User:Shshshsh

Today is 9 November 2024

This user is male.

This user enjoys Bollywood films.

This user is an Indian Wikipedian.

This user participates in the
Indian cinema task force.

This user participates in
WikiProject
Actors and Filmmakers.

50,000+

This user has over 50,000 edits on the English Wikipedia.

About Me

I'm Shahid (शाहिद), a young contributor originally coming from India. My biggest interests on Wikipedia are Hindi cinema, and anything related, and cinema in general. Where films are concerned, my first love is Hindi cinema. I'm a film buff so I naturally enjoy Hollywood films too and do admit that the majority of them are far more progressive and innovative in terms of writing and technique.

I have many favourites in film. Since this might give you a wrong impression, I'm happy to make it clear that I'm not here to glorify my favourites. I'm totally against any kind of POV, and throughout my time on WP have constantly fought to maintain the neutrality of articles I edit. I always try to keep myself fair-minded and unbiased, and that's the approach I would expect from fellow editors. I generally work on different articles, but I'm mainly interested in improving Bollywood-related pages. When I joined WP, they used to be of incredibly poor quality where writing is concerned. But with time, many great editors have joined the project and today there are several high-level articles, which I look at and can be only proud of.

My work on Wikipedia includes:

Creating [and usually writing] film and actor articles, as well as lists, templates, cats etc.
Cleaning up film-related articles
Expanding film-related articles
Keeping an eye to fight vandalism anywhere.

There are several editors whose work and goodwill I have come to highly appreciate over the past decade - they include Rossrs, Plumcouch, Grenavitar, Dr. Blofeld, Dwaipayanc, among others.

I am a big fan of proverbs and old sayings, I believe if every person read one of these at least once a day, their proportions would be different. Anyway, some of mine are placed here. If you have anything of value to offer, please do and I'll add them.

My work

Pages created

I have created numerous articles on film, actors and professionals from the film industry. See here.

Articles I have widely expanded:

I've worked on many articles, in fact so many it would be difficult to mention them all, but those I can think of are:

Important projects

**December 23, 2008:** The day Zinta's article featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as "**Today's featured article**".

Dimple Kapadia is one actress I quite like. When I looked at it in September 2011, the thought of expanding it and turning it into something decent seemed far from reach, considering most of her work had happened so long ago and the lacking amount of online sources, but in spite of this I managed to take it from this sad stub to something more reasonable within four days. But it was not enough for me, and in December the same year I returned to editing it and, having done greater research this time around and without even realising the progress I was doing, within less than a month I managed to produce this result, which honestly I'm very proud of. To write an article on a film actress most of whose work and popularity happened so many years ago, especially when nothing much from those years is available online, required a lot of reading and digging in the archives, and that's why I loved the process. This was followed by my taking a long wikibreak during which my friend Blofeld as always came to the help of a friend to complete the uncompleted and nominated it for a GA after polishing it up a little more. I resumed work on the page in 2020 - the FACs were a challenging task but I really like this article now and it's finally an FA (passed in February 2021).
Shefali Shah is an Indian acting talent who, after years of character parts, gained worldwide recognition following her lead role in the crime series Delhi Crime, but I've appreciated her work ever since I first saw her many years ago in a number of films. I came across the article in March 2022, and was quite surprised at its poor state considering her body of work and recent popularity. I started work on it right away, and after a short wikibreak, returned to expand it in September. In October that year the outcome resulted in another promotion at FAC. This was the first FA article on an Indian actor who isn't a leading commercial star, so after Kapadia, it was another challenge. With her talent and résumé, she definitely deserves a featured article on WP.
I've been the main contributor of the Preity Zinta article. My history with the article was long!! My biggest dream was always to make it FA. But it was not an easy task; it was actually the opposite! It was first listed as GA, thanks to the help of Blof, and later approved as A-class biography article. However, its FAC turned out as a whole mess - it failed, and was delisted from GA. That was tough, but then, thanks to the help of Dwai and John, it was improved further. But there was no end to obstacles, and even after taking a peer review, it did not get listed as GA, and we had to start a GA reassessment to make it GA. Following that, after further work, copyedits and improvement, I thought it was time to face another FAC, but because of what had happened before, I thought it would be better to take another PR to be sure. And the second long FAC, which at some points seemed to be heading towards the same results as its previous one, it passed FA!!! After months of work, two GANs, two PRs, and two FACs (and many discussions in different noticeboards as well), it finally passed FA on May 27, 2008!!! Preity Zinta is the first Indian actress who received her FA on Wikipedia and was featured on the main page. Many more came after this, and it's nice to know this article might have inspired other editors to work on other articles on Indian actors.

