User talk:Antorjal

Welcome

Hello Antorjal, and welcome to Wikipedia! Here are some recommended guidelines to help you get involved. Please feel free to contact me if you need help with anything. Best of luck and happy editing! alphaChimp laudare 00:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Wikipedians Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Conflict resolution Getting technical Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

Bangla wikipedia

Hi, From your edits, I assume you are a Bengali speaker (correct me if I'm wrong). So, would you like to take a look at the Bangla wikipedia? You'd need Bangla unicode fonts and Bangla rendering support enabled .. (IE on XP is fine).

Let me know if you need any help.

Thanks

--Ragib 03:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Antorjal! You are partially correct in pointing out the shortcoming of the article Feluda. Building on the character is VERY important which the article almost totally lacks at present. I wish somebosy would try to build the article someday in the desired way. Bye the way, you have done great job on Midnapore. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi! You remind me of that Anandamela! I hope I have it. I have almost all the issues starting from 1987 October, barring a few that have been given/stolen (as usual)! In fact, I had all the issues stacked according to years. I'll try to find that issue in 1 week, if I get to return home.

We need many more contributors from Kolkata and West Bengal. You know, three city articles of West Bengal — Kalimpong, Kolkata and Darjeeling are featured articles. I wish one day West Bengal could be made into one. But that is a tough job. See Kerala (a featured article) for the excellent standard of the article. In fact, another wish was Netaji but that is a very controversial issue and regular edit-wars are common. May be some day!!

Bye the way, do not forget to sign your messages (click the third button from the right in the edit button panel hovering over the edit box - this will place three tilds ~~~, and you are done). Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Midnapore and Ankur

Thank you so much for your message! I've been waiting for quite a while to hear from anyone who knew anything about either Midnapore or Ankur, and you seem to know quite a bit about both!! How much luckier could I be???

My main complaint about the Midnapore article is that it used a little bit of opinionated vocabulary. It still does, to some extent ("...famous as one of the brightest districts in the history..." "water is a precious commodity..." (I currently think that should be "scarce" or "rare," but I'm not sure whether or not this carries a POV/bias)). But still, you seem to have improved it a lot more, so thanks! (By the way, I'm sure Midnapore IS one of the brightest districts and that water IS a precious commodity as far as the residents' opinions are concerned, but Wikipedia aims to be objective.)

Ankur is the only Shyam Benegal film I've seen (isn't it a pity? :)), and it's the only article I have created on the English Wikipedia so far. (I have refrained from creating other articles on the English Wikipedia because its mirrors in other languages are so underdeveloped!!). I've heard his other movies are just as good, so I'm eager to see them! It would be so, so nice to see Nishant (but please, DON'T give away the plot!!).

I'm guessing that you've seen Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, right? I absolutely LOVE the Apu Trilogy. I like Ankur more, but for a second-generation Indian like me, just seeing people live life the way it was during the generation of my parents is amazing enough. Hopefully someday I'll also be able to (1) get some of Satyajit Ray's other films and (2) know Bengali fluently. (For now, I know SOME Bengali, or Bangla if you prefer. I can understand some of the smaller lines like "Ki re?...Dikhiti dikhiti!" at the beginning of Pather Panchali). In fact, I just skimmed through Aparajito and Apur Sansar this afternoon! --Kuaichik 02:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks For Your "Ramblings"! :)

And thank YOU for changing the sections!! Yeah, I guess you could say that Wikipedia is about "hacking and slashing" whatever you feel like, as long as you don't get your own POV in there somehow (though I think you were assuming that the "hackers and slashers" would keep following basic Wikipedia guidelines :)).

I'm sure Nishant IS phenomenal, because Ankur was, too! My dad (or "Appa" as I would call him in Malayalam) bought me the DVD for Ankur for my birthday but gave it to me in advance. (Thank goodness he did, too, or else I probably would have sacrificed my studies for that movie!!).

It seems like you're a rather new member; I'm pretty new, myself. I joined at the beginning of this month (roughly). It's been really nice to meet you! By the way, just out of curiosity, (hope this isn't too personal a question but...) how old are you? I'm seventeen (turning eighteen on Aug. 29). --Kuaichik 03:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way, could you by any chance help me out with the Ankur (film) page? For example, if you happened to understand any of the cultural details (e.g. what festival is shown at the beginning; what "Damdamdora" means; what card game Surya, Swami, and his friends are playing), please write something on my discussion page. If you can add to the article itself, please feel free to do so! Thanks!

Pratidwandi

Today (Aug. 29) is my birthday, and my father gave me the entire collection of Satyajit Ray as a birthday present! A few hours later, we saw Pratidwandi together. You've seen it before, haven't you? We both have a question about the ending. --Kuaichik 23:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll try asking the question anyway. The DVD version I now have includes an ending where Siddhartha is writing a letter to Keya, saying that he had moved out of Kolkotha, dejected, when suddenly he heard the sound of the bird he remembered from his childhood. He also hears funereal chants of "Ram Ram Sat Sat" in the background, but this time, it is not someone in his family who has passed away.

