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Ahmedabad

Hi AreJay - could you please spare time this weekend to help on this article? Akash and I are hoping to prepare for an FAC by Monday. This Fire Burns Always 23:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

HSR Layout

Hi AreJay,

Can you please spare some time and add relevant info to HSR Layout so that it can be saved from deletion. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Sikhism

O master of Portals! Can you please have a look at this baby - its got some format problems that I don't understand. This Fire Burns Always 05:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Hail to the King! Thanks man, This Fire Burns Always 13:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Land of Confusion

Hi AreJay, I was wondering if you could add your opinion on the Land of Confusion talk page; someone has split off the Disturbed section, and I opened a discussion on whether to re-merge it back to the main article. If you could also provide any assistance towards improving the article (merge or not), I'd appreciate it, as I think it's worthy of at least Good status. Hope to hear from you soon. Anthony Hit me up... 13:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Merge (Old medley)

Thanks for your comment. I've added a few merge suggestions today, so I will go back and put them all right! -Ladybirdintheuk 13:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Yo

Yo friend - hope everything's going well in Atlanta. If/when you have time, do check out WP:POTUS and Portal:Himalaya region. As for me, I've turned into a Wiki-Basil Fawlty.... Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 06:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Sure - feel free to make any changes you like. Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 04:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:NANO

Yo friend - do check out Portal:Nanotechnology - will really appreciate your advice and help. Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 03:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Bangladesh portal

Yo - request your help in making Portal:Bangladesh featured! Please check out Wikipedia:Peer review/Bangladesh portal/archive1 Rama's arrow 16:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

re: Hi

AreJay, your message brought me a smile. :) I've been busy too with non-wiki stuff and could only manage occasional edits here. I'm also editing Tamil Wiki and Tamil Wiktionary as I find time. If you're working on some articles, just drop a message and I'll try copyediting it. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 07:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Dear Sir, I am ok with ur stand. Adding of 'opinion' is fine as it doesnt shows Belgaon strugge and Maharashtra in bad light. Frankly speaking,i thot u r one of those kannadi chauvinists who were deliberately converting that article to pro-Karnataka.Just to let u know,Belgaon controversy's very essence is that Maharashtra thinks that there is majority of Marathi speakers there. Thanks. mahawiki 13:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It was surely a compliment.I dont insult anyone unless others do the same to me.Kannadi is a word extensively used to term speakers of Kannada atleast by Marathi and Hindi speaker.In fact 'Kannad people' this term is used by English speakers.Kannadiga is supposed to be a Kannad word(do we tell americans to call us Bhartiya).In fact many Kannadis refer Maharashtrians as 'Marathis', 'Maratis' etc.Since ur language name is kannada,its obvious to use an 'eekar'by us just as in Gujarati,punjabi,bangali marathi(s),tamil(s) etc.This summary is to confirm u that I didnt mean any offence to Kannadis.(I was happy though,as that Sarvagnya didnt appreciate it) There's no reason to bother anyone because no one's bothering me now.So going by ur word,I would term Kannadis as Kannadiga here after. Thanks. mahawiki 13:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Your comment on the Notice Board

Thanks for opining on the issue. But your post there is a little ambiguous in that, it deals with 'translations' of the said articles, but is posted under "Sanskrit and Devanagari". Please take another look at your post and if possible move it to a more appropriate heading among

this, this or this I mean, your post is already under the third one, but i guess it was meant to be under the second one. Also you address two issues in your post 1) native translations 2)script used in original. I didnt fully understand your point about (2). Please clarify if its not too much trouble. Also please say something about this(if you have anything to say ie.) Sarvagnya 23:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Wow! Thanks a million! Actually I was gonna be pinging u myself(about the vector maps). btw, great work on the bagalkot page. I've been trying to create vector maps myself. I havent yet put in a whole lot of effort into it and as of now, i dont even have much of a clue how i'd go about doing it. i tried to play around in inkscape a bit, but couldnt figure out anything. so can you help me with a little 'how-to' about those vector maps? also, I wanted to ask you, on the chennai page and couple of other pages, you guys've quoted the 2006(or is it 2k5) census figs. where did u get it? coz all i can find is the 2k1 figures for most other places. also take a quick look at Portal:Karnataka i just created. Any help to improve it'll be greatly appreciated. Sarvagnya 01:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Genesis lineup

