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DYK for The Goblin Emperor

On 21 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Goblin Emperor, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison has been lauded for successfully joining high fantasy and steampunk? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Goblin Emperor. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:02, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Game of Thrones

Please see the talk page about Peter Dinklage playing Tyrion Lannister in the show and comment. The entire section is original research as well. Thank you. 104.173.225.10 (talk) 00:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

You've got mail Rajendrarajun (talk) 08:55, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I can see. Please tell me here what you'd like to tell me. Sandstein 16:10, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sandstein, Subsequent to your decision, I had searched for published sources on the topic and I was able to locate several which establish notability (By Wikipedia definition the person should have been awarded, there should be secondary sources for reference and the person's work should be in existence: All 3 of these conditions are met : The 1st condition viz. Award of Rao Bahadur - this was one of the National awards conferred by Govt. of India in the 1940s, The 2nd Condition viz. Secondary sources are mentioned below and the 3rd Condition viz Existence of The Madras Aerodrome, Dowleshwaram Barrage road/rail bridge, Annamalai University Faculty of Engg. all continue to be in existence and provide good service to the citizens of India therefore I would request you to please help to restore Articles for deletion//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttana_Venkatramana_Raju.

You would recall the above-mentioned article, Please go through the links (1), (2) and (3) below. Attachments for you to go through and see for yourself the veracity of notability. Given below are a few published proofs which are even available on the internet for your reference which should help in establishing notability. I look forward to your advice and help in restoring the article. Thanks.

(1)http://books.google.co.in/books?id=bLEZAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=raju+p.+venkataramana+

Published in "Eminent Indians Who was Who 1900-1980" Publisher : Durga Das Pvt. Ltd., 1985.New Delhi, Language: English, Dewey Number: 920/.054. The paragraph on page 262 reads as follows "RAJU P.Venkataramana (Rao Bahadur):Engineer (b Jan.,14 1895): Head of Dept. of Engineering, Annamalai University. Had 4 sons and 4 daughters, Did BECE, MIE,(Ind.), Educated at Christian College, Madras; Engineering College, Chepauk. Joined ISE, served in Madras PWD (1919-50); was head of Dept. of Engineeringand Chairman, Board of Examiners, Annamalai University; member of Syndicate and Academic Council, Annamalai University; A.R.P. Special Engineer (1941-45); gave lectures in Holland under Madras University and Maharaja of Travancore-Curzon Endowment scheme. Member, International Association for Hydraulic Research, Indian Roads Congress, Association of Principals and Technical Institutions. Represented India at International Roads Congress at Hague (1938); Madras govt. delegate to Indian Roads Congress, Bombay (1939), Madras (1945), Jaipur (1946) and Trivandrum (1947), Toured Europe and studied modern methods of road making, soil mechanics laboratories, construction of high dams and irrigation works (1938), Conducted special examination of weak bridges along trunk roads in Madras state (1940-41); carried out aerodrome works on behalf of War Dept.(1942-45)"

(2)http://irc.org.in/ENU/knowledge/archive/Annual%20Sessions/List%20of%20Annual%20Sessions.pdf

Represented India at International Roads Congress at Hague (1938)

(3)https://sites.google.com/site/dgconclavesi/trivandrum-conclave-history

Masonic Lodge Rajendrarajun (talk) 08:27, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, concerning Puttana Venkatramana Raju (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puttana Venkatramana Raju: The result of the discussion was that "this would need a full rewrite even should the subject be notable after all". I recommend that you first create a draft version that takes the concerns voiced in the discussion into account, at User:Rajendrarajun/Puttana Venkatramana Raju. Sandstein 08:50, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sandstein, Thank you for your quick revert, Yes - I will commence work on a fresh draft which takes into account concerns voiced earlier. Rajendrarajun (talk) 05:20, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Project MUSE

You should have received an email from me about two weeks ago regarding your application for Project MUSE access. Could you please complete the form linked from that email, or if you did not receive the email (check your spam folder), email me? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Now done, thanks. Sandstein 17:03, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Space Cadet

This user came to my attention when he made an edit that seemed rather odd (and disruptive) regarding a German scientist's PhD and with a comment that also seemed rather odd.[1] I then learned that you have in fact indefinitely banned him from "the topic of Germany and Germans, broadly construed"[2] and that he has been engaging in this sort of disruptive editing for more than a decade. His recent edit seems to be in violation of this ban, so I thought I should bring this to your attention. Bjerrebæk (talk) 17:47, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, weird, that. Blocked for a week. Sandstein 18:21, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strike that, unblocked again. I didn't notice that this was in fact a self-revert. Sandstein 18:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But seriously now, can I correct such minor stuff like "phd → PhD" and other simple, non-controversial stuff (and non-disruptive, might I add), or rather not? Space Cadet (talk) 04:59, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]