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1 February 20, 2008- April 29, 2008 2 April 30, 2008- May 16, 2008 3 May 16, 2008- June 3, 2008 Current

Re: Wikinews admin

Generally takes to be known and trusted in the community, say a few months and a few hundred edits with participation in discussions etc. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 06:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Description of SMVS as below

External link for SMVS is www.swaminarayandham.org SMVS (Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha) Common Goal is to reach to Lord Swaminarayan. We are striving to obtain this. Founder of SMVS : HDH Devnandandasji Swamishree (HDH Bapji) “Lord Swaminarayan is the all does of all acts” HDH Bapji Deputy HDH of SMVS: HDH Satyasankalpdasji Swamishree “ Lord Swaminarayan is center point of all actions of SMVS. Various activities are carriers out by SMVS in service of the society keeping this belief paramount in it mind.” HDH Swamishree Aims & Objects: We believe in serving the Society for their prosperity thru religious and social activities for which we receives blessing from Lord Swaminarayan and also we make society understand to give addiction and superstition free. SMVS though in infancy stage, has been making rapid strides in building a mammoth spirituals, socio-cultural and educational institutions based on, but without compromising on ideals, teaching and philosophy of Bhagawan Swaminarayan, Jeevanpran Abjibapashri, under inspiration from HDH Param Pujya Bapji and dynamic leadership of Pujya Swamishri.

For propagating the preaching and teaching of Lord Swaminarayan which are aimed at moral and spiritual uplift of mankind. His Divine Holiness Anadimukta Guruvarya Shri Devnandandasji Swamishri (in reverence called Param Pujya Bapji by his countless devotees and followers) is the founder and the chief mentor of the organization. Multifaceted activities in areas like social, cultural, educational, religious fields are carried out by SMVS under the direct inspiration and guidance of Param Pujya Bapji and his second in-command Shri Satyasankalpdasji Swami (affectionately called Pujya Swamishree) From a very modest beginning in 1983. SMVS has today developed into a big and multifaceted institution. SMVS has 25 main centers in different parts of Gujarat state, wherein 50 Holy saints, 45 lady saints and about 400 front-line devotees and volunteers are entrusted religious duties. Many of our saints and devotees have visited USA, UK and Canada and other parts of the world in the past to propagate preaching and teaching of lord Swaminarayan and also to monitor construction and expansion of lord Swaminarayan temples as well as other related religious and cultural activities such as functioning of medical centers, old age homes, hospitals etc. behind this rapid progress lies continuous and untiring efforts of Pujya Swamishree, deputy HDH of SMVS. All saints, lady saints and front line devotees have embraced the Swaminarayan sect in pursuit of happiness and peace for mankind. They have dedicated their lives in serving and helping people spiritually and to carry the message of lord Swaminarayan to people of worldwide. The living expenses of the saints, lady saints and frontline devotees are funded by the trust.

