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Crohn's disease

Thanks for the barnstar, Samir. Actually I stole the idea from Tourette's syndrome. I hope it will help Crohn's become a FA soon. --apers0n 06:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Disembarc in Tsingtao

I found it by entering "Tsingtao" in Firefox's search function and clicking "Find Next" a couple of times. The offending portion is in section (?) 30, and reads, "Chinan and Tsingtao were captured during December 1937-January 1938. Japanese naval forces actually seized Tsingtao before Army troops arrived (January 10, 1938)." NatusRoma | Talk 07:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Samir,

Thanks for dropping by. I am currently busy with my studies (exam and all), so not much active nowadays. Even you seem to be on a wikibreak. Hopefully I will return to full activity by December. Take care, — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:13, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Hi there, me again. Don't worry, nothing wrong with the images — I'd just like to say: Best. Wikibreak. notice. Ever. Enjoy. Fvasconcellos 11:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

thanks

Hi Samir - thanks for co-nomming me. Lemme know whenever I can be of assistance - I'm already at work! Rama's arrow 02:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[Statement of gratitude]

[Unique statement of excitement]!

[Your username name, not subst:ed properly], [statement of gratitude] for [your specific vote] in [link to request for adminship], which passed with a final tally of [final tally][percent in parentheses (optional)]. I plan to [statement of intentions regarding admin tools] and [statement acknowledging oppose votes as helpful]. If you [type of desire for help] or want to provide any [type of feedback], feel free to [link to talk page or e-mail]. [Statement of gratitude, again (optional)] [signature of new admin]

Because people often complain that RfA thank-you messages are impersonal, I thought I'd give you the opportunity to create your own. -- tariqabjotu 03:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

And, if I haven't said so already, [statement of gratitude] for nominating me! -- tariqabjotu 03:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello friend! How are you?

--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Rabindranath Tagore

Hi Samir, This article has been protected since about 1 week. There has been no discussion going on in the talk page. If you feel comfortable unprotecting it now, please do. Thanks. - KNM Talk 08:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Bibliographic database

Samir, How do I get to the old articles that were merged into Biobliographic Database? Heavenhelllord 19:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

SELEX: Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment

What do you think about this article? Author is SPA and won't respond to talk msgs. Do you think it's way too complex for WP? Is he trying to promote something not-yet-established? Thanks. - crz crztalk 18:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Do you think it's way too complex for WP? - crz crztalk 00:44, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi all. The subject itself is certainly worthy of an article, but is far too technical as it's written; it also has some minor POV issues. It could use more than a little polishing, but it's well within notability standards. – ClockworkSoul 00:57, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

help me

where is the criteria?

how do u answer so fast, r u a computer or a person?

where is my talk page?

Mikewrinkle 03:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

how can you wait 90 minutes for a bleeding stomach?? Mikewrinkle 03:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

my grandpa used to live in toronto ontario...i liked it there Mikewrinkle 03:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

i have to wait 30 minutes before my ride is here, and we can go smoke some cannibis...will u talk to me for 30 more minutes?? Mikewrinkle 03:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

so r u like a surgeon or just a reg doctor?

hahahaha this is tight...u canadians smoke a lot, i know u know whats up

i love u samir

so i dont see the stuff i say show up on your talk page, so im guessing u have to "approve" the comments before they can go on ur page...how can i set mine up like this?? Mikewrinkle 03:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for adding a note to your notificatioon re DYK. It humanized Wikipedia for me tonight: much better than a barnstar. --Wetman 09:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re : Nicolas de Servières

Feel free to delete this as soon as read. Logically it should be moved, his name is Nicolas Grollier de Servière but with the problems of accessing accents in US keyboards at least a redirection should be maintained from the current title. Oops, this edit was by me Chris CII 10:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Surely, this must have something to do with me? ... and no, I am not paranoidNearly Headless Nick {L} 12:20, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
What the blood clot! Of course it effex0ring doesn't. -- Samir धर्म 10:50, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
I am sure you are doing many things for teh lulz. — Nearly Headless Nick {L} 13:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete the Encyclopedia Dramatica page and yet not the Uncyclopedia page?

