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Helpme

How can I help? Brian | (Talk) 06:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made some edits to the khatri article twice but they were reverted both times by Moderator3000. One was correcting a link to surname called Seth. The other was about Walias (which I linked) also being also called Ahluwalias.

Both these modifications are valid but they are being reverted both the times. I don't know if Moderator3000 is an official moderator of Wikipedia or is just doing what he seems fit.

-User:Unitedroad 11:52 8th May 2006 (IST)

Wikipedia does not have 'moderator' as such, its more along the line of 'what he seems fit', You can talk about it on the talkpage if need be, but if your version is right you can/should be able to add it. Be carefull about 3RR through Brian | (Talk) 07:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So if a he repeatedly deletes my edit several times then what should I do? I will try to find some references even though what I added was a commonly known fact, also I am an Ahluwalia so I know their sub divisions and name modifications.

-User:Unitedroad 12:58 8th May 2006 (IST)

Khatri

Your edit[1] was reverted[2] by 136.152.135.37, who was actually trying to revert User:Moderator3000's edits. User:Moderator3000 seems to be somewhat confused and inexperienced. S/he has reverted some legitimate edits, but I can't say whether s/he is a vandal or not. Tawkerbot2 reverted some of his/her edits. If you feel, it is indeed, vandalism, please report the same at Wikipedia:Requests for investigation. utcursch | talk 08:21, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Football links

Hi,

I noticed you were new and had been editing football articles, so I thought I'd give you a few links that it took me a while to find. Hope they're useful.

User:Sjorford/Football - comprehensive list of football articles on Wikipedia
User:Aabha R/Subpage - list of articles on football players
Wikipedia:WikiProject Football - place to discuss football articles
Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Association football - good page for editors who are interested in football CTOAGN (talk) 12:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article on Kharb

Hi, my friend , Kharb_gaurav and I were workng on the article Kharb. I know he did a lousy job with it in the begining but he and I rewrote it and made it more factual and relevant so please undelete it. Atleast reply back to me. We had used the hangon feautre and then wrote the discussion page and then improved the article. I think its a case of misunderstanding. Unitedroad 11:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Done - but clean it up fast before it's deleted again! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 12:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Y! userbox

Hello there. I have added "miljoshi" to the userbox on your user-page. Please replace it with your Y! id. Cheers! --ΜιĿːtalk 11:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deep Stealth Productions

Thanks for starting the article on our company! Unfortunately, the photo of us with Felicity Huffman on that page is copyrighted by another author. The logo is fine for use, and when I return to Los Angeles, I'll find a picture you can include of Calpernia and me. Also, could you change the text to say our sites get over three million visitors a year instead of hits? We get many more hits and pageviews than that. I'll also look for some published articles about our company for more references. Thanks once again! Jokestress 15:48, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks alot Jokestress for replying back. I corrected the part about the number of visitors your site gets annually. I need to know whether I should remove the picture which you don't hold the copyright to immediately or should I wait so that you can make a another picture available to me which has a more appropriate license and can be used for this article? I am waiting for you to give me more sources but I will also try to find sources for this article on my own also. Anyway thanks alot again for replying back to me. Unitedroad 17:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, you'll need to remove the photo with us and Felicity Huffman. It is copyrighted and the rights are controlled by Dan MacMedan and contourphotos.com. You may use the photo of the two of us at the top left here from our online media kit. You might also find this and this helpful for adding published info to the article. Thanks once again for your work on this, and let me know if you have other questions. Jokestress 20:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Openbot is asking for fair use rationale when it is already provided

