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If you leave me a message here, I will reply here. If I leave a message on your page, feel free to reply either on your page or on my page. However, if you bring it back here, I will reply here. If you are here about an admin action of mine, please provide relevant links/diffs. You may remove comments at your discretion, but I prefer to see everything that gets written here. Please don't mind if I rename section headers - it helps me navigate - or refactor sigs - long sigs are evil. Please reserve e-mail for conversations which must be kept private, or if you cannot communicate via my talkpage (i.e. you've been blocked). Try not to e-mail with issues which can be (or, for transparency's sake, should be) resolved via Wikipedia. To anyone who reverts stuff on my userpage/talkpage - I appreciate it. deleted article request Hello Rianna, I'm just trying to figure out what I have to do to NOT have this article deleted. I found you spontaneously, but hopefully you are able to help. This band is very significant to the worldwide hip hop scene right now, and you'll be able to see that people are requesting to view a wiki page for them if you begin to type "OCD Moosh & Twist" into the google search bar. I'm not a very big wiki contributor, and I've had articles deleted before, but I promise you that this article is necessary to keep. When I press, 'click here to contest speedy deletion,' I get an error message. If you're not the right person to ask, please refer me to another administrator. Thank you so much. (ZigZagzzz (talk) 22:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)) deleted article request Hi Rianna, As per the discussion Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2010_March_15#PSEmu, is it possible to get a copy of the older article PSEmu? Cheers. 121.45.167.176 (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC) creating a page Hi Riana. How can I create a page Capade. thanks User:Nikola Tucakov —Preceding undated comment added 11:16, 29 December 2009 (UTC). page creation Could you please help with removing this page's extra wiki-messages, if possible: Armin Shams —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olivemountain (talk • contribs) 02:34, 13 December 2009 (UTC) porn Thanks for the help:-) -- Stillwaterising (talk) 06:00, 3 November 2009 (UTC) To those who are reading this - I just semiprotected the article, that's all. Promise. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:01, 3 November 2009 (UTC) *giggles in an immature fashion* My sockmaster has been busy ^_^ —Dark 09:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC) Hello! Well, that was a nice and very pleasant surprise. ;) Hi Riana! Acalamari 19:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC) Red Star Red Star Congratulations, Riana! It's my pleasure to award you November 4, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan guess who :) 00:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC) You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star! That's very kind of you, thanks! :) ~ Riana ⁂ 02:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC) Brutus (magazine) Yo, just about to decline that speedy based on this piece citing a circulation of 80k+. Thoughts?  Skomorokh, barbarian  13:03, 4 November 2009 (UTC) Fair call. It'll need work to avoid someone whacking it with A1 though :) ~ Riana ⁂ 13:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC) Cheers!  Skomorokh, barbarian  13:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC) AFD By the way, I could really use an editor opinion on how to deal with the Afd of Heather Harmon and the resulting conflict with the editor User:Epbr123. Please take a look at the Harmon section on his talk page, if he doesn't delete it again. If it's not there I have an archive of it at User:Stillwaterising/Epbr123 -Stillwaterising (talk) 04:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC) You need to understand what that situation looked like for Fvas. A troll adds vandalism to the userpage, and a few minutes later, you add a comment which may be interpreted as inflammatory? Fvas did nothing wrong with the revert. You were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. —Dark 10:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC) Sean Wolfington You restored this article based on a contested deletion. Can you point me to the discussion please (and the contested deletion). I can't locate any discussion at the Deletion Review. Thank you. --HighKing (talk) 12:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Hi HighKing, a user e-mailed me requesting the restoration. I may be mistaken as to current policy, but when I was last active (admittedly a fair while back), generally a request via any process was valid to overturn a prod / restore a deleted article. If I'm mistaken in this I'm very sorry! ~ Riana ⁂ 12:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC) It's pretty unusual to undelete an article because you've received an email. The policy to review a deletion has been around for 5 years. Can you please re-delete the article and follow established procedure please - that way everything is above board. Chances are, if the subject is deemed notable, the article will be undeleted in any case. --HighKing (talk) 19:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Just spotted that the policy (at WP:DEL) states that Any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion can simply remove the tag. Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the page restored by any administrator simply by asking. In both cases the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page, but in the interests of transparency, could you please ensure there is a record somewhere of the fact that you received a request to undelete the page and you complied. Thank you. --HighKing (talk) 19:40, 6 November 2009 (UTC) 17:32, 6 November 2009 Riana (talk | contribs | block) restored "Sean Wolfington" ‎ (232 revisions restored: request to undelete; WP:CONTESTED) - I believe this consitutes a "record of the fact that [I] received a request to undelete" - if you wish to take the article to AfD, you may make note of this conversation as well as the deletion log. Any more than this seems a bit like hoop-jumping to me. ~ Riana ⁂ 00:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC) Nah, you're right. Actually had I read the policy properly myself and seen the quote above, I wouldn't have bothered you at all. Thanks. --HighKing (talk) 18:03, 7 November 2009 (UTC) No trouble :) I've left a note on the talkpage nevertheless. Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 01:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC) Orange Star Orange Star Congratulations, Riana! Within the past three days, you received the Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. You've now been chosen to receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan guess who :) 13:43, 6 November 2009 (UTC) You could also receive the next higher up award, the Yellow Star! Ooh, shiny, thanks! ~ Riana ⁂ 15:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Riana's sock acknowledges this award, and congratulates Riana appropriately :O —Dark 02:03, 7 November 2009 (UTC) i iz rianaz propa sock. go awai u r imposter Riana 15:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iana-ray Zasta-day (talk • contribs) Blanking History on User Page I made changes to WP:USER by creating a shortcut called WP:DELTALK and using seealso so that this and BLANKING are cross-reference. This may avoid the confusion I had when I tried to find the policy on Talk removal. How can I get the revision history removed on my main user page? I may have included some personal information that I don't want accessible. -Stillwaterising (talk) 15:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC) It's backed up. Go ahead. Please remember to restore semi-protection. Stillwaterising (talk) 18:21, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Restore current page is fine. I have the code backed up in just in case. --Stillwaterising (talk) 00:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC) Awesome! U R da best! -Stillwaterising (talk) 00:34, 7 November 2009 (UTC) Do you use one of the chat clients like yahoo? I would like to talk to you about the Afd nonsense. -Stillwaterising (talk) 00:38, 7 November 2009 (UTC) Your honest is VERY refreshing, compared to my nemesis and his "sockpupet". You can you check out their comments on the Harmon Afd page <here>. I also posted a request on the WP:RS noticeboard but they skipped my request and took care of everything else. I asked about it on their talk page; do you have any insight as to why it was ignored? Was it because it regarded pornography, or because it's dealing with an article that is in the Afd process? Are there generally boneheads in every Afd conversation that just say "doesn't mees GNG, and BLP, delete while the ones who say keep actually take the time to explain themselves? All this BS regarding porn Afd is driving me nuts. -Stillwaterising (talk) 01:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC) Still, I will say this only once and I will make it very clear. This is a collaborative project, and I will not tolerate attacks being made on other editors, regardless of their views. Calling Epbr123, however you may differ with his views, a "bonehead" and accusing him of abusive sockpuppetry without proof (the former a personal attack, the latter a very serious accusation) is an unwise course of action. I suggest that you keep these personal thoughts to yourself, unless you have a substantial amount of evidence; in which case, you should submit it to arbcom. I will not tolerate these unfounded accusations and attacks on a respected administrator so please stop, or a temporary block from the project might become an option. —Dark 10:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC) Re: Coffee Re your message: Hmmm, dunno if me on coffee would be such a good idea. I already seem to be a little too overactive... -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:17, 12 November 2009 (UTC) Did someone say something about Coffee? --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 12:28, 19 November 2009 (UTC) yes. Coffee is best served diluted with cordial :D —Dark 08:43, 20 November 2009 (UTC) I drink mine black. --McJombo Sails // ... // past great blue whales // 14:41, 22 November 2009 (UTC) Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome. For