User talk:Pratheepps

Translation Help request!

---

Hello, You are welcome to leave messages for me here. Or you may send email ....

or visit me at

www.pratheep.com

---

==Welcome== Hello Pratheepps and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've chosen to join us. This is a great project with lots of dedicated people, which might seem intimidating at times, but don't let anything discourage you. Be bold!, explore, and contribute. If you want to learn more,

Wikipedia:Bootcamp teaches you the basics quickly,
Wikipedia:Tutorial is more in-depth, and
Wikipedia:Topical index is exhaustive.

The following links might also come in handy:
Glossary
FAQ
Help
Manual of Style
Five Pillars of Wikipedia

Float around for awhile until you find something that tickles your fancy. One easy way to do this is to hit the random page button in the navigation bar to the left. There are also many great committees and groups that focus on particular jobs. My personal favorite stomping grounds are Wikipedia:Translation into English and Wikipedia:Cleanup for sloppy articles. Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation has several other wiki projects that you might enjoy.

There are a few crucial points to keep in mind when editing. Be civil with users, strive to maintain a neutral point of view, verify your information, and show good etiquette like signing your comments with four tildes like this: ~~~~ If you have any more questions, always feel free to ask me anything on my talk page or ask the true experts at Wikipedia:Help desk. Again, welcome! -- Draeco 07:39, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

GREAT PHOTOGRAPH

Image:Elephant indian .JPG. I would rather nominate this for a featured photo. A must have screensaver. Nattu 22:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

India related links+

	Links for Wikipedians interested in India content
Newcomers: Welcome kit | Register: Indian Wikipedians | Network: Noticeboard (WP:INWNB) | Browse: India | Open tasks Contribute content: Wikiportal India - Indian current events (WP:INCE) - India collaboration of the week (WP:INCOTW) - Category adoptions

Hi, please read WP:IUP to understand about the image use policy. The tag you have used for the photograph of O. V. Vijayan is inappropriate. The book cover is also of a french translation and hence can be deemed inappropriate. Also, photographs taken by self are no longer encouraged to be uploaded under copyright tags. They need to be uploaded as free images, i.e. GFDL-self, PD-self and other licenses. Also, consider not putting the license on the image. Welcome!! --Gurubrahma 12:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Indus_Water_Treaty.pdf

Thanks for uploading Image:Indus_Water_Treaty.pdf. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 21:00, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello Pratheep

I visited your web page and gone through the photos, fantastic!!! Why cant't you share some photos with the Wikipedia? foe example the photos of Kannur fort etc.

Keep it up.

Kjrajesh|talk

Thank you....

Kjrajesh|talk

That was great Pradeep, could you contribute some more photos (Kerala)?

Kjrajesh|talk

Hello Pratheep

Can I copy some of the images from your site and post it on Wikipedia?

Kjrajesh|talk

---

Images

Thank you for your reply, pretty all of the images are very good. Could you contribute, pictures of temples? Kjrajesh|talk

---

Category:Characters

Your category of Characters and some of the sub-cats are duplicates. There is already a large tree of categories for exactly this subject at Category:Fictional characters. Your Characters in Novels and Dramas are covered by Category:Characters in written fiction. The latter might be possible as sub-cats of Category:Characters in written fiction, but you would need to be very, very explicit in defining what goes down into the sub-cat. Category:Characters in written fiction is horribly overpopulated, and moving articles down into sub-cats would be a good thing. The problem is getting a set of well-defines sub-cats that can split up the contents of Category:Characters in written fiction smoothly.

For now, I'm going to nominate Category:Characters for CFD, as that one is totally a duplicate. The other two may be salvagable, but may need renames to be consistent. I'll leave them be for the moment to give time to decide what to do with them. - TexasAndroid 21:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

OK!!

probably [Category:Characters in epics] downward can be kept as it is (ie as attached to [Category:Characters in written fiction])looks like there's no major duplication for this cat. Pratheepps

Category:characters in Hindu epics

When you move a character article from the ramayana and mahabharata cats to the characters in ramayana and mahabharata cats, can you please delete category:Ramayana epic or category:mahabharata epic from the article? It's pointless to put both since the one of the cats are inherited from the other.--Dangerous-Boy 10:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Cornheap.jpg

With regard to Image:Cornheap.jpg, please choose a new license for the image. The one you selected is not to be used for new images. Check Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for examples of other licenses you could choose instead. Thanks! ⇒ BRossow ^T/_C 21:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing this so quickly! As long as I'm here, I would like to alert you to my recent nomination for adminship. If you have any feelings on the nomination one way or the other, I'd appreciate your input on the voting page at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Brossow. Thanks! ⇒ BRossow ^T/_C 16:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Image gallery at Kerala

