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Hi
I hope you don't mind. :) ceran thor 21:54, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- :) Thanks for the correction -- Tinu Cherian - 04:32, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Your adminship
A belated congratulations, it was my pleasure. Jayjg (talk) 00:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanq Jayjg :) -- Tinu Cherian - 04:32, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 November 2009
- Article contest: Durova wins 2009 WikiCup
- Conference report: WikiSym features research on Wikipedia
- Election report: 2009 ArbCom elections report
- Audit Subcommittee: Inaugural Audit Subcommittee elections underway
- Dispatches: Wikipedia remembers the Wall
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
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- Features and admins: Approved this week
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WikiCup Awards
Congratulations! Hope to see you sign up for the 2010 WikiCup, here, if you haven't already! iMatthew talk at 22:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
A project you might be interested in
Hi. I've recently initiated an informal WikiProject which will, in theory, help to support the Wikipedia community and its volunteers. I'm looking for a few people to help me get it off the ground, so feel free to join up! Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 05:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
WP:FILMS October Newsletter
Volume IV, no. 10 - October 2009
- Project news
- After a long wait, the Tag & Assess drive will start at the beginning of next week. The banner will now be updated to accept the C-class, and remove some of the parameters to simplify the banner and allow the project to better focus on its articles. Instructions will be provided on assessing articles for the drive and prizes will be awarded to members based on the number of articles reviewed.
- We are currently having a roll call to update our membership records. If you still consider yourself an active member of the project and would like to continue to receive the monthly newsletter as well as notices related to the project, please readd your name from the inactive list to the active list .
- A new page now allows us to see what the project's most popular articles are. The page will be updated monthly and will be helpful to determine which articles should be expanded or further improved. The project's most popular article this month was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with over 770,000 views!
- Our project currently has over 61,000 film-related articles, with 56,000 that have been assessed by our assessment department ! Remember to always add the
{{Film|class=}}template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class. - Spotlight Update : Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in October 2009. Several articles were also delisted from GA-status.
- Star Trek: First Contact (10/3)
- Film noir (10/3)
- Tracy Flick (10/20)
- Hard Boiled (10/27)
- Krrish (10/29)
- Big Fish (10/29)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (10/2)
- Wizards (10/3)
- Dreamgirls (10/12)
- Silent Hill (10/12)
- Spider-Man 2 (10/12)
- Goldfinger (10/31)
- Member news
- New members to the project since the last issue include: 03md, Dancingturtle8205, Deftonesderrick, Cinemaniac86, Reincarnut, Rudybowwow, & Erkman27.
- Recipients of the WikiProject Films Award: Jimknut for rewriting and reworking the Charlie Chaplin filmography list.
- Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Films Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
- Please add your name to the member list if you have not already.
| Film pages by quality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Total | |||||||
| FA | 192 | ||||||
| FL | 489 | ||||||
| FM | 55 | ||||||
| A | 1 | ||||||
| GA | 1,447 | ||||||
| B | 1,556 | ||||||
| C | 11,055 | ||||||
| Start | 73,484 | ||||||
| Stub | 95,924 | ||||||
| List | 13,378 | ||||||
| Category | 55,407 | ||||||
| Disambig | 378 | ||||||
| File | 113,607 | ||||||
| Portal | 19 | ||||||
| Project | 240 | ||||||
| Redirect | 12,108 | ||||||
| Template | 9,569 | ||||||
| NA | 17 | ||||||
| Assessed | 388,926 | ||||||
| Unassessed | 20 | ||||||
| Total | 388,946 | ||||||
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 994,747 | Ω = 5.42 | |||||
- Coming to theaters
Opening last weekend (10/30):
- Michael Jackson's This Is It (10/28)
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (limited)
Opened this weekend (11/6):
Opening next weekend (11/13):
- 2012
- The Boat That Rocked
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (limited)
- The Young Victoria (limited)
Other November releases:
- The Blind Side (11/20)
- New Moon (11/20)
- Planet 51 (11/20)
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (11/20) (limited)
- Broken Embraces (11/20) (limited)
- Ninja Assassin (11/25)
- Old Dogs (11/25)
- The Road (11/25)
- The Princess and the Frog (11/25) (limited)
- Did you know...
