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Archive 1

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Welcome to WikiProject India

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A kitten for you!

Here, have a kitten, for you fine work in improving the article Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Nourish this kitten as you are the doing the article. :)

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Tag and Assess 2012

Hi, Welcome to Tag and Assess 2012. Please add your worklists and edit counts here. Thanks a lot for your contribution and looking for your continued support. Ssriram mt (talk) 00:47, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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Tag and Assess 2012 - Awards

	Indian service award (Gold)
	For your efforts in Tag and Assess 2012 - many thanks and wish you achieve many more in the project. Ssriram mt (talk) 00:13, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Ssriram mt for the award...am trying to complete T&A of [Kerala] articles but seems like a tall order with 4k left to go

Cheers

Sesamevoila (talk) 12:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

cool, go ahead.Ssriram mt (talk) 01:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Disappearing Assessment Bar

Heya! See User:YuviPanda/AssessmentBar#Did_the_bar_disappear.3F for ways to restore the AssessmentBar! YuviPanda (talk) 19:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess 2012

Thanks a lot for making rapid progress with fresh assessments - with contributors like you, we have brought the fresh assessments under 5,000. Keep up the good work mate. Ssriram mt (talk) 03:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

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Tag and Assess 2012 - Awards

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	For your efforts in Tag and Assess 2012 - many thanks and wish you achieve many more in the project. Ssriram mt (talk) 00:37, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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Some bubble tea for you!

For taking speed on fresh assessments. We are 70% through, let us go for the final push. Keep rocking. Ssriram mt (talk) 01:22, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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A cup of coffee for you!

Hi, With contributors like you Tag and Assess 2012 is closing in on 80% completion. There are a few more worklists that remain - appreciate if can you take up a few of those. Lets work together to take it to completion. Happy assessing. Ssriram mt (talk) 23:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

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And you've got another message regarding wikileaks. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:40, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Another :) heather walls (talk) 20:27, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess

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		For over 2000 tagging in Tag & Assess 2012. Keep rocking. Ssriram mt (talk) 03:09, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess - Awards

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Assessment comments

Hi, please add importance for the subprojects like geography. Happy assessing. Ssriram mt (talk) 22:23, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure which edit of mine you are referring to but as I had mentioned over at [[1]] a few days back, the quality of my edits have sufferred after the Yuvipanda assessment bar mysteriously dissappeared on all the computers and browsers from which I edit. Can you help fix it? Thanks Sesamevoila (talk) 04:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

I have requested Yuvi to get it back - the tool may be probably off since there is no unassessed India articles under the category. Ssriram mt (talk) 12:17, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess 2012

	Thank You
	With the help of contributors like you, the Tag and Assess 2012 project has achieved the planned objectives. Close to 65,000 articles have been assessed and 19,000 articles have been added to the scope of the project. Please do watch out for the post tag and assess activities. Thanks a lot. Ssriram mt (talk) 01:06, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Tag and Assess - Awards

		Tag and Assess 2012 Winner - Silver
		Tag and Assess 2012 awards the Silver wiki award to you in the junior category. Your efforts had been stellar and you thoroughly deserve this award. Ssriram mt (talk) 22:26, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

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I have also answered your question at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Any way to accelerate the Articles for Creation Review Process?. Happy editing! Keilana|^Parlez ici 17:22, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much User:Keilana, the other two articles I created were done directly but colleagues I had initiated into editing had their articles speedily deleted and I thought I would try out this method before recommending it to them. The severe backlog at Articles for Creation makes it a virtually useless alternative, I must say.

Agreed, I should probably help out there more! Keilana|^Parlez ici 18:36, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

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CVUA

Hi! I am Electriccatfish2 and will be your CVUA instructor. Before we begin, please tell me the following:

• What you would like to learn.
• What are your goals?
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Thanks, Electriccatfish2 (talk) 11:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC).

Hi, Electriccatfish2, thanks for taking me on board. To answer your queries:

• What you would like to learn:

I'd like to learn how to use the available tools to revert vandalism because this is an increasing nuisance on pages to do with my part of the world, as awareness about Wikipedia, and the ease with which it can be vandalised increases

• What are your goals?

I have so far been creating and editing articles, and generally engaging in wikignome activities. I would like to deepen my engagement with wikipedia and reverting vandalism seems to be a useful goal to work towards. The CVUA also happens to be the first academy I have come across on wikipedia; I don't know if there are any others.

