User talk:Nichalp/Archive47

Punjab

I do not care about Szchaider's assumption he owns the WP Pakistan template. I will simply use WP Punjab on all Pakistan-related articles which are also Punjab-related. I will not omit Pakistan from WP Punjab as Pakistani Punjab is as important historically as Indian Punjab and also the fact that we have a Pakistani user in our list of participants. — Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 04:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Szchaider and his friends have a feeling that WikiProject tags indicate ownership, I don't think he likes to idea of a WikiProject Punjab created by Indians indicating ownership over Pakistan-related articles. Which is why he responded to Anupam's request that he join the project by telling me that he cares first about Pakistan and only after that does he bother about Punjab. Also, in relation to the pre tags. It's a bit of unfair one-sidedness. They were added because Pakistani users found the Indian flag insulting to them (I can't imagine why). But pre-1947 Pakistan-related articles happily bear the Pakistani flag. — Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 05:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, the saga between me and Szchaider was a misunderstanding. I don't have time to put lengthy comments now, I probably will comment later about the pre= thing. — Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 07:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's the background on pre=yes — Lost^(talk) 17:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Stubs II

Hi again - you wrote: The template India-geo-stub has the following wording: This Indian location article is a stub Since India has state-specific stubs that handle locations, keeping this for that purpose seems to be redundant. Going through the article that use this stub, it returns articles on rivers, and a couple of hills. Hence the wording :"This Indian location..." seems inappropriate for hills and rivers et all. That's why I seek to change it to "This article on the geography of India is a stub..." There are far too many geographic features in India without an appropriately worded stub message. As for location based stubs, this should handle geographic areas such as Duars, Terrai, Saurashtra, Bodoland and would be a stub handled by Wikipedia:WikiProject Regions of India.

Most country-geo-stub do use the "geographical article" wording (e.g., {{Australia-geo-stub}}), so I don't see any problem there. Several countries have been completely divided into subregions like India has, and the main country-geo-stub in those cases is used for only those geographical features and locations which cover several states, such as the Dooars and Terrai articles. Saurashtra would get a Gujarat-geo-stub, though, since it is entirely within Gujarat. Similarly, Bodoland is entirely within Assam, so would get Assam-geo-stub. Again, Australia is a good comparison - The Eucla Basin is a very large region (1 million square kms), but is only in two states, so it gets SouthAustralia-geo-stub and WesternAustralia-geo-stub. The only articles which get the full Australia-geo-stub are those for areas covering several states, such as New Holland (Australia), and the tiny number which fall outside the jurisdiction of the states. A India-region-stub isn't necesary, just as an Australia-region-stub isn't necessary, and would be contrary to the normal way of splitting geo-stubs. Grutness...wha? 09:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

lalu Yadav

There are exceptions everywhere, and I cant help it. I am normally not like that.Cygnus_hansa 18:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: FAC copy editor

Hi Nichalp,

I thought about it and I'm willing to give it a shot. I'll do it tentatively for a month first and see how I like it.

In your first post, you had mentioned "brilliant prose." Were you referring to the Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria, or did you mean something else?

Will you also let me know when the next FAC is ready for copy editing? Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Bharatpedia

Dear Nichalp,

I heard about you during the Wikicamp conference in Chennai on 25 Feb 2007.

Ever since, I have been wanting to write to you.

Here is what I want to say.

http://bharatpedia.org/mediawiki/mediawiki-1.9.3/index.php?title=Bharatpedia_Logs

sincere regards,

Abhijit Bhattacharjee —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.93.208.143 (talk) 11:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC).

Thanks. :-) Is there something else you want to ask me? =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Red rain in Kerala

Hi, is there any chance then you could give a quick review of Red rain in Kerala and give your opinions on what should be done to it to get it to featured status? I'm fairly sure theres not a lot to do, maybe a few more references and add a section at the end on official finings of the cause. It would be much appreciated! RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 18:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Definition of planet

I'm not sure why you resized the article's main image. Is there some Wikipedia style issue I'm unaware of? I've never seen an article with a main image that small. I could be wrong, but it does seem a bit odd. Serendipodous 19:06, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Greetings

Holi haiii !!--Dwaipayan (talk)

Happy Holi

My best wishes to you. Happy Holi ! _{Freedom skies| talk}  07:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Nice work

Just thought I'd pop in and leave you a note to thank you for your help in clearing the username change requests. Oh, and while I'm here, happy Holi from me also :) --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 08:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! and the same to you too. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

The name I requested does not exist

please recheck, the i submitted does not exist

Same here, what's up? 91 BOY | talk 02:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Collingwood

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for all your comments and help with Paul Collingwood, the article was promoted to featured status this morning. All the best, The Rambling Man 10:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for changing my username

Thank you for dilligently manning the wikipedia name changing thing. On behalf of users whose usernames you've changed, have an ASCII star :D

   _/\_

   \  /

   //\\

Haikon 11:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami was promoted!

