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Allan Sherman

You were right to remove that junk, but not on BLP grounds, as Sherman has been dead for about 40 years now. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:17, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Oops, my bad! Will read the article more carefully next time. Thanks for pointing it out! TheMike •Wassup doc? 19:20, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Talkback not needed, as your page is on my watchlist at present. Well, I wish he were stil alive, as we could use the humor. But that stuff you deleted was imaginary, so it's good riddance. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:28, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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Cedar Hill Cemetery

this wasn't vandalism. Look closer. Someone substituted the navigation template which defeats the purpose of having a template. 134.253.26.10 (talk) 15:55, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. The automated tool I use just shows the HTML code, so I was mistaken. Sorry for the inconvenience. TheMike •Wassup doc? 15:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You've figured prominently on my watchlist today with your vandalism reversions so I wanted to let you know that your clean-up work is much appreciated. Thank you for fighting the good fight! Best, EyeSerenetalk 20:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

...then it's long overdue and well-deserved :) Thanks again, EyeSerenetalk 22:34, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

IP troll

In response to your request to remove an edit summary, I have removed the text and edit summaries of all the edits by that IP to your user page. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: Changes to Mangalore

Not a problem! My apologies for conducting the image changes without attempting to achieve consensus. I have opened a discussion topic for this purpose, and would like to hear your views on it, as you have stated earlier that the article's status was one among many reasons for the reversion. Joyson Noel Holla at me! 16:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

kongu vellalar wiki page

i can't understand u r view about this article [kongu vellalar],2000-2500 year old poets it should written only on their native language only it more understandably, u never given me time for translation of that Poosan clans sub topic,it 1500 year old inscription details,its native language is tamil ,this is caste website almost this page is viewed only in india and caste people belongs to india. india has 6000 language ,with English it will reach wider section of people in india .i think so u don't about India and english and other language in india.

what is to u confused and unclear content present in that article? nothing present in talk page, what are wiki pedia standard? ,please expain about it.i had given u 160 existing links to goverment archeology website,peer reviewed journal details, and International authour book reference and national level authour books for verification.talk —Preceding undated comment added 15:53, 11 January 2011 (UTC).

Welcome to Wikipedia. There is also a Tamil Wikipedia located at [1]. This is the English Wikipedia, and content is meant to be purely in English (barring minor name translations). Please upload your content in Tamil at the Tamil Wikipedia, and if you please, you can include an English translation here. Hope this clarifies things. Have a good day. TheMike •Wassup doc? 16:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

already u had removed tamil content Poosan topic ,still u placed over there need translation message in that page. please clarify me ,what is over there to u is confusing and unclear content over there,because u had placed message over there . i will translate wheather i can have two language content over there or it is not allowed in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knight44 44 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

already u had deleted the Poosan topic over there what else u want to delete Knight44 44 —Preceding undated comment added 15:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC).

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hello mike,i need clarification regrading on Other two tags also ,that u placed in the Article.and also give me the feedback ,I had placed Tamil Books name in Tamil language details as Referrence ,whether it is allowed in wiki or not --Knight44 44 (talk) 10:16, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Mike Lynch

You're not "the" Mike Lynch, are you? :) [2] ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh no. :) I'm from Bangalore, India. My name isn't Mike. :) TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:36, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Aha. The weathermen there might have less to do than in the American midwest. I imagine there are three forecast types: hot, hotter, and hottest. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:38, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Not really! Its quite cold over here in winters. My city is known for its cool climate. :) TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:43, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You have been doing a very good job in fighting vandalism in articles. You are not deterred by users who post indecent messages or attack you otherwise. Good going bro! ABHI says: Why so serious? 07:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Banashankari, Bangalore

Hi Mike, could you pls intervene in the edits an IP is constantly making to the article. Thanks, Why so serious? Talk to me 10:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Thanks

Just wanted to thank you for the contributions for R.V.College of Engineering article. Keep up the good work. --117.192.179.237 (talk) 11:44, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the appreciation! TheMike •Wassup doc? 12:48, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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"vandalism" edit

Hi,

I edited the facial moles page to get rid of a bunch of idiomatic nonsense and remove a ridiculously specific description of the "wealth spots" found on a human face. In addition, I softened the author's assertion that moleomancy is a key element of "Chinese culture" by adjusting it to say "traditional Chinese culture."

