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:Thanks, Pointillist. I have done that & replaced the reference as well as included mention of Endusulfan being banned in India since that edit. I have also placed a webcite url for the new ref. [[User:AshLin|AshLin]] ([[User talk:AshLin#top|talk]]) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:Thanks, Pointillist. I have done that & replaced the reference as well as included mention of Endusulfan being banned in India since that edit. I have also placed a webcite url for the new ref. [[User:AshLin|AshLin]] ([[User talk:AshLin#top|talk]]) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::Mmmm, thanks for the samosas. I'll have a drop of lime chutney too, if Papilio demoleus has left any fruit on the tree. - [[User:Pointillist|Pointillist]] ([[User talk:Pointillist|talk]]) 11:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::Mmmm, thanks for the samosas. I'll have a drop of lime chutney too, if Papilio demoleus has left any fruit on the tree. - [[User:Pointillist|Pointillist]] ([[User talk:Pointillist|talk]]) 11:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

== One reversion I didn't understand ==

I think there might be some inaccuracies in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gadhimai_festival&diff=prev&oldid=482874732 this] reversion because the one that got deleted was more Neutral(I think) and presented another perspective to the reader. What's your take on that?

And I think there might be an edit-war going on. <nowiki>:)</nowiki><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow" size="4">[[User:Brendon111|<font face="verdana" color="Green"><b>Brendon is</b></font>]] [[User talk:Brendon111|<font color="brown"><b>here</b></font>]]</font> 11:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hi there,

Welcome to my talk page.

I'd love to have your comments, responses and brickbats (if any). If you leave a message on my page, I will respond to you here itself. If I leave a message on yours and you reply it there, I will continue my conversation there.

My main field of work is on tree of life articles and military history.

Regards,


AshLin (talk) 15:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

New Year Greetings for 2012!
Wishing all wikipedians a very Happy New Year! AshLin (talk) 17:20, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


WikiCup

Sir, I think you should sign up for the WikiCup here. ~ DebashisMTalk 19:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but I dont have much time left over from coordination of various activities. All the best for yoiur entry though. Feel free to ask if you have any problem with GA. AshLin (talk) 19:08, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261
  • Report on coordinators' elections
  • Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives
  • Guild Plans for 2012
  • Requests page report
  • Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive!


Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012!
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Friendly edit

That is an odd contribution to recognize, but thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

INCOTM GA Improvement of the month :

Hello, Am new to wikipedia, and really eager to learn more on editing wiki. Please include me if the remaining two places are not full yet.

Thanks and regards. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicke.me (talk • contribs) 10:27, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Mar4d (talk) 13:12, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AshLin.

Hey I'm Konarak. Thank you for editing my page. I got this mail from Wikimedia-in-en mailing list that and you'll guide them. I'd like the opportunity as I'm new to editing in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.196.76.249 (talk) 18:11, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Konarak, what is your user name? You forgot to sign in. You must also sign each ost with four tildes. (~~~~). AshLin (talk) 02:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Helloo !

I have initiated the photo-walk in Mumbai, so going around with that work, most probably till 15th. But still, I wont abandon the class, I might ask you lot of doubts ;) Please bear with me. Actually we had met in the wiki-conference held in Mumbai, but probably you won't recollect. I have a copy of your 'productive editing' page,you had circulated.I have subscribed to the mailing list 'wikimedia-in-en'.Would try my level best to make it a GA :)

Thanks and Regards.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicke.me (talk • contribs) 20:12, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

License depreciation

Hey AshLin. I just transferred one of your uploads to Commons (here), and it appears that Commons wants you to select a new license for it. Would you please go over to that page and change the license? Sven Manguard Wha? 00:25, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. AshLin (talk) 02:15, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lepidoptera taxonomy

Hi AshLin (& Happy New Year).

It is time to revisit taxonomy of Lepidoptera and update the relevant Wiki entries following van Nieukirken et al., 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal Biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221. I am fully occupied with work at the moment, so am unable to assist. Could you please ask the other contributors to the Lepidoptera pages to help out? The van Nieukirken paper is open access, which helps.

cheers, Roger.

HKmoths (talk) 06:14, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What to do next?

