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Regarding edits made to Germany

Thank you for contributing to Misplaced Pages, Scheibenzahl! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Misplaced Pages. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule \bexample\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Misplaced Pages. Please read Misplaced Pages's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Misplaced Pages's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Misplaced Pages, please note that inserting spam into Misplaced Pages is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 19:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Is this copyrighted?

Hi! This site lists itself as "Operated for NASA by SAO This site was developed with funding from NASA under Contract NAS8-39073." As far as I know, content by NASA is considered public. So can we use these images. What is the exact legal status of these images? I am in process of contacting these people and getting this image on Misplaced Pages. Please reply on my talk page, and I am a little busy in my real life so please don't hope quick reply :)--Scheibenzahl 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunatelly we can't use these images. Following the "Image Use" at the bottom of the page, we see their politics on image use: "The images on this web site may be used for non-commercial educational and public information purposes". Non-commercial is not free enough for Misplaced Pages.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Abu badali (talk • contribs)

Hi. I'm TechnoFaye and I'm writing this because you have had NASA images you uploaded marked for deletion by Abu Bidali. This is ridiculous. You should know that does this because he thinks it's funny; he even says so on his user page. More then 20 other editors just like us are parties to several formal complaints to Misplaced Pages in an effort to have him banned permanently. Others have described him on the record as a "hoodlum" and a "vandal". My testimony was that "Bidali would be just as happy breaking antennas off cars at night". After he is gone, we can repair the damage he has done to WP. If you haven't already, please consider adding your name to the lists at: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Abu_badali#Users_Who_Endorse_This_Summary http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Abu_badali#Users_who_endorse_this_summary:_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Abu_badali#Users_who_endorse_this_summary:_4 http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Abu_badali#Other_users_who_endorse_this_summary http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Abu_badali#Users_who_endorse_this_summary

INCOTW

You voted for Indian art, this week's Indian Collaboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:48, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Needed Help

Is there any one here from University of Chicago? There is an image which is copyrighted to it, and I cannot find any place to contact on the university's website.

If some one wants more explanation, I can provide it. --Scheibenzahl 20:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

It may be helpful to know which image we're talking about. You might want to try calling the University's Help line at 773-834-HELP to get in contact with their Academic and Administrative Resources division - they might be able to help you out. Note: I am not from U of Chicago. However, you might want to ask some of these people who do or have attended. Hersfold 22:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Chandra images

Hey there, just wanted to let you know that images from Chandra are generally allowed on Misplaced Pages, despite what it says on the terms of use page on that site. They are public domain, and can therefore be used even for commercial purposes. The exception is images used on the site, alone or in compilation images, that are not owned by NASA. I assume you wanted to use an image of Chandrasekhar from that page, an image that I believe it says is owned by AIP, and so that image, I'm afraid, won't be public domain. You can always ask the woman who deal with permissions on that site, however, but I doubt AIP is going to allow it to be used commercially. Lexicon (talk) 23:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

userpage

The 32 refers to both the 15 DYK I have actually written and the 17 I nominated. The box only talks about the 15 I've written.Bakaman 01:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Dbachmann

Regarding your complaint here: I request two things:

1. You comment on Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration#User:DBachmann regarding this matter
2. Configure your preferences with an email address and contact me by clicking here. I have information that will be of use to you.Thanks.Nagsheh 02:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

To give you some context, I have created the redirects as {{R with possibilities}} in the course of my suggestions wrt widening the scope and moving to another title of Indigenous Aryans. The "critics" were not interested in such suggestions, since the last thing they want is an expanded article on the topic, since their whole focus is on hiding the existence of these things in pseudoscholarly babble. I recognize the redirects are a little bit of a non-sequitur as they stand, which is precisely why they are marked with {{R with possibilities}} -- expand, don't delete. regards, dab (𒁳) 19:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Varanasi district website

Hi. I see you have replaced the website link varanasi.nic.in that I removed. While of course it is relevant, it is the district's- site, not the city's (in theory anyway). It is already correctly placed at Varanasi District. Imc 20:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Hindutva pseudoscience

Since you put the redirect up for deletion, the page was rewritten, and now placed for deletion here.Bakaman 23:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Hindutva pseudoscience

Since you commented on the afd, it has been re-Afd'd Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Hindutva pseudoscience (2nd nomination).Bakaman 19:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

party-line ballot-stuffing on Misplaced Pages, nein danke. dab (𒁳) 09:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Sprechen Sie Englisch? There is no ballot box stuffing, merely inviting those who voted to vote on the second AFD. Not all the people even voted the same way so "ballot-box stuffing" is hardly in order.Bakaman 17:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I would like to draw your attention that Dab is trying to use `Aryan race' term in his created `Indigenous Aryans' theory article. This way he seems to misguide that IA notion is relating with `Aryan race' of Hitler's understanding. I just read this `Aryan Race' words in your opposition of using Hindu pseudoscience. He is trying to misguide. He first associated `theory' term to Indig. Aryans and created this article to denigrate his opposers. WIN 09:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Chandrasekhar.gif

