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== VP Page ==

Hi Sudharsansn, Let me know whats your plan of action. I guess there is a lot to be done. It would certainly be a good idea to protect the page, but that would also prevent anyone from editing except through the admins. ] 02:59, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

== vandalism ==

However bad you may think the ] article is, sticking a speedy delete tag on it is not the right approach. It makes you the vandal and is liable to get you blocked. -- ] 01:29, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

:Dear Roger, you might want to go through the history of that page to understand what I literally mean, when I say 'vandalism'. Pls refer to ], the talk page and the article history and also the points being made there.

:While every effort is being made to ensure that the other version stays as it is, why is effort to balance this article, inspite of several edits being negated due to mass reverts? That's my whole point!! Why is a pro-Sinhala mafia thwarting every attempt to balance this article, inspite of several cited reasons behind Alred Durairaj, Child killer mentions, it always reverts back to the original Anti-Tamil, Pro-Sinhala version. I put up the vandalized tag to clearly suggest that every effort made to ensure NPOV is being negated. Any suggestions??
:What do you think should be done about that article. Thanks for your mention ] 02:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

==Just a Suggestion==
I've looked at some of your comments on LTTE related pages, and though I could not agree more with your overall message that there are some Pro-Sinhala and obviously biased statements in those pages, your posts in the talk pages are very emotional and border on all out flaming of that certain group.
So just a suggestion that you might want to reframe from calling them names because it depreciates your solid arguements about the article
Thanks Mate --] 08:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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== Tamilnet ==

You might want to see what is happening at the ] page. Your suggestions with regards to this content dispute would be helpful. ] 18:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

:: I have gone through and added citation need facts for anything that I felt needed a citation on the VP page. You might want to look at that as well. Already there is an effort to stop with some Mickey Mouse reasoning. ] 21:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

== Velupillai Prabhakaran ==

As you can tell, I'm willing to go through with a hacket and cut it all out if necessary. I removed that whole sociological study that was the "cult of personality" section and will try to hack the rest down into a reasonable article. -- ] (]) 23:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

== Sri lankan WikiProject ==

Hi Sudharsan, I got your e-mail. For information on creating a project, ] would really help. I would suggest you start ], and go from there. You can copy-paste the wiki-code from the ]. There is a need for geographic projects such as this. Regards, <font color="navy">] (])</font> 23:56, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

::Hi Sudharsansn, you will be suprised that I don't use any one of the instant messenger/icq type software. Nevertheless I would like to give you my email address but not make it public. Since anything written here is available to anyone to access. So how about we meet on a wikipedia irc channel and I we will exchange details there. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]).</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

== ] ==

I am not sure about this. I think this kind of project would divide editors on regional lines. ] would have been a more neutral project that would cover all kinds of topics, geography, history etc, not just focus on the ethnic conflict. Please comment on my ]. I check my messages here every day. - <font color="navy">] (])</font> 02:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

::Hi Sudharsansn, I wanted to encourage you in your efforts to start the wiki project and you work on the VP page is already making a remarkable step forward. For most current and former people from Ceylon, it is the ethnic conflict that has largely dominated their lives for the better or worse and is the prime focus of attention. A campaign of misinformation and vandalism that has been going on has to be neutralized and exposed. We have to stand for facts period. Any news source or outlet that has been unaffected by the current press censorships moves in Sri Lanka on the ground is the target of attacks and lopsided arguments here in wikipedia. I do have to wonder if these attacks are more organized and coordinated effort of establishment entities. ] 04:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Btw, I'll be glad to join the project. How do I go about doing it. :) ] 04:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

:I would call it ]. The best would be to put it as ], as a task force/work-group. In the end the name does not matter, as long as you have interested participants. Did you check out the newly created ]. All the best! - <font color="navy">] (])</font> 00:45, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

*Please use the userbox I created instead of raw source, if you please. It is much easier and will add you to category automatically. Source:{{]}} -<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 07:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
*I will update the banner by tonight and send you a message by tonight. --<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 23:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

*Dear Sudharsans, I have warned the User Iwazaki (]) and refered him/her to ]. Hope the things will get better. Sorry for the delay of response for I was taking a break and thanking you for all your patience and effort to make Misplaced Pages better. --<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 06:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

*Those you reported in the ] were the resons for our the User Iwazaki to be warned already. Because the action has been already taken, there is no need to report it again. Till, if the personal attack attitude of the user is not changed, (The diffs you provide should be after the time the warning was issued), you may report again in the same notice board. I think ] is our fellow wikipedian and we have to forgive and forget his mistakes and make our minds to work together in peace. --<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 11:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

== Tamilnet ==

You might want to take a look at the Tamilnet article. I am attempting to cleanup some of the discrepancies within the article. ] 06:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

== Velupillai Prabhakaran article ==

Sudharsansn, when I said you had put a lot of work into the article, I really didn't mean that in a bad way. I 'll try to go thru the article soon and tell you what I think.
</br>And by the way, not bad Sinhalese:-) --]<sup>( <font color="#339966" face="Constantia">]</font> / <font color="#CC0099" face="Constantia">]</font> )</sup> 23:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

==Tamilnet Again==

I have cc'ed this to two admins (just wanted to keep you in the loop).

