User talk:KCVelaga/Archive 3

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TFL notification

Hi, Krishna. I'm just posting to let you know that List of destroyers of India – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 5. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 23:19, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of INS Vikrant (R11)

Hello! Your submission of INS Vikrant (R11) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yakikaki (talk) 15:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Image in signature

I think, you should remove that Ashok Chakra image from your signature. Use of images in signature is discouraged and there is a community consensus against it (WP:SIGIMAGE). Thank you. Anup [Talk] 14:06, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

It's not only discouraged, it's not allowed. Primefac (talk) 18:53, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

@Primefac and Anupmehra: Thank you both for informing, changed it. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review needs your help

Hi KCVelaga,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted.

Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.

It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.

(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Singapore

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Singapore. Legobot (talk) 04:38, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

A request to speed up deletion......

You recently took the article List of office-holders in Punjab, India to AfD.But,since you were the creator and no other editors have made any significant edit to the article, you could nominate it under G7, speedily deleting it,saving a lot of time and energy.You may also want to go througthere entire AfD and wait for consensus.Thanks!Aru@baska^{❯❯❯ Vanguard} 09:19, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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.

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Congratulations!

		The Milhist A-Class medal
		For prolific work on three Indian MILHIST—List of destroyers of India, List of National Defence Academy alumni and List of Param Vir Chakra recipients—, all promoted to A-class, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal, Congrats! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:23, 21 November 2016 (UTC).

Thanks. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:25, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of INS Vikrant (R11)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article INS Vikrant (R11) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:20, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sam Manekshaw

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sam Manekshaw you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 04:40, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer - RfC

Hi KCVelaga. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:57, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sam Manekshaw

The article Sam Manekshaw you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sam Manekshaw for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 08:40, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

GA Cup

Hi Krishna. I just noticed that the articles you have been revieweing were not checked for copyright violations/plagarism. Therefore, while checking your reviews I found that two of your reviews have had blatant, 89% plagarism. From this point onwards, we will require you to check your articles for copyright violations to satisfy the requirement of having a complete review. If you do not comply, and we find another article that has copyright violations, we will have to disqualify you. Thanks! MrWooHoo (T • C) 16:05, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Krishna. I just double checked the plagarism, but it turns out that those two sources that had had plagarism were actually because the website had used Wikipedia (practically a mirror site). Apologies for the misunderstanding. However, I still strongly recommend that you use Earwig's copyvio tool on the articles you review. Thanks! MrWooHoo (T • C) 16:10, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@MrWooHoo: I have used them. Anyway thanks for reminding me. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

List of National Defence Academy alumni

Hi! The sub-sections of this list are quite complicated and not easy to surf. Currently they are divided as Chief of Staffs (A, N, A), Wartime Award Recipients (PVC, MVC, VC), Peacetime award recipients (AC, KC, SC). Can this be revamped to simple three sections as Army, Navy and Air Force? I know it's a lot of work but we would bring down 10 lists to just 3. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 10:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@Dharmadhyaksha: Obviously no. For examples, see List of United States Air Force Academy alumni and List of United States Naval Academy alumni. They are divided based on the notability criteria, not the services. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:04, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Because they are of institutes of a specific service, not like how we have here where all three services are catered to. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 13:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@Dharmadhyaksha: I don't have any opinion on this. Actually the list have also passed an A-Class review from MILHIS. I would like to ping AustralianRupert, the lead coordinator of MILHIS, to comment on this. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:27, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

G'day, I can see benefits in both approaches, but to be honest I don't know much about lists. The best suggestion I have would be to put the list through FLC to see what they say about it, or ask some of the regulars there for an opinion. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:50, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@Dharmadhyaksha: Take this to the FLC archive page. So that community can voice their opinions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Goa Opinion Poll

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Goa Opinion Poll. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kodandera M. Cariappa

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kodandera M. Cariappa you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:40, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sam Manekshaw

The article Sam Manekshaw you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Sam Manekshaw for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@Peacemaker67: You mentioned that you've passed the article, but what is this? Also I can't see any GA logo on the top of the article. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:08, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Weird. I'll check it out. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:09, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@Peacemaker67: Any update on this? I added {{Article history}} to the talk page, and what about the top icon? Also also posted a message on LegoBot's talk page. And one more, would suggest a c/e from GOCE before I take the article further (ACR, FAC)? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 06:22, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

