User talk:Zamkudi

 Welcome, Zamkudi ! I'm Riana, and I noticed that you've been here a while, but no-one's given you a proper welcome, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible. Here are a few links I found useful when I first arrived here:-


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Comment
If you don't like a grammatical style, that's fine, but please note that other people may have preferences for it. "Is this a featured article" - well, yeah, it has gone through its share of candidacy stage. Thank you. --Ragib 11:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Geez. I was just trying to be haughty. I forgot my last account's password. :( Zamkudi 11:05, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow. You're Bangladeshi. I thought only Americans edited this thing. YAY! Zamkudi 11:07, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, I am from Gujarat. Do you like Dhokla? Zamkudi 11:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope you'd be surprised at all the different nationalitys that edit and administer this Wikipedia, its one of the reasons that I edit here :), hey if you are interested in Indian topics consider joining the Indian WikiProject. We could sure use your help, cheers and welcome to Wikipedia. Good job on the Featured article by the way. ~ Arjun  12:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page. Zamkudi 12:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * To join the project you should add your name here. Cheers! ~ Arjun  13:24, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Reverted edits on the Cartman page
You wrote on my talk page: "Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Eric Cartman, is not consistent with our policy on attribution and verifiability."

Excuse me, but what are you talking about? How did I "vandalize" the page, and what "sources" did I neglect to cite? —The Real One Returns 04:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied on your user talk. ⋆Zamkudi⋆ (talk) ⋆ 06:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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Indian collaboration of the week news
As mentioned in Wikiproject India newsletter of March 2007, the weekly collaboration of the Indian wikiproject has fallen from its once high feats. This message is to request the users to visit the collaboration page and help rejuvenate it.

The present collaboration of the week is Religion in India. Please go through the talk page of the article to see the proposed changes in the article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thief!
Hey, you stole my userpage! Haha, actually, I really don't care! I'm actually quite flattered! Anyway, happy editing. └ Jared ┘┌ t ┐&ensp; 18:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Now that you mention it, can you fix the formatting on the page? Please. :) --Zamkudi 07:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What formatting would you like me to take a look at? └ Jared ┘┌ t ┐&ensp; 11:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll let you know after I finish my work on the page. Thanks. --Zamkudi 10:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Irfan Pathan
Hello Zamkudi. Thank you for your inquiry. From my understanding, there is not general policy regarding scripts. However, WikiProject India has conventions given here. Since most Gujarati Muslims speak Gujarati rather than Urdu, I suppose it would be safe to remove the Urdu script from the article. If you have any more questions, please feel free to let me know. I hope this helps. Thanks, AnupamTalk 07:17, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I will get the name in Gujarati script. Regards, --Zamkudi 08:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

2006 Noida serial murder investigation
Glad you liked it :). Have Fun :D --SkyWalker 08:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Cricket
I think you may be the first female member if you join. :) Perhaps you can get involved in Women's cricket. Also I saw that you are an aspiring journalist. Have you thought about contributing to Wikinews, a sister project of Wikipedia? Thanks! GizzaDiscuss  &#169; 09:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That is very kind of you. I will definitely contemplate joining Wikinews, but as it is I am really busy finishing assignments that are already overdue. :( -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 09:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikilove


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Sushant gupta 08:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Awww... thanks. [blushes] -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 08:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

tabloids
as journalism (or law) school will teach you, it isn't only tabloids who report the identity of a named witness in a public enquiry, who happens to be a public official, and makes broad allegations against a group of people. Doldrums 08:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * An encyclopedia is not one of them. :) -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 08:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

join WikiProject Indian portals
hi zamkudi, WikiProject Indian portals needs you. please add your name in the participant list and start up with indian portals. thankyou, Sushant gupta 14:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have added my name to the list and thank you for the invitation. -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 09:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Telugu script
The inscriptions and the respective figures are very important to the artcle. You may avoid deleting them.Tejam 17:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Copyrighted images cannot be used on Wikipedia, unless under fair use. In that case, you might include two or three fair use pictures at max for the purpose of illustration on the articles. We have to respect the copyrights of the authors. -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 08:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Obesity
I see you have an interest in obesity. I've been pushing for that article to be improved for some time now. Some medical contributors have been at work, but assistance from the social sciences corner has been limited.

Instead of making the article grow in size, I think we need to work on quality. Have a look on the talk page for some suggestions. JFW | T@lk  12:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Edit dispute on Atul Chitnis
I have protected Atul Chitnis in its current form because of the edit dispute surrounding it. Please work out all differences on this article's talk page. And while I am not supporting any particular edit or version of the article, I would like to hear your reasons for repeatedly deleting the vast majority of this article. WP:BLP requires the removal of only unsourced negative information on a person; other unsourced info is generally not removed unless a person first asks for a source to be provided.--Alabamaboy 12:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello there, please review WP:NPOV and oblige. -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 10:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

2006 Noida serial murder investigation
Hi there, fellow editor! I noticed your contributions to the 2006 Noida killings and I felt that you might want to consider putting up a GA nomination for this article. With the breadth that it covers, I felt that it was worth being classified as a good article. Cheers and regards, Mspraveen (talk) 16:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Namaskaram
I was a little intrigued by your user page. a touch of the south perhaps? --Plane Mad 10:52, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Features of the day is causing 2 template loops
You may have noticed that there are two warnings of a template loop inside the "Features of the day" box on your userpage. The reason is simply because the "Features of the day" box is referring to User:Zamkudi/Features of the day which also includes two boxes: "Today's motto" and "Today's featured picture". The programming of Wikipedia does not allow for a template refering to itself, which is basically what this situation comes down to.

You have 2 possible solutions. Or split "Today's motto" and "Today's featured picture" and make each into a box of its own on your userpage, like this: delete and replace it by

or rewrite User:Zamkudi/Features of the day completely to refer directly to those two places without boxes, like this: Wikipedia: 

Personally I would prefer the elegancy of the latter, but technical consideration will probably force you to do the first. If I can be of any help, please let me know. Debresser (talk) 01:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Since I noticed you haven't been around for a long time I decided to give it a try, and it worked. Hope you like it. Please don't hesitate to contact me if this wasn't what you had in mind for your userpage. Debresser (talk) 20:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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2006 Noida serial murder investigation
Hello, I made an extremely belated comment supporting your unofficial page move proposal on the article's talk page. 2006 Noida serial murders is more appropriate now that the suspects have been tried and convicted. Best regards, momo  ricks  01:49, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

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WikiProject Afghanistan
Hello Zamkudi, your name has been removed from the less active members list at WikiProject Afghanistan/Members and moved to the section of the members list. This is because you have not edited for over a year. If you become active again, feel free to move your name back to the active members lists. Cheers, — Danre98 ( talk ^ contribs ) 15:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)