User talk:Bhadani/Archive2

Economy of India

Hi, We have started work on rewriting articles linked from the India page like the History of India, Geography of India, Economy of India, etc., to Featured article status. It would be great if you can help us in the rewrite of Economy of India. I have put up a roadmap like thingy at Talk:Economy of India/temp and it would be great if you can contribute to it in anyway.Regards. pamri July 1, 2005 14:46 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. Can you please vote/comment on WP:INCOTW#Economy_of_India? regards,

pamri July 4, 2005 03:17 (UTC)

Indian independence movement

Bhadani, can you vote on Indian independence movement at WP:INCOTW#Indian_independence_movement too? Thanks. --Ragib 4 July 2005 03:27 (UTC)

thanks!

Hi Bhadani, thanks for your support of my RfA. I appreciate the vote of confidence, and I intend to do my best to take my new responsibilities seriously. See you around! --Spangineer (háblame) July 4, 2005 03:55 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome. I see that you have been contributing a great deal in making wikipedia a great place. It's my pleasure to join you guys in making this the ultimate encyclopedia on the internet. And believe me, it's never too late for me! thanks - Srini81 6 July 2005 08:02 (UTC)

Wikiproject: Indian states

Would like inputs on the infobox which is tested in the Goa article. Thanks. =Nichalp «Talk»= July 8, 2005 08:11 (UTC)

I =Nichalp «Talk»= award Bhadani for his persistent effort to tag all Indian cities with the wikiproject Indian cities tag. July 8, 2005 08:14 (UTC)

My response posted on his page:
Thanks for the barnstar - Hello Nicholas, I thank you for the barnstar for “persistent effort to tag all Indian cities”; I accept your appreciation with utmost humbleness. Actually, still a number of Indian cities require wikiproject Indian cities tag. I shall continue to identify such cities and towns and continue to put the tag. It has another dimension also: this tagging “business” also gives an idea about the “missing cities”, and to begin with stubs may be created for such missing cities and towns. Again, I thank you for the barnstar. Shortly, I will give my comments about Goa input box . Bye now.

Filmfare awards

Good edits -- thanks. Zora 07:30, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I went to look at Bombay Talkies. Another good article! I may do some copyediting on it, but it seems to be in very good shape overall. Let's link it to Bollywood.

If you want to do more film articles, look at the List of popular Bollywood films and make articles for movies that don't have them, and then start adding films. Current films are very well represented -- people come to add their favorites all the time -- but there's really not much before the 1980s or 1970s. I keep meaning to work on it, but forgetting. We made the list so that foreigners who want to explore Bollywood movies would have a list they could copy and take to the video store. They should be looking at the old films too. (Funny that I say "they" when I'm a foreigner too!)

The article on Guru Dutt needs a filmography. Is that enough suggestions? Zora 08:19, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Malayala manorama

HI,

I was on a vacation all these days and was unable to reply back. So what exactly do I need to do? Jisha C J 08:07, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Indian districts

The word district should be in small case. This nominclature is used in newspapers as well. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:04, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Arabic/Devanagari scripts in Bollywood articles

Dear Bhadani, we're having some difference of opinion as to the necessity of putting Arabic or Devanagari versions of actor names or movie titles in the Bollywood articles. I'm afraid this could be a difficult topic, but I would like to see what other editors who have worked on Bollywood articles think. Please come over to Talk:Bollywood to discuss it, if you have time. Zora 20:50, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

State Bank of India

Please see State Bank Of India - I have made some changes. I saw your contributions to it and hence thought I would let you know about it and invite you to add more if you like to. doles 17:02, 2005 July 12 (UTC)

Malayala manorama

hi,

Sorry for the delay. Malayala means something which is in malayalam language or from the land of malayalam language/kerala. Now coming to the word manorama ,which i think means anything that interests the mind or the mana.. Mana meaning the mind and rama meaning anything that is interesting. Hope this would do. Do let me know if this is ok. Cheers Jisha C J 19:00, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Malayala Manorama

"ramippikkuka" means to make happy. "rama" is one which makes happy. So manOrama (mana: + rama) would mean "that which makes the mind happy." It could be translated as "entertainer." I added that to the Manorama article. Malayala means of/related to Malayalam. Malayla Manoram could be translated as "Manorama in Malayalam" or "that which makes the Malayala minds happy!"