Hi AshLin,

I've registered myself as a Maths team member in the SOS project. What to do next? How am i supposed to list articles under a particular heading Ankitagrawal079 (talk) 16:15, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the kitten! I am sort of obsessed with cleanliness. I find myself many times atleast cleaning articles, tabulating things, italicising, etc. Keeps brain free but also gets things done. :) -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 16:19, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

& what "friendly edit" can i do for you? -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 16:35, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Thanks for offering to help

Hope you know I'm already working on the article. But I facing mail problems. I am subscribed to the mailing list. Whenever I try to subscribe again, I get a bounce mail. But I never receive any mail from WikiprojectIndia mailing list. -- Karthik Nadar 17:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Finally I got it! Thank you! -- Karthik Nadar 11:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please save me from this phd fellow and I promise I'll protect you from Brinjals... Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Been so busy these days I can't remember if I stopped and said thank you for the Good Article award for Alexander the Great. So, thank you!--Amadscientist (talk) 05:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the support! Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:48, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indophobia in Pakistan

Hello AshLin! I didn't watch Indophobia in Pakistan for quite a time and I see you did sincere effort to address the issues I raised. Since the article is merged into Indophobia as per the consensus, I think we need to resolve other issues as well as mentioned here or in the merger discussion. I hope you are not disappointed by the merger and will continue to work on the article. Happy Editing! --SMS Talk 13:03, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Very many thanks for the award

It's my privilege to be able to help. Thanks to our once free educational system. Let's hope those better days soon return. Happy New Year.Robert akaNotafly (talk) 16:10, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: A few tips about refs

Thanks a-lot for correcting my mistake. Will remember it the next time :) -- Karthik Nadar 18:52, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Military Historian of the Year

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Ahalya FAC

I've suggested your name as a possible reviewer at the Ahalya FAC. I'm traveling and flat out of time. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to contribute but am involved with Gandhi at the moment. Kolkata too needs to be saved. AshLin (talk) 05:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hey thanks for your suggestions the other day. I have started using Audacity for the recordings now. Recorded for some cricketers last night and I can feel the difference. :)
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You are welcome. :) AshLin (talk) 05:27, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: A kitten for you!

Thanks for the kitten, will work on keep the kitten healthy and so the article :). -- Karthik Nadar 11:43, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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AshLin/Ahmedabad

Hi, your list is very useful for editors from Ahmedabad, the swaminarayan mandir is in Kalupur. --Kondicherry (talk) 11:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And there is an article on Akshardham, gandhinagar here Akshardham_(Gandhinagar).--Kondicherry (talk) 14:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think article List of universities in Gujarat should be deleted because more specific information is available on List of institutions of higher education in Gujarat.. Any suggestions? --Kondicherry (talk) 18:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I'll post you afterwards. --Kondicherry (talk) 19:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indophobia

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Thanks

Thank you for the barn star. --Jponnoly (talk) 15:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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Ahalya PR: Wikipedia:Peer review/Ahalya/archive2

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Help in correction (History of India and Mughal Empire)

Hi, may I ask you to help in fixing the red link in the history of India article:

The swastika is a major element of Hindu heiiconography.
As you can see the word - Hindu iconography is spelled incorrectly. Can you please fix it.  Done

Also in the Mughal Empire the forth paragraph:

  • "Following 1725, the empire began to disintegrate, weakened by wars of succession, agrarian crises fueling local revolts, the growth of religious intolerance, the rise of the Maratha, Durrani, invasion by Safavids from Persia, rise of independent kinngdoms of Oudh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Bengal and Sikh empires and finally British colonialism. The last Emperor, Bahadur Shah II, whose rule was restricted to the city of Delhi, was imprisoned and exiled by the British after the Indian Rebellion of 1857."
  • There are spelling errors such as: kingdoms is spelled 'kinndgoms'.  Done
  • Historical inaccuracy: Savafids did not invade, it was Nader Shah.  Done
  • Sikh Empire belongs after the Maratha Empire, due to the others being independent Vassels of the Mughals not really kingdoms.

Correct statement for this paragraph should be:

Thank you, I look forward in hearing back from you. (149.151.144.74 (talk) 01:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC))[reply]

All done. Please consider getting a login id for your edits. Its free. AshLin (talk) 03:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Sidi Saiyed mosque article on wikipedia exist

Hi ,

In the Ahmedabad list of various links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin/Ahmedabad) i have found one link that already exist in wikipedia but spelled differently in the list.

As you can see in the list :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin/Ahmedabad

Place no 78 is Sidi Sayed Mosque

while the right spell of it is Sidi Saiyyed Mosque which already exist in the wikipedia.

i request you to kindly make it correct.

હમઝા ઘાંચી (talk) 04:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bambusa vulgaris

I took the article on Bambusa vulgaris to a peer review here. Would you take a look and advice on improvement? Aditya(talk • contribs) 13:00, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:45, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Posted my concern about the description to the article talk page. Aditya(talk • contribs) 14:15, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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An award for you!

The Guidance Barnstar
I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, AshLin, with this award for your excellence in assisting new users, and the development of your helpful and easy to use Academy. Thank you for your contributions and dedication to making Wikipedia a welcome and healthy place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:23, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Much appreciated. Keep up your own good work. Keep inspiring us. :) AshLin (talk) 02:52, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Dispute

I am under the impression that TopGun (or is it me?) and you are in a conflict over multiple pages. If you believe the conflict is not to the best of Wikipedia, I would like to pitch my two cents here. Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests or Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents would be ideal places to post the conflict in detail, like, if it is spread over multiple pages then provide summary and diffs of all those pages. I don't think that posting the dispute over one page will not look like a case. Besides, posting without references and evidences will not always get a community response, as research on the conflict is difficult without the conflicting parties providing their facts.