My dad, though, remembers a different ending where Siddhartha gets a letter from Keya. He goes to the window to read it. It is very informal and unpretentious, beginning with the word "Shuno" and ending with the word "Thumi." Do you, by any chance, remember such an ending? If so, do you remember anything about what the letter actually said in between those two words? --Kuaichik 02:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

O maa! (Very, very common expression in Satyajit Ray movies...:)) Looks like the version you're talking about has the same ending as what I call "the DVD version." Did Ray, perhaps, edit the ending that early? My dad first saw it in the 1970s (possibly in Mumbai but more likely at Berkeley), which means maybe a little earlier than you (but not much earlier). --Kuaichik 02:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I actually am interested in writing a review of Pratidwandi, as you can see on my user page (if you look under the rather long list of articles I plan to (slowly) edit!). I also plan to help out with the Apu Trilogy movie articles, and I can add anything needed on the Seemabaddha and Ashani Sanket pages.

Oh, and I almost forgot. I'm going to watch Sonar Kella tomorrow evening; that should be fun...! --Kuaichik 21:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Antorjal! How are you? It's nice to see acrivities in Feluda, Byomkesh and related pages. and of course Tenida! Sadly, I could not go to home yet, and could not retrieve the old Satyajit Ray Anandamela issue. Lately I have been trying to upgrade the article West Bengal. Has improved over last 2–3 weeks. Needs more work. Have a look in your free time. Bye. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The Stoneman article can be nominated for Did you know on the main page. Can you provide some more references?--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:21, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

map

Can you find out a map in the web depicting East and West Midnapur? This is needed to update the West Bengal map. If you can, please let me know. I'll request proper map-peoples to update the map.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

endspoiler

You could add an endspooler template at the end of the plot. O've added. It reads like Template:Endspoiler

Hogg's market has been linked to New Market. I have not read the whole article. Will read ir soon. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 21:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Stoneman

On 4 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stoneman, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Very nice article! It's on the main page now. If I could suggest adding in-line citations (see WP:CITE for the details and instructions) and the article will be even better. Many thanks -- Samir धर्म 11:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Congrats for getting it to DYK.--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Map of East and West Midnapur

Huh! I have found out a way to develope maps of East and West Midnapur. See this map. Now go to this website, and download "List of AC Name" from "Download data". An excel file will be downloaded listing all the aseembly constituencies with their districts. From this data and the map, a map showing east and west Midnapur can be developed. What do you think? If you think the method is ok, I'll refer this to well-known map-makers like Planemad (talk · contribs). Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 13:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Unicode

Have I given you the links to Avro, the typing system I use? See here. It includes the Phonetic typing system (you need to choose that after installation) and also the fonts. It's very easy to use ... to write অন্তর্জাল, you'd have to type o-n-t-o-r-r-j-a-l. Let me know if you need more help. Thanks. --Ragib 17:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Mikhail Lebedev

Are you sure that you wanna vote "Strong Delete"? Your argument isn't that strong. --GoOdCoNtEnT 20:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Please check your talk page for my response. Thanks. --Antorjal 20:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Wondering what you think of this? Pete.Hurd 18:34, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 7 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Miracle Chapati, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks

Thanks for your comments on the AfD page. I think it was quiet brusque for someone to take that article to AfD. No matter how you define Hinduism, you cannot keep the atheistic part out of it.

And yes, I checked the Byomkesh bakshi talk page just after you left your comments there.nids(♂) 07:18, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Satyajit Ray Edits (Sonar Kella)

I just finished watching Sonar Kella (or, as Mukul calls it, Shonaaaar Kellaa!) about half an hour ago. It's the first Satyajit Ray film I've seen with entire dialogues in Hindustani. I thought it might be interesting to note that, although the film is in Bengali, some Hindustani dialogue is included since Sonar Kella mostly takes place in Rajasthan.

I also realized that Pratidwandi is similar in this respect: it includes entire dialogues in English and, of course, the Bengali dialogues themselves are highly seasoned with English words and phrases ("Do you serve monkey's brain here?" "New Markete pakkhi aachhe?" etc.). --Kuaichik 03:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've started editing Satyajit Ray movie articles. I have edited the Pather Panchali article (wrote the title and plot sections and deleted some POV), because that is the first Ray film I ever saw. (Some Indians seem to think it's either too serious or too boring, but I love it! For Durga, puffed rice and tamarind water is a treat. For someone like me who hasn't spent his childhood in India, Pather Panchali will do!) --Kuaichik 05:22, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 9 September, 2006, a fact from the article Phage ecology, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 15:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

H. pylori

Hello, thanks a lot for the catch on Helicobacter pylori regarding methanogenesis. Do you happen to know what the bacteria use as the ultimate electron acceptor? Cheers, AxelBoldt 23:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Sholay

Good work on Sholay soundtrack. However, try to give some source.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Bye the way, Ritwik Ghatak is on India Collaboration of the Week as a candidate. See there, and help expand the article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Please vote on this discussion

I see you are quite an active editor. I have been discussing with another editor whether or not my company qualifies under WP:CORP We feel that it does under the first point. The other editor keeps bringing up things that are not in the rules outlined under WP:CORP Please comment on this discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Enigma_software_group

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