SMVS Activities: Moral & Cultural Tireless efforts to bring to fore Indian culture deep-rooted in every Indian’s heart through multifaceted moral and cultural activities and to rejoin them with Lord Swaminarayan. More than 100 camps. Millions of visitors to religious & cultural functions in India. Religious examinations annually. Health Care 4 medical centers in different parts of Gujarat state including pathology center. Mobile medical centre for Panchmahal district a tribal area of Gujarat state. More than 200000 people have been treated during three annual grand functions in the year 1995, 2002 & 2006. In 2001, individual prayers for each patient in major government hospitals of major cities of Gujarat state. Educational 2 educational institutions running successfully at Swaminarayan Dham located at Gandhinagar with capacity of more than 2000 students. Our Swaminarayan Dham International school is affiliated with Cambridge University, UK. Environmental “We believe in environmentally friendliness” Thousands tree have been planted in different parts of Gujarat state. Collections of scrap and other materials for recycling from common man. All leading Ahmedabad city government hospitals, cleaning and washing programs were conducted. Social Experienced and properly trained more than 3500 committed volunteers are carrying out door to door campaign to understand social and other problems faced by individuals and society as a whole with a view to bring about transformation in the society for the better. Thousand of families have adopted to have assemblies on day to day basis to develop humanitarian activities among the families. Millions have been educated to give up addictions. Jan Sampark campaign reaching each and every family of major districts of Gujarat State. Relief Whether it is drought, earthquake or floods or any other natural calamities SMVS is always ready to provide succor to the needy. Tribal HDH Bapji has extensively toured tribal areas and has extended helping hand to poor and downtrodden among them. HDH Bapji always says that a tribal devotee is closer to his heart. SMVS has reached out to poorest of poor among tribals of Panchmahal District. SMVS always stand by those who are poor and downtrodden. More than 50 centers are in operation for tribal’s prosperity and several centers are underway. More than 30000 people have been educated to give up addictions and superstitions by our saints and as on today they are free from all these and living very happy and peaceful life. Regular weekly assemblies organized and attended by saints and front line devotees in villages. HDH Bapji loves tribal and they adore him. Spiritual Temples of SMVS in Gujarat and abroad are the centers actively engaged in imparting lessons of spirituality. Saints trained by HDH Bapji are ready to plunge into the service and welfare of the society. More than 25 permanent centers in the western part of India. More than 7 permanent centers around the Globe. More than 400 Bal Mandal’s for the age group between 8 to 14. More than 250 Kishor Mandal’s for the age group between 15 to 25. More than 400 Yuvak Mandal’s for the age group above 25. Regular training for saints and front line devotees thru special camps. Women Development Woman has very important place in the society. SMVS has not forgotten this. Our lady saints (Sadhvi’s) teach and preach ladies wing of society. More than 250 Balika Mandal’s for the age group between 8 to 14. More than 150 Kishori Mandal’s for the age group between 15 to 25. More than 150 Mahila Mandal’s (Ladies Wing). A number of activities aimed at bringing improvement in condition of women in the society are being carried out by SMVS. Appreciation Dignitaries from India and abroad have been highly impressed by activities carried out by SMVS in various fields. One and all have acclaimed that such activities can not be undertaken without the divine help. Ksoni (talk) 12:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

JS

Thanks for helping. I m very much new for wikipedia. Pl guide me step by step. have started above subjected / contented article. how I find? yes saminarayandham is my alternate username. but now onwards I contribute from ksoni only. Ksoni (talk) 06:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

3RR

I was the guy who reverted thrice! Im aware of this rule and was careful enough not to violate it. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 21:20, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Get involved with whatever you want to get involved in and have faith in - if u dont its fine. Take a look at Talk: Tejendraprasad Pande, leave your thoughts if you wish. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Sandbox

I forgot to tell u - uv finally managed to get me hooked onto the sandbox. Take a look at it - theres a link to it on my talk page. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 22:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Not a ton - much more than tht - Ill try and help. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Council's participants

In a recent announcement, it was decided that the number of participants were to be reduced as part of an overhaul, i guess, of the page. See User talk:Simply south#WikiProject_Council_roll_call, of which a similar message was sent to everyone's page (i assume). ?Those who seemed no longer interested in this main project of projects, were removed by the deadline (indicated by the *). If you are still interested, or if i removed you by mistake, feel free to readd yourself. Simply south (talk) 09:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Userpage template

Hey! I was wondering if I could copy the style of your userpage? I'm tired of my own userpage, and I can't create that good looking templates. Thanks. El iAS 21:13, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		I, Ilyushka88, award you this Barnstar, because your userpage is one of the best looking in the whole Wikipedia. Clean looking userpages are the best. El iAS 21:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I just needed to give that. Your user page is just awesome. I can add it myself, too, as I like challenges. But sure if you would like to do it, it would be much appreciated. El iAS 21:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the template. I will edit and add it to my userpage tomorrow, as I need some sleep now. Good night and happy editing! El iAS 21:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to do what you want to it. El iAS 15:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I didn't know there's a template for userpage-barnstar. If you want, I can change it. Ilyushka88 (talk) 21:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks like you gave it to Tinucherian. That's where I found it. Ilyushka88 (talk) 22:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Autographs

I didn't have an autograph page, but now I do! Click "Sign"WikiZorro^sign 23:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Award

		The SimsFan Special Thank You Award
		There you go. Thanks for signing my guestbook. SimsFan^{Talk • Centre of Ops • Sign and Get Award} 07:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Translation of Message left on gu.wiki

