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Oh I did create Max Penson the other day. It needs some work though, probably needs rewording. Aside fomr the grunt work on geography I am heavily involved in transwikiying articles from other wikipedias with tags. Todat I'm doing Swiss painters. Mass sub stubbingI'm afriad if we want to improve the encyclopedia in the long term in terms of content. Matching up our categories with the foreign equivalents and starting the gaps.Dr. BlofeldWhite cat13:14, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm doing the GA Review for the Raja of Panagal article. It has been a pleasure to collaborate on this project. I decided to peruse your user page and I wanted to let you know that I am currently hosting an exchange student from Chittagong Bangladesh. He is here (In California) for the school year (August to June). It has been fascinating for my wife and I to learn about Bangladesh, its history, its deep ties to India, and to be exposed to more of the culture of the Indian subcontinent. He speaks Hindi but is fluent in English. I have really enjoyed the process of getting to know him, I have never been in such close proximity to someone from that part of the world. He has told my wife and I that we are a part of his family back home, which I know is a very big deal and an honor. Do you have any insight that would help me to better relate to him culturally? I know you are Indian and not from Bangladesh but I would assume that you have a more intimate knowledge of their culture and history than I would. He will be going home soon and I would like to take advantage of the time I have with him before he leaves. Thank you for your time and assistance with this. H1nkles (talk) 16:05, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments, it is much appreciated! Our guest is Muslim but does speak both Hindi and Bengali. He has a great affinity for rice and probably fish though we don't eat fish (primarily because neither my wife or I enjoy fish). He has a deep love of cricket, and could talk for hours on it. This has been very educational as I am an ignoramous when it comes to this game. I am greatly intrigued by the cultural impact the British had on the Indian and Bangladeshi cultures. Your information does help me to gain a stronger insight into our student, I do hope to someday visit this beautiful country and perhaps I will have the chance to see the most amazing India as well. Thank you again for your help. H1nkles (talk) 17:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Re:Raja of Panagal
This is a copied response from H1nkles talk page copied here to ensure receipt:
Yes I saw that you use footnote 20 and 21 though I thought I only brought up sentences that relied on footnote 19, I could be mistaken though. It is totally fine if you have to wait a day or two to reply. Life takes precedence. H1nkles (talk) 18:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Re: Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy
Just got back from wikibreak, so apologies for this delayed reply. At the time of reviewing the article, I had to ensure that it met the good article criteria, and so I made a list of suggestions in the GA review for copyediting of the article and neutralisation of its more obvious POVs (in peacock terms, weasel words etc). Not being well-acquainted with the subject of the article, I could not notice the finer nuances that you, being evidently more experienced than I, brought up after the listing. Had you brought them up at the time of the review, I would have certainly looked into them - as I did when I went through the peer review, in which you were involved. The editors at the time satisfactorily addressed all issues that I brought up, and the article was passed in acordance with existing guidelines for the same. That done, I am aware that the article still has some way to go before it can be considered for FA status, and that is precisely why I suggested a second peer review at the time of concluding the GA review, so that any outstanding issues can be sorted out. If you find my review unsatisfactory, feel free to ask for a reassessment. Thanks for bringing this to my notice, and good luck with the article! Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 10:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
I had mentioned to you some time back about the above referred article. I have finalised it now with photos which I took during my recent visit to Chennai. Please have a critical look at it for any factual and reference discrepencies/inadequecies, and nominate it as a joint artcile, transferred from my # User:Nvvchar/sandbox, after any required modfications. Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 09:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
You had added the peacock tag to the article, would please explain on the talk why that was done? The claims are backed by references. --RedtigerxyzTalk13:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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Sorry for late Reply I just Login today only, anyway Thank you for your Reply .And also I want you to Improve my article else please give me some suggestion to improve. You are always welcome .
Has category entries. User pages are not supposed to be categorized (other than Wikipedian ...); could you please nowiki those entries until you install that page. Thanks 69.106.242.20 (talk) 05:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
OTOH, we may not ask for semi-protection when the maintainer goes on a vacation unless that article is a regular target of vandals. Let me have a look at the policy though. -- Sundar\talk \contribs06:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't read your earlier message properly. I think this should be no big deal, but the policy itself is silent about this. Guess, you can ask a regular (unlike me) admin to keep a watch on your pages. -- Sundar\talk \contribs11:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