I failed to provide a detailed explanation as I had placed other edits in the section explaining what I was doing before deciding to cut out the description of the 9 wealth spots hoping that common sense would prevail. When it did not, I made the same changes, this time providing (as requested) a brief explanation of my reasons for editing.

In a nutshell, please put my changes back. Nobody cares about the wealth spots. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.249.241 (talk) 06:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I did put your changes back. Have a good day. TheMike •Wassup doc? 06:23, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

LSD

I appreciate your message, rather than reverting my edit with no explanation. The reference that exists does not suggest that the cognitive/behavioural deficits were signs of organic brain damage- that was from an earlier paper entitled- Chronic LSD users: The Acidheads, lovely title, which still did not suggest that there was any damage, nor that it was a result of LSD use (in fact the measures were not really cognitive performance anyway). Cohen (the ref actually cited) found cognitive and behavioural deficits, but were a very long way from suggesting any organic damage. A further study on the subject found similar results, though to a lesser degree, and again suggested that it was not appropriate to suggest the impairments were causally related to LSD use. The last paper, which has the benefit of reviewing the other two papers, states that the designs of all the studies inhibit any conclusion the impairments associated with LSD are indicative of brain damage. Here is the link to the ref- http://www.lycaeum.org/research/researchpdfs/1936.pdf. Ninahexan (talk) 08:39, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Very well, I haven't examined the sources, but if you feel it is properly sourced, then you can put it back. Have a good day. TheMike •Wassup doc? 10:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Pen15Club

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your welcoming. But I think my edit was constructive. By making a troll edit, I was able to get the article deleted, without having to join into an exhausting argument myself. I call that constructive. You should consider engaging in trolling yourself.

With kind regards, 212.23.103.121 (talk) 22:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry, I don't know what you are referring to, since the article has been deleted. Hope your problem was sorted out in the end. Have a good day. TheMike •Wassup doc? 04:51, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

IRC Cloak

Confirmation edit to userspace. TheMike •Wassup doc? 05:24, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Wroteheard

Hi Mike, could please give an edit warring notice to this user. He seems to be changing the fact that Bangalore is now the third busiest in terms of passenger traffic. Prior to creating an account, he has made the same edits ([3], [4]). Thanks, Why so serious? Talk to me 05:52, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, but we do have references which state that BIA is the third busiest right? I think we also had a discussion about that on the talk page, and only then did we change the stuff in the article. Just redirect him to that. I'll leave a note on his talk page. TheMike •Wassup doc? 06:01, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Yeah we do have the same. BIA's stats is 11.24 million passengers and Chennai's is 10.53 million. Unfortunately the previous source from BIA's website has been deletd, but I did find yahoo with the same article and have cited the same. Why so serious? Talk to me 06:04, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Also, regarding the name of Chennai Airport, I did some googling, and Chennai International Airport gets 787,000 hits, as opposed to Annadurai International Airport, which gets just around 9,080 hits. But Anna International Airport gets 1,170,000 hits. I think as per WP:COMMONNAME, we should change the name. But, AAI's official website calls it Chennai International Airport. Any ideas what to do? TheMike •Wassup doc? 06:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
I guess we'll have to check out some references online regarding the name "Anna International". AAI's website calls BIA as Bangalore International when AYK it is Bengaluru International. For now let "Anna International" be removed. Why so serious? Talk to me 06:35, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Chennai International seems non controversial and fine for now. I guess we should let it be there till we find more refs. TheMike •Wassup doc? 06:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Fatehpur at UP

Please have a look at this article. Shouldn't the name of the article be Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh?