- ... that Konawaena High School's 18th place finish in the 1990 World Solar Challenge was the basis for the 1996 film Race the Sun ?
- ... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960?
- ... that during filming of The Emperor Waltz in Jasper National Park, director Billy Wilder had California pines planted on location because he was unhappy with the look of the native trees?
- ... that John Travolta's older brother Joey Travolta produced the documentary film about autism Normal People Scare Me ?
- ... that Raymond B. West developed a new standard of double exposure photography while directing a 1917 film in which one actress played two sisters?
- ... that the Indian film Shehar Aur Sapna , a love story set in a drain pipe, won the National Film Award for Best Film and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for actor Nana Palsikar ?
- ... that the 1915 film The Italian tells the story of an immigrant played by George Beban who goes to America in search of fortune but finds a "Darwinian jungle" on New York's Lower East Side?
- ... that the epic anti-war film Civilization (poster pictured), depicting Jesus walking through the carnage of war, was credited with helping re-elect U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916?
- From the editors
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WP:FILMS October Newsletter
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Help
After days of research I improved the American Pit Bull Terrier article. Whenever I contribute to this article a user named "HelloAnnyong" revert it. He falsely claims that I used copyrighted material. It wasn't my source but he always revert the my text. So I ask a moderator to review the text. Thank you very muchk84m97 (talk) 02:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Kannadiga
Sir, The article Kannadiga is in a very pathetic condition.Lots of irrelevant information is being added in the article and it reads like some Kannada organization propaganda...The whole article is dedicated for anti-Tamil sentiments and usage of harsh words on the neighboring culture and regions.It is funny even to note that it is written in the article that Sanskrit evolved from Kannada...Lots of unconfirmed users are tampering with the article.So pls help to protect the article and pls if possible put a semi lock on the article so that only auto confirmed users can edit....
ARUNKUMAR P.R Talk 09:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
- I suggest removal of all unreferenced controversial statements--NotedGrant Talk 10:14, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi!
Hi tinucherian!
The article 2003 Afro-Asian Games needs some attention with regards to assessment.
The said article has been rated C-class under WikiProject India for quite some time. I have worked really hard on this article, and I now feel that it is ready to be rated B-class. I would like to know whether you share this view. If you do so, I request you to please change the rating in the said project.
Any suggestions and comments on the betterement of the article are welcome.
Ankitbhatt (talk) 16:26, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Congrats!!
Congrats on being elected admin. And All the best!!! :-) By the way, I just wish to inform you that I am putting up a group photo from our meet on my userpage. Hope you don't have any problems about it! If you do have any, please feel free to tell me, and I will remove it. Regards! :-) -The Enforcer Office of the secret service 13:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks man ! ..I am more than happy for you to use that image and spread the advocacy for WikiMeetups in India.. :) Btw I had released that image to wikipedia via GFDL, so how can I object anybody reusing it :P -- Tinu Cherian - 10:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIV (October 2009)
- From the coordinators
- There's a long running discussion about consolidating various task forces ("TF"). Those affected are: consolidate Taiwanese TF into Chinese TF; merge Australian TF and New Zealand TF to form either Oceania or Australasia TF; consolidate Lebanese TF into Middle Eastern TF; merge Military science with Military technology and engineering to form a Military science and technology TF; and merge Indian TF with the Pakistani TF to form a South Asian TF, which would also include Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Please comment here to help us reach consensus.
- A discussion about a possible military biography notability guideline could also use input. Views from all editors here are welcome!
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
- Amagi class battlecruiser
- Battle of the Alamo
- Brazilian cruiser Bahia
- Ellis Wackett
- Inner German border
New featured lists:
New featured portals:
New featured pictures:
- A synagogue in New York City remained on D-Day
- Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- Journée du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1855
- The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- The Henry Allingham World War I International Contest is starting on 11 November! If you would like to participate, sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here!
