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January 2010

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Speedy deletion nomination of 1997 Coimbatore violence

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Talk:Tirubuvanam

u seem like a useful contributor, but, please be aware this is not the way wikipedia works. anybody can edit any article at will as long as it conforms with wikipedia policies and guidelines. good to have you here and happy editing. --Car Tick 22:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good Contributions

Thanks for your good contributions in Tamil Nadu politics. One small tip - I see you have been updating out of date infoboxes of politicians, tagging them as former member of parliaments. Per wikipedia conventions, it is not necessary to mark former parliamentarians and members as either "Ex-member" or "former-members". Instead we use the term "member" even if they have lost the election but instead updated the term start and term end fields. I have done so for R. Dhanuskodi Athithan. You can see from this article, how terms are used to indicate current status. If some one is current member, leave the term_end field blank and it will say "Incumbent", which indicates current membership. If it does not say "incumbent", then he is a former member. Keep up your contributions.--Sodabottle (talk) 06:20, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to User:Ravichandar84, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. I sternly warn you against repeating such acts in the future. The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 03:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

come on Ravi, take it wasy. apparently, the user is finding his way here. --Car Tick 05:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the user is quite new but I am a bit suspicious. A brief look at the user's contributions reveals that the user has been adding claims that so-and-so politician left the AIADMK and joined the Indian National Congress without providing any verifiable sources and removing "AIADMK" from the political party list in the infobox. Also, please have a look at the history of P. Thanulinga Nadar article. Though Thanulingam was the State President of the Hindu Munnani in his later days, he was still elected to the Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket; yet due to no know reason Hibayathullah has been removing references to the Congress in the infobox and adding Hindu Munnani (which, of course, is NOT a POLITICAL PARTY). After all, it is a well-known fact that a lot of pro-Hindutva leaders had their origins in the Indian National Congress whether we like it or not. I am also concerned over Hibayathullah's warning to me not to edit Thirubuvanam article. I hope it is not in Hibathullah's intention to exercise ownership over the article, or does he.-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 06:20, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ravi, as for as i can tell all of Hibayathullah's change of parties are accurate (though he doesn't add references). His changes are usually updating the latest party of the politician or changing member to former member etc. I believe, he edits the infobox to represent the "latest" status of the politician - party, posts etc and removes earlier history of the politician. He not only removes the early party affiliations, but also legislative posts held. If a MP is retired/lost, he changes the infobox to "former member". If a minister is mentioned just as "MLA", he removes MLA and inserts "former minister of such portfolio". This along with claiming ownership of thirubuvanam is indicating that he is still feeling his way around. With a little pointing out, he can turn out to be a valuable contributor. I went through all his politician edits and cannot find any wrong ones (as far as i know). Some of his correct party changes are as follows : S. Thirunavukkarasu (ADMK to INC), S. Jagathrakshakan (ADMK to DMK), Panruti S. Ramachandran (ADMK to DMDK),sedapatti muthaiah (ADMK to DMK), S. D. Ugamchand (ADMK to DMK), Senji Ramachandran (ADMK to DMK). Gomathi Srinivasan (ADMK to DMK). etc.--Sodabottle (talk) 06:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't question the authenticity of the claims. I agree that this user is new to Wikipedia. Okay, let me put it like this - all the examples which you've mentioned here have been instances of politicians from non-UPA parties moving to one of the UPA constituents which makes me doubt whether mistakes committed by this user have been due to newness. Why does the user not add instances wherein the change has been the other way round.-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 00:58, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

is he pro-UPA? Let him be? who cares.. as long as he adds the facts. someone else who is pro-non-UPA will take care of the rest. --Car Tick 01:06, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Panruti Ramachandran went from ADMK to DMDK. Vijayakanth is not UPA. Without considering whether hibayathulla is pro UPA or not, ADMK has been in opposition in state level since 2006 and in national level since 1999, while DMK has been almost continuously in power at the centre since 1999. So there are bound to more defections to DMK and out of ADMK. Similarly there have a lot of ADMK to DMDK defections as Vijayakanth is eating into ADMK political space. There have been very few defections out of DMK in the past five years or so. (raja kannappan, inbathamilan come to my mind, but no one else). Most of our Tamil politician stubs have been created out of election results and a lot of them are outdated. So as long as hibayathullah's changes are factual (i will keep a look out for a few days) there is no harm in him making these changes --Sodabottle (talk) 07:12, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

sources

One more tip - we can't use self published blogs as sources. What we can use and what we can't is covered here - WP:RELIABLE.--Sodabottle (talk) 20:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2006

i notice u made some corrections, i havent verified them yet. but, i am thinking about removing all former winners (for consistency and because 2001 election page exists) and add runner-ups. --Car Tick 00:25, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dubai

Hi, Interested in attending meetup in Dubai? --Saki ^talk 13:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An Invitation From Sue Gardner

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James Owen (talk) 19:49, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Meetup/Dubai 1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.102.219 (talk) 13:03, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

Hi Hibayathullah,

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

December 2012

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Need Help in Article Nominated for deletion (History of Adirampattinam Kalvithanthai Haji.S.M.S. Shaik Jalaludeen)

@Hibayathullah: I have created an article for Kalvithanthai Haji.S.M.S.Shaik Jalaludeen Founder of Adirampattinam Khadir Mohideen College. It is nominated for deletion. Please help to improve the article.Azarudeen S(Talk).Azarudeen Syed Bahurudeen 19:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]