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India

Hello. I'm sorry, but Fowler and I have already explained our reasoning on the talk page — several times. Please study those replies. This is not about a revert war; it is instead about summary style. Nichalp, Fowler, I, and others have just spent several days cleaning up the article by removing excess detail, advertisements, listcruft, etc. To prevent the article from degrading again, we must insist on being firm in upholding WP:SS from now on. However, we are encouraging contributors to add information on flora and fauna or the military. Focusing on those topics would help more than endlessly adding new items to already representative lists. See Australia or Bangladesh for what I mean. Regards. Saravask 19:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Chalukya

Sarvagnya, the article has been accepted as a FA. I would like to thank you for your efforts in making this happen as a team.Dineshkannambadi 16:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

answer

Hi - take a look at {{PD-India}} - this is the official copyright policy and the tag you'll need when you upload an image. Rama's arrow 23:58, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

And yes - all images before Jan. 1946 are public domain even if the book was published later. Rama's arrow 00:00, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Hi Blng, I recently created this article. There is still some work that needs to go into it(mostly cpedit/grammar/spelling/wikilinks etc.,) but otherwise, it is almost complete. I was wondering if this will qualify for DYK. How do I go about it. Thanks. Sarvagnya 22:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

It is certainly long enough, an article does not need to be very long or comprehensive at all to be included (WP:DYK guidelines) such as Mahinda or Jambuka or Channa (Buddhist) - so it doesn't have to be more than a start-class article. DYK is for new articles, up and coming stuff. It is not really strict on grammar, sentence flow, etc, but it still must be WP:NPOV and sourced - and not the subject of tags like {{cleanup}}, {{tone}} - at the moment the article is not written in an encyclopedic tone, it has contractions "isn't" - it has POV things like "being the most important ones" (say who regarded them as such and why) - you also italicised part of the lead to emphasise a point, which isn't allowed as a reader must make up their own mind. You appear to have imported commentary from newspapers like "the then ruler of Mysore is even today fondly remembered as one of the greatest rulers to rule Mysore<by whom>, not to mention that he had the services of Bharat Ratna Sir M Vishweshwarayya to assist him" and "What had until then been confined to mostly muted protest, soon found a voice. This institution was the fruit of tireless efforts by Sri Gangadhar Deshpande at a time when Marathi language and culture had an overbearing presence in Kannada land" - even though newspapers and magazines user hyperbole and dramatic words (WP:WEASEL, WP:PEACOCK) when reporting, we can only import the facts to Misplaced Pages in unemotive language - otherwise cricket articles, eg will end up with stuff like "unbelievable performance", "abominable performance", "abysmal collapse". If some scholar made an assessment, we say "Wisden rated Sachin Tendulkar as the 2nd best batsmen ever" or "Wisden described Virender Sehwag as the "most exciting batsman in international circket"" (see their articles) - we can't just put it in as a statement. I think a good article to look at encyclopedic tone is Partition of India. Aside from that Template talk:Did you know is the place to put your nominations, under the date of creation. Thanks Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

You can also see my DYK list on my userpage to see what is expected - it doesn't have to be great. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Portal Karnataka

There is a typo in the 2nd line of "Hoysala Empire" I think. I did know how to reach the page so I am letting you know.Dineshkannambadi 17:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Unification of Karnataka

You have written a very well organised and informative article on unification of Karnataka. Congrats. Where did you manage to get all such detailed information? Gnanapiti 17:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the new "type" of award. By the way, I saw your article, "unification of Karnataka". It looks great. I can fax you some very useful pages from Dr. Kamath's book, literally some 70 pages worth, about creation of modern Mysore, Reunification of Karnataka, rennaissance in Kannada literature and so on. You will find this very useful. Are you interested?Dineshkannambadi 21:56, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Hoysala

Is the unsigned edit (in the Consolidation and Continuity sections) prior to your last edit on architecture also by you. Just making sure.Dineshkannambadi 14:41, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

dravidian question

answered on my talk page. --SameerKhan 09:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you know?