પ્રિય મિત્ર જુઠાણી, આપે બનાવેલું પાનું Juthani1 વિકિપીડિયાની નિતી વિરુદ્ધ છે. મેં આ પાનું હટાવવા માટે માર્ક કર્યું છે, જો તમે ઇચ્છતા હોવ કે તેને જેમ છે તેમ રહેવા દેવું જોઇએ તો તે માટેનું કારણ આપશો અથવાતો તે લેખને સમૃધ્ધ કરશો. બીજી વાત એ કે ગુજરાતી વિકિમાં પાનાનું શિર્ષક ગુજરાતીમાં જ હોવું જોઇએ, અને જો તમારે તમારા પોતાનાં વિષે માહિતિ આપવી હોયતો, તમારા મારા વિષે પાના ઉપર તે માહિતિ ઉમેરો. --ધવલચર્ચા/યોગદાન ૧૨:૩૪, ૧ મે ૨૦૦૮ (UTC)

"http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Juthani1" થી લીધેલું

Translation of the above:

Dear Friend Juthani,

The page Juthani1 is against Wikipedia policy, I have marked it for deletion. If you wish it to remain there, please explain why do you think so or please enrich the page. Another thing is that, page title in Gujarati wikipedia should be in Gujarati only and If you wish to provide information about yourself, the best way is to do it on your User Page. --Dhaval^{Discussion/Contibution} 12.34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

When I said that, I meant as the page you have created has got nothign else in it but the IMage, and source of the image is not known there. If you want to upload the image, pelase do so on commons and link the image to the page containing the text under appropriate page name. Hope this time I was better able to explain, I thought as you had created Username in gu.wiki you might be able to read gujarati. Pelase pardon me for that.-- Dhaval^Talk 12:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Infobox

Whts with the Infobox for the Swaminarayan page - thgt of a way out? AroundTheGlobe (talk) 15:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

U cant use tht template - u hv to use the uniform deity template only. The only way I can c is to swap the img with the one right at the bottom - if u hv another way out tell me. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 15:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup, but Swaminarayan and Sahajanand Swami are the only 2 options ATM, - I cant think of something else thts apt. AroundTheGlobe (talk) 15:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

U seen the RadhaKrishna and Radha Ramana pages? ATG t 15:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Do u no how to delete a sandbox page. I made one for the Radhashtak - hv completed tht n put it up - now how do I delete da pg? ATG ^t 21:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks- put it. I wanted to delete the pg I made within the Sandbox for the Radhashtak not the wole sandbox. ATG ^t 21:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

My secret page!

Here you go! WikiZorro^sign 23:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

This user has found WikiZorro's secret page. Can You?

No problem! If there's anything from WP you need copied I'll do it for you! Cheers! WikiZorro^sign 23:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for the award. You too have made an excellant userpage. Keep it up -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 07:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Cleaning

All the paramhansa articles need to be cleaned - ASAP - before anyone else gets down to it and starts deleting imp. info. ATG ^t 20:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Lots of POV ATG ^Contact 20:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Userpage

Hey! Your userpage looks awesome! Sorry but I can't really think of anything that could be improved. Ilyushka88 (talk) 21:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Some BS

		The Hidden Page Barnstar
		I award you one for finding User:Trekphiler's page for people who always think that "new message" bar is real. Aren't you glad you checked your mail? Trekphiler (talk) 00:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC) BTW, what brought you to the page? Trekphiler (talk) You "earned" it. It's kind of a neat gag. Thanx for the info. Trekphiler (talk) 01:11 & 01:12, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

RE:Image Violation

I don't know which images are you talking about. And apparently they were already deleted by an administrator. So please, send me the flickr links to the images and I'll tell you why I request it's deletion. In the future, you can upload flickr images directly to Commons through this tool. In case the tool refuse the upload, then the license of that particular flickr image isn't allowed in Commons (Commons only accepts the CC-BY or CC-BY-SA variants of the Creative Commons licenses). Cheers, Kved (talk) 02:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC) PD:And please, excuse my crappy english.

Hi again, I was checking your latest contribs, and found this. These images were deleted from Commons because some of them were "© All rights reserved" and others were CC-BY-NC-ND, one of the Creative Commons licenses that are not allowed in Wikimedia Commons. In Wikimedia Commons fair use doesn't apply as it does on the English Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Commons itself does not allow fair use or uploads under non-free licenses, including licenses which restrict commercial use of materials or disallow derivative works. Licenses that are acceptable include the GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons Attribution and ShareAlike licenses, and the public domain.

– Policies and usage of Wikimedia Commons

I hope this answers your questions about the deletion. Cheers, KveD (talk) 02:48, 22 May 2008 (UTC) PD: And again, please forgive the multiple, and surely aberrant errors in my english speech.