But, also consider that you always can assume good faith, and solve the disputes page by page. Get others involved, talk to interested editors, post to relevant projects, get one or two admins to take a look. And, remember, it is not about you winning. It is about Wikipedia getting better. Therefore, even when it looks like you are losing, you are not. Because, it advances what you came here to do - make a better encyclopedia.

As for the article marge, I am still waiting for your citations. I am looking forward to it. The discussion as it stands is heading nowhere. If not for at least one editor taking an active interest and others dropping in to make fly-by comments, I would have proceeded to close it already. Aditya(talk • contribs) 14:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you!

Mind the Gap Award
I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, AshLin, with the Mind the Gap Award for the brilliant idea of creating the WikiProject India task force for women and gender issues. Your passion for Wikipedia and improving not only it's content but it's landscape as a welcome place have not gone unnoticed. Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 02:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AfD

You might be interested. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BIG Star Entertainment Awards X.One SOS 08:19, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message, found refs. Gave my opinion - Keep. AshLin (talk) 16:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chitrapur Saraswat Vs. Konkani ancestry

AshLin, please contribute to this discussion RicardoKlement (talk) 17:53, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Commented on the discussion page as requested. AshLin (talk) 17:08, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Account creation

I have requested an account on the ACC account creation interface. AshLin (talk) 20:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done

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Indians in Afghanistan

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Mediation Cabal: Request for participation

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The request can be found at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/08 February 2012/Indians in Afghanistan.

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Templates?

I am trying to create an info box for human rights abuses.Here. But am stumped, do you know how to get this to work? Darkness Shines (talk) 16:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't re-invent the wheel. Find a template you like, copy the source code, amend it and use it. That's my way. Not strong on the language part myself. Hope this helps. AshLin (talk) 16:46, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Had not thought to copy another one, thanks. Darkness Shines (talk) 16:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See India talk page

See India talk page. SaibAbaVenkatesh (talk) 03:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GBooks

I have replied at User talk:Rjensen but do not want to swamp that page. This article provides some info re: GBooks. - Sitush (talk) 15:06, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kasaragod Railway Station

Hi AshLin,

Yes, I was developing the article step by step. I just returned to Wikipedia after a really long wiki-break. Also I'm not a typical Wiki-article creator, I'm more of a vandal eliminator! Hence hiccups are common! Anyways tnx for reminding! You needn't worry about my other articles. Its secured!

arun talk 13:22, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Caste sanctions palaver

Hi AshLin, I am really, really sorry about the lack of notification at WT:INB. I just assumed that others with more experience/clue were dealing with things in the correct manner, especially given that AN is primarily an administrator-focused board. There is a spin-off and I think it best to let you know of this so that you can consider how best to deal with it - see User_talk:Salvio giuliano#Sanctions template. It has all happened in good faith and it spun off prior to your perfectly justified note at WP:AN etc. Does this need copying over to WT:INB or some other venue? I will leave it to you because, honestly, this entire concept of general sanctions etc is new to me, although obviously I have known for a long time that such things exist in subject areas in which I have no involvement. - Sitush (talk) 01:17, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Nurse

Greetings Ashlin Here's a man close to your heart [1] Robert aka Notafly (talk) 20:40, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan watan

Is a redlink? Did you mean another article? Darkness Shines (talk) 18:02, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Valentine's Day

File:Valentine's Ducks.jpg Rubber duckies for you
Happy Valentine's Day AshLin! May this year bring you lots of #WikiLove, as you deserve it! SarahStierch (talk) 19:16, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 February 2012

South Tibet/ Arunachal Pradesh / Arunachal Pradesh dispute / South Tibet dispute

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Consistency in citations

Hello. Maybe this part of a guideline will help you in encouraging others to make references consistent. (I learned it the hard way!) --Kenatipo speak! 22:20, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Got your message

Hey AshLin, that was nice of you to remind, I'm already member on most India related mailing lists, and yeah besides WikiProject India, I'm currently trying to revive WikiProject Gujarat, if you encounter any gujarati wikipedian please guide him to me. I'd be thankful to you. --17:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)--kondi talk/contribs 17:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:INDIA

Thank you so much for the notification. One small problem, I want to update my geographical location but the page doesn't have editable sections. How do I add myself to that? ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 18:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 06:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You Ash Lin(Nirmal95 (talk) 11:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC))[reply]

A brownie for you!

Thanks Nirmal95 (talk) 11:25, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Time to vote again!