Dear Nichalp

I need to thank you for your kind assistance and support. The article would not come to FA status without your helps. Thanks and All the best. Sangak ^Talk 11:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Holi

Hi Nichalp. Wish you a very happy holi too! I am feeling so guilty for having abandoned SITE. I am hoping to start work on it again. I think I will again look at the article today and do the final expansion. Thanks for reminding me of my quest to get it featured :). I will get back to you soon to review the article. - Aksi_great (talk) 13:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Usurpations

Er, does this really matter? It's all there in the log, in case the usurped user ever turns up to reclaim his old username; but in any case this is exceedingly improbable. Before this process was created, I granted dozens of usurpation requests immediately, without any sort of notification or waiting period, when the target username had no log entries and no edits; problems never arose. I find the current system a good measure too complicated. I can't really think of a reason why "Usurped XYZ" would be preferable to "Username (renamed)", which is the template I used, though I left it as "Usurped" once by mistake. — Dan | talk 17:19, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Delhi Map

File:Delhi area locator map.svg

Delhi and NCR

File:New Delhi map.svg

New Delhi

Ive finished a blank map of the major portion of delhi. I still need to add railway, metro stations after which i can make a new delhi specific map -- ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 18:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Done, well almost but usable. See [1]. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:New_Delhi_map.svg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Planemad (talk • contribs) 13:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

Was in quite a hurry las time, made few corrections here and there[2]. Both the delhi and new delhi maps are the same with only the crop being diffferent -- ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 10:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Snoutwood rename

Thank you for renaming me! Kyle Barbour 20:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Red rain in Kerala/archive2

As you requested, I posted a peer review for Red rain in Kerala, your comments and review of the article are much appreciated RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 20:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA for WilliamKF

Thanks for letting me know you closed my RfA due to lack of consensus. WilliamKF 21:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Vanished user as sysop

This is why I resigned (password suicide). Wikipedia.org seems to care more about low quality quantity than high-quality. Adam runs around bullying his opinions (not backed up by any research, or none that he is able to cite) down NPOV articles backed up by RS such as the Creation-evolution controversy. Down to drain... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.215.40.207 (talk) 21:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

Username change

I'm trying to change my username (Atlastawake) to my real name (David Youngberg). I made the cosmetic change several months ago (Calton made it so User:David Youngberg now redirects to User:Atlastawake) and wanted to completely change it, as requested on my talk page. My request was denied because the name already exists but that's me! Please help me out. --David Youngberg 21:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for creating the Kaziranga Map. Can u write the lead and copyedit the whole or some part of it. Thanks once more and oh happy belated holi. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 04:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Holi Greetings

Happy Holi Nikkul 15:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Nomination for Feature pictures

I found one nice Indian tiger picture here. Is it the ideal candidate for featured pictures? What changes may be required like brightness/contrast etc for nomination? --Indianstar 18:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Pic DowntownBombay

The picture said "I made this pic" before user MihirModi decided to delete it and instead write something else. What can i say! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nikkul (talk • contribs) 20:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

India Demographic

Because of India's rich diversity, no one image can represent all of India's one billion people. That is why I propose selecting a new demographics image every three months. This would allow for a regional balance and would show India as a whole. Many people have agreed that this is the only way to represent India's rich and varied diversity. Since you have voted for a change in the demographics section, I wanted to update you on this proposal. I would love to hear your comments on talk:India. Thanks so much. Have a great day!

