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Thanks Tinu! But I predominantly use Linux, so will have to get on Windows and learn to use AWB. :( =Nichalp «Talk»=

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My RfB

Thank you very much! --Dweller (talk) 16:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving a note back. Best wishes again -- Tinu Cherian - 16:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Why do you post these impersonal notes to every person? Tombomp (talk/contribs) 21:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know your comments/concerns. If you are not aware, I am a 'so called RFA regular' since very long time, which means I regularly comment (support/oppose/b neutral) in the RFAs of admin hopefuls. The first thing I do whenever a new RFA comes is that I wish them good luck on their talk page, because I believe every candidature comes on the RFA arena for the betterment of Misplaced Pages and is a right candidate to win the RFA. If I am unfamiliar with the person personally or never interacted earlier with the candidate , I wait for comments for others. Meanwhile I research on the merits and demerits of the person, checking his edit history and his interactions with other Wikipedians. The first wishes I give to them may be a copy paste always ( because I have nothing else to say then) but my comments at the RFA are subjective to merits and demerits of the candidate ( you may check the RFAs I commented) . I dont support a person just because he may be likely to win. I stay neutral or oppose if I have my own concerns. And finally when the RFA ends successfully , I congratulate them on their well deserved adminship. In some cases, when the failed candidate feels dishearted by the outcome , I try to console and cheer them up to continue their valuable contributions to Misplaced Pages. I hope I have tried to explain what I generally do. Finally this is my style of doing ! If I am attempting any WP policy violation , you may raise it at ANI :). If you still have questions or concerns , kindly let me know, I will be happy to discuss it with you.. Thanks -- Tinu Cherian - 04:45, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh ok. Sorry for the slightly rude earlier message. Just interested. Tombomp (talk/contribs) 10:10, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

No problems at all.. I knew somebody or other might ask this question soon :) -- Tinu Cherian - 10:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Details of my block

Hello! I'll explain you everything what was happened. I uploaded the image from this page as a fair use. First, it did mislead me when I saw the text "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License" at the bottom of the page. Then, I realized that it was a fair use. The image having a source and a license, the only thing that was missing was a fair use rationale. At this step I didn't know what to do, but consulting Misplaced Pages help I found the template {{Non-free fair use rationale}}. So I added. On the propose for the use of this image, I wrote that it was for illustrating the movie The Mummy Returns. Yamla said that this image didn't show anything about the movie, so nominating the image as for fair use rationale dispute. I did link the image in the article about the movie and articles of Patricia Velásquez and Arnold Vosloo, appearing in this image. I may understood his opinion by removing the image of those biographical articles but I didn't understand why he removed it from the article The Mummy Returns. So I undid his edits and for that I was claimed as a vandal and blocked for violating the rules. Now, I saw that in article section The Mummy Returns#Cast has an image similar with the image I uploaded and, by checking Yamla's contributions, I found the Image:Kareena in K3G.jpg and the Image:Kapoor JabWeMet.jpg, which are movie screenshots, linked to the biographical article Kareena Kapoor. And thinking that I was blocked for using a fair use image on a biographical article and reverting removal edits. The uploader of those images wasn't block and you can see at Image:Kareena in K3G.jpg that Yamla reverted a vandalism edited of a copyrighted image for a biographical article, the reasons he used to block me at February 2008. It may passed awhile but seeing this I think that there wasn't a reason to block. Even I remember Yamla saying that I was a copyright violator, even on Commons. I just want to clear my "name". Do you understand that? I hope that I had explain all things to you! Regards, Sdrtirs (talk) 14:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I saw that you sent me this message: May be if you wish to tell me what had happened, I can try to help out to know what went wrong. WP is still a better place but people gets dishearted when they dont understand the policies. Was it before or after reading the above?--Sdrtirs (talk) 14:53, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

It was before reading your msg here.. Sorry for that... I will get back to you very soon -- Tinu Cherian - 14:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I have left a message for Yamla , may be we can discuss it so that we may remove any misunderstandings if any -- Tinu Cherian - 06:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Indian music project

