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Greetings. FL directors Scorpion0422 and The Rambling Man have decided to run a contest for FL contributors. We are trying to get some interest in the process and get some FLs for the under-represented topics. If you would like to learn more about this contest, you can find such information here. If you are uninterested in it, then you could still help out by reviewing FLCs submitted by the entrants. Thanks for the time, Scorpion0422 18:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for entering the contest. You are now able to select the topic that you would like to work on. While it is a good idea to know which specific list you will work on before you select a topic, you do not have to submit your list until Thursday. Once you have a topic and a list, you can start work. However, you will not be able to submit an FLC until Sunday at 00:00 (GMT). Good luck and have fun! -- Scorpion0422 18:15, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article Deletion

Hello Nishkid64.

I am writing to you today because it has recently come to light that you have deleted and article called Tau Phi. I understand that we are not a national sorority or even a very large one but we have been in iatrical part of the Immaculata University community for more then 12 years now. It was a thrill for our sisters to see our name in something as noteworthy as Wikipedia and we have even been told that we have attained many new members who became interested after reading the article on your site. The article was very uplifting and important to us and we hope you consider removing it from deletion. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you for your time. 

 Axiomdragon (talk) 20:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC) Axiomdragon[reply]

Happy 13th

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FA-Team Mission 4

Mission 4, a series of articles on the Everglades, could do with help from the FA-Team! Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 13:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Portal Review

Could you take a look at the new Ancient Near East portal? I'd like to submit it for a Featured Portal review when I find/improve a few more articles for the "selected article" section, and would welcome any feedback you could offer at this time.

Thanks, IansAwesomePizza (talk) 21:52, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk

Ryan just helped close Footnoted quotes. Watch the pending openings and closings and hopefully you can be available when that time comes next. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sahyadhri

Hi, this user is becoming much problematic. A discussion is going on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Disruption_by_Sahyadhri. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 10:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Garland as gay icon article

"Foo as gay icon" is the standard and accepted name format for articles of this nature. Please do not unilaterally decide to move this one article with no discussion. I note that WP:3RR is in effect. Otto4711 (talk) 18:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New user issues

Sir, A new user who has not quoted his sources (and infact does not even sign his user name) has been tagging Rashtrakuta dynasty and Western Ganga Dynasty. Just giving you a heads up in case his tagging continues. Interstingly, the new user has quoted the actual content of a "medieval inscription" and tried to decipher it on his own. I almost get the feeling this guy may be a older hat. thanks,Dineshkannambadi (talk) 17:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Translate

Do you speak Hindi? Can you or someone you know translate/verify thes claims here: Wikipedia:ANI#Continued_disruption_of_BLP_and_personal_attacks? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:09, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agnistus Note

Please see this. Yours sincerely, Agnistus (talk) 23:48, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Donald Bradman

Hi. Thanks, I've replied. --Dweller (talk) 15:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The FAC is getting very bloated, so if you're happy with what we've done, please hide the comments like Bole and Gary King have done. If you're unhappy, of course, please ensure I know what I still need to do. Thanks! --Dweller (talk) 11:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Updated DYK query On 22 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Sultans of Zanzibar, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Vishnava talk 01:17, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

I'm in a bit of a rush but... Decisions by SCOTUS have an impact on international law and the rulings of other high courts across the globe. Any limitation to capital punishment (a global human rights issue) is significant in the U.S. and will be significant abroad. There's the justification for including Kennedy v. Louisiana in ITN. : - ) --MZMcBride (talk) 18:49, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ITN

The highest court in a major world power made a ruling about a major world issue (Capital punishment). That seems to have international significance to me. Prodego talk 18:50, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My problem is that this ruling is limited to child rape cases. Only two individuals in the US are directly affected by the ruling. I think your claim opens the floodgates for ITN items regarding changes, however minor they may be, in other world issues. I suggest we bring this up for a larger community discussion at Template talk:In the news. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 19:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bullying

Please refer to : Talk:If (Janet Jackson song) Reqluce (talk) 21:17, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Old WA shields

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Isn't these images duplicate to ,,,,; because nobody vote since its been 13 days and should we delete those or keep those. To me they seem to duplicate. I will like you to take a look at those DRs, to determine whether we should deelte it or keep it. I say they look the same.--Freewayguy Msg USC 23:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Close

FYI, keep an eye on when this will actually close. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you availble tomorrow (Fri) night? It already has 3 close votes. We'll need IRC to communicate, so be in the clerk channel. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let's pencil in 7pm, east coast US time. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
30 min is cutting close for a close. I can start anytime after about 4:30pm if it gets its 4th close vote. When from 4:30-7pm are you avail? — Rlevse • Talk • 15:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let's check in at 5. If it has it's 4th close vote, we'll go for it. ONe hour should be enoug time. 30 mins is cutting it close. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