User snowolfd4 has come up with new ambiguous reasons to remove relevant content from the Tamilnet article as he did for the Vellupillai article:

Here is his justification:

''Sudharsansn the reasons are given in the edit summery. Thats not vandalism. Get your facts straight. Practically everything I removed is irrelevant to the context of the article. The international news organizations don't say sympathetic to LTTE website. Its plain pro LTTE website. That means they support the LTTE. Plain English. Not sympathetic. Support. And stuff like''

''David Jeyaraj a Canada based freelance journalist known for his neutral stance in the current Sri Lankan civil war had written that Karuna, was personally involved in the murder of famed journalist Taraki Sivaram''

''is just not encyclopedic and doesn't belon in WP. So again I'm removing irrelevant content and restoring my previous version. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 04:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)''

He claims David Jeyaraj's statement (with reference) is unencylopedic, so thats he decides to remove it completely. He also insists on mentioning the LTTE with the list of countries banned in detail. He also insists on saying the website supports the LTTE, which is legally vague. Material support, financial support ?? The best word as far as I see it is that it is sympathetic to the the LTTE. Furthermore he blanks many other statements, with relevant citations without even discussing it. ] 05:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

== Thileepan ==

Hey There,
I really need some help with the Lt Colonal Thileepan page, especially concerning his early life as a student etc. Thought you might have some background infomation on that.

Thanks --] 23:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

== Ilaiyaraaja ==

Hi. Could you please read through the ] Misplaced Pages article and provide comments? (please provide comments at http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Peer_review#Ilaiyaraaja). If possible, please refer this Misplaced Pages article to other Misplaced Pages users who may be interested and may be able to provide constructive comments for the improvement of this article. Thanks. ] 01:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

== NCLSC Banner ==

Hope you saw the reply I posted int the Project NCLSC section.
Prepared this easy-to use code. Please add it to the talk pages in the scope.
It also has a category. --<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 10:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

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== Vandalism ==

Please do not remove content from Misplaced Pages{{#if:Velupillai Prabhakaran|, as you did to ]}}. It is considered ]. If you would like to experiment, please use the ]. Thank you. <!-- Template:Test2a (Second level warning) --> --]<sup>( <font color="#339966" face="Constantia">]</font> / <font color="#CC0099" face="Constantia">]</font> )</sup> 15:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

:The text is sourced from the BBC article. Removing it is vandalism. Do not remove it again. You will be ] from editing if you continue to blank the article. --]<sup>( <font color="#339966" face="Constantia">]</font> / <font color="#CC0099" face="Constantia">]</font> )</sup> 18:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

By repetitively using the word 'vandalism' you cannot claim that I am a vandal, because I have documented every edit I have made in the talk page. Refute it there and claim for the 'vandal' tag than making dubious claims!! This isn't a warning mate, it's quite simply just a joke! Refer to the talk page for all justifications made as per Wiki policies! ] 18:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

== Your request on my talk page ==

Sudharsansn, Sorry, I am currently busy with other things. I don't have time to get into a mediation dispute. Folks at ] might be willing to help you. Please post your request there. If that doesn't work, ask for help at ]. Regards, <font color="navy">] (])</font> 16:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sudharsansn, this is ] , Like many of you people, i just want to give my 2 cents to wikipedia.I find one irritating vandal who is reposting his/her thoughts which doesnt have any source to claim and when i moved it to talk page,he replied and said he will repost the same. The article is about ] . How do i report the vandal and is there anyway to stop the problem like banning the person.Whom do i contact? .Please guide me.Thank you ] <sup>\] \]</sup> 04:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

