- Thank you. --Bhadani (talk) 18:02, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
not to pick a nit or anything, but why did you revert my user page to a version by another user? Its my page, and that was not too nice to do. 72.199.64.31 18:52, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Let me see. If I did something wrong, I will set it right. --Bhadani (talk) 18:53, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I find that the user page contains warnings. In case you want an independent user page, please register - that will be helpful. I am again reverting that talk page as it will avoid its misuse by other users of the IP which you may be using along with them. I again suggest that you create an account. Cheers! --Bhadani (talk) 18:56, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- More --Bhadani (talk) 19:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On Talk:Sino-Indian War, an IP user (check the history) has been going on about India's Rape of Goa and keeps posting links to Goan seperatist websites. He also goes on about Indian bullying of Sikkim and Bhutan and his words, despite being irrelevant, remain on the talk page, sending viewers of the talk page to Free Goa websites. How does one deal with this? Traing 02:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- It is the free encyclopedia and some people think that they are free to post any materials they want to post. Perhaps they fail to understand the encyclopedic nature of this Wikipedia. Over a period of time, such editors understand the futility of their useless contributions, and go of their own or are driven out. As such, please don't worry much - the time will take care of such editors, if your assessment is about that IP user is correct. I don't find any need to become unduly wary of such edits. Please continue to add value to the project. Thanks. --Bhadani (talk) 02:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Copy of my reply to an e-mail
Hi ...,
I thank you for your suggestions.
I was not aware that the turnout is so poor and I am unable to understand the reason for the same. It means that the largest and most active wikipedia, English Wikipedia's influence on the Board id decreasing! This is not a good sign perhaps though I am not sure.
I have not exercised my vote as I am remaining mostly inactive for last several months and I find that a lot of time is wasted on English Wikipedia to discuss useless issues.
I have migrated to Wikias where I am doing regular edits for last several months.
In case, I feel like voting I may vote.
I once again thank you for reminding.
With warm regards.
Bhadani
Hi Bhadani, it appears that you have not yet voted in the current Wikimedia board election, although you appear to be eligible to vote.
There are many reasons why it is very important that YOU vote in this election. The board is responsible for oversight and direction of the Wikimedia projects, including fundraising, defining the mission, and determining foundation-wide policies, so though it does not have direct input into English Wikipedia day-to-day policy, you still are affected by what they choose to do.
The election process is simple, and because it uses approval voting, you don't have to figure out who is best; you simply need to select all candidates who are acceptable.
You can find out more about the election at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/en
The election closes at 23:59 on Saturday, July 7, 2007 (UTC, don't let the timezone catch you off guard!). That means you still have time to participate, although with thousands of words written in question and answer pages it will probably take you a little time to build a fair assessment of the candidates, so you should start looking now.
You can read the candidate statements at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Candidates/en and each candidate has as Question/Answer page linked from their statements.
Bhadani, it is critically important that you participate in this process.
As it stands right now substantially less than 16% of all eligible and recently active voters on English Wikipedia have participated in the election process. This is a lower turnout than previous years although enwiki has always had poor voter turnout.
Low turnout makes the election process dramatically more vulnerable to several types of bias; for example, people with strong emotions and potentially unreasonable feelings about the candidates are more likely to participate without encouragement. The impact of sockpuppets, small-POV groups, and parties with any personal or financial interests in the outcome is greater when turnout is low, because these parties will tend to cast a fixed number of votes.
Regardless of the election outcome, low turnout from English Wikipedia also sends the wrong message to the board. English Wikipedia is by far the largest Wikimedia community, and English Wikipedia has, by far, the largest readership. While it is very important that other Wikimedia projects be well supported and understood by the board, the importance of English Wikipedia should not be understated.
There are organized campaigns to increase turnout from some of the other projects, and the result appears that English Wikipedia's influence and interest in Wikimedia is far less than it actually is.
Even if you do not have an opinion on the outcome of the election, even if you think that all candidates are acceptable or that all are unacceptable, you can and should still vote. We use approval voting, and you can cast a vote approving everyone or even a vote approving no one. Neither of these two options will influence the direct outcome of the election, but both will still add to the total count of English Wikipedia voters and both will send the message that our project is important and involved.
OK. Thanks for your suggestions. I decided to vote and it may look a bit bizarre and childish to declare that : I voted for: Mindspillage (Kathleen Walsh) --Bhadani (talk) 16:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please contribute to the discussion at [1], to resolve the ongoing dispute regarding Aryan migration theory/OIT related issues.Sbhushan 17:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Sbhushan. Thank you for your kind message. I feel that my comments shall serve no useful purpose as I have discounted an editor from my mind completely with whom you are having discussion. I regret. Thanks and regards. --Bhadani (talk) 17:56, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- However, please also note that all wikepedians are human beings and deserve respect and consideration as human beings - we may differ here, but if we meet them in real life, we should treat them as we would like to be treated ourselves. --Bhadani (talk) 01:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not able to relate to your second note. Can you point me to a specific thing that I did.Sbhushan 17:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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