Thanks for adding the images to Kerala, but the article already has enough. Would you be able to add them to Kerala image gallery instead? Thanks. --Khoikhoi 07:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Huston_Smith.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Huston_Smith.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see User talk:Carnildo/images. 19:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Forgiveness article

Thanks for the submission the forgiveness article. I may be showing my ignorance, but I don't understand the quote from Huston Smith as it pertains to forgiveness. Can you explain the link? Thanks. --speet 07:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Namma Metro

Thanks for the information. I was in Aurangabad when the winning logo was announced! Grusl 14:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Philately stubs

Did you know we already have a {{philately-stub}} ? For future reference, the choice of a Hitler head for {{phil-stub}} is really not a good idea. Stan 12:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I entirely agree with Stan and I am recommending this stub for deletion. We should all be using {{philately-stub}}. There are only three or four links to it in any case and I've moved those to the standard stub. --Jack 05:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:Toda Hut.JPG has been promoted

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Toda Hut.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.

Image copyright problem with Image:Vandana_Shiva.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Vandana_Shiva.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 19:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Congrats Pradeep

Good to see that one of your pictures got featured status. It is indeed, a rare achievement that too for a Malayali. Congratulations Pradeep. I personaly feel that if could remove your personal url many of the pictures would get featured status. This is my opininon only. FYI: Wikipedia has a Malayalam Edition which is in its cradle stage. I wish if you could come and contribute there too. Manjithkaini 20:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Why so few Wikipedians are engineers?

I am trying to understand why there are so few Wikipedians who are graduate engineers. Once I get a grasp on that, perhaps I may be able to formulate some ideas on how to attract more experienced engineers to become Wikipedians. It would be very helpful if you would respond to these a few questions:

• Are you a university graduate engineer?
• Please indicate in which of these engineering disciplines you obtained your degree:
  1. Aeronautical or aerospace engineering
  2. Bioengineer or biological engineering
  3. Chemical engineering
  4. Civil engineering
  5. Electrical engineering
  6. Environmental engineering
  7. Mechanical engineering
  8. Petroleum engineering
  9. Other
• In what year did you obtain your degree?
• What attracted you to participate in Wikipedia?

If you would rather not answer these questions on your Talk page, then you may respond on my User talk:mbeychok page. Or you may respond to me via Wikipedia's email which I have enabled on my User:mbeychok page.

If you would rather not respond at all, that's fine also. Regards, - mbeychok 04:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

F-104

This Gnat image has already been discussed -- see the Talk page for the F-104 article. - Emt147 ^Burninate! 17:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

• OK. I didn't notice that!!
  • No worries, just wanted to make sure you saw the reasons. I went back and forth about it with another user and we decided it was too distracting for an F-104 article but would make a great contribution to the article about the Gnat and/or about the conflict in general. Thanks for contributing! - Emt147 ^Burninate! 06:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Indian Occupied Kashmir

I would like to enquire why did you move Indian Occupied Kashmir to Indian Administrated Kashmir without reaching a consesus ? I would be reverting your changes in few days because we did not reach consesus. Siddiqui 17:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Only Pakistan calls it 'Indian Occupied Kashmir' or 'Held Kashmir'. Only India calls it POK. Also these are not the local names of these places. I mean what the local people call their place!!

'Pakistan administered Kashmir' & 'Indian administered Kashmir' are more internationally used phrases to talk about these places. But these phrases are indicative of the status of the places more than the name (Noun) itself. Nevertheless the above mentioned phrases are used as the place names when addressing these places internationally.

I’ve mentioned the reason, in the space given (for moving). And if any one search for 'Indian Occupied Kashmir' was re directed to 'Indian administered Kashmir' (before the new 'Indian Occupied Kashmir' article was created yesterday). Similar to anyone searching for POK or 'Pakistan Occupied Kashmir' is redirected to the 'Pakistan administered Kashmir'.

A mention of what each countries (India & Pakistan) call the places eachother is vital information that needs a mention in the article; not to state that as the name (proper noun) itself (since wiki is worldwide environment).I think that is stated at the very begining of the article itself.

Anyway I’m not an authority in this subject in any sizable dimension. I can contribute only by way of applying some commonsense and understanding on these kinds of subjects. May be fetching some links, wikify, add a few photos, etc etc….

