User talk:Cyphoidbomb

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How's it going Cyphoidbomb :) I saw something interesting that I would like to show you - [1]. Also sharing an interesting article from Mint. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 08:03, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Let There Be Sunshine, thanks for the user page tip. The Mint article was very interesting. Everyone who edits Indian film articles should be forced to read it. Were you aware that Box Office India discontinued their box office column for a while after getting sick of the corruption? Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:35, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

I did noticed TOI is missing BO column, but didn't knew the reason was this. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 08:00, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@Let There Be Sunshine: That was a few years ago. I assume they've reversed their position, since they are active in the reporting of film finances. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:17, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

List of nicknames of Presidents of the United States

Please check out Steve Shives Youtube page 5 things that you just can't believe for the week. The last one since the election is always "THe furthor misadventures of Lord Dampnut" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.84.167.2 (talk) 18:40, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this information. Per the lead sentence, the threshold for inclusion of a nickname at List of nicknames of Presidents of the United States is that the nickname was "in common usage at the time they were in office or shortly thereafter." Common usage doesn't mean commonly used by one dude, it presumably means that it was in wide usage by members of the press, historians, things like that. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Infobox conversions

Hi. I noticed you said the ICTF consensus is no conversions in the infobox. I find this a somewhat odd decision, since mentioning the USD amount would make more sense (especially for non-Indian readers). I'd like to understand the rationale behind this consensus. Could you maybe post a link to ICTF's consensus regarding this? Maestro2016 (talk) 02:47, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

The rationale[2] for the removal of INRConvert was threefold: 1) Clutter, 2) problems with inflation adjustments over time, 3) The US dollar is not the only currency on Earth, and the English Wikipedia is not intended to be US-centric. Though the discussions were for the use of the template, the spirit of the concerns, clutter and US-centrism, remain even with manual calculations. Infoboxes in general are not intended to replace a properly-written box office section. There wouldn't be anything inherently problematic in listing a figure in a film's native currency in the infobox, to expand in the box office section with relevant conversions. After all, someone in France isn't necessarily going to understand a US dollar any more than they will a rupee. You are always welcome to seek out a new consensus if you wish. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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COI on Indian Music Industry

Hey, look at the article history. There's a new user, Siddhant2709, that appears to have a strong COI and has made some troubling edits and edit summary. I left a pretty pointed warning on their talk page that hopefully will get them in the right direction, but I think it may bear some admin watching. I think there will be enough editorial eyes on it (I'm posting on the Indian noticeboard next), so please stay uninvolved as an editor if you can! Appreciate it. Ravensfire (talk) 05:39, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ravensfire: It looks like Yunshui got them for a terms of service violation. Not sure if that was 100% valid, since they did disclose their employer in an edit summary. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:32, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that. That's a good start (to me at least) and it's probably enough for WP:PAID disclosure, but I think for edit summaries it's supposed to be for each edit, not just the one, so the talk page is generally easier for disclosure. I doubt they knew the rules around COI / Paid editing, so the block may come as a surprise to them. They left me a note on my talk page that was a bit encouraging, so I'm going to leave them another message and hopefully they can convince Yunshui that they will follow the COI / PAID guidelines. Ravensfire (talk) 16:38, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ravensfire: I've followed up with Yunshui to see what he thinks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:40, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Regarding Ishqbaaz page

Please need your help, see Ishqbaaaz page. I don't want to get into edit war. Thank You. JayB91 (talk) 17:25, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

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Tamara787 socks

It looks like he's back, again. You might want to take a look at his SPI page (I've added User:Roverisk122). LightandDark2000 (talk) 00:57, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Re: Problematic interpretive content

Maybe I sounded a little upset, but it wasn't my intention. I'm sorry, I didn't take the remove of that part as personal, I just said it wasn't from me and that nobody reviewing the article previously had find a problem with it. I also took the opportunity to invite you to review the grammar, since I may commit some mistakes for still not having English at its most proficient level, and I don't have enough time or even patience to improve every bit, as the article is getting bigger, many of its kind seem to be kinda abandoned recently, and I'm just one person, so any help is welcome (I was actually hoping for someone to appear pointing out something wrong, 'cause I need help on reviewing). By the way, the problem there is not about grammar, as I can see, but concerning Wikipedia's policies. I'm kinda outdated about that and also don't have time to read the whole stuff again.

I purpose a partnership: review the whole article carefully and tell me about everything that's wrong concerning the policies or even grammar, and I will seek to provide sources for everything necessary.

And, please, don't threaten anonymous users saying the page is close to be protected, as you did here. I still know about the rules and remember this, although I'm obviously a veteran. I have seen many administrators committing that mistake. I know many anonymous users are vandals, but you need to have patience. And before you suggest, no, I don't want to create an account, as my only desire is to improve that single article. Nothing else, no benefits, since I prefer to not come back. 200.232.190.111 (talk) 03:23, 10 December 2017 (UTC)