User talk:ARUNKUMAR P.R/Archive 8

I honestly do not believe I have be destructive in any way. I have only added to Wikipedia. Unsigned comment by Rpe100

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome Arun! Gyrost (talk) 22:01, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok

I'll do that from now on. Forgot that Huggle had an undo button. TheWeakWilled (T * G) 15:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Indigent

And I quote:

Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Vandalism cannot and will not be tolerated. Common types of vandalism are the addition of obscenities or crude humor, page blanking, and the insertion of nonsense into articles.

In what possible way can you possibly mis-characterise my redirect to the Wiktionary definition of "Indigent" as vandalism? ...

The redirect to Wiktionary is appropriate and correct, because the Wiktionary entry actually defines this word, whereas the Wikipedia article is a general discussion on the history, causes and possible programs to reduce poverty ... which may allude to "indigent" but in no way is enlightening in terms of defining the word "indigent" ... please find something constructive to do if you wish to be a positive influence on Wikipedia.

You really should read the following:

Wikipedia is losing editors. Is free user generated content dying? Also, do click on the WSJ link and view the videos there.

I know several people who previously contributed to Wikipedia, but no longer do so because they are fed-up with others who are less knowledgeable than themselves distort or destroy what they have contributed, often in the name of "vandalism" or "lack of citations" ... Wikipedia is not and never should be a mirror of Google. Just because something cannot be verified with a few clicks does not mean it is false (as some here seem to believe).

Please don't rush to the keyboard and fire off some poorly thought out knee-jerk response. You need to ponder whether what you are doing is actually helping or hindering the future viability and reliability of Wikipedia. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 20:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles in Wikipedia must redirect to another article in Wikipedia. An alternative way is to give the meaning of the term and then add the Wiktionary box to the article. I guess that will solve the problem. OK, I admit it..That was not vandalism; I had withdrawn those warning in my next statement to you. And if you are such a great contributor, to show your loyalty to Wikipedia, pls sign up an account. Don't criticize users such as me who contribute to Wikipedia with a user name. and I will strike off my warning; Do not lose heart, we cannot lose more editors and you are always welcome to contribute. arun  talk  03:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I was unaware that there is a policy precluding the use of inter-wiki redirects. I have seen inter-wiki links in use in various situations, although I cannot recall seeing one before as a redirect. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

If inter-wiki redirects are not kosher, then I think the only alternative is to create a short page for Indigent with disambiguation links to Poverty and other possible interpretations as well as related Wiktionary inter-wiki links (boxes). 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I did note that you have stuck-out and subsequently deleted your original challenge of vandalism, which I accept and acknowledge and consider offence retracted and now closed. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

At present I am up to my neck in work and not sure that I can commit to this project in the near term, so I will see how it goes and may well formalize my participation at some time in the future. Meanwhile, I will gain Wiki experience and contribute as and when my domain knowledge or experience as well as time resources permit. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

And pls do not call any one vandal in their talk pages. It is considered as personal attack though I know that at this point you are frustrated.No hard feelings and happy editing..  arun  talk  03:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Excuse me, but what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. As the record shows, it was YOU who called ME a vandal first. As you have duly noted, you should not be surprised then that I DID consider it a rather personal and uncalled for attack on ME and my contributions to this open source, volunteer powered community resource ... but as noted above, I acknowledge that you retracted your initial claim of vandalism, and so, as above, I consider the issue of vandalism closed. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

You may want to see this article as well - Intelligence, where a Wiktionary box is used rather than redirecting the article to the word definition in Wiktionary..  arun  talk  03:56, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I do appreciate your providing a suggestion for another way to achieve the objective. I understand that this is a constructive approach and appreciate that. However, I also note that the Wiktionary box you refer to is in the External Links, not at the top of the page where it would be more appropriate, but then again, this is the Wiki page on Poverty not a Wiki page on Indigent. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

In any event, the primary issue with the current redirect of Indigent to the Wikipedia page on Poverty is that the literal meaning of Indigent is from the Latin and means, basically, lack of ... which could, and often is, used to mean poverty / impoverished / penury / etc. ... but it could equally well mean paucity / shortage / inadequacy / frailty / etc.. I could go on, but the point is that poverty is just one of many possible meanings (definitions) of Indigent ... and this is the crux of the reason why it is misleading and incorrect to redirect this to poverty. In retrospect, I now realize that the current Wiktionary definition is also inadequate. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

If indeed, there is some protocol that discourages or prevents inter-wiki redirects, then there has to be another solution. The only one that occurs to me is to remove the redirect and either create a new page for Indigent (complete with Wiktionary box) ... or make it more of an expanded disambiguation page or some thing in-between. 66.183.96.74 (talk) 08:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Removing my Edit in Government of India Page

Hi Arun,

First of all please pardon me as I am new to Wikipedia.

I just saw your edit to my change.

In the External Links, I saw a link which is also for Government Jobs in India.

I just suggested a Job Portal which is way better than the above given link.

Could you let me know the reason for removing this link ?

Is there any Gtalk or Yahoo Messenger ID of yours ?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shwir (talk • contribs) 16:01, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

added wel-spam to the users talk page--NotedGrant Talk 16:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks buddy!!!  arun  talk  16:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry but I did not understand the answer to my question Shwir (talk) 16:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

The existing link should not have been there and has been removed. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:19, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Yup..That sums up..  arun  talk  16:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy your Wikibreak!

Thanks for the greetings: I hope you have a good break, and come back in the new year all ready to edit! Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 07:27, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Same sentiments here. Thanks for the greetings and I hope you have a good break. Try not to drink too much egg nog. [Removed talkback because it was kinda redundant, but talkback @ my talk as well if you want :)] --Shirik (talk) 07:58, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

ARUNKUMAR P.R: Thanks for the message :) I hope you too will have happy holidays. Obviously it's important not to spend too much time for WP: take a good rest and take care. See you! —Gyopi (talk) 08:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Arun for the greetings. Wish you too a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Salih (talk) 08:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your seasonal wishes, which I cordially return with decorations on. Enjoy your break. RobertG ♬ talk 08:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

• Have a good break and I look forward to seeing you back in action in a month!! Happy Holidays!! - 4twenty42o (talk) 18:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
• Thank you very much, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! TheWeakWilled (T * G) 20:32, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice message, it came at a timely moment! Hope all kinds of good things happen with your holidays, and that your new connection is lightning fast! Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 13:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy the break! Merry Xmas!--thunderboltz^(TALK) 13:04, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Sharreth.jpg

Hi, I nominated the file for deletion because it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. Regards Hekerui (talk) 12:03, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok... I agree. But to get a substitute for that one is really hard...  arun  talk  10:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

help

please give me idea "how to create Infobox i am not understanding the concept..31 December 2009 User:Dhuraidass

Have a look at this page. It might solve your problem...  arun  talk  10:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

• Happy New Year.Are you back or ur wikibreak is still onLinguisticgeek (talk) 05:32, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi LG..I'm not fully back; may take a week or so to get in full wiki rhythm. I'm here for the occasional wiki peek.. :)  arun  talk  10:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi isn't the Madhur Temple the same one where the idol of lord ganesha is supposed to keep on growing every year.there is no mention of it in the article.Linguisticgeek (talk) 05:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

FC

A vandal named ikonoblast is trying to destroy the FC article. He tried two times (2007 & 2009) to delete it, but his intentions were exposed by other users. See his latest attempt to get the article destroyed here. 122.177.218.88 (talk) 12:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)