User talk:Deeptrivia/Archive8

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is here: [1].

But there's been very less activity there. Cheers, --H P Nadig * ^\Talk \Contributions 09:56, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Open Tasks template

Hi. I think there might be a problem with the Open Tasks template for Iran. When I try to edit any of the sections, the edit box is empty. If you could check it out, that'd be great. Thanks. SouthernComfort 13:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome. SouthernComfort 13:25, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article improvement drive

Please vote for Iran on Wikipedia:Article_Improvement_Drive#Iran_.2828_votes.2C_stays_until_March_25.29 if you haven't done yet. Mahanchian 20:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aucaman

I'd appreciate it if you could sign this, if you agree: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Aucaman, Ba sepaas --Kash 23:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

new template

Hi - I've created a new Template:SouthAsiaWaters. Can you please have a look and lemme know if its ok? Rama's Arrow 03:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use

Could you explain to me what "fair use" is in terms of what images we can use and which we cannot? I found the item on a web page and I assumed copying it was fair use since I gave attribution of where I found it.

I also incorrectly uploaded some other images as screenshots thinking that any part of a screen (including the picture) was legal. I was told it was not. So I went and tagged all of the images that I did not scan myself with the {{fairusereview}} tag to get a review to see if everything I had done was right. This is one issue that I find consistently confusing. Thanks for your assistance, btw. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 04:19, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for your help. Some people seem to have much stricter ideas than other about what constitutes "fair use," so sometimes I get myself caught uploading an image that may not striclty be legal, but when it comes to articles about people in particular, I think everyone would like to see a picture of the person being discussed, so I usually upload a small file then claim fair use and point to the URL where I got the article from. thanks again! By the way . . . this seems a common problem . . . someone was asking me about this topic just earlier today. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 04:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

You deserve it! You're always helping me out with images, usually with me not even having to ask first! (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 11:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiduction

Was just wondering why you reverted vandalism here. Anything in there, barring profanity and the removal of the sacred {{please don't remove}} line, is allowed, as it is a sandbox for newcomers to test the editing system on. Cheers! --M ^o P ^E! 04:21, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah! I used to know this. I guess I'm suffering from dementia, and probably I've stopped looking at article titles, and am reverting purely on the basis of keywords :) deeptrivia (talk) 04:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

HI DT - thanks for your compliments and support. Btw, we remain eager to nominate you for adminship. You said after March 24, so please let us know when you feel 100% about it. Rama's Arrow 13:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

al-Khwarizmi

Hi, your input is kindly requested at Talk:al-Khwarizmi#Proposed introduction. Cheers, —Ruud 14:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

News User Message?

Could you look at Item 25 on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza and comment on it -- this is a proposal that I think may save many of us headaches in the future. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 23:15, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian Wikipedians' Notice Board (WatchDog)

Please bookmark this page, for daily updates on the status of the Iran-related articles. Read notices posted by others or add your own notice by updating "Urgent view". --ManiF 16:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou

In January your post on my talk page helped me write an essay that rose my history grade from a C to B. Thanks enormously. Atropos 04:23, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Turkish Literature FAC

Hi. I'm just leaving you a message to thank you for your vote of support for Turkish literature's featured article candidacy; I appreciate it very much. Also, I appreciate the eloquent way in which you shut down the rather fanatical arguments about the Mevlana's ethnicity on Talk:Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi by appealing to his own words. Well done. —Saposcat 06:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

Hey DT! Thanks a lot for wishing me HB. -- Szvest 15:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC) ^Wiki me up™[reply]

History of India categories

Hi DT - I've been extensively re-organizing the categories on Indian history. While I've succeeded in bringing clear order and remove the excessive size and disorder on the page, I hope you'll let me know if I've made any mistakes or if there is anything I should work on. I've also greatly expanded Category:WikiProject History of India. Thanks, Rama's Arrow 08:27, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bimetalic strips