==Your message on my talk page==
See . Thanks] 03:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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== Insulting Image ==
* I saw the image is offensive. Is there any way to report and remove this image? --<span style="color:white;background:#DDD">∞<b>]</b><sup>]</sup>∞</span> 14:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* There is also a userbox against some of us, ] which I found totally notorious. I complained to the Personal Attack Intervention Noticeboard, where they asked me to wait for a while because our friend ] has already issued ] a warning. And with the desire for the Misplaced Pages not to become a host for these dirty and notorious jokes, I listed the image for deletion. Let's wait and see how it goes. If this image is kept in Misplaced Pages, then it is the game time for us to create its counterpats - or even better or worse! Recently, I am making some of my friends working in Japanese version of Misplaced Pages on the coverage of Sri Lankan crisis - it is totally biased to the extend that it says neusences like LTTE is liked with the Maoist rebels and they claim Tamil Nadu - a hard work to be done there too. Wishing you a nice week ahead. --<b>]</b><sup>]</sup> 19:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC) (Changed my signature for simplicity)
::Actually this image is copyright violation. Its Donkey from the movie Shrek superimposed on part of the LTTE logo. The copyright permission on this is invalid. ]
::The image is a copyright violation, plus the statement on the user box opposes certain wikipedian, which is against the rule of the project. The user pages are not mean to be a soapbox or insult/attack/oppose anyone particularly fellow wikipedians. ] 20:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


Hi Sudharsansn, have you seen the front page , the article of ] is been featured. ] 20:59, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

==Stop Picking on Lahiru==

F..ing Demalu, we want you all dead. Your and your NCSLC bull. Need some good 'ole lynch. --]<sup>( <font color="#339966" face="Constantia">]</font> / <font color="#CC0099" face="Constantia">]</font> )</sup>

== Sri Lankan govt recruting children to fight against LTTE ==

Visitors to my page who are involved in NCLSC can use this article to provide definitive evidence against State sponsored terrorism in Sri Lanka. Thanks ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:80%;">•</span>&nbsp;]) 11:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

== SnowolfD4 ==

I permanently blocked the IP address used to make the threatening post on your talk page. --] <sup>(])</sup> 17:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
*No problem. I will help in any way I can, although I admit I am not that well-versed in checking IPs and proxies. If you need anything else let me know. --] <sup>(])</sup> 17:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


==State Terrorism Campaignbox ==

You might want to look at this. ] ] 14:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

== Tamil wikipedia ==

Sudharsan, If you can write in Tamil, please contribute to . Thanks, <font color="navy">] (])</font> 15:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

:Just noticed you are editing under a different ]. You can have your ] if you like. -- <font color="navy">] (])</font> 15:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

== Impersonation of my Wiki profile ==

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'''Impersonation of my Wiki profile'''
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'''Please note that my existing userprofile: Sudharsansn is being who has created an id similar to that of mine.'''

1). ''' The new impersonating vandal id that has been created is this: whereas my real profile page is here: .
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2). ''' Please note that this is not a coincidence as the vandal has left a making it appear as if I have edited this. He has also taken a picture from my website and posted it in my profile page which strictly confines it to vandalism and impersonation.
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'''Kindly help urgently to prevent miscreants from vandalizing other pages using a profile name similar to that of mine. Pls help and do voice your concern in WP:AN/I and WP:PAIN and also Admin noticeboard.'''

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:One report is enough; an admin will get to it as soon as possible. Bear in mind that admins have a lot of things on their hands. &ndash; ]] 16:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
::An admin has done the necessary. &ndash; ]] 16:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

== IPA for ] ==

Dear Sudharsansn: Noticed that you are good with the IPA. I have created an IPA, for the first time, for the pronounciation of ] name. Could you please check if it is in good order? Thank you. ] 02:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
:Hi. Thank you for providing your version of the IPA. I have incorporated it into the existing IPA spelling. Also please feel free to contribute to the ] article. The '''To-do List''' in the ] page explains it all, so the To-do List is the best thing to read for potential contributors. ] 07:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi again! How are the Sri Lankan crisis articles going? Do provide me with a Wikilink to those I would be interested in reading about the crisis: was talking to a Sri Lankan friend the other day and thought it would be good to get an idea of the situation there. As for the ] article, I appreciate your offer to help. Help is desperately needed with this article - I've been trying to draw as much attention as I could to it. The most urgent issue to resolve is '''] 03:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

== Kathiraveli - Vaharai ==

Kathiraveli - Vaharai: Are these names of the same town? These two pages should be merged. ] 10:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


== I have opened an ArbComm case regarding my block ==

Please respond ] 04:11, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

== NCSLC Sandbox ==

Raveen, the page looks very good. We can take in the text and templates from the existing page and post it there. Please go ahead and implement it. And yes, we have saved the template :-) Thanks ] (] <small>•</small> ]) 06:19, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

