User talk:Nichalp/Archive14

Counting the number of posts

Is there any tool that can be used to get the count of my posts for a certain period of time (say, May 2005), as opposed to the overall count that Kate's tool provides ? Tintin 04:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Tintin 05:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Teesta River

I replied to your post, on my talk page. Thanks. --Ragib 07:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Marayoor peer review

Dear Nichalp, Thank you for you peer review on Marayoor. I really appreciate it. And I am planning to expand the sections soon. Marayoor is in the Idukki district of Kerala. --Cyril Thomas 13:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

DM - Collector

Hello Nicholas, in connection with your recent query regarding Collector and Magistrate, I am explaining the position in the context of the administrative head of a district of India. You are surely aware that district administration of a district is headed by an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. In some districts, these heads are called District Magistrate or the DM. In some other districts, they are called Deputy Commissioner. In day-to-day talks, both may be referred to as Collectors or District Collectors. The nomenclature, Collector has a genesis, which goes long back, when head of the district used to function as the “main” collector of revenues during the period of the British Raj. Currently, in most of the districts in India, there will either be a District Magistrate or a Deputy Commissioner heading the district administration. But, technically both still continue to be the District Collector as well. Thus, if you call a District Magistrate (DM) as a District Collector or simply as a Collector, or a Deputy Commissioner as a District Collector, there is nothing wrong. Thus, you may find that the offices of a Deputy Commissioner or a District Magistrate are mostly referred as the “Collectorate” (may be I have given the spelling of Collectorate as wrong). Now, in almost all the districts of Jharkhand, such administrative heads of a district is called a Deputy Commissioner, whereas, in most of the districts of Bihar such administrative heads are called District Magistrates. But, both continue to be called as Collectors also, as certain powers in respect of collection of revenues rest with them. However, the head of a division (not a sub-division), which consists of more than a district, is invariably called as the Divisional Commissioner. There may be several other commissioners in a state looking after a variety of other functions, but for an administrative division, there will only be one Divisional Commissioner, sometimes, simply called a Commissioner. I feel that the position has been clarified. It seems that I talk a lot – I would have simply replied, yes Collector and DM are the same person. --Bhadani 14:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

• As a part of the executive wing of the system, they (DM/Collector) do not have sweeping judicial powers like functionaries of the judiciary; say like the judicial powers of a district judge. But District Magistrates / Deputy Commissioners / Collectors (called them by whatever name) have certain judicial powers as well, but I will have to probe further to exactly ascertain the type of judicial powers vested in them. But, they certainly have some judicial powers, but all their actions can be challenged in judicial courts of appropriate jurisdiction. --Bhadani 14:40, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you Wiki master....

Dear Nichalp, Thank you so much for teaching me the "+" button, it is a great help....O was wondering how to post new messages in talk page..I really appreciate it. --Cyril Thomas 20:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Dear Nick,

Thank you for posting the picture and link in portal:India! --Cyril Thomas 18:39, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support and for the suggestions. Good luck with your RfB! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Ann Arbor, Michigan - Some more critique

Concerning your question about cars being the primary mode of transportation, it is indeed prevalent. Nevertheless, I am unsure how to include it since I don't have hard statistics to back that up. This is mostly from my own experience; though I normally take the city's bus system, the majority of people I know in Ann Arbor prefer to drive (which is not a very good sample). As for rail services, did you mean the Ann Arbor Railroad? I included that information, though rail transporation is hardly noted in Michigan. Pentawing 00:36, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

FAC/History of Alaska

Would you mind elaborating WHY it matters that the article is relatively new? There's been more hours of work than your average FA I'd say, regardless of how many days the article has been available. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Ta wiki errors

Thanks Nichalp. Actually the spelling error with "editting" has been noticed already. We didn't know how to correct it and it was lost in other high-priority stuff. Will fix it soon.

Regarding India page infobox, I'll try to work on it today evening. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 06:34, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

I've partially completed the India infobox in Tamil wiki. Also, the content there is being updated along the lines of the current English article. It also appears that the Tamil article is evolving into a unique one by itself i.e. some unique content and perspective with Tamil references as opposed to a mere translation of the English article. Let us hope that it becomes a model article in Ta wiki. By the way, an anon has forced me to revert him/her twice today at Tamil language. See my comments at the Talk page. If I've to revert once more today, what shall I do? Post it at the Administrator's noticeboard? -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 10:14, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Thanks for wishing e happy b'day! (by the way I will be doing some editing still)--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 14:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Holiday InfoBox

I like the idea of different colors, like red white and blue for 4th of July, but I really like the easily changable fields. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 23:41, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I meant stuff like adding {{{holiday_name}}} into the infobox instead of having to use subst: Sorry if I was not clear. I'm pretty sure this is what you want to do. Another field I'd add, however, is {{{color}}} — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 13:45, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps a standard color for when no colors can be chosen? — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 15:35, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Alaska Support

