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[edit] VP Page

Hi Sudharsansn, Let me know whats your plan of action. I guess there is a lot to be done. It would certainly be a good idea to protect the page, but that would also prevent anyone from editing except through the admins. Elalan 02:59, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

However bad you may think the Velupillai Prabhakaran article is, sticking a speedy delete tag on it is not the right approach. It makes you the vandal and is liable to get you blocked. -- RHaworth 01:29, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Dear Roger, you might want to go through the history of that page to understand what I literally mean, when I say 'vandalism'. Pls refer to Velupillai Prabhakaran, the talk page and the article history and also the points being made there.
While every effort is being made to ensure that the other version stays as it is, why is effort to balance this article, inspite of several edits being negated due to mass reverts? That's my whole point!! Why is a pro-Sinhala mafia thwarting every attempt to balance this article, inspite of several cited reasons behind Alred Durairaj, Child killer mentions, it always reverts back to the original Anti-Tamil, Pro-Sinhala version. I put up the vandalized tag to clearly suggest that every effort made to ensure NPOV is being negated. Any suggestions??
What do you think should be done about that article. Thanks for your mention Sudharsansn 02:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just a Suggestion

I've looked at some of your comments on LTTE related pages, and though I could not agree more with your overall message that there are some Pro-Sinhala and obviously biased statements in those pages, your posts in the talk pages are very emotional and border on all out flaming of that certain group. So just a suggestion that you might want to reframe from calling them names because it depreciates your solid arguements about the article Thanks Mate --Sharz 08:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the India project

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[edit] Tamilnet

You might want to see what is happening at the Tamilnet page. Your suggestions with regards to this content dispute would be helpful. Elalan 18:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I have gone through and added citation need facts for anything that I felt needed a citation on the VP page. You might want to look at that as well. Already there is an effort to stop with some Mickey Mouse reasoning. Elalan 21:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Velupillai Prabhakaran

As you can tell, I'm willing to go through with a hacket and cut it all out if necessary. I removed that whole sociological study that was the "cult of personality" section and will try to hack the rest down into a reasonable article. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 23:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sri lankan WikiProject

Hi Sudharsan, I got your e-mail. For information on creating a project, Guide to WikiProject organization would really help. I would suggest you start WikiProject Sri lanka, and go from there. You can copy-paste the wiki-code from the WikiProject India. There is a need for geographic projects such as this. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 23:56, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sudharsansn, you will be suprised that I don't use any one of the instant messenger/icq type software. Nevertheless I would like to give you my email address but not make it public. Since anything written here is available to anyone to access. So how about we meet on a wikipedia irc channel and I we will exchange details there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elalan (talk • contribs).

[edit] WikiProject_NCSLC

I am not sure about this. I think this kind of project would divide editors on regional lines. WikiProject Sri lanka would have been a more neutral project that would cover all kinds of topics, geography, history etc, not just focus on the ethnic conflict. Please comment on my talk page. I check my messages here every day. - Ganeshk (talk) 02:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sudharsansn, I wanted to encourage you in your efforts to start the wiki project and you work on the VP page is already making a remarkable step forward. For most current and former people from Ceylon, it is the ethnic conflict that has largely dominated their lives for the better or worse and is the prime focus of attention. A campaign of misinformation and vandalism that has been going on has to be neutralized and exposed. We have to stand for facts period. Any news source or outlet that has been unaffected by the current press censorships moves in Sri Lanka on the ground is the target of attacks and lopsided arguments here in wikipedia. I do have to wonder if these attacks are more organized and coordinated effort of establishment entities. Elalan 04:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Btw, I'll be glad to join the project. How do I go about doing it. :) Elalan 04:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I would call it Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sri_lankan_ethnic_conflict. The best would be to put it as Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sri_lanka/Ethnic conflict, as a task force/work-group. In the end the name does not matter, as long as you have interested participants. Did you check out the newly created Wikipedia:Sri Lankan Wikipedians' notice board. All the best! - Ganeshk (talk) 00:45, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Please use the userbox I created instead of raw source, if you please. It is much easier and will add you to category automatically. Source:{{Wikipedia:WikiProject_NCSLC/User_NCLSC}} -∞Sechzehn16Talk∞ 07:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I will update the banner by tonight and send you a message by tonight. --∞Sechzehn16Talk∞ 23:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Those you reported in the WP:NPA were the resons for our the User Iwazaki to be warned already. Because the action has been already taken, there is no need to report it again. Till, if the personal attack attitude of the user is not changed, (The diffs you provide should be after the time the warning was issued), you may report again in the same notice board. I think User:Iwazaki is our fellow wikipedian and we have to forgive and forget his mistakes and make our minds to work together in peace. --∞Sechzehn16Talk∞ 11:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tamilnet