They are both parodies of Wikipedia, which badly needs parodies. Why is it important to delete the page for Encyclopedia Dramatica but not Uncyclopedia? Sure, ED relies heavily on bad taste humour, and celebrates WP vandals, but shouldn't people know this? --Zaorish 16:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I deleted no pages. I have no idea why you and others keep on asking me this. See the deletion log. My name's not on it. Please stop bothering me -- Samir धर्म 01:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
From Encyclopedia Dramatica's history log:
  1. 05:03, 11 October 2006 Samir (The Scope) (Talk | contribs) protected Encyclopedia dramatica ::(deleted page [edit=sysop:move=sysop])
  2. 05:03, 11 October 2006 Samir (The Scope) (Talk | contribs) deleted "Encyclopedia dramatica"
Many of people are wondering this, so please make with the explaining. :-P
The suicide forest 01:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Also, a screenshot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/the_suicide_forest/wikipediadrama.png?t=1165799282
The suicide forest 01:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Stop hassling people. An Encyclopedia Dramatica article is not appropriate and will never be allowed. Samir deleted Encyclopedia dramatica, not Encyclopedia Dramatica (if you got the case right, he'd be able to find it) and he was right to do so. If you have a problem with this, take it back to ArbCom. Sarah Ewart 01:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think I'm hassling anybody. Today is the first day I've brought this up. Furthermore, neither the protection and deletion of the ED page (I think) or the talk page (I know for sure) is justifiable according to Wikipedia rules. Hence why discussion logs and voting logs were deleted and why there is no place for Wikipedians to bring up this subject for discussion amongst themselves.

I don't know if there's a reason for the deletion of the main page, but if there is I'd like to see it. And either way I'd like to know why Wikipedians are being kept from discussing this.

Also, WTF is this about it not being appropriate? If you mean content of the site, since when is appropriateness of content reason for exclusion from Wikipedia? The suicide forest 01:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

This is the entire contents of the article Samir deleted: "Encyclopedia dramatica was a parody of Wikipedia until wikipedia made it personal and deleted their encyclopedia dramatica page." That's it. Regardless of the ArbCom ruling, Samir was entirely correct to speedy that article. It was unencyclopedic rubbish. I don't know why you think this deletion was outside policy. Please also see the findings in the ArbCom ruling [1]. Logs cannot be deleted...I have no idea why you would think they can be. You have your answers, now please, stop hassling admins for doing their jobs. Sarah Ewart 01:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not hassling admins, and I agree that that article was rubbish and should have been deleted. However, he also protected it meaning I or someone else can't write an in-depth decent article. The question is, why the protect?

Also, I didn't come here looking for a fight. In fact, I don't have anything against samir and he seems like a good admin that is trying to do his job. I'm asking why he made his decision, and hoping as an admin he will share his logive. I have no idea why you're so up in arms about this. I am merely trying to find out why such a prominent site on the internet is not being allowed to have anything about it posted. I did NOT expect such a hostile reaction from anyone about this. I am merely trying to find out the reasoning behind ED's removal. This is the first I've EVER seen anything relating to this. It seems ED is blocked due to a lack of notability back when the article was first created, which has since changed. And while it's nice to fianlly see some reasons, it would be very nice to be able to ask those involved their reasons for doing what they did without having an overzealous user jump down my throat about so-called "hassling". It would also be really nice to actually be able to discuss this matter with other users via a talk page, but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. So please back down and let Samir speak for himself. I and many others want to know what he has to say.