WP:INCOTM - March 2012
Please suggest/vote articles for the WP:INCOTM project for the month of March 2012. You may nominate articles on the nominations page or vote for the existing nominations on the India Notice Board. Thanks! BPositive (talk) 07:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I do not want to disclose my e-mail, so I am not interested. But, thanks for the offer. --Jagadhatri২০১২ 09:31, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation!

Hello my fellow Wikipedian, I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Mangalore. We work on organising and improving articles related to Mangalore. If you would be interested in joining feel free to add yourself to the Members section!

Joyson Prabhu Holla at me! 17:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit

The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
In appreciation of the invaluable work that you are doing for WikiProject India and the Indian Wikipedian community, i award you the Indian Barnstar of National Merit. Congrats, buddy! Joyson Prabhu Holla at me! 17:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OWIS

Hi AshLin, I think I've brought WP:OWISFULL-PHY and WP:OWISFULL-MATH to a better stage. Can you have a look at it? (or probably have another person have a look at it in case I've missed out something). Thanks, Lynch7 17:59, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think its more-or-less in sync with the syllabus, though there might be some big holes somewhere. I didn't quite follow; I know that IT is being given the first preference, but all the others do get out sometime right? Lynch7 16:20, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, okay, that's great. Yes, I'll take some time and make everything according to syllabus; I'll get back to you once I'm done with that. Thanks! Lynch7 16:33, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Join the Community!

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GOCE March copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:27, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: WikiProject India

Dear Ashwin., Nice to communicate with you through wp after meeting you at the wikiconference India earlier.. I am not a big editor at english., but can help with some Sanskrit related topics and articles and some geographical and historical aspects near my hometown. And by the way., I had already enrolled my name at meta-Geographical distribution of Indian Wikipedians. --ABHIRAM 06:28, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support., do you remember me?? ABHIRAM 09:43, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I do not specifically remember you. My close friends know that this happens at times due to some particularly strong medication I take for treatment; but I do remember meeting new Wikipedians from Bangalore interested in Sanskrit, some girls/ladies and a couple of guys. I think I may be correct in assuming that I did meet you? AshLin (talk) 09:48, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move

Kindly spare a few moments to express your comments regarding this requested move. Thanks. X.One SOS 13:55, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article about Nirman

Dear AshLin, I have created an article on Nirman here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirman Kindly have a look at it and guide us to make it better.

Thanks. --Abhijeet Safai 11:49, 23 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

How that can be done? --Abhijeet Safai 12:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

But I have given third party references of many newspapers!--Abhijeet Safai 12:29, 23 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

Thanks. I have read it. Some of the sources are English also. Where should I produce translation of Marathi sources? On the talk page? --Abhijeet Safai 14:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)
But where is body of article, and where is footnote?

I mean it should be in Wikipedia or newspaper? How I can change newspaper and I am not able to find out footnote on Wikipedia !! I am searching it. I will let you know as soon as I find it. --Abhijeet Safai 05:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

I do sign my posts with four tides. I dont know whats wrong with it. It gives a message to me also that its not signed! (Abhijeet Safai 06:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC))this is how i sign my posts. I use two dashes (--) like this before tides. I started doing it as only tides were giving me this message. I am taking your advice very seriously and I do think that I must read more and completely before I write. I will surely do that. I am sorry for inconvenience !! Abhijeet Safai 06:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

The strawberry is mightier than the hop (or for that matter, the brinjal)

Thanks for the bowl. Good call! Hisham (talk) 03:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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OWIS

Hey AshLin I recently read this article, this is a nice initiative, can you explain me more about it, I can help. --kondi talk/contribs 14:11, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
Its always good to c ppl with gud humor on wikipedia where u r surrounded by strict policies n 'few bullying ppl. (I was just kidding)'. But this barnstar iz true for u, keep it n someday do consider giving me 1!!! Yasht101 06:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Problem in Formatting of Class XI Syllabus

Please have a look at fomatting error in CBSE Class XI Syllabus
Madanpiyush (talk) 13:35, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your work

It is well overdue for me to say this: your work for the India project is outstanding and I hope that it is appreciated as much by others as it is by me. A lot of the areas that you get involved with are beyond my capability (even the assessment drive would probably be such), but your efforts do seem to meet with some reward and I hope that they will meet with more in due course. - Sitush (talk) 20:06, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, :). Always feels good to be appreciated. AshLin (talk) 20:21, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for that beer and encouraging me for my Punjabi related contributions and for your suggestions but i do post signature. Anyway, I've much on Punjabi language, literature, persons, writers, etc. That i'll add to wiki and I want to ask you, "are you an administrator/admin that i can contact/reach you for any help in future??" TariButtar 03:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC) (talk to me)

Oh no, i did meant so

No dear! I didn't meant so! I meant i'll reach you if i need any of the actions to be take that only the admins have the right to take like deleting page etc.. That's all i meant . And of course i'll add Project India to my watchlist just after saving this edit. Please tell me can you delete a page if request you (of course under the wiki policy to be deleted)? TariButtar 05:55, 27 February 2012 (UTC) talk to me

Thanks for your comment on Periyar River.