DYKs

You can see my list of DYKs on this page

Recognition

I thank every editor who's contributed to this list of kind gestures.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Preity Zinta to Featured Article status.

This user was the winner of Round 37 of the India Quiz.

The Bollywood Star - for your continuous dedication and desire to polish articles **♦ Sir Blofeld ♦** ^"Talk"? 15:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

		The Indian Cinema Barnstar
		I, Blofeld the Bald, award this Indian cinema Barnstar for your excellent and prolific work on Indian films and actresses and cleaning up articles to a high standard. Your're a credit to the industry. This is also for sharing my exquisite taste in beautiful actresses. As they say in Scotland "Ya doi'n good laddie"!

For being one of those editors who have continuously helped improve many Bollywood articles by leaps and bounds. --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 06:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		For Shahid, who never gives up, who is improving Preity Zinta's article continously, who is a great Wikipedian and a helpful editor on many, many articles - and a good, quick vandalism fighter. Best regards, Plumcouch ^Talk2Me 01:08, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Contributor Barnstar
		For being one of the most helpful and kindest Wikipedians as well as contributing so much to Preity Zinta's article and many other Bollywood related articles and never giving up hope. Keep up the good work my friend. --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 21:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For a resilient editor who learns and improves from criticisms, never lets blunders or extremely difficult situations impede his growth as Wikipedian and has the ability to recover with a smile. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 23:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I, Pa7, award Shshshsh the Bollywood barnstar for his complete dedication towards the related articles and his tireless effort in making sure the articles reach the highest standards. Your a huge asset to Bollywood cinema. Well done and keep up the good work :-) Pa7 13:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The Bollywood Barnstar

Considering all the work that it took to get it there, you more than deserve this, Shahid. Great work on getting Preity Zinta to GA!--John Carter (talk) 02:34, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		For Shahid for perservering with Preity Zinta's article continously making it great as well as being the nicest editor on the planet Universal Hero (talk) 18:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

		The Crap toleration barnstar
		For your outstanding ability to deal with the crap that you encounter and staminar at using the pooper scooper to make wikipedia a better place. How you tolerate such a strong exposure to ammonia (which is potentially lethal) I don't know but the Bald One is proud of your resistance to it. Keep up the strong resistence to it and in making the world a cleaner place!! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

The Optimist's Star

For not quitting even when it would have been easier to. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 03:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC), and endorsed by Ncmvocalist (talk) 15:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

The Most Resilient Editor on Wikipedia Barnstar

CONGRATULATIONS!! To Mr. Shahid, owner of the biggest pair of Cajones on wikipedia

Never letting months of blood, sweat and tears and hell put a stop to his truly unbelievable determination to succeed. I hereby award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar to congratulate you for achieving your first much deserved FA article. May this article be a model for other articles on Indian actors and actresses to follow and may this have provided you with much experience in the knowledge of what is required for future FA's. I wish you all the very best and it is brilliant how you stuck in there when most editors would have given up. It shows a great strength of character. Have some time to celebrate but please let me join in with you!!!

♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 10:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Indian Cinema Barnstar
		A Bollywood barnstar for Shahid's brilliant work on the Preity Zinta and other articles. Finally, after such a long time, Zinta article has achieved the FA status, thanks to unputdownable Shahid.Congrats! --Dwaipayan (talk) 12:26, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Half Barnstar
		Presenting you with one half of the great barnstar of collaboration for the Preity Zinta article. The other half goes to Dwaipayan. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 15:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC) and fully endorsed by Mspraveen (talk) 16:32, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		I hereby award Shahid, one of the most helpful and kindest Wikipedian, this Special Barnstar for his continious and amazing work on Wikipedia, particularly for his tireless involvement and dedication on Preity Zinta's article; the article truly deserves to be at the spot it is today. Keep up the good work my friend!! Regards, --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 16:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Films Award
		I, hereby award User:Shshshsh the WikiProject Films Award for his/her valued contibutions to WikiProject Films. A thoroughly deserved achievemnet for you know what. Keep going Buddy! Universal Hero (talk) 10:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Awarded 28 May, 2008

The Bollywood barnstar awarded to Shahid, for his awesome contribution to the Preity Zinta article as well as Indian cinema. This is also for basically hanging in there despite all the obstacles. Keep at it! Pa7 17:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Half Barnstar
		For holding the fort, for responding to development, for guidance and for love. After the Riya Sen graduation I can't help giving you one of these. Cheers Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 08:09, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
		Awarded to Shshshsh aka Shahid, one of the most prolific editors from India. We are proud of you ! -- *Tinu* *Cherian* - 06:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Shshshsh has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as Shshshsh's Day!
For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian,
enjoy being the star of the day, Shshshsh!

Signed, Neutralhomer

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

	The No Spam Barnstar
	For your exceptional efforts in keeping the POV merchants locked in the cell where they belong and maintaining some level of neutrality. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:21, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Very Good job with the Bollywood stars pages. Keep it up :D Meryam90 (talk) 01:51, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions

Hey Shshshsh,

Here is a quick note to say 'thank you' for such wonderful contributions on Preity Ziinta article and making it a FA. I'm sure you must be one of her biggest fans. :)

I am Nitika working with the India Programs team of the Wikimedia Foundation. So glad to connect with you! Nitika.t (talk) 06:36, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Bollywood Barnstar of Excellence
	For your excellent work expanding the Dimple Kapadia article. Wonderful job my friend! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:16, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Because you're probably the main contributer to every article about a Bollywood celebrity. Brilliant stuff man, keep it up. Meryam90 (talk) 00:03, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Guidance Barnstar
	I, hereby lay upon this Barnstar to you for your hard work put up in providing guidance—a piece of cake for those who are filled with perseverance to accomplish a goal and a necessary feature for those who wish to get the best of life. Keep it up! X.One ^SOS 09:31, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

Hello,

Appreciate your work on Preity Zinta. You have done a superb job! Have made a few contributions from my side too (although not comparable to yours). I tried changing the profile pic in the article but it got deleted (i dont really know why since i had obtained the pic from a free-to-share source and had even provided the link to the same) .. I request you to Upload a more recent picture. And if not possible then plz tell me how i can do so myself.. Thank you Cheers Wokay12 (talk) 18:44, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Preity Zinta (estimated annual readership: 1,401,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:55, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

	The Film Barnstar
	For your contributions to articles related to Indian cinema which have inspired many of us Indians (myself included) to expand many biography and film articles to GA and FA status. Thank you very much. :) — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 01:41, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		A token of my gratitude for your vital contributions that made Enthiran an FA! — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 14:34, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

		The Civility Barnstar
		Hi there, I think you're doing stellar job of remaining civil in your discussion at Talk:Bajirao Mastani, which I know has spilled onto other talk pages. Your thick-skinned, level-headed, "not going to bite the bait" approach is exactly the attitude we need more of at Wikipedia, so kudos to you. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:16, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your hard work during the Dimple Kapadia FAC and valiant efforts to improve it in the face of adversity. † Encyclopædius 16:51, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for your recent WP:HEYs of so many films at AfD! Appreciate the hard work. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears, and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 16:06, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Congratulations on Dimple FAC! Months of hard work paid off!! † Encyclopædius 10:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For bringing Dimple Kapadia to FA status with your hard work and perseverance. Keep up the good work :) Yashthepunisher (talk) 05:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Dimple Kapadia

Thank you for quality articles around Hindi films and its stars, especially Dimple Kapadia and Preity Zinta, but also Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and Bollywood, for expanding and updating in the field, for accepting advice generously. - Shahid, repeating (14 August 2010): you are an awesome Wikipedian!