:Do take it up from here as and when you find time. Thanks ] (] <small>•</small> ]) 16:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hi. For your information, and further to the ] discussion, I've restored ]. ]<i>::</i><small>]</small> 14:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

== Hey ==

Yeah I am here for a long time, seeing the best and worst of WP. I'm just limited in my scope of edits. ­ <span class="sigSrkris" style="background:gold;color:#FF0000"><big>ॐ</big> ] (] | ])</span> 20:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

==WP:FILMS Newsletter==
The ''']''' of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. ] 23:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

== Elalan / Trincomanb ==

I want to make it very clear that I am not an advocate for Elalan or Trincomanb's innocence. I had a bit of an issue with the way the checkuser result was presented, but I still trust the checkuser to be correct. In addition, the results of edit comparing, in particular the fact that both users went silent from September 12 to 25, is compelling evidence that they are the same user. As such, an indefinite block for one of the accounts is warranted (the other account can still edit, or in this case, after a week it can). You can present your case at ], and if not successful there, you may take it to ] and then ] and/or ]. This is the end of the matter for me. <sub>└</sub>&nbsp;<sup>''']'''</sup>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<sub>''<font color="black">]</font>''</sub>&nbsp;<sup>┐</sup> 14:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

== South Indian Cinema and Music Award ==

Dear Sudharsansn:
I thought we'd need experienced Wikipedians to discuss about the introduction or removal of a new barnstar — The South Indian Cinema and Music Award. Would appreciate very much you taking a look at the discussion and perhaps providing your comment . Thank you, and best wishes, ] 15:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

== Help with your new article ==

Dear Sudharsansn: Thank you for writing and informing me about the Punch Line article. It is an interesting article indeed and I would like to contribute to it in due time. By the way, I am a Tamil film and music enthusiast (please see participant No. 69 ]) and am learning more about it as I go. Good cheers, ] 02:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
:Bloody hell man, some of those punch lines that are listed at ] really had me laughing! Here's a good one I found through one of the links that you provided: "Amaidhikku Babaji, Adidhadikku Sivaji." — far out!! ] 04:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
::That's an interesting topic. Article needs some images. See if you can find any free-use images of actors mentioned in the article. Regards, <font color="navy">] (])</font> 07:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
:Hi Sudharsansn: I edited some of the translations slightly; if you believe that they are not accurate, feel free to alter them — my grasp of Tamil is far from phenomenal. Cheers, ] 09:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
:No. I'm not a native Tamil speaker. I am a French gypsy (a Manouche). ] 09:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I was not sure of the definition of punch dialogue, I added one by vivek, if you think it doesnt belong there, pls delete it. ­ <span class="sigSrkris" style="background:gold;color:#FF0000"><big>ॐ</big> ] (] | ])</span> 15:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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*'''] (Shortcut: ]):''' Are you one of those ]?? Or do you want to take some time off some brain-frying active editing on Misplaced Pages?? Then ] within the ] will be your forte. The department consists of a group of wikipedians who work on rating the India related articles to check if they are worthy enough to be included in the ].

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==Something you might find Funny==
http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:65.115.137.2, read the comment by our fellow editors, who are so very neutral in their coverage of conflicts. --] 12:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC) I cracked up so hard because of this.--] 12:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

== An inspiring biography about Vijayakanth, or ''The Ballad of the 'Captain' '' ==

For your reading pleasure.
http://vinodg.blogspot.com/2004/10/unforgettable-captain.html ] 14:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
:No, I'm not the author of this blog. I was just trying to learn up more about Vijayakant and this blog was a funny biography of him. ] 14:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

==WP:FILMS Newsletter==
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== Desi ==

I reverted your edit -- it's not a good idea to start listing languages, as India has dozens of major languages. You may only intend to list a few, but other editors will feel slighted and start listing theirs and soon we have a huge list. It's enough to say languages of India. ] 20:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


==Tamil==
Hey there,
I wanted to pitch to you the idea of creating a vast Tamil catergory, to encompass famous Tamil groups, peoples, culture, etc etc. The current Tamil category is woefully non-existant, there are no tags nor is there any pratical links between Tamil related items.
I worked with you on some Sri Lanka Conflict articles if you don't remember me, I'd certainly like your ideas on such a project and it's feasability as well as the long-term prospects for a WikiProject.
--] 10:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

== ] ]: Volume II, Issue 1 - January 2007 ==

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*'''''Usage of Vernacular scripts''''': Following extensive description at ] regarding inclusion criteria for vernacular scripts in ]n biographies, ] was set up to formulate usage guidelines. However, ].