I'll put the GA icon on, we used to do it manually back in the day... I saw that you'd asked about Legobot, but I'm not sure how well patrolled that page is, so I've posted on the GA talk page as well. As far as Manekshaw is concerned, I'd ask for a GOCE c/e and look more widely at the various quotes in the obit's with a view to adding them in to give more of a sense of his personality. You'll also need to tidy up the citations and references sections if you want it to get through ACR. I'd use sfn throughout and use cite news etc to anchor the citations. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@Peacemaker67: Thanks, and also sorry for trouble you had with the review. Actually this is my first GA, and also can you explain what do you mean by "sfn throughout and use cite news etc to anchor"? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:39, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of INS Vikrant (R11)

The article INS Vikrant (R11) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:INS Vikrant (R11) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:41, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Krishna. I'm just posting to let you know that 1982 Asian Games medal table – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 30. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 03:07, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

November 2016 Military History Writers' Contest

		The WikiChevrons
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the November 2016 Military History Article Writing Contest with an impressive 63 points from six articles. Well done and congratulations, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Well done Krishna! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:22, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:09, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for uninentional vandalism of a particular page.

Hey I'm very sorry for unintentionally vandalising the page. My intention was to put up a tabular form of Srihari's movies list. As I'm new to Wikipedia so I pretty much don't know the basics. Sorry once again. PradeepKumar308 (talk) 10:38, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

@PradeepKumar308: An admin will contact you, appeal to him/her. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:02, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

ACC tool access request approved

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, thank you for your interest in the account creation process. I have verified that you are identified to the Wikimedia Foundation and approved your request.

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Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again welcome! FastLizard4 (talk•contribs) 06:50, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga; this is a reminder that you are required to subscribe to the ACC mailing list before handling any account requests. You have handled several requests already, but you have not yet subscribed. If you do not subscribe before handling further requests, your access to ACC may be removed. Also, is there some reason why you have request 186793 reserved even though you don't seem to be doing anything with it? You may wish to review the ACC guide on the subject of request reservations. Thanks, FastLizard4 (talk•contribs) 12:10, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

@FastLizard4: Sorry for that. Subscribed to the list and also broke the unexpectedly reserved request. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:19, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

December 2016

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at User talk:PradeepKumar308. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been undone.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. MPS1992 (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Closing RfDs

Hi. Re this edit, to close an RfD you need to do more than just editing the redirect. You also have to put header and footer tags on the RfD discussion, and {{Old RfD}} on the talk page of the redirect. How to do it is explained at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Administrator instructions. On the RfD page there are links for keep/retarget/delete beside the redirect, which help by filling in an appropriate edit summary when you click them.

I have already done this for Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 26#Ghair muqallideen - I was surprised to find the redirect already retargetted - but I am letting you know for next time. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:39, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: Will note that. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 01:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break.

There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll.

If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA).
If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December.

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Page: M Ross Perkins (Singer)

Hi, you recently accepted my page submission for "M Ross Perkins (singer)", however the main article title is incorrect. It should read "M Ross Perkins", not "Ross Perkins". Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by W1nds0ck (talk • contribs) 23:13, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Fixed Primefac (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

Miramar?

Hey. Did you ever rec'v Miramar access? Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 21:00, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

@Lingzhi: Yeah, I use it. Any problem? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:43, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

No, I was just following up because I had screwed it up earlier. Checking to see if everything is OK. Happy editing... Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 00:49, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

Your Military History Newsletter

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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Michael Portillo

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Michael Portillo. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

2nd West Virginia Cavalry

Thank you for all your work reviewing the 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. It is a long article, and I can be difficult, but you were very patient! I learned a lot, and plan to upgrade two of my other military articles. Cheers! TwoScars (talk) 13:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

@TwoScars: Looking forward for more contributions from you. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Sam Manekshaw

On 9 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sam Manekshaw, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sam Manekshaw was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sam Manekshaw. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sam Manekshaw), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Vanamonde (talk) 00:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Operation Trident (1971)

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Operation Trident (1971) has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

