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नमस्कार! New Rock Star,Wikipedia Embassy from Marathi Wikipedia(आंतरविकि दूतावास) invites you to Marathi Wikipedia!This template shall keep you informed about support and contribution required in various Marathi Wikipedia articles in times to come.

• Marathi Language Wikipedia achives 1000 registered membership mark today!

With registration of userKrishna Londhe, Marathi Language Wikipedia has achived 1000 registered membership mark today!

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for your birthday greeting. Unfortunately I don't "rock" too much! I only listen to occasional rock/metal songs though I don't mind classical rock too much. Cheers Gizza^{Chat ©} 07:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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I'm sorry - for everything. I think it's best not to go into much more detail than that. I was wrong about it all. Except Metalocalypse - It still ROCKS. And I really did think you looked like a cool person.NinaEliza 05:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

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On 7 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sabeena Saleem, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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On 16 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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That was a great effort by you. Congrats on the DYk, I myself have read some books from the Jagadguru .Bakaman 05:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, I came to u through Satavahanas page. I had also seen u on Shivaji page. satvahanas had Marathi as their court-language and not Maharashtri-Prakrit. Also I request u to have a look on Yadavas of Deogiri page. 04:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I have been blocked and slapped with false allegations of being sock and abusive etc. I have a book of Mr.Kolarkar (Marathyancha itihaas) where their not a single mention of Yadavas of Deogiri being Kannadiga or court language being kannada yet Mr.Kannambadi has added some stuff which are not related to 'Yadavas of Deogiri'. He says about 500 inscriptions are found in karnataka (of Yadavas) and now he's saying that some other user might have added it and those inscriptions prove that kannada was a court-language of Yadavas. The same user tend to hide Maratha-origin theory as well on rashtrakutas.

I request u to verify Yadavas article closely. Itihaas 11:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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I request u to revert the removal my valid edits at Seuna_yadavas_of_devagiri since Google books are allowed as citations on wikipedia. A certain user is insulting Marathi history and pushing kannada stuff in our articles.Plz find the details on talk page and history.

Plz do so. whatever i have done on yadavs page was according to wikipedia rules and norms. Yet the article isnt available for edition for me. Mr.Kannambadi with his Marathi-hatred has jeopardized the article. I have worked very hard to get the books and sources. Vishu123 06:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I am waiting for ur help. Dont we have more Marathi guys here who are intrested in history? Few editors are deliberately destroying Marathi history artciles and inserting their language nonsense. yadavas the pure Marathi empire is one of them. On top of it my cited info is shamelessly removed. Its like 'aaple te baal dusryache te karta'.Vishu123 19:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

see this where Mr.Kannambadi shamelessly insults yadavas and if any sane person reads it will understand that here Kannambadi is agreeing that yadavas were Marathis and suddenly he gets down and adds kannada nonsense their.Vishu123 19:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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It is pity that it is only me who's fighting against Mr.Kannambadi's insult of Maharashtra history. As a Marathi person u should had supported me against him especially when i am talking sense and true. Arent Yadavas of Devagiri our ancestors? If they are kannadiga so are you and me. After spending horus in library looking for books and spending fee hundred rupees all what i have got is insults and ill-comments from Mr.kannambadi and his allias. Still none of Marathi editors are aware of dubious partisan and one-sided books of Mr.Kannambadi. Why is he pampared even if he has a deep hatred against Maharashtrians and he himself has agreed that Yadavas are marathi also see this this. In the Ganagas page he is removing the Shravanbelagola Marathi inscription by giving hillarious explaination of it is already on other page? So why should be on this relevant page? He deleted everything i added in rashtrakutas chalukyas yadavas by imagining that Google books and marathi books are not allowed. I even presented the links to prove that they are allowed and result is i am blocked! Still no one is taking note of his blatant kannada terrorism across the history articles of wikipedia. For instance go to any page made by him and serach for word 'kannada.