08:39, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Bot issue

See duplicate tagging on Talk:Abraham Mazumdar. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 22:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out. I had disabled autosave and was experimenting something on Regexp tester but didnt realise it actually saved it. OK, anyways let me tell my issue is , I was able to add music=yes with advanced setting of 'Find and replace' for {{WP India}} for banners in single line like
{{WP India|class|kerala=yes}}

like
Find : {{WP India(.*?)}}
Replace: {{WP India$1|music=yes}}

But I am not able to do for banners in multiple lines like

{{WP India
|class=
|kerala
}}

I tried using
Find : {{WP India\n(.*?)}}

and many combinations , but it didnot work . Any idea how to do this ? -- Tinu Cherian - 02:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Tinu...Regexes is on my to-do list of things to learn. :) I will add music parameter to the Kingboyk's plugin. That should help you out. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 01:01, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

. I just needed to Tick the box named SingleLine in the find & replace screen. Got the answer from WT:AWB -- Tinu Cherian - 04:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for letting me know. It will be use for me next time. May be there should be a place to consolidate these regex hacks. There was one that updates the class parameter across all the banners on the talk page. That was cool too. Regards, Ganeshk (talk)

Do you mean like this ? See my latest BRFA. It basically updates |class for a particular banner (one at a time) based on the highest |class= of other already assessed banners on the talk page -- Tinu Cherian - 11:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's one I was talking about. Please post that code somewhere for future reference. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 03:36, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I borrowed the code with permission from User:Richard0612 . You may see the code at User_talk:Stepshep/Archive_4#Wikiproject_templates . -- Tinu Cherian - 05:18, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

That should do it. Thanks! Ganeshk (talk) 01:25, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

re:

Create categories for Biota of Great Britain and Ireland

Hi, could you ask TinucherianBot nicely to create categories for Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Biota of Great Britain and Ireland. Cheers, Jack (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done : You may check Category:Biota of Great Britain and Ireland articles by quality and Category:Biota of Great Britain and Ireland articles by importance . -- Tinu Cherian - 05:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Jack (talk) 11:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:India Newsletter bug?

Hello Tinu. Maybe this is of interest to you: User_talk:Mlpkr#WP:INDIA_September_2008_Newsletter Mspraveen (talk) 07:16, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey Praveen, Thanks for bringing this to my notice. For those who opted for just a link only content, I delivered this in the month of June 2008:

==] {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} Newsletter== The ''']''' of the India 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 ]. Thank you. <small> This notice is automatically delivered by ] (]) 07:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC) </small>

I had used the {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} , which shows the current month , I should have better substitued it {{subst}}

Btw what is happening to the next issue? It has been a long time :) -- Tinu Cherian - 07:23, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, good that it is sorted out now. Oh well, just when I thought it was about time, a new month started. Usually Gppande is very prompt on this. Do you think we release these anyways after putting in some work? Maybe Gppande gets pinged about this. What say? Mspraveen (talk) 15:22, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

I appreciate your message! And like they say in the USA: vote early and vote often! :) Ecoleetage (talk) 12:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving a note back. Best wishes again -- Tinu Cherian - 05:02, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on September 14!
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:54, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films August 2008 Newsletter

The August 2008 issue 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.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:32, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections

It's that time of year again – we're wiping everyone's name off of the active members list and doing a project roll call. Your username is listed on the WikiProject Films participants list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active on the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:FILM editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. You can also add your name to any of our many task forces!

Have a nice day

Thanks for the best wishes. I have a feeling I'll need it. :) bibliomaniac15 04:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving a note back. Best wishes again -- Tinu Cherian - 05:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Jammu Kashmir

Excellent! You have a new bald member. i hope you don't mind. Are there tagging parameters? The Bald One 09:42, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

You can use this {{WP India|jandk=yes|jandk-importance=}} . Welcome to the project ! -- Tinu Cherian - 09:45, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. The Bald One 09:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the best wishes!