On 29 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Unification of Karnataka, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Hi Sarvagnya, Good Job! - KNM 06:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

the same is applicable about ur edits on belgaum page. WP:AGF let us not disrupt belgaum dispute or unification of karnataka.Sarvabhaum 18:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

the same is applicable about ur edits on belgaum page. WP:AGF let us not disrupt belgaum dispute or unification of karnataka.Sarvabhaum 18:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Hoysala

Users Mattisse and BostonMA are also helping us with copyedits. Feel free to jump in whenever you are free.Dineshkannambadi 19:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

South Indian Cinema and Music Award

Dear Sarvanya: Just thought we'd need experienced Wikipedians to discuss about the introduction or removal of a new barnstar for South Indian Cinema and Music. Would appreciate very much you taking a look at the discussion and perhaps providing your comment here. Thank you. Best wishes, AppleJuggler 15:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Your reverts

What exactly is your problem with the passage you removed in Carnatic music? Every sentence in that has been cited properly. Please don't revert without giving reasons. Thanks Parthi 05:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

At least have the etiquette to answer my questions in the talk page. Your silence points to shades of vandalism rather than concern for the integrity of WP. Thanks Parthi 07:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

You have answered none of my questions. the seven sentences in the paragraph uner discussion which statements are false, and misleading untruths? Each sentence is cited. More than you can say about the rest of the article. Parthi 09:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Its sarvajna not sarvagna sarvagna

sarvagna - one who destroys everything sarvajna - one who know everything.

By the way I have taken a work of uploading all sarvajna vachanas to internet and translate them into english and few foreign languages.

You can view several vachanas of sarvajna from this link

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=24074781 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.227.66.68 (talk) 08:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

See this

- Cheers Parthi 00:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Kannada script in Hoysala Infobox

I have had to remove this per reviewer recommendation. Do you know how to reinsert this on top of the box, instead of in the box.? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dineshkannambadi (talk • contribs) 18:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

Sorry, forgot to sign in.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 18:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Hoysala Empire

Sarvagnya, Hoysala empire has become a featured article. Thank you for your many contributions.Dineshkannambadi 17:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, I respect your devotion to you mother tongue. However, insulting Hindi and Devnagari is not a way to improve your mothertongue. That way, you will only defame India. India had to fight a lot of pitfalls of regional divisions to overcome from its colonial masters. If we continue fighting amongst ourselves, we will never overcome our common enemies of poverty, hunger and ignorance. India will always lag behind. In this regard, i request you to please remove the sarcasm that you had posted on article about our national anthem. I am a minority in India and my language in not even listed as a national. However, I do not insult others for that. Please behave constructively. I am sorry if I overstated myself.

Haridasa

Please see the edit by user:Intwiz. This is interesting considering he is a new editor.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 00:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Anton Balasingham

You have embroiled in an edit war situation in an article that was properly written from a neutral point of view WP:NPOV without any major edit wars till then. If you want to tag him as a terrorist find a reputable sourceWP:RS, that should be verifiableWP:V and neutral WP:NPOV that calls as such. Discuss it in the talk page, get consensus from other wikipedians and if no such consensus is available ask for comments (i.e follow Misplaced Pages process). Drive by editing in controversial subjects without an in-depth knowledge of the controversy, subject matter and the wiki process can only create a non harmonious environment. Also I could have reported you to admin for breaching the 3RR rule but I am not going to as I want people to cool down discuss and reach a consensus as to the tag issue. We are all Wikipedians here volunteering our precious time so let us respect each other for that. Just my opinion RaveenS 14:10, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Talk:India

Howdy! Please use care when picking your language, this edit seemed to negatively characterize the nature of another users edits in what might reasonably be considered a pretty denigrating manner. I'm sure it was accidental, this is just a friendly heads up. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense?