You might want to take a look at the Tamilnet article. I am attempting to cleanup some of the discrepancies within the article. Elalan 06:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Velupillai Prabhakaran article

Sudharsansn, when I said you had put a lot of work into the article, I really didn't mean that in a bad way. I 'll try to go thru the article soon and tell you what I think.
And by the way, not bad Sinhalese:-) --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 23:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tamilnet Again

I have cc'ed this to two admins (just wanted to keep you in the loop).

User snowolfd4 has come up with new ambiguous reasons to remove relevant content from the Tamilnet article as he did for the Vellupillai article:

Here is his justification:

Sudharsansn the reasons are given in the edit summery. Thats not vandalism. Get your facts straight. Practically everything I removed is irrelevant to the context of the article. The international news organizations don't say sympathetic to LTTE website. Its plain pro LTTE website. That means they support the LTTE. Plain English. Not sympathetic. Support. And stuff like

David Jeyaraj a Canada based freelance journalist known for his neutral stance in the current Sri Lankan civil war had written that Karuna, was personally involved in the murder of famed journalist Taraki Sivaram

is just not encyclopedic and doesn't belon in WP. So again I'm removing irrelevant content and restoring my previous version. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 04:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

He claims David Jeyaraj's statement (with reference) is unencylopedic, so thats he decides to remove it completely. He also insists on mentioning the LTTE with the list of countries banned in detail. He also insists on saying the website supports the LTTE, which is legally vague. Material support, financial support ?? The best word as far as I see it is that it is sympathetic to the the LTTE. Furthermore he blanks many other statements, with relevant citations without even discussing it. Elalan 05:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thileepan

Hey There, I really need some help with the Lt Colonal Thileepan page, especially concerning his early life as a student etc. Thought you might have some background infomation on that.

Thanks --Sharz 23:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ilaiyaraaja

Hi. Could you please read through the Ilaiyaraaja Wikipedia article and provide comments? (please provide comments at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review#Ilaiyaraaja). If possible, please refer this Wikipedia article to other Wikipedia users who may be interested and may be able to provide constructive comments for the improvement of this article. Thanks. Splashprince 01:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NCLSC Banner

Hope you saw the reply I posted int the Project NCLSC section. Prepared this easy-to use code. Please add it to the talk pages in the scope. It also has a category. --∞Sechzehn16Talk∞ 10:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Code {{Wikipedia:WikiProject NCSLC/banner}}
Result

This article is within the scope of the NCSLC Project, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and to provide a balanced opinion on the ongoing crisis. The primary objective is to contribute and maintain pages pertaining to the Sri Lanka Tamils, LTTE and the Sri Lankan government's efforts towards resolving the crisis.

NCSLC stands for Neutral Coverage of the Sri Lankan Crisis. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

[edit] Vandalism

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Velupillai Prabhakaran. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 15:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The text is sourced from the BBC article. Removing it is vandalism. Do not remove it again. You will be blocked from editing if you continue to blank the article. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 18:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

By repetitively using the word 'vandalism' you cannot claim that I am a vandal, because I have documented every edit I have made in the talk page. Refute it there and claim for the 'vandal' tag than making dubious claims!! This isn't a warning mate, it's quite simply just a joke! Refer to the talk page for all justifications made as per Wiki policies! Sudharsansn 18:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your request on my talk page