Hey - sorry this took me way too long to get back to you - but thanks for the good wishes you posted on my talk page!--danielfolsom 13:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which did not succeed with 41 support, 21 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate both the supports and the opposes. Thanks again and cheers! TN‑X-Man 18:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you for your message of congratulation on the success of my recent RfA. It is really very kind of you. Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:03, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXX (August 2008)
Project news The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is underway, to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 14 September! Voting starts at 00:01 (UTC) on 15 September and runs until 23:59 (UTC) on 30 September. A new barnstar specifically encouraging and recognizing excellence in Milhist article creation and development has been introduced. Any editor who has made a significant contribution to three or more Milhist A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008 under the new A-Class criteria is eligible. Nominations for the medal should be made here; should list the three A-Class articles for which the medal is sought; and must be subsequently supported by three or more project coordinators, who will be responsible for making the award. Editors may nominate themselves or any other qualifying editor.	Articles of note New featured articles: Domitian HMS Ark Royal (91) John McCain Operation Ke Panzer I Warwick Castle New featured lists: List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients List of USAF Test Pilot School alumni New A-Class articles: Harry Murray Horses in warfare Kaunas Fortress Kiev Expedition (1018) Napoleon I of France Operation Ke Panzer IV SS Dakotan SS Pennsylvanian TAM (tank) United States Naval Gunfire Support Debate‎ USS Mercy (AH-4)
Current proposals and discussions A new discussion about whether Milhist should adopt C-Class is underway. All comments are welcome. The 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop is still open, seeking input on ways to improve the efficiency, user-friendliness and organization of future Milhist drives. All comment is welcome, especially from people who didn't participate in the drive!
Awards and honors Durova has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of her exemplary work on military history featured pictures, sounds, and articles. JonCatalán has been awarded the new Milhist A-Class medal for his work on three newly-promoted tank-related articles: Panzer I, TAM and AMX-30E. The new Milhist A-Class medal also goes to Bellhalla for his three ship-related articles: USS Mercy (AH-4), SS Pennsylvanian and SS Dakotan. The Contest department has completed its seventeenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 54 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with a record 120 points, followed by JonCatalan with 56 points. Abraham, B.S., Cam, Ed!, Woody, David Underdown, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and Kyriakos also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 226 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and JonCatalan gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries. Thanks go to Abraham, B.S., Bedford, Benedict of Constantinople, Borg Sphere, Canglesea, Climie.ca, Dashiellx, Ejosse1, El Greco, Fusionmix, Geoff Plourde, Jim Sweeney, Judgesurreal777, MBK004, Mifter, Parsecboy, Red4tribe, Rosiestep, Suyogaerospace, and TomStar81 for their help with the 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop.
To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here.

This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Another Mariners WP tagging request.

Can you go through all of Category:Seattle Mariners (incl sub-cats, which I have made sure are relevant) with {{WikiProject Seattle Mariners|class=|importance=}} if the Mariners WP template is not already present. Also if possible can you tag the cat's themselves with {{WikiProject Seattle Mariners|class=Category}}? Thanks! --Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 15:15, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure...I have a BRFA open. As the trial is completed , the contribs are waiting for the BAG members for verifications. Once it is closed, I will service your request. -- Tinu Cherian - 10:40, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

It was approved, good job :) --Admrb♉ltz (talk) 19:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanq..  Completed : Btw your bot-task was completed including for the cats. Let me know if you want to Auto assess articles based on other already assessed project as per this BRFA. -- Tinu Cherian - 07:05, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Yea, I would appreciate the auto-assess --Admrb♉ltz (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

 Completed : Autoassessed 84 of 106 Unassessed articles of the project -- Tinu Cherian - 09:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks much :) --Admrb♉ltz (talk) 09:17, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which succeeded with 71 support, 14 oppose, and 5 neutral. Thanks for your participation. I hope I serve you well!

--Smashville 23:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Smiles

A Prodigy has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Just managed to get rollback. Thought this would be a suitable way of celebrating, by smiling at my adopter ^_^. A Prodigy ~In Pursuit of Perfection~ 18:53, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie in reply :). A Prodigy ~In Pursuit of Perfection~ 16:13, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou !!!