I think so. Yep.
I've got a quiz now. catch you later. TheMike •Wassup doc? 07:38, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Chennai consulates

Mike,

Aravind - the editor who was adding the consulate list wasn't aware of our WP:BRD policy and hadnt noticed your reversion before readding it. He has opened a talk page discussion after i pointed it out to him--Sodabottle (talk) 12:02, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh ok. Yeah, I saw that discussion. I've added an opinion there. TheMike •Wassup doc? 12:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

One World one federal Govt.

I am dreaming of One World one federal Govt. Wikipedia is the first tool for it. Congrats for your contributions. I am just a user and would like to contribute in English and Tamil. Your aeroplane attracted me to write to you. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arasu1943 (talk • contribs) 21:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Reliable source(s) to Sonia Gandhi

MikeLynch

Is [this] not a reliable source?

It is the website of a government organization (Political Party) and the paragraph updated was taken from [Frontiline], which belongs to one of the most subscribed dailies/newspapers The Hindu.

If you remain defiant, then there is no answer to prove or give reliable sources.

Regards

Sushil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushil10s (talk • contribs) 02:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

It is obviously not a reliable source. It looks to be the website of the Janata Party, which is a political party in India. It is not a government organisation in any way. And by the way, I do not think that you have cited that particular source anywhere. All you had cited was some letter written by a certain Mr. Swamy to the President, saying that Ms. Gandhi was Italian. That is hardly a reliable source. Please read WP:RS thoroughly. TheMike •Wassup doc? 04:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Ashok2102

Would you like to repond to the message he posted here? HE thinks we are against him!! :o Why so serious? Talk to me 08:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what to say. We've never offended him or anything! TheMike •Wassup doc? 08:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Yeah we haven't offended him. All we've told him is not to include a list. Guess he's too childish which is why he has backed off. Anyways, if you don't mind, would you review the Basaveshwaranagar article and do the necessary cleanup if you are free. Thanks, Why so serious? Talk to me 08:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I feel kinda bad. But then, I don't know what we said. Anyway, I'll clean that up. TheMike •Wassup doc? 08:46, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Ha! Some edits of mine when I began editing were either reverted or removed, but I did not take it as a reason to believe that the editors were against me! It would have happened to you as well. What is so strange is that we were referring only to two articles he contributed to and not the entire 20 odd articles. And moreover we never used a harsh tone at all. We are not at fault. He has not taken it in a positive sense, which we should when an editor explains why our edits are removed/reverted. Anyways, just leave it. And thanks for the cleanup. Why so serious? Talk to me 08:57, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

YouTube videos as External Links

Hi there,

I've come across your edits on several Karnataka related pages, so I'm writing to you. I've come across an editor recently who seems adamant on adding a certain YouTube video of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's performance on the artists's article page. While this seems to be a promotional attempt, I have discussed the nature of such an addition with the editor. See User_talk:Paradise_coyote#January_2011. However, it seems that the editor is determined to engage in an edit war, in spite of being told to discuss the issue on the article's talk page. See this Would you butting in to ascertain the exact nature of such an addition of the specific YouTube video and whether its addition qualifies as an attempt of promotion...
Signed | Aoghac2z
05:06, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I've put in my comments. TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Liev Schreiber

hi.I'm gonna translate Liev Schreiber's article to persian,but I'm not sure how the name and family name is pronounced. would u please help me with this? thx in advance.jasmine (talk) 17:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello Jasmine, glad to see people like you who want to develop Wikipedia in languages other than English. I commend your efforts. I think Liev Schreiber is pronounced "Leev Shreeber" or something like that. Its ok if you don't get the exact pronunciation. Go ahead and translate it and write the correct pronunciation once you get it. Personally, I haven't heard of Liev, and nor am I an American. So I'm sorry, I don't know the exact pronunciation. The one given above is just how I would pronounce it. I sure hope to see you around. Have a good day! TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
thx Mike, u r so kind.I think that's the right pronunciation.good luck my friend--jasmine (talk) 17:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Good luck to you too, and to your efforts on the Perisan Wikipedia! TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