All the best with your efforts :)

--Pratheepps 05:21, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problem for Image:EVM carried on elephant .jpg

Just to alert you to the speedy deletion notice on the image you uploaded. No copyrighted material (even fair use) is allowed on Commons, to my knowledge. However, if it is fair use you could upload it to Wikipedia directly. It's certainly a good picture. Tamino 15:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Your Forgiveness article contribution

Last March you added a quote to the forgiveness article from Huston Smith. I could guess how this relates to forgiveness (ie I would guess--to the one or the alone there is nothing to forgive since all is one) Is my guess on the path? From your perspective, how is this quote best explained to the non Hindu as relating to forgiveness. speet 19:14, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

This is basically a prayer the priests chant. Mostly used to illustrate the the history of the concept of forgiveness (ie with God). This could be of Rig Veda period origin.That is at least 2000 BC. Also illustrates the knowlede people had at those times about man's ignorance (of the knowledge of the concept of God, and the universe at large).So they were basically asking for the forgiviness for the actions that they were/are forced to perform due to ignorance. Pratheepps 06:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Astapovo

Hi! I moved this article to Lev Tolstoy (settlement), because it was renamed in 1918–1920 and re-wrote the article altogether, adding whatever pieces I was able to find on the web. If I find any more reliable sources, I'll revise the article correspondingly. Hope this helps.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 16:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

You can announce a new Russia-related article at Portal:Russia/New article announcements and a new USSR-related article - at Wikipedia:WikiProject Soviet Union/New articles. And feel free to ask me on any USSR-related topics on my Talk Page.

I believe, coordinates, provided by you in the article Astapovo, were appropriate. Hence, I incorporated them again, a bit adjusting them. To check, that they are precise now, click on the link to coordinates in the article and then click on "Find this location at MapQuest" - the red star on the map will point directly to Lev Tolstoj settlement. Cmapm 19:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

* That's great User:Ezhiki & User:Cmapm !!!

The tomb picture on Safdarjung

Hello, Pratheepps. Sorry to bother you, but I removed the tomb picture from the article above, as several anon users complained that it was not actually Safdarjung's tomb but Humayun's. I have no idea if they're correct or not, but since you were the one who added the picture, you probably do! So, if you feel they're wrong, by all means put the picture back in again, or if you think they're right, please take appropriate steps -- personally, I have no idea the picture is correct or not and only removed it because of those complaints, so I leave it to your judgement. =) Thanks for your time. -- Captain Disdain 04:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. That was a mistake!!! the new photo of the Safdarjungtomb notice.jpg and CommonsSafdarjung tomb.jpg uploaded. Thanks for pointing the mistake! Pratheepps 05:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Autobiography of a Yogi cover

Hi Pratheepps, I thought I'd seen all the different Autobiography of a Yogi editions (first edition, last edition, special editions, etc.) until I saw the version you put on the Paramahansa Yogananda article. Can you satisfy my curiosity, and tell me where this one is sold and who the publisher is? Great photos on your user page, by the way. Thank you, ॐ Priyanath 13:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd. ISBN 81-207-2524-7 Rs 100. I bought it at Chennai, not sure if it was at Higgin Bothams or Landmark. [www.sterlingpublishers.com]Pratheepps 15:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.... ॐ Priyanath 23:16, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congratulations, Pratheepps, on getting your picture featured on the front page! -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}15:11, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I second that. The Toda Hut, and the rest of your pictures, are very, very nice! I'm sure you'll get several more of them on the mainpage someday! Picaroon9288 21:10, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou!!! -- thunderboltz & Picaroon9288. Pratheepps

hello

You are an alumnus of Model Engineering College rite? :-) I am currently in s5 at MEC. your images are superb. --anirudh 18:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)Anirudh

yes:)

Barnstar

I, Ganeshk (talk) award Pratheepps this barnstar for his amazing India-related article and picture contributions. Belated congrats on the featured picture promotion of the Toda hut. Keep up the good work! - Ganeshk (talk) 01:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Temple tower at a Kanchi temple

Wonderful, wonderful photo! Do you have others? Mattisse(talk) 01:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

May be you are interested

May be you are interested in http://www.dukandar.com/sabsaypehlay.html link and the corresponding picture of the book. Bye -- ابراهيم 08:41, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

What is this the barcode of?