Thanks

The mop is mine!

Thanks for voting in my RfA; I promise I'll wield my sacred mop with care. If you ever need me for anything, you know where to find me. Thanks again! -- Essjay · Talk 15:25, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

COTW

Please note that the redirect at COTW is being deleted as it's a cross-namespace redirect; if you could use WP:COTW in the future that would be helpful. Thanks! Noel (talk) 02:18, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Tamil text on your user page

If you're talking about the one on the left frame, it is an attempted link to your nonexistent userpage in Tamil wikipedia. I'll remove that. You can add that if you create an user account in Tamil wiki later. :-) -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 03:59, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Kerala Links

You may be interested in this collection of links. (That location might change in near future.) -manojmp

Economy of India

The Economy of India is this week's INCOTW. Thank you for voting and showing your commitment to make this the latest India related FA. pamri 09:30, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Impressive!

So, yes, four months on Wikipedia, and you've come quite a distance since that first article about your father. Very, very, very good work. DS 00:35, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Nichalp

I'm safe. Thanks for your concern. Didn't risk getting online due to the lightning storm and then the phones went blink. Luckily I live in South Bombay, which received only 75mm of rain. But the northern suburbs are completely devastated. I'll try and upload some images. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:39, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Bihar

Hi Bhadani, please see Talk:Bihar. I'm trying to make a new table but it needs more info. Please add as much as you know to the incomplete table on the talk page. Thanks. --Hottentot

Thanks for your support

Hi Bhadani, thanks for your support on my RfA. --02:09, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Chennai

We are planning to feature Chennai later this week. Would you be interested in helping out? Most of the work is done and only the red links need to be inked. Since your the only active resident from Chennai, you would be best placed to write sstub articles. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:20, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out. One line is enough to ink them. Make sure you add category:Chennai to all. Latest Update: A storm has just passed. High speed winds. Most establishments were closed today. Schools closed tomorrow. I'm safe. I know a person who told us that their gnd flr house was flooded and their fridge, bed and sofa was floating. =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:58, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Your father

You might want to get that first brief article you made, on your father (may he rest in peace), undeleted, and move it to your userpage space. Perhaps a paragraph on your userpage - "When I first joined Wikipedia, I was not aware of what the criteria were for notability, so the very first article I created was one for my father Hariram. I miss you, father" - linked to User:Bhadani/Hariram. He's notable in the context of your life, and in the context of your time on Wikipedia, so... *shrug*. Just a suggestion. DS 14:36, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Hariram -> User:Bhadani/Hariram restored. mikka (t) 16:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Have a look at your userpage now. DS 20:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I was surfing on VfD, clicked on Bhadani's user page on a whim, read that story about his dad, and... I just wanted to say to DS and mikka that your gesture was noble, and kind.—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 15:43:25, 2005-08-11 (UTC)

Patna

I have recently made a number of changes to the Page and tried to make the content rich. I would like your comment on it.

Thanks TV 17:38, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

Kashid

KashidThis Indian location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.pradeepsomani ^{\talk \contribs}

Thanks for voting on my RfA

Hi, Thanks for voting on my RfA. Having been elected, I hope to justify your faith in me. Thanks again. --Ragib 05:43, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

INCOTW

The Indian independence movement is this week's INCOTW. Lets try and improve the article. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:49, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Overflow

Let us tap your overflowing wiki-energy! -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 03:48, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

Adminship for Bhadani? Are you interested? =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:00, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

For future reference... support! Dmcdevit·t 08:02, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Ditto from me, drop me a line when he's nominated. --Ragib 08:31, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Of course. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:35, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Copy of my response to Nicholas: My dear Nicholas, my sincere thanks to you and all others for reposing faith in me. And, now that you all have expressed confidence in me, I would surely take up the role of adminship. If the wiki-community desires me to be an administrator, it is ok, I will not shirk the responsibility and take up the challenge with a sense of reverence to the community of wikipedians. It would be fine if I get the adminship; even if I do not get, my association with wikipedia will remain the same and shall continue to grow. But, my association with wikipeida is hardly 5 months old, and I feel that I should wait for few more weeks. What do you say? In case, you insist, I agree. Thanks and regards. Bhadani

