User:Kuaichik

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This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

I will not be available to make very many changes on Wikipedia. I am getting more and more involved in research. A thousand pardons! BUT: I will make changes every now and then, whenever I have the opportunity.

Current Editing Status: I am (and have lately been) temporarily available to make a few small edits time and again. Now that summer vacation has started, I will probably be even busier than before(!), because I have to study for the GRE and do some research in machine translation. Perhaps I will make progress on some other research projects as well.

This user is a Wikipedian in the United States of America

Contents 1 Background (And Username) 2 My Edits on Wikipedia 3 Planned (Possible) Pages 4 Planned Edits 5 Planned Translations 6 Wiki Failures (Sigh)

[edit] Background (And Username)

My real name is Vijay John. My parents are from Kerala, but I was born in (or near) Cleveland, where I was baptized by Philipose Mar Chrysostom Thirumeni. However, like my parents and brother, I am atheist.

I have a website (http://www.jaimalayalam.com) that teaches Malayalam. It can also be found on the Malayalam language and Malayalam script Wikipedia pages (in the External Links sections). It is in serious need of technological and organizational improvement.

I am primarily interested in foreign languages (in this case meaning languages other than English) and linguistics.

"Kuaichik" literally means "one yuan" in Tibetan.

I speak thirteen languages fluently (or used to...I currently try to review some of them), so I will keep improving Wikipedia articles in various other languages. By "fluently," I mean that I can have a conversation with a native speaker. These thirteen languages are the following: English, Malayalam, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Thai, Latin, Hindustani, and Swahili.

[edit] My Edits on Wikipedia

I had previously created the Ankur (film) page. However, I encourage others to participate in the modification, and I apologize profusely if anyone was trying to edit while I was editing. (As a side-note: I love that film! It's become my favorite!!)

The other page I have created so far is Piya Ka Ghar, a simple but realistic and naturally acted Bollywood film.

I have created most of the Fan Li page. I have used only one source (a comic book version of 经商宝典) because it is the only source I readily have at my disposal. I invite anyone to correct and dispute my changes, however.

[edit] Planned (Possible) Pages

Whenever I get the time, I might also make pages concerning the movie Pookkalam Varavayi, the short story collection Payyan Kathakal, Aithihyamala (aithiihyamaala), A.R. Rajarajavarma, Dr. P.K. Narayanappilla, Mayura Sandesam (mayuurasandeSam), Malayalasaakunthalam (malayaaLaSaakunthaLam), N. Ramakurup, Chakki Chankaram, Kolla Varsham, the Kingdom of Tolosa, various Romanies (including Schutka Weinrich, Sidonie Adlersberg, and Janusz Kwiek), Vaisakhan, Ormayude Paalangalil, Aji Ichi Monme, and Keralapanineeyam (kEraLapaaNiniiyam). I might also consider making pages dealing with some of my more famous family members (if I decide that they are important enough to form Wikipedia articles).

I have decided it is unlikely I will make pages on Indian art films or Romani genetics, or for that matter, Standard Mandarin and Hindustani transliteration.

[edit] Planned Edits

I once tried to edit the page on Kalidasa, but it didn't work because I took too long to enter the information and it was all lost. (Maybe I will eventually try again!). I have made a few edits to Pather Panchali and even fewer to Malayalam language, but I might need to make more. I have also edited the article for Chemmeen.

I also am thinking of improving the V.K.N., Mirza Ghalib, Kalakkaththu Kunchan Nambiar, Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Disciples of Confucius, Jawaharlal Nehru (concerning his national language policy), Chinese language (the Romanization section), Muziris, Calcutta trilogy, rice congee, Boyash, and No Reservations pages, as well as the articles for Satyajit Ray's other films and Romani-related articles.

[edit] Planned Translations

At last, the Spanish Wikipedia is larger than the Swedish one! I might continue edits every now and then, whenever I can spare a bit of time. (Like now!)

Later, though, the languages I translate to and from may change.

I was thinking of creating pages for nearly all of Satyajit Ray's feature films in Spanish. However, I realize that the equivalent pages in English are underdeveloped and will probably edit those pages first.

It might be a good idea for me to also translate some articles into English, such as that of the "Lycée Leconte de Lisle" in Réunion (which is available only in French). In particular, after signing up on the German Wikipedia, I notice that many of its articles contain some information not yet included on the English Wikipedia (and vice versa, of course). For this reason, I plan to make improvements based on information from the German Wikipedia as well.

[edit] Wiki Failures (Sigh)

I have a list of what I call "Wiki Failures." I consider them "Wiki Failures" because they are not (or were not) objective by Wikipedia standards. The "Wiki failures" on my list (as of the last time it was edited) are the articles on Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Abhijan, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, and (in spite of my efforts to remove POV and nonsense) Malik Bin Deenar. But more than anything, the one page I clearly see as a huge Wiki Failure now is the Romani people article (for one, "Romani people" is currently a redirect!). I think I can remove Pratidwandi now. The Midnapore and Mirza Ghalib articles used to be on my list, but they have been substantially improved. I am also editing the article on Pather Panchali; I have removed nonsense from that page.

Hindi, too, seems to be (currently) a dismal Wiki failure. What is especially remarkable about that article (as opposed to the others above) is that it used to have a lot of useful information, but now some of that information has been replaced by unsourced POV.