Please could you provide further explanation on the Sandalwood page rather than words in an edit summary, thank you SatuSuro 03:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Sandalwood

Maybe you know more about it than I. Your explanation was a bit lacking, I did a revert and left comment on talk page. Let me know what you think. Regards Fred 03:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

thankyou for your response. Your position seems to have changed. Mine does with any new information. In this case, as I try to do elsewhere, I assume good faith. I am no expert and yet I was familiar with the sanskrit derived word Chandana. The person who made the edit may know more than me, or you. It occurred to me, also, that usage in english is what appears on our document. I need not tell you of the many exceptions and why, I assume. These plants were important to people in the region well before english speakers turned up. First nonsense, then foreign. Anyway, someone else has put in their 2 cents worth now. Faithfully, Fred 16:48, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for the polite response. I will let you know what I find out. Sandalwood is important in Western Australia also, something not mentioned in the article. Regards Fred 17:13, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

RE:Removal of topics

Please do not add glitches to the html code for the Dravidian topics template. Thank you. Wiki Raja 20:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Please do not remove Dravidian items from the box by adding glitches to the html. Also, please reference your deletions with legitimate sources stating that the Dravidians do not have any form of dance and martial arts. Otherwise please refrain from deleting items from the Dravidian topics template. Thank you. Wiki Raja 04:33, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Your comments on Talk:India

Hi - your comments directed at user:Fowler&fowler are very incivil and rude - please see WP:CIVIL - your comments are of a taunting and demeaning nature. Please do not behave in such a rude and confrontational fashion. To solve any persisting conflict or content dispute properly, I advise you to use dispute resolution. Rama's arrow 21:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

You may have reason to be upset or frustrated, in which case it is fair to walk away. But making demeaning comments towards and about your fellow editors is unacceptable. Also, please do not engage in edit-warring. Rama's arrow 21:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply

I can appreciate your sentiments and I know that Fowler is not blameless, but you must not use another user's conduct as an excuse for incivility - there can be no "eye-for-an-eye" here - and that approach will hardly solve a problem. If (and I assume you do) you find it hard working with Fowler, I strongly advise you (as I have advised Fowler) to use dispute resolution, possibly an RfC on Talk:India to resolve the content dispute with the input of the wider community. Rama's arrow 21:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

My warning on edit-warring seemed natural in lieu of the content dispute you're having. Obviously, Afghan Historian and Fowler are tettering on the edge of an edit war. Again, seek dispute resolution while keeping your own cool. No good will come to you or the article if you erupt into incivility. Rama's arrow 21:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply

Reply

Well then you might as well having an official RfC - ask for other people's input at WT:INB. If some more people agree with you, then you'll be justified in disregarding Fowler's views. What I'm saying is not acceptable is your incivility to him. If he is incivil, he will be reprimanded for that. Rama's arrow 21:29, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Yeah all that is fine - I'm not interested in the content dispute itself. My only concern is to see proper dispute resolution and proper user conduct - no disruption, incivility. That's all I expect you to be careful about. Rama's arrow 21:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Template:Dravidian topics

Sarvagnya I am not arguing with you. Why are you showing incivility towards me? Wiki Raja 08:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

You've been talking of imaginary glitches which I am at a loss to understand. I've asked you more than once what you're talking about, but you simply keep repeating the accusations. Again, what on earth are these 'glitches' you're talking about? Sarvagnya 08:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

These glitches you put in parts of the template html: Wiki Raja 09:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Bharatanatyam was formed by the Tamils, originally called Cathir. It was not till the early 1900s when this dance form was brought back to life by the Tamil Brahmin community who spoke Sanskrit and Tamil. Therefore, this dances origins are Dravidian, but is also practiced by Dravidians who speak Indo-Aryan languages, and Indo-Aryans who have learned the dance from the Dravidians. Other beautiful Dravidian dance forms are Yakshagana classical dance of Karnataka, Kuchipudi classical dance of Andra Pradesh, and the Mohiniattam classical dance of Kerala amongst many others. Odissi is an interesting art. Nice example of a combination of a Dravidian dance form and Hindustani (Indo-Aryan) music. Carnatic Music was created by the Dravidian people while Hindustani music was created by the Indo-Aryans. The term Dravidian does not necessarily mean a single ethnicity, but it is a family of related ethnicities and languages. Just like the term Indo-Aryan is a family of related ethnicities and languages. Also, there are Dravidians who speak Indo-Aryan languages for example in Gujurat and Maharashthra. I hope this was helpful. Regards. Wiki Raja 10:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)