Ok, if you feel more comfortable with a longer wait, I'll knock in September again. Meanwhile you could get an article up to FA status? It would certainly help your prospects, but is not essential. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:36, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Hello from India

Please see my reply on User talk:DanMS. — DanMS 17:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

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Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple

I assume Theertham means holy water usually given out as a prasadam (prasad) after a puja. But the article mentions that it is lotus pilgrimage. What do you say? Jisha C J 09:49, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

• Thanks for the comment on my talk page.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
• Thanks for the comment on my talk page.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
• Thanks for the comment on my talk page.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
• Thanks for the comment on my talk page.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

(for the 4 comments)

Take care. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Why did you feel so??--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Message Box

Bhadani, I would have fixed this myself, but I don't quite see how it's done. When you copied the script for the "add a new message by clicking here" box from Shreshth91's talk page, you forgot to change the destination from his talk page to yours; I nearly left the following comments on his page instead of yours. Unless you fix this, no one else will be able to leave you messages! DS 13:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Abby Hayes

(this is the message I almost left on the wrong page) Hey, Bhadani. You made the same mistake that Mailer Diablo did on the Abby Hayes VfD; namely, you missed the part at the end of that (extremely sloppily-written) article which said that Abby Hayes is a fictional child, the protagonist of a series of rather successful novels. I think that makes the article worth keeping, yes? DS 13:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Bhadani

Incidentally, I took a look at your article on the origin of the name Bhadani, and cleaned it up a little more - but I'm not 100% certain I understood it correctly. Could you verify my interpretation? Thanks. DS 13:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Seeking Help!!!!

How to find out hits for page!! --pradeepsomani

By clicking on the following links (from User:Raul654)

• Current month's hits
• Current month's webalizer

-- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 06:32, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Bahdur Shah II and Zafar

Hi Bhadani,

Thanks for informing me that both are one and the same. Just checked out the same to confirm and you are on the spot. ---Gurubrahma 05:09, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Subarnarekha River

My pleasure. ;) --Scimitar ^parley 16:04, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

UP districts

Will have a look at UP districts. I plan to cut my wikitime as my non-wiki work suffers. I'm so far unsuccessful on this though. ;) Will be here doing small things as usual. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:22, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Vesara

Someone created a substub on Vesara, which is apparently a type of temple architecture used in India... and that's all it says (aside from mentioning that Dravida and Nagira exist also). I added the relevant stub categories, and thought that you might maybe be able to expand the article, add some info? DS 13:30, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Mughal painting

hi, so you feel that this article is no longer a stub. I am feeling great ! And, in case, you happen to stumble upon few Mughal paintings please decorate this page with them. Thanks. --Bhadani 13:52, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for adding so much to the article! >>sparkit|TALK<< 14:44, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Please do not make the death threats to me I am just trying to help you out here i'm doing the best I can I'm getting a lot better at it too but please dont threaten me thats scaryWiki brah 17:58, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Your comment to Wiki brah was badly phrased. I think you should explain that you didn't mean it literally. A real death threat would get your editing rights at Wikipedia removed very quickly.-gadfium 19:30, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

My reply to Wiki bra posted on his talk page

My dear Wiki brah, I am sorry, really sorry - please donot take the word ‘shoot’ as a death threat, I said that jokingly and I never meant that for you...I never intended that ... let us be friends and we all are here to do something constructive. In any case, I was talking about the articles and not about your "person”. In case, I have hurt your feelings, I really apologize. I am sure that you understand, please do not mistake me. Friendly yours. - posted by me: --Bhadani 13:39, 28 August 2005 (UTC) ]

Hi Bhaddani I totally totally aunderstand!! I'm feeling the so much better today you can't believe I really had fun so far this weekend :)

If you have a chance you can go to my resuquest for comment and leave a note and such if you want.Wiki brah 01:36, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Minnal?

