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Proposal for the Creation of an Animation Barnstar

Hi, Pratyya Ghosh. I noticed that you are a member of the Animation WikiProject and wanted to share a proposal with you. There have been several times that I have wanted to award an Animation Barnstar to a fellow editor, only to be disappointed that one still doesn't exist. The closest thing that we have right now is the Film Barnstar, but this is only applicable in certain situations, since animation can be found in both film and television. I would like to see an Animation Barnstar become a reality; especially since one already exists for the sub-topic of Anime and Manga. In order for this to become official though, a consensus will have to be reached.

If this is something that you would be interested in supporting, then please let me know on my talk page, as I am sending this message to all of the members of the Animation WikiProject and will not be adding each editor's talk page to my watchlist.

I am also looking for someone who would be able to provide a design for the barnstar. If you have any ideas for this, then please do not hesitate to share them with me. :) --Jpcase (talk) 17:07, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

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Thank you very much @Kerry Raymond:. I love kittens! --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 14:18, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

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J.B.S. Haldane

J.B.S. Haldane was my teacher, friend and father-figure long time ago in Calcutta. The version in Wikipedia is full of errors, especially in reference to Gary Botting. It is only fiction, not reality. I have published several books on Haldane.

Dr. Krishna Dronamraju — Preceding unsigned comment added by MKGandhi55 (talk • contribs) 05:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Dear MKGandhi55. I believe what you said. But what you've written in that article isn't suitable in Wikipedia. You can't write like that in Wikipedia. In a line you wrote This is my book, which isn't good and suitable for Wikipedia. In another line you typed (where is this published? I was there at that time. I do not remember any such thing.) which too isn't suitable for Wiki. See this page for help. Thank you for understanding. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 06:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for your advice @Bhtpbank: I really appreciate it. Now it'll be really helpful for me if you kindly say which edit(s) of mine is/are disruptive. Then I'll try my best to avoid that kind of editing. Again thanks for the advice. It's really helpful for me. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 03:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter • 19 December 2013

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some toolbar improvements, fixing bugs, and improving support for Indic languages as well as other languages with complex characters. The current focus is on improving the reference dialog and expanding the new character inserter tool.

There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:

• Rich copying and pasting is now available. If you copy text from another website, then character formatting and some other HTML attributes are preserved. This means, for example, that if you copy a pre-formatted suggested citation from a source like this, then VisualEditor will preserve the formatting of the title in the citation. Keep in mind that copying the formatting may include formatting that you don't want (like section headings). If you want to paste plain, unformatted text onto a page, then use Control+⇧ Shift+V or ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+V (Mac).
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• Several changes to the toolbar and dialogs have been made, and more are on the way. The toolbar has been simplified with a new drop-down text styles menu and an "insert" menu. Your feedback on the toolbar is wanted here. The transclusion/template dialog has been simplified. If you have enabled mathematical formula editing, then the menu item is now called the formula editor instead of LaTeX.
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Looking ahead: The transclusion dialog will see further changes in the coming weeks, with a simple mode for single templates and an advanced mode for more complex transclusions. The new character formatting menu on the toolbar will get an arrow to show that it is a drop-down menu. The reference dialog will be improved, and the Reference item will become a button in the main toolbar, rather than an item in the Insert menu.

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Thanks Soham. I like it.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 09:30, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks you Jianhui. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 09:32, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

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Thank you very very much. May you have a nice, happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year too --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 09:34, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Thanks @Sportsguy17:. Happy holiday to you too. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 09:36, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Most national names are disambiguation pages

Hello, Pratyya Ghosh. I noticed that you added Infoboxes to Anna Bass, Pierre Bardin, and Édouard Berth. In each case, you linked to the disambiguation page French. Many such pages are disambiguation pages, often listing the nationality, the language, and other things associated with with the nation or nationality. Cnilep (talk) 05:47, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks @Cnilep: letting me know about this. I'm gonna fix this soon. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 07:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't notice that you've fixed it. Anyway thanks again.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 09:29, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

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Thank you very very much @Ranking Update:. Hope you had a good Christmas. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:28, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas too! :)

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Thank you! :) Mediran (t • c) 08:21, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

@Mediran: Thanks my friend.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:32, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:51, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks @Benzband: --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:34, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

“ Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years men have not understood that saying. They make Christ the saviour of men. He is God and we are worms! ” — Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda's quotes on Jesus Christ

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• Bangladesh-er time onujayi e to to matro aadh ghonta baki. --Tito☸Dutta 17:35, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks you very very much Tito da. I really like it. It's wonderful having Swami Vivekananda's quotes. Ar ha apnar post er time onujayi aadh ghontai baki chilo. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:59, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas, Pratyya! WhisperToMe (talk) 17:51, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you too @WhisperToMe: --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:37, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Thanks @Jpcase: --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:38, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Happy Yuletide!

Merry Yuletide to you! (And a happy new year!)

:) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 18:54, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks @Wilhelmina Will:. I like it. By the way nice sig! --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:39, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome, and thank you! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 23:23, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks @Jenova20:. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:40, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for Merry Christmas, but my Christmas is 7 January. The Catholic Church and following the autocephalous churches (Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Cypriot, and Patriarchate of Constantinople) celebrate Christmas 25 December. --Kolega2357 (talk) 22:48, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks @Numbermaniac: --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Also have a very Happy New Year! - Jayadevp13 06:44, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks you @Jayadevp13:. Hope you'll have a good new year too. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:45, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas bro!! And I've accepted the friend request.

Thanks @Himanis Das:. I saw that fb. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:47, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas! :-)

Happy Yuletides!

Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)

Thanks. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:50, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Pratyya Ghosh, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) Best wishes. ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:33, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much @TheGeneralUser:. Wishing you a Happy New Year too. Hope you are having nice time. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:50, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Buon Natale - Merry Christmas

Yhank you very much, dearest Pratyya Ghosh, for your wishes. Merry Christmas to you too!!!

Rei Momo (talk) 00:09, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks @Rei Momo: --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:52, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Belated Merry Christmas!!! ;)

Hey Pratyya, I'm AK here. Wishing you a belated Merry Christmas and a great