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[edit] Username query

Yes it does. I am a great fan of the IAF. But I have never been 'in' it.

[edit] The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You have tremendously contributed to Wikipedia and helped to maintain the quality of articles. So I Chanakyathegreat award you the The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

Chanakyathegreat 14:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:IST-CIA-TZ.png

Thanks! I'll put it on my backburner for now as there is a lot of catching up to do here! =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:23, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:Bangladesh images

I think you were looking for {{PD-Bangladesh}}, which already exists. There is a link to a short article about BD copyright law of 2000, which is somewhat similar to Indian laws, i.e. photos are in PD after 60 years; govt photos are copyrighted, etc.

Thanks. --Ragib 07:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forget him

Hello. I am talking to you after a long time. Forget him: [1]. In case people find that one destructive, he/he shall be suitably dealt with by someone. I find that taking any action is of no use as our processes are not capable of dealing with such destructive edits, if any! Thanks. --Bhadani 10:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hyderabad 1800s image

Thankyou for decorating the page on Hyderabad, Pakistan with such a priceless piece of photography. This is just to say that your efforts are worthy and hold dear to my heart. For more than two years, I have been collecting information on the city because it holds its very own place in my heart. I appreciate your efforts. If you may have any other information or photographs regarding the city, you are always welcome to contribute. Thanks. - Arun Reginald 18:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aurangzeb

Thanks for staying on top the Aurangzeb edit mess.--Nemonoman 05:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Newkirk and PETA

Please bear in mind that all edits must conform to BLP, V, NOR, and NPOV. Your edits violated almost all of them. The Newkirk edits violated BLP, as did your edit summary; the PETA edits used terrible sources, and you can't write that a group has "advance knowledge of terrorist acts." Please review the content policies. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) 15:27, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Your edits to Ingrid Newkirk violate WP:BLP. If you continue to add the same material without explaining the context, you may be reported. Please note that BLP violations are blockable offenses. SlimVirgin (talk) 06:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Idleguy, I'm sorry, but this kind of writing is unacceptable: "Critics of PETA point to this statement, that the organization, like its leader, has double standards in advocating others to refrain from killing animals while have indulged in killing of animals instead of finding a home for it." You can't just leave it there, or keep reverting when others remove it. There are similar problems with your other edits. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what you mean about double standards. I'm talking about the English. This is the English Wikipedia, and the writing has to be of a minimum standard; if you want to quote from good sources, do so, but don't put words in their mouths, and then revert when people tell you the writing is unacceptable. As for POV pushing, you're the only one I can see who doing that by, for example, deliberately leaving out the context of Newkirk's statement about killing animals in the pound. The context casts a completely different light on it. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your note

Idleguy, before you jump to any conclusions, try to read my edit summaries. I did read your edits and it's very possible that many could be acceptable, if properly presented. The issue is that you must present your information and sources while following WP rules, e.g. WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, etc. As I suggested in the Talk page, try to create a change set that relies only on acceptable sources; CCF/AnimalScam are not. We may tweak the language if it's not NPOV enough, but proper sources would not be rejected. So please give it a shot, do it the right way, and see what happens. Thanks, Crum375 19:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Since you are the one adding to or modifying the article, you should try to create a changeset that relies strictly on acceptable sources. Yes, in theory it's possible for others to modify your edits for you, but it would be much more efficient for you to do it and then for others to just do the final tweaking if needed. Crum375 19:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
If the records CCF cites are publicly available, then those would be admissible in principle, but they cannot be cited via CCF. So all you need to do is find the same records via another, admissible, site, or from the originator of the records. Crum375 20:57, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Navy article requires citation.

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 03:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Language rank of Bengali and Telugu

Hi! I have requested Nichalp to have a look at this language rank problem. I admit that nic site is a good source, and nic sites have been used as census data reference ( as in Demographics of India). The problem is language data of 2001 census is not available. Let's see what Nichalp has to say in this regard. Can you suggest any other people who can comment on this? (may be Bhadani or Gurubrahma?) --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:BLP Violation warning

Regarding this edit summary:

You have made an edit that could be regarded as defamatory. Please do not restore this material to the article or its talk page. If you do, you may be blocked for disruption. See the blocking policy. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 00:14, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use

For someone supposedly keen on ensuring the image policies are adhered to, you should know that you can't claim fair use of an image (the sniper) recently taken specially for The New York Times, because it is still worth money; and I don't think you can claim fair use for the CNN/PETA shot unless you use it in the CNN article. SlimVirgin (talk) 09:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mathews