You will notice that I archived one of the article’s citations (#1). I suggest that you archive the rest of the article’s URLs as time allows. This ensures that the article's references are available "forever" and that it doesn’t develop "dead links" over time. The site I use is https://archive.org/web/. Simply copy the URL in the citation and paste it in the "Save Page Now" box on the archive.org site and click "save". This creates a copy of the original page and provides you with a new URL to add to the original citation. If you look at the URL I've archived you'll see the syntax. You add the new URL to the end of the original citation like this: |archiveurl=http etc|archivedate=9 December 2016}}. Not all websites allow archiving - CBS TV news and the NY Times are two I've come across, so there's not much you can do about that unless there is an alternate citation you could use.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Operation Python

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Operation Python has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:05, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thanks for that. Are you sure the edit was complete? I still find the c/e notice on the page. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

My mistake! I've removed it. Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:40, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Piru Singh

The article Piru Singh you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Piru Singh for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 05:21, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Ishaq Dar

Krishna, do you think this article could achieve a GA status? --Saqib (talk) 16:04, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

@Saqib: The article looks good, but I am not good at political biographies. I can help you with military history related ones, if needed. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, KCVelaga/Archive 3. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by — Gestrid (talk) 08:30, 12 December 2016 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template.

I've replied again. — Gestrid (talk) 00:29, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Trident (1971)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Operation Trident (1971) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

14:51:54, 5 December 2016 review of submission by 2600:1010:B008:1E21:4C0C:26D4:DE70:D124

2600:1010:B008:1E21:4C0C:26D4:DE70:D124 (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Hanna Boys Center (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

can you help me edit this page so it can be approved?

We are a nonprofit

I am not good at these type of articles. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Somnath Sharma

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Somnath Sharma has been completed.

I tried to check the citation for Sharma's PVC medal but discovered that the link you cited is now a "dead link". I hope you can find another citation to replace the one you used.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:39, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

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GA Cup Review

Hey! I was just checking your reviews where I noticed that you failed an article, and when I check reviews (pass or fail) I tend to use Earwig's Copyvio Detector to see if articles are plagarized. In this case, the article Qamar Javed Bajwa was 80% plagarized from one source. I gave points to your review, but just for future reference, be sure to use the copyvio tool to make sure there isn't plagarism. Thanks! MrWooHoo (T • C) 01:31, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Rama Raghoba Rane

The article Rama Raghoba Rane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Rama Raghoba Rane for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 07:21, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Abortion-rights movements

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Abortion-rights movements. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Field Marshall (India)

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Field Marshall (India) has been completed. Several URLs still need to be archived.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Param Vir Chakra

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Param Vir Chakra has been completed bu user CoolieCoolster and myself.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:51, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Sam Manekshaw

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Sam Manekshaw has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Commenting at AfD

Hello. I noticed that you nominated an article for deletion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Singapore Tamils). As the nominator, it is usually beneficial if you also discuss and explain your rationale and maybe engage with the participants in discussion. Thank you. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 15:22, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
Rollback should never be used to edit war.
If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:10, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

@Coffee: Thanks for that. Will make the best out of it. I am a bit confused, what is this "trusted user" tag? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:15, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Cold War

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Sinking Creek Raid

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. Thank you for reviewing Sinking Creek Raid. Hopefully, I have learned from the 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and this article will be easier for all. A question about the last two images: Do you think the Medal of Honor image and the Powell image should replace each other (put Powell where the Medal is, and put the Medal where Powell is)? TwoScars (talk) 21:24, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December.

This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points.

We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules.

In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for INS Vikrant (R11)

On 2 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article INS Vikrant (R11), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that INS Vikrant (pictured) was India's first aircraft carrier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/INS Vikrant (R11). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, INS Vikrant (R11)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For all the good work and especially for INS Vikrant (R11). Good going! :-) Ashwin147 (talk) 08:30, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Trident (1971)

The article Operation Trident (1971) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Operation Trident (1971) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 04:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

2016 Year in Review

		WikiProject Ships Barnstar
		For your contributions to the Featured List of destroyers of India, I hereby present you with this WikiProject Ships Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 08:05, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

		The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your contributions to the Featured List of destroyers of India, I hereby present you with the Indian Barnstar of National Merit. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 08:05, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

@TomStar81: Thank You Tom. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Python

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Operation Python you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 06:20, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

If you have time...

