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Please take a look at this article. Thanks, —Abhishek Talk to me 16:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Repaired. TheMike •Leave me a message! 03:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Biographies, contraversies and thier presentation ...Let me know your thoughts
- I've reached my 3RR limit on this article/image. I believe I am enforcing Wiki policy by removing that particular image (there are still 3 acceptable images on the page I have left untouched).RobertRosen (talk) 16:06, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I have asked for Astronaut's opinion. Let us see what he says, and decide based upon that. Have a nice day. TheMike •Leave me a message! 16:36, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Astronaut may not be an unbiased towards me (I've reverted his reverts). On the "religion", I've got a newspaper RS which claims that both Rajiv and she were Hindu.RobertRosen (talk) 16:39, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Please let me have a look at that newspaper RS. Regards, TheMike •Leave me a message! 16:53, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, if you feel that there is an issue with the image, please raise it at Commons, where the image is located. If the file is deleted from commons, it will get delinked here. There is no need to remove it from the article as long as the image exists in Commons. TheMike •Leave me a message! 17:19, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't edit /participate at Commons. My only concern is copyvio with this BLP page Sonia Gandhi. Here's one such link [1] concerning their cremation details by Hindu rites "according to our custom". PS: I'm discussing this here (informally) rather than on the articles talk page. Also, IMHO the ref you provided for her being RC would not stand as RS considering it is only a caption to a photo gallery and appears sourced to be off the net. RobertRosen (talk) 00:26, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- BBC is a RS. It is not a wiki or a mirror or anything, so their reports are reliable. It also mentions that she follows the Hindu faith closely, but it need not mean that she has given up her faith. I really appreciate the fact that we are talking this out rather than edit warring :) . As far as the image is concerned, I will contact someone active in Commons regarding that and get back to you. Regards, TheMike •Leave me a message! 05:08, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. You have a new message at AbhisheksinghWIKI's talk page. abhishek singh (talk) 21:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi "Mike" and/or "Swaroop". Please keep a watch on National RTI Forum and its talk. I am concerned that the other editor is developing a proprietary interest iGen this article.RobertRosen (talk) 04:17, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Gentlemen, RobertRosen and Mike Lynch. My username is Cullen328 and my real first name is Jim. My only proprietary interest is to accurately reflect what the reliable sources say about any given topic. I am 58 years old. I am married and have two young adult sons. I own and operate a small business. I have never been to India but would love to visit there and Nepal too because I have a deep love of the high mountains. I live in the small town of American Canyon, which has a very large percentage of Indian-American residents. Most are Hindu, some are Sikh, and our next door neighbors are Catholics from Goa with Portugese names though they don't appear Portugese at all. I and my immediate family are Jewish, although I come from a Christian background as well. I am a caring person and can be persuaded by reliable information. Engage me, give me reliable sources, and you will find me to be very reasonable. But don't add bad sources, don't add POV language, and don't remove material that the reliable sources support. Cooperation and adherence to policy and guidelines will most assuredly lead to consensus. Please give your opinions on an Indian related article I wrote on a completely different topic: Kalpataru Day. Thank you. Cullen328 (talk) 05:21, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I must make one remark about the organisation in question. There are not many references available, and it is quite a minor organisation. Hence, I do not see much room for conflict between you two editors. I have not been looking at that article for a month or so, so I am not in touch with recent developments. I do not see much scope for expansion of that article. If anyone of you can add more info to it, please do so, but I doubt you will find sources. TheMike •Leave me a message! 11:00, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I have developed a new article on RTI - National RTI awards. Would it be possible for you to take the time to look at the article, improve it, give feedback or rate it? I am hoping to bring it up to Wikipedia's high standards.
I truly appreciate your help
regards
abhishek singh (talk) 19:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Mike! I saw your comments at Abhishek's page and liked your thoughts. There are definitely a lot of issues that we need to work on but it's great seeing so many people interested in doing things about it. I know you've poked around the Wiki Guides page a bit but was wondering if you had given any thought into becoming one? I think you'd be a great addition. Jalexander--WMF 22:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I have updated the Project Page you are mentoring on with usernames for all the students in your Area of Study. Please send them a message introducing yourself and let them know you are there to help.