• What tools would you like to use.

I have seen twinkle and stiki as tools of choice when rummaging through talk pages which is why I put them both in my application. I am open to work with any tool so long as it's not too complicated and gets the job done.

• Do you have Twinkle installed?

No

• If you want to use STiki, do you have permission to use it?

No...didn't know I required permission to use it. P.S. I just checked up on the STiki pages..apparently I need a thousand edits to be able to use that tool. I hope the other toolls don't have such requirements since I have only about 300+ edits in the article namespace

Hope that answers your queries, Cheers, Sesamevoila (talk) 12:42, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi! First of all, we are the only specialized academy here. Admin coaching was cancelled a few years ago. There is the Teahouse and Adopt-a-User, though. Also, don't worry, I can request STiki to be enabled on your account. However, please enable Twinkle by checking off the box "Enable Twinkle", which can be found in the "My Preferences" link at the top of your screen. Cheers, Electriccatfish2 (talk) 20:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC).

Twinkle enabled Sesamevoila (talk) 03:52, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

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They approved your account. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 20:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok, Thanks a lot. I've downloaded it Sesamevoila (talk) 04:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

CVUA

For your first assignment, please read WP: VAND. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 00:50, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Read..quite enlightening Sesamevoila (talk) 05:16, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Please leave a talkback message when you are done. Thanks, Electriccatfish2 (talk) 16:39, 8 July 2012 (UTC).

I did leave a message after I was done...I guess the confusion is because there are two sections with the subject CVUA. Btw, I had to revert vandalism at Hina Rabbani Khar..am not sure if I did it right Sesamevoila (talk) 17:14, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes you did it correctly, but next time, you should also warn the vandal, but we'll get up to that later. Please now read WP:NOTVAND. Thanks, Electriccatfish2 (talk) 18:23, 8 July 2012 (UTC).

I noticed the vandalism was done from an IP address in Saudi Arabia...is there any point in serving a warning to an IP address? On a related note, does one need to warn when vandalism has been done and removed by the same editor Eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pranab_Mukherjee&diff=500618843&oldid=500618766 where chutia means F**K*R

Yes, you warn no matter who does the vandalism, be it an IP or an account. If they re-do it, it's usually a test edit, and you can welcome them will a welcome-test, or a welcome-anon-test. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 10:40, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Finished with WP:NOTVAND Sesamevoila (talk) 04:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Great! I'll come back later and post a quiz on it. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 19:26, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

CVUA Quiz 1

1. What is vandalism?

Vandalism is the deliberate dis-figuration of a page/enclyclopaedic article by adding, removing or changing content ultimately compromising the integrity of the encyclopedia. Y

2. What is a personal attack?

A personal attack is an attack on a contributor. This includes attacks on vandals since this can result in a vicious cycle. The definition and full range of options in responding to a personal attack can be found at Wikipedia:No personal attacks Y

3. What is a test edit?

A test edit is one in which the user experiments on a live article by editing it and then reverting his edit. Such users can be warned using user warning templates, or through talk page messages. Test page edits are different from deliberate vandalism. Y

4. What is a disruptive edit?

A disruptive edit would refer to a series of edits on a page by a user resulting in a similar series of edits by other user(s) either reverting such edits or further inflaming passions on the topic resulting in Wikipedia:Edit_warring. There are mechanisms to deal with disruptive edits mainly to do with dispute resolution. Y

5. Please give a link to a Wikipedia page where you can patrol for vandalism.

Special:RecentChanges Y

6. What should be done after vandalism is reverted?

Check the user's history, and if the user is a serial vandaliser, report the user immediately at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. If the user has not a serial vandaliser, and may even have done in good faith(as I have) , one can leave an appropriate warning message on the user's talk page, and continue monitoring the user for continued similar behaviour following which the first action given above can be set in motion. Y

7. What administrative action is done to repeat vandals?

Repeat vandals who continue to vandalise even after repeated warnings can be reported to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism who will take necessary action including blocking of User Ids. Y

8. When are you allowed to break the 3RR?

In the context of vandalism, you are allowed to revert edits on a page more than 3 times in a 24 hour period if you are reverting obvious vandalism. Y BLP's, too.