I find it strange that an equation about Bi-metallic strips would even mention Young's modulus. Young's modulus has to do with strain from pushing or pulling, not curvature due to temperature change. Anyway, when I say your request I grabbed my physics textbook and did the hardest problem I could find on bimetalic strips. I ended up deriving a couple of (simple) formulas, fortunately the book had the answer in the back and I did everything right. So in short, I can't answer your question about [2] but I can explain how you find the curvature of a bimetalic strip and how you can create the equations that do so. I'll add more later. Vicarious 21:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I wasn't more helpful. I plan on adding what I did find the Bi-metallic strip article (eventually) so if you want to know more, or you know more now and want to make sure I know what the hell I'm talking about, keep it on your watch list for a bit. Vicarious 03:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:

Hi DT - I think it would be appropriate to rename the cats - include "History of medieval India," my unfortunate creation. I wanna be an administrator, and I'm very, very pleased to learn of the support I have from you and a lot of others, but its not a reward for being a good user (= my campaign slogan, btw!), so I want to work at RC patrol and other stuff.

Question/suggestion: will it be inconvenient or too early to move on your RfA this week itself? Your record is pretty good and mature. Even if you're busy in general life, an RfA doesn't really constrain the candidate. The energy is there alrite. "Kal kare so aaj kar..." Please consider it, and give Bhadani the "green signal" for whenever you feel a 100%.

Since you have a few issues to get out in the open, I'd suggest that you use the talkpage of the RfA to state them clearly. Understandably, after the problems on Idleguy's RfA, we are all a tad shaken - we being Bhadani, myself, Sundar... Rama's Arrow 03:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with Rama. I also suggest that in case you are ready, I shall initiate the process of nomination this Sunday itself. After all, taking higher responsibility is expected from an editor of good standing, and you certainly is one among them. I also suggest that, in your reply you may make all the things trasparent - we all should, included me, learn from our past mistakes (if any?) and experience - good as well as bad. Holi greetings. --Bhadani 04:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arrghh...why not now??? (attitude is just kiddin', but question is serious) Rama's Arrow 18:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linguistic history map

Hi DT, have updated the graphic with the change in spelling and other adjustments. Cheers! --ΜιĿːtalk 08:27, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

Greetings on Holi, and now be ready - you can not escape now: please tell me the date - fast. --Bhadani 17:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Twice I greeted you on Holi, and I am awaiting your reply. Please feel comfortable - the sky is not going to fall. --Bhadani 17:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - in the evening of 23rd March 2006. Fine - thanks. --Bhadani 17:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help!

File:787 Bahadur Shah Zafar 1975.jpg

Hi! Could you please transliterate what's written on this stamp in Roman script for me? Thanks a lot! deeptrivia (talk) 05:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lagtaa nahii hai dil meraa ujRe dayaar meiN kiss kii banii hai aalame-naapaaidaar meiN

umr-e-daraaz maaNg ke laaye the chaar din do aarzuu meiN kaT gaye do intezaar meiN

kah do in hasratoN se kahiiN aur jaa baeiN itnii jagah kahaaN hai dil-e-daaghdaar meiN

kitnaa hai badnaseeb zafar dafan ke liye do gaz zameen bhii naa milii kue-yaar meiN

Rough English Translation

cannot find peace, this heart of mine, in this wrecked land who has succeeded in this transitory world

having asked for a long life I brought back four days two passed away in yearning and two in waiting

tell these desires to go and settle down elsewhere where is so much space in the scarred heart

how ill-fated is Zafar that for his burial could not even find two yards of land in the street of the beloved

Siddiqui 21:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

my first barnstar

Hi Deeptrivia. You've just given me my first ever barnstar. It made my day and now I'm a whole wikipedian. Thanks! -lethe ^talk + 12:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quiz? etc.

Hi, I believe you may be interested in this. btw, I saw your personal movies project, it is interesting. However, please note that fair use images cannot be used in userspace. I believe Bhadani would be nominating you for adminship; if not, I am ready to do so - I'd be needing a week's notice though, to do a good job of it. --Gurubrahma 12:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. I appreciated the show of support and all the kind words. If there's ever anything I can do to help with my new administrator status, please don't hesitate to contact me. --Myles Long 14:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your message at Rama's Arrow talk page