National RTI Forum

Hi, I note that you started / participated in a recent Afd on this article. As I do not watch that (or any other) article I could not participate in the Afd. I am now in a discussion with another contributor to that Afd on the quality of this article. Could you guide me on how one goes about dealing with more experienced wiki editors who are citing policy to me insofar as this article goes. RobertRosen (talk) 08:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Tell me where that discussion is (give me the link). I'll see where I can guide you. TheMike •Wassup doc? 08:25, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Its at [5] and also at talk pages of myself [6] and the other editor Cullen328 [7]. Sorry , I dont know the formatting codes /shortcuts for wikipedia to make this display better. RobertRosen (talk) 08:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC).
Oh don't worry! We were all new here sometime! I'll look into these and get back to you. You might want to watch my talk page so that I won't have to keep Talkbacking you. TheMike •Wassup doc? 08:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, the discussion is broken in 3 places. Don't know where to start! I'll sort it out. I'll also look into the history of the article and get back to you. TheMike •Wassup doc? 12:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I'll give you some very useful advice for dealing with me, RobertRosen. Simply communicate with me honestly, openly and collaboratively. I will extend you the same courtesy. I am a very easy going guy. Best to both of you. Cullen328 (talk) 22:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey Cullen328, lets just make things a bit easier for him. It appears he is still new here. TheMike •Wassup doc? 04:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I will be nice to Robert Rosen, and I will be nice to you too, MikeLynch. By the way, RobertRosen has been editing longer than I have, although I have been more active. When I point out a policy or a guideline, it is not to be personally critical, but instead to collaborate toward the goal of making this a better encyclopedia. I have lots of patience with every editor who shares that goal. Warm regards to both of you. Cullen328 (talk) 16:21, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
That's the goal of every well meaning editor isn't it Jim! Anyway, I'm quite busy with college, so will not be able to have a look at that article. Have a good day! TheMike •Wassup doc? 16:46, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

William Lawson

Hello Mike

My name and user name are both the same ie Terry Carrick. I have a Ph.D. in historical research so I guess you could say that any inclusions or editions I make have a degree of credability.

Yesterday I added my first article. The subject a gentleman called William Lawson. You contacted me with some advice which was very helpful. I have now edited the article and it looks better than before. I am learning but not so fast.

How do I remove the three statements made by Wikipedia at the top of the article and how do I change the title to Read William Lawson (Co-operator) not (Businessman) as at the moment.

Regards

Terry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Carrick (talk • contribs) 14:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I apologise for the mistaken message I sent you. It was meant for someone else. Anyway, Welcome to Wikipedia! I'll look into your article, and suggest necessary changes. Good day! TheMike •Wassup doc? 14:57, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Terry, one question. Did you type in all the material in by yourself, or did you copy-paste it from a source? TheMike •Wassup doc? 15:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I wrote it myself. I'm learning fast. Terry Carrick (talk) 11:59, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Very well. I'll take your word for it, but will drop in a note to the person who put the tag on the article. Anyway, to change the title to something else, go to your article, and at the top, you'll notice a button called 'Move'. Click on that and move your page to another title. TheMike •Wassup doc? 12:04, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

What Goes Around... Reassessment

Hey. I'd just like to know what your thoughts are about What Goes Around.../...Comes Around being a GA. I was going to attempt to fix it up to keep it at GA level, but it just lacks a lot of things, and I don't feel like it was correctly reviewed in the first place. Please, if you can, leave your comments here. Thanks so much! ℥nding·start 23:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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Murder of RTI activists