9. What is a troll? How does a troll differ from a vandal?

A troll is an editor who intentionally vandalises pages, with the specific intention of provoking a reaction from other editors. Unlike a troll, a vandal does not have any such specific agenda. So, while all trolls who vandalise pages are vandals, not all vandals are trolls. A detailed discussion on the differences can be found here: Wikipedia:Vandals versus Trolls However, irrespective of whether they are trolls or vandals, such users can only be accurately identified after a study of their prior edits since many cases of what appears to be vandalism is often done by inexperienced editors acting, often, in good faith . Y

10. What is spamming? What happens to repeat spammers?

Spamming is the adding of external links, not to improve an article, but with other intentions such as publicity, or the promotion of a product or other interests. Repeat spammers are warned through a series of warning templates and can ultimately be reported to administrators and blocked. More info at Wikipedia:Spam 1/2 Credit Backlisted.

Please place a talkback template when you have completed this quiz. Good luck! Electriccatfish2 (talk) 21:10, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Your Score: 95% Excellent! Electriccatfish2 (talk) 11:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much:-) What next, if I may ask. Also, I didn't understand the significance of the tool template at No.9 as also the bit about 1/2 Credit Backlisted at No.10. Sesamevoila (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

First of all, it was supposed to be a Y, not a tool. Also, spammers have their websites backlisted, which means that the website can't be added again to another page here. Also, Q8 is very important as my first student got it wrong and it ended up being a question at his RFA that he got wrong, which ultimately tanked it. Next, please read WP: Cleaning up Vandalism, WP: WARN, and WP: GAIV. Best, Electriccatfish2 (talk) 21:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC).

Finished with WP: Cleaning up vandalism, WP: WARN, and WP: GAIV Sesamevoila (talk) 05:33, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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CVUA Quiz 2

Hi! Sorry I haven't been able to get back to you. I forgot to ask you to also read WP: BLOCK. After you are done, please complete this quiz. Good luck!

• Scenario 1 An IP adds "Hahahahahahahaha" to Video game.

1. Which type of and level warning should be issued to this user?

If this is the first such instance of vandalism from this IP address, then a level 1 warning template should be put on the talk page of the IP address. Else a Level 2. Template:SharedIPAdvice should also be put on the talk page since it's from an IP address.
Y

2. If you were reverting this edit manually, what should your edit summary be?

Reverted vandalism or 'rv/v'
Y

3. If this user were to stop vandalizing, would it be appropriate to report them to AIV?

No. Y

4. Can an IP be blocked indefinitely?

Can be, but should not be, except in the rarest of cases
Y

5. Should "cool-down" blocks be issued?

Only if the user is both angry as well as disruptive. In normal cases, it's shown to have the opposite effect
N Cool-down blocks should never be issued.

• Scenario 2 A new account adds curses to Hunter Pence.

1. Which type of and level warning should be issued to this user?

Level 2 Vandalism template
Y

2. This user vandalizes again. You issue them a level 3 warning and than they vandalize your talk page. What should you do now?

Issue a level 4 warning and if the vandalism persists, then intitiate AIV.
Y

3. Can this account be blocked indefinitely?

Accounts are indefinitely blocked only if there is extensive disruption. A block is not a punishment and is used to facilitate discussion and resolution of problems. In this particluar case, prima facie, there is no need for an indefinite block
N This account is evidently a vandalism-only account and can therefore be blocked indef.

4. This user adds in claims that Hunter Pence is gay. Are you allowed to break the 3RR rule by reverting the edits?

Yes, since this a Biography of a Living person
Y

4. What is a BLP violation?

A violation of Wikipedia policies on Biography of Living persons which essentially say that "Material about living persons must be written with the greatest care and attention to the principles of verifiability, neutrality, and avoidance of original research".
Y

• Good luck! Electric Catfish 14:47, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry,should have finished the quiz long back but I got sidetracked by some other stuff Sesamevoila (talk) 07:54, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Your Score: 80% Good! All of my students so far have gotten an 80% on this test. Next, please revert some vandalism, using STiki and/or Twinkle. Than, please come back to me and I will request rollback for you. Best, Electric Catfish 21:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC).