A few days ago, I nominated Minnal for deletion - it is, or was, the nickname of a retired policeman from Kerala who now works in a religious charity. The discussion is almost unanimous that this is probably vanity, but it occurs to me that perhaps someone who lives closer to the area might have heard of him. Alternately, if you haven't heard of him, that's even more indicative that the article is non-encyclopedic. Have a look? DS 14:28, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Hardoi

Hello,

I am working on Hardoi's page and I have been looking on an official website. This website talks about agriculture in Hardoi and mentions "Rabi, Kharif & Jaiyaj". Could you explain me what does that mean ? Are they hindi words ?

Best and Thanks in advance.

Poppypetty 07:00, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

District magistrate / collector

Would you be having any knowledge if a collector and DM are the same person? =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:36, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. That was pretty interesting. One question though: Do the DM's have any judicial powers? =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:27, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:44, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Thanks for wishing me happy b'day! (by the way I will be doing some editing still)--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 14:21, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Walls in Delhi

I expanded the Sardul Singh Caveeshar article from its original condition as a stub, but I was unable to find an explanation as to why it was so controversial that a particular wall had been demolished. I don't suppose you might be able to find that out? Thanks, man. DS 16:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

High Courts of India

Would you kindly take a look at High Courts of India please? I cleaned it up today and nominated it for Featured List status. Since you have a good knowledge of govt. topics, I thought you'd be best to catch any errors. Thanks. =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:27, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Dear Bhadrani, Thank you for the mail, yes Kerala is indeed a great place. I have seen your a month ago from Indian wikiusers section and visit your userpage. I have also read about Hariram ji, he was pious man. Thank you for once again for the post. --Cyril Thomas 07:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Your Comments

Dear Bhadani

Thanks for your comments. I read the article on your father and was touched.

Incidentally, my native village is now part of Jharkhand (Palamu district) while I was born and brought up at Patna. So I am also a native of the twin states of Jharkhand and Bihar.

TV 16:22, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Please contribute to the collaboration!

Girl is the collaboration of the week! Please come grow this article... Mamawrites 03:25, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Cuisine of Bihar

I created a page on the Cuisine of Bihar. Would like you to have a look.

From the content point of view, the non veg section is weak. I am constantly worried about the editing since I am not yet familiar with wikiedit.

Also, I saw your message about the changes to Bihar by anonymous. It was actually done by me. Somehow, I got logged out and the changes got recorded against IP address 210.214.10.24

TV 10:11, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Bhadani:
Thanks for support in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:30, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Its September, when would you like me to nominate you to RFA? =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:30, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and sure 10th it will be. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:56, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

explosion at naples...

I wanted to mention that your deletion comment at the above AfD looks rather unusual considering that pages can be easily moved (also since you mentioned redirects). If you didn't mean delete, period, you might want to edit deletion out of your comment there. — Lomn | Talk / RfC 04:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The comment was only unusual in the sense that, without a specifically highlighted vote, you seemed to be voting delete (the first keyword appearing) while advocating a move. I just wanted to pass that along in case you felt a need to clarify. — Lomn | Talk / RfC 12:28, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Girl image

Pardon me, where did you place it? Can't see it in the article or in the archive... --Janke | Talk 11:15:00, 2005-09-07 (UTC) PS, My mistake! Sorry, I see you placed an image that has been there before, but was removed. I'll leave it there - it's a nice painting! --Janke | Talk 11:19:19, 2005-09-07 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your welcome. I enjoy Wikipedia very much. Your devotion to your father is inspiring. All the best to you.

Nirav Maurya

Thanks!

Hi there. Thanks for the support on my RfA; I was surprised at how widely supported it was. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I learn my way around the new buttons. Thanks again. -Splash 16:44, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for message

Bhadani, thanks for the message and welcome on my talk page. MCB 23:45, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

admin

You can run but you can't hide.... I'm nominating you now for adminship. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:23, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

Your on probation now. Hiding is futile. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:51, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

Mah floods

There are some free images available. see the talk page of that article. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:27, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for contributing to Girl!

		An Award
		For your contributions to the CotW focusing on Girl in September, 2005, I, Mamawrites, award you, Bhadani, this THANK YOU.