the Arbitration Committee, Risker (talk) 08:32, 12 November 2009 (UTC) re: Century of humiliation Hello, Riana. You have new messages at JohnCD's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Dear Riana, many thanks for your little note and the smiley star. It has cheered me up a bit. I have been getting a bit annoyed with wikipedia lately as almost everything I do seems to get attacked and I keep having to 'battle' to avoid things I have done being deleted. I must be doing something wrong. My latest problem being an article on Matthew Watson being deleted. The deleter kindly gave it back for me to work on but it is still annoying (User:Msrasnw/Matthew Watson) Anyway your act of deception was 'funny' - and made me smile . best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 12:26, 12 November 2009 (UTC)) Hi Msrasnw, you're welcome, it was well-deserved. I haven't the time now but I'll look at your article within the next 24 hours, promise! Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 13:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC) Dear Riana, hope all is well - I guess you haven't had time - or you thought there was no problem to be addressed. But I am still bothered that the article User:Msrasnw/Matthew Watson that I have spent a bit of time (too much time) on is still not deemed OK. I do feel it was wrongly deleted. I have communicated with the deleting admin (User talk:Skomorokh#User:Msrasnw/Matthew Watson) but had no joy yet. It might be I should wait a bit more fore response from Skomorokh but in the mean time I would welcome another "view". I don't know if I should just go down the official deletion review angle. It is funny how one gets sucked into these things - I think I should just keep trying to make new things instead of this sort of thing anyway - best wishes, (Msrasnw (talk) 16:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)) Thanks! Hi Riana, Thanks for your welcome message - it was both heart-warming and informative! Yaniv Kunda (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2009 (UTC) For what it's worth... "...but "there's only so much unpleasant stuff you can ask them to do" (Q21)? Er - welcome to Arbcom :)" referred to administrators generally, not arbitrators. Appreciate your kind words, one way or another. Cheers, Steve Smith (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC) Sean Wolfington Hi Riana. My name is Sean Wolfington and i was wondering what happened to the article about me that was deleted. I am not familiar with Wikipedia's rules and guidelines and wanted to know if i did something wrong. If you can help advise me i would appreciate it. Also, i read the discussion page requesting a speedy deletion and it said that there was not alot of information beyond the sale of the 2 companies i founded and the film i produced. As a business person and film producer i have done alot more than what the page describes but the information was not there. Since i don't know alot about Wikipedia i asked a freind and they suggested i provide information to the people on the business page of Wikipedia to get their oppinion of wheter the article is noteworthy and i wanted to give you additional information that was not on the article you deleted to see if that may change whether the article is noteworthy. Here is a summary of my background so you can evaluate whether it is noteworthy. All of this information is available through major news outlets, which i thought was the criteria for determining if something was noteworthy... but again i don't know alot about how this site works. Below is my background information, please tell me if any of this is noteworthy. Some of the information was not in the original article and the additional information may effect whether the article is noteworthy. Here is my background: I am an Entreprenuer and a film maker. I founded and sold 2 technology companies by the age of 34. The first company, HAC Group which operated as Cyber Car and Automark, sold for $200 million (article with info can be viewed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/18/business/company-news-reynolds-reynolds-to-buy-hac-group-for-200-million.html) and the second for $125 million dollars of enterprise value (BZ Results article- http://www.dealerrefresh.com/adp-buys-bz-results/ - there are many articles about these companies but these are links i just found). My company was recognized as the "Innovative company of the year" from Auto Success Magazine along with SAP (http://www.autosuccessonline.com/leadership.aspx) and I was a finalist for the Ernst & Young "Entreprenuer of the Year" when i was 34 years old and a few months ago was recognized by Haute Living Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential leaders in the Haute 100 (view at:http://www.hauteliving.com/?s=sean+wolfington). After selling the second company, I started a film production company where i financed, produced and distributed the first film myself (Bella)and it was the #1 top grossing film in its category. (here is an article i wrote for the Huffington Post about it- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-wolfington/what-i-learned-about-maki_b_102704.html and LA Times wrote an article about it - articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/04/entertainment/et-bella4) It also was the #1 rated movie on Yahoo, NY Times, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes while in theaters and it is currently one of the top 50 Rated Films of All Time on Yahoo and it was the #1 Rated movie of 2007 by the users of the largest film review site in the world, RottenTomatoes.com. After that i produced 2 other films including a new motion picture called Mighty Macks (you can view at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034324/ and you can view my film history at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2055676/). In addition to the film production company i currently own 6 companies in the technology, real estate and entertainment industries. I know most people on Wikipedia are more interesting and i am not writing this to boast, i just want to give you an overview of who i am so you can determine if the article is noteworthy. I would really appreciate your help with this because i don't know how any of this works. Also, i left a message on the talk page of the other people who suggested the article be deleted. One of them said the new information was important to know and they suggested i create a new article but i don't know how to do that. Is it possible to undelete the old article and update that with the additional information and independent source references? I hope you can advise me on this. Thank you.Seanwolfington (talk) 05:29, 23 November 2009 (UTC) IThanks. Sean. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanwolfington (talk • contribs) 07:37, 19 November 2009 (UTC) sockie's emoticon abuse Lightens up the talk page, does it not? DZASTA 4EVER! —Dark 02:35, 21 November 2009 (UTC) I would disagree, this is much nicer: --McJombo Sails // ... // past great blue whales // 14:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC) Seeking writer Hey Riana, if you're ever tired of the admin routine, I am seeking someone with a nice turn of phrase to look at some of the paragraphs in the article Vancouver. My intentions: WikiProject Vancouver You have been invited to participate in Operation Schadenfreude to restore the article Vancouver back to featured article status. - If you have some free time, Mkdwtalk 06:28, 30 November 2009 (UTC) Number of edits for being an admin How many edits do u need in order to request adminship, as I would like to become an admin. Paul2387 (talk) 18:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC) (talk page stalker) There is no specific number, but many frequent contributors to RfA will automatically oppose someone with less than a couple of thousand edits. As you can see from the graph, the average number of edits for the successful candidates are much higher. I personally think that the substance of the edits are more important than their number (quality over quantity), but again, the graph indicates that suitability for adminship as perceived by the RfA participants is correlated to a high edit count. Regards, decltype (talk) 11:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC) My neologism deleted Hi. I'm new to Wikipedia, and I've created an article about Mobiosis. I guess I didn't put enough explicitly there that it's a neologism, and it was taken as a Blatant Hoax and deleted in next few hours before I realized what's happening. Could you possibly help me resolve that? I can refine the description and add necessary information to make it stay on Wikipedia. Thanks! Kriksu (talk) 19:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC) Kriksu asked me as well - I deleted it - and I have pointed her/him to WP:NFT, WP:NEO and WP:V. JohnCD (talk) 09:25, 18 December 2009 (UTC) Enjoy the season! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May this season bring you joy and cheer Riana! --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 18:41, 22 December 2009 (UTC) Merry Christmas Click there to open your card! → → → Dear Riana, Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;) Love and best wishes, Meaghan - Merry Christmas! - 00:11, 24 December 2009 (UTC) Merry Christmas! December21st2012Freak Happy Holidays! is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message. December21st2012Freak Happy Holidays! 00:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC) Merry Christmas!! Merry Christmas! Once again it is festive season, a time where festive decorations are displayed and gifts are swapped; but what about the true meaning of christmas? The true meaning of christmas is about the fight for freedom and how in times of hardship and misery, one person leads their people to freedom as a great warrior; for those who fight for a cause are warriors and those who fight for a worthy cause are great warriors. Such an act earns respect and honour; but most importantly, brings happiness to their people. So to achieve this as happiness lies in other people's happiness and greatness lies in how you deal with little people, we selflessly think of others in the hope that they will be happy this christmas. Hi Riana, have a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2010!  Set Sail For The Seven Seas    Set Sail For The Seven Seas  7° 33' 45" NET   00:30, 25 December 2009 (UTC) And now... yes, you've guessed it Here’s wishing you a happy end to the holiday season and a wonderful 2010. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:33, 25 December 2009 (UTC) Ping I have sent you an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk) 16:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC) Thank you for your time and consideration. As a gesture of appreciation, may I share a rhetorical question from the Analects of Confucius: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?" --Tenmei (talk) 00:14, 19 January 2010 (UTC) Question Hello Riana, I am writing to you on behalf of the University of Alberta. We are investigating the boredom topic you are administrator of. We were wondering if you could help us out on a couple questions? 1) Can you tell us who is contributing the most/more often to the boredom topic? 2) Who entered some of the original material; 3) Who is contributing most recently; 3a) Are they academics on the topic or people from the general public? Contextualizing these question: By "entered" we are looking for those entries of original material, not grammar, or spelling editing. By "most recently" we mean those who have entered significant content most recently. If you could help us out on these questions it would be greatly appreciated. If we need to contact other administrators, just let us know. Feel free to contact me on my talk page. Thank you for your time--Redcdr (talk) 17:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC) Christopher —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redcdr (talk • contribs) 23:13, 27 January 2010 (UTC) Happy Adminversary! You became admin on my birthday! harej 03:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC) Hi How you been? You seem to be taking sabbatical. -Stillwaterising (talk) 01:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC) Quote on your userpage Hi Riana, On your userpage, you have a quote, "Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul" which you attribute to the Qur'an. While I find a number of google hits for this phrase, there is no such verse in the Qur'an. You can verify this for yourself by searching these three renowned English translations for "flower" and "flowers."'[1] While I understand this is your userpage, I still feel that we risk misinforming Wikipedia's readers about this very serious and important subject. Might you consider removing this fake verse?24.22.141.61 (talk) 07:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC) This isn't mainspace. Riana could even put a picture of a dog, and label it a kitten if she so wishes :) —Dark 11:29, 26 February 2010 (UTC) An excellent argument for deleting userspace. Still, my guess is that Riana didn't bother to check whether this actually was in the Qur'an, and probably wouldn't knowingly post a fake quote.24.22.141.61 (talk) 10:08, 1 March 2010 (UTC) [2] But this discussion is frivolous. If Riana decides to remove the quote, it's her choice. —Dark 11:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Ghits != knowledge.24.22.141.61 (talk) 13:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Bret Wolfe (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) Unprotection Hi, you indef protected this article in 2007 as a BLP precautionary measure. Indefinite protection in this way breaches m:Founding principles #2. Could you please unprotect it? Ash (talk) 14:01, 11 March 2010 (UTC) Planning an RFC for deleting secret pages Hi, Riana. You started Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages and hope that you can participate in the discussion at User talk:MZMcBride#Secret pages at WP:MFD. I plan to create an RFC to delete all secret pages and hope you can help draft one. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 06:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC) Nomination for deletion of Template:Cc-by-3.0-Kollywood Template:Cc-by-3.0-Kollywood has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:08, 19 April 2010 (UTC) Speedy deletion of Template:Cc-by-3.0-Kollywood A tag has been placed on Template:Cc-by-3.0-Kollywood 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. mono 01:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Hey there... "It is always sad to forget a friend. Not everyone has had a friend." —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince Riana! Do you remember... years and years ago! A sudden wave of nostalgia, out of seeming nowhere, inspired me to go and reconnect with my long-lost Wikipedia pals. How are you doing, dear friend? ♥ Fredil 18:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day Riana HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY! from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE Wishing Riana a very Happy First Edit Day! Have a fantastic day! 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You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 2 – (July 2010)). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Complete To Do List Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Swami Bhaskaranand Saraswati, Akhand Pratap Singh, Ravindra Gujjula Irrigation in India, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. 