Hi, Thanks for your comment on Periyar (River).

I was actually struggling to keep the article from IP Vandalism, After several days yesterday when i visited article had again been vandalised, in an event to stop this i tried to bring people to discussion which lead to a bad experience which i never had on wiki with a registered user.

Glad to see that you have made your comments. Thanks. Pearll's SunTALK 08:14, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the burger. Amartyabag TALK2ME 11:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey yeah, thanks a ton for the burger :) --Dwaipayan (talk) 00:11, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment progress

Got your mail and have assessed 60 or so articles in the last couple of hours, plus light copyedits/reflinks fixes for the same. That's my lot for today but hopefully it helps at least a little bit. I may sign up but really I'm quite happy just doing my thing. - Sitush (talk) 23:47, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you're going to assess articles anyway, you might as well sign up. That way there won't be any duplication of work. --regentspark (comment) 00:20, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Have a look at my few contributions in the assessment process; here and here, currently trying to focus on many articles other than films. I wanted to know what you meant regarding the volunteer coordinator? -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 15:13, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 27 February 2012

Foo

FYI, User:Foo points to a blocked editor. You might want to change it to User:AshLin! --regentspark (comment) 20:04, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks

Thanks a lot for the barnstar. Additionally, I have targetted bringing in more articles to wiki India project(which are not part of any project) based on category. Ssriram mt (talk) 03:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt[reply]

Thank you

Thanks a lot for the kitten. Feeling great to meet yet another cat lover among Wikimedians :) Netha Hussain (talk) 13:31, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2012

I've hopped to this and I've started working on articles in Category:Stub-Class India articles of Unknown-importance, I have no clue about those worklists, they all are empty. Can you explain me a little? Thank you! --kondi talk/contribs 16:33, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Someone needs to run a bot to create pages of 200 articles each. I'm not sure how to do this, and Ncmvocalist is no longer active, but User:Kirill_Lokshin apparently did this the last time around. --regentspark (comment) 18:01, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Addendum. I sent Ncmvocalist an email. Hopefully he reads his wiki email and is willing to help. --regentspark (comment) 18:04, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilove for you!

FA/GA of the month - Gandhi
Here's a glass of milk which will energize you in improving Gandhi further. Thank you for your contributions so far. Happy Editing!
BPositive (talk) 19:16, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help on Tag & Assess 2012

No talk page templates for redirect unless there is a specific reason. Example, the redirect is about a single subject which points to a section of an article about many things combined, or some such attenuating circumstance. Otherwise usually not. AshLin (talk) 08:31, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So in this case, where only name was changed, there actually shouldn't exist two talk pages. Right? -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 08:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You cannot delete this because it may have shared history. Ignore hthe redirect. AshLin (talk) 08:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So should i blank out the page like you did for this one? Deletion would be a better option. Isnt it? I came across another of this kind. Also, i will make a new section on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject India/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2012 where we can list pages which require other editors' look. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 09:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Deletion requires not just care but wisdom. If you want to bring people's attention to pages for second opinions, that's a good thing to do but it should be done on the talk page (of the TAG & Assess 2912). AshLin (talk) 10:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Anyways... will just leave those disputed things. And i though that as this is a mass drive opinions maybe requested on one common page. But forget it. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 10:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RFC Repeat !Vote

I'll give you the benefit of doubt that you forgot about your previous comment.. but you've added a repeat !vote to the RFC, please remove it or merge it with your previous one where it was placed. --lTopGunl (talk) 14:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar

Thanks a lot for the barnstar. Getting it from you means a lot to me. Thank you again! :) BPositive (talk) 05:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and next plan

Thanks for the encouragement. Planning a few more

  • Articles not part of our project - bring to the scope based on category.
  • Close on the 42k unknown importance.
  • Re-assess drive - there were many expanded over the period and still put up in lower rating.

Ssriram mt (talk) 01:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt[reply]

Indian maps

Hello,

Thanks for your message. I asked for input on Indian maps some time ago without getting any answer. Would you have a look please? See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indian maps#Location maps for MP districts. Yann (talk) 16:53, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Beer - thanks

I am keeping tabs on the articles assessed recently - i will improve on my one liner feeedback :) After a bit of time a pulse check on the overrating and underrating needs to be taken. I am a tee-totaller, hope the beer is non-alchoholic :) Ssriram mt (talk) 05:17, 6 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt.[reply]

Great take off!

The assessment drive has managed a great take off! Great work by you guys. My kudos for you...

