User:Sundar

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		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		for setting me off on the DYK road with Mashobra -- Lost(talk) 09:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

An insane way of appreciating your great work on India, Tamil,.. related articles. வரலாறுகள் உன் வாழ்க்கையாக வேண்டாம்; உன் வாழ்க்கை புதியதொரு வரலாறு படைக்கட்டும்! வாழ்த்துக்கள். --Rrjanbiah 16:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I =Nichalp «Talk»= present you this medallion again, for your long list of India-related contributions especially for the INCOTW. 14:55, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Who am I?

For your excellent copyediting on Sikkim, I award you this barnstar. Nichalp 20:14, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)'

BalaSundaraRaman (Sundar) ... male, Indian, Tamil with a Master's in information technology from International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore a.k.a. iiit-b

Note: My edits are done on my own volition and have nothing to do with any of my affiliations.

/Publications and other work My blog

I am an admin (in training wheels) since April 8, 2005. /Admin related

[edit] Core Values

... rationality, humour (not in any particular order ;))

[edit] Interests

I award this barnstar in gratitude for Sundar's consistent advice and help to so many users (including me!) over so many endeavors. Thank you! Rama's Arrow 17:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

(in pseudo-random order)
... Linguistics, Tamil, Computational linguistics, Perl, Biology, Philosophy, Intuition, Dreams, Politics of India, Graphs, Knowledge management, Wikipedia, Logic, Determinism Vs Non-determinism, Culpability, System, Information, Development, Ettayapuram (my native village), Collaboration, Data mining, Abstraction, Freedom and so on. /My rants

[edit] Significant contributions

• Tamil language -- featured - came on main page on April 14, 2005
• Venpa
• Ettayapuram

[edit] Interesting things on Wikipedia

• One bot (Rambot) talks to another here!

• [ from free will ] Some indeterminists believe that all things are chosen, and that determinism is only an emergent illusion resulting from the elements choosing to act or react in predictable and consistent ways.

• [from the Reference Desk] ...there is no 'inverse' verb [for 'exponentiation'], analogous to 'subtraction':'addition'. "radicalization" is not used. 'subtraction' and 'division' are a linguistic luxury, just as the root sign is notational luxury. We have addition, multiplication and exponentiation, and as it happens, exponentiation is too 'arcane' to have developed a gratuitous 'inverse' terminology. dab

• Note the edit summary in this edit. Courtesy: A wiki paradox? in User:VeryVerily's page

• A discussion at the Reference Desk:

Why is it that, no matter what you put in the rubbish bin, it always smells the same? Is there some kind of chemical released by all foods when it decomposes? My housemates theorized that there must be a chemical reaction with the bin liner, but that is a lame hypothesis. And the above question on colour is a very poignant one too.

There seems to be a small group of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are produced by the putrescence of rubbish. These include putrescine and cadaverine. See here for some more detailed chemistry. --Heron 15:00, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I wonder if it's also likely that your rubbish bin tends to smell the same since, over the average week, you tend to put the same things in it. Of course, to see if this is true, you ought to seek out the bins of people who are likely to have a different diet to yourself and give their bins a good sniffing. I think any problems of a social nature that may arise from this activity would be more than compensated by your increased wisdom. Alternatively you could wuss out and decide that next week you are going to have a themed diet in the household: see what happens if you and your co-habitees live entirely on cake for 7 days. Surely that's an experiment with broad appeal? --62.255.64.4 00:42, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiprojects

WikiProject Countering systemic bias open tasks This project creates new articles and improves neglected ones.

Review and Improve: Medical assistant, Hoda Barakat, Persian women's movement, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Cultural Practice, Covance, History of East Asia, anti-Americanism White pride Requests: Jugurtha Tableland, Talari Gorges, Virginia Berresford, Heather Dean, Sorbian literature, Expand: Henrique Abranches, Ti-Grace Atkinson, List of Muslim educational institutions, Muntaqim v. Coombe, Turbi massacre, International labour standards, National Unity Party, Álvaro Mutis, African Progress Union, Surojana Sethabutra, Rachel Foster Avery Update: Ivorian Civil War, Cotonou, Banjul, Darfur conflict, Stay-at-home dad, Ituri conflict anti-Americanism other tasks | edit

This user is a member of the Writing Systems Project.

• TODO: Add references to non-vegetarian dishes in Tamil cuisine

[edit] Licence

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below: