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Messages Archives: The Basement  · My desk  · My Barnstars Lead paragraph of International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 You may wish to respond to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_Religious_Freedom_Act_of_1998#Questionable_non-sourced_sentence_in_lead_paragraph —Blanchette (talk) 22:54, 12 November 2011 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification Hi. When you recently edited Norwegian butter crisis, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Staple (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC) Thanks. Fixed — [1]. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 10:53, 28 December 2011 (UTC) Khalistan I believe that Sikhism and Khalistan is intertwined, it is a form of ethnic nationalism, it does not mean that all believers in Sikhism subscribe to Khalistan/Sikh nationalism. I think it would be better to form consensus on the talk page before making major changes to the article, like all the previous editors have done so before. Gsingh (talk) 20:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC) Thank you for the message, Gsingh. I am happy to initiate a thread on the talk page of the article. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 20:21, 31 December 2011 (UTC) Question regarding userspace I'd like to make a parody page of Stop Online Piracy Act in my own userspace. Are there any limitations to doing something of the sort? Master&Expert (Talk) 13:26, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Please see this: Wikipedia:NOT#Community. Thanks. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:31, 2 January 2012 (UTC) I've read through WP:NOT many times, yet it doesn't specify anything against what I'm considering doing. I've seen other users with satirical content in their userspace, what would be inappropriate about mine? Master&Expert (Talk) 13:38, 2 January 2012 (UTC) I'm assuming you're referring to WP:NOTANARCHY? Master&Expert (Talk) 13:39, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Nevermind, I'm not likely to follow through anyways. But thanks for your imput. Master&Expert (Talk) 13:47, 2 January 2012 (UTC) I am not making a judgment call here as I have not seen the content posted yet. Also, I am unlikely to object to the content posted in your own user space. However, it is possible that some other users may have issues the pages if they believe that they contravene policy. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:50, 2 January 2012 (UTC) No content has been posted. I have changed my mind (partly due to laziness, and partly to do with paranoia). Thanks for giving me the time of day, I really appreciate it. Master&Expert (Talk) 13:59, 2 January 2012 (UTC) DYK for Norwegian butter crisis The DYK project (nominate) 15:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC) You deserve a barnstar, and you just got one! Outreach Barnstar Awarded to you for making the Ahmedabad Photothon a great success. AshLin (talk) 17:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC) Thanks, Ashlin! — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 19:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC) Sourcing is not optional You are required to add clear, reliable sources for biographical material. Starting a list of links to article biographies, as with List of current Singaporean MPs without any sources is unacceptable. See WP:V, WP:BLP. elle vécut heureuse à jamais (be free) 20:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC) I am still in the process of preparing the article. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 20:34, 6 January 2012 (UTC) As I recall, characteristics such as religion, sexual orientation etc. have to be sourced before being included. elle vécut heureuse à jamais (be free) 04:04, 7 January 2012 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification Hi. When you recently edited List of current Singapore MPs, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Ministry of Education and Inderjit Singh (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:22, 7 January 2012 (UTC) SPI Hi, I just finished investigation of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Searchertoo. The filer has been indef blocked in the meantime and can't pursue this further for now, but during the investigation I've noticed your name on some of the related talk page and noticeboard discussions, so I believe you are active in the same area. I well realize that you and La goutte de pluie do not see eye to eye on most issues, but I'm leaving you this pointer nonetheless in case you think that the result of the SPI case needs any follow-up action on those articles. Cheers, Amalthea 18:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification Hi. When you recently edited List of current Singapore MPs, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of National Development (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:15, 14 January 2012 (UTC) Hide edit summary Can you hide the edit summary in one of the edits in Barkha Dutt similar to one you redacted on talk? Thanks! Srikanth (Logic) 18:32, 24 January 2012 (UTC) Which edit are you referring to, specifically? — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 19:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC) Y Done Thanks! Srikanth (Logic) 19:38, 24 January 2012 (UTC) Barkha Dutt Hi, can you explain what is actually going on with all the blogger to-ing and fro-ing at Barkha Dutt. I understand WP:BLP but cannot help feeling that there is a subtext that I am missing somewhere. There appears to be an allegation, supported at least by some sources, that BD sued a blogger and that resulted in the blogger retracting & issuing an apology. Is the problem that the sources are not good enough, that the issue is trivial, that it is undue weight, or what? I don't know the backstory & cannot even recall how I suddenly ended up with this article on my watchlist. If an explanation would be better placed at Talk:Barkha Dutt then feel free. I know that you have tried there before but perhaps we need to start over, for everyone's sake? - Sitush (talk) 01:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC) The question is not whether it's the truth or not, but whether the sources that are being used reliable, secondary and authoritative. The more exceptional the claim, the more we need to find corroborative sources which qualify as WP:RS. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 06:04, 26 January 2012 (UTC) Hi Hi, I m Yash. user -Rsrikanth05 informed me that there are meetings held of wikipedians in ahmedabad. Even I m in Ahmedabad. So please can u tell me that how to be informed if another meeting is going to hapen?? --Yasht101 (talk) 01:22, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks for the message, Yash. Can you please join the Wikimedia India mailing list and the Wikimedia Ahmedabad community mailing list? That way you can stay abreast of national and local developments, including notifications for meetups and conferences. If you want to take the lead for organizing the next city event, please let me know and we will work something out for the month of February 2012. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 05:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Probably I m the youngest Wikipedian from Ahmedabad Bcuz i m just 15. As I have my board exams in March, i cant help to organize the meetup in February 2012. But i will be free for a month in April. So we can manage something for April or later but i will be still considered as a Teenager by my parents. So i will not be helpful in organizing the meetup properly but still can help a lot. Anyways i have joined the mailing list and if u need any assistance that I can offer in organizing the meetup after my exams, I will be really happy to help! --Yasht101 (talk) 15:42, 1 February 2012 (UTC) No issues. Looking forward to seeing you attend one of our meetups. Great going! — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:44, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Sir, I have only 1 question: Few days ago I read something published in AHMEDABAD MIRROR by A Admin of wikipedia from A'bad (that thing inspired me to join wikipedia). So, were the admin you?? --Yasht101 (talk) 15:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Yep, that's me. (-: — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:01, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Can i know ur Facebook profile address? --Yasht101 (talk) 03:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC) Send me an email. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 07:42, 2 February 2012 (UTC) ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Good to see the young ones all getting involved. Good luck and all the best. [: )]. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:36, 14 February 2012 (UTC) Email Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Please check your e-mail – you've got mail! You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{YGM}} template. --Yasht101 (talk) 08:54, 2 February 2012 (UTC) Bhati I've just reverted you at Bhati - the RfC outcome was "no scripts", although IPA is ok. - Sitush (talk) 08:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks, can you link me to the RfC? — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Was just about to do that! It is a messy one, but the clarification by the closer is here. The original bit is here. I cannot handle IPA: profoundly deaf since birth & it is all pretty much meaningless to me. - Sitush (talk) 08:04, 4 February 2012 (UTC) From my reading of the RfC, there is no clear consensus on the use of languages on articles. The closing admin notes that there is consensus to use the IPA to aid pronounciation. Moreover, the discussion seems to generally revolve around biographical articles only, not on ethnic tribes and groups. I think the closing administrator erred in his judgment, and the clarification note that you have linked me to is not just a clarification, but an addendum. The RfC could have been better handled by laying down issues coherently, but now we find ourselves with a rule that has to be consistently applied throughout the project on India-related articles(?) contrary to the internationally accepted practice on the encyclopedia. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:21, 4 February 2012 (UTC) It was utterly chaotic, as seems to be common with India-related article discussions. Personally, I am happy to see them gone because the warring over scripts is quite ridiculous & this is English Wikipedia. I have also come across instances where scripts were being used deliberately to insult or malign (or, at least, that has been the reason given for their removal - I'll rack my brain for an example or two). The closing of the RfC could have been better but I rather think that the need for the later clarification is a fair reflection of the chaos. - Sitush (talk) 08:29, 4 February 2012 (UTC) I think this needs wider input than a handful of users (mostly from India) deciding on this subject. A far better alternative could have been to come up with objective guidelines for use of scripts and building consensus for use. A good start would be a properly drafted RfC with coherent presentation of issues. Would you like to help me with framing the issues? — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC) I didn't !vote in the RfC, as far as I can recall. I watched it go on and had a fair amount to say in the BLP thread that spun off below it. However, I do have a fairly strong view on the subject, specifically in relation to India ... and not a great deal of experience relating to how it is dealt with for other scripted langiuages (eg: Arabic). All of this might not make me the person best placed to assist in drafting a revised RfC but I am happy to assist in between sorting out issues related to the James Tod article, which is at FAC. My gut feeling is that, as with so much here that is Indian, you are not going to get a lot of input from those without a specific interest & it will descend into chaos when the likes of AnimeshK certain people get involved, but we'll never know unless it is tried. - Sitush (talk) 08:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC) BTW, one particularly awkward issue arises from the discussion being focussed at WT:INB. This is how we deal with scripts used in articles that historically transcend national boundaries, most notably those relating to the present Pakistani Punjab region, Pakistan-administered Kashmir etc. As a minimum, a note should have been left with the Pakistani project that referred them to the discussion. - Sitush (talk) 08:57, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Shoeing Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#George W. Bush and "shoeing". You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. --Bbb23 (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC) About HCL No body puts management philosophy of a company and most importantly u has just provided links rather than providing those as a reference/sources. Don't remove the tag that i had put in the article because there are lot of improvements needs to be done. Many bullshit stuff had been put without adequate relevant source.Thanks--Kkm010* ۩ ۞ 09:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC) comment .. re: Support merging the campaign article into this one. The "Savage campaign" is a part of the controversy regarding homosexuality. Unfortunately, this appears to be one of those times when mob-rule seems to trump policy. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:53, 5 February 2012 (UTC) indeed - and very well said. — Ched :  ?  22:00, 8 February 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar For a keen eye in spotting block-evading sockpuppets. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 23:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC) Thank you, ASCII. You are very kind. I am quite certain that the IP addresses listed as a part of the investigation were La goutte given their editing style and history. However, I am quite concerned that a complete ban – [2] – may not be the best solution since La goutte was generally a productive editor with the exception of Singapore-related articles as far as I am aware. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 23:46, 8 February 2012 (UTC) That was also my impression of her: that she is someone well-meaning but who acts foolishly on some occasions. I don't think the recent socking is serious enough to prevent an eventual unblock if she promises to stop the WP:POINT violations that got her blocked about a month ago. I have nothing to do with Toddst1 banking her page by the way. Based on a recent ANI controversy involving him, I have the impression Toddst1 reacts a bit prematurely sometimes. Anyway, that matter can be easily remedied after she is unblocked. I don't think that an admin blanking her page is a "complete ban". ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 02:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks for help Hello Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, thank you for giving more support and evidence on [3] thread which i initiated on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. As you see, both the accounts have been blocked indefinitely and some of their user permissions had not been removed which is totally unfair. I have now requested on the thread that user rights from both accounts namely, User:La goutte de pluie and User:Pluie lite be removed as the actual person behind these accounts have been confirmed/proved of sock-puppetry as this is a fully valid reason. Again, thanks a lot for your help on this :). TheGeneralUser (talk) 08:10, 9 February 2012 (UTC) Regarding that same issue, Sir Nicholas, what I wanted to say was that it's unlikely La goutte de pluie would evade the block with her known alternate account. I did assume that the block wouldn't be evaded at all, but I stand corrected. Amalthea 09:28, 9 February 2012 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. You have new messages at Talk:Porngate. Message added 13:59, 9 February 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:59, 9 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks Thanks for the message on my talk page but I am not a new editor...just an IP editor...I prefer IP editing....somehow I think having a "name" draws discussion away from the topics and focuses it on personlised distractions... All the best. 86.45.54.230 (talk) 18:34, 10 February 2012 (UTC) I respect your position, but when you are involved in contentious disputes it is always better to have a user name (which does not have to be personally identifiable) as it will give your commentary more weight in the eyes of those who are new to discussions. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and our editors gain a reputation and trust over time. :-) — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 18:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC) Again, I respectfully disagree. My reasons being those I posted above. All the best. 86.45.54.230 (talk) 18:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. You have new messages at Talk:History of South Asia. Message added 00:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. An RM based on opinions expressed in the AfD. Hope you can chime in, as you did in the AfD! CMD (talk) 00:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC) Err ... ... Nearly headless?? How can you be Nearly Headless ??? [: )] --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:32, 14 February 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Editor's Barnstar A tad bit late no doubt, but still you deserve this for the excellent work on Norwegian butter crisis Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:42, 14 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks Srikanth. I did create the article but the real credit goes to Prioryman, for developing it further and nominating it for DYK. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC) Youreallycan Hi Nick. I've seen you around and have only a positive impression of your editing. YRC crossed about three different lines. They are an experienced editor, and have been blocked many times before, so they know what's allowable and what isn't. We do not have a separate process for blocking vested contributors. Everybody is subject to the same standards. If YRC wants to avoid being blocked in the future, they can easily do so. Please don't intentionally or unintentionally shield them from responsibility for their actions. I've got an editor on my talk page wondering if it's time for an indef block after 15 iterations of the block cycle. My intention is to stop the problem before it gets that bad. Jehochman Talk 12:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC) Rename at Campaign for "santorum" neologism Hello, since you recently participated in an RfC at Campaign for "santorum" neologism, I thought you might be interested in this proposal for renaming the article, or perhaps another of the rename proposals on the page. Best, Be——Critical 22:08, 14 February 2012 (UTC) South Tibet/ Arunachal Pradesh / Arunachal Pradesh dispute / South Tibet dispute As a participant to previous discussions at the South Tibet/ Arunachal Pradesh / Arunachal Pradesh dispute / South Tibet dispute talk page, you might be interested to participate to the following poll. Thanks, --Pseudois (talk) 04:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC) MSU Interview Dear Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students. So a few things about the interviews: Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes. Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.) All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so. All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time. The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly. Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead. If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you. Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you. Sincerely, Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 20:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC) Selfishness Page Hi Nick, My apologies for anything perceived as unhelpful. For the policy, please see Template:Citation Needed, as well as WP:NOCITE. The latter entry says that "citation needed" should be pending for a "reasonable time." What qualifies as a reasonable time is up for interpretation, and depends on contextual factors such as how many people are regularly editing a page. The "selfishness" page as relatively few visitors and few contributors, and so a few months seemed like a fair window. What alternative time frame would you suggest? Here is the definition that I had in mind from that source: 1. chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others. With regards to using "self-interest" as a synonym for selfishness, there is some room for debate. It seems useful, and common in regular usage, to distinguish between actions that harm oneself, actions that help oneself, and perhaps actions that are neutral to oneself (if that is possible, given opportunity costs and baseline energy expenditure). Furthermore, the same evaluation applies with regards to others. In common usage, we do not say that someone is being selfish when she donates money or time to a charity (which does not materially benefit herself), even if making the donation makes her feel good and she prefers to live in a society where people make such donations. Such broader consideration is sometimes called enlightened self-interest. We say that someone is being selfish when his choices materially benefit himself at the expense of others. I would be happy to discuss this more, as well as to discuss the sources from the game theory page. Which of those sources do you think is inadequate, and which (if any) are good candidates for importing to this page? Jj1236 (talk) 19:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC) My edits on the Narendra Modi page Hello - I see that you have repeatedly removed two edits I made to the page. Can you please explain why, when I had provided 4 high-quality sources to support that edit? Please discuss on the Talk page of the article. Thanks. Aurorion (talk) 21:19, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Please read WP:BLP, WP:LEAD and WP:UNDUE before making such edits on a biographical article. The lead section is not a place for speculation and allegations. Modi was also recently cleared by a committee appointed by the Supreme Court. Suggest you take this to the talk page of the article, where this can be discussed and addressed by other editors too. I also recommend that you do not take editing biographical articles lightly and understand policies and guidelines adequately before re-adding contentious material about a living person. Thank you. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 21:23, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks for your reply. I understand that WP:BLP edits should be done carefully, but I don't see the problem with my edit. The only statement I added was that Modi is a "controversial figure" - hardly a libellous statement. Like I mentioned on the Talk page, this was supported by 4 high-quality sources - every one of them calling Modi a "controversial" person. There are many other articles of living people where the lead section has similar statements: George W. Bush, Bal Thackeray, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Henry Kissinger, Helmuth Nyborg for example. So why is this particular edit not suitable? Thanks. Aurorion (talk) 21:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC) "Controversial" is not the word I have an objection to, but your careless addition of "for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots". The article on George W Bush does not say that he was controversial because some portion of the media called him a war-criminal or an incompetent administrator. Such additions to the lead section of a BLP are better discussed on the talk page before being taken to article space. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 21:44, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Thanks for your reply. Even that "alleged role" as the reason for his "controversial" image was mentioned in all the sources - but if I understand correctly, your point is that it is unsuitable to be in the lead? I will remove this part and re-add the remaining part of the statement with sources. Aurorion (talk) 21:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Since we have already initiated a discussion on this, you should make suggestions and discuss this on the talk page before making changes to the lead section. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 21:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC) WP:AN Hi. I think your post here may have strayed into the wrong section. pablo 15:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC) Yes, indeed. Moving it where it belongs. Thanks for the heads up. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC) Well by all accounts a heads-up is what you need ... maybe it'd be best to gaffer-tape it while it's in place ... pablo 15:45, 19 February 2012 (UTC) Arnold Schwarzenegger I dispute your reversal (twice) of my mention of Schwarzenegger's son with his housekeeper (secretly) in the lead section (a non-contentious, well referenced, and well known fact). In the West in the modern era, we don't try to pretend things didn't happen (especially in encyclopedias) just because they don't look good for someone, especially a retired politician. Please see Talk:Arnold Schwarzenegger and discuss further if you wish. I am ready to proceed to arbitration or other means if you do not reverse your edits. Facts707 (talk) 05:24, 20 February 2012 (UTC) I object to the inclusion of the content that you have added to the lead section. Please take it to the biographies of living persons' noticeboard for seeking third party opinion. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:15, 20 February 2012 (UTC) Talk:Rajkumar Pardon me, but what did you mean by saying that the "bot" has not put up the move at WP:RM. It is present in Wikipedia:RM#February 16, 2012. Apologies for striking your comment. Thanks. X.One SOS 11:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC) Sorry, I didn't notice. The template didn't say that the discussion was already listed by the bot. Thanks for the notification. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 11:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC) Recent removal of categories Hi Sir Nick, I removed the categories of some biography articles of some Chinese Americans since I noticed a large number of them have been already added with redundant child categories added. The Elixir Of Life (talk) 05:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suri Cruise (2nd nomination) Hello. You previously voted in the 2006 AfD for Suri Cruise. At the time, Suri was less than 10 days old, and the ultimate verdict was to turn the article into a redirect to her mother's page. Since then, Suri has become much more notable in her own right as a toddler fashion icon, with over 13 million hits on google image search. After getting an administrator to lift the protection on the redirect, I recently restored the article as a stub, but an editor who believes that "6 year olds are not inherently notable" has again requested deletion. If it's not too much trouble, I'd appreciate your making your opinion known at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suri Cruise (2nd nomination) Warren Dew (talk) 07:38, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Two serious questions for u: What type of, where, n how this Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington is a ghost? What does Nearly Headless Nick mean?? Yasht101 17:28, 26 February 2012 (UTC) haha. I presume you haven't read the Harry Potter book series? — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 17:32, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Alright. I haven't read those books as the textbooks of Guj State Board is enough to make u sick. But i have seen all Harry films, I remember that there was a ghost who was with portable head! I think his name was also Sir Nicholas. Yasht101 18:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC) That's the one! — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 18:09, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. You have new messages at Yasht101's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Yasht101 18:22, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Edits Could you explain your changes to Abdul Kalam, Kocheril Raman Narayanan, and Ramaswamy Venkatraman? The pages for these people are supposed to include their native language and Hindi (optional, since it is the official language of India). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dav subrajathan.357 (talk • contribs) 27-02-12 (talk page stalker) Thanks for your contribution but You were adding transliteration scripts in different languages to a bunch of articles. This is not proper. It is kind of Vandalism according to me, so stop it ASAP or you can b blocked. And if you want to know: There is no rule of so called 'Native Language'. Thank You! Yasht101 19:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Yash, this is not vandalism specifically. The India community has agreed not to add transliterated scripts to articles as per discussion on WT:IN. Dav has been previously asked not to do that, but they continued without discussion. There is an ongoing discussion thread on the India noticeboard. Feel free to leave a comment or two. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 19:23, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Okay, but isn't the thing that Dav is doing rather wierd n should be stopped from doing it? Yasht101 19:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC) My purpose in adding Naga Chaitanya's last name, Akkineni, is for viewers to know that he is the grandson of the famous 1900's actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and the son of actor Nagarjuna Rao Akkineni. Dav subrajathan.357 (talk) 19:45, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Dav, i think that it would be better if you add that thing in the description, prolly in 'Early Life' section, if there is any. Thank You! Yasht101 03:14, 27 February 2012 (UTC) Birthnames Though Akkineni, the surname/last name of Naga Chaitanya, is not needed, I think it should still be included in the birthname. What do you think? (asking because you removed the entire birthname) Dav subrajathan.357 (talk) 21:42, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Notice Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Honorsteem again. Thank you. Jayjg (talk) 20:03, 2 March 2012 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 00:34, 4 March 2012 (UTC) Help me Sir, can u have a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttranchal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee And pleasE decline its deletion. Its importance is clearly stated and u might be aware that they will form the new government in Uttranchal! Yasht101 14:43, 7 March 2012 (UTC) Thank u sir! Yasht101 14:58, 7 March 2012 (UTC) Hi Yash. I have removed the speedy deletion template from the page. For now, you can edit it freely. Please see our general notability guideline which you will be required to fulfill to establish the notability of the committee. I don't think that would be too difficult. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 15:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC) Oh yes sir, but i have my board exams, so i come on wikipedia for only 5 or 10 odd minutes just to get refreshment. I'll wikify and make those articles notable on the day exams are ending i.e., 19 March. Till then i wont b able to do that. Sorry sir for that! Yasht101 23:36, 7 March 2012 (UTC) WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it. As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012. If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so. You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way. ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators) Delivered per request on Wikipedia:Bot requests. The Helpful Bot 01:38, 12 March 2012 (UTC) Regarding reverting done by u on the page of Mukesh Ambani I really dont understand why you have reverted my contribution on the page of Mukesh Ambani. He is the president and chairman of our univerity. I have mentioned at least three very much reliable references, than also u have deleted that!!! What's the problem. you tell that everybody should contribute to wikipedia and when i am doind that you are discouraging me without going through the right information. Do you have even visited the official website of PDPU?? Please dont do that again and observe the references. --Rajeevsingh007 (talk) 09:35, 13 March 2012 (UTC) Thanks for the message, Rajeev. The reason why I reverted your edit is because including information about PDPU in the lead section of the Mukesh Ambani article is not proper as per policy. See Wikipedia's guidelines on lead sections and reliable sourcing. Mukesh Ambani's chairmanship of PDPU does not qualify for a reference on his own biography page but it might be worthwhile to mention on PDPU's article lead. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 09:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC) Than tell which type of reference do you require to appear that thing on his biography, because he is serving for the university past 5 years and government has extended the tenure for next five year in from 2012, by passing a bill in legislative assembly. --Rajeevsingh007 (talk) 07:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC) Unambitious Copyright Infragement. Sir, I m very sorry for missusing ur copyright. I have copied template from ur talkpage. I hope u dont mind that! Yasht101 23:41, 15 March 2012 (UTC) No issues at all. Everyone is welcome to copy text, templates and design – all works on our projects are licensed under Creative Commons and hence every one is free to re-use, remix and share. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 09:31, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Hello. You have new messages at PhnomPencil's talk page. Renaming Lee Kuan Yew's wiki Hi, I was just wondering if it is possible to rename Lee Kuan Yew's wiki to Harry Lee Kuan Yew instead of Lee Kuan Yew. You see, his birth name, the name on his birth certificate and degree certificates is Harry Lee Kuan Yew. That is his only official and legal name. He was known as Harry Lee for the first 30 years of his life. After entering politics, in public, he began to drop the 'Harry' and used only 'Lee Kuan Yew'. His close friends still call him Harry Lee. So I think, it is more accurate to rename the page to Harry Lee Kuan Yew, which is his birth name and official name, since he is an important figure no doubt, and accuracy should be achieved. This appeared in an article in a Singaporean broadsheet once, I read it. You can view that particular article in this blog, it was written by Harry LKY's daughter, Lee Wei Ling. http://flowerprint.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-need-for-uneqqee-nam.html Smilingfrog (talk) 07:13, 17 March 2012 (UTC)