You did everything right except for the last step, there was a legend in the bottom that says: "You must then click this link to complete the upload." You don't clicked on that link. :P I clicked that link for you, and the image is now uploaded. KveD (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Relevant articles to WP:KRISHNA

Juthani, can you please suggest the articles that you feel should be included in the scope? The proposed banner is:

{{WikiProject Hinduism
|class=  
|importance=
<!-- Wikiproject specific tags -->
|vaishnavism=yes
|krishna=yes
}}

Wikidās -ॐ 06:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Sahajanand Swami

JSN,

I feel all other subdinominations, which have a sizeable following need to be mentioned. I would hv liked just Swaminarayan Sampraday in the succession part, but the others there hv a right to mention on basis of sizeable following. Iv revv u on this count.

The img is gud - but I dont understand ur motive. The other one (Last on the Bhagwan page) has haars, mughat and a great pichwai, this luks comparitively simple (very beautiful though not apt). I hv a pic of Ghanshyam Maharaj in the Ahmedabad mandir (the mandir Bhagwan himself made in Ahmedabad) - hv uploaded tht - temme wht u think of it -

I think something with shringar wld b more apt. ATG ^Contact 15:48, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

How is this one - Lemme know .. ATG ^Contact 15:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I dont know wht to do with Gathering of Vadodara the whole thing luks POV to me. ATG ^Contact 16:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Iv made a new pg on the Mandir in Karachi (Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Karachi) - cld u pl go thru it & temme if there is any POV. Iv tried to make it as NPOV as poss with max. references. ATG ^Contact 20:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I came across a translation of the aarti today which is different from the one you put up. There are a few differences, like where u put O Narayan .. this translation says The Divine brothers Nara-Narayan Dev has taken birth in the brahmin family as human beings .. this is the translation for the words Narayan Nar bhrata dvija ... Now as Nar and Narayan are clearly mentioned in the lyrics, I feel there may be some mistakes in the one you put up, hence Iv changed it with ref - if u hv a problem then tell me. ATG ^Contact 14:33, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Sahajanand Swami Maharaj ni jai!! BTW u seen the Gathering of Vadodara and Karachi Mandir pages - Id like ur feedback .. ATG ^Contact 20:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey I got a msg frm Wikidas tht u dont want Swaminarayan articles to come under the Krishnaism purview .. I hv spoken to him to change the wording from project for RadhaKrishna to project for Krishna and RadhaKrishna (rem Krishna is Ghanshyam Maharajs isht Dev, so I think its fine to hv Swaminarayan articles under the Krishna project ..). Do u agree with me or hv a diff. view? ATG ^Contact 20:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Hindi Script?? Thts devnagari isn it .. ATG ^Contact 21:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

The pic in the scriptures section luked gud - y did ya rm it? ATG ^Contact 08:52, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

JS from Ksoni

Hi Juthani, Thanks a lot for your contineous help. I have removed shri also, as you have said POV. U r requested to don't change our aim/goal. It is only important for the organization. Thnxs Ksoni (talk) 16:18, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

TfD: Template:VaishnavaSampradayasrs

I have nominated Template:VaishnavaSampradayasrs for deletion as suggested. Please comment and support/oppose the nomination there. Thanks --Shruti14 ^{t c s} 01:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

wikiproject banner

Juthani, The current banner states:

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Krishnaism, an attempt to promote better coordination, content distribution, and cross-referencing between pages dealing with Radha Krishna, Krishna and Krishnaism. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.

Can you comment if this is acceptable to Swaminarayan tradition articles. I suggest revising it to

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Krishnaism, an attempt to promote better coordination, content distribution, and cross-referencing between pages dealing with traditions worshiping Radha Krishna and Krishna. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.

Let me know if any other wording will suite Swaminarayan articles, I will add them to the project to be categorized and accessed. Thanks again for speaking up for me at RfC place. I do not like offensive tone and bulling, and your constructive comments and criticism are welcome. Wikidās -ॐ 19:10, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay as agreed I am adding the banner. I adding rating, but some articles I can not rate, so you may have to do it yourself. Wikidās -ॐ 23:03, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Cookie

Here's a cookie to thank you for signing my guest book:

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Vote pls

Juthani, chk z message below. --Wikidās -ॐ 14:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Scope, update and voting

Whats new at Krishna's project

Wikipedia:WikiProject Krishnaism - whats new and happening!