*'''''Project tagging''''':After a brief edit war over the addition of {{tl|WP India}} to ancient archaeological sites now located in ], a "pre" parameter was introduced to remove the ROI flag from the template for pre-1947 articles, following ]. After another large ] alleging that the automated tagging by ] and ] was "nationalistic", Ganeshbot was briefly blocked. Currently, the bots are again in action.

*'''''What is India?''''':Recently, there have been ongoing discussions ] which discuss the stated issue of ''"India" the historical region is different from the ]. It consisted also of modern ] and ], but a search for "India" automatically redirects to the Republic of India. Should there not be a clarification? ''. This comes in light of clashes on articles such as ], ], ] and ], regarding the status of the individuals.

*'''''Swastika on Hinduism templates''''':Recently, an extremely large and at times emotional ] broke out regarding the use of the ] on ] templates, given its association with ]. As a result, {{tl|Hindu Links}} now contains an educational message about the use of the swastika, as discussion on a more permanent resolution continues.

*'''''Arbitration''''': ] regarding the activities of various editors on pages related to Indian religion topics closed recently, with ], ] and ] all banned for one year. Currently, ] regarding a dispute over the article of the religious teacher is in the voting phase.

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== Sister projects ==

I have been waiting for a reply to my last e-mail, but when none came, and when people were nagging me to create what they perceived as a truly neutral project, I went ahead and created ]. (I thought about writing this by e-mail, but I thought I'll have a better chance for a reply here, when I saw that you have been contributing on Misplaced Pages since. Please feel free to reply to me by e-mail.)

It would be a bitter irony if two projects that state the goals of neutrality and reconciliation should not be able to find together. The whole point of my project is to bridge differences! I don't care under which project the reconciliation is done, as long as it's done.

What can I do to increase the chances for our projects to find together? Maybe you misunderstood my question about the conditions for joining. I was just testing the water. I now realize that it might have helped if I had clarified this when I got no reply from you; it’s only now that I’m rereading our mails that I’m realizing that I may not have been as clear as I thought I was. I’m really sorry about that, particularly because we now don’t have the option of me joining ''instead''&nbsp; of creating a new project anymore. But I can still lobby for our projects to join.

Of course, I still would love to welcome you on ]. It is a bit harder now because I need to convince our other member(s) (per our rule that members are admitted by consensus). But because I sincerely want you aboard, I promise that I will do my very best to make your case. And I think it's a very good case. It’s written in our goals to be bipartisan, so we really need somebody from the other party, and who would be a better candidate that someone who created a project for neutrality that ended up representing the side that's less represented among our members? Any detractor would need a damn good reason to reject such a candidate! I truly respect you for creating the project from which we took 3 of our 4 goals.

Now that Raveen is on wikibreak and we have a new issue to discuss (]), we really need you! &mdash; ] 18:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC), amended 21:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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== Vanakkam ==

Vanakkam!!! This is me Ravichandar here. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 16:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

oh ok fine... never mind... ill do without an image

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Look at what Snowolf has done. --] 08:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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== ] ]: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007 ==

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*'''''Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in ]''''': Jimbo recently visited ] in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in ]. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis (). It was widely covered by the press, eg ]( ), which cited the efforts of ] (edit count), ] (leadership on ]) and ] (Creation of ] to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from ] to attend the conference.

*'''''Misplaced Pages Weekly 15''''': Misplaced Pages Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Misplaced Pages happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors ] and ](). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host ] praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of ] ]. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the ] in his native ], which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year.

*'''''Arbitration''''': Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended.
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**] regarding a dispute over the article of the ] closed in early March with four users indefinitely banned from the article.
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==cyrillic==
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== Thanks for your intervention ==

Hello, thanks for your intervention. I am talking about .

As you must have noticed, user Lahiru_k got banned for impersonating me and the fake id was 'snsudharsan'. My id is Sudharsansn and I have made over 1000 edits till now. Thanks for your intervention, please block the fake user:Sumoeagle179 who made those comments as it is merely a one-time 'revenge' for some of the posts in Orkut. Hearty thanks ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 04:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:The IP from New Delhi, India made ] belive, that the impersonator (obvious sock puppet from Sri Lanka) and you are the same. ] corrected his mistake later. No probs. ] 13:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, the anon deliberately mislead ], who had no idea about the previous SSP] 18:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
::: No problem, Sudharsan. I am always looking out for good people :). Again, no problem ] 18:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
::::Are you in GTA ? ] 18:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
:::::GTA Grand Theft Auto - very funny you westerners, GTA means Canada:))) no really it means ], we assume that everybody knows that, eh ? ] 17:34, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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==Sarvagnya==
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No probs I don't know why it was moved to your section but I didn't do it. Part of the conversation was deleted anyway which made it look evne more out of place. Regards ]</span> <sup>]</sup> 18:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