I'm clearly missing something. Where on the talk page is there anything pertaining to Ray Wilson, and his removal (or not) from the cenventional list of current members? I can see discussion on the possible but unconfirmed re-union iwth Collins. I can see a section on the infobox, but that doesn't have anything relevent. In fact I can't see any mention of Wilson's name on the talk page at all. As far as I can see this continual removal of Wilson from the list is misguided, since Calling All Stations was the last album, and Wilson was an active member at that time. When you commented "please see talk" what was I supposed to be seeing? Forgive me, but unless I see a credible argument for his removal from the list, I feel obliged to correctly re-instate it for accuracy of the article. Cain Mosni 14:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that. It wasn't there when I looked earlier. Either you were still editing it, or something flaked. Anyhow - answered in situ. Cain Mosni 14:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Portal help

Hello AreJay. I created Portal:Gujarat yesterday. Can you take a quick look at it and suggest any changes. Also, I created the selected articles page modelled on Portal:India/Selected articles. Can you tell me how to make the contents not appear like they currently are (taking up only half the screen and not the complete width of the screen like the Portal:India version)? Thanks. - Aksi_great (talk) 14:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Looks better now. I have already begun my search for good Gujarat-related articles to fill the page. Most of the code should work as I spent hours copying pages from Portal:India yesterday. Only the colour scheme looks dull. - Aksi_great (talk) 15:37, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Please comment

Please take a look at this when you find time and comment. Thanks. Sarvagnya 08:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

ER, Dhaka and Kazi Nazrul Islam

Hi AreJay - if/when you have time, please do have a look at the FACs of Dhaka, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Wikipedia:Editor review/Rama's Arrow 2. Rama's arrow 12:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem holmes. Have a beer in my name! Rama's arrow 02:21, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Kaveri Dispute article

Hi, After a long time, I have completed the Kaveri_River_Water_Dispute article in some shape and form. Most importantly, I've added some refs. Can you please take a look at the article and let me know if there are any glaring POV or anything that has the potential to be seen as POV. If you find anything, please let me know and I will add refs. Also the refs I've already added need some cleanup. Can you help me with this. I only know to add refs the 'plain vanilla' way. Also, while I've added refs for most of the controversial or potentially controversial portions, some parts of the article is still unreferenced. I will add it in due course. For all the above reasons, I've still left the underconstruction tag on. Once I get feedback from you, I'll remove it. I'll also make this request to few other editors, so that we minimise any risk of edit warring on that article. Thanks. Sarvagnya 23:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


Bangalore

Hi AreJay, The latest revert on Bangalore article looks incorrect, as it again points to that user's version having that external link. :) Basically he had made two edits, and the revert using popups has just reverted his latest edit. Did you want to remove the link added by him? Then you will need to remove it again (either through reverting to previous version or manually deleting it). Thanks - KNM Talk - Contribs 23:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok. Done - KNM Talk - Contribs 14:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


Hi AreJay, Thanks for reorgnising Etymology section. Can you please provide the citation for this statement?

"It states that the place was part of the Ganga kingdom and was known as Benga-val-oru, the "City of Guards" in old Kannada."

It would help. Thank you! - KNM Talk 02:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


Thanks much for the citation. I had always wondered what is "Benga-val-oru" , as it doesn't translate to "City of Guards". Atleast I am not familiar with the words, "Benga", "val" and "oru". :)
Just corrected the spelling, as per the citation. Please take a look.
The citation you have provided indeed is a great article from Hindu, detailing so many things about history of Bangalore. Thanks again. - KNM Talk 03:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi AreJay, Long time. How are you? Could you please comment here? Cheers, Ganeshk (talk) 00:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali!!!
Known as the "Festival of Lights" in India, Diwali symbolises the victory of good over evil. It represents celebration of hope and life, and is an occasion to strengthen relationships. This year, it is celebrated on June 11, 2008. I take this as an occasion to wish you the best in the days to come. May this Diwali invigorate you, bringing you more happiness and content. Happy Diwali!!!