Sudharsansn, Sorry, I am currently busy with other things. I don't have time to get into a mediation dispute. Folks at third opinion might be willing to help you. Please post your request there. If that doesn't work, ask for help at administrator noticeboard. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sudharsansn, this is Srikanth , Like many of you people, i just want to give my 2 cents to wikipedia.I find one irritating vandal who is reposting his/her thoughts which doesnt have any source to claim and when i moved it to talk page,he replied and said he will repost the same. The article is about IGCAR . How do i report the vandal and is there anyway to stop the problem like banning the person.Whom do i contact? .Please guide me.Thank you Srikanth \talk \contribs 04:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your message on my talk page

See my proposal. ThanksRaveenS 03:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Insulting Image

  • I saw the image is offensive. Is there any way to report and remove this image? --∞Sechzehn16Talk∞ 14:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • There is also a userbox against some of us, User:Lahiru_k/UserBox/Oppose_against_LTTE which I found totally notorious. I complained to the Personal Attack Intervention Noticeboard, where they asked me to wait for a while because our friend User:Elalan has already issued Lahiru_k a warning. And with the desire for the Wikipedia not to become a host for these dirty and notorious jokes, I listed the image for deletion. Let's wait and see how it goes. If this image is kept in Wikipedia, then it is the game time for us to create its counterpats - or even better or worse! Recently, I am making some of my friends working in Japanese version of Wikipedia on the coverage of Sri Lankan crisis - it is totally biased to the extend that it says neusences like LTTE is liked with the Maoist rebels and they claim Tamil Nadu - a hard work to be done there too. Wishing you a nice week ahead. --16T 19:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC) (Changed my signature for simplicity)
Actually this image is copyright violation. Its Donkey from the movie Shrek superimposed on part of the LTTE logo. The copyright permission on this is invalid. Elalan
The image is a copyright violation, plus the statement on the user box opposes certain wikipedian, which is against the rule of the project. The user pages are not mean to be a soapbox or insult/attack/oppose anyone particularly fellow wikipedians. Elalan 20:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


Hi Sudharsansn, have you seen the front page [1], the article of Nadarajah Raviraj is been featured. Elalan 20:59, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stop Picking on Lahiru

F..ing Demalu, we want you all dead. Your and your NCSLC bull. Need some good 'ole lynch. --snowolfD4( talk / @ )

[edit] Sri Lankan govt recruting children to fight against LTTE

Visitors to my page who are involved in NCLSC can use this article ['Sri Lankan govt recruting children to fight against LTTE' to provide definitive evidence against State sponsored terrorism in Sri Lanka. Thanks Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 11:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SnowolfD4

I permanently blocked the IP address used to make the threatening post on your talk page. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 17:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

  • No problem. I will help in any way I can, although I admit I am not that well-versed in checking IPs and proxies. If you need anything else let me know. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 17:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] State Terrorism Campaignbox

You might want to look at this. [[2]] Elalan 14:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tamil wikipedia

Sudharsan, If you can write in Tamil, please contribute to Tamil wikipedia. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 15:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Just noticed you are editing under a different username. You can have your account renamed if you like. -- Ganeshk (talk) 15:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Impersonation of my Wiki profile

Impersonation of my Wiki profile


Please note that my existing userprofile: Sudharsansn is being vandalized by an impersonator who has created an id similar to that of mine.

1). The new impersonating vandal id that has been created is this: Snsudharsan whereas my real profile page is here: Sudharsansn.

2). Please note that this is not a coincidence as the vandal has left a comment in my remarks page making it appear as if I have edited this. He has also taken a picture from my website and posted it in my profile page which strictly confines it to vandalism and impersonation.

Kindly help urgently to prevent miscreants from vandalizing other pages using a profile name similar to that of mine. Pls help and do voice your concern in WP:AN/I and WP:PAIN and also Admin noticeboard.