Hi Carnildo, I uploaded Image:Goddess Harisu.jpg and provided the fair use rationale when I stated that this picture shgould be allowed to be used in the article on Harisu to depict the subject more descriptively. Yet the Orphanbot has put the fair use rationale on the pic. I don't know why its done this. I need to know what I need to do to overcome this. Unitedroad 16:52, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't cover any of the points a rationale needs to. Basically, a fair-use rationale needs to explain why the image meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use criteria. Simply because an image is low-resolution doesn't mean it's fair use. --Carnildo 17:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

edit on Kelly Van Der Veer

Your edit on this article is not correct. The translation from Dutch to English of "Kelly Van Der Veer" is "Kelly of of the feather" on Babelfish you can see it for a proof using [|Babelfish]. Therefore I am reverting your edit. Unitedroad 05:54, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The computer translation may produce that, but I don't think it's the best translation. "Kelly of the feather" would seem best to me. 'Der' is a genitive in this case, so would imply a second 'of' (after the first 'of' for 'van'). However, in English 'mine' could also be genitive, but we wouldn't say "a friend of of mine." Still, you've quoted the translation as the Babelfish output verbatim, so you're correct in that respect therefore I'm happy for it to stay as "Kelly of of the feather". Rjwilmsi 12:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

helpme

Hi, you sounded a flare. What's up? -- cds^(talk) 21:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was working with a few people on an article on Male Unbifurcated Garment before it was deleted after a deletion vote about three weeks ago. It was sent to deletion review where also it was deleted. The main reason according to the admins was that the term is not very popular but the phenomenon itself is very common. So we were considering a vote on renaming it as Man-Skirt. I wanted to know how that vote can be done. I will be very obliged if you can help me. Unitedroad 21:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can either take it to the deleting admin or to DRV again with the rename suggestion. -- cds^(talk) 22:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help mate :) Unitedroad 22:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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For names of countries, cities, places, languages, people, books, films, technical vocabulary, mythology, etc, start the article like this:
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4. the rest of the definition or introduction (प्राचीन [[यूनानी धर्म]] (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन [[रोमन धर्म]] के सर्वोच्च देवता थे ।) For country names, only the standard short form of the name is needed in the first line. If there is a common name for a difficult word in Hindustani, also mention it. Whence: अपोलो (अंग्रेज़ी : en:Apollo; यूनानी : Aπollων अपोल्लोन) प्राचीन यूनानी धर्म (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन रोमन धर्म के सर्वोच्च देवता थे । If you don't give the interwiki English/another language link (which would be deemed to be the default reference), then you MUST provide an appropriate reference.

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The use of ज़ for the en:voiced alveolar fricative (/z/, as in zoo, rose) is fundamentally wrong. Its nearest counterpart is the en:voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ (as in sea), and not Hindi ज (en:voiced palatal plosive). Hence, it is suggested and recommended that for the sound /z/, whether it comes in English (etc.) spellings (z) for while pronunciation otherwise, should be transcribed as स़ (स with a dot below, available in the Insert toolbox). Hence: Reason रीस़न, not रीज़न ; Roses रोस़ेस़, not रोज़ेज़. But common Hindi words borrowed from Persian/Arabic (so-called Urdu words) are allowed to continue with ज़ spelling. Thus: ज़रा, नज़र, तर्ज़. The en:voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/ as in treasure), inexistent in Hindi, can similarly be transcribed with श़. Thus: treasure ट्रॅश़र. The nukta (dot) available in the Insert toolbox can be combined with various consonants to suggest a more exact phonetic devanagari rendering of foreign sounds. E.g., since phonetically, English Think and this are not equal to थिंक and दिस, a better transcription could be थ़िंक and द़िस. Please take care of the dot below in so-called Urdu words, otherwise the Hindi spelling is deemed incorrect.

For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.

Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.

When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.

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This page can also be found here.

Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 03:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Hi, don't suppose I'd be of much help, but as it seemed nobody else was there, I'm here to do my best. What can I do ya? --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have never made a template befopre butr I need to make some for a wikiproject I am planning to start-WP:NOIDASCHOOLS. The same rudimentary ones , an infobox and a template for the talkpages. I would glad if you can help me with it because the help page is just a good enough tutorial.

I can ~~plagiarise~~ do some basic-ish stuff, and I'd be willing to try and help, but if it's anything ubercomplicated, you'd have to ask somebody else. The talk page template seems easy enough to ~~plagiarise~~ do, but what kinda infobox are you wanting? --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I want to make an infobox like wiki has one for the cola brans around the world. I am trying to plagiarize the talkpage template of wikipedia:wikiproject_Big_Brother but I didn't copy paste entirely and typed the the lines myself so I could learn the syntax. The result just isn't coming right.

