User talk:Hydkat/Archive 1

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-- Sango123 (talk) 19:37, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need help with anything or simply wish to say hello. :)

Hierarchy

Here's an excerpt from the article Wikipedia (with added links) that might help answer your question about the "hierarchy":

Maintenance tasks are performed by a group of volunteer developers, stewards, bureaucrats, and administrators, which number in the hundreds. Administrators are the largest such group, privileged with the ability to prevent articles from being edited, delete articles, or block users from editing in accordance with community policy. Many users have been temporarily or permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia. Vandalism or the minor infraction of policies may result in a warning or temporary block, while long-term or permanent blocks for prolonged and serious infractions are given by Jimmy Wales or, on its English edition, an elected Arbitration Committee.

Wikipedia:User access levels might also be helpful. Regards, Sango123 (talk) 21:44, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Table

You can view the code for it here. Sango123 (talk) 21:40, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Hyderabad

Hi, Well THE ICOW did not turn out as good as expected, but, yes, some things did improve. I would continue to work on it, as probably that is the city, I know few things about apart from Mumbai. :)

There are two things that are troubling. 1. Telugu Nationalism. 2. People are trying to distort History. I am not a muslim, but to say that only Muslim speak Deccani in Hyderabad is like saying that Gandhi spoke only Gujarati, and Nehru only Kashmiri. Chirags 17:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, I also claim to be a Hyderabadi (spent 5 years there), I speak Hindi, Few Urdu words (not Hyderabadi), a bit of Deccani, and a bit of Telugu (simple stuffs). Chirags 20:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Elections

Well, the user appears to be an expert on hinduism. Check it out. Special:Contributions/Magicalsaumy Chirags 15:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Reverted your entry on List of sexual slurs

Hi, just wanted you to know I removed your entry on "Beating the Bishop" because it doesn't fit the category. It's sexual slang, but not a slur (please see talk page where we've been discussing the distinction). Anyway, we are attempting to overhaul this page (which had gotten seriously out of control) and trying to limit the terms to major slurs in common usage, and each term must have a reference. Just wanted to let you know. StrangeAttractor 16:09, 21 January 2006

(UTC)about beating the bishop

I hope you didn't just delete the entry... that you saved it somewhere first... like in its previous entry?

Anyway I really put it there just to practice merging articles. Sorry.

hydkat 05:41, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Hydkat,

Actually I reverted it but you can find the earlier version by looking at the history list of the article and finding your entry (please don't revert the article back to this version, though -- that will happen if you edit and save while looking at the older version). If you wanted to save the text you wrote, you can bring up the old version, cut-n-paste and copy it into a Word doc for safekeeping or whatever. This is true of all Wikipedia pages -- there's a running history of the versions. StrangeAttractor 04:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Greetings

Greetings on India’s 57th Republic Day. --Bhadani 08:15, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Junk on Hyderabad Page

Hi,

Junk on hyderabad page has started appearing again.

I guess I would start working on a different city. Chirag 03:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Indian COTW

You voted for Maruti Udyog, this week's Indian Colloboration of the Week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. - Ganeshk (talk) 21:12, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Maruti

Please feel to revert my foundation year change on the infobox. Please change all ocurrances in the ariticle too. Probably infobox should say "Incorporated". In that case, 1981 will do. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Mafia

Haha, I guess he didnt like the subject... Thanks, I must get round to doing the rest of that soon. Vastu 07:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Maruti Udhyog

• Something is still happening. :) Aravind parvatikar (talk · contribs) is adding more information today.
• I agree that a simple description of each car can be added to the main page.
• Article lacks pictures.
• Can add a Global Markets section. Their vehicles sell in european markets.

- Ganeshk (talk) 18:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

More points:

• Can add a General Corporate Timeline from [1]
• Can add See also section.

- Ganeshk (talk) 18:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Harry Potter: Book Seven (film) AFD

It's only linked from many other articles because it is linked to the {{Harrypotter}} template. Once the link is removed from that, it won't be linked to nearly as many articles. There will come a time for this article to come about: just not now. --Deathphoenix 05:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

thanks - re:PII

Thanks, really. Rama's Arrow 22:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem - slight error only. Rama's Arrow 08:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

No wait - the original offender wasn't you, it was the guy you were protesting to control himself. Anywayz, silly thing. Give it no thought. Rama's Arrow 08:50, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Good work!!

Hi Hydkat, good work on INCOTW. Unfortunately, I'm hard-pressed for time, but I feel lot of work has already been done by you, Arvind Parvatikar and Ganeshk. Keep up the good work!! --Gurubrahma 13:40, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Your claim to uniqueness

Hi. I am here to dispute your claim to uniqueness. ;) -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha. I'd prefer option one over two. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 09:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Username IndianCow

Well my real name was causing a little trouble... I don't know it was instant. However my previous option of AVNP but it didnt work out.. I hope this non-offensive (Brup!) ;) IndianCow 14:03, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Coffe time.

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Esperanza hopes that your stress will blow away soon.

Would like to have some coffe with me... then see you at the Esperanza Cafe! --IndianCow 16:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Hydkat/Archive 1, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

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Cheers, Sango123 (e) 20:48, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

No, I welcome everyone manually. Getting two "welcome" messages from me was just coincidental. :) Regards, Sango123 (e) 21:05, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

changed metropolitan to major in Hyderabad

Hello Hydkat! Thanks for the notice on my userpage. However as far as I know, Hyderabad is not officially a metropolitan city (Please correct me if I'm wrong). True - it is one of the biggest cities in India. But since this is an encyclopedia, I don't think it appropriate to include it as a metropolitan city when it is not actually one. Also, there are other cities that call themselves metros in India. But they are not officially recognised. thunderboltz 02:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

The points you raise are not really valid. Chiefly because there are a number of cities in India that come under those 4 conditions. Lets take an example, say, Kochi:

• It is the biggest city in Kerala
• It two IT parks (with companies from Infosys, Wipro to US technology), is India's biggest shipyard, has two airports (one among them India's only private-public airport) and also the head quarters of the southern navel command. Why, even a metro rail is being planned here. So its a big centre of activity.
• Kochi is the seat of a Cardinal and a Bishop.
• Kochi was a major portuguese and Jewish colony earlier.
• There is no dearth of people calling Cochin/Kochi a metro.

All the points are met. But is Kochi a metro? I don't think you will agree.

Likewise, a lot of other smaller cities will fit into the scale. So, my opinion is that unless there is a official declaration of Hyderabad as a metro, it shouldn't be regarded as one.

However, if somebody else also thinks that hyderabad should be included in the list of metros, then I dont mind. thunderboltz 09:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Then the problem is that its not just Kochi and Hyderabad that will qualify. Cities like Pune, Ahemedabad, Thiruvanantupuram, and many more will qualify under this. Since this is an encyclopedia, I doubt if it is ethical to add all these cities to the metro list in an encyclopedia, especially considering that these are nowhere near international metro standards. They are large mainly considering their population only.

Just my thoughts. But if you feel Hyderabad is fit to be called a metro, then go ahead and add it. :) thunderboltz 10:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I usually dont give up so easily. ;) I still think that it should not be included, as it is not official. I only decided to give away because its the next biggest city in India after the metros, and will sonner or later qualify as one. But I really think we should seek the opinion an administrator in this matter. thunderboltz 11:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

That was an excellent poem. Who needs rhymes, when you have inspirational words like that :) Nach0king 09:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)