One report is enough; an admin will get to it as soon as possible. Bear in mind that admins have a lot of things on their hands. – Chacor 16:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
An admin has done the necessary. – Chacor 16:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IPA for Ilaiyaraaja

Dear Sudharsansn: Noticed that you are good with the IPA. I have created an IPA, for the first time, for the pronounciation of Ilaiyaraaja's name. Could you please check if it is in good order? Thank you. AppleJuggler 02:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for providing your version of the IPA. I have incorporated it into the existing IPA spelling. Also please feel free to contribute to the Ilaiyaraaja article. The To-do List in the Discussion page explains it all, so the To-do List is the best thing to read for potential contributors. AppleJuggler 07:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi again! How are the Sri Lankan crisis articles going? Do provide me with a Wikilink to those I would be interested in reading about the crisis: was talking to a Sri Lankan friend the other day and thought it would be good to get an idea of the situation there. As for the Ilaiyaraaja article, I appreciate your offer to help. Help is desperately needed with this article - I've been trying to draw as much attention as I could to it. The most urgent issue to resolve is [[Talk:Ilaiyaraaja|To-Do #6: to get some good photographs for this article. The existing one (apparently a fair use photo) is going to be deleted, and there will be no photos on this page. Perhaps you can help obtain a free use photo for it? I have provided an Internet link to a website which has some DaMn good photos for this subject at [[Talk:Ilaiyaraaja|To-Do #6... I wonder if these can be used? Do help if you can. Thank you! AppleJuggler 03:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kathiraveli - Vaharai

Kathiraveli - Vaharai: Are these names of the same town? These two pages should be merged. Chesdovi 10:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] I have opened an ArbComm case regarding my block

Please respond here Arsath 04:11, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NCSLC Sandbox

Raveen, the page looks very good. We can take in the text and templates from the existing page and post it there. Please go ahead and implement it. And yes, we have saved the template :-) Thanks Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 06:19, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Do take it up from here as and when you find time. Thanks Sudharsansn (talk • contribs) 16:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable attacks attributed to the LTTE

Hi. For your information, and further to the DRV discussion, I've restored Notable attacks attributed to the LTTE. Proto::type 14:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Yeah I am here for a long time, seeing the best and worst of WP. I'm just limited in my scope of edits. ­ ॐ Kris (☎ talk | contribs) 20:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:FILMS Newsletter

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[edit] Elalan / Trincomanb

I want to make it very clear that I am not an advocate for Elalan or Trincomanb's innocence. I had a bit of an issue with the way the checkuser result was presented, but I still trust the checkuser to be correct. In addition, the results of edit comparing, in particular the fact that both users went silent from September 12 to 25, is compelling evidence that they are the same user. As such, an indefinite block for one of the accounts is warranted (the other account can still edit, or in this case, after a week it can). You can present your case at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Trincomanb, and if not successful there, you may take it to WP:RfC and then WP:RfM and/or WP:RfAr. This is the end of the matter for me. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 14:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] South Indian Cinema and Music Award

Dear Sudharsansn: I thought we'd need experienced Wikipedians to discuss about the introduction or removal of a new barnstar — The South Indian Cinema and Music Award. Would appreciate very much you taking a look at the discussion and perhaps providing your comment here. Thank you, and best wishes, AppleJuggler 15:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with your new article

Dear Sudharsansn: Thank you for writing and informing me about the Punch Line article. It is an interesting article indeed and I would like to contribute to it in due time. By the way, I am a Tamil film and music enthusiast (please see participant No. 69 here) and am learning more about it as I go. Good cheers, AppleJuggler 02:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Bloody hell man, some of those punch lines that are listed at Punch dialogue really had me laughing! Here's a good one I found through one of the links that you provided: "Amaidhikku Babaji, Adidhadikku Sivaji." — far out!! AppleJuggler 04:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
That's an interesting topic. Article needs some images. See if you can find any free-use images of actors mentioned in the article. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 07:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Sudharsansn: I edited some of the translations slightly; if you believe that they are not accurate, feel free to alter them — my grasp of Tamil is far from phenomenal. Cheers, AppleJuggler 09:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
No. I'm not a native Tamil speaker. I am a French gypsy (a Manouche). AppleJuggler 09:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I was not sure of the definition of punch dialogue, I added one by vivek, if you think it doesnt belong there, pls delete it. ­ ॐ Kris (☎ talk | contribs) 15:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Something you might find Funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:65.115.137.2, read the comment by our fellow editors, who are so very neutral in their coverage of conflicts. --Sharz 12:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC) I cracked up so hard because of this.--Sharz 12:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An inspiring biography about Vijayakanth, or The Ballad of the 'Captain'

