User talk:Aksi great/Archive 4

CFD

It's deleted. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Loyola

ya. i was. --Rev.bayes 20:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Blnguyen's RfA

File:Atlanticpuffin4.jpg

Hello Akash. Thank you for your support and your defence of me at request for adminship which ended with the overwhelming and flattering result of (160/1/0), and leaves me in a position of having to live up to a high standard of community expectation. Thanks of course for reminding to remove my Professor Calculus, otherwise I could have ended up with a right mess at the RfA. If you need help with any admin related tasks, feel free to ask me, and if I make any procedural mistakes, feel free to point them out. Of course, I look forward to working with you in the future. Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Ahmedabad and Sidi Saiyyad Ni Jaali

Hi Akash,

Can you provide summary of "Ahmedabad" article as well as for picture "Sidi Saiyyad Ni Jaali" so that they can appear on Main Page of Portal:India. You can submit the entries on the talk page of Selected Content Summary Page. Thanks, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:24, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Good Job

Hey Aksi!

Just noticed some of you initiatives on Ahmedabad/Gujarat related information. Keep it up bud!

Alren (talk · contribs) 18:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

thanks!

Hi Akashbhai - thanks, it is indeed a sweet and satisfying moment! I understand you're pressed for time, and I suggest that you drop all other WP work and focus on making A'bad an FA. Obviously you can expect my full help, so fire all cylinders! Rama's Arrow 05:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Userpage reversion

Appreciated! Hope all is well! -- Samir धर्म 16:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow! A family of doctors! Wish I had time for wikipedia -- I only have time to edit when I'm in the hospital between patients (like now) or on nights when I'm on call. BTW, was meaning to give you this for a while:

(barnstar moved to user page)

Well deserved. I'm off home for a nap before working tonight (it's 1 PM here). Cheers -- Samir धर्म 16:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome

No problem. Thanks for your comments. It's a good template for other states too. Our next goal in the POI project should be to improve CM articles listed in List of Chief Ministers of India. Please contribute wherever you can. - Ganeshk (talk) 18:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Aksi Bhai kem chho? Thank you for Gujarati Sahitya Parishad article.

double stanard for deleting Hindu politicians?

SHould muslim politicians be deleted as well? There's also a lot more in here that's POV:Category:Muslims--Dangerous-Boy 08:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Have you met him

Hi,

Have you met User:Gnikhil. He seems to be your senior. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

Rushin is in my hall itself and I know him, though only as an acquaintance. He is a very bright guy with a good english which comes very handy for the hall's team for "What's the Good Word", etc. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:32, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

hello junior!

Hi Akash,

I saw your extensive contributions on wikipedia. Its pretty cool! I graduated in 2001. I was in I.C. Does rotaract still hold kenquest every year at Nirma?

Nikhil

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Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 01:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Akash, thanks for your kind words. I think I will accept. I'm writing some answers to questions now. Hope all is well! -- Samir धर्म 09:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

ANI - Anwar's report on Bhadani

Thanks for letting me know of the above. Glad you liked my reply. I don't see a need to sound out Bhadaniji - guess he is still recovering. However, given what happened before, Bhadaniji should not have probably given him a warning on his talk page - only fuels the fire further. I think there is some merit in the saying as well. --Gurubrahma 17:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

looks ok, however as I am no longer involved in updating DYK, I do not know if and when it wd make it to the main page. You may want to add more to the history - were industrialists like Kasturbhai Lalbhai (an article that I started!) a part of the board, for example? What was its role in freedom struggle? Also, the members of the current board info is not encyclopedic, imo, unless notability of those members outside ASE is established. If I were you, I'd probly state the DYK blurb as "Did you know that ASE is the 2nd oldest SE in India and has a Swastika in its logo?" so that other editors would sit up and take notice - shock value, primarily. In the article, you could probly write 2 lines on importance of Swastika signify wealth in Hinduism etc. All the best, --Gurubrahma 17:52, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey good job getting Ahmedabad Stock Exchange on DYK. Although a more interesting sentence (IMO) would probably be

...that the initial functioning of the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange was started under a banyan tree?