-- Chez (Discuss / Email) • 11:40, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

KAR infobox

Hi. Any progress? Any decisions?? Please respond here. Thanks. Sarvagnya 00:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Genesis photos

The pics were deleted from Commons because they lacked a reliable source indicating that they were, in fact, in the public domain. The fact that some website states that random images people send there are in the public domain does not make it so.--Eloquence* 03:11, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

ಸುವರ್ಣ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ

ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು!!

Wish you a very happy Kannada Rajyothsava. - KNM 1 November 2006

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Cats and Dogs Portals

Hi, AreJay. If you can offer some tips on the respective portal talk pages about how to improve Cats and Dogs up to "featured" quality, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Rfrisbietalk 18:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:PKL

Hello AreJay! Here's yet another portal review request for you. Please do take a look at Portal:Kerala when you have time and post your comments either at the India PR. It is built very much based on the WP:PIN skin.Thanks!--thunderboltz(Deepu) 09:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Montreal screwjob

Hi AJ - I've put this article for FAC. Please do check it out if/when you have time. Rama's arrow 14:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I've fixed all your points except the fan reaction one - the crowd in Montreal was outraged because they immediately realized that Hart had been screwed, especially as they saw his reaction against Michaels and McMahon. Everyone else knew something weird had happened until word spread. Rama's arrow 00:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
The source for this is Dave Meltzer's account; also I couldn't find a specific ref for Michaels' comment at WMXII, so I took the mention out. Rama's arrow 00:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Latest point is fixed. Rama's arrow 00:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Genesis (band) FAR

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Hi!!

Hello, how are you? You seem to be back now in WP. How was the break? It was really very long! Anyway, welcome back. Happy editing! Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Genesis FAC

Hey AreJay, the FAC is close to a keep at this stage; the article needs a light copyedit (which I can do), but some reviewers have raise an issue with the number of fair use ogg file used on the page. I agree on this point, the number is excessive, esp. as the text does not specifically discuss many of them. If you could cut the number down to a manageable level, that would be great; and files removed could be added to a specific song or album article. Ceoil 20:49, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Great. If you have time to select the files you want to remain, I can shorten where necessary. Ceoil 09:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Its heartbreaking in a way, but thanks. If the files are not already on the album or song pages, we can move them there. Its a very good article, I'm hoping this will be a keep. Ceoil 10:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Just a quick note to say I thought the section heading were more helpful before you switched to time periods. Thanks for you work on the oggs, bty. I'm struggling to get to the ce, but it will happen! Thanks for the patience. Ceoil 22:06, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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Indian collaboration of the week news

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The present collaboration of the week is Religion in India. Please go through the talk page of the article to see the proposed changes in the article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

DIFX

I'll add comment here since the IP addressing is dynamic in the UAE.

You're obviously doing a great deal of commendable and time-consuming work on the Dubai page (I added a comment to that effect on the talk show there) so keep up the good work and don't mind me. Your information about DIFX, whilst no doubt correct and factual, is about as useful, and trivial, as a route description of an obscure bus route. DIFX is a long way from the LSE or NYSE. On almost any given trading day, nothing (I mean that literally) is traded on DIFX. Whereas DFM will trade millions of shares. Market websites list the exact figures every day so that seems to be the most relevant source to use. They're already listed on the wikipedia pages for each of the UAE stock markets. As is, the Dubai page gives a sense of importance to the DIFX that, IMHO, is overinflated.

Recreation section in Dubai

Hi. You reverted my content on recreation in Dubai. I have opened this up for discussion here. Peter Campbell 07:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)