== Punch dialogue ==

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== Vettuva Gounder ==

The vettuva gounder article was in an extremely pathetic state a few edits ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Vettuva_Gounder&diff=182316566&oldid=182316393 -<font color="aqua">]</font> 14:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

== Gounder ==

I cleaned up as best I could. Nothing outlandish was left on it. I had started it as a stub many eaons ago so the pro note came to my talk page. ] (]) 16:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

:I don't understand dude, what pro note what article? Link please. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 18:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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== Re:IP vandal ==

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== Hi ==

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-<font color="maroon" size="4" face="Monotype Corsiva">]</font><sub><font color="aqua" face="Monotype Corsiva">]</font></sub> 17:25, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


:: I am good. :-) Well, I won't be frequenting Misplaced Pages for the next month or so due to personal reasons. That's why I wrapped it up with 3 ] this weekend. Misplaced Pages Tamil civilization discussion page is inactive and there is little collaboration. ] is currently working to get ] featured. I didn't join the team as I lack the expertise on the subject. But I guess you might be interested. I can only hope that they starting concentrating their energies on articles related to the mainland once they get the article on Sri Lankan Tamils featured. I personally feel that the coverage of Tamil Nadu-related articles is not upto the mark in comparison with, for example, the articles under the Karnataka workgroup. And then, on detailed examination you will observe that '''we don't have single biography as a FA-article'''. I feel that we could work on this. How about the article on ]? 2009 is MKT's centenary year and we could get it featured on the Main Page on his 100th birthday. :-) I started working with ], but I couldn't find enough reliable sources. At present, I cannot afford to start upon something which would keep me occupied for long. But I hope that by November I would be free. Once my personal issues are resolved, I am planning to work primarily with ] and ] apart from the ones I've already mentioned. I also suggest that we work with ], ] and ]. I made this suggestion and requested help but no one seemed interested. I worked with '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. But there are very few people who seem to be interested in contributing to such articles. Maybe, we could work upon them if you are interested.. I'll be there whenever I get time. But sadly, I dont' think there exists a semblance of cooperation or coordination. This is one thing which needs to be sorted out. -<font color="maroon" size="4" face="Monotype Corsiva">]</font><sub><font color="aqua" face="Monotype Corsiva">]</font></sub> 08:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

== Very Late Response ==

Hey Sudharsen, thanks for dropping the note! --] (]) 02:50, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

== Indus Valley language(s) ==

What we need is an article on it with all point of view. Google books will yield good sources as well as journal articles.] (]) 02:44, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

:Yes, you are right. Even with the existing material, the claims made are perfectly valid. Thanks for your interest in this :-) ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 02:47, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

The ] article already lists all reasonable hypotheses:
:''The language of the IVC has not yet been determined. ], ],{{tl|cn}} ] and a "lost phylum" perhaps related or ancestral to the ] have been proposed as the language.
if that leaves anything to be desired, please add the relevant sources. This is an imponderable ''unknown'', and there is only so much that can be said about it. Our only source of information is the ], which has a full dedicated article already. --] <small>]</small> 10:10, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

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] You are in danger of violating the ]{{#if:|&#32;on ]}}. Please cease further reverts or you may be ] from editing.<!-- {{uw-3rr3}} --> --] <small>]</small> 10:06, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

understand that the article lists ''languages'', not scripts. (something which may suggest itself to you, like, perhaps from reading the article title). introduces "undeciphered" under "language name". It should be clear even to a comparatively clouded intellect that an undeciphered script is not actually an ''attestation'' of any ''language''. --] <small>]</small> 10:17, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
== List of language on first written count ==
As I mentioned in my citation - do not alter before discussing - since this references are being cycled at the wikipedia reliable resource noticeboard - by wikipedia administrator round boards executives.

your asserts on mathavan is outdaated for which all magnum opus discoveries on Tamil Brahmi has occured in the past 5 years and you are refering a journal published in 2003 by mathavan--] (]) 00:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


I don't know who Mathavan is, however, go read them and find out. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 00:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

SUDHAR - it was Mahadevan, Iravatham (2003) publisher. for your information I submitted almost 10 references to wikipedia authority and officials on wikipedia reliable noticeboard - to my surprise till now almost all have picked and cited on main three to four references - I'll wait till more graded officials to agree and acknowledge these recources as more then reliable. By the way why are you refering to 5 years old publication on your latest alter -: dont you know its outdated and belated. Anyhow wait till the officials cotact the IP owners of some wikipedia activist ! <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 01:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