The discussion is here. I would not recommend using this image in the article at any resolution. -Nv8200p talk 18:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Naqqar Khana

I would recommend going to Misplaced Pages:Reference_desk and asking your question in the appropriate section. Unfortunetly, the Helpme tag is for help with the technical aspects of Misplaced Pages :). GofG _|| Talk 20:47, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser

Hi. I am sorry I forgot to inform you about that request. Thanks for AGFing. Not many people do that these days. I am convinced now that you are not Hkelkar. Sorry if my accusation hurt you. With Kelkar coming up with so many sock accounts, I forgot to apologise to you. - Aksi_great (talk) 18:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I would also like to apologize for suspecting you of sockpuppetry. From your edits, it has become abundantly clear that you are an independent new editor, and as such you do of course deserve to be cut some slack until you find your way around on Misplaced Pages. I hope you understand that after two years of permanent attacks on the "Hindutva" topics by genuine socks, any new account that immediately joins the fray raises suspicions. I realize the topic is advertised on various mailing lists (hinducivilization) , which often gives us new editors with much zeal but little or no understanding of either the subject or the project policies. Your point of view is welcome, as long as you understand and adhere to the Misplaced Pages fundamentals (WP:RS, WP:UNDUE), and I also hope that you become fascinated enough with the project to work on more pleasant (less disputed) subjects -- the "Hindutva" stuff is only a very minor part of my interest on Misplaced Pages, and I wouldn't think it worth my time if there were not more rewarding topics besides. dab (𒁳) 07:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Hindutva pseudoscience redirect

It looks like you are correct. The tag was applied, but lost during the page moves. I apologize for missing that. I have removed my comment from the closing. It doesn't affect the closing itself as there was still a split opinion on deleting or keeping. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 18:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Hinduism

Hi. Thanks for not simply reverting it this time. It makes editing much more pleasant. The Behnam 09:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. Is it necessary to add links to Hindu proselytizing works? Since you are adding two anyway, just remove the one from 'how i became a hindu' and we should be alright. Thanks. The Behnam 10:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh and I am referring to the 'bovine' references. The Behnam 10:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. The Behnam 10:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:DYK

If there are any topics you are interested in, if you can write a page in one-day (a well referenced non-stub article), you can get it on the main page. Its one of my pet projects, and most of the Hinduism editors have at least one under their belt. By the way, you may want to join WP:HINDU and WP:INDIA.Bakaman 23:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

U of Chicago

I haven't had any official contact with the U of Chicago in YEARS. You probably need someone who is going there now and knows which office to contact. Zora 05:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Learning Kannada

Thanks for showing interest in learning Kannada. I have forwarded your request to user:Sarvagnya. User:KNM is also a potential person to contact. These guys will help you find the right source material.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 19:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Scheibenzahl(whew!). I'm sorry I took a while to reply. I certainly can point you to some sources. But then, before I do that, I just was wondering if you know any Indian languages or better still, any south Indian languages. If you do(especially S Indian languages), it shouldnt be too difficult at all. Sarvagnya 10:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Bismillah at Concert1.jpg

Good work. Funny thing is that I had contacted Mr. Garfias a long time back but he was busy at that time. Hence I remembered and tagged this image. Once again, good work. - Aksi_great (talk) 11:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, could you take a look at the other images used in the article? I don't think they are valid fair-use. And now that we have a free image, they are unnecessary. - Aksi_great (talk) 11:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the images in the articles are used as fair-use, but I don't think they are valid fair use. For example, the lead image (image in the infobox) is a cover of an album. These images should only be used to illustrate the album in question to claim valid fair-use. When we use the cover to illustrate Bismillah Khan, it becomes a violation of copyright. - Aksi_great (talk) 05:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Reply

Contact me within an hour. Special:Emailuser/John Reaves John Reaves (talk) 06:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Assessment of Varanasi

Greetings, Scheibenzahl! Your request for an assessment of Varanasi has been completed. The article has been rated B class. If you have any questions of comments, please see the assessment department of the Hinduism WikiProject. Happy editing, 23:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Urgent?

If you want to contact me via e-mail, simply use the "E-mail this user" link in the toolbox at the left side of the page when on my user or talk page. Lexicon (talk) 14:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Message

hi there, what do you want help with? other than ofcourse learning kannada :) Sarvagnya 09:33, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, this message is for administrators who are allowed to edit the linked page :) Thanks for replying though :).--Scheibenzahl 09:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

ohh... how i wanted to help  :(  :) never mind.. i'll help you with kannada. just gimme some time.. i have some links stashed away somewhere. see you soon. Sarvagnya 09:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I am waiting as always.--Scheibenzahl 09:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

There is a message on Wikipedia_talk:Today's_featured_article/July_2,_2006. An administrator is needed to act upon it. If it cannot be done, please tell me here.--Scheibenzahl 09:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)}}