The swastika in the logo is also a good idea. Cheers. Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 03:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

It's not there yet. Anyone can nominate anything. About 80% make it though. It's interesting enough for me, moreso than most of the others there.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Akash, the swastika in the logo may prove to be a bit controversial of a tagline for the DYK. Even though it is less specific, Srikeit's banyan tree quip may be the better way to go (it's interesting too). I added suggestion that to the DYK page. Take care -- Samir धर्म 06:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

It's actually quite easy to find examples of interesting DYK, if you look at more historical events. I'll email a few examples of ways to get good DYKs - I've already sent some to Srikeit so he can get some more under his belt.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Mail sent.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

On June 9, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

A good debut entry. Keep it up! Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Woo-hoo! w00t! Good job Akash! -- Samir धर्म 04:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Notability!

Ha ha. Not really... :) I did get to be interviewed by Max Keeping. I appreciated it so much that I made a wikipedia article about him! BTW, you should apply for adminship soon. -- Samir धर्म 07:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

That fellow

Thank you for informing me. The wikipedians are intelligent people, and they are able to understand the truth. --Bhadani 15:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! I'll keep at it! =D

Oh and great work on Ahmedabad, you have really transformed the article! - Erebus555 19:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Hi Akash, great addition and article start! How are these for DYK taglines:

...that women's financial activist Ela Bhatt was one of the founders of Women's World Banking

...that Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai was married to Vikram Sarabhai, considered to be the Father of the Indian space program?

I'd go with Blnguyen's advice for sure; he, Gurubrahma and Ghirla are DYK contribution stars! -- Samir धर्म 21:25, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I think it's OK to put it up for DYK if you've expanded the article significantly. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 21:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Very impressive. Enjoy the World Cup! I'm away for the weekend in the north of Canada (where it is like the third world in some places) filling in for doctor shortages -- very very busy. Take care -- Samir धर्म 19:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, good article. I saw it was up there in DYK nomination and just checked it out.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:39, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Mrinalini Sarabhai, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man ✍ 12:03, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 11, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Back to back to back DYK's! Impressive -- Samir धर्म 07:37, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Wish the weekend was over but they need me for a week. Keep up this pace of DYK's and you'll be the next Nichalp! I was surprised by this User:NSLE and comments on WP:AN, but I've been out of the loop -- Samir धर्म 07:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

And thanks for adding the RfA to the WP:100 page. Just noticed that -- Samir धर्म 07:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Akash, Wow! Three DYK's in 3 days! Absolutely amazing! But I hope you have not forgotten the Ahmedabad article & its FA quest. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 08:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW how is my new sig? --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 08:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat - Narmad

Hi there Akash. You might like to have a look at this and make a comment at Pages needing Translation to see if any useful content can be salvaged from this. Thanks, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC).

Hey Akash!

Dear Akash, I can't thank you enough for your support during my recent request for adminship. It's been such a pleasure working with you. Your contributions have been amazing! Won't be long until you get the shiny buttons also, but until then, just leave a message on my talk page or send me an e-mail if you need any administrative assistance. You take care man -- Samir धर्म 08:21, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Akash, Sorry for being so late on thanking you for your support on my RFA. And thanks for the tallies. The list of TN CMs got featured finally. Looking forward to working with you on WP:POI and making more featured content. No regrets not reaching WP:100. 85/1/1 was already a score I never dreamt. :) Let me know if you need any help. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:33, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Hi Akash, I hope your project & seminar go well and you enjoy your (hopefully) short break from Wikipedia. As for the Ahmedabad, don't worry at all. The article is watchlisted & I visit it occasionally just to see the photos ;). Anyway the article will definitely miss your valuable contributions. As for my RFA, I'll definitely contact you by email when I do start it. Please drop by regularly & be in touch. Hope to see you active soon. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 16:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Still away

Hi Aksi! you're still on a wikibreak? =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:13, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back. Hope you go on full throttle soon. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back! -- Samir धर्म 05:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey good have you back! BTW I dropped you a mail. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Review me!)} 13:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thanks

Sure, not at all! :) Jacek Kendysz 14:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

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The "Albuquerque Academy" vandalism.