Android79's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. android79 15:33, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Bhang

I just made some changes in the article Bhang and would be interested in hearing your opinion. Thanks. - BorgQueen 16:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Nepal

Hi, I noticed you were editing the Culture of Nepal. I was editing the same stuff on the Nepal page. Would like to know the sources of your data so that I can quote it on the Nepal page. =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:45, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Your Father's Page

Dear Mr. Bhadani,

I don't know what exactly the problem was with your father's bio-page which you made, but I support the right to put that info up there. I've made a similar page on my late grandmother, Madhuri Mehta. - Nirav.

MY Reply: Hi, I felt really nice at receiving your message, and as I could not get your registered name, I am responding here. There is a little difference between the page you had created and the page about my father. By being a freedom fighter, you had made your point. Notability to a level for being included in an encyclopedia was perhaps missing in the page I created. Anyway, let us continue to concentrate on the bigger issue – creating the best encyclopedia in the human history. Please register, and continue to contribute, and please be in touch. Thanks. --Bhadani 11:00, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Goodbye

Dear Mr. Bhadani,

I've decided to leave Wikipedia as a contributor (I will continue to refer to it) for personal reasons. But before I go, I just want to say that I consider you to be a good man of integrity, character and intelligence which I've rarely seen in people on the net. Your presence here is a big plus in guarding the integrity of Wikipedia.

Thank you for your kind words to me, and all the best for the future in all your endeavors.

Nirav Maurya.

Promotion

I have granted your request for adminship status. Congradulations. Please familiarize yourself with our relavant policies before using your new permissions. Good luck. →Raul654 07:50, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on gaining adminship. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:52, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Congrats from me as well; my pleasure to support. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 16:26, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Popups tool

Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into User:Bhadani/Archive2/monobook.js:

// [[User:Lupin/popups.js]] - please include this line 

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.luquay.com/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js' 
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

popupShortcutKeys=true; // optional: enable keyboard shortcuts
popupAdminLinks=true;   // optional: enable admin links

There are more options which you can fiddle with listed at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin|talk|popups 12:34, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Hey, you're an admin now! Congratulations! I'm sure you're going to be very good at it. You're a very kind man who does his best to settle disputes peacably, and you're good for the project.

Incidentally, I don't suppose you'd be able to maybe find some more information on Bithoor? I cleaned up the article a bit, and wikified it, but it might be useful to know whether, for instance, it's still a city today. Thanks, man. DS 16:28, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congrats on gaining adminship. All the best.Jisha C J

and congrats from me too! I have no doubts that you will be an excellent admin. Let me know if you ever have any questions or need help. Happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 18:06, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome, and congratulations! Jayjg ^(talk) 21:31, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Congrats from me too - and yes, if you have any queries, just drop me a note! Grutness...wha? 03:20, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

From me too! utcursch | talk 05:08, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Congrats

Congratulations on becoming an admin. I know that you'll do wel with adminship. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 07:55, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm late by 1 day to extend my congratulations, but I'm delighted that you have got your due acknowledgement from the Wikipedia community. Bhadani, you will be a great admin. Keep up the good work. --Ragib 19:01, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for participating and supporting me in my RfA, I hope I will not let you down. Molotov (talk) 18:04, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Matsya

I just uploaded and added a new image in Matsya and thought you might like to see it. - BorgQueen 18:15, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Deshastha Brahmin query

Hi, congrats on your nomination. I was wondering if you know whether the claim (in that article) that Deshastha Brahmins come from North India is true. Googling doesn't turn up any results & I haven't heard of this theory either. Pamri • Talk 14:57, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. AFAIK, Deshastha Brahmins are from Maharashtra and are spread all over South India (I haven't heard of any community from Kerala, though), but I haven't heard of the North India bit. --Pamri • Talk 15:16, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Got some results after rewording the query, but those were stuff I already knew. I searched a kannada encyclopedia & did enquire at home & did see any publications on deshasthas.(BTW, I am one, hence I am slightly knowledgeable.). I will ask a few more people over this week. --Pamri • Talk 17:09, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