As always, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:16, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
hi Mike. Have a look at S P Jain Center of Management. I have marked it with an advert tag; but i wanted to add a db-spam tag too, since it IS written like an advertisement, with no helpful information. Should I go ahead? Please tell me your opinion on this; I am quite new to editing. PratikMallya Talk! 19:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't suggest you mark it for db-spam. It will probably get declined. The article is poorly written, but it is notable. You can remove all the irrelevant sections like the pics of all those people, which are not needed. You may have to delete most of the article, and retain and rewrite only some lines which are not promotional, but are factual. I will help you do that if needed. Have a good day! Yes Michael? •Talk 07:11, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there... I'm writing to seek the opinions of seasoned editors. A few days ago, there was an edit war on the Konkani language page, specifically between an editor of Goan descent and an editor of Mangalorean descent. The former didn't appreciate content contributed by the latter and eventually resulted in a massive edit war. The consequence of such an altercation led to the latter creating a whole new page for the non-Goan dialects of Konkani at Kanara (Canara) Konkani. The editor who created this whole new page has contributed significantly and quite productively, I must say. However, I am not convinced whether this is the right way to go.. i.e. having two different pages for essentially the same language. Quite interestingly, I found out that there is already a page for Karnataka Konkani at Karnataka Konkani. This kind of duplication and redundancy is a little unsettling. Your feedback would be appreciated. Signed | Aoghac2z | 06:20, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Butting in Since I am a (mangalore) Konkani speaker myself, I would just advise you to be very polite when making any suggestions for change/replacement of the page(s). Konkani people are a very proud lot, and extremely sensitive about their language (which, I think, is because of fear of it gradually dying out).
About this matter, I can say from my personal experience (a mangalorean konkani speaker who did his undergraduate studies in Goa) that goan konkani is almost a completely different language(there is some similarity, but differences are much more); whereas the konkani spoken by those living outside goa can be said to be different dialects (they use the same words for the same meaning, only the pronunciation is different). In this scenario, goan and the other konkani are same only in name; and thus perhaps different pages is justified. However, a page for different dialects is a waste of wikipedia resources, and may also lead to a lot of confusion; it may be advisable to put them under one page only.PratikMallya Talk! 08:25, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your enthusiasm. I'm a native speaker of Mangalorean Konkani myself, so I don't need any cautionary note regarding politeness and sensitivity. :) Getting to the elephant in the room, I'm very sorry to say that your personal experience in Goa or whatsoever is of no relevance here. Linguistic publications and major linguists do NOT treat Mangalorean Konkani to be a separate language at all, rather it is considered a dialect. Be it George Cardona, Manoharray Sardessai or Ayyapannicker... all major linguists consider Mangalorean Konkani to be a dialect, not a separate language. In my opinion, when you maintain two separate pages, one for 'Konkani' and the other for 'Kanara Konkani', it gives the reader an impression that Kanara Konkani is a whole different language and not part of mainstream 'Konkani'. Signed | Aoghac2z | 14:21, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- But then, I don't think separate articles will be a good idea. Not many people will know that two different widely spoken dialects of Konkani exist. I myself did not know :) . I will have a look at the two (three?) pages and get back to you. Yes Michael? •Talk 09:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It looks quite messed up. This should be sorted out immediately. The Canara Konkani page is well written, though there are a few issues. User:Aoghac2z, I am not Konkani myself, so I do not know the intricacies of the language. Would a disambiguation page serve any purpose, or will it complicate further? Yes Michael? •Talk 14:41, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, the situation is messed up, indeed. The author of the new page has done a very commendable job and the content contributed by him is very productive... even though there are issues with the reliability of sources used. As far as my personal opinion goes, I do not believe that a separate page for the Kanara dialects of Konkani is proper. It is also important to take into consideration the fact that the author of the new page created the page out of an edit war... so the motives behind the creation of the new page itself were not legitimate in an academic sense. Like, I said there's already a page for Kanara Konkani at Karnataka Konkani.... so as it stands right now, there are 3 separate pages for essentially the same language. I would say we kickstart the process of merging the content from this new page into the main language article. Signed | Aoghac2z | 14:55, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Is there a situation where having two different articles would be better indeed? For example, if the histories of both the Canara and Goan Konkani are different, then it would make more sense to keep it in two different articles. Yes Michael? •Talk 14:59, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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