The suicide forest 03:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Samir has asked to be left alone. Please abide by his wishes. And it is a bit hard to assume good faith when you admit on your user page that you're a troll. Sarah Ewart 03:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Sarah's got it right, The suicide forest. I deleted a three line rant-piece. I have no idea why the Encyclopedia Dramatica article was deleted... presumably there was an AfD. Frankly, I think you know more about it than me. -- Samir धर्म 05:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Need your help again

Hey Samir, hope all is well. I just uploaded an image on wikimedia commons (a photograph I had taken a while back). I was wondering what licence I had to give it to be able to use it in an article on wikipedia. Here's a link: [2]. Many thanks! Cheers. Cribananda 05:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks again. I'm flattered :-) Will keep your suggestion in mind. Cribananda 16:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, can you look at Bharatanatyam again when you get a chance? If you remember, I spoke to you regarding the images on that page once already. A semi-protect might be too early at this stage, but I would request it. [3] I have a feeling User:Rupa Srikanth might be a sockpuppet of User:Sfacets. Also, I don't want to remove all the images, just some of them unless somebody is going to use them to explain the different postures. Thanks. Cribananda 19:38, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Editor review request

Hello, I noticed you've participated in RfAs, and I'm trying to get some feedback on "my Editor Review" (which is sort of like a pre-RfA/overall performance opinion) from admins/editors with experience. I wouldn't normally solicit, but it appears Editor Review doesn't get nearly the attention RfA does (and understandably so). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading. --Bobak 06:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the feedback! --Bobak 04:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 15:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


Breast Implants

Hey, don't give up on the discussion because someone made a silly comment. Your approach was totally credit-worthy, and I was admiring you from the shadows. --BozMo talk 17:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks man. I'll try once more -- Samir धर्म 04:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

FA nomination for Bacteria

Hi there. I've nominated this page for FA. Your comments or corrections on its nomination page would be very welcome. TimVickers 23:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

An editor has made some major changes to this article, could you please return to the FAC and provide some feedback on whether or not these are an improvement? TimVickers 21:29, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thankies For The Revert

of vandalism on my userpage. Appreciated. :) -WarthogDemon 07:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


Breast Implants

Could you have a quick look at the text on rupture proposed on the talk page? I guess we need to wait for Droliver's comments but I think we need to keep a close hold on the discussion. --BozMo talk 20:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Well done. Keep going!--BozMo talk 11:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The check boxes

Ive got a script that checks all the boxes with one click... you poor guy! I'll hunt it down :)  Glen  01:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Health Wiki Research

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Ref desk cleanup, help needed

As a user who has expressed interest in dealing with misuse of the reference desk, you may be interested in my comments at Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Where we stand and my new strategy for dealing with the problem at User:SCZenz/Reference desk comments. It will take help from many people in order to make it clear which behaviors aren't appropriate. -- SCZenz 03:14, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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User Jance

Samir,

I have left a fairly strong note for user Jance (whom I only came across a week or so ago). I do not understand why she thinks you blocking the article is a partisan act. It is a bit frustrating because her argumentative style undermines her points (some of which are better than others).

--BozMo talk 10:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts BozMo. I really appreciate them. It is unfortunate when article editing becomes bogged down in difficulties like this -- Samir धर्म 15:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
I should thank you for keeping going really. You probably have plenty of rubbish/stress to put up with and sort out at work and having the appetite for more on WP is admirable! --BozMo talk 22:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Samir, thanks:). But Chez deserves the real kudos. I only put my bot to use — Lost(talk) 16:24, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

RfC

Nice work. I signed the certification but I think you might have forgotten to. Cheers, Sarah Ewart 03:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Question

Why did you revert my edit? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.135.161.74 (talk) 04:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

WP:ANI is an administrator's noticeboard to deal with issues that require administrative intervention. A lot of superfluous stuff gets added to it, and it's important to keep only issues requiring administrative attention on it -- Samir धर्म 04:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Where ought I leave my message?
Your own talk page would be more appropriate -- Samir धर्म 05:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
But then nobody will see it or get to respond. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.135.161.74 (talk) 06:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

RFC

Samir, I find it odd that you would complain after I stopped posting on Clin-Med. Why? What is your purpose? Jance 05:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

This is not a complaint. It is a request for you to comment on your conduct, which I and many others view as entirely inappropriate. Should you not explain and/or apologize for your behaviour adequately, then a complaint to ArbCom will be the next step -- Samir धर्म 05:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

for your birthday greeting! Have a nice day GizzaChat © 07:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the birthday wishes! :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, what is the matter?