Hi Pratheepps. I note with interest the barcode that you recently added to illustrate the ISBN page (8175257660). Please reveal what book this is for! My usual searches couldn't find the title . EdJohnston 17:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

- I've created this barcode to illustrate the ISBN barcode. Thought everyone easily would recognise those barcodes printed behind books when explaining the concept of ISBN. The ISBN used is valid & owned by me, but not used on a published book. I thought it would be less misleading to use an actual ISBN than say a hpothetical string like 1234567890 to generate a barcode for illustration :)

Pratheepps 03:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:ISBN Details.jpg

Could you please clarify the license status of those images? More information at those pages. Peter O. (Talk) 16:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Image watermarks

According to Wikipedia's image use policy, user-created images may not be watermarked. This means that writing URLs and copyright information on Image:1008linga.jpg, Image:Coracle Hampi.jpg, and Image:Temple plan.jpg is grounds for the images to be deleted. Since you created the images, I wanted to offer you the chance to upload new versions without a watermark before I nominate them for deletion. This applies to any other photos you have uploaded that I may have missed. If you need assistance in uploading new versions, feel free to contact me. Thanks, and happy editing! Kafziel ^Talk 16:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

After a second look at your userpage, I see that this actually applies to almost all of the images you have uploaded to Wikipedia. Since there are so many, I'll give you a bit more time to upload new versions of all of them. It would be a shame to have to delete so many nice pictures just because you weren't given enough time to fix them. Kafziel ^Talk 16:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok.You may delete whatever image of mine that doesn't comply with the Wikipedia's image policy.I'll keep this in mind if & when i upload a new photo.....Pratheepps 12:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure? All you need to do is click "upload a new version" and you can replace the watermarked photos with original unmarked versions. Even if you don't have the originals anymore, a little bit of cropping will fix a lot of them. As an example, I edited Image:Bheema.jpg to remove the watermark from the bottom. It only took a few seconds in photoshop to crop the photo, and now it can stay. Kafziel ^Talk 15:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Just gone through the deletion policies and procedures.... I opt my images that don’t match the wikipedia policies to be deleted off rather than tweaked or edited. I would contribute new images, so that the images I’ve added would meet both the criteria: of what image I would like to contribute & what is acceptable for Wikipedia .Pratheepps 07:20, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've edited quite a few of the photos to make them acceptable already; you licensed them when you uploaded them to Wikipedia, so now anyone is free to change them. I've fixed 20-25 of them, mostly by simply cropping a tiny bit off the bottom. But I have only worked on ones that seem important to articles, and I am compiling a list of the others that I haven't fixed. So if you want, when I'm done, I'll give you the list and you can request that they be deleted. Kafziel ^Talk 13:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

White deer

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article White deer, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Chick Bowen 06:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm helpless as I'm no wildlife expert to build an article on it. I thought a white deer is an unsusual animal and i wanted to share the white deer's photo i've taken for the people interested in this area. Pratheepps 12:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

It's a good shot. I added it to this page and this category at Commons. Chick Bowen 02:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok! Thank you!

Image tagging for Image:Shiva-elephanta.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Shiva-elephanta.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 12:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Is the copyright tag not enough?Pratheepps 12:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I would say the copyright tag should be sufficient, as it identifies you as the author. However, you don't need to worry about this one anyway. It is on the list of images you wanted deleted per our discussion above; the watermark is pretty prominent and hard to crop out, and the image is not used in any articles, so I didn't bother trying to edit this image. So it will be deleted anyway. Kafziel ^Talk 14:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

FYI, OrphanBot ignores anything inside of the licensing tag when looking for source information, unless it is tagged with PD-self, GFDL-self, or something else that implies self-authorship. If you add "Image by Pratheepps" or something like that outside of the tag, then OrphanBot will be fine with it. I know it's annoying, but computers are annoying sometimes. ;) --BigDT 14:09, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Images

Okay, I've finished fixing as many of the important images as I could. Here is a list of images with watermarks that were either too hard to fix nicely or do not seem to be used prominently in any articles. I know the list looks kind of long, but it's just a fraction of your uploads. Between here and the commons, I cropped and/or photoshopped about 35.