Discussion on the scope of the project: Krishna-worship.
First DYK of he project Radha Ramana 22nd May 2008
Pages under construction Radha Krishna, Bala Krishna, Krishnaism.
Consensus is now reached on the proposal of merger of the new article Krishna Vasudeva into a separate section of Krishna here:

Please note the results of the vote on the proposal of merging new article on early worship of Krishna Vasudeva to the main article dedicated to the Hindu deity Krishna.

Krishna Vasudeva may have been worshiped in 4 century BC as a monotheistic deity.
This article is to be incorporated in a separate section of Krishna article.
Also, if you are ready to help with editing and assessment of the scope, please see the project page, and add your name to the list of participants.

Pic

I think a pic of Bhagwan writing the Shikshapatri wld b better. ATG ^Contact 23:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK

JSN,

There is a reason to celebrate. Today the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Karachi became the first Swaminarayan article to feature on the main page of wiki in the DYK section. BTW hv u seen the 2 merger proposals? Around The Globe^Contact 17:12, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Its a big baby step forward in the Project Swaminarayan that v r in the midst of. I was expecting the DYK since it was a self nom - but the pic was a complete surprise! And guess wht - u can tell the amt of attn the article has recd. by viewing the edit history - max. edits in a day - today. Bout the merger - The editor evidently does not have much knowledge of the subject. Around The Globe^Contact 20:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking of adding some info on each Paramhansa on the Bhagwan page - wht do u think? Around The Globe^Contact 22:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup Ill do it - yea Ill juz delete the old convo's soon .. Around The Globe^Contact 22:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Why go thru all this hassle when u can juz delete .. I nrmally juz delete old convo's frm time to time - this page history will hv it anyways. Around The Globe^Contact 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Dont bother - loo ath the 1st line of my talk page. Around The Globe^Contact 22:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I propose the merger of Akshardham (Delhi) as on Harish's sandbox with the article. Hes done a gr8 job - but I dont no why its nt on the article .. Around The Globe^Contact 22:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I trust you to sort that out. Iv supported you on the Bhagwan talk page. Around The Globe^Contact 22:42, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

How does the Paramhansa section look now? Around The Globe^Contact 23:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

You dint decrease the font - you removed the subsections!! Around The Globe^Contact 23:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Next DYK

If you want you can add some of SN temples if any to the article of Bala Krishna scheduled to be on the front page from tomorrow as DYK. Wikidās -ॐ 21:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Sahajanand Swami expansion

Im plannig to do this same thing with the temples bhagwan made. Our goal should now be to get the Bhagwan article up to Featured Article status. Around The Globe^Contact 23:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Ask him to state the right sp. and make a proposal on the talk page. Around The Globe^Contact 23:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Iv just been thru a few FA's to get an idea on how to move forward - in many of them the pictures are not all on the right .. I think we should follow this. Around The Globe^Contact 00:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I dont mean v should move all imgs to the left - moving some will mk the page look better and the right side less clogged. Around The Globe^Contact 00:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

see count

Juthani1 (talk • contribs • count)

Reward

For telling me the name of the mystery molecule, I hereby award you with 100,000 dollars!

--Wyatt 915 22:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Template

The new deity section can b confusing and I think it shld b removed - as all sects do not follow all the same deities .. this gives a different dimention to things - ppl may misinterpret it as deities followed by the whole faith .. Around The Globe^Contact 21:16, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

might be a better idea to hv a sep deity section for sep sects .. Around The Globe^Contact 21:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Do u no bout the template architecture - how to go abt it? Cauz Wikidas suggested tht v cld hv sep. collapsible sections for sep sects .. Iv no idea how to do tht - do u? Around The Globe^Contact 21:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

u dont need my permission my frnd .. i thgt u wer already working on a baps template .. i gtg now .. will thnk bout how to go bout the universal temp n let u no .. on the bhawan page having sep articles wld b crazy as then there r 5-7 sects and sooner or later each will put theirs .. its better to hv a sep samraday, baps and univeral temp .. i ttyl .. cy@ Around The Globe^Contact 21:42, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

He did - juz tht ppl hv diff views. How abt adding Shikshapatri/vachanamrut to the universal template. Around The Globe^Contact 01:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Article Hinduism

