral" aspect by using formulas like: Medhananda attempts to show...,Medhananda's view of ...,Medhananda attempts to find..., according to Medhananda..., as Medhananda explains..., Medhananda points out...,in Medhananda's view. What do you think? Isn't that enough to give a "neutral" impression to the reader? Should I cut down the explanations what he did and said to shorter bits, to make the text more "meagre"? Perhaps the 3. critic point would be remedied like that also: the critic said the article was too "promotional".

You see I already tried to cope with the Wikipedia standards, but evidently it was not enough. Do you have access to the article "Draft:Medhananda", or should I do something so that you can have a look at it? Thank you very much again and best regards from Switzerland GoldenerBallGoldenerBall (talk) 17:32, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Name?
Hi Tito, curious about the author of this article. If I refer to him in an article, do I call him S, or is that his middle name? I can't tell. Any idea if his name is actually Prasad S Shyam? Seems weird to say "according to film critic S, the movie was XYZ". Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:10, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Cyphoidbomb, the initial might be his father's name or his village's name (the place his ancestors belongs to). Please read Indian_name. No, please don't refer him as S. Please write "according to Shyam Prasad S, . . ." or "according to Shyam Prasad S, . . ." -- Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:17, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you sir. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:24, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter September 2016
Hello,

CIS-A2K has published their newsletter for the months of September 2016. The edition includes details about these topics: Please read the complete newsletter here. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:15, 19 October 2016 (UTC) If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe this newsletter, click here.
 * Gender gap study: Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done?
 * Program report: Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka
 * Program report: A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates
 * Article: ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା

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Central Notice of Wikipedia Asian Month
Only four days left before we enter November, the Wikipedia Asian Month!

We are going to set up the Central Notice, which will help you achieve more sucess in upcoming WAM event and attract more people join your home Wikipedia.


 * 1) Step 1, make sure your event page is fully set up and translated. Link to the Sample page (You need to localize This template)
 * 2) Step 2, translate the banner at here, make sure tranlsate the link to the event page of your home wiki.
 * 3) Step 3, when you finish the two steps, update this page. When both "Main Page" and "CN"(tranlsation) marked as done, I will enbale the CN in your language all the way to the end of November.
 * You can find me on facebook by searching Addis Wang, and feel free to add me as well as chat with me for any question. Feel free to contact me with other language, I will try to understand it by google translate.

Best Wishes,

Addis Wang

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Invitation from Wikipedia Asian Month 2016
 Wikipedia Asian Month  Thanks for partipating Wikipedia Asian Month last year, and I hope you enjoy it. Last year, more than 7,000 articles contribute to Wikipedia in 43 languages in Wikipedia Asian Month, making us one of the largest event on Wikipedia. We will organize this event again in upcoming November, and would like to invite you join us again.

This year, we are lowering down the standards that you only need to create 4 (Four) articles to receive a postcard (new design), and articles only need to be more than 3,000 bytes and 300 words. We are also improving our postcard sending process, e.g. making the postcards right now, and collecting the address after the event ends without waiting other languges.

Wikipedians who create the most articles on each Wikipedia will be honored as "Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors". We will send you both digital copy, and a paper copy of the Ambassador certificate.

Thank you for considering! --AddisWang (talk)

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One Week Notice[edit | edit source]
Hi WAM organizers!

Thanks again for organizing Wikipedia Asian Month. There are only 7 days before it starts. Here are some notices and guidelines for organizing.

Page Set up

 * Our Sample page with the new logo is ready to be translated. There are only a few adjust if you had this page for 2015 already.
 * Article Requirement is 4
 * Article criteria is 3k bytes and 300 words. NO 2k bytes for smaller Wikipedia.
 * According to the tool's limit, IP users can not participate. Please encourage them register an account.

Localization

 * Please localize this template and used on sign up page. I will update the template once the tool is ready to be used.
 * You can also localize this template and use as an invitation letter. en:Template:WAM Welcome
 * You may localize this Q&A page, but you can also just put a link towards the meta page. Wikipedia Asian Month/QA

Stragety

 * You may want to invite some of your Wikipedia friends or active Wikipedians from your home WIKI to help you organize.
 * You may want to send some invitation to last year participants, active Wikipedians, and Wikipedians who has a special interest.
 * Central Notice will be used but the effect could be limited due to the active Wikimedia Fundraising Campaign. You may use the Site Notice if you don't see the CN is deployed.

Reward

 * We will keep sending postcards (new design) this year, and as an organizer you will receive an additional postcard as well.
 * We will send the Ambassador a regular paper copy of the certificate through the basic mail.

Question
Please feel free to contact me on my meta talk page, send me an email by Email this User or chat with me on facebook.

Best Wishes,

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll check after sometime. --Tito Dutta (talk) 02:56, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

WAM Organizers Update (Nov.5)
Hi WAM Organizer! Hopefully everything works just fine so far! Need Help Button, post in any language is fine Best Wishes, Addis Wang Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:55, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Here are some recent updates for you, and as always, let me know if you have any idea, thought or question.
 * IMPORTANT: Asian Language Wikipedia will exclude the language speaking country from the Asian Month so we can encourage editors write something about other part of Asia. E.g., Chinese Wikipedia will exclude Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Indian language Wikipedia will exclude India. If you have problems with that, please let me know.
 * I've posted the tool instruction and newest postcard rules on each Wiki' event page. Make sure you translate it. In short: 4 articles get one card, 15 get another one (Special one), and the Ambassador gets another one.
 * We will still allow two Ambassadors if top and second contributors have more than 30 accepted articles, just like last year. Please send this information to high-quantity participant to encourage them.
 * Please create this talk page template and linked in Wikidata. Judging tool will add this template to submitted articles automatically.
 * The judging tool should work fine. If not, talk to me.
 * You may put this template on your user page if you like it. en:Template:User WAM organizer
 * Optional: Judging Tool Interface may not available in your language. If you feel needed, you can translate the interface at here.
 * Invite some active contributors from your wiki to participate. And please encourage editors who can speak more than one language participate to other WAM edition.
 * Indic Community: CIS-A2K will provide fund if you would like to organize an offline event of Wikipedia Asian Month. Apply at here.