Thanks for all the help, Electric Catfish, you make a great instructorY. I would give you a lightning bolt barnstar, if only I knew how:-) I have reverted about 60 odd instances of vandalism using Stiki or Twinkle. One thing I've noticed is that Stiki does not add the pages I have reverted to my watchlist automatically...is there any way of enabling that? Sesamevoila (talk) 18:44, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes. There is a button that says "Never Watchlist" that is ticked by default when entering STiki. To add pages to your watchlist, simply untick it. Best, Electric Catfish 18:48, 1 August 2012 (UTC).

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Soramimi edit mistakenly classified as vandalism

My edit to the article Soramimiwas based on a popular mishearing of the song Caramelldansen's lyrics and it is not vandalism. I will add citations later.

Rollback

Now, it's time to request rollback. Please click "Add a Request" by WP: PERM/R. Best, 10:46, 7 August 2012 (UTC).

Also, please put in your request that you are a student at the CVUA. Electric Catfish 21:30, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking I should get a few more edits under my belt using Twinkle and Stiki before applying for rollback...I am in no hurry Sesamevoila (talk) 08:12, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

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Ruđer Bošković

Hi, yes I do think you have made a mistake. I have put ref. There is missed a part that this scientist is a son of Serbian Nikola Boskovic and Italian Paola. Use google translate for this and a lot of other newspapers and world's encyclopedias http://www.pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/globus/story/236950/Dubrovnik+opet+republika.html "Jedan od najznačajnijih Srba rođenih u Dubrovniku jeste astronom i matematičar Ruđer Bošković. Njemu je otac bio Nikola Bošković, Srbin iz sela Orahov Dol kod Trebinja, a majka Pavla Betera iz poznate italijanske dubrovačke porodice. " But also wikipedia page of Nikola Boskovic gives ref. that he was a Serb. 79.175.69.22 (talk) 18:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

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I have approved your request at WP:PERM. Happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:48, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

To celebrate your latest achievement. Cheers DBigXray 12:30, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

I like to think of myself as more of a champagne swiller, but bubbly is bubbly:-) Now, to figure out how AWB worksSesamevoila (talk) 19:20, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

CVUA Graduate

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	Congratulations! Electric Catfish 20:57, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Also, please join us as an instructor by adding your name to the status page. We need more instructors like you! Once again, congratulations! Electric Catfish 20:57, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking me on and teaching me the ropes. Didn't know how involved I would end up getting in counter-vandalism when I first joined the Academy. I hope to join as an Instructor soon.. Sesamevoila (talk) 08:57, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

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I thought I'd go the whole hog and test whatever tools are available since the developers have gone to quite a bit of trouble to create them. After trying out Huggle, Igloo and AWB, it looks to me like they involve quite a bit of having to stand on one's head to figure out not just the nuts and bolts, but also the bells and whistles:-(

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I never use them. Most of them don't work on Mac anyway (like most 3rd party apps for Wikipedia). AWB (also not for Mac) however is great for doing routine repetitive tasks. These tools should be used with great care when doing counter-vandalism - man y of the complaints for wrong reverts are due to their use because many patrollers do not appear to check each revert manually or check the article history. None of these tools should really be used for new page patrolling which of course, if done properly, needs a 100% human touch and a lot of clue. The best tool for NPP is Special:NewPagesFeed. It's still very much under development but you may like to try it out if you haven't done so already and let us have your feedback. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:50, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the cookie:-) I notice that most of the pages you have created are stubs so it would be great if they can at least be brought up to start or even c class. I'm not too clued in on Indian sports people, but let me know how I can help Sesamevoila (talk) 17:08, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the info..I'd run the updater when logging in but it couldn't locate a new version Sesamevoila (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

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How should i make my article good(Harishrawat11 (talk) 15:57, 2 September 2012 (UTC))

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FYI. All the best. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Figured the best way to help was to show by example and clean the page off unsourced content and put up citation needed tags. Thought you could have a look at Sibichen K Mathew now. Am also not sure if the photo passes copyright but not too clear on how to go about checking that Sesamevoila (talk) 08:22, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