You seem to be reverting unexlpained edits. If you want to explore please goto the talk page and leave your comments there. removing sourced information is not prohibited in Wikipedia. --PadmaDharma101 (talk) 23:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Thank you for the barnstar, I really appreciate it! I like your userpage too. I'm thinking I should add a little colour to my buttons. Plus, out of curiousity... did you notice the Doodle Box section? Thanks again, and have a good day! _{TIM KLOSKE|TALK} 18:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Rama Navami

I'd love to help! Yeah, I can see that a lot of cleanup has to be done... --Shruti14 ^{t c s} 18:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Looks like a copy paste job Around The Globe^Contact 22:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Ram Navmi. Around The Globe^Contact 11:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Krishnaism

That's a point of view. For Vaishnavites, Krishna is God. For Moslems, Allah is God. God is not a name. The Judao-Christian God may be called Yahweh.

see, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/God see 1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe. 2. the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute: the God of Islam.

Thus, for Vaisnvaites, Vishnu is the supreme God, i.e., the God of Vaishnavism, with respect to definition 2. Raj2004 (talk) 01:45, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Supreme Being is fine. But you are wrong about God being a proper name. God is a Germanic term for a supreme Being. It's not even a Judaeo-Christian term!!

When you refer to god in the lowercase term (i.e., god), it does not mean a supreme being, but one of many gods, such as Greek mythology. Read www.dictionary.com again.

Raj2004 (talk) 10:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Juthani, just to give you our view, you may accept it or not but there is only one Supreme Lord, but he has many sides to His personality. He assumes various forms in which He relates to His devotees in different ways, and these forms have many different names. But according to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers, the svayam bhagavan form of God is Krishna. Krishna enjoys intimate relationships with His family and friends. Narayana (the same as Sri Hari and Sri Vishnu) is God in His official capacity, ruling over the spiritual kingdom Vaikuntha. We recommend especially to worship Krishna, because one can have a very sweet and intimate relationship with Him. However, we have nothing against those who prefer to worship Narayana-Vishnu in a mood of awe and reverence. Any worshiper of any form of the Supreme Lord must be respected as a Vaishnava. But worshipers of lesser gods, in other worship, worshipers of someone other than the Supreme Lord, are less fortunate. We can understand the different moods of Krishna and Vishnu by the example of a professional man, say a physician. In his clinic depend on him for keeping them alive and in good health, so they treat him with great respect. The same man is treated differently at home by his wife and children. Who is the real man, the one in the office or the one at home? We say that Krishna is the original God, because He reveals Himself in a personal way in His relationships with His devotees more fully than Vishnu does. Wikidās -ॐ 11:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

As far as wiki is concerned we should just follow the WP:MOS on capitalization. Wikidās -ॐ 19:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I need graphics editing help

I noticed you are listed to help people in designing their user pages.

Well, I need help with a similar type of thing - graphics editing.

I'm preparing to coordinate this:

Coming July 15th to the Awards Center: The Around the World Competition. Three types of awards will be presented, including a World Champion Trophy! Hone your advanced tools skills, 'cuz you'll need them! If you'd like to be kept up to date on this and other happenings at the AWC, sign up to receive the AWC Newsletter here.

and for it I'm developing some awards. Each award will include an image, and that's where I need help...

I've got to have all the awards done by July 15th, and I don't even have the first one finished yet.

I'm looking for someone who knows how (or is interested in jumping in and learning how) to work on images in xcf format using GIMP, or Inkscape, etc. (Because I and others will need to be able to edit each image's layers after you are done with it).

If this sounds like something you are interested in helping with, please drop me a note.

By the way, both GIMP and Inkscape are free, making it easy to get started from scratch.

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist 12:43, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I would love to help, but I'm not a good graphic designer. I haven't used the programs either. I like Astrohurricane can use Paint, thugh the graphic won't be as good. I can be of any other assistence if you need me. Juthani1 ^tcs 19:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

When I started this project a couple weeks ago, like you, I had only used MS Paint (and was reluctant to use, and was even intimidated by, other raster graphics editors). And like you, I'm not very good at graphics arts either. But I had read so many comments about GIMP (from other users here that I finally (with much hesitation) decided to download and try it. I was amazed!

Then, as I went looking for others who used GIMP (in order to take advantage of the xcf file format which saves layer info and therefore allows people to collaborate easily on the creation of images - each person can work on a different layer if need be which makes sharing projects easy), I kept running into users who loved Inkscape (a vector graphics editor, with many raster graphics features), and found out it also supports xcf. (I'm in the process of learning it now).