However, it seems you might have noticed already, the importance assessment (and quality assessment to some extent) may need to be further elucidated/ brought to attention. You can probably mention in the assessment page to go slow but steady, and give importance to quality, not just quantity. What say? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:29, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Re: WikiProject India template

Hi Ashlin, the auto parameter was designed specifically for use by bots. Bots can look for the existence of a stub template and tag the article as a stub. When the bots do this, they also set the auto parameter to "yes". A human will need to review the tagged pages, and make sure the article is a stub. If the article is not a stub (false positive), the human reviewer will need change the classification and remove the auto parameter. The auto parameter will always get removed after a review. Here is a demonstration:

WikiProject iconIndia Stub‑class
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.IndiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndiaTemplate:WikiProject IndiaIndia articles
StubThis article has been rated as Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool as Stub-class because it uses a stub template. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the |auto= parameter.

There is a AutoWikiBrowser plugin, User:Kingbotk/Plugin that helps with assessment drives. Please check if it will be useful. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:33, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tag and Assess 2012

Hi, I would like to comment on the views of awarding barnstars during this drive. At the outset, I would like to make it clear that I am not running for barnstars, but do my contributions just because I love doing it and love the way I am doing it as well. I am assuming that you would count AWB also as a bot, and hence my comment in this respect. Taking my contributions as specific example, I have the following points.

  • I probably tagged about 2500+ as stubs with only about 10% being assigned importance as well. It is most likely that about 90% of these are correct assessments, with very little incorrect assessments.
  • If the class assessment is wrong, anyway the main article needs change to drop the stub template and the importance can be assessed at that time.
  • Thirdly, I plan to return to these to assess the importance, but after my favourite subproject - Indian Music.
  • I have in the stub-assessment process found at least 600 or more articles of India project that did not have the WP India template at all.
  • After that activity, I am doing some serious assessment, by which I go through the article and assess all the sub-project parameter too. Though I use AWB, it is not in anyway similar to the first pass that I had. This is a manual check of the article and assessment, though using AWB only for going through the list easily. In such a case, just because anyone uses a bot, does not mean that this methodology of assessment is in any way less than someone who does not use AWB, do you agree?
  • Finally, I have earlier done 2 drives of my own a couple of years ago to tag about 2000+ categories and 600+ templates into our project, which did not have the WP India template in the talk page at all. At that time it was motivation by prevention some of the categories and templates from getting deleted without a notification to WP India notice-board. FYI. :)

--VasuVR (talk, contribs) 16:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your view point, VasuVR. So what do you suggest? I would only like to give more awards. It is difficult for someone who manually edits to match up the tally in numbers to one who uses AWB or a bot, hence a separate category for bot editors, since they cant keep up with you. It does not mean that you are doing a worse job, than someone who does manual edits, or a better job either. It also is neither more or less prestigious. if anything, it says you are technically savvy to have a bot work with you, even if its good old AWB. It does say that you have been able to be more productive also because of the bot-assist.
I have already mentioned how much I appreciate your adding new articles to the community. That is great service. The WikiProject actually grows because of this kind of work, the growth in numbers through template addition by article creators is minimal.
I concur with you. Barnstars and awards are symbols of recognition, but true happiness comes from one's own opinion of the work one does, not from other people's opinion alone. That apart, it is nice to get barnstars unlooked for and to be able to earn awards by sheer hard work.
Thanks for updating us about your work of the past, I'm very glad to hear that. Unfortunately, I myself put up AWB but there is some setting problem & I dont know to make it work. :(.
Stay cool, you are doing an awesome job, I'm really caught up wit the guide (part 2) hence I have not been closely monitoring for a while.
You are a valuable member of this team. I look forward t feedback from you on how I am doing things too.

AshLin (talk)

I have not been able to come up with any suggestion either... so left it as a comment! :) There were always thoughts in my mind of the many complications. For example, I plan to come back to assess importance. So, would two assessments on same article count as 1? I should think it should count as 1 and not 2. Another case, when someone assesses the same page 3 times, once for class, another for importance, later just because some reference they come across, etc. So, how do we do all these tallies. Can't. We have to conserve our energy for editing and less for administration. Hence, your idea of quick and dirty counts are quite sufficient, in my mind. Assume good faith... probably reduce the count to 1/2 if someone has used automation or use a higher divisor but be liberal... No idea... Ok, enough of my rambling for now... Thank you for detail discussion. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 17:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In your case, I think you should award yourself the awards as you achieve them. Dont expect me or Sriram to cross-check your stuff other than a random spot-check. The count business is basically meant just to cross-check & verify person has done significant number of edits preferably more. AshLin (talk) 17:15, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ooops. Nope. That goes against the spirit. I will wait for the expected unexpected barnstar. I have no issues with that! :) :) Anyway...
Thanks for the barnstar. Let us have a cup of coffee for your appreciation and for the general progress we are making. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 01:26, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am running the stats against each user for the top edits only(so importance/quality assessment treated as one) and the ones published comply to this. I am reviewing dirty edits randomly and so far i have come across only a few. I dont want to take anything away from the most enthusiastic participants here just becuase of tools. I encourage use of AWB/kingbot only for the assessment of importance and tagging WP India. Since we have top edits count, the factor can be taken off. If you are fine with it, i will publish stats for the 10 day completion and start awarding. I have a constant eye on assessed ones and also the individual stats - so all is well. Ssriram mt (talk) 01:43, 9 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt[reply]
Wow... Seems things are much further along than I guessed... Super. Keep up the great work. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 03:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Great, Sriram. lets rock & roll. Make the changes you want. Award the barnstars. BTW I have suggested your name for Featured Wikimedian of the Week at the chapter portal. You need to update it here. AshLin (talk) 03:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this one - shall i take this up by end of May when i will have something "big" to substantiate. Considering the profile of folks in the nomination, i feel i am no where near it :) Ssriram mt (talk) 01:35, 10 March 2012 (UTC)ssriram_mt[reply]