The 1000 Challenge for Indian cinema
Based on The 10,000 Challenge and within the scope of WikiProject India, a new challenge has been initiated to reach a long-term goal of 1000 article improvements and creations for Indian cinema. Article cleanup and basic referencing improvements, expansions, new articles, DYKs, Good Articles, Featured Articles etc, are all welcome. You and others are invited to participate in this challenge and help Indian cinema in any possible way. If interested, please signup here. Yours truly, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 03:50, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Counter-Vandalism Academy
Can I be one of your students in the Counter-Vandalism Academy? Adotchar (talk) 09:40, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for delay in reply. I would surely try to help you. Please let me know if you think I can help. --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Training
Greetings! I have been in Wikipedia for six and a half years (6,350 edits, over 4,000 mainspace edits, over 180 new articles), and I am a pending changes reviewer, and now I thought to request Rollback permission; however, I want to be assured that I’m 100% ready to furfill that task so I am hopefuly willing to undergo a Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy training. Best regards: ★ Iñaki ★    (Talk page) ★ 05:51, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I am sorry for delay in reply. I would surely try to help you. Please let me know if you think I can help. --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Counter-Vandalism Unit
Hi! I'm interested to become your student at WP:CVU. Do you have time for teaching me? Thanks! Abbottonian (talk) 06:18, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I would try to help you. But please let me know a few topics/things you want to learn. --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:58, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

First Article Reply Comment
Although i have created stubs before, I intend to begin writing articles about the various scientists at CCMB, where I currently work. I was wondering if it is okay to use, say, the CCMB website to source material. I know I can use newspapers, but can you suggest other sources? OR will that be a COI? --HarshAJ (Talk)(Contribs) 10:32, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Harsh, I think you can use this site as source, but please don't use as single source (it means, add other reliable sources too). Please search in Google, Google Books, Google News (including archive), Jstor etc. Also check: this. If you have particular questions, I would try to answer. Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at User:Titodutta/CVU/Pariah24
You are invited to join the discussion at User:Titodutta/CVU/Pariah24. Pariah24 ┃ ☏ 00:05, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ha that's what Twinkle does when I have to put in a custom page Pariah24  ┃ ☏ 00:07, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month!
Hi there! Wikipedia Asian Month is about to start. Here is some information about participating in the event: Best Wishes, Addis Wang Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:57, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Please submit your articles via this tool. Click 'log in' at the top-right and OAuth will take care the rest. You can also change the interface language at the top-right.
 * 2) Once you submit an article, the tool will add a template to the article and mark it as needing review by an organizer. You can check your progress using the tool, which includes how many accepted articles you have.
 * 3) Participants who achieve 4 accepted articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard. You will receive another special postcard if you achieve 15 accepted articles. The Wikipedian with the highest number of accepted articles on the English Wikipedia will be honored as a "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador", and will receive a signed certificate and additional postcard.
 * 4) If you have any problems accessing or using the tool, you can submit your articles at this page next to your username.
 * 5) If you have any question, you can take a look at our Q&A or post on the WAM talk page.

Wikipedia Asian Month
Hi I have submitted two articles Rajpuri, Maval‎ and Prabhachiwadi, they have not been accepted yet, is there any improvement to be done ? Would also like to add more articles Thank you FITINDIA&#160;(talk) 17:47, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think these articles have been reviewed yet. --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:00, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes I just checked and I think they just got reviewed, will try and also improve them.Thank you FITINDIA</b>&#160;<b style="color:red">(talk)</b></i> 19:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Great. All the best. Please note, an article must have "both" 300 words and 300 bytes (in prose, does not include references, infobox, categories etc.). Let me know if you have question. --Tito Dutta (talk) 19:05, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Countervandalism help
Hi, would you be willing to train me if you have time? Unfortunately I'm in the U.S. and not near your time zone, but my schedule is pretty flexible. The one trainer listed in the U.S. didn't respond to me. I've been using Special:Abuselog over the past few days to find and revert some vandalism, but they didn't feel I had enough history to get rollback rights. Any help would be appreciated. Pariah24 ┃ ☏ 21:41, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ya sure. I'd be happy to help you. Please let me know when you want to start. --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Anytime, I'm almost always online around this time of the day. Pariah24  ┃ ☏ 21:47, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It is too late here, we'll start tomorrow morning. Regards.--Tito Dutta (talk) 21:51, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Fine by me, just hit me up when you're ready. Pariah24  ┃ ☏ 22:21, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll ping. --Tito Dutta (talk) 22:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll be online for awhile, let me know if you're around. Pariah24  ┃ ☏ 16:49, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page, Thanks. --Tito Dutta (talk) 17:09, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

I'll let you know if I have any questions about the policies I read but I can't think of any at the moment. Do you have any suggestions on how to find vandalism other than the abuse log? (since I don't have access to the tools at the moment). Pariah24 ┃ ☏ 12:32, 3 November 2016 (UTC)