Just wondering about the Image on today's Featured Article. Do you think we should PUI it then? StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 20:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. Added to WP:PUI, but I can't add the tag to the actual image. Sorry, it was late... I was out. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 20:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ping

[1] This is why you shouldn't sleep half the weekend ;-) For Homeopathy, see you around 1:15pm. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:25, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No 4th vote, but we can open a case for Daniel. I'll wait til 1;35pm. Come up in IRC. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:24, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA

You cut the whole part which presents the evidence of cultural cleansing and harassment against me; which is the whole reason why KieferSkunk opening it in the first place. The outline just presents exactly what the header says... an outline. Though I'm trying to think how to put it in lesser words; such a long term abuse of behaviour by Jza and MRSC required a long list presenting it I feel. - Yorkshirian (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy reply, where abouts is the "workshop"? - Yorkshirian (talk) 19:06, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK thanks, I'll have a look at them. BTW I put a little note on the top of my RFA linking readers to the full version. - Yorkshirian (talk) 19:17, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template limits at FAC

See Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates#Template limit again; I had to alter your FAC in archives since it was one with many caps. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:00, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Romila Thapar

Please explain why you removed referenced information from this article .You said "this bit of info establishes no context. Why do we care what Sreedharan did. Regarding the first line of your comment , This information is cited from a book of historiography , where author makes thorough analysis of history writing in India.This information is important to WP article since its a pointer towards the "marxist" underpinnings in thapar's works.Regarding the second line , I dont think any explanation is required.-Bharatveer (talk) 04:57, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nishkid,Please see the history of that article. I included that information under a subheading titled"school of thought", But that was deleted by a group of editors, who obviously dislikes that discussion.I find it interesting that now questions are being raised about Sreedharan's scholarliness. But if you would check the romila thapar article history page, you will see that the same author and the same text has been used before to cite romila thapar's historical work.I would therefore request you to create a subheading titled "School of thought" in which this information can be included.-Bharatveer (talk) 05:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

eo:D. B. Cooper

Hi Nishkid,

I'd just like to let you know that I've finally completed the translation of your nice article about D. B. Cooper in Esperanto. It should be promoted to featured status by the end of next week. Best wishes and keep up the great work ! Thomas Guibal (talk) 08:39, 29 June 2008

4th vote

Homeopathy has a 4th close vote. When are you avail tonight? — Rlevse • Talk • 11:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I won't be able to do this til at least 5pm. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sth American countries

Maybe, maybe not. It means you can't readily compare the data from country to country. That's the advantage of tables.

I just wish in future that a deeper, more expansive approach could be taken for a featured list. TONY (talk) 13:10, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FL

I'm new to FLs, but a user suggest I nominate Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa for an FL instead of a GA. What do you think? Ctjf83Talk 21:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I got that book from the Davenport Public Library and they said that was basically the only one that they had on neighborhoods. I also found a pamphlet, is that good enough? Ctjf83Talk 03:41, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is published by the Quad Cities convention and visitors bureau. Ctjf83Talk 17:23, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure about that Ctjf83Talk 16:56, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
so...any response? Ctjf83Talk 07:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sultans of Zanzibar

Nishkid64, great work...

The Featured Article List Medal
For taking Sultans of Zanzibar to featured status as part of the contest - you get this delightful barnstar and a virtual silver medal. Keep up the fantastic work. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:57, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, categorise as you see fit - you're now Wikipedia's leading expert on the Sultans...! The Rambling Man (talk) 12:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:86.44.16.82

Hi, there's a proposal to overturn your block of this IP on the above page. Consensus seems to be that it wasn't very well supported by evidence. If you want to weigh in, feel free. I'm just a fairly disinterested (and bemused) observer. --Rodhullandemu 21:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

that was a valid block Nish. See my post with diffs there. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mind-meld

See [2] — Rlevse • Talk • 01:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake

I have responded to all of your queries. Anything else? --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 18:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please be more specific what the MOS issue is? --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 19:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I asked Meldshal42 to do some more copyediting. What about the prose, exactly, is making you oppose now? --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 19:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know of a good copyeditor that will help fix them rough spots? --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 19:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Barnstar of Recovery
The Barnstar of Recovery is hereby awarded to Nishkid64 for much appreciated work at Wikipedia:Featured article review. A “save” on a review is always rewarding, and with so few helpers every comment or article edit is an asset. Thank you and keep it up! Marskell (talk) 20:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greensboro Nazi-Klan Shootout

