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• You voted for Amul, this week's Indian Colloboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 01:03, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• great to know that amul has been nominated. don't have much knowledge about this topic. have been reminded today that i have only 12 edits to my name. planning to improve my score. hope to hit a century (does that matter??). well i have 14 now. will try to edit with my name now. would that add to the value of my vote - "This user has 123 edits. so dare not accuse him"

Aksi great, Everything in wikipedia works on consensus. It is just a dicussion point to prevent sockpuppets from voting. You can put your point across in the discussion here. Please take this discussion in your stride and continue to contribute. Please let me know if you need help with anything. Thanks for your contributions. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Avoid_Copyright_Paranoia please visit this page and i am referring to the Sabarmati Riverfront Project. You have not visited the discussion page of Ahmedabad city, for a long time, or so it seems. If you are satisfied, please post the section again, or notify me, so that I start some re-writing on my own. Anirudh

You are absolutely right... I think we should rewrite that article. The Sabarmati Riverfront Project deserves to be placed as a heading, because it will soon be changing the face and outlook of Ahmedabad.

Anirudh

Thanks for uploading Image:Schoololdpic.jpg. 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 08:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Aksi. I noticed your good work with articles on Indian politicians. I lifted the photo of TR Baalu from the official site of Lok Sabha. I marked it with a public domain tag by inserting {{PD-IndiaGov}} into the description. However, it was realised recently that these images are copyrighted and we can't use them. :-( They'll be deleted. If you have an image that you own or if the owner has released under a Wikipedia-compatible licence, you can upload it by adding one of the tags in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. Also read Wikipedia:Copyrights. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 05:06, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About T R Baalu, there was a placeholder for Children in the infobox. I thought why not. The parliament website mentions it. It is a bio, more the info. the better.

The infoboxes can still be added to all articles. For those that we do not have copyright-free images (it is going to tough to find them, unless we hand-draw them :)), add Image:blank.jpg in the Image field. See Marina Geli i Fàbrega for example. - Ganeshk (talk)

Hi.. saw the changes made to T R Baalu. Have not implemented the infobox on other articles yet because there is a copyright problem with the images taken from the GOI site. Also, I feel that things like spouse and children don't make much sense and don't add value to the article.

Can you also redirect the article H R Bharadwaj to Hansraj Bhardwaj as the latter is the correct name of the person. Similarly, A R Antule needs to be redirected to Abdul Rehman Antulay.

- Aksi great 09:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:48, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I started this project to create and expand articles related to the Indian politics. I hope you would join and contribute. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 07:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...to say hi after seeing your message on the talkpage of WP:POI. btw, I saw the message about H R Bharadwaj and A R Antule above. Typically, we retain articles at the common names. You may want to see WP:MoS and related pages for further info or the talkpage of WP:INCINE where we had a discussion on Indian names. Keep up the good work. --Gurubrahma 13:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Has been nominated for deletion as it is the same material essentially found elsewhere...best think to do is go and vote to delete it. It's just POV junk for sure.--MONGO 14:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think he's a non-notable artist? If so, let me know and I'll list it at AfD on that basis. Tom Harrison ^Talk 16:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Tom Harrison ^Talk 17:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for keeping on top of it. Tom Harrison ^Talk 13:37, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the infobox with this change. Leave the footnote blank and use date and URL fields. I felt a need for the bio link and had added them to the infobox itself. - Ganeshk (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You had not put up any picture in its stead. The blank image is irrelevant to the article. Or is it not? --Andy123 15:31, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What you have explained here is not quite justifiable. I would like you to rethink upon it. Is there any policy on Wikipedia about it? You could have definately mentioned about the requirement of a picture on the talk page. Technically, placing a blank picture does not have a stand here. Read WP:IUP for details (nothing of the sort you are talking about exists on the page). Moreover, a blank picture taking up space on an encyclopedia article looks extremely unprofessional. --Andy123 16:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Lok Sabha website does not come under the GFDL policies of Wikipedia. For uploading pictures on a Wikipedia page, the images should be registered specifically under GFDL. If you search for promotional websites of the MPs (remember that only promotional pictures can be used, which are available with the press, but not necessarily press release photographs), you can use them under the fair use option that Wikipedia provides. The images have to be of low resolution, and used only for depiction, this would qualify for fair usage on Wikipedia. For example, the pictures used on Green Day are licensed under fair use. (The Right to Information Act, does not have any relevancy here. The copyrights applying here are of the United States copyright law). The problem faced by Wikipedia is that it is not only a free encyclopedia, but it gives all of its contents for free, even for commercial and non-academic or research purposes. Copyright infringments have the potential to cause serious damage to this encyclopedia. --Andy123 16:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that you are creating only stubs and not full length articles on Wikipedia. Such tags should be placed when the article has grown to some extent. Because the templates would only add up to the space on the page, when there is not much given about the person in the article. There are lots and lots of stubs on Wikipedia like these, and they would be quite difficult to manage if you place such templates on the whole lot of them. Furthermore, I would always suggest that you use the templates rather than images uploaded by users for such purpose. --Andy123 16:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article wasn't finished when you tagged it, maybe you could re-check it? --Gary Kirk (talk) 18:22, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't feel its notable maybe put it for AfD? Check out the humour first! :) --Gary Kirk (talk) 18:31, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A reminder that non-notable bands can be speedily deleted instead of sent to PROD. enochlau (talk) 00:18, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. I have collected A Gift Pack of Quotations for you contained in the sections Do things Differently & Something More , which are part of the on-going discussion pertaining to my nomination of Idleguy for adminship. You are aware of the tradition that if you throw colored water on flames of burning Holika, you enable a Prahlad to emerge from the flames!!! I again convey Holi greetings to you and your family!!! --Bhadani 15:04, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi greetings. --Bhadani 07:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have made an edit at the bottom of the page. Please read it. I am sending a similar message to Bhadani. Thank you. --Andy123 12:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I went there in my 7th and 8th grades (I'm now in 10th). First time around, I got into the quarters, second time, into the semis, where we lost against the eventual champions.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 15:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm a bit confused. Are you Akash Shah my senior (the one in Parasvil's batch) or my batchmate Akash. Either way great seeing you here. Good to have someone on Wikipedia who you know personally. Yeah i'll be very interested in improving the Loyola Article. What say we meet @ Loyola sometime & click a few photos to upload on Wikipedia. Will be a good addition to the article. I've got a digi cam. So you got time?