Great job. You've done a lot of hard work. Does "History of ancient India" look a bit incorrect to you? I feel we could do with "Ancient India", like Category:Ancient Egypt and Category:Ancient Rome, or perhaps "Ancient history of India". Anyway, I think it will involve a lot of work, and if at all we decide to make a change, we can request a bot. By the way, it's high time you became an admin. Rest assured your RfA will be a cakewalk. I'll probably be all set myself in 10 - 15 days. Or we can stick to the previously decided date. deeptrivia (talk) 00:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I recently registered for AWB. I could help you with replacing category if you want. Do ask me when you decide to do it. - Ganeshk (talk) 08:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'd like to request that you rename Category:Islamic India. It is a politically-problematic name, coz it implies something akin to an Islamic theocracy in India. Also, during Islamic rule in India, there were many Hindu kingdoms all across. Please consider a name like "Islamic kingdoms in India." Rama's Arrow 21:33, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Siddiqui RfC

I've filed an RfC against Siddiqui. Please support it by endorsing the RfC at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Siddiqui

File:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 08:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Siddham/Nepali

Hi DT,

Yeah, it has been a while.

Siddham is fine. But now that I see the source, I see that the "Nepali" arrow (the green one) is spurious and should be removed. Nepali is written in Nagari, and so is covered by the ochre arrows, and never spread to Mongolia as the map shows. Neither did the old scripts of Nepal, in case the author got confused about Indic Nepali (Gurkhali) vs. Tibeto-Burman Nepali (Newari). kwami 06:18, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Successful RfA

Thanks for your support and kind words on my recent RfA, which I am pleased to say passed with a final tally of 80/1/1. If you ever need any help, or if I mess something up as an admin, please let me know. Cactus.man ✍ 07:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will be happy to help

Deeptrivia: You might visit my user page for information about me and my views. I have time and I want to help. You may contact me by e-mail or through my page. One problem. Hindu, Hinduism and Hindu Portal pages, the three pages that I have visited, say that Hinduism is based on Aryan/Vedic beliefs. As I mention on my user page, this is a deep fallacy, and only pleases the Arya Samajis or the Smartas. I also believe that Aryans were immigrants to India. I think the indigenous beliefs (Shiva and Vishnu) are being disregarded. This would delight only the Christians and Muslims, and will cause deep sorrow to all who do not think they have Aryan descent. Changes made by me were reverted. Would you please have a look?

Aupmanyav 08:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hindu portal

Thanks deeptrivia for your welcome. I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to you. i was figuring out all the features of wiki. My plans are to present hinduism in a balanced, scholarly fashion. Please visit my userpage. regards

Ashwamedha

Saw your message on Ashwamedha. Read somewhere that Ashwamedha was symbolic even in Vedic times. This was held during the long arctic night in the Aryan homeland (Ati Ratra) by priests fortified by Soma (Arctic nights must have been terribly cold). Perhaps it was to strengthen Indra's mount, so that he could fight with the demons successfully and bring back the Sun as early as possible (though, sun came up only at its appointed time even with all their efforts, but it always feels good to have taken part). Aupmanyav 16:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfC Third battle of Panipat

May be you did not read my response to that allegation. I did not write those lines. If you believe that I did then please challenge them in the RfC.

• [3] Granted the fact that this article Third battle of Panipat has distinct Maratha POV and the extenet of forced conversions and slavery maybe be exagerated but such things did indeed happen according to neutral sources. User:Siddiqui here again edits out all refernces to forced slavery of Maratha women by writing "they married handsome Afghans".

check [[4]] someone made those changes Revision as of 21:09, 6 January 2006 71.109.107.17 I just reverted to his changes. I did not read each and every line added by that person. I do accept the charge of reversion to his changes. I also found it NPOV when somebody accused me of writing this line.

Siddiqui 23:48, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania State University

Hi Deeptrivia, just so you know, I've restarted the Penn State Wikiproject. If you're still interested in helping out, feel free to take a look around and make some suggestions on what needs to be improved, and maybe help generate ideas on articles that need to be created. —Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 02:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Smurrayinchester's RFA

Thank you, Deeptrivia/Archive8
	for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 100/1/0. Thanks for your vote! If you have any comments, please say so here. smurrayinchester^(User), (Talk) 19:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Godmode Light

To fix your godmode-light, go to the URL in the <script> line, and copy all the text there and paste it into your monobook. Then apply the fix outlined at User:Lightdarkness/GML Fix. If you need further help, feel free to contact me on my talk page. --lightdarkness^(talk) 22:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glad I could help! --lightdarkness^(talk) 23:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]