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I really don't understand what you are playing at, Bakaman. Misplaced Pages is not a battlefield, and administrators are expected to remain unbiased in every situtation. I completely endorse Akash's block on Hkelkar – who has been incivil and has made injudicious comments regarding other users. I would always endorse a ban on users who exhaust the patience of the community and have nothing productive to give to the encyclopedia. "... you decided to stab them in the back...", really Bakaman – you need to get your issues cleared. — Nearly Headless Nick 16:18, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Well then a large % Indian users would be banned. Jeez, shoot the messenger. Who's going to stick up for Hkelkar if I dont? Didn't I also say "I see that many Indian users support you and respect you (myself included)"? Is expressing my opinion something wrong? Forget I ever brought this up.

To NHN: You know someone has to do the dirty work. (I'll leave it at that)Bakaman _Bakatalk 04:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Re: Warning

Yes, we are building an encyclopedia. Misplaced Pages is very great on about all sciences and humanities articles, but frankly, some of the articles related to recent historical events, controversial political matters, controversial authors etc. will definitely need some kind of re-reading by professional and academic third-parties. Too many articles of this kind are vandalized by ignorant and extremely partial misconducts: as the time is going on, these articles do no get better. May be the limits of Misplaced Pages are attained there. Bye. TwoHorned 15:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Nitish katara

Hi aski I am Nitish katara's mother Justice is not an end product.I have followed my son's case for the last 4+ years, I have appealed to higher courts when there were lapses. Public opinion is important in a Democracy and debate needs to be encouraged. Thre is no level playing field when u and I are pitted against Money muscle and political power -so we need to speak our minds Nilam katara

Kalapuya

Thank you very much for helping me with (locking/unlocking) Kalapuya. It's the first time I've dealt with the page lock system on wikipedia, and you made it a good experience. Cheers! Erich Blume 08:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Warning

Why am I not allowed to suspect him of sockpuppetry? You can give me as many final warnings as you want but the fact is he is a likely sockpuppet and I will create a sockpuppet case to this effect. BhaiSaab 10:45, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Why? BhaiSaab 10:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It is not at all a bait. Hkelkar already knows what I think about him - I just pointed out another similarity. BhaiSaab 11:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

No in fact I do not know why you warned me because I think your warning was pointless. I find it useful to keep a list of similarities I have observed on his talk page, because it would not be acceptable in my own user space. BhaiSaab 11:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I just replied back to Kelkar..and chanced upon this page...Actually, I think, we should give some more time to him and see if he still improves his ways..he already has loads of final warnings and a checkuser that though inconclusive - maintained that both are probable sockpuppets.If he is certainly one - his luck will run out completely one day.TerryJ-Ho

Formal request for admin intervention

This is phase one of my taking formal action against User:Mahawiki and his friends. Apart from constantly peppering any article they edit with fanatical Maharashtrian POV (note - I am a Maharashtrian and like many others I disagree with them), they do so by hiding behind personal attacks WP:NPA that they use to justify their edits. Mahawiki and his friends pay no attention at all to the readability of an article, and are only interested in getting their POV in.

My next step will be to list them in WP:PAIN, and will take matters progressively higher until these individuals stop their mindless edits that destroy the readability and structure and value of an article, which amounts to vandalism of articles.

In addition, they appear to roam in packs, with one supporting the other in any dispute, giving the hapless editor in their sights no chance at all to present a defence. And their weapon of choice is reverts - they will revert any edit by an editor not part of their pack, without any discussion on the talk page, and without following any of the rules of Misplaced Pages. User:Mahawiki is most notorious for this.

In the matter of the Belgaum article, it has been proven beyond doubt that User:Mahawiki has no knowledge at all about the city or the people living there, and is simply using the article (and other articles) for propaganda in a highly political campaign. He has contributed nothing of note to most of the articles that he has edited this way, but will launch a personal attack anyone who dares to remove his politico-fanatical edits from the article. He has shown no understanding for the fact that Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, not a platform for politicking.

Before beginning this formal action, I have conferred with several admins and other knowledgable WP people, and have gone through the applicable rules on WP.

• Phase one is contacting admin(s) who are familiar with the situation (we are here)
  • This should result in {{subst:Npa2}} and {{subst:Npa3}} notices to the user.
• Phase two is listing a formal complaint on WP:PAIN
• Phase three is taking this matter to WP:AN
• Phase four will be to take the matter to WP:Arbitration.

As you are an admin familiar with the situation, I request you to intervene in this matter. This is not just a matter of the Belgaum article but of many other articles being affected by this user and his friends.

Achitnis 10:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

== Belgaum article ==

Dear Aksi,

Please look at the article the only changes I have made is those.I have moved border dispute section above and placed it after history section. It was originally at bottom and I think the issue is significant enough to placed on top.Other minor changed is that i have added The Maharashtra government contested the inclusion, claiming the district for itself on the grounds that the district had more Marathi speaking people than Kannada speaking people according to 1951 census.Which is in accordance to the citation I have provided and translated on Belgaon border dispute's talk page.

Mr.Chitnis who claims to be from Belgaum and know everything doesnt know that thr Belgaum city is the centre of the dispute!In fact he once said 'if u dont know me u r not from Belgaum!' (yes,i am serious!).One can understand how serious he is on wikipedia! His post to u also meant to threaten me! It is nothing but a personal attack and a bid to scare me off!! All he can do is label my citations and edits as political! God knows what exactly this means.I am not a MES or Sena worker,whatever I edited there was based on facts.

belgaum border dispute article was seperated from main article on Mr.chitnis's insistance. sadly he isnt doing so called 'expansion' or 'improvement' of article as he claimed. I request u to advice on this matter. Mahawiki 11:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Advert vs Spam

Good call on changing the warning to advert. I had no idea that template even existed! :) --Brad Beattie 11:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I tend to use Misplaced Pages:Template messages/User talk namespace. I just didn't think to search for "ad" instead of "spam". The table is probably a little more user friendly to look at than the raw categories. --Brad Beattie 11:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

All the Best!

I wish you all the best for your examinations. --Bhadani 01:52, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

INCOTW

I will take care of it until you return. -- Ganeshk (talk) 06:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion on caste

Your input would be appreciated on whether lists or cats should be used for caste lists on the Indian Noticeboard.Bakaman _Bakatalk 19:07, 28 October 2006 (UTC)