::I don't understand what you are talking about, it doesn't make any sense. Also, the reference being five years old bears no impact on its truth value. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 05:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

look, it's a nice change to get a Dravidist pov-pusher now and again to contrast all the Sanskritist Hindutva ones, but I am afraid I have to oppose ''all'' pov-pushing, no matter where it is coming from. It is painfully obvious you have no case, so please just self-revert and let's discuss something constructive or at least interesting. --] <small>]</small> 21:01, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Sudharsansn, you have no idea what I have done to keep the Hindutvavadi propaganda off Misplaced Pages.
If it wasn't for my efforts, Misplaced Pages would today be a ] clone. Ok? So try and cut me some slack.
I am perfectly willing to discuss your points at ], calmly and rationally. We are both linguists, so it may help for you to think of this as an academic presentation (keeping in mind ]).
The present discussion has been about your attempts at pov-pushing at the "list of languages article". If you are willing to drop this, I am perfectly willing to reconsider your behaviour and welcome you as a bona fide editor. --] <small>]</small> 10:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Provocation ==

Ignorant people should not be allowed to provoke people such as u, not in thoughts or words. The best medicine is a well cited fact that vaporizes the mental midget. As a linguists it should not be difficult for you to get academic sources, always rely on them books and journal articles and we will not have not any issues in pedia. ] (]) 03:07, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

:Thanks Taprobanus. First, these chaps are jobless and have more time and mafia backing than people like us. Second, as you noticed, it all boils down to bullying, user Srkris simply discredits the evidence against his POV while he uses that EXACT same evidence for his POV. I think this is a system flaw, even with citations or anything, the person with more time and a bigger number of users to back one's pov seems to win. Anyway, let me know if any article requires work. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 04:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
::]:)) ] (]) 14:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

== AN/I discussion ==

I have closed the AN/I discussion. Please read the header and follow the advice. ] <small>]</small> 00:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
:Please note that he has been blocked for 24 hours for edit-warring. ] (]) 15:06, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

== You have been reported ==

] ­ <span class="sigSrkris" style="background:gold;color:#FF0000">] (])</span> 08:32, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

: I agree. I've blocked you for 12h for incivility ] (]) 10:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

::To let Srkris repeatedly talk about my profession, , and which he inferred from my mention of that in , and let him bash me is what is actually disgusting. It is nearly pointless to have a system, like Misplaced Pages, to work on the consensus gained by POV mongers, including having a Wikiquette page in which editors like Srkris, with absolutely no regard for anything in WP, report this here. He just wanted to get me blocked because he was blocked a and he was involved in an edit war with in the ] article. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;'''·''' ]) 23:45, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

::: Sorry, but "he started it" is a thin excuse. You are obliged to remain civil. If you are being stalked/harassed, the answer is to report it, not to retaliate. The comments by Srkris you link to are borderline, but look to me to be intended more to irritate you than usefully contribute to wiki. If tehy continue, let me know ] (]) 10:53, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

== Sanskrit ==

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== Your recent spamming of pirate a game site ==
Please be advised that the multitude of links you added to playable versions of games are in violation of the owner's IP and have been reverted. Links to clones and playable versions are not allowed unless hosted by the owner of the IP in question. --] (]) 04:17, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

:You are mistaken. Nintedo8.com is not affiliated with Nintendo, and clearly states "This page is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Nintendo or Nintendo of America." at the bottom of the page. They, and any parties involved, have no rights to said games, and are trying to get around any legal issues by claiming they only host the emulator and link to the roms (i.e., a link site). --] (]) 05:05, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

== Srkris ==

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== WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 1 - (June 2010)==

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== WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010==

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Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up ] have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Misplaced Pages editing among the general public. In addition, a to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to was created and launched by ].


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The ] and the bot itself is expected to be up and running very shortly. This means that ] will again be available, enabling editors to easily keep track of developments in respect of reviews, nominations, deletions etc.

The date change vandal mentioned briefly in the ] made a reappearance when the range block on his IP range expired in September. Consequently the block was extended till September 2011.

In October there was a heated in the India project noticeboard regarding the copyright status of the Indian party symbols. The discussion was triggered by the deletion of ]'s party symbol images by ] as copyright violations. No resolution was reached, partly because of our inability to explain to Hammersoft how election symbols in India differ from party logos. Comments are requested from anyone with a background in Indian copyright law to clarify this issue.
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*The , which contains the literary works of many prominent writers of Bengali language including Rabindranath Tagore, has crossed the 5,000 pages milestone. According to ] page, Bengali Wikisource is now at rank 21 among 56 Wikisource based on number of content pages.