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Stubs: Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template Signed... SBC-YPR (Editor) Sodabottle (Editor) Tinu Cherian (Distributor) Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at WikiProject India Outreach Department This newsletter is automatically delivered by -- Tinu Cherian BOT - 02:45, 1 July 2010 (UTC) Add code to WikiProject Georgia Hey Riana. I saw on the history of the WikiProject Georgia page you froze/locked editing of the template page for the WikiProject banner. I added the code that I would like to be added to the WikiProject banner code here on the Talk Page. Please let me know if you can add this or discuss this with me. If not I could ask another administrator. Thanks for your help! Tamer_of_Hope talk 17:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC) OTRS Check Please review the OTRS ticket 1178257. It has come under scrutiny recently, please review the following related discussions (here, here, here and here). The e-mail address apparently was a yahoo e-mail address which is very atypical for a public library to be using, that compounded with another photograph by Kay Tobin Lahusen (File:BarbaraGittings_in_Phaldelphia_1969.jpg) has another dubious OTRS ticket from another library claiming copyright. It's very likely that these pictures are all owned by Kay Tobin Lahusen, and not any of these libraries or papers. Unless the OTRS ticket is from a verifiable official e-mail of the library (likely on their domain) and it includes clear indication they have the explicit copyright release from the photographer, then it should be deleted as a copyright violation. — raekyT 02:46, 27 July 2010 (UTC) WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010 English WikiProject News After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias. Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, a bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to Twitter was created and launched by User:Logicwiki. What's New? Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile, Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16. The source code for the Article Alert Bot is now available and the bot itself is expected to be up and running very shortly. This means that article alerts for the Indian Wikiproject will again be available, enabling editors to easily keep track of developments in respect of reviews, nominations, deletions etc. The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the previous issue made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011. In October there was a heated discussion in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of Wiki San Roze's party symbol images by Hammersoft as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue. Complete To Do List Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati, Akhand Pratap Singh, Irrigation in India, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More... Cleanup: , Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Medical college (India), All India Radio, More... Merge: Raghava Rama, Sammar Bahisht, Sathya Sai Baba movement,More... Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri, More... Stubs: Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template News from Indian-language Wikipedias The Bengali Wikisource, which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to List of Wikisource page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages. The Tamil Wikipedia stall at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 in Coimbatore in June 2010. The uploading of Tamil technical words donated by Tamil Virtual University to the Tamil Wiktionary was completed in October. The words were donated by the Government of Tamil Nadu due to lobbying efforts by Tamil Wikipedians during the runup to the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 (WCTC) in June. Nearly 70,000 words were uploaded increasing the word count in Tamil Wiktionary from 1,20,000+ to 1,90,000+. This has brought Tamil to the 10th place (from 17) in the list of largest wiktionaries and has earned it a place in the Wiktionary front page logo. In addition, Tamil Wikipedians set up a stall at the WCTC and introduced Tamil Wiki projects to people from all walks of life. Jimmy Wales introduces the Malayalam Wikipedia CD of 500 selected articles during his key note address at Wikimania 2010 at Gdansk. The Hindi Wikipedia and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into the WikiBhasha translation and contribution toolkit developed by Microsoft Research. Malayalam wikimedian Santhosh Thottingal has developed a software (Wiki2CD) for the creation of the Malayalam Wikipedia CD, which was launched in 2010. In addition, Santosh, along with fellow Malayalam wikimedian Shiju Alex coordinated a panel discussion at Wikimania 2010 on creation of offline Wiki content. Community news The first meetup in Delhi on 22 September 2010. Mumbai and Delhi held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and Bishakha Datta met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later, Hyderabad also held its first meetup. Arun Ram, Shiju Alex and Barry Newstead releasing the Wikimedia India community newsletter at the nineteenth Bangalore meetup on 24 September 2010. Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the Centre for Internet and Society, with the nineteenth meetup in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the community newsletter. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Wikipedia Foundation. Jimmy Wales speech at the Mumbai Wikipedia Meetup #3 on 31 October 2010. Intro by User:Bishdatta & User:Arunram. (Recorded by User:AshLin.) Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had an interaction with Wikipedians followed by a presentation to members of the public at the third Wikipedia meetup in Mumbai on October 31, 2010. The first Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in Bangalore and Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in Delhi also held a meetup the same day. The Malayalam Wikipedia held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months. Wikimedia Foundation board member Bishakha Datta and Indian Wikipedian Srinivas Gunta co-authored a panel presentation at Wikimania 2010 on the Wikimedia Asia Project. Current proposals and discussions Please add Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics to your watchlist in order to stay updated with the latest discussions regarding various aspects of the project. Two current featured articles, 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings and Economy of India have been nominated for reviews here and here respectively. Contribute and help prevent these articles from being delisted! This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion. A series of discussions are underway on the neutrality of the Famine in India article. Please comment and help resolve the disputes. Join the Wikimedia India mailing list and the IRC channel for regular updates and discussions. Links to language-specific forums are available here. If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Signed... SBC-YPR, Sodabottle (Editors) Tinucherian (Distributor) This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010. Looking forward to more contributions from you! Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may mention it at WikiProject India Outreach Department This newsletter is automatically delivered by User:Od Mishehu AWB, operated by עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 10:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC) Happy Holidays!           Happy Holidays! Dear Riana, Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;) Love, --Meaghan [talk] ≈ 15:17, 22 December 2010 (UTC) Happy Belated New Year I just saw a photo of you in a bathrobe and decided to stop by and wish you a belated happy new year. Mkdwtalk 22:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC) Featured portal review New South Wales has been nominated for a featured portal review. During this review, editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the portal from featured status. Please leave your comments and help us to return the portal to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, portals may lose its status as featured portals. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Elekhh (talk) 02:16, 16 January 2011 (UTC) Spongebob Fake Wiki I have created a new website called The Spongebob Fake Wiki. please comment if you joined and are happy about it Gabriel Easteron 08:06, January 31, 2011 (UTC) Big Shiny Editday Anniversary Wishes Happy First Edit Day, Riana, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! User:MikeBeckett Please do say 'Hi!' 02:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC) Meetup 12 June 2011 Hi! I just wanted to let you know that Liam Wyatt is in town, so we were thinking of doing a quick meetup at Brunelli's cafe in Rundle Street (at the Rundle Mall end, near the car park) at 6pm on Sunday, with a possibility of drinks afterwards. So if you're interested we hope to see you there. :) - Bilby (talk) 12:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC) Dispositio Achillea Hello, I created a page with the title "Dispositio Achillea", but for some reason it was deleted. You seem to be capable to add a copy of this page to my user space. Could you do that for me, please? Thanks, HansM (talk) 21:41, 10 July 2011 (UTC) Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Xeno (talk) at 16:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC). Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Xeno (talk) at 14:03, 4 September 2011 (UTC). Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity See also: Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2011#September 2011 Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. –xenotalk 00:12, 9 September 2011 (UTC) Your user page Hi. I commented out portions of your user page in this edit as they're no longer accurate. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:23, 9 September 2011 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar Hi pleASE SAY HI TO ME Joe3453 (talk) 15:35, 29 September 2011 (UTC) A kitten for you! Hi i'm just a new to this wiki,so can u just teach me how to "create a page" and so on Sunilviki (talk) 17:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC) Would You like to Help? Hi, I am starting Wikipedia:WikiProject Ravidassia. I would like to get help from people who are interested. You may sign up for the project on the [[3]]. McKinseies (talk) 14:25, 15 February 2012 (UTC)