-Coollemonade 23:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Map of Kaziranga

Hi, Nichalp. Thanks a lot for helping make the Kaziranga map. I have made a few additions to the map in terms of towns on the NH 37, and a few small changes. Cheers ! ray 11:12, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

INCOTW

You voted for New Delhi, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. - Aksi_great (talk) 14:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi! So New Delhi is up as INCOTW. The locator map by planemad also seems to be working. Further plans?--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Harbhajan Singh

Hello Nicholas. Ageo020 has added a pic from flickr of Harbhajan to the article. If I understand correctly, the picture is tagged as "all rights reserved" so it isn't cc-sa eligible is it? In any case, since I believe you are a commons admin and understand these image rights properly, could you make an inquiry to see if the the photographer would allow us to use his pictures on Wikipedia. If so, I think there are a few articles like Irfan Pathan which could use a pic for an FA polish, and perhaps some other articles like Shanthakumaran Sreesanth might be FA-able in time, or maybe Yuvraj Singh and Munaf Patel and such. Harbhajan is also in FAC now. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Shahbag

Will you you take a look at the article Shahbag? Ragib thinks it may deserve a FA drive. So, where do we begin? Aditya Kabir 16:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. But, I think the second largest book market, the largest flower market, and an ancient maga-market for bedding accessories fit the description of the neighborhood very well, especially since the area is predominantly intellectual and academic in nature, and is one very old neighborhood of Dhaka too, including many idiosyncrasies of an old neighborhood intact. What do I do now. The positional data is all wrong, I am trying get through to a reliable data. Unfortunately the police are not being very helpful. Give me a weeks time to get all the figures right. Aditya Kabir 09:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Apology

[3] --Durin 21:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

hey...

...still in hibernation and this would continue for another six months at least. Meanwhile, if you find time, cd you please gmail me the snaps - my mail id is [email protected] as you rightly pointed out ;) - also, this would help to keep my identity the way I want it to be --Gurubrahma 06:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Me

What's your proof? Nikkul 19:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Tamil Cfd

There are a large amount of socks voting Dravidian Warrior (talk · contribs), Tamilguy07 (talk · contribs), Jhynnyrj (talk · contribs), 129.219.218.3 (talk · contribs) etc. look like blatant socks and/or SPA accounts. PErhaps that area needs a block. If they are Wiki raja then it will be even funnier. These new Tamil SPA trolls are quirky, one accused me of being a "hater of Hindus" another a "hater of tamils" and another a "Racist" (when it is because of racism my family left that state). Bakaman 19:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Correct user name provided. Jhnnyrj (talk · contribs). - KNM ^Talk 07:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

“ These new Tamil SPA trolls are quirky, one accused me of being a "hater of Hindus" another a "hater of tamils" and another a "Racist" (when it is because of racism my family left that state). Bakaman 19:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC) ”

Since your family left the state of Tamil Nadu, then why can't you leave these Tamil issues alone? I am not here to accuse you of anything, but to tell you the truth personal issues, and family related matters should not be used on Wikipedia for spiteful reasons to effect the content of any given material. If you are upset with the state of Tamil Nadu, then take it up with the state of Tamil Nadu, don't take it out on us. That is very unprofessional, unacademic, and uncouth. You can get mad and even report me all you want. In reality, you will have to eventually learn to deal with these real life issues, instead of using us as a punching bag. Wiki Raja 03:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Adam Gilchrist

Hi Nichalp, your comments on Paul Collingwood's nomination for FA were invaluable. Our attempted promotion of Gilchrist has somewhat stalled, we have only one oppose from Blnguyen whose comments have been addressed in full - I don't believe he's revisited the page since. Can you have a look and post comments accordingly on the FA nom page? Thanks in advance for your time. The Rambling Man 10:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll attend to your concerns and hopefully both you and Blnguyen will be able to change your opinions to support before too long. All the best The Rambling Man 19:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully I've addressed the majority of your concerns - my responses are on the talk page to where I copied your comments. I'd very much appreciate your further comments and support as and when you feel you can provide them! Cheers! The Rambling Man 20:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

...I didn't realise anyone actually read my user page! →Ollie (talk • contribs) 18:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet Dispute

I have been accused of having sockpuppets here without a usercheck. Would I have reported this if these were actually my sockpuppets? I want to dispute this. Hope you can help me. Wiki Raja 02:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

You can request a wikipedia:checkuser to be done to clear your name. I've gone ahead and blocked those accounts permanently as they were created for the sole purpose of influencing the outcome of the deletion. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I would have done a checkusera long time ago. However, on the requirement box it stated, "Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" These requests are not performed. Please do not ask." So, what does that mean? Wiki Raja 19:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)