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Archive 2 - messages from 11-Jan-06 (19:20) to 4-Apr-06 (20:21)

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[edit] Re:Political Integration of India

Yo! good work on the Brit India map. I've put up both on the article. Thanks for your help holmes. Before you go on break, I hope you will voice your opinion of the article on the peer review - much value your advice on raising it to FA-level. Rama's Arrow 17:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Miljoshi - Listen, thanks for your help on the maps issue. You certainly saved the article's chances at FA by making the BritIndia map, becoz I fear some complication will arise regarding the now-deleted Spanish map.

I've incorporated your Bismark note. Mountbatten's concerns of civil conflict are mentioned at the bottom of the Hyderabad section.

I understand you're on break, but I hope you will have a chance to check the article this weekend and give us a final vote of confidence. I hope that the article will be ready for FA nomination by the upcoming Monday/Tuesday. Hope you'll be around when it comes to the vote. Thanks again, Rama's Arrow 19:20, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] trolls

I am afraid the definition of "internet troll" is loose, and it is not an official status on WP (such as under probation, in mediation, etc.); strictly speaking, calling someone a troll is alleging that they mishbehave or act stupid in spite of knowing better. This is almost impossible to prove. Calling someone a troll is actually assuming intelligence the user may not have, and I've said people were "trolling" even in cases where I actually thought they really were seriously incapable of grasping wikiquette or policy, or even the concept of an encyclopedia. There are various "vigilante" user teams, but I tend to think this is a bad idea. Users may communicate off wiki as the necessity arises. It is ok to call other users for support against misbehaving users, but it is frowned upon to smear users you are in conflict with in all possible and impossible places. The proper way to deal with trolls is

ignore them, and let them run into WP:3RR
if they dominate an article, by sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry, or just by superhuman obstinancy, call for WP:PR, or ask admins to judge the user's "disruptiveness" at WP:AN/I
if the case is not blatant enough for disruption blocks, you'll have no other choice than WP:RfC. A good faith user will listen to criticism expressed there. If they don't you may have to go to arbitration, which will of course mean your own behaviour is scrutinized too.

happy hunting / wikibreak dab (ᛏ) 10:29, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

well, shoot. dab (ᛏ) 10:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

no idea. any context? You say, you created the image? Did you make it up, or copy it from somewhere? dab (ᛏ) 10:56, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

right.... I didn't get it; please do :) dab (ᛏ) 11:24, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

why? it's nice -- I was squinting too hard :) I prefer monograms that don't give themselves away at first sight, in fact I will be proud to sport my custom made monogram on my user page. dab (ᛏ) 11:45, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vikramaditya

The image seems to be of a manuscript of the "Kalakacharya Kathanaka" discussed in the section. But the article needs quite some cleanup, and above all verifiable sources. It is unclear what is legendary, and what was proposed as historical nucleus of the legend, by whom. dab (ᛏ) 10:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

oh, and Mil, when moving articles, you should use the "move" button. Otherwise the edit history is left behind. It is not evident now that the bulk of the article was written by Ananthp (talk • contribs), which is strictly speaking a violation of GFDL. dab (ᛏ) 10:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Yeah, they're all CC images. Cheers :) deeptrivia (talk) 12:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great

really great, you can do it faster than me. You created so many stubs that now only one is left there. --Bhadani 09:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kuruntwad?

Hi MilJoshi,

Nice work on expanding the Kurundwad page, but I see you have redirected it to "Kuruntwad". I think this is because you found that "Kuruntwad" is the first-mentioned name in the 1911 entry, but then "Cawnpore" is probably what we find in that book for "Kanpur". I suspect it is an anglecization, because nowhere else have I come across the spelling with 't', as you will find from a quick google. Actually, I had been meaning to include "Kurduwadi" as the alternative name, but delayed pending confirmation. Maybe you would like to confirm both points: spelling and alternative "Kurduwadi" and fix redirects appropriately? Thanx, ImpuMozhi 16:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Can you direct me to the resource (hopefully online?) where you took the text of the 1911 encyclopaedia from? It would be such a good source of matter for so many of my pieces. ImpuMozhi 16:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

In response to your comment on my talk page.

No, :( I haven't made the maps yet.... --Spundun 18:04, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vapi

Why there is so much deletion of data on this page especially about restaurants and external links (URLs) ?