The photo is on Commons. It is clearly a copyvio because it was lifted from a FaceBook page. problem is, images, especially on Commons, is an area I don't specialise in, so I don't know how to tag it for deletion. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:39, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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I have cleaned unsourced content off the page ...you could try and fill in the gaps where I've put the citations needed tag. Sesamevoila (talk) 08:17, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	thank you for the work done on my page,it is such hard working ppl like you that Wikipedia needs.best of luck Harishrawat11 (talk) 11:31, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Please don't put unsourced content on the page.You are again starting to peacock the page..it is not a CV where every trivial piece of info needs to be put up. Also, the photo is copyrighted and will have to be removed/replaced. Sesamevoila (talk) 11:43, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Last month you tagged this article for close paraphrasing copyright concerns, but I didn't see that any particular source or section was indicated. Since it is a fairly large article with a large number of sources, could you be more particular about what you think was copied from where, or at least what made you suspicious about the article? Anything you can recall would be greatly appreciated. VernoWhitney (talk) 17:55, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I had run bits of the page through this tool https://www.plagtracker.com/upload/ and it had thrown up some duplicates then which is why I tagged the article. I tried the same thing again today but it's only throwing up stray sentences. There seems to have been quite a bit of work done on the article since then. I will remove the tag since I am unable to come up with any particular sources now.

P.S. I have a close paraphrasing issue with another article where the article creator has responded to my tag on the talk page saying the content is not copyrighted. The article is at Wil schroter. I am not too clear about the various Creative Commons licenses so would you mind taking a look?

Sesamevoila (talk) 19:32, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking another look at that article for me. Sometimes it's pretty clear but other times it's really hard for us to figure out what might be copied from where without help (and paraphrasing is even worse, since it's not exact).

Anyways, I don't mind looking at Wil schroter at all--copyright situations are most of what I help with around here. I looked over the terms of service and licensing policy of CrunchBase, and it looks pretty clear that all of their user-submitted content is reusable under a CC-BY license. Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright has a little table which covers the basics of compatible CC licenses. In this case we can use it, we just needed to appropriately attribute the source (which I've now done).

On second look this text has been around for a while on various sites before CrunchBase, so we need to go through a more formal process of verifying authorship and release. I'll go and start work on explaining the process to them. VernoWhitney (talk) 21:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Kanika Kapoor

I removed the BLPProd tag from Kanika Kapoor. There was a reference, albeit unreliable, present. Per WP:BLPPROD, "To place a BLPPROD tag, the process requires that the article contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc.), which support any statements made about the person in the biography." (emphasis not mine) Bgwhite (talk) 05:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for taking care of that. I was under the impression that it had to be a reliable source and my antenna went up when the "official website" turned out to be a facebook page. Sesamevoila (talk) 06:05, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

It is a common misconception as the page keeps talking about reliable sources. Keep tagging away... Bgwhite (talk) 06:10, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

I find myself doubtful of where the PROD tag can be correctly used after this episode. The PROD tag I added was removed by the page creator from this article at Bhaktha Anjaneyar. Since it has a reference, I was wondering whether to let it be. Could you take a look? Sesamevoila (talk) 08:09, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Normally, I'd say to find some references to back anything up. If you can't find any, then do a WP:AfD. Can't delete anything if it is badly written, but can if there are no refs out there. If you think it is notable, I'd say make a stub out of it. Delete what is there and do a few sentences about it in your own words. If the other editor protests, describe why you made it a stub. If they keep protesting, then ask for help from an admin or others. The photo is a clear copyright violation as the photo shows up on the Temple's website. I've reported the photo as a copyright violation. Bgwhite (talk) 08:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Georgraphy of Berlin

How do you propose to do the split-off of the Berlin article? Kingjeff (talk) 18:27, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Oops, didn't realise you were splitting the page since there was no mention of it in the edit summary. I'll remove the CSD tag. Sesamevoila (talk) 18:51, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I probably should have mentioned it before. But if you want an article to work on, it probably needs some cleanup since I basically copied and pasted it into the new article from the Berlin article. Kingjeff (talk) 19:11, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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Do you know anything about the code name Blue Star? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.51.79 (talk) 08:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Sesamevoila, Sending you BLUE STAR. Catch it!