- Contest department
- The contest department has completed its thirty-first month of competition; its second month under the new and improved scoring system. A total of 53 articles were entered by nine editors. Sturmvogel 66 came in first with 96 points, followed by Auntieruth55 on 80 points. They are presented the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Ian Rose (38), Abraham, B.S. (33) and Parsecboy (10). Our thanks go to Cuprum17, Ed!, The ed17 and Piotrus, who also fielded entries. All editors are encouraged to submit any articles that are working on for next month's contest.
- Awards and honours
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Abraham, B.S. for his work on Otto Becher, Teddy Sheean and Lewis McGee.
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has also been awarded to Parsecboy for his work on SMS Lützow, SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Tosa class battleship.
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- The A-Class medal has also been awarded to Ian Rose for his work on John Lerew, Ellis Wackett and John Lloyd Waddy.
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 November 2009
- New pages experiment: Wikipedians test the water at new page patrol
- German controversy: German Wikipedia under fire from inclusionists
- Multimedia usability: Multimedia usability meeting concludes in Paris
- Election report: Arbitration Committee candidate nominations open 10 November
- News and notes: Ant images, public outreach, and more
- In the news: Beefeater vandalism, interview, and more
- Sister projects: Meta-wiki interview
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
WP:FILMS' Tag & Assess Drive and Roll Call
The project's Tag & Assess drive has begun. We will be assessing over 50,000 articles during the drive and we need your help! 200-article ranges can be adopted and completed at any pace. A variety of awards are available based on the number of articles assessed. Please help review whatever you are comfortable with, and if you have any questions, leave a message on the talk page of the drive. In addition, please add your name to the active member list if you have not already. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:28, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Link
Let me know if this link is appropriate or NOT.
http://nexus23.org/warfare/content/view/799/38/ Some user has been bugging me a lot.. User:Rsrikanth05#Illum --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop
As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.
For the Arbitration Committee,
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Reply
After days of research I improved the American Pit Bull Terrier article. Whenever a contribute to this article a user named "HelloAnnyong" revert it. He falsely claims that I used copyrighted material. It wasn't my source but he always revert the text. So I ask a moderator to review the text. Thank you very much.k84m97 (talk) 02:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Signpost: 16 November 2009
- Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser begins
- Bulgarian award: Bulgarian Wikipedia gets a prestigious award
- Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Several candidates standing
- In the news: German lawsuit, Jimbo interview and more
- Sister projects: Wiktionary interview
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
RE:Bot (CC)
Tinu, Please add your comments here. See this first. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 01:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
- Sure, i will guide him -- Tinu Cherian - 03:07, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
'confirmed' usergroup...
...is only needed for those with less than 10 edits or 4 days on Wikipedia; after that, they are autoconfirmed by the software. Cheers, –xeno talk 16:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- I guess you must be referring to Syler.mi4 (talk · contribs · count) rights which I had changed. The user says he is not autoconfirmed even after 2 months and over 120 live mainspace edits. Mediawiki bug ? -- Tinu Cherian - 18:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- Yes...Peculiar, and not the first time I've heard of this. However, it would be better to locate the error (bugzilla:) than work around it. But feel free to re-assign the right if they still have problems. –xeno talk 18:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- Xeno.. You are so fast.. I was placing a TB msg while u wre already replying back..Thanks -- Tinu Cherian - 18:16, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- I r Obsessive watchlist refresher... ;> –xeno talk 18:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- :P Wokey.. I will raise a bugzilla: bug if the user experiences it again. Thanks btw.. Take care -- Tinu Cherian - 18:20, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- I r Obsessive watchlist refresher... ;> –xeno talk 18:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- Xeno.. You are so fast.. I was placing a TB msg while u wre already replying back..Thanks -- Tinu Cherian - 18:16, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
- Yes...Peculiar, and not the first time I've heard of this. However, it would be better to locate the error (bugzilla:) than work around it. But feel free to re-assign the right if they still have problems. –xeno talk 18:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Tb-Coffee
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
- 18:11, 10 October 2009
- Wondering why it is not auto-archived -- Tinu Cherian - 14:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiCup Newsletter XXXVI
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In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five continued for an additional month. On October 31, the WikiCup ended, and Durova was crowned winner!