I don't know which is correct. We'll have to find an original cite or a reliable source who refers to it. I would guess that "gays" is correct, as "guys" would be an odd expression to use. But I'm speculating. SlimVirgin (talk) 10:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] PETA

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Jean-Philippe 14:59, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Back from India

I've arrived back from india after a good tour.Your SAbardrtri pl check it spelling i always misled it is in fact the best Train in India.it was a pleasureable experience.Yousaf465

the lost has pointed out correct i think it is this train about which i was talking about.Yousaf465

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[edit] Indian 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 04:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] S Seagal

Please see this most recent edit [2].Hkelkar 16:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, see this other article started by him. May be a Pakistani Nationalist POV fork of another article on Ahuja[3]. Hkelkar 18:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RIAF Vs IAF

I just reverted the edits made to the Indian air force page. it is a common mistake to assume the IAF was established as the RIAF in 1932. It was set up just as the IAF. It did not get the "Royal" prefix till 1945, so refering to it as RIAF in 1932 is inaccurate. The IAF was RIAF only for the years 1945-1950 jaiiaf 18:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Siachen errors

Idleguy, thanks for pointing out that you respect my role as a professional geographer. Unfortunately, your incorrect Siachen edits continue the pattern apparent from above that, at the very least, you are sometimes hurried or careless in your fact checking with some of your edits. Forgive me for "piling on", but you are simply wrong about your Siachen Glacier length....it is 70, not 80 km long, as you are regarding your positions claiming (falsely) Pakistani control over some of the Siachen Glacier and over Gyong La.
Most odd was your reverting to your incorrect facts while:
1) in the case of length, not even noticing the conflicting footnote which you left untouched where I explained the methodology of measuring glacier lengths including 70, not 80km, for Siachen, using:
a. modern satellite imagery such as Google Earth, b. good Russian AND good Swiss maps, and c. a modicum of geographic expertise. I can assure you, having just returned from the Karakoram with GPS and maps in hand and having walked the 2nd longest glacier a bit west of Siachen from end to end, that wild, unsubstantiated, Internet guesses at glacier length for that region are invariably not even close to accurate. I invite you to try this methodology rather than just reverting to a figure that you found on some internet site.
2) in the case of claiming incorrectly that Pakistan controls Gyong La, your idea of contributing to accurate information on this key pass is to delete my entire reference (coordinates, etc.) on its location (taken from any good map of the area including those cited above.) I'm sorry, but deleting someone else's relevant information to disguise your incorrect facts is not going to win you friends in editing Wikipedia entries.
I have corrected these three errors (first paragraph above) again, and I would hope that you continue your obviously helpful edits in many entries and varied topics. But for geographic facts and figures such as these, I am sorry that you may not have the resources that we have in our offices where we follow geographic aspects of locations like the Siachen-Saltoro region very closely and have to "get it right." Thanks in advance for respecting that expertise.
Finally, I have seen some of the dated and/or inaccurate Internet claims that Pakistan controls Gyong La or that the Siachen Glacier (which from longest and uppermost "tributary" to snout is within a few hundred meters of 70 km) is somehow 8 or 10 km longer! So I understand how you may have felt obliged to copy and paste these into the Siachen article, but next time I encourage you to first do some measurements from available sources.
By the way, all of the Internet sources are not wrong. The map at http://im.rediff.com/news/2005/may/26siachen.gif explains that India has, for some time now, controlled the Saltoro watershed ridge crest which includes all three main passes.....It controls everything east of and a bit west of the line shown on that map, leaving all of Siachen Glacier and Gyong La in its control.
And at http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2005/06/siachen-solutions-for-taking.html , note the passage: "The purpose of authentication is to ensure that after a withdrawal has been effected, Pakistan will not move back to its old positions or up Gyong La, Bilafond La and Sia La — the three passes along the Saltoro range — to positions currently held by India."
Thanks. --Dlinth (talk) 12:33, 02 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You have got work

MiG Incident and Indo-Bangladesh Border Conflict of 2001 Chanakyathegreat 10:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] India in World War II

Ok, I will help out with this article.

I just got Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi as a featured article. Now, I am gonna get New York City to be featured. Once that is done, I will fix up this article...

Mercenary2k 05:20, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Op Meghdoot

See this change that corrected the error I was pointing out on the talk page, I wonder how did you not see it? --TheFEARgod (Ч) 11:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Battle of Ghazni

Hi idleguy,

I just created this article, Battle of Ghazni which was a battle that took place during the First British Afghan War. Please link this article around so it can generate traffic. I created this article because the Multan Company participated in this battle. Thanks Mercenary2k 19:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

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