Ninad 11:11, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FAC

Hi Miljoshi, I see you're on break, but I'm hoping you'll see this sometime this week - the Political integration of India is now FAC. I hope you will have some time to consider the work and give it an up or down vote. Please don't consider this soliciting - I'm requesting your participation. Thanks! Rama's Arrow 04:29, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Image:GrandPrix Circuit Monaco 2006.svg

WOW. Very cool, and thank you for creating these, and others to the Wiki. -slowpokeiv 16:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...for the maps of Rajasthan, Gujarat, etc. They are handsome maps, and are great contributions to the district and state articles. Thanks, too for the link to the princely states web site; It has proved to be a useful site to fact-check princely state articles. Best, Tom Radulovich 03:39, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:David_rumsey.jpg

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:SwamiChinmayananda.gif

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[edit] Jus' back!

Guess what? I too was on a wikibreak for a week and I'm back now. A look at your contribs suggests that you're back as well. I am pinging you as I needed your help in rendering an image - the background is that I have been active in updating DYK on the Main Page on a regular basis and some of us have felt a need to have a barnstar/medal that could be awarded to people who make great suggestions (both quantitatively and qualitatively) that get featured. The relevant discussion and images can be found here. Of the four images by User:Bushytails, the third seems to be the most favorite but could be rendered in a more appealing manner. Also, we seem to be veering round to the view that it should be a medal and not a barnstar a la the FA medal. Could you render the third brnstar design by User:Bushytails (the one with the edges sparkling now and then) in a medal format and in an appealing (to the eyes) format? If you are able to do so, please list it on the WP:BAP page and we'd be able to take it up from there. TIA, --Gurubrahma 09:44, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kind attention

Hello, I would request you to please see discussion on my user page about nominating User:Deeptrivia fro adminship. Please give your comments there. --Bhadani 16:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Miljoshi

Hi, good to see your msg. Actually, someone else did come up with an alternate design of a medal on WP:BAP but it may need some sparkles to be added on as animation but evn otherwise, it seems ok. Life on WP is going on as usual, with controversies on userboxes, fair use of TIME covers and celebrations on creation of the millionth article. --Gurubrahma 09:33, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Testament

hi Mil -- you mean, something not already in our Old Testament and Bible code articles? You will have to ask more specific questions then. "Bible codes" are statistical fata morganas. They have been debunked over and over again. It all boils down to our brain being designed to see patterns, you will find comparable "codes" in any text of similar length. regards, dab (ᛏ) 10:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holi greetings

Hi, I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. I have collected A Gift Pack of Quotations for you contained in the sections Do things Differently & Something More , which are part of the on-going discussion pertaining to my nomination of Idleguy for adminship. You are aware of the tradition that if you throw colored water on flames of burning Holika, you enable a Prahlad to emerge from the flames!!! I again convey Holi greetings to you and your family!!! --Bhadani 15:03, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linguistic history map

Hi Miljoshi! Happy Holi :) Thanks a lot for making the awesome linguistic history map. Just wanted to point out one thing. Since the original map was in Spanish, Kharosthi was spelt as "Jarosthi". Maybe you can make this correction sometime when you're free. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 13:32, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I also wanted to thank you for the great work on the Image:Language travel from India.png map. You've created a lot of nice maps recently. --NormanEinstein 14:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! It's perfect now.deeptrivia (talk) 00:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Holi greetings. --Bhadani 13:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC) --Bhadani 13:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket image

Hi, I've noticed that you've made a new graphic on the fielding positions. However a lot of positions have been omitted. Could you add all of them in the new graphic? Thanks, =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:33, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I feel you should include the full names of the fielding positions. A person new to cricket won't understand the red and orange dots. 45 is missing. Also that grey background should be made white. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd asked about 45 on the cricket noticeboard, and it seems that 45 is another fielding position. I appreciate the clarity, but if a newbie to cricket is told to search for deep extra cover etc. it would be difficult to locate it. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sofia Metro

Hi, thanks for being so nice to saddle yourself with the task! Basically, the translations of the terms in German are given in the image's description on Commons (in Betrieb = running, in Bau = under construction, in Plannung = planned, Linie = line, and yes, Station is station :)). As for the transliteration that should be done, here it is:

Obelja -> Obelya
Sliwniza -> Slivnitsa
Sapaden Park -> Zapaden Park
Wardar -> Vardar
Konstantin Welitschkow -> Konstantin Velichkov
Opaltschenska -> Opalchenska
Serdika is OK
Kliment Orchridski -> Kliment Ohridski
Dragan Zankow - Dragan Tsankov
Interpred is OK

This is because Germans use a different transliteration of Cyrillic based on their own orthography. English uses other transliteration systems, the one here is most common and accepted. I'd suggest the names in Cyrillic are also kept. Thanks again! → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 11:10, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

It's great! I like the corrections you've made and the whole thing looks absolutely perfect!

→ Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 16:36, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map sources

Hey Miljoshi, I've listed some sources for the maps requested at WP:HOI. I hope this will encourage you to draw them :) Here's the list:

Routes, Wars, etc.

Kamboja-Dvaravati Route
Anglo-Maratha wars, based on [1]
Anglo-Sikh wars, based on [2]
Anglo-French wars (India), based on [3]

Of course, your contributions are very highly appreciated. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 04:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colonial India map

Hello there. I was very happy to see that someone has now made a map of European colonies and "factories" on the Indian subcontinent. I would like to suggest one alteration, though, and that is to erase the modern state borders from 1947. Note also that all of the flags shown have changed since the 16th-17th centuries, except for the Dannebrog. And, a final comment: the Nicobar settlements might also be considered part of the colonization of India. :) // Big Adamsky • BA's talk page 13:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hi

Jammu and kashmir claimed by Pakistan.u bloody indian... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lumber121 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Bulgaria templates

Hi, thanks for the suggestions! I think they're great (and very appropriate as well!) and will add the coat of arms and a border for the flag to the templates. The background is actually a biy greyish, so I can distinguish the white of the flag from the background, but then again, my monitor is rather dark actually. And really, including the coat of arms on the left would really be nice and will balance the composition well. → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 10:09, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SVG

The SVG image looks good. I understand the difficulties that you must have gone through with a low res one. Just one thing, the black shading looks a little odd, it there any way of removing it? Thanks, =Nichalp «Talk»= 04:36, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!!

for your Ugadi wishes and more importantly, for setting right my BAOJDN - wanted to do that, myself but never came round to that. hv been busy over the last week, and my activity is limited to updating DYK and poring through my watch list. My WP activity should be back to normal in a month's time or so ;). --Gurubrahma 10:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks as well Waitangi Park

just trying to understand categories, and appreciate your assistance.moza 11:32, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:SD

Man you're quick! Each time I reload the newpages and go to speedy the non-notables you've already done it! Awesome work :) _{ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγ}^Ť_č 11:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMV video format

Well it's a crap article about a notable subject, it should probably be tagged {{npov}} {{references}} and {{cleanup}} IMO. Having a fun time with Kim McGinn - the writer keeps removing the speedy tag. Have a look at the talk page for what happened when I tagged it originally. Keep up the great work :) _{ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγ}^Ť_č 12:05, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks mate. I've given the guy 4 warnings now (on top of the article toysoy hyas been adding rubbish to my user page and talk page. I was about to report him to Administrator intervention against vandalism but you've saved me the trouble :) _{ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγ}^Ť_č 12:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

What shall we do with the AMV video format page? Shall I try rewriting it to remove POV, categorize it and/or generally tidy it up?

[edit] Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Kim McGinn

You may wish to comment - toysoy has complained. _{ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγ}^Ť_č 13:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yellow-faced bumblebee

I saw you left a tag on Yellow-faced bumblebee. Please note that patent nonsense has a very strict definition. Please don't tag articles that provide little context, but are otherwise understandable with this tag instead cite CSD criterion A1 --that the article provides little or no context-- or expand it with a line or two. {{db|article has little or no context (see CSD A1)}} would be a more appropriate way to tag it. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

It appears you don't like stubs very much either. While I agree Malhis is a dubious article (no sources), I don't think it can be deleted for providing no context. It says it's a tribe where the live and who their ancestors were. That's small, but certainly worth keeping if correct. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps you were looking for {{db-empty}}? - Mgm|^(talk) 10:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naizghi Kiflu

Could you explain how "vice president of Eritrea" is not a claim of notability? If you think the information is false, please retag it, but I don't think nn-bio is a proper tag here. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem, mistakes happen. I just wanted to make sure you knew what was going on. Perhaps you can use a break and get some rest. Take a good night's sleep :) - Mgm|^(talk) 20:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

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