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Dear Mr Deepu Joeph,Im slightly confused regarding the difference between a portal site and a regular site.Example they have Portal:Star Wars and the regular Star Wars article.The portal page for each subject is different from the regular page.What's the difference between the two?

ThankyouNadirali 16:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

Re:Portals

Okay thanks alot for letting me know.Now I understand better.

thankyou very muchNadirali 04:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

Thirichchu vanne!

Hi, Deepu! I see you're an admin now; congradulations! Good luck on your exams, too! I have an exam tomorrow and another the day after, but they're in Italian and Japanese (respectively), so they shouldn't be at all hard. :-P

I've started questioning the claim (again!) that there were no famines since Independence. I also added a vague synopsis for Piya Ka Ghar...oh! That reminds me! I should probably put up something from that article on the DYK page!

Finally, if you're interested, you should be able to access the transliteration search engine at http://66.69.213.75:22555/trans/trans.htm. Let me know if it STILL doesn't work; several people have (succesfully) tried it out...--Kuaichik 17:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I'm really honored! For now, my plans with translit search are to improve it and then expand it (gradually) to various other transliteration systems and then other languages.

At this point, it only works if the search term is a Mandarin Chinese term in Hanyu Pinyin. Maybe someday, I will make other versions for Hindustani (I've already started), Malayalam, etc. Indian languages are really a challenge, just because there are so many ways to transliterate something in an Indian language. Hindustani is even harder, though, because you also have two scripts to deal with...!

Anyway, I'll see what contributions I can make while I can. I have also been working on the Spanish Misplaced Pages a little, but no one there seems to have taken any notice yet :-P --Kuaichik 07:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Probability of article selection

The answer to both of your questions is yes. Most days, the value of ({{CURRENTDAY}}+31*{{CURRENTMONTH}}) mod X goes up by one until it would reach X, by when it jumps back to 0. So normally it just cycles around. When it is the first day of a new month following a month of 30 days, CURRENTDAY goes back by 29 while 31*CURRENTMONTH goes up by 31, so then the value skips 1 in the cycle. When going from 28 February to 1 March the value skips 3. So there are only five "hiccoughs" in a whole year, which should be negligeable, and even more so since the values skipped are usually different each time.  --Lambiam 21:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Lage Raho Munna Bhai Production

Hey, we desperately need some sources to fill in a production section and then we can submit it to WP:GAC and I think we should pass. I just need sources if you haven't got the time to fill things in, just a few sources and I'll manage. I think that after a thorough copyedit, it might be worth it to give it a peer review. Nobleeagle 05:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I think you misunderstood, the current content is well sourced, but I need something to base a section on the Production of the film on. All Film FAs have a production section so this is essential. I only think we should try GA after such a section is made. I believe this definitely has the potential to be the first Hindi movie to make it to the main page. Nobleeagle 06:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of User:Kuntan

I have blocked a few sockpuppets of Kuntan. One of which was confirmed by Checkuser Dmcdevit – User:Banvasi who was trolling on User talk:Bhadani and was disruptively editing. User:Dakshayani and User:Bulleena have been blocked indefinitely as a suspected sockpuppets as well. In case you can bring out more suspected sockpuppet accounts of this user, please list them here so that we may take appropriate actions. Regards, — Nearly Headless Nick 16:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Aah. too bad. He was a very knowledgable guy and had done some very good edits in his different avatars. IMO, the good that he did was definitely more significant than the bad. Deepu, please don't reveal the names of his other incarnations :-) Tintin (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I really cant believe you, Tintin! Template:Smi Good job, Sir Nick. Knowledgeable or not, he has given us enough and more headaches. He hasn't shown an inkling of a likeliness to turn around and edit constructively. Anyways, blocking his old socks isn't going to help. He rarely uses them again.--thunderboltz 06:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, its not Tintin's fault really. He was brought up in the nation that exudes Gandhigiri; and there might be a thing or two Tintin's expecting. As dear ol' Dubya would sacrimoniously put it – You are either on our side, or theirs. There is no middle ground. On a serious note, I do not think it would be a problem if he got himself a legitimate account which is devoid of trolling; as we cannot have him run amok with multiple sockpuppets. Blocking and marking his sockpuppets would be a good thing to do, as we can gain communal consensus to block him permanently if he continues trolling. By the way, I have zeroed on two of his IP addresses; seems like the wise guy was using two ISPs to avoid getting caught and wikilawyer all his way.

• See 221.134.171.101 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• Also 202.83.59.91 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  

Cheers, — Nearly Headless Nick 09:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Please take note – , , , . IP hopping already (this time he chose BSNL) – 59.91.253.131 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) which traces to New Delhi. Rather unusual that this one did not show Bangalore as the city of origin. I surmise use of meatpuppets and I am afraid he might set up the bomb anytime soon. — Nearly Headless Nick 13:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

question about vandal protection programs.

Hello Mr Joeseph it's Nadirali.I know I should be asking administrator daniel about this,but he seems to be unavailable most of the time. Maybe you might know.

I was under the impression that anti-vandal templates,such as vandalsniper would provide protection for my userpage from vandals.I'm not sure if that's the case still. I read on the programs page that the program comes seperate from the template but it sounds a bit confusing. Do you know if adding the template would automatically upload the program and protect your userpage?

I'll be very grateful if you can tell me anything you know about this.

All the best.

(PS congratulations on becoming an admnistrator)

Nadirali 04:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)user:Nadirali

Thankyou for providing me the link to vandal protection.I have added the script of the program to my prefference page.However I must go through another procejur to be able to view it.I think I'll pass on the viewing for now.Although it does not fully guarantee 100% protection,it atleast gives me a better chance against vandals.I have also applied for vandalsniper(you need special permission to use that)Though vandalproof and vandalsniper give you the oppertunity to go "vandal hunting",I unfortunately won't have the time for that.My main concern is that my userpage stays safe from anyone randomly editing or vandalizing my it. I still plan on adding a template to my userpage in case anyone is tempted to mess around with it.I again thankyou for providing me the info for it. (goodluck with your exams!!!!) RegardsNadirali 20:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali

St Mary's Cathedral Basilica

I don't think that I have authority to remove the AfD tag, but if I think it's worthy of saving, then I'll change my vote to keep or abstain. --Адам Райли 14:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

IRC time! — Nearly Headless Nick 11:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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