For your reading pleasure. http://vinodg.blogspot.com/2004/10/unforgettable-captain.html AppleJuggler 14:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

No, I'm not the author of this blog. I was just trying to learn up more about Vijayakant and this blog was a funny biography of him. AppleJuggler 14:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Desi

I reverted your edit -- it's not a good idea to start listing languages, as India has dozens of major languages. You may only intend to list a few, but other editors will feel slighted and start listing theirs and soon we have a huge list. It's enough to say languages of India. Zora 20:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Tamil

Hey there, I wanted to pitch to you the idea of creating a vast Tamil catergory, to encompass famous Tamil groups, peoples, culture, etc etc. The current Tamil category is woefully non-existant, there are no tags nor is there any pratical links between Tamil related items. I worked with you on some Sri Lanka Conflict articles if you don't remember me, I'd certainly like your ideas on such a project and it's feasability as well as the long-term prospects for a WikiProject. --Sharz 10:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Sister projects

I have been waiting for a reply to my last e-mail, but when none came, and when people were nagging me to create what they perceived as a truly neutral project, I went ahead and created Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation. (I thought about writing this by e-mail, but I thought I'll have a better chance for a reply here, when I saw that you have been contributing on Wikipedia since. Please feel free to reply to me by e-mail.)

It would be a bitter irony if two projects that state the goals of neutrality and reconciliation should not be able to find together. The whole point of my project is to bridge differences! I don't care under which project the reconciliation is done, as long as it's done.

What can I do to increase the chances for our projects to find together? Maybe you misunderstood my question about the conditions for joining. I was just testing the water. I now realize that it might have helped if I had clarified this when I got no reply from you; it’s only now that I’m rereading our mails that I’m realizing that I may not have been as clear as I thought I was. I’m really sorry about that, particularly because we now don’t have the option of me joining instead  of creating a new project anymore. But I can still lobby for our projects to join.

Of course, I still would love to welcome you on Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation. It is a bit harder now because I need to convince our other member(s) (per our rule that members are admitted by consensus). But because I sincerely want you aboard, I promise that I will do my very best to make your case. And I think it's a very good case. It’s written in our goals to be bipartisan, so we really need somebody from the other party, and who would be a better candidate that someone who created a project for neutrality that ended up representing the side that's less represented among our members? Any detractor would need a damn good reason to reject such a candidate! I truly respect you for creating the project from which we took 3 of our 4 goals.

Now that Raveen is on wikibreak and we have a new issue to discuss (Terrorist categorisation), we really need you! — Sebastian 18:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC), amended 21:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Films Newsletter

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[edit] Vanakkam

Vanakkam!!! This is me Ravichandar here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ravichandar84 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

oh ok fine... never mind... ill do without an image

[edit] Sri Lanka Army

Look at what Snowolf has done. --210.235.209.3 08:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] March WP:FILMS Newsletter

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[edit] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007

Project News
  • Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in Chennai: Jimbo recently visited India in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in Chennai. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis ([3]). It was widely covered by the press, eg The Hindu( [4]), which cited the efforts of Bhadani (edit count), Sundar (leadership on Tamil Wikipedia) and Ganeshk (Creation of Ganeshbot to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from California to attend the conference.
  • Wikipedia Weekly 15: Wikipedia Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Wikipedia happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors Rama's Arrow and Ragib(listen). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host Witty lama praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of featured content. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. 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.
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  • 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.
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[edit] Indian collaboration of the week news

As mentioned in Wikiproject India newsletter of March 2007, the weekly collaboration of the Indian wikiproject has fallen from its once high feats. This message is to request the users to visit the collaboration page and help rejuvenate it.