As you wish. But you now need to start work on a report. The community needs to be informed of the phenomenal success. BTW please enlist on wikimedia-in-en if not already done. AshLin (talk) 02:34, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Doubt about "Tag and Assess"

Hi AshLin.. Could you please help me with how to "tag and assess"? Is there any WP page where the do's, do not's and instructions are posted? Going through something like that would really help me understand. Thank you in advance! :) Abhilasha369 (talk) 02:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir

I wonder what your position on Indian denial is, my opinion is that abuse by security forces is so well documented that adding denials would be being non-neutral in the effort to be neutral. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 18:51, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • The people who are creating/developing these articles often use/misuse defective references, so this is one aspect which needs comprehensive checking. They often use non-neutral language, poor grammar and show POV in many issues.
  • The Indian Government does not deny that there are no incidents at all - there is a free media in India itself that reports, we are a democracy and we have our own Human Rights Commission, and a vigorous though overburdened Supreme Court. The army punish transgessors very strictly. However, what gets investigated and proceeded against are often only those cases where there is clear-cut evidence of wrong-doing. Otherwise, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act gives immunity from prosecution.
  • The article is crappy because of inadequate research, but I'll not improve that myself. AshLin (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply, though "The army punish transgessors very strictly" sounds denialist. Is there a good source for information on AFSPA in relation to Kashmir? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 19:26, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I stand by what I said. The military, if it takes up a case, is not easily deterred from punishment. A Google search would probably help you regarding AFSPA. AshLin (talk) 03:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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. 01:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 01:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rape in Indian-administered Kashmir

Was deleted as it was created by a sock, I have recreated it and moved it to a more neutral title. Rape in Jammu and Kashmir Hope to see you there. Darkness Shines (talk) 01:57, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Krant M. L.Verma

Respected Sir! I have created an article on the above subject in Hindi as well as in English. I had given the reliable third party sorces in both the places. But today I saw a Tag (Article for Deletion) over this article. Since you are well conversed with both the languages. I would request you to please see [2] and help me to sustain this artilcle. It will be your kind support for me to continue on wiki-editings. Thanks Awadhesh.Pandey (talk) 08:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oohhh! The User Wikieditindia had got some attack then and had tagged many articles for deletion. Almost all of them are worth staying. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 09:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


I have a COI since I have actually met KML Verma, he is a Wikipedian. AshLin (talk) 13:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, I see that you are involved in editing/rewriting of Mahatma Gandhi, I would like help by rewrite few of the sections if its not done already. Thanks --sarvajna (talk) 08:13, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

please check

Can you please check Mechanised Infantry Regiment, is it possible to add a bracket (Sri Lanka) at the end of the line that directs user to Mechanized Infantry Regiment. Giving a prior info that this belongs to SL will be much helpful, sadly I am not sure if its possible.-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 17:57, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. When in edit mode, all templates are listed below the template box. In this case, it included {{distinguish}}, the previously used template. reading the template page, showed me how to use the template and what other options were available. That is how I knew. Get into the habit of reading template documentation. AshLin (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Great, Thanks for describing your way , Will remember this advice
I had seen this page sometimes back but could not find it today when i needed it, did not notice it was right there in the heap of templates,-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 19:40, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update
GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter.

Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far.

Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers.

Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk)

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Thanks

Thank you so much for inviting and guiding me for the assessment. I may not be doing for the contest but I shall try my best. I have read the guidelines and done the assessment of a few articles. Could you have a look at them and give me some feedback? For that You may have to see my recent contributions. Arunbandana (talk • contribs) 06:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 12 March 2012

Deletion

While assessing i came across this page Talk:Akola/Comments. I remember some discussion at INB about such pages of comments. But i dont remember what happened. Anyways... this particular page has no reason to remain. How do we ask for it's deletion? I could not find any suitable CSD tag. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 11:42, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MFD but recommend you don't waste time on all this now, we'll do them collectively some other time, there are more issues than the content they presently contain. AshLin (talk) 11:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Fine! Lets take this up in another drive. :) -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 12:36, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the burger :) ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 14:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

assessment 2012

  1. how to choose a list of unassessed articles for AWB that others are not assessing right now ?
  2. is there a standard edit summary for assessment ? what is it ? -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 16:36, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sacrilege! The importance to India must always be mid or high for the main ships, equipment, aircraft, organisations defending our country - never Low. Each individual ship should preferably be High. AshLin (talk) 13:09, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
oops reassessing it then, I was in a fix so after assessing a couple of it thought of getting a second opinion before assessing the rest of them. glad that i clarified this before it was too late -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 13:22, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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RfA ?

Hello sir.
I saw ur contributions n edit counts. N it were above 22,000 with rewier, rollbacker n autopatrolled groups. I wonder that y u havent yet gone for adminship!
U are a perfect user to get admin rights. I was thinking to nominate ur name. What do u say? Yasht101 22:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but no. :) To be an admin, one needs to serve the general community in RFCs, discussions, etc. I have made WikiProject India my charge for this year & I just don't want to spend time away from it. Thank you for considering me. It's a great honour though that you think me worthy of being one. Why dont you think of becoming one?. You can do what all is needed for the next six months or so and at around 5000 edits or so, you may like to stand for it. We do need lots of admins. :) AshLin (talk) 02:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah. I'd love to be one. But after i cross 25,000 edit count. Probably i'll reach 25,000 in December of this year, then i may go for it on 20th so that it closes on 27th (the day i made my 1st edit and 1 year later i m an admin if its a success). This is just my dream n i m 16 yrs old n few editors can oppose due to my age i think so. And thanks for considering me as a future eligible candidate! Yasht101 03:33, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Admins are chosen based on good track records, helpfulness, community service, not losing their cool, not edit-warring etc. It does not require 25K edits only 5 to 10K very responsible ones. :) AshLin (talk) 04:09, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In short, an admin should be like u. Yasht101 07:11, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ashwin, I sincerely wish you would go for an RfA. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 12:04, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ashwin or Ashlin ?? Yasht101 12:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Both. :) AshLin (talk) 12:54, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Some of us know AshLin is Ashwin in real life. I call him Military Chacha. Yasht101, you don't need 25k edits to be an admin. VibhiJain is an admin on Samskrit and he's 13yrs old. MikeLynch, is my age, 20 and became admin last month. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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SPG

Perhaps you could help out at Shapoorji Pallonji Group ??? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Made some small changes. There is lot of ref on their business activities on Google Books & Google News. You may like to slowly piece them together. Will visit again later. AshLin (talk) 13:14, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thannk you for the Google Link!. -_Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a ton :)

Thanks AshLin! Your support and kind words keep us newbies going. We always know someone is noticing our work :) Noopur28 (talk) 18:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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Here's a cup of coffee for you. Please come and share my wafles with your coffee.

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Tag and Assess Stats

I would like to know if you know of anyway of getting the full list of articles under a category. This will help in my improving efficiency of working on the un-tagged articles. AWB has a limitation of fetching only 25000 articles at maximum. I am not able to get full list of stubs using AWB. Any help / pointers in this matter would be highly appreciated. --VasuVR (talk, contribs) 07:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do know that AWB has enough options for you to be able to get the categories you desire. But I am quite inept at it. You will need to ask an AWB expert or a skilled user. Sorry I cant help you further. 08:21, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you sir, for the Modaks. I normally avoid sweets, as my teeth are over sensitive and my sugar levels keep fluctuating. I'll make an exception. : ). In return, I shall give you a videshi biscuit. : )

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However, I fail to see what great work I have done. I've barely even assessed 50 articles. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood assesses articles along with me
Shall be my brother"
- St Crispin's Day speech paraphrased. AshLin (talk) 11:32, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Papilio demoleus and Endosulfan

Hi AshLin. This is to let you know that the link you added (in this edit on 29 November 2010) to FICCI's recommendation of Endosulphan for controlling lime butterflies is now dead. I've tried to find this recommendation elsewhere but all I'm seeing is material about Endosulphan being banned. So I've removed the entire paragraph, but of course if you have better information please reverse me. Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 10:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Pointillist. I have done that & replaced the reference as well as included mention of Endusulfan being banned in India since that edit. I have also placed a webcite url for the new ref. AshLin (talk) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Mmmm, thanks for the samosas. I'll have a drop of lime chutney too, if Papilio demoleus has left any fruit on the tree. - Pointillist (talk) 11:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One reversion I didn't understand

I think there might be some inaccuracies in this reversion because the one that got deleted was more Neutral(I think) and presented another perspective to the reader. What's your take on that?

And I think there might be an edit-war going on. :)Brendon is here 11:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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