The problem is you can't add stuff here without finding references, even if you know enough. Anyways, finally got some references to cook up an article. Especially, check http://deptorg.knox.edu/ansodept/student_2004/Umashankar04Brahmin.pdf

BTW, can you please change your sig to add a direct link to your talk page? I hope thats not too much trouble. Thanks. --Pamri • Talk 17:27, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Admin notice

Hi, Bhadani, congratulations on becoming an administrator. I noticed you added a message about your adminship to your user page with a big warning symbol. I wanted to express my concern at its message: in it, you direct people with concerns about your administrative actions to leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Administrators. In my opinion, the first place to leave a message of concern should be on an administrator's talk page, as I'm doing here. Even then, I'm not sure that Wikipedia talk:Administrators would be my second choice to list complaints, although that's perhaps debatable (I wasn't even aware it was used for that purpose). Anyway, it's just a suggestion. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:14, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I think that if you like it, the template is mostly appropriate, although as I said, I feel that any notices like that should direct the concerned party to the administrator's talk page. Too often people run off to WP:AN/I to complain without even attempting to first discuss matters with the administrator. In any case, it is up to you. And thanks for creating Amber Fort—great start!—and for using my picture. The buildings there are beautiful, and it's impossible to capture it on film (or memory cards). One cannot even photograph more than a small bit of a room, such as the ceiling or a wall, so it is very hard to do it justice. I was proud of how that photograph turned out, although it only hints at the splendor of the real thing. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Malappuram

Dear Bhadhani, I have started some work on Malappuram . Can you help me out on that . I have earlier worked on Kannur also and have with the efforts of all concerned improved the article . I hope to wish the same with Malappuram . Hoping for assistance from you sumal 05:29, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Indian District articles

Bhadani,

I don't understand why you removed the Category "Districts of Uttar Pradesh" for articles that are about districts of Uttar Pradesh. Each of the articles you recently removed the categories from was about both the city and the district, and removing the category serves only to make information harder to find for Wikipedia users. Tom Radulovich 16:13, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. A great many articles on Indian districts are about both the district and its headquarters town. For these articles, it is appropriate to have both a "Cities and towns of [state]" and a "Districts of [state]" category. I agree that where there are articles for both the headquarters city and the district that the separate articles should have one category or the other.

I am also concerned that creating a whole set of substub articles for districts separate from those on their headquarters cities, which are often only a single sentence, may be spreading too little information across too many articles. The Agra article contains a good deal of interesting information, including some about the district (its boundaries and location); the Agra District article, on the other hand, is just one sentence, and is not particularly informative--even the basic information about district area, population, boundaries, administrative divisions, etc. isn't there. It is just my opinion and not any kind of firm rule, but I think these articles should only be split once there is enough information about the city and the district to make two useful articles, but not before.

Splitting an article into separate city and district articles should also involve making sure that wikilinks in other articles that refer to the district rather than the city are directed to the new district article. This can be done by using the "what links here" tool on the city article, following the links and figuring out whether they refer to the city or the district, and changing the wikilink in the linked article where appropriate. The article Districts of Uttar Pradesh still links to Agra, for example, rather than Agra District, and there is no link to the Agra District article from the Agra article. Unless one establishes the appropriate links, no one will know these separate district stubs even exist. Whether you think the word "district" in the article titles should be capitalized or not (Capitalizing proper names is, however, both correct English and the wikipedia naming convention), it is also helpful to make a redirect page, so that both Agra District and Agra district, for example, direct to the same page. Redirects are good, and creating redirects for all likely spellings (for example Bulandshahr and Bulandshahar) and capitalizations helps prevent the proliferation of duplicate articles.

Keep up your good work! Cheers, Tom Radulovich 17:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

And, I got all the points and the implications. And now I would surely collect sufficient information before creating tiniest of the tiny stubs. One more request - please clean the Template:Districts of Chhattisgarh, which I have created somehow (smiles) and more thanks. --Bhadani 18:01, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

I will have a look at the template. Brhaspati created a very useful table on his personal page, which lists the headquarters, population, area, and population density of India's districts: User:Brhaspati/indiadistricts. A few districts are missing, but I have found it quite useful when writing district articles. Tom Radulovich 18:10, 30 September 2005 (UTC)