Hello, The reliable sources use the word "murder". Why should we use another word that you describe in your own edit summary as "soft"? This should be discussed on the article's talk page. Cullen328 (talk) 15:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Simply because this is an encyclopedia and we should keep in mind the appropriate tone. The sentence used to read something like In India, many RTI activists are murdered. We are not bound by what words the reliable sources use. TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:11, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Please read WP:EUPHEMISM from the Manual of Style: "Do not assume that plain languge is inappropriate." The word "murder" is jusified by what the reliable sources say, and any attempt to "soften" it is inappropriate, in my view. Cullen328 (talk) 18:08, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I've reverted your deletion of the word "murder" since it is plain language justified by reliable sources and conforms to the Manual of Style. Please discuss proposed changes on the article's talk page. Thank you. Cullen328 (talk) 05:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
I will look into it. BTW, just change the word. I did some other minor edits too. Kindly don't revert that. TheMike •Wassup doc? 15:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

M G Road

Hey Mike, wouldn't it be better if we rename all the M G Roads listed here to the full name Mahatma Gandhi Road, <city name>? —Why so serious? Talk to me 17:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I dunno. Newspapers usually mention them as MG Road rite? TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:16, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Yup they do. But most articles have the full name of the place mentioned. I believe as long as there is a proper redirect, it should be ok. What do say? —Why so serious? Talk to me 17:18, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Are there other FAs or GAs of roads, with which we can compare naming conventions? TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
There is one. Mount Pleasant Road. But apparently there doesn't seem to be an abbreviated name for the road as per the article. —Why so serious? Talk to me 17:28, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I guess the most popular and common name is MG Road itself isn't it. TheMike •Wassup doc? 18:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Yup it is. But the MG Road of Kochi, Kolkata are already moved to the full name. I believe all the MG roads should maintain a similar title with only the city names to differentiate them. —Why so serious? Talk to me 18:06, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Have a look at the Kolkata article. The intro says Mahatma Gandhi Road, more commonly M.G. Road. I think the Kolkata article has to be moved to M.G. Road, because, by its own admission, it is commonly known as MG Road. TheMike •Wassup doc? 18:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
It's not just the Kolkata MG Road, all Mahatma Gandhi Roads of India are commonly known as MG road. Well even if they have to be named as MG road per WP:UCN, then which among the following should it be:
  • MG Road
  • M G Road
  • M.G. Road
  • M. G. Road
I guess we'll have to take it to the appropriate forum for discussion. And you should be knowing better where to take it. —Why so serious? Talk to me 18:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
M. G. Road seems to be good, because i've read the MOS on that, and i just think that it looks more elegant than just MG Road. TheMike •Wassup doc? 15:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Vokay! Some articles are named MG road or M G road, so do we move them to M. G. Road? —Why so serious? Talk to me 05:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Bangalore

Could you have a look at this article? Does it need to be AfD'ed? —Why so serious? Talk to me 03:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I think it has some historical importance. Though it does not cite any sources, it doesn't look like a hoax. I'd suggest putting tags until someone finds sources for it. TheMike •Wassup doc? 16:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Ok. I have tagged it as {{unreferenced}} as of now. Please tag it for any other issue if need be —Why so serious? Talk to me 05:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Mentor Request

MikeLynch,

I'm a student at Montana State University in Bozeman working on the United States Public Policy wiki project. I will be writing articles pertaining to Native American Law and Policy and would greatly appreciate a mentor who can help out with general Wikipedia questions. This is my first time as an editor on Wikipedia and I will be primarily interested in comments/critiques on my articles. Odds are I will need help with navigating and getting the hang of Wikipedia as well. Thanks! Lineskier09 (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello. I'm new to Wikipedia. Um... are you now adopting? 'Cause if so, that would really be helpful. I've got some questions.

1. You may not know the answer, but, do you know any good facts about Air pollution? 2. Where do I write about a topic? 3. Is there anything important I should know like rules, important information etc?