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 18:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Akash! Thank you for supporting my RfA. It passed at 105/1/0, putting me in WP:100 - I'm delighted and surprised! I'm always happy to help out, so if you need anything, please drop me a line. Cheers! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 21:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, ofcourse. Next time, we will try and nominate it for Wikiproject India's collaboration of the week. We'll also be needing some GFDL licensed pictures for the article, preferably taken by us. Places like Judges' Bungalow and Vastrapur need to be covered to show the haute coutoure in Ahmedabad *wink. Alright? --Andy123(talk) 16:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are right. I suppose that we work to make this article look nice. But still, we will have to mention the educational institutions somwhere. Would it be on a subpage or a new page would be made for this? Still I believe that notable institutions should be mentioned on the page. Nichalp removed lots of stuff that he thought was clutter. We should act on his advice and use Bangalore and Mumbai as references. --Andy123(talk) 17:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Impressive work on Ahmedabad. Keep up the good work. --Andy123(talk) 13:46, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

	Thank you! Thank you for supporting / opposing / vandalising my RFA! The result was 71/3/0 and so I am now still a normal user / an administrator / indefinitely banned. Your constructive criticism / support / foulmouthed abuse has given me something to think about / helped me immensely / turned me into a nervous wreck. If there's any way I can help you in return, please ask someone else / suffer and die / drop me a line! --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Mr Blanning, thank you for choosing the ACME Auto-thanker! Simply strike out the phrases that do not apply and tear off this strip at the indicated line to give all your supporters and detractors the personalised response they so richly deserve. N.B: DO NOT FORGET TO TEAR THIS BIT OFF, MORON!

Since you're interested in quizzing, check out Portal:India/Quiz.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 13:00, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Akash

I just saw your edit count. It's off the charts man! Close to 1000 edits & I thought you were new here or something! Being such an experienced user I'm surprised that you are part of no groups or Projects (to the best of my knowledge). With your innumerable contributions to the Ahmedabad article you should atleast be a member of Indian cities project. Also you can join Esperanza & the Cricket Project. I have also given some info about Esperanza to Andy123 here [1] & about the cricket project to Suyash at his talk page. You can look it up. I think Indian Wikipedians will be pleased to have such an experienced Wikipedian around here.

(P.S What say we meet at Loyola on the 29th? I have an exam on 28th after which we can go around clicking photos of Loyola & Ahmedabad)

See you soon

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 13:14, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome, Aksi great, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, FireFox and Titoxd. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me via email or talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 22:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to welcome you too. I'm glad you took my suggestion. If you want to change your signature like mine or any other Esperanzians (With a green 'e' or any other letter). You can ask nathanrdotcom. He has been very helpful to me throughout my time at Wikipedia.

Good to have you at Esperanza

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 00:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the RFA link. I've replied on User talk:Tdxiangs' talk page. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:45, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Akash, Since you are in Nirma, I wanted to ask if you are in touch with Siddharth Dey (my classmate, your junior). I think he is in First Year IT.

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 14:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks. We may be having more thing in common my dear Aksi jee the Great. --Bhadani 14:25, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Aksi great! Thanks for your encouragement and wishes on my talk page. I'll continue to contribute in the best way I can in future. Looking forward to working with you in future. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 03:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Aksi,

A request has been made for Indian Institutes of Technology to be peer-reviewed so that it can achieve a Featured Article status. I have been working on it for the last one week and feel that it is satisfactorily good to start the peer-review process. Please care to have a look at it and give your precious comments. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]