I am almost thrown out out of all articles by various blocks, silence of marathi editors and inaction by concerned seniors. I have done my duty of trying my best. I have not taken the 'theka' of defending these articles. It is getting on my nerves. I am going to throw my books to kabadi because of these kannambadis in wikipedia. rememebr it is our ignorance which is enabling such kannambadis to ruin our articles. 59.95.39.200 07:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC) PS-Neither i am mahwiki or sarvabhaum. i dont know why u ppl slap me with these allegations? 59.95.39.200 07:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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Hello WikiProject Metal member.
WikiProject Metal music is important in expanding encyclopedic coverage of the metal. It brings attention to the lesser-known bands, and significantly improves the quality of the famous ones. Five Featured articles and two formers is proof of that.
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Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the Bengali Wikipedia in his native Bangladesh, which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year. Arbitration: Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended. Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan regarding the activities of various Indian and Pakistani editors on pages related to Indian subcontinent history topics, the national status of various pre-Partition figures, and edit-warring over Indic scripts and WikiProject tags was held and concluded in late February- early March. As a result of this, four Pakistani users, Siddiqui, Szhaider, Nadirali and Unre4L were all banned for one year for disruption via edit-warring and confrontationalism. Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba 2 regarding a dispute over the article of the religious teacher closed in early March with four users indefinitely banned from the article. Currently, Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Freedom_skies is in the evidence phase. It is concerned with the editing of Freedom_skies, who edits articles on ancient Indian history, primarily civilisation articles such as Indian mathematics and related articles, as well as Buddhism articles such as Pusyamitra Sunga, as well as those pertaining to the propagation of Mahayana Buddhism to China such as Bodhidharma and Zen. What's New? Featured and Good Content: Eight articles: Vijayanagara Empire (nom), Delhi (nom), Pashtun people (nom), Nathu La (nom), Harbhajan Singh (nom), Hoysala architecture (nom), Harbhajan Singh (nom), Technopark, Kerala (nom) and Western Chalukya Empire (nom) were featured from our WikiProject recently, since our last edition. 'Dineshkannambadi has been a phenomenal force in the production of FAs recently, being responsible for three of these eight articles. He has totalled five FAs, all relating to Kannada history. Three portals: Portal:Hinduism (nom), Portal:West Bengal (nom) and Portal:Kerala (nom) were also featured. There were two additional GAs, Murali Kartik and Bhagat Singh. Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia! Need some help? Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are 21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard v • e • d • h • w Requests: History Indo-Roman relations People: Bapudeva Sastri, Marimallappa, Ravichandran, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza Articles: Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, Energy policy of India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Marimallappa High School, More... NPOV: Medical_college_(India) Rajneesh, Khalistan, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Indira Gandhi, Bride burning More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, More... Cleanup: Medical_college_(India) caste system, Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, More... Merge: Amber Fort,More... Expand: Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Essar Shipping, Fair use, G. N. Naidu, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Sunil Mittal Save Indian Family More... Stubs: Indian Copyright Act, Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bombay Dyeing, More... Translate: Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaboration of the Week, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, Indian administrators More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, Major crops, Convert Image:Standard of the President of India.gif to SVG, Free image of Aarti Chhabria (See: Image:Aarti Chhabria.jpg and its talk page) Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India v • e • d • h • w

Note from Editor's Desk Welcome to the March 2007 edition of our newsletter. Congratulations to one of our most respected writers, bureaucrats and administrators, Nichalp, who is now entrusted with the oversight permission. In addition Riana has joined the administrative ranks after a successful RfA. On a sad note, Nobleeagle, who was responsible for the creation of the Punjab WikiProject, and was largely responsible for Indian cricket team, Bhagat Singh and Lage Raho Munna Bhai becoming GAs, as well as working heavily in Indian religious and cricket work, has left the project after having his identity revealed. More generally, certain Indian users have recently been subject to real life harassment by banned users, etc. If this is affecting you in real life, please do not hesitate to contact Wikimedia board members for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required. Nishkid64, a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a congenital heart defect. You can wish him well here. Weekly Collaboration (Shortcut:WP:INCOTW): Collaboration of the Week has fallen from its once high feats. Please drop by and help rejuvenate it. As before, we'd like to stress, this is your newsletter, and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips. It can be anything related to the project, from discussions to calls for help, and other interesting stuff within our community. Sponsored content for recruitments within your WikiProject sub-groups are also welcome, including requests for copyediting, photographic work, peer review, etc. We'll be very happy to include them here. This edition special Translation Department: Can you read and write any languages of India? Do you know multiple languages and are looking to keep your skills at a high level or improve them? If so, the Translation Depeartment may be for you! The translation department of the India WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to India for the goals of the project. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors with non-English sources. The department aims to provide services in transliteration, formulating scripts for various languages, as well as translating articles from one language to another and validating sources in other languages to that of the encyclopedia article. If you are looking for a friendly translator here is your go-to point. Currently, we are still seeking representation for Kashmiri, Nepali, Oriya, Sindhi and Tulu, as well as reinforcements in all other languages. Signed... Edited by YellowMonkey and distributed by Lostintherush

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