"Peripheral to these issues. Goodlief (talk • contribs • logs) registered 24 hours ago and appears to be trolling WP:RFC"

You accused me of trolling? What do you have against me? Goodlief 06:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

You've registered 24 hours ago and commented on a whole heap of RfC's oftentimes with inflammatory comments. You are trolling -- Samir धर्म 06:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
It doesn't matter when I choose to register. Is this because you didn't like my "Observation of Signatures" comment? You are not AGF from the start. Goodlief
You are continuing to troll. Registering then immediately going to the RfC page and commenting on a slew of RfC's is a decidedly suspicious thing to do. Stop it -- Samir धर्म 06:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
If you have a problem, go to WP:ANI and see who cares. -- Samir धर्म 06:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: DYK

Glad you liked it. Am reading up a lot of things on the Indian space program as part of my research of Vikram Sarabhai. - Aksi_great (talk) 12:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


page

Thanks. Ill remeber to keep of fair-use images on user pages. are they forbidden in sub-user pages as well? Like in User:Z/x ?--Striver 15:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your note re Jance. I agree that personal remarks are not acceptable, and it's good to know I can ask for an administrator's help next time that happens to me.

Is this the right place to respond to your note? I haven't quite figured out anything on wiki other than articles and discussion pages on articles. Drzuckerman 20:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I hope breast implant gets sorted out to everyone's satisfaction. -- Samir धर्म 23:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Woah! Are you talking about breasts? I likey. ^_^Nearly Headless Nick {L} 11:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Settle down, Beavis. -- Samir धर्म 18:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

User page protection

Thanks, I suspect that that troll'll be back shortly so it's probably best just to leave it for now... I'll let you know when. Just for your information that user has a long history of being disruptive. Thanks again. (Netscott) 17:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Would you kindly indef. block the latest sockpuppet Eclipse0468 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) ? Thanks. (Netscott) 18:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Beaten by aeropagitica. Again. That guy's fast. -- Samir धर्म 18:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
hehe, thanks for the reponse. :-) (Netscott) 18:19, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

why me?

hey man, i recently posted an article called britain sux and found that you deleted it. Can I know why? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.131.140.233 (talk) 01:47, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

Your article was all about reasons why you hate Britain. Writing rant-pieces about countries you personally dislike is not an appropriate use of Wikipedia. Please see: WP:5P on what Wikipedia is. -- Samir धर्म 05:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Deletion

Hello,

I am Parimal Trivedi, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat University, India. Can I ask you why you have deleted Kalpesh Sharma's article that I created using Kalpesh Sharma Username?

Thnx —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kalpesh Sharma (talkcontribs) 07:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalpesh Sharma. You can address concerns about its deletion by following instructions at WP:DRV -- Samir धर्म 07:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Also, don't pretend to be people that you are clearly not -- Samir धर्म 07:21, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Might like to know...

Shriganesh. Grrr. I hope there aren't more. -Patstuarttalk|edits 07:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[4] seems to show not. -Patstuarttalk|edits 07:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
For a self professed expert hacker, his MO is quite simple, and he's quite sloppy. I've taken the liberty of sending an e-mail to his ISP (deduced from previous edits) with his full name and the name of someone he is purporting to be on-wiki. I don't think they'll like that. I might even get my secretary to give them a phone call in the morning -- Samir धर्म 07:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


DYK

Updated DYK query On November 11, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article self-expandable metallic stent, 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.

Thanks Samir for the timely representation of medical topics on DYKBlnguyen (bananabucket) 07:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)