• Image:Kailash3.jpg
• Image:Naga7.jpg
• Image:Shiva-elephanta.jpg
• Image:Carving3.jpg
• Image:Carving4.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort1.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort2.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort3.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort4.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort6.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort7.jpg
• Image:Kannurfort8.jpg
• Image:Naga10.jpg
• Image:Naga11.jpg
• Image:Naga12.jpg
• Image:Naga8.jpg
• Image:Naga9.jpg
• Image:Nage2.jpg
• Image:Palliyodam aranmula.jpg
• Image:Pillerarchitecture som.JPG
• Image:Safdarjungtomb.jpg
• Image:SCTIMST.jpg
• Image:Temple elephant 4.jpg
• Image:Temple elephant 3.jpg
• Image:Temple elephant 1.jpg
• Image:Temple elephant 5.jpg
• Image:Boat safari in the wildlife santury.JPG
• Image:Backwaters sunset.JPG

Your options now are as follows:

1. You can place this list at Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topics and see if anyone there is willing and able to fix more of these photos and incorporate them into articles. It's quite possible that the project will have uses for them but simply does not know they are here. I recommend doing this, but you are certainly not required to do so.
2. You can request that these images be speedy deleted by placing {{db-author}} on the description page of each one. An administrator will delete them as soon as possible.
3. I can make a mass nomination of them at Wikipedia:Images for deletion and they will be deleted after discussion. This is probably not the best option, as it takes time and, in fact, the community may go against your wishes and refuse to delete them. I will hold off on this option because the first two are certainly better for everyone.

Let me know what you plan to do, and if you need help with any of the steps I will be happy to lend a hand. Kafziel ^Talk 14:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletions

I think maybe I wasn't clear enough; you can't use {{db-author}} on any of the images I fixed. That is only valid if nobody else has worked on them, which I have. When you uploaded these photos you released your rights to them; anyone is free to edit them (including removing the watermarks) as long as you are still credited as the author. I spent a lot of time fixing those images and they can no longer be simply deleted. Only the ones in the list above can be. Kafziel ^Talk 19:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, any pictures that did not have watermarks on them in the first place, such as Image:Toda Hut construction details.JPG or Image:Silveroak.jpg do not need to be deleted. Kafziel ^Talk 19:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Image deletions

Hi- while patrolling through CAT:CSD, I noticed some image talk pages you have tagged with {{db-author}}. Two things about this (1) the image page itself should be tagged - there is no reason to create an otherwise empty talk page. (2) Only things you accidentally created can be deleted in this fashion. Anything else needs to go to WP:IFD. --BigDT 19:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Notice

I've indefinitely blocked User:Hampi.com and User:GoHampi.com as per the username guidelines:

Wikipedia does not allow certain types of usernames, including [...] Usernames that promote a company or website. (Wikipedia:Username#Inappropriate usernames)

EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Image update

As per your request I've set up the above list of images for deletion here. Barring any unforseen objections or problems, they should be removed from Wikipedia 5 days from now. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. Kafziel ^Talk 18:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

OK.Not all the images listed are mine.May be someone else might've uploaded(replaced) an image with the same file name of what've uploaded earlier. For example Palliyodam aranmula.jpg. This is not my image.

Pratheepps 09:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Edusat-90.jpg

This file may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Edusat-90.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. When you use a generic fair use tag such as {{fair use}} or {{fair use in|article name}}, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sandstein 22:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Aysha (Kerala)

A tag has been placed on Aysha (Kerala), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

The person is not notable and the location already has an article: Kerala

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet very basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Kimon 14:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

No licence

This image: Image:PIN code of India.svg has no licence. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg

Hello, Pratheepps. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Pratheepps. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 04:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:EVM carried on elephant.jpg

Hello, Pratheepps. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:EVM carried on elephant.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Pratheepps. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 02:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ayaz.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Ayaz.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. — mholland (talk) 00:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:ISBN_81-7525-766-0.jpg

Hi. When you uploaded Image:ISBN_81-7525-766-0.jpg, you did not specify complete source and copyright information. Another user subsequently tagged it with {{GFDL-presumed}} and for some time, it has existed on Wikipedia under the assumption that you created the image, and that, just as with all of your text contributions, you agreed to license it under the GFDL. This assumption, however well-meaning, is not legally sufficient and the tag is being phased out. Images using it are being deleted.

This image has been tagged for deletion and will be deleted in one week if adequate copyright information is not provided.

If you, personally, are the author of this content, meaning that you took the photograph yourself or you created the chart yourself (and it does not use any clipart that you did not create), please retag the image with a free image copyright tag that correctly describes your licensing intentions, usually {{GFDL-self}} or {{PD-self}}. Please also make sure if you have not already done so that you write a good description of what the image depicts, when you took the photo, and other important details. This will allow Wikipedia to continue using the image.

If you did not create the image or if it is derived from the copyrighted works of others, please keep in mind that most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not suitable for use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others and does not use images unless we know that they have been freely licensed. Any creative work is automatically copyrighted, even if it lacks a copyright notice. Unless the copyright holder has specifically disclaimed their rights to the image and released it under the GFDL or another compatible license, we cannot use it. If you did not create the image, simply do nothing and it will be deleted in a week.

Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if I can be of assistance or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. MER-C 08:22, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:ISBN_Details.jpg

Hi. When you uploaded Image:ISBN_Details.jpg, you did not specify complete source and copyright information. Another user subsequently tagged it with {{GFDL-presumed}} and for some time, it has existed on Wikipedia under the assumption that you created the image, and that, just as with all of your text contributions, you agreed to license it under the GFDL. This assumption, however well-meaning, is not legally sufficient and the tag is being phased out. Images using it are being deleted.

This image has been tagged for deletion and will be deleted in one week if adequate copyright information is not provided.

If you, personally, are the author of this content, meaning that you took the photograph yourself or you created the chart yourself (and it does not use any clipart that you did not create), please retag the image with a free image copyright tag that correctly describes your licensing intentions, usually {{GFDL-self}} or {{PD-self}}. Please also make sure if you have not already done so that you write a good description of what the image depicts, when you took the photo, and other important details. This will allow Wikipedia to continue using the image.

If you did not create the image or if it is derived from the copyrighted works of others, please keep in mind that most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not suitable for use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others and does not use images unless we know that they have been freely licensed. Any creative work is automatically copyrighted, even if it lacks a copyright notice. Unless the copyright holder has specifically disclaimed their rights to the image and released it under the GFDL or another compatible license, we cannot use it. If you did not create the image, simply do nothing and it will be deleted in a week.

Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if I can be of assistance or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. MER-C 08:22, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:20030620000407601.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:20030620000407601.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 23:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:20030620000407601.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:20030620000407601.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self-no-disclaimers}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 23:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 23:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:ISBN 81-7525-766-0.jpg

Hi. When you uploaded Image:ISBN 81-7525-766-0.jpg, you did not specify complete source and copyright information. Another user subsequently tagged it with {{GFDL-presumed}} and, for some time, it has existed on Wikipedia under the assumption that you created the image and you agreed to license it under the GFDL. This assumption, however well-meaning, is not legally sufficient and the tag is being phased out. Images using it are being deleted.

This image has been tagged for deletion and will be deleted in one week if adequate copyright information is not provided.

If you, personally, are the author of this content, meaning that you took the photograph yourself or you created the chart yourself (and it does not use any clipart that you did not create), please retag the image with a free image copyright tag that correctly describes your licensing intentions, usually {{GFDL-self}} or {{PD-self}}. Please also make sure if you have not already done so that you write a good description of what the image depicts, when you took the photo, and other important details. This will allow Wikipedia to continue using the image.

If you did not create the image or if it is derived from the copyrighted works of others, please keep in mind that most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not suitable for use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others and does not use images unless we know that they have been freely licensed. Any creative work is automatically copyrighted, even if it lacks a copyright notice. Unless the copyright holder has specifically disclaimed their rights to the image and released it under the GFDL or another compatible license, we cannot use it. If you did not create the image, and cannot make the image compliant with Wikipedia:Non-free content, simply do nothing and it will be deleted in a week. All other non-free images must follow these rules.

Please feel free to contact me on my talk page or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. Aksibot 08:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:ISBN Details.jpg

Hi. When you uploaded Image:ISBN Details.jpg, you did not specify complete source and copyright information. Another user subsequently tagged it with {{GFDL-presumed}} and, for some time, it has existed on Wikipedia under the assumption that you created the image and you agreed to license it under the GFDL. This assumption, however well-meaning, is not legally sufficient and the tag is being phased out. Images using it are being deleted.

This image has been tagged for deletion and will be deleted in one week if adequate copyright information is not provided.

If you, personally, are the author of this content, meaning that you took the photograph yourself or you created the chart yourself (and it does not use any clipart that you did not create), please retag the image with a free image copyright tag that correctly describes your licensing intentions, usually {{GFDL-self}} or {{PD-self}}. Please also make sure if you have not already done so that you write a good description of what the image depicts, when you took the photo, and other important details. This will allow Wikipedia to continue using the image.

If you did not create the image or if it is derived from the copyrighted works of others, please keep in mind that most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not suitable for use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others and does not use images unless we know that they have been freely licensed. Any creative work is automatically copyrighted, even if it lacks a copyright notice. Unless the copyright holder has specifically disclaimed their rights to the image and released it under the GFDL or another compatible license, we cannot use it. If you did not create the image, and cannot make the image compliant with Wikipedia:Non-free content, simply do nothing and it will be deleted in a week. All other non-free images must follow these rules.

Please feel free to contact me on my talk page or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. Aksibot 08:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Greek translation

Yes..... --Asteraki 00:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

It´s ok. You have Post (email). :) --Asteraki 03:08, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Indira_at_pokran.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Indira_at_pokran.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Bleh999 12:08, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:White mughals pic.jpg

This file may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:White mughals pic.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted after seven days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 05:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Autorickshawcng.jpg

I have tagged Image:Autorickshawcng.jpg as {{replaceable fair use}}. If you wish to dispute this assertion, please add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}} to the image description page and a comment explaining your reasoning to the the image talk page. MER-C 07:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Autorickshawcng.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Autorickshawcng.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 01:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:BC 0743283449.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:BC 0743283449.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 19:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Parvez b.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Parvez b.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 06:21, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:C 074329582X.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:C 074329582X.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ilse@ 12:06, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Gandhi-handwrite.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Gandhi-handwrite.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 17:07, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

st. philomena's church image

hi i saw ur request for philomena's church. i have uploaded the photo into my wikimedia commons account. u can use it from there. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:St.philos2.JPG

u can find the photo in wikimedia mysore category.

Gagan555 12:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Karachi Rail Map

Hi, just to let you know, I've created an svg version or your Karachi Circular Railway map, out of curiosity what was your original map based on? and do you have any more? ;-)

Anyway I think I've made an accurate copy, let me know if you think there;'s anything wrong with it.

Regards

Pahari Sahib , 22:14, 10 October 2007 (GMT)

Re:KCR

I'm no expert on the KCR your version looks fine to me :-), whilst the original is functional and does contain a little extra information, yours is more colourful and user friendly and more a like a Tube map and so more suitable for the article.

Regards

Pahari Sahib, 13:40, 14 October 2007 (GMT)

Fair use rationale for Image:Vijayan.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Vijayan.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 10:05, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Indophobia

An article that you have been involved in editing, Indophobia, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indophobia. Thank you. Soman (talk) 16:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mast.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Mast.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Dyre.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Dyre.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 04:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:EVM carried on elephant.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:EVM carried on elephant.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Khasak.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Khasak.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 14:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Seshan.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Seshan.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, fair use media which could be replaced by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if not used in an article), per our Fair Use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. NAHID 17:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mazdak.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Mazdak.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 18:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Kuldipnayar.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Kuldipnayar.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

-pl. delete the image, if it is cont complying with the copyright/rationale policy.Pratheepps (talk) 03:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 04:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:World relegions.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:World relegions.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 08:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Site Explorer

An editor has nominated Site Explorer, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Site Explorer and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 01:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Thar Express.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Thar Express.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Dawn-w.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:Dawn-w.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 01:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Autobiography of a Yogi.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 18:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:6mgyhome.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:6mgyhome.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 19:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Hindux.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Hindux.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Characters in Paradise Lost

Category:Characters in Paradise Lost, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Cgingold (talk) 14:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ce mark big.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:Ce mark big.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 19:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:CO

A tag has been placed on Template:CO requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Harry Lee McGinnis

A tag has been placed on Harry Lee McGinnis requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Sting au Buzz Me... 12:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Antrix logo.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Antrix logo.gif. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --12:54, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Bangalore metro logo.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Bangalore metro logo.jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 20:17, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The Photographer's Barnstar

I came upon another of your photos today and I remembered your name from our discussions last year. I think this award is long-overdue!

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For your tireless effort in providing excellent photographs of Indian subjects, I award you this Photographer's Barnstar. Thank you for all your hard work! Kafziel 07:17, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of List of Indian trains

I have nominated List of Indian trains, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Indian trains. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. —SpaceFlight89 10:57, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

NowCommons: File:Kingfisher hording.JPG

File:Kingfisher hording.JPG is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Kingfisher hording.JPG. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Kingfisher hording.JPG]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 23:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

File:A cup of chai.JPG is now available as Commons:File:A cup of chai.JPG. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 21:09, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

File:Cornheap.jpg is now available as Commons:File:Cornheap.jpg. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 04:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Sunflower farm.jpg is now available as Commons:File:Sunflower farm.jpg. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 05:56, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of China-India Friendship Year

A tag has been placed on China-India Friendship Year requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Ironholds (talk) 06:54, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Pratheepps! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 944 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Raja Mohan - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 15:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cow Belt

The article Cow Belt has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The article looks like a HOAX

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Onef9day (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

St. Angelo Fort photos

Hi, Pratheepps. Two of your photographs (File:Kannurfort1a.jpg and File:Kannurfort3a.jpg) have been listed for deletion; see Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2010 March 27#File:Kannurfort1a.jpg. The editor who nominated these images for deletion is concerned because the photos are credited to you but were uploaded by a different editor, Kjrajesh. Can you help us by verifying that you have indeed agreed to release these photographs into the public domain? —Bkell (talk) 16:27, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Big-bilimbi.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Big-bilimbi.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 19:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Musamies (talk) 19:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Brand blunder for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brand blunder is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brand blunder until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Donnie Park (talk) 17:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tamil Nadu Desiya Aanmiga Makkal Katchi

The article Tamil Nadu Desiya Aanmiga Makkal Katchi has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable, recently founded political party with no singificant coverage in secondary sources nor claim to notability

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Sadads (talk) 06:40, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Vali.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Vali.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

Hi Pratheepps, The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011. You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form. But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach. As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions. We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

Your File:Tapioca.jpg

Hi! That photo looks scrumptious. Any info on how it was made? A recipe/name perhaps? Thx! :D - ChrisWar666 (talk) 17:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Kabuki-india-stamp.jpg

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Kabuki-india-stamp.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Temple plan.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Temple plan.jpg, which you've sourced to www.hampi.in. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:00, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Unesco-whs-in-india.png

Thanks for uploading File:Unesco-whs-in-india.png, which you've sourced to www.pratheep.com. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:01, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Naga1.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Naga1.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sir Armbrust ^{Talk to me} _Contribs 23:37, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

File:Naga4.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Naga4.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sir Armbrust ^{Talk to me} _Contribs 23:39, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project

Hello,

My name is Victor Grigas, and I'm a storyteller at the Wikimedia foundation. We're telling stories of Wikipedia users, editors, donors, programmers and staff to paint a picture of who uses Wikipedia - for the 2011 fundraiser.

I am in the process of planning a trip to India to gather stories from Indian Wikipedians in face-to-face interviews (possibly on video).

My primary goal is to conduct 15-20 interviews, and hopefully enough of my interviews will make compelling stories that will effectively solicit donations from the public. These stories may also be used for other communication purposes by the foundation.

I found your userpage on a list of prolific Wikipedians and thought I’d reach out to you. Prolific editing is always a good story to tell!

If you are interested in participating, please contact me via my email:

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Thank you for your time!

Victor

About me: I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2005. My userpage can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

Files missing description details

Dear uploader: The media files you uploaded as:

• File:Misty madikeri.jpg
• File:Mosquito-feeding.jpg

are missing a description and/or other details on their image description pages. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors make better use of the images, and they will be more informative to readers.

If the information is not provided, the images may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

If you have any questions, please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Theo's Little Bot (error?) 10:02, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Your images of Naga - to be moved to commons

Hi Pratheepps, I was trying to move your images File:Naga1.jpg, File:Naga2.jpg and File:Naga4.jpg to Commons (as they are tagged for moving), but the license on them is incomplete as it doesn't specify any further terms & therefore I'm not sure I can move them. (Also commonshelper disagrees as there's "no verifiable license" on the image). If you could review and perhaps add a bit of information on these images, that would be great thanks. Deadstar (talk) 11:16, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Pratheep

Template:Pratheep has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 19:56, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Notification of automated file description generation

Your upload of File:Adenanthera.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.

This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:25, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

• Another one of your uploads, File:Churidar-shope.jpg, has also had some information automatically added. If you get a moment, please review the bot's contributions there as well. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 14:32, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Indian Occupied Kashmir

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Indian Occupied Kashmir, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

• It is unambiguous vandalism or an obvious hoax. (See section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please do not introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia; doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Human3015 Say Hey!! • 02:12, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:09, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

File:Snakecharmer India.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Snakecharmer India.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Kelly ^hi! 11:12, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of All India

The article All India has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as unsourced since 2009; is this meant to be a Wikipedia article, a disambiguation page?

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:02, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Saint Alphonsa birth centenary commemorative coin.JPG

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Saint Alphonsa birth centenary commemorative coin.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:48, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Cow belt for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cow belt is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cow belt until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

-- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|she) 00:39, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

"Supplemental Result" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Supplemental Result has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 25 § Supplemental Result until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 05:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)