If you have the patience to spend hours tinkering with images in MS Paint, then you will absolutely love these other programs. The menus are semi-familiar and not too hard to figure out. Plus there is lots of help on these available - they have their own help, and there are lots of 3rd-party instructions available on the Web.

But I didn't need help much. With a little bit of trial and error, it was pretty easy to figure out which commands corresponded to the MS Paint icons and menu items. And many of the other commands are quite intuitive.

I was also very surprised at how powerful these programs are, being that they are free.

Trust me. You'll love them.

Without knowing much about the GIMP (except that it was "kick ass"), I was able to do the following:

I started looking around Wikipedia for a general geography award, and the interlingual barnstar caught my eye:

But the awards for the contest I will be running will be non-barnstar awards, and so the barnstar embedded in the image above makes it unusable for my purposes. So I stripped out the globe and barnstar by painting white over it with the pencil tool, to get this:

Image:Globe stand.png

I needed a transparent background, and all that took was to add a transparent ("alpha") layer, then select and delete the original background so the transparent background is all that was left:

Image:Globe stand with transparent background.png

I then found a picture of Earth in this screen capture from NASA's Worldwind program:

I carefully drew (with the pencil tool) a thick red ring around the Earth, blacked out (painted black over) everything outside the red ring, then made the black transparent, followed by making the red transparent, leaving just the globe.

The GIMP supports layering, scaling, and positioning, which makes it easy to add components, so I added the blue marble to the globe stand to get this...

Image:Blue Marble in stand.png

(I also adjusted its brightness).

Then I took this:

And added an alpha layer (1st transparent layer) to it and then deleted the white surrounding the globe (leaving just the transparent background), removed the black, changed the remaining white lines to black, and touched it up by erasing bits here and there, and adding a couple lines. Then I pasted the whole thing into the above image as a new layer, positioned it over the Blue Marble and underneath the rim of the globe stand and reduced the layer's opacity by a little over half.

Image:Blue Marble Puzzle Globe in stand.png

In the version above, I also isolated the shadow on the floor below the stand by moving it to its own layer (so it can be easily altered later), and I enlarged the canvas (the picture size) to make room for another item or two (I'd like to add a passport).

All of the above was a lot easier than I thought it would be. And if I can do it, then you'll be amazing at it.

GIMP is the same type of program as MS Paint, it just has a lot more tools and commands. And since it's free, why not try it?

I still use MS Paint for some of the little tricks I've learned to use it for, but now I use GIMP for almost all my image work.

Would you like me to send you the xcf file of the globe above so you can start tinkering with it? If you'd like to give this a try, email me your email address, and I'll email it to you.

The Transhumanist 22:09, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

In response to your message

Hi Juthani,

I was somewhat confused about the message you sent me, which you can see here. Thanks for your kind words anyway! – Obento Musubi (C • G • S) 19:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Stub

I suggest you make a cat for the stub. Around The Globe^Contact 23:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi - I see you have recently created one or more new stub types. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. This is partly in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it is otherwise correctly formatted, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and partly so that those who regularly deal with stub articles know what stub types are likely to need re-sorting soon. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 04:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Pic/Rama Navmi

Jai Swaminarayan bhai! Sorry about the pic and if I seemed rude about it also. I was in Belgium at their mandir and just started some work on the article on behalf of Yogvivek Swami, the London mandir mahant. I've got a lot of changing around to do on their (by the way, did you know it was under him that the new version of the article got put up?). Actually, I was wondering if you could help. Whilst I'm pretty darn good (if I say so my self) with article write-ups, I'm not so good with images. Swami said I have permission to put up photos from Mandir.org in the article but I'm not sure how that can be put into the licensing. Would you have any ideas? I'm changing it in my sandbox if you happen to want to try anything, but Swami's insisted that no information gets removed, or no new info is added without sources. -- Harish (Talk) - 09:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Woaaah, easy there tiger. The Akshardham article is currently off limits as it's being looked into by London santo. I'm touching that once they've given the go ahead on certain ideas and changes in the version I've showed them. I've left the grammatical issues and non-wiki links unlinked for that reason. I tend to do that bit after anyway ;) ... but I appreciate the comments on that effort greatly, and your willingness to add to it. About the 'dham photo, the only reason I have that current image for the infobox is because it shows the Akshardham complex, as oppose to just the central monument which itself is not Akshardham. I'll also see to getting permission to take my own photos as well. Thank you. -- Harish (Talk) - 17:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

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