Sorry

Sesamevoila Ji,i have tried removing the peacock words,i read the peacock words page in wiki and then only edited,i even added some more references.please ji,dont get angry.I will try to resolve the problem in a more professional way,only if you can exactly pinpoint the words and refrences you do not like(Harishrawat11 (talk) 12:42, 11 September 2012 (UTC))

Some bubble tea for you!

please look into the page iaas,it written like a blog and not like a wikipedia page Harishrawat11 (talk) 12:53, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Rather then remove the history part altogether, why don't you rewrite it so that it looks more like a wikipedia page? Sesamevoila (talk) 13:08, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

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I am not a pyshopath or any progeny,sibichen is an officer who wrote this famous book,to read more about him please read the page.Please dont call me any words that will affect my feelings.please help me by exacting telling me or removing the words not liked by you.He is not a mid ranking officer but a senior officer,heading telecommunications in the kerala karnatak region.I felt bad.(Harishrawat11 (talk) 12:24, 4 September 2012 (UTC))

I am sorry if you felt bad, but I think you are taking it a little too personally. I had to take your issue to Kudpung who is wise in the ways of Wikipedia since you were not responding to successive messages on your talk page. Now that you have finally responded, i would like to follow through on his suggestion that I work with you to improve the page. That would involve some bit of editing, so I hope you are fine with that.

Biographies of Living Persons are taken very seriously on wikipedia which is such a page is subjected to additional scrutiny. Please read that link to see what you need to keep in mind when writing a biography Sesamevoila (talk) 14:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

A question about the edit of Youssef Allam Group Article

What exactly do u consider a promotional material in the article, so that i can consider it the next time i edit? -- Nouny88 (talk) 13:39, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Please read What wikipedia is not to understand why much of the material you have put in the article is considered promotional. As an encyclopedia, anything you put in should be backed up by independent verifiable sources, meaning newspapers, journals etc. All this information is available in the links in the messages on your talk page such as How to write a great article. Even after the editing, there is still a lot of promotional material on the page while encyclopedic material like annual turnover etc. are missing. Please see pages on other companies on wikipedia to identify the kind of information required. I see that the page has already been tagged for deletion-if you can add facts along with sources, then you can contest the deletion. Sesamevoila (talk) 13:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Youssef Allam Group Article Check

Dear Sesamevoila,

Could you please check Youssef Allam Group Article and tell me if it is okay this way or not?

Please update me with your comments.

Thank you for your concern.

Best Regards...

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As I mentioned in the above comment, notability has to be established. If you can get details regarding annual turnover, links even to items in Arabic newspapers which can be cited, the article might be deemed suitable enough to stay on the encyclopedia. I have removed irrelevant and empty sections Sesamevoila (talk) 09:16, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. I will search for articles on the website or newspapers about Youssef Allam Group, and will update you if i find any. --Nouny88 (talk) 09:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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Trishneet Arora

what is issue in Trishneet Arora Page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.173.207.251 (talk) 08:17, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hello dear,

I want to know what is an issue in Trishneet Arora article. I have given write details about him references are newspapers world news ,attrition.org

I will do some more editing but kindly give me some reason.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.173.207.251 (talk) 09:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

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yes sir now tell me now i am logged in as user — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tacsecurities (talk • contribs) 09:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

help needed

dear friend

i am a new user .i am not much familiar with all things here in wiki. i have created a page mathews mar timothios. And you have added some tags in it .now i have some changes to that page and now i have removed the tags... if you still doubt the content you can check hi fb profile https://www.facebook.com/mathews.marthimothios.3?fref=ts... the page is a biodata of this bishop so for authenticity i took the content from the offical page...if the words used should be changed pleases tell so that i will change it Please give me reply so that it will help me ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nithinchundamannil (talk • contribs) 11:00, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