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) 05:06, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] April 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

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Hi! This is me ravi here.i want to ask you about the 'vandalism' user box you have in your user page. does it display the standard number 3 or gets incremented each time. I want to implement a similar sort of user box in my userpage. that why :) take care. -Ravichandar84 15:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cyrillic

I noticed you have a full understanding of the cyrillic script (and are indian wow!). Can you provide a transliteration of "Ghazi Mullah" on this here? Thank you.Bakaman 23:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] May 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

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[edit] June 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

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[edit] Nonsense of Punch Dialogue

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[edit] American films

Please please!!! help fill in List of American films and List of Tamil films. Even if it is just a few details it all helps -any contribution you can make will be more than appreciated!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 17:44, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] August 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

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[edit] WikiProject Films roll call

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[edit] WikiProject Films September 2007 Newsletter

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[edit] Personal attcak on you

an IP is making willfullly wrong comments about you to get you blocked, here. Thanks Taprobanus 21:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I think it was a small mistake. I just removed your name and pointed out to evidence (impersonation of you) Watchdogb 01:47, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Lanka issues

Please see: Discussion move and Specific proposal Your participation and acceptance would be appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi there; just a friendly reminder that we really need your input on the proposal being discussed here. Without it, we can't craft a solution which is acceptable to everyone, and without indicating your willingness to go along with a solution, the whole process could fail. Thanks in advance, --Haemo 19:32, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, can you show up there please. Thanks Taprobanus 21:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your intervention

Hello, thanks for your intervention. I am talking about this.

As you must have noticed, user Lahiru_k got banned for impersonating me and the fake id was 'snsudharsan'. My id is Sudharsansn and I have made over 1000 edits till now. Thanks for your intervention, please block the fake user:Sumoeagle179 who made those comments as it is merely a one-time 'revenge' for some of the posts in Orkut. Hearty thanks Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 04:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

The IP from New Delhi, India made user:Sumoeagle179 belive, that the impersonator (obvious sock puppet from Sri Lanka) and you are the same. User:Sumoeagle179 corrected his mistake later. No probs. Taprobanus 13:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the anon deliberately mislead User:Sumoeagle179, who had no idea about the previous SSPTaprobanus 18:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
No problem, Sudharsan. I am always looking out for good people :). Again, no problem Watchdogb 18:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Are you in GTA ? Taprobanus 18:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
GTA Grand Theft Auto - very funny you westerners, GTA means Canada:))) no really it means Greater Toronto Area, we assume that everybody knows that, eh ? Taprobanus 17:34, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In Remembrance...

Remembrance Day


--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 21:24, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SLR agreement

As a signatory of this agreement, you may be interested that we're currently discussing the WT:SLR#Continuation of SLR agreement. This is just a courtesy notice. — Sebastian 05:43, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sarvagnya

The message was addressed to Sarvagnya but he had rmeoved previous conversation and it now looks like I was speaking to you -for some reason it is after your message. Nothing to do with you apologies if you got the wrong end of the stick. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 14:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No probs I don't know why it was moved to your section but I didn't do it. Part of the conversation was deleted anyway which made it look evne more out of place. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 18:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Punch dialogue

I dont remember much about the article but I vaguely remember nominating it because I thought it was utterly unencyclopedic and reeked of fancruft. You can check with an(y) admin who has access to deleted articles to discuss any course of action u may want to pursue. Thanks. And btw, your |rfcu made my day. Thanks again. Sarvagnya 00:08, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:User WikiProject NCSLC

A tag has been placed on Template:User WikiProject NCSLC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:47, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Tamil civilization

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Tamil civilization. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Tamil related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

-Ravichandar 11:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vettuva Gounder

The vettuva gounder article was in an extremely pathetic state a few edits ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vettuva_Gounder&diff=182316566&oldid=182316393 -Ravichandar 14:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gounder

I cleaned up as best I could. Nothing outlandish was left on it. I had started it as a stub many eaons ago so the pro note came to my talk page. Taprobanus (talk) 16:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand dude, what pro note what article? Link please. Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 18:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE:

You are welcome. Tiptoety talk 00:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Films coordinator elections

The WikiProject Films coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect five coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by March 28! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 10:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Council roll call

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