This page documents all of the messages I received between 04:52, 9 September 2006 and 06:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC). For more info, leave me a message on my talk page and I will get back to you. Thanks. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth9115:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Archive 10 - from 14 August 2006 to 6 September 2006
Archive 11 - from 9 September 2006 to 22 October 2006
Archive 12 - from 21 October 2006 to 11 November 2006
Re:FAC
Yo - don't worry about the FAC. I'll help you keep an eye on it and will address any concerns/issues raised. To the best of my knowledge, there isn't any lingering grammar/prose problem in the article, which is well-referenced and comprehensive. You have exhibited great patience, which God willing will be swiftly rewarded. Cheers, Rama's arrow04:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Re:FAC
Hi - its the FA director's fault, he's getting later and later in promoting FAs - the same thing happened with Darjeeling and Ahmedabad. Ladakh is also presently stuck - its been on longer than yours. But don't worry - you've got 10 supports to 2 objects, so the article is slated to become an FA anytime. Rama's arrow10:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations, Shreshth91, you have been nominated for the Esperanza User Page Contest! The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done.
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This is to bring to your notice the wiki-feud I've been having with User:Mahawiki for almost one month now. It started with the Belgaum page which went to mediation, warnings were handed out to both parties, and when Mahawiki's incivil ways continued, Admin:Bluyugen handed him a warning and then a block. Find that here.
I do not want to turn the clock back and go through all those content disputes again. Infact, I dont want to present to you the details of any content dispute we've had. All I want to present to you is the brazen incivility and personal attacks being committed by User:Mahawiki either in the course of his content disputes or even simply just out of spite.
All the diffs(exhibiting his incivility and personal attacks) I provide below are from AFTER, I REPEAT, "AFTER". ADMIN BLUGYUEN INTERVENED, WARNED ALL OF US, AND HANDED MAHAWIKI A BLOCK.
Please find below dozens of instances of blatant incivility and personal attacks by User:Mahawiki either on me or on User:Dineshkannambadi and all Kannadigas in general. His remarks are in extremely bad taste and counterproductive resulting in undermining of the good faith efforts of the other editors to carry on editing their articles.
While I dont want to go into each and every diff and explain it, just to give you a sample of his incivility, he has made edits where, even if only in jest or sarcasm, he makes atrocious claims like, I am on a kill Mahawiki mission, that User:Dineshkannambadi is the Kannada (Bin) Laden(sic). In another edit, even if only for jest(which I certainly dont find amusing nor appreciate esp., when it comes from him), he has threatened to sue me. He has called us culturalTERRORISTS, losers, notorious, shameless etc., etc. He uses the word vandalism like one would use 'Hi' and 'Hello'.
Find all the above and much much much more in the diffs I've provided below. Whats worse is his antics are going unchecked because Admin:Blugyen who knows about our feud is on a wikibreak and Admin:Sundar whose intervention I've sought more than once, is busy with other things(I presume, in real life) - which ofcourse, I dont hold against either of them.
But wikipedia will be a poorer place if brazen incivility like this goes unchecked for weeks simply because many admins dont know about it or the ones who know are by force of circumstances, too busy to deal with it.
I request immediate and harsh action on Mahawiki.
Once again, let me remind everyone that in the links below, none of them pertain to any content disputes. I belive in dealing with the content disputes on the relevant talk pages and dont usually bring it out on user talk pages.
Infact, I have even not listed below, the atrocious claim he made a couple of days ago that I had deleted and later undeleted an article. Also not listed below is his blatant removal of {{fact}} tags I had added in a couple of articles without even clarifying or providing a citation for the claim which I had tagged. Also not listed below may be umpteen other instances of incivility and npa violations on his part that I might have missed.
All the diffs below deal purely and only with his brazen incivil comments and personal attacks not just on me, but on User:Dineshkannambadi and also highly respected historians like Mr. Suryanath Kamath et al(who have been cited in some articles by Dinesh) whom he has trashed and dismissed in the most uncivil manner possible.
Apart from this he also makes disparaging remarks on Karnataka and Karnataka politicians who he keeps claiming are oppressing and torturing Marathi speaking people in Belgaum. This is not a content dispute, this is plain nonsense and insanely belligerent language.
His incivility apart, he has made it a habit and a routine to go around all over wikipedia branding me and Dinesh as 'Kannadi' vandals bent on Kannadizing all articles we touch. Ask him if we have included any uncited material or if we has ever cited any references for his numerous claims or whether he has taken it up on the article talk page instead of on a random user talk page. His answer will be negative. And yet, that doesnt stop him from going around shouting that we have been vandalising articles!!
Anway, I dont want to veer this towards the 'content disputes' which is a whole different matter altogether. Content disputes can always be discussed and agreements reached. Let me present to you just his brazen incivility and personal attacks.
Dear MrShreshth91,why u have moved Madhu Omalloor to my user page. I have no other names. I have just created his page. I think he is a notable journalist. He was an executive member of Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy. The state govt nominates members to this academy. If u have any doubt u forward this article to the Afd discussion. I have no problem. But I request u to visit the following site or search the name Madhu Omalloor in google before nominating to Afd.
Don't worry, it's not vanity, I imagine you're rather excited! In general, though, it's best to wait to update those sorts of things until after all the votes have been validated and things can be made "official". Once they are, I'll update the governence timeline, and all should be good. -- Natalya17:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Shreshth, did you get the email I sent you? Just wondering, since I need to be able to email the entire Council to get things going. Thanks, -- Natalya15:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Shreshth - I hope you're feeling better! I'm going to send out a Council-wide email, so just try and reply when you get a chance. And happy almost birthday! -- Natalya16:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to say hi, remember me? Erikkuiv, aka JErick from Freenode (#wrongplanet), or you forget? Well I just wanted to see how tihngs are going, and maybe learn when you will come back and join us on that channel on freenode! Erikkuiv03:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Happy birthday to you. In India, it is already 14th October. All the best to you! May God always guide your path and always bless you! --Bhadani18:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Birthday! You know, you were my original welcomer, all those months ago...(flashback blur-and-music here)...well okay i still have the welcome message. hahaTeh tennisman13:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... Which country do you live in?! You Delhi boys seem to be really bhola compared to us Mumbaikars! A close friend of mine began speeding on the Marine Drive when he was 14! Of course, in the U.S. the mark is much higher... Rama's arrow12:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the Esperanze welcome. I've been contemplating joining for a while and within seconds after I do I get a warm welcome. I'll be lookin' though the link you gave me to 'So you've joined Esperanza...' so I can help a little bit. I think I'll probably be drawn to the Barnstar Brigade because I always liked getting noticed (although I've yet to receieve a barnstar...). Thanks again! Dark jedi requiem08:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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