History of Alaska got a support from an Alaskan on its FAC, down at the bottom. Toothpaste 08:06, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion

Yeah, I realised that the 3RR fires only on the fourth edit only later. In any case, I'll post it at the Admin noticeboard under vandalism section. Thanks for your suggestion. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 10:32, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

High Courts of India

OK, done – I will have a close look at the article within next 24 hours, and post my views, if required, on the article's talk page. A glance at the article gives an impression that the article is really nice. I thank you for giving me some hard wiki-work - right now, when I received your message, I was just roaming around the wiki and doing whatever I encountered. --Bhadani 15:08, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Nichalp! Just wondering if you're still logged in... Thanks! (if you do, I have an urgent request, but if not, don't worry about it) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:59, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Swedish allotment system FAC

I've addressed your objection(s) on the FAC and hope to see you change your mind. :) -- Elisson • Talk 16:10, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Hi Nichalp, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was pleased to see so much support, especially from people such as you who I do not know very well, if at all. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 17:13, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: XHTML

Ah, well I don't have to worry about that, because I have so much flash content that it'll take an hour for anyone over narrowband to load it ;) — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 17:44, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Request

Well, I was looking for a third opinion on a dispute with User:Sam Spade. You can view some diffs here, or just look at my talk page, his talk page's history, and WP:MC. Anyways, I already got Curps to provide a third opinion, but I'd appreciate it if you could give another third opinion (fourth opinion?). Thanks a lot, Nichalp, I appreciate it! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:47, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the response! Just one clarification: I never said that he violated WP:3RR, just that he should be aware of it (not that it really matters at this point). Perhaps I should be clearer in the future. I appreciate your input! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:26, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

I sure hope so, though Sam Spade changed his comments on WP:MC to "oppose, seems too quick to jump into conflict fails to take into account the dynamics of situations requiring mediation..." While I do respect his opinion, I feel that his comments are still unjustified- I was not jumping into conflict, simply trying to diffuse a growing revert war between FeloniousMonk and Sam Spade in I am (which, incidentally, has been listed at RfD by FeloniousMonk). Well, I've learned my lesson: be a lot clearer in the future, when attempting to diffuse an edit conflict/war (or maybe just stay out of it all). Thanks for all your help! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 14:04, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Hyderabad

My concern was mostly just the top-level divisions; states, provinces, etc. How a country handles cities is up to the editors of that particular country's articles. For USA, the choice has been to use "City, State" format for everything, even the most notable cities, except for New York City. Japan has been done similar, but Mexico and India seem to do things different, on a more "as needed" basis. In this case, personally, I think ", India" and ", Pakistan" are better. But if y'all come up with a better idea, by all means go with it :)

My whole deal was, when you see ", Country", that makes it look a lot more like a city. "Hyderabad, India"; "Chicago, Illinois"; "Paris, France"; etc. So I didn't want things like "Georgia, USA" and "Punjab, India". --Golbez 18:42, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, Nichalp for the site links.

Raj2004 20:19, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Bureaucratship

Hi, Nichalp. Thank you so much for your support on my bureaucratship nomination. Congratulations in advance on yours, by the way. Unfortunately, mine didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre (talk) 05:26, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Apparently something around 90% is expected for promotion. Andre (talk) 17:31, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Armchair Don

Hi Nichalp, I saw you talking to Don about the deal. He and Andy have reached an agreement and Andy has withdrawn his complaint to the arbcom. However, the arbcom hasn't formally withdrawn the injunction yet, so Don's still not allowed to edit flags, Canada, or fascism, including talk pages. However, that should be over very soon. Perhaps if you see anyone about to block him again, you could ask them to check that the injunction still applies. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 05:32, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this was intended for Nicktpar. My apologies for the confusion. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 06:55, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

No probs :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:00, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Pictures

Nichalp, I had a question about FA pictures that I hope you could answer. I'll be working on bringing Leonard Bernstein up to FA (it still has quite a way to go), and I noticed the only picture it had was Image:Leonard Bernstein.jpg. The picture provides a link to [1]. Would all those pictures at the site be copyrighted-expired? What about the ones that say "(C), used with permission from..."? Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 14:54, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:28, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Yep. (Logged on, but not actively writing/patrolling... ) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:59, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

OK. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Come on!

:) ? Dmcdevit·t 04:25, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Okay. It's just that the other day after I asked Splash, someone saw it and came along and did it first without warning :(. Thought I'd tell you, since you already have dibs. (Uh oh, now someone watching this page will see this and do it, whisper...) and I'm in a funny mood [2]. And for, your RFB, sure! Is there really anyone opposing? How silly ("I've never seen you, why don't you stop making so many articles and socialize? What do think this is, an encyclopedia?") Er, :) Dmcdevit·t 05:15, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah when I became an admin, first action was to block myself. Since it was my first time, I tried to see what would happen if I tried to edit an article. So then, of course, the autoblocker kicked in, and I had quite a time figuring out how that worked and getting myself unblocked! :) I really admire any FA producers. It's what we're here for. And also, I'm just not that great at it. I don't have the patience I think. Writing much of Black Death was the farthest I ever got, but I got really tired of it in the PR (it evolved out of a year-long school paper I researched) and have never gone back to it. And now I jut don't have the time. I like to do little things (ooh, but I do have a few FLs). Dmcdevit·t 05:43, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

School work. In fact, I wouldn't even be up right now if tomorrow wasn't a holiday. Avctually, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be taking a WikiBreak starting after tomorrow because I see this obsession really interfering with school in the near future. Maybe I'll work out some schedule where I can edit on weekends in my free time. And man that is one pretty articlist! Dmcdevit·t 06:08, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, RFAs are no big deal. Mine certainly wasn't. :) Oh and happy Ganesh Chaturthi! (I am assuming you are Hindu, right?) Dmcdevit·t 06:10, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Really?! I thought it was a safe guess... :) Well, then, happy Labor Day, since I know you're not in the US. :) Dmcdevit·t 06:18, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Yes,I know, but it was just pre-emptive (you start saying "merry Christmas" to people a month ahead). Labor Day's not really a holiday either, just one of those days everybody gets off of work and they couldn't tell you why. So I think it's funny to wish people happy Labor Day (because most wouldn't know if it's Labor Day, or Memorial Day, or Veterans Day, all the same thing). :) Dmcdevit·t 06:27, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

FACs

Nick,

1. Any chance that you'll be able to get a picture of Ravi Shastri. I know that being a Mumbaikar doesn't mean that you may be able to get one, but do you by any chance happen to a have a friend of a friend of a friend who is a neighbour of Shastri :-)

A photo is the bottleneck for that article before it can be send for a peer review or FAC nomination.

2. Suggestions about the things to do for West Indian cricket team (apart from pics, again) ?

thanks, Tintin 08:23, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

>> If he is featured on the cover of Sportstar or a similar magazine use.

I should be able to get one from old magazines. Thanks for the tip Tintin 08:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Good idea

It's definitely a good idea. Most Indian FAs are either ethnocentric or geocentric. Let's have a different kind of FA this time. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:24, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Infobox Again

Umm...as with anything on wikipedia, be bold. I think this'll work. Just replace all the colors in the table with {{{color}}}, {{{color2}}} and {{{color3}}}, and you should be set. Sorry if I seem a little slow at the moment. I just popped up for a little while to check things and got carried away (it's 4 AM) — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 09:23, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

About five minutes before and after I was sleeping — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 13:16, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

re: list by featured article nominations

Hi - You asked how long before Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations will be updated. As far as I know, it's current through August, but I'm still working on it. I'm generating it from a different (as yet unposted) list of feature atricles by promotion month, that has the nominator, and main page appearance date. I'm trying to come up with a form for this list that is both reasonable to view and reasonably easy to use as input for the list I've posted. Is the list by nominator missing something recent? -- Rick Block (talk) 15:20, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've now posted the source lists, see Wikipedia:Featured articles nominated in 2003, Wikipedia:Featured articles nominated in 2004, and Wikipedia:Featured articles nominated in 2005. If you see any errors in these, please correct them. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:29, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Bhutan map

I have uploaded a preliminary version: Image:Bhutan_topo_en.jpg. There is a problem with coordinates of the capital: Thimphu, de:Thimphu and http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ have all different coordinates, and the difference in location is quite big, as you can see in the map. Maybe you know which coordinates are correct. I will add the disputed border within India later. Also there is the question of additional cities: the country is quite small! Same w/ mountains. --Captain Blood 18:32, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Primary sources

I'm rewriting the Bhutan article and I have a problem with two credible sources for the demographics section:

• CIA factbook
• Official Bhutan site

The information on these two pages do not tally! Also one has extra info the other doesn't have, and similarly vice-versa. What do I do? [I'd be grateful if a copy of the reply is posted on my talk page since I am currently really busy to periodically check this page.] =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:49, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

You report what both credible sources say, and attribute appropriately. Common enough on this sort of thing. -- Jmabel | Talk 17:01, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Butan map

I have uploaded the - hopefully - final version w/ the cities and the 2 mountains. The border was wrong: Kula Kangri was completely in China, now it is more or less correct. I agree, higher zoom would be nice, but the resolution of the topography data is not accurate enough, already now it is slightly blurred (compare with the India map). More zooming would make it even worse. --Captain Blood 17:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)