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:
This combines with the Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Well, it was a long, long ride, with plenty of ups as well as downs (but I'm sure you'll agree, definitely more ups). It's been ten long months since our kick-off in January, and the level of competition has intensified so much so quickly. It's a wonder there was any puff left in our final eight by the end, but they fought to the death and, eventually, Durova pulled through, making her proficiency with FPs count as the contest drew to a close. Special mentions must go to the other members of the last four, Ottava Rima, Sasata and Theleftorium, all of whom put in a astonishing shift in their efforts to peel Durova away from her victory. Congratulations again! The announcement of the ed17 as the newest judge to the WikiCup panel was made today - I wish him all the best in his new role. The article for the Signpost overall is now be readable in a Signpost near you! Remember to sign up for next year if you haven't already! All the best for next year! GARDEN , iMatthew talk , J Milburn, and The Helpful One If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. |
- Timestamping for autoarchiving this -- Tinu Cherian - 14:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Your status message
Hi..Pls tell me how can i get that blinking status message on top of my user and talk page??? :) arunkumar checkmate me 16:12, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
- Create Special:Mypage/Status and just add {{Statustop }} to the top of your userpage. You can update ur status manually by clicking on the drop down menu -- Tinu Cherian - 14:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
AWB
Heya, can you tell me how I go about creating articles on villages using Census data with AWB? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 08:08, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
- Can I show this demo at WP:MBL8. Slightly difficult to guide via talk page -- Tinu Cherian - 14:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Like to be adopted
Hi, i'm new to Wiki. Saw you in the Adoptees list, would be helpful if you guide me. Thank you.
- Ben (talk) 10:28, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
- Sure... I will reply back in detail soon ! -- Tinu Cherian - 12:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delayed response. Feel free to ask any query related to Wikipedia. I will be more than happy to help you -- Tinu Cherian - 14:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Signpost: 23 November 2009
- Uploading tool: New tool for photo scavenger hunts
- Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Nominations closing November 24
- Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser continues
- News and notes: Government stubs, Suriname exhibit, milestones and more
- In the news: The Decline of Wikipedia, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Happy Thanksgiving!
Spread the goodness of turkey by adding {{subst:User:December21st2012Freak/Thanksgiving Turkey}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
December21st2012Freak Happy Thanksgiving! 16:25, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanq December21st2012Freak. Belated wishes :) -- Tinu Cherian - 14:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Bots keep making incorrect edits on Maribel, Wisconsin
Three bots have added incorrect interwiki links to the article. The English article is about a small community. I read enough Spanish to understand that es:Maribel is an article about the human name Maribel, a composite of Mary and Isabel, and it includes a list of people who use the name. How can the connection get blacklisted so the bots would stop making the incorrect edit? Royal broil 13:47, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- Best to fix it at the source of the problem [2]. –xeno talk 14:06, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you! Royal broil 14:14, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Xeno/Royalbroil. Unfortunately my bot TinucherianBot_II (talk · contribs) ( like most interwiki linking bots) uses the WP generice pywikipedia framework for its operation. Therefore if someone make a wrong manual interwiki link, it will propogate to all other connected language wikipedia articles. The only way to fix is how Xeno manually fixed it. -- Tinu Cherian - 14:35, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you! Royal broil 14:14, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Re: Hi
Hi Tinu, It was good to meet you as well. I got the snaps uploaded here, [3] and [4]. They did not come out great. #Blackerry #Fail. :) Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 10:50, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
![[3]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:File-WikiMeetup7Blore22Nov09-pic3.jpg){kind=link}
![[4]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiMeetup7Blore22Nov09-pic4.jpg){kind=link}
- It was great meeting u too.. Hey, My grand-old Nokia N72 turned out to be better than ur Blackberry .:P -- Tinu Cherian - 14:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
hi.. next wiki meet
hi...i would like to attend the next wiki meet in bangalore .. pls let know once the same is scheduled... guru —Preceding unsigned comment added by Girni 009 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
- Dec 20th 2009. Please see WP:MBL8 -- Tinu Cherian - 10:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Your help
Please have a look at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics#V. S. Srinivasa Sastri at GA. Thanks.-The Enforcer Office of the secret service 13:42, 30 November 2009 (UTC)