This is the template : {{Secondary schools Noida}} Unitedroad 12:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the colour codes maybe that is the problem.

Unitedroad 12:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

:) One down, I'm looking at the infobox on the Cola articles now, should get back to you in a min or two. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:22, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The infoboxes at the bottom of the Cola articles look easy enough to do, so do the infoboxes at the tops of the articles. I can give you a hand with them, what sort of stuff do you want in them? --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well part of the problem is the problem is that I don't understand the syntax of it. I can guess what it mean when I see it but I often don't know why all thoe code comes in a certain order. I could understand it in the simplest of userbox syntaxes but beyond it , it gets rather difficult to grasp. Unitedroad 12:32, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I completely understand. I made this template a few days ago, managed to copy that from something else. You could change the stuff on that to suit your needs, or I'd be willing to do that for you. If you want me to have a go at it, just get back to me with the sort of fields you want in it. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

[3] Sorry about the longness. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 13:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. By the way, I was just doing a bit of playing about, do you think this would be of any use to you? --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 13:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, definitely. If you do plan on using it later on though, you might want to move it into the main space. Glad I could be of help. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 13:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Secondary Schools in Noida

I see you've recently created Wikipedia:WikiProject Secondary Schools in Noida. Now, quoting from the WikiProject guidelines page: "Generally, a WikiProject should involve at least 3-5 articles and have at least 5 editors involved before it is really worth the time and effort to set up a Wikiproject structure." I think you may have selected a project with a very limited scope and at present no other contributors. Small projects like this should really be listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject/List of proposed projects until they get 5-10 contributors signed up before they get created - a one or two person Wikiproject takes up more effort to maintain than it's worth. Also, the stub type {{Noida-Sec-School-Stub}} will probably be used on too few articles (stub types should be used on 60+) to be useful. Maybe it would be a better idea to upscale this project into WikiProject Schools in Uttar Pradesh or WikiProject Schools in India? That might make having a WikiProject worth doing. Have a look at the best practices page for some more advice on running a useful and successful WikiProject. Good luck! TheGrappler 13:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you do want a stub type, you need to propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals (stub types are only meant to be created through that centralized process, but you'd need to show that there are currently 60+ articles in Wikipedia to tag). Also, the key thing about stub types is that they should have a category associated with them so people can find them. If you want to dispute the deletion, go to WP:SFD, where the reasoning for the nomination has been explained. TheGrappler 14:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have to create the articles first - it's "60+ articles that already need the stub type", not "there will be 60 articles eventually which need the stub type" - but once you've done that a stub type would be a good idea. To find editors interested in Noida, the best idea would be to look at Noida-related articles and see who has edited them, then message them about the project. A country or state level WikiProject will probably find it easiest to get enough members. Have you tried posting on the Indian Wikipedians' noticeboard? TheGrappler 14:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another place to leave a message is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Schools. Having looked around a bit, there's no Indian schools WikiProject. I think it would be very odd to have even a district level WikiProject as the next step down from a world-level project. It probably makes a lot more sense to try to form Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools in India] - you will be able to recruit editors from the Indian noticeboard, WikiProject Schools, and also by looking at some of the Indian school pages and checking through the editors in their history. With that, you may be able to get the 5-10 editors that you need to make the project worthwhile. TheGrappler 14:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes and the German Userbox Solution

Well, I'm not MiraLuka but there are reasons userboxes are moving around, specifically moving into userspace. Check out WP:GUS. I'd try to summarise it here, but I really can't. If it's been moved to User:MiraLuka/Userboxes/User heterosexual, use {{{{User:UBX/heterosexual}}}} to get it on your page. Its not that you can't use it if it has been moved to someone's user subpages, they're just giving the boxes a new home. BigNate37 15:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Do these schools deserve articles on wikipedia?

The schools are pretty notable... If the articles are serious (do not contain insults to teachers etc.), nobody can get them deleted. utcursch | talk 17:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]