I added the Template:Editprotected to the talk page; an administrator should be along to make the correction. ➪HiDrNick! 11:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You can attract the attention of an administrator to an edit that needs to be made to a protected page by placing {{editprotected}} on its talk page. I've made the requested change for you, but bear in mind that not all helpme respondents are administrators, and {{editprotected}} is more likely to find someone who can make the change. Hope that helps! --ais523 11:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Jail

Yeah, go right ahead and merge. --jpgordon 20:26, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• Makes to make "Jail" (which points to Prison) the main article, since the other uses of Jail are so minor (Monopoly? Chroot?) --jpgordon 20:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Sorry, I stepped out; hm, where's the "Jail (American)" history now? Hm. Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix this problem. --jpgordon 22:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

jail

Are you sure we were not better off with Jail (American) which has the history and talk ? NOw 'jail' has nothing. Maybe I'm missing something or you're not finished? Tvoz |talk 20:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

sorry for jumping the gun - I wouldn't know exactly how to do it either! Will look at it when the dust settles. And yeah, I know my talk page is long - will get to that sometime soon.Tvoz |talk 22:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

And I re-fixed the links that I had changed.Tvoz |talk 22:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion needed

Some administrator please delete User:Scheibenzahl/1 page.--Scheibenzahl 22:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. Placed deletion tag on page. Real96 22:15, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Scheibenzahl (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Please have a look into contributions of account User:Anupamsr. I added a script to log me off, for wikibreak forcing. Unfortunately, I could not resist, plus I had to use popups, which needs account creation. Please look at contributions of User:Scheibenzahl, the first one is adding popups.

The report is here: Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Blocks_for_meatpuppetry_and_sockpuppetry. I don't know how to plea. Is it allowed to edit there? Which pages are allowed to edit while I am blocked?--Scheibenzahl 12:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hi!

I am Anupam Srivastava. I edit using account User:Scheibenzahl. I have been blocked for being a sockpuppet of User:Anupamsr. I have never denied it, and if you look at my contributions, I have posted my email address and names at many places. As User:Anupamsr I was never blocked, or accused of incivility, violating WP rules etc. Absolutely nothing.

I am being blocked for being a meatpuppet of banned user Hkelkar. I would like to plea. Here is my story:

1) I was Anupamsr. My wikipediholic score was neer 600 or something. So I decided to take a wikibreak. I was unable to, so I added a script which will automatically log me off, to force wikibreak. You can check my contributions at User:Anupamsr

2) I was still unable to resist, and my browsing was horrible because of too much reliance on popups.js script. I tried to add it into my IP address but I couldn't, so I created a new account: User:Scheibenzahl.

3) As Anupamsr, I was a target of lot of bad faith due to my Indian connection, especially from, now banned, Unre4L, Nadirali etc. So I did not post much info on my user page. One can easily understand.

4) I once saw three articles: Hidutva pseudoscience, Hindutva propaganda, and one more. They were redirect pages. I nominated them for delete.

5) This caused User:Dbachmann to believe I am a sockpuppet of Hkelkar. This was not the case and was proved in a Checkuser. It was conducted without my knowledge. I was not even informed of the consequence. Dbachmann later apologised for not AGF.

6) The redirect was converted to article. I edited it, and had trouble of NPA and AGF from User:Rudrasharman. After which I was contacted User:AMbroodEY (not banned).

7) He told me that I should give Rudra a NPA warning, which I finally did not. After some talk with User:AMbroodEY, he sent me an invitation for a forum.

8) I joined the forum. The forum had a lot of regular postings from Hkelkar. I did not do anything.

9) I voted delete on the article. Finally article got deleted.

10) After that I had no connection with Dbachmann, or any content dispute with any user, except once with User:Hornplease on Anti-Hindu for citations he alleged are not RS. I have actively backed off from that content dispute since some days. I went ahead with my normal editing: wikignome stuff and editing Varanasi

11) Today I found out that I am blocked for being a sockpuppet of Anupamsr and Anupamsr being blocked for conspirating against Misplaced Pages.

Please help! I am innocent and being blocked from a site I have invested a lot of time. I was here when Main page was editable! Blocked for disrupting wikipedia is a great disrespect and a slap in the face of my civility and AGF.

Please help!

unblocking

I am prepared to reduce your block to a shorter period of time (you'll have to be blocked for a period, I'm sorry) but you must give an explicit commitment to uphold Misplaced Pages's policies and its mission. Also, which account do you want to use as your sole, permanent account? The other will be indef'd. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 14:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

You can merge or block User:Anupamsr. I use this account!--Scheibenzahl 15:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

You can place a "sockpuppet" of Scheibenzahl at the top if User:Anupamsr. Please don't blank the page.--Scheibenzahl 15:01, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Your block has been reset to 2 weeks - you cannot avoid (at least in my opinion) the penalty for not being forthcoming about your multiple accounts and for being involved in Hkelkar's email cabal. Please DO NOT repeat this behavior or involve yourself with banned users. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 15:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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