Excuse me, but I was there at the shootout, I witnessed first-hand everything that happened. Only Revisionist Historians deem this the Massacre. I am officially challenging this entry as a fraud since it is not objective and uses the wrong entry title, the correct title should be "The Nazi-Klan Shootout. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.108.222.131 (talk) 06:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

South American countries

Hey Nishkid. Sorry if the archiving came as a bit of a surprise. It'd been in the backlog for a while and I thought it'd be as well to remove it as it was taking on more of a peer review role. Anyway, of course you're welcome to contact the original reviewers both now and when you're ready to restart the nomination. I don't see it as canvassing particularly in this case as you've been through the mill a lot already and have made significant improvements to the list. Let me know if I can be of further service to you. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and apologies

For the fixes of my goofs from yesterday to the earthquake article at FAC. I e/c'd with you trying to make the same repairs. Again, thanks, and my apologies for the extra headache. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

..the sad thing is that I have read both of those. Don't know what I was drinkin'/thinkin' yesterday. Thanks for your help (and I'll go read them again :/ Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FA

An FA in 12 days??!! Well thats exceptional, especially on an article on Central African Republic. Congratulations and keep up the good work on that country. If more articles could indeed reach FA standard in such a small time frame I can only admire the editor. PS. Editor of the wiki probably and I think your motto is so very true. So true... ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 19:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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"Sea Of Tears, Cries of Innocent children/babies/mothers and Cold Blood Murders" Vs "Personal Commentary".

Hi User:Nishkid64, I do not support the way user User talk:75.176.41.104 edited article Khalistan. But you must have noticed huge number of Govt crimes in the version You have reverted. If you really like true history, then dont you feel any need to pick the key words from the last version, put them into google/amnesty/HRW search engines and then restructure the article with good references, So that you could proudly feel that you have typed the truth and prove that your own views are not-biased/pro-anti/terrorist-regimes/countries

Please read today's news about how Indian agencies tortured/killed/eliminated innocent Sikhs. How it boiled them alive, How Sikh women were paraded Naked, raped, How it burnt Sikh bodies with hot irons untill their death

Please read "Amnesty International", Amnesty International, Human Rights watch where it says that "Thousands of mothers await their sons even though some may know that that the oppressor has not spared their sons’ lives on this earth. A mother’s heart is such that even if she sees her son’s dead body, she does not accept that her son has left her. And those mothers who have not even seen their children’s dead bodies, they were asking us: at least find out, is our son alive or not?"

HRW has mentioned that even world famous "Amnesty International" was not allowed to visit state of Punjab by Government of India.

Respected Sir/Madam, I could not understand that how you easily named "sea of tears, cries of innocent children/mothers and cold blood murders" as a mere "personal commentary"........ Hey God.... Do you really exist somewhere ???? --Singh6 (talk) 08:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nishkid64, cruelty is cruelty, even if it is in "words" or in "real". We should see/document the world in a similar way as we want to see/document our own loved ones. May God give you feelings and courage to defend the truth Singh6 (talk) 23:55, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Reply

Thanks for the advice. I'm always open to constructive critisism.--LAAFan 00:55, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Singh6 (talk · contribs · count)

I am concerned about this user's edits. He/She is tagging Khalistan members as [[Category:Sikh warriors]] His edits are not neutral and pro-Khalistani propaganda.--KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 10:27, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article whose FAC you commented on before, up for FAC again

FYI, an article that you gave comments on during a previous FAC a while back, is up at FAC again. See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Early life and military career of John McCain. Wasted Time R (talk) 11:32, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BAGHA JATIN

Thanks for having collaborated in improving the article on BAGHA JATIN. What about starting a Telugu edition of the article ?--BobClive (talk) 06:22, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In my college days we were taught several types of style, among which the use of the historic present had its own prestige. Even today several representative French authors are fond of it. In my humble opinion, whatever be your standard of accomplishment, verify the standard of the guy you are talking to, before you blurt any sermon. Thanks for the wikidrama. In spite of your warning, when one has to describe a colourful personality (fortunately there have been some, down the ages, to soothe the insipid mass of Tom, Dick and Harry), it automatically tells on the texts, whether you call them articles or not.--BobClive (talk) 05:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now that you have started "correcting" my tense, please have the patience of following it up and complete the "article" on Bagha Jatin. Try and avoid, however, misinterpreting the content.--BobClive (talk) 07:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Your perseverence has convinced me. Carry on. The article has started looking smarter.--BobClive (talk) 09:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional rfa thank you message

Thank you for the support!
Nishkid64, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]