Thankyou for the Barnstar.........
Actually, I had started editing these 2 articles right from the beginning. I think the Image issue has been resolved after the non free use rationale. Featuring Mangalorean Catholics won't be easy. Although, I'll try to get it to GA status. In between I was also interested in Christianity in India. But Annons have destroyed the article. If you have any good Christian article in mind, then we can try to elevate it to FA status. Kensplanet (talk) 12:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't think {{PD-India}} can be used there. Since, I am not sure the Image was published before 1948. It's quite possible that the Image may be of 50's or 60's since he died in 1979. Thanks, Kensplanet (talk) 13:57, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Role of the adoptee

I was wondering, what am I actually meant to do as an adoptee? I know many people expect adoptees to just turn to their adopters when the need for explanations arises, but is there more to it? As an adopter, I have seen another user, Agrippa (I think) set specific tasks for his adoptees. Do you do something similar? I suppose the object of these tasks is to just get the adoptee more familiar with various aspects of Misplaced Pages. Just wondering, because we havn't really been in contact much as of late. Regards, A Prodigy ~In Pursuit of Perfection~ 18:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

SAVE POK ARTICLE

please save POK article from deletion Pakistan occupied Kashmir article has been posted for deletion..i have made the following appeal there:

• do not delete : PLEASE allow editing to take place in this article so that it gets balanced; disabling editing and then crying unbalanced is hypocrisy!!!..As we all know we didn't delete european union article just because there was an "england" article or "france" article or "germany" article (which are part of EU nevertheless) ... Similarly we did not destroy soviet union article just because it is divided into 15 parts..Further it is very very clear that POK is not the same as "azad k ONLY" or "northern areas ONLY" as pok also includes trans karakoram tract, gilgit and baltistan (from 1947 till now)...pok term is used by most if not all non pakistan media.so ip and soman contention invalid.. i think it is not "fork" since contents are not identical, verifiable, has reliable sources and differs from the other articles like "trans-Karakoram tract" or "Northern Areas" (at the maximum, there is a passing reference in the summary(if this is considered fork) style with redirect links to sub regions).So, i am opposing this high handed move based on ignorance..rather i suggest that those who suggest it as non neutral contribute towards making this neutral, if it is not already neutral..pahari sahib's contention of inflammatory not substantiated both in talk page of pok or otherwise..so DO NOT DELETEKashmircloud (talk) 10:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

if you can improve this article or if you believe that the article can be improved by removing the edit ban(say, exampple: semiprotect) and if you also concur that pok not equal to ajk, please help in saving this article from deleters with nationalistic (pakistani)/ religious(islamist?) motives for POK article removal(example: User:paharisahib is pakistani)..please save the POKarticle...Kashmircloud (talk) 10:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for your support on my RFA! Although it was unsuccessful, I appreciate the feedback. Although I don't plan on running again (at least any time soon–RFAs can be draining), I do appreciate your offer to vote again if I do! Thanks for the kind words, and I hope to see you around Misplaced Pages!--danielfolsom 03:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Script

Hi! I don't know if you have seen this: commons:User:Nichalp/Upload script, but it's my first attempt at script writing. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

oh yea.. I had seen this.. It will be very useful to many. btw congrats and keep up the good work -- Tinu Cherian - 07:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter delivery request

If you could deliver this newsletter it be greatly appreciated as been looking all week for a active bot. I took over the newsletter as all the previous staff resigned or became inactive and i was unable to get any assistance in doing all this. Btw i have removed this task from the inactive bots i tried to use. Regards Boylo (talk) 02:57, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels

1. What should the title of your Newsletter be in the talk page message?

• The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - September 2008

2. Please provide a link to your newsletter.

• Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter/Current

3. Please provide a link to a page that lists the members in the Wikiproject:

• Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/Newsletter subscribers

4. Would should it say after the message:

• No

4. Any other specifications you would like:

• No

A few queries to confirm :

• The New letter has to delivered to all in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/Newsletter subscribers list ? I see a different list at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Novels/Outreach#Delivery_options.
• I need to deliver a link only or full content ( {{subst}}ed )?

I will deliver the newsletter once I get the above clarifications, -- Tinu Cherian - 09:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Novels/Outreach#Delivery_options list is not yet activated and you should use Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/Newsletter subscribers. In the past, the newsletter was delivered with full content, so perhaps that's the way to go this time as well. --Regents Park (count the magpies) 13:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)