Krishna hi :) If you have time, can you take a quick look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates#List of Indian Premier League seasons and results. I've already addressed various queries of Rambling Man. It'll be nice to have your views too there. Thanks. Lourdes 14:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Field marshal (India)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Field marshal (India) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 06:20, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Field marshal (India)

The article Field marshal (India) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Field marshal (India) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:20, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Quarterly Milhist Reviewing Award: Oct to Dec 16

		The WikiChevrons
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 45 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2016. Your individual efforts, particularly at GAN where you reviewed an incredible 39 articles in the period above, have been significant in keeping Wikipedia's reviewing processes effective. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:35, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Military History Newcomer of the Year

		The Golden Wiki
		For "...[your] contributions to Indian military history, including [the] featured list destroyers of India", I have the pleasure of presenting you with this Golden Wiki as a the winner of the 2016 Military history WikiProject Military Newcomer of the Year award. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject, TomStar81 (Talk) 09:49, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations! Zawed (talk) 10:04, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:17, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Belated congrats from me too, Krishna! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:16, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works
Op-ed: TomStar81 on a curious episode of World War I
Timeline: This month in World War I

Please comment on Talk:Bernie or Bust

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DYK for Rama Raghoba Rane

On 10 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rama Raghoba Rane, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a crude oil tanker was named after Rama Raghoba Rane, a Param Vir Chakra recipient? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rama Raghoba Rane. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rama Raghoba Rane), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede 66 00:01, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Piru Singh

On 11 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Piru Singh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Piru Singh threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Piru Singh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Piru Singh), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede 66 00:01, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

The WikiCup

I see you have added seven GA reviews to your submissions page, but some of them are not eligible for this year's WikiCup because you did a substantial part of the review during 2016, before the WikiCup started. Please see this discussion on GA reviews on the WikiCup talk page. For this reason, as a WikiCup judge, I am removing your submissions for Second_Battle_of_Bapaume, Jean-Baptiste_Piron, and Chinese_cruiser_Chaoyong and accepting the other four submissions. Although two of these were taken up by you in December, the actual reviewing appears to have taken place in January. They are good reviews by the way! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:14, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Field marshal (India)

The article Field marshal (India) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Field marshal (India) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 07:02, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Python

The article Operation Python you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Operation Python for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:01, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jadunath Singh

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jadunath Singh you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Miyagawa -- Miyagawa (talk) 11:20, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump

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Reply

I advise you to be more familiar with the topic of the Holocaust in Serbia before posting any warning or advice on my talkage. Thank you!--bez potpisa (talk) 11:11, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Cecil Harris GA Review

Ahoy, just checking in to make sure you haven't forgotten about reviewing Cecil E. Harris for GA. I know you review many articles and have recently been involved in that process (including distractions by troll users on one of the pages you were reviewing), but it's been about a week now without any headway. My article is long so I'll be patient while you conduct your review. Based on your previous reviews and your experience with Wikipedia I have confidence you'll help improve the article. Best, Finktron (talk) 00:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

@Finktron: Sorry for the delay, will get to you within a day or two. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:28, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Train-the-Trainer 2017: Invitation to participate

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga,
It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2017 programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 20-22 February 2017.

What is TTT?
Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Who should join?

Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project is eligible to apply.
An editor must have 500+ edits.
Anyone who have already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, can not apply.

Please see more about this program and apply to participate or encourage the deserving candidates from your community to do so: CIS-A2K/Events/Train the Trainer Program/2017

The last date of filling the form is 26 January. If you have any question, please leave your message here.
Regards. GSS (talk|c|em) 11:16, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kodandera M. Cariappa

The article Kodandera M. Cariappa you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kodandera M. Cariappa for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Eurodac

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Your GA nomination of Somnath Sharma

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Somnath Sharma you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 07:20, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jadunath Singh

The article Jadunath Singh you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Jadunath Singh for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Miyagawa -- Miyagawa (talk) 17:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 3

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Sunday saw the end of Round 2. Shearonink took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 499. In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an astounding 236 points, and in third place, Cartoon network freak received 136 points. Originally, we had plans for one wild card for 9th place, however it appears that both Chris troutman and J Milburn were tied for 9th place. Therefore, we have decided to have both advance to Round 3.

In Round 2, 91 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased to a little over 6 months. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep decreasing the backlog.

To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 has already started and will end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here.

Also, we'd like to announce the departure of judge Zwerg Nase. We thank him for all his hardwork and hope to see him back in the future.

Good luck and have fun!

Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Your GA nomination of Param Vir Chakra

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Param Vir Chakra you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink (talk) 00:40, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Yehudi lights

Hi, I can see you're busy (and suspect a lot of activity "in real life" too), but would be glad if we could continue with this GAN! All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:05, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

@Chiswick Chap: Sorry chap, will take care of that soon. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 10:35, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:43, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

A class

Hello. You have four nominations open at the moment on WP:MHACR, some of which have outstanding comments from reviewers. I see you responded earlier to the comments on the list of frigates; I had intended to ask you to revisit that. I've un-transcluded Kodandera M. Cariappa for the time being. Please could you address the outstanding reviews first, and preferably wait for the reviewers to revisit in case they have more comments, before putting Cariappa back or nominating any more articles? Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:53, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: I understand that. Will get to the comments soon, got a bit busy. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 01:01, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I can see you've got a lot on your plate! For what it's worth, it looks like the list of frigates and INS Vikrant are close to promotion—if you address the comments on them and the reviewers return to support, then both would have the requisite three supports. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:46, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Qamar Javed Bajwa

Hello Krishna, Sorry to bring this up again but I'm curious to know if this article can be re-assessed for GA nomination ? At Talk:Qamar Javed Bajwa/GA1, you wrote (1) "The Education section is too small and needs considerable expansion." I don't think we're missing anything related to subjects education. (2) "Expansion of career section is also required." I did research and I found we're missing nothing related to his career. (3) "More importantly the article is not stable." Looking the history page, I don't see any substantial information being added recently and no edit warring history on the page so far. (4) "Has lot of issues with the MoS, needs a thorough copy-edit from an experienced copy editor." This can be fixed at no time. Look forward your comment! --Saqib (talk) 15:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

@Saqib: Sorry to say, many issues still exist. I strongly suggest a peer review, before renominating the article. Besides, the main issue is stability of the article. Given the subject is the current army chief the article ma edited randomly by any user and even IPs, so the article clearly fails this criteria. Anyway, I suggest a peer review. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:58, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Recent external reviews
Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at submarine warfare in World War I
Timeline: This month in World War I

Please comment on Talk:Atrocities in the Congo Free State

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Param Vir Chakra

	Congratulations, it's a...
	...Wikipedia Good Article!! Shearonink (talk) 16:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Param Vir Chakra

The article Param Vir Chakra you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Param Vir Chakra for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink (talk) 16:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Template:Field marshal (India) has been accepted

Template:Field marshal (India), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.
If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Field marshal (India)

Template:Field marshal (India) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Primefac (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Trident (1971)

On 13 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Operation Trident (1971), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that India annually celebrates Navy Day on 4 December to mark the victory of Operation Trident? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Trident (1971). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Operation Trident (1971)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:30, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Param Vir Chakra

On 13 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Param Vir Chakra, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were made posthumously? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Param Vir Chakra. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Param Vir Chakra), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Field marshal (India)

On 16 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Field marshal (India), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only two chiefs of the Indian Army have ever been promoted to field marshal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Field marshal (India). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Field marshal (India)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:01, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Problems with content

Hello, as you may be aware, I have raised concerns about your editing here. You are free to explain your editing process here, there, or anywhere else, if you wish. MPS1992 (talk) 22:51, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@MPS1992: What do you want to me to give the explanation for? The article is broad in its coverage, within the context, well referenced per WP:RS, complies with the MoS, so it meets the GA criteria. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:36, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I am not requesting any further explanation from you. MPS1992 (talk) 00:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for this edit which has improved the accuracy of the article. Please could you have another look at the cited source, because currently the article still does not accurately reflect the cited source. If you are not sure why, let me know. MPS1992 (talk) 18:32, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox song

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Triple Crown

DYK for Operation Python

On 21 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Operation Python, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during Operation Python, oil reserves, ammunition warehouses and workshops worth $3 billion were destroyed by the Indian Navy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Python. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Operation Python), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:03, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	He is doing good work for a long in Military history of India. Hopefully he will continue his wonderful work. Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 10:52, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Jadunath Singh

On 26 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jadunath Singh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a crude oil tanker and a sports stadium in Shahjahanpur were named after Jadunath Singh, a Param Vir Chakra recipient? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jadunath Singh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jadunath Singh), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:01, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

March Madness 2017

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)