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Higher Education India Cleaning Report

The Page is now at 69 articles however updating some are difficult as some colleges have entirely dropped out of the rankings. I don't know if simply removing them would be correct so i have done so yet. I hope you can update the outlook ranking now. I've also noted the following while doing the cleanup

Also THE has now been updated to 2024.So has QS .The link for India Today rankings has been moved to a new site.The old site only shows the top 10 and is quite buggy.

NIRF will release the rankings again in june so will probably have to go through updating once again.

NotPixel (talk) 14:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@NotPixel: If a college has dropped from the rankings, the entry should be removed. I can't remove the 2020 ranking until all usage of that ranking is removed, otherwise a broken reference will be left. Muhandes (talk) 17:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@NotPixel: I feel that it would be unfair not to mention that I am very sick and not sure I would be able to do the template update. I still think your efforts are for the good and will do my best to update the template on one of my better days. --Muhandes (talk) 17:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Take care. Ill remove the rankings on those pages. NotPixel (talk) 05:03, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

tuition infobox

Hi there, I noticed you've contributed to Template:Infobox university. I had an idea - to add a tuition field to the infobox. I think people would want to be able to see that at a glance when they look at colleges on Wikipedia. What do you think? Hannahthom7 (talk) 14:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Hannahthom7: I don't think it is a good idea. Tuition has a place in the article body (see WP:UNIGUIDE) but is often more complicated than a simple number and would not fit in the infobox. Muhandes (talk) 17:52, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

Best wishes for your health! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks you. Muhandes (talk) 17:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Question about certification

It has been reported that the song "Water" by Tyla was certified platinum by Recording Industry of South Africa. RISA twitter account confirm this. However the certification is not displaying on the RISA website. Can we include this certification in the song article's certification table or is this only allowed if it displays on the RISA website? It appears the RISA website doesn't display all the certifications they give to artists or is slow to update their website. Cool Marc ✉ 10:50, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

@Coolmarc: If the sources are reliable, I don't see a reason why they cannot be used. Muhandes (talk) 17:59, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

In regards to your revert edit on Beyoncé's song page “Halo”

I have included the source for the updates I made, but I am confused as to why the link continues to redirect to the previous one. Can you assist me with this issue? As per May 2024 certifications update from the BVMI, Beyoncé's Halo has certified 3x Gold with 900,000 units in Germany.

Source: Monatsreport Mai 2024 GOLD-/PLATIN- und DIAMOND-Auszeichnungen in Deutschland Newpicarchive (talk) 12:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

@Newpicarchive: You should use the |salesref= parameter of the template to provide a specific source. However, I think this would be a mistake. A better approach would be to find out why BVMI is certifying 3x Gold with 900,000, so the template is providing this number directly. As far as I can say, BVMI used the release date to determine the certification levels for singles as late as December 2023. However, since January 2024 they seem to use 300,000 as the threshold for all singles. Looking at the latest set of rules I can find makes things even more confusing, since it actually says this move to 300,000 should have happened on July 2023 (compare to earlier set of rules). What I suggest is that you wait a bit with that edit and let us figure it out so the template is correct. If you see it isn't done for a month or two, go can always go back and make that edit. Muhandes (talk) 13:19, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm pinging Lk95 who was involved with the latest edit to BVMI certification levels; maybe they can shed some light on this. I tend to think singles certified since July 2023 should use 300,000 as the threshold for Gold per the guideline (which, by the way, was also reflected here on August 2023), but I'm really interested to hear what you think. --Muhandes (talk) 13:29, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

I found the newest guideline from December 2023; I'm not sure it brings anything new to the table. I also found this source which shows the 300,000 threshold on July with the term "für alle Single-Produkte", but not on June. --Muhandes (talk) 13:39, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Muhandes. I was actually planning on talking to you about this. According to recent monthly certification reports by the BVMI, they awarded songs from any year the same threshold they first installed on 30 June 2023. Following a discussion on the German Wikipedia, a user directly asked an employee from BVMI and received the response that the thresholds are indeed the same across all song releases regardless of release dates (see their comment here). However, the rule does not apply to albums. Lk95 (talk) 10:40, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

@Lk95: My observation is that BVMI started awarding songs from any release year based on the thresholds established on June 30, 2023, beginning in January 2024. Is that correct? Muhandes (talk) 07:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@Muhandes: Yes, that is correct. Lk95 (talk) 17:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@Lk95 and Newpicarchive:  Done. Halo (Beyoncé song) now shows the correct figure too. Muhandes (talk) 06:17, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Muhandes, I am very sorry to hear about your health problems and sincerely hope that you are not suffering too much. I just wanted to say that I imagine that your contributions to Wikipedia going forward are likely to diminish and probably completely stop in the future, so I wanted to take the opportunity while I can to thank you for all your work over the years on the templates for singles and albums charts, and certification tables, and anti-vandalism work elsewhere - it has been very much appreciated by me, for one. Richard3120 (talk) 17:49, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Richard3120. I am not suffering too much, thanks to the excellent pain relief medications available these days. I am still young, and there is always hope for recovery or at least remission, so I hope to return for longer periods. I appreciate you taking the time to express your gratitude. Knowing that my work is valued motivates me to find moments when I feel well and contribute more. Muhandes (talk) 07:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm very happy to hear that. Richard3120 (talk) 13:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)