The old stuff:

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to Albuquerque Academy, are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thanks. Aksi great 13:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

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What the hell are you blathering about??? I've never been to the Albuquerque Academy Wikipedia page before. I didn't even know they had a page on Wikipedia. Where are you getting your crap accusation??? Andrew Homer 17:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

And mine.

Could it be that someone else performed the vandalism on Albuquerque Academy and somehow AH shares that guy's IP? I do not agree with his views or behaviour here on WP (including the answer to your initial vandalism post), but this is not his style. Lundse 01:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Can hackers cloak behind someone else's IP? We have a wierdo high schooler next door who NEVER talks to us. Maybe he knows how to hack/spoof. My wife & I don't use wifi @ home, so how can someone else from central New Mexico get my IP? From my webpages (StarHeart.US & AndrewHomer.Com & Discount-Vehicle-Broker.Com)? From my email? Since I'm a self-employed Realtor, I do NOT need ANY degenerates smearing my reputation. Andrew Homer 22:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Quote from above: What the hell are you blathering about??? I've never been to the Albuquerque Academy Wikipedia page before. I didn't even know they had a page on Wikipedia. Where are you getting your crap accusation??? Andrew Homer 17:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hate to break it to you buddy but when you write sophomoric comments like that to editors who know what they're doing like Aksi_great, you're smearing your *own* reputation -- Samir धर्म 03:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you just share the same ISP and IP range and one day he got the one you usually use or vice versa... Some ISPs use certain ranges of IPs among their customers, you could check if yours is one of them. I don't know about stealing an IP outright, but if someone went through that sort of trouble, he would probably use it for more than just getting you in trouble for vandalism here - I am sure it not easy. Lundse 00:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Is that ISP/IP slop over more possible is we both use Qwest to access the Internet? Andrew Homer 00:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't know, you will have to ask their tech support - but there is no reason to suspect someone near you of being the perpetrator over someone in the next town. If it is a coincidence that someone used your usual IP address, that someone must be using the same Internet Service Provider (Qwest) as you - which might (secondarily) mean that someone is somewhat "close". Lundse 10:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

I was wondering just yesterday of when you'd come back and finish your work on Ahmedabad. Yes the article seems fine - go ahead and nominate it for DYK. The only thing missing is some information on the work that he did - I mean the scientific work, not just positions. This Fire Burns Always 14:27, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

As such the article has no issue and you can get it to DYK, no problem. This Fire Burns Always 14:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

When are you planning to put Ahmedabad for FAC? This Fire Burns Always 14:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi - do check this article - Hinduization of Sikhism out. It has obvious problems, but I'm not sure if it merits an AfD. This Fire Burns Always 14:34, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahmedabad

It is my very optimistic assessment that we can get Ahmedabad ready for FAC for Monday. The only main problem is the references - baaki badhu thik che. If you can commit for this weekend, we can finish the work. I'll start on it right away. We should also immediately ask Nichalp, Ambuj and Sundar to weigh in. This Fire Burns Always 14:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't have the time/attention to work on adminship tasks at this point - I have to divide my time between study, work, bodybuilding and my passion for FA writing. I'm sure you've noticed that I haven't even started on the adminship-type jobs I've always wanted to do and said I would do, on my RfA. I hope to do this in August, but article building has my full attention at the moment. This Fire Burns Always 14:53, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Come on, what say on Ahmedabad FA drive? By commitment on weekend, I don't mean an unusual amount of time - just working on this single article. This Fire Burns Always 14:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to help too. I've been very lazy when it comes to article-writing & slightly busy with the RFA & my college admission procedures in real life. I'm willing to do any stuff required, so if you have a job for me just drop me a line on my talk page. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 15:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

The main job is finding book references and copyediting. You've done most of the data work, so its not unrealistic to believe that Monday is a good deadline. This Fire Burns Always 15:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Well I wasn't then - now I am. Are you still online? Hehehehe....This Fire Burns Always 19:36, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Status of Ahmedabad

Hi Akash - don't worry about us missing each other. We can still finish the work on time. The core issue is the need for references - we should search on Google Scholar for any books and research papers that are very credible references. Often you'll get only the first page of a research paper, but you can still derive a lot of technical info from it. More later, This Fire Burns Always 18:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

KILL ALL RED LINKS! KILL THEM, KILL THEM NOW!!! MURDER THEM AND DRINK THEIR BLOOD!!! DO IT!!! This Fire Burns Always 20:03, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty

Quite the comeback article! A nice little gem of an article that will make a great DYK. A picture would be great finishing touch. I copyedited a little, hope it's ok. Cheers -- Samir धर्म

• Great! Should be a nice DYK! -- Samir धर्म 10:00, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Ahmedabad

Hi Akash - I'm sorry to have let you down this weekend. Apart from a struggle to find fresh references, I had to deal with a couple of trolls. However, the article again has improved significantly and its just a matter of a couple of days more work, and a definitive review by Nicholas or Sundar. This Fire Burns Always 06:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi - the question of references is the most serious. I've not been able to track down a book or research paper source on Ahmedabad from Google Scholar. I don't know where you live in A'bad, but there is one thing you could do - if you can go to Crosswords for 30 mins, you can note down facts from a couple of books on A'bad, and note the pages, publication detail and author, you'll have your references. This Fire Burns Always 12:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

If that book gives more info, definitely use it for citations. I too will try for more books, and pls see what you can do. I'm going offline for now. This Fire Burns Always 12:24, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty

Hello Akash, I have replied to your query on Template_talk:Did_you_know. I would have included the article, but when I updated it was the last one to be selected without an image, so I had to bypass it. I see it also got passed over again, I think because Grue felt he had too many biographies. If I manage to get the next update done before anyone else I will definitely include it. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 18:19, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Hehe - so does that family association make you semi-notable? I look forward to the article. I'm not sure where your username comes from, so I'll probably still call you Akash in future if that's OK - seems to be the norm on this talk page. --Cactus.man ✍ 18:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

That image was not taken as it's a scan, and the provenance may not be clear. However...

On July 18, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 00:54, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

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Ahmedabad FAC

Yes friend, I'm gonna intensify my search for credible sources, and help you copyedit. Let's get your beautypiece to FAC by this weekend, or at worst Monday. This Fire Burns Always 18:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Alternative book choices include the Fodors/LonelyPlant travel guides and general books on India, Gujarat. This Fire Burns Always 18:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

It didn't take me long to "review" you. Your ER will be useful only if your critics can give you some perspective - do invite non-Indians to review you. My elder cousin sister is an alumnus of Nirma - had to travel on scooter at 5 o'clock each morning from Navrangpura towards the airport zone for a great internship opportunity. So don't forget to explore those options. Its a very good school, congrats! School and college education have greatly improved in India in recent years. Btw, what day and year were you born in (if you don't mind answering)? Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 20:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Can get references from your college library? Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 20:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

When prepping for college here (in US) we were advised that graduate school is more important than 4-year college in terms of where you go. If you work hard, NIT/IIT or even a good US/Canada school will not be out of reach. Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 14:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

List of Magsaysay Awardees

Hi, Aksi. I forwarded your query to the Philippine-regional noticeboard at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines. --Chris S. 00:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello

YOU: Hello Bhadaniji. It has been quite some time since I have visited your talk page. Hope all is well. Please take a look at this and take whatever action is necessary as there doesn't seem to be any admin at the moment responding to the situation. Thanks.

For Aksi great

ME: Really nice to see you. It is a great pleasure to find you on my page. I had placed my comments: [1] & [2]. However, new users may do so many things. When I was new I did a lot of funny things: User:Mahuri - User:Bhadani@bhadani.com, etc. --Bhadani 14:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Srikeit is faster! --Bhadani 14:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Babuba

I had noticed him too & was just reviewing his contribs when I saw you post on AN. I (quite foolishly) blocked Babub [3] by mistake . I'll apologize on his talk for "tainting" his block log :P Anyway how have you been? Long time since we talked. I noticed you ER & have been meaning to make some comments there but keep forgetting. Will do so soon. Cheers! --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 14:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)