will recreate

dear friend

i will edit the full content and will put it again later but how cite is not yet clear to me can you please help me

```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nithinchundamannil (talk • contribs) 17:14, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

dear friend

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuhanon_Mar_Dioscoros

this is another page about another bishop it is also just a copy paste of the content in the offical website why are you not deleting it```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nithinchundamannil (talk • contribs) 17:20, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for copyediting and enhancing Dinesh Sharma.--Shyamsunder (talk) 09:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure. Still very much a stub, tho:-( Sesamevoila (talk) 11:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

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Have cleaned up the page Abhay Kumar, added citations and references. May like to further review and consider removing some of the flags (Kalhause). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalhause (talk • contribs) 12:23, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up the page some more but it's still too long and hagiographical and needs to be cleaned up some more before the tags can be removed. Some of the sections are disproportionately long will have to be shortened. Sesamevoila (talk) 19:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the contribution

Appreciate your contribution of Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka to improve the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.172.31 (talk) 10:07, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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hi ji,i would like to join the counter vandalism unit.can u please be my instructor if you have the time?(Harishrawat11 (talk) 09:50, 12 January 2013 (UTC))

I don't have too many pleasant memories of the last time we interacted, and I'm not sure if you are mature enough to handle CV duties. In any case, I'm not an instructor at the CVU even though I have passed out from the Academy. You could put in a request at the CVU. Sesamevoila (talk) 19:23, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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P._Narahari article for deletion

What's wrong with that article? This personality is very well-known in Gwalior city. And people are writing about him all over the internet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shobhit Gosain (talk • contribs) 16:53, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

P._Narahari article for deletion

Ofcourse his work is notable. He is District Magistrate of Gwalior city, and for other cities in past. People wants to know about him a lot more. Many other news websites have written about him. I don't think this article should be considered for deletion. Shobhit Gosain —Preceding undated comment added 17:28, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

The points you mention are generally insufficient to merit a a person an entry in Wikipedia. Please read WP:BIO along with WP:ISNOT to get a better feel of possible subjects for inclusion in the Encyclopedia. Cheers Sesamevoila (talk) 06:43, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

But the article clearly statisfy these points WP:ANYBIO. You also search about this personality over the internet and help me clarify those insufficient points which you found? Shobhit Gosain (talk) 16:43, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

That point is debatable which is why I have only nominated the page for deletion so that the wider community may debate on whether this profile should be retained in its present form. Ideally, this profile should be a subsection in the Gwalior page rather than a page by itself . Sesamevoila (talk) 04:42, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

I also thought the same that it should be a subsection in the Gwalior page, but then this personality has served not just for Gwalior, but many other cities too. Please remove it from deletion, rather you can put its nomination for improvement with more references. Even I will update more about this personality. Shobhit Gosain (talk) 07:14, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Please have a look at the article. I have added more references and notable categories. Shobhit Gosain (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

P._Narahari article for deletion

Deleting his article will be really unhelpful for the people of city for whom he serve. Please remove that "considered for deletion" tag, users can edit that article. This personality is a very useful for the people. Shobhit Gosain (talk) 17:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Gottingen minipig

Di you accidentally post the wrong CSD template here? The pig exists, and the article cannot be seen as a test page. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 10:48, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

When I accessed the page, this is all there was in it [[2]]. Hence, the test page template, which i have now removed since it's considerably changed in the meantime. Thanks for the headsup Sesamevoila (talk) 10:57, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Fair comment; so it's the author's fault for not removing the speedy template when he improved the article. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 14:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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	Thank you for bringing to my attention what my brothers and I where doing we had no idea that it was affecting wikipedia and brought up a sock puppet investigation. We didn't know that having an account on the same computer would effect things like this. We wish you good health and a good day. Sincerely, Mark. Mark1000002 (talk) 03:31, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

P. Narahari for deletion

When will you reply? Shobhit Gosain (talk) 14:56, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Reply to what? You seem to have some misconceptions of wikipedia which will only be cleared if you read the links I provided earlier. In the first instance, you have taken liberties with the subject's bio eg. writing that he won an award for Jan Mitra when it is evident that it is the program and not the individual that has been awarded. As I understand from http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Digital+discipline/1/93210.html and http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/india/36504913_1_biometric-attendance-system-e-governance-babus, this program is the brainchild of another individual who was the earlier collector. Unless these biases are removed this bio will only remain a hagiography without any credibility.

There has been very little response to the AfD and there is very little traffic to the page, both of which, to my mind, are indicators to a lack of notability.Sesamevoila (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes that program was the brainchild of the former collector, but P. Narahari also made many contributions and more strict rules so that Jan Mitra program can be more helpful for the public, therefore the award was jointly given to both the collectors. Apart from that award P. Narahari also received many awards and appreciation for the betterment of the society, http://hamariladli.in/profiledm.aspx and http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/MadhyaPradesh/Got-a-complaint-Poke-Gwalior-collector-on-Facebook/Article1-945195.aspx.

Article was just 1 week old, I think it will take at least a month to get traffic. His bio is very helpful for the people he served and for the people he will serve in the future. Shobhit Gosain (talk) 06:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Kanika Batra

Just wanted to drop you a note and tell you that an article you have spent time editing Kanika Batra is up for deletion, in case you want to improve it or vote. Cheers. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 17:12, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you

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		This is for your valuable efforts for contributing to Wikipedia PATH SLOPU^(Talk) 13:22, 4 July 2018 (UTC)