] in ] in June 2010.]]
*The uploading of Tamil technical words donated by ] to the was completed in October. The words were donated by the ] due to lobbying efforts by Tamil Wikipedians during the runup to the ] (WCTC) in June. Nearly 70,000 words were uploaded increasing the word count in Tamil Wiktionary from 1,20,000+ to 1,90,000+. This has brought Tamil to the 10th place (from 17) in the list of and has earned it a place in the . In addition, Tamil Wikipedians set up a stall at the WCTC and introduced Tamil Wiki projects to people from all walks of life.

] introduces the Malayalam Misplaced Pages CD of ] during his key note address at ] at Gdansk.]]

*The ] and its sister wiki projects migrated to the new vector interface on September 1, 2010. In addition, Hindi is the first (and so far the only) Indian language to be incorporated into the translation and contribution toolkit developed by ].

*Malayalam wikimedian ] has developed a software (Wiki2CD) for the creation of the ], which was launched in 2010. In addition, Santosh, along with fellow Malayalam wikimedian ] coordinated a panel discussion at Wikimania 2010 on .

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] and ] held their first meetups in September, where Wikimedia Board members Barry Newstead and ] met up with Wikipedians and other interested members of the public in these cities. A month later, ] also held its first meetup.

], ] and Barry Newstead releasing the Wikimedia India community newsletter at the nineteenth Bangalore meetup on 24 September 2010.]]

Wikipedians in Bangalore continued their tradition of meeting up regularly at the , with the ] in September featuring Barry and Bishaka as attendees, and marking the release of the ]. Along with Delhi and Mumbai, Bangalore is reported to be one of the three cities in contention for the Indian office of the Misplaced Pages Foundation.

] & ]. (Recorded by ].)]]

Misplaced Pages founder ] had an interaction with Wikipedians followed by a to members of the public at the ] on October 31, 2010.

The first ], where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in ] and ] on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in ] also held a meetup the same day.

The Malayalam Misplaced Pages held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.

Wikimedia Foundation board member ] and Indian Wikipedian ] co-authored a panel presentation at Wikimania 2010 on the .

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*'''Please add ] to your watchlist in order to stay updated with the latest discussions regarding various aspects of the project.'''

*Two current ], ] and ] have been nominated for reviews ] and ] respectively. Contribute and help prevent these articles from being delisted!

*] on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.

*A ] are underway on the ] of the ] article. Please comment and help resolve the disputes.

*Join the and the for regular updates and discussions. Links to language-specific forums are available ].

If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject India. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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== Vancouver Misplaced Pages 10th Anniversary Meetup ==

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==Invite to WikiConference India 2011 ==

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==Invitation to Vancouver meetup==
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Wikipedian British Columbians are planning a meetup at the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, on Sunday, October 16th, as part of the ] events. If you wish to attend, please see ] and add your signature to the list.

Thank you! ] 02:50, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

==Invitation to Vancouver meetup==
Hello,

You are invited to an edit-a-thon at the Prophouse Café on Sunday March 25, as part of ] events all over the world. If you wish to attend, please see ] and add your signature to the list.

Thank you! ] <small>(])</small> 09:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
== WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest ==

Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require ], that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a ] drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from ].
] will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

You can sign up on the ]. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

{{User0|ssriram_mt}} & {{User0|AshLin}} (Drive coordinators)

<small> Delivered per on ]. ]]] 01:40, 12 March 2012 (UTC) </small>
==Category:WikiProject NCSLC members==

''']''', which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at ''']''' on the ] page.<!-- Template:Cfd-notify--> Thank you. ] ] 03:54, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
== June 12, 2019 edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver British Columbia ==

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The ] is working to improve the coverage of women’s contributions to religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions worldwide. In support of this goal, the edit-a-thon at Atla's (formerly the American Theological Library Association) annual meeting will focus on improving articles about women in religion. We would love to have a few Vancouver area Wikipedians to help us get new editors oriented and editing!!
<center>'''Wednesday, June 12, 2019<br>8:00am-12:00pm<br>Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre<br>1088 Burrard Street, ] V6Z 2R9 Canada'''</center>

* For more details or to sign up, see: ]. For security reasons everyone attending the edit-a-thon must pre-register with Atla or on our Vancouver Meetup page by May 31st.
* For questions, please contact: {{u|Dzingle1}}
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