Thanks-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daisyjordan (talk • contribs) 01:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Indian (airline)

There is an ongoing discussion on Milborne's talk page regarding the merger issue. You have added this, but AFIK, in 2007, AI was invited to join Star Alliance. NACIL too was created around the same time to facilitate the merger of IC into AI. But the two still remain separate airlines. AI is expected to join Star Alliance by mid this year (something that was decided back in 2007) and the merger of IC into AI will have to be complete before this happens. Let's wait for a conclusion on the discussion. —Abhishek Talk to me 16:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

BTW the code that will be used is AI and not IA as mentioned in the source! —Abhishek Talk to me 16:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Errh, I hope I was not rude in the second statement I made here. If I was, I apologise for the same.—Abhishek Talk to me 16:50, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Don't worry man, you weren't rude! Yeah, I too found the IA part weird. Also, yeah, I couldn't really find other news articles relating to this code merging stuff. In any case, I don't think the source cited is 'unreliable' by itself. Let me know how that discussion goes. TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I do agree that the source itself is not unreliable. But the problem is that an exact date is not mentioned and moreover when NACIL was formed, there was extensive coverage in the media on the issue. But now in the final stages when NACIL is on the process of obtaining an SOC, there is no coverage at all. (With the SOC, AI will again become the largest airline in India). Pretty funny! And regarding the discussion, Miborne has not replied as yet. I suggest, we wait and watch. And hey Mike, please have a look at this, we could probably include some info in the article from this source. Thanks, —Abhishek Talk to me 17:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
If I may ask, are you there in this pic? —Abhishek Talk to me 19:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Yeah :P TheMike •Wassup doc? 17:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

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Archive

Thanks for providing me with the archive info.! I don't think I would've known it if you hadn't told me! Halemane (talk) 18:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Vendor Material Added Back to the Master Data Management Page

I noticed that a few weeks back you removed some material on "Virtual Master Data Management" on the Master Data Management page. It's back and as a newbie, I'm not sure what should be done about it.

While I'm new to trying to edit Wikipedia, I'm a consultant who's been working in MDM since before the term was invented. This so called "Virtual" MDM is not common terminology and as near as I can tell is limited to one vendor I've never heard of. The reference to IBM's virtual registry is a red herring, as the registry approach is only one of three or four approaches to implementing MDM, each with significant pros and cons, with the registry approach generally considered a stepping stone to more sophisticated implementations. The size of the discussion of it relative to the rest of the material is certainly out of proportion to the more common MDM practices.

I also note that the material has been edited out and added back more than once.

How is this supposed to work, particularly if the people making this edit continue to add the material back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slstrickland (talk • contribs) 21:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

First of all, Welcome to Wikipedia! Its great to have new users like you on board. About the article in question, I'll look into the history of the article. Basically how it works is like this: Provide a reliable source for your additions, and no one can remove it! The problem arises when editors do not give proper sources for their additions of text. I understand your good intentions, and appreciate them. Yes, it is indeed frustrating when another user removes material you added with good intentions. What I appreciate about you is the fact that you got back to me, rather than giving up. Will get back to you at the earliest. Have a good day! TheMike •Leave me a message! 04:05, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Mike I was re-ordering the sections. I don't think that your revert actually took because I thought I was getting hit with a failure to sign with four tildes...Brothercanyouspareadime (talk) 08:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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You interfere too much with posts.

Kindly state your concerns, and I will be happy to address them. TheMike •Leave me a message! 08:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Account Creation Improvement Project

Hello,

You signed up on the Account Creation Improvment Project on the Outreach wiki. Thanks.

Now, we are looking for help. We are going to test the pages that are in the account creation process right now, against any pages that you create. More information.

Best wishes, SvHannibal (talk) 12:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Huntsman

Please check what I'm doing before you revert it. I made legitimate edits and you warmed my IP about vandalism and reverted it. Thanks. Mathewignash (talk) 14:48, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, turns out you are right! Thanks!. TheMike •Leave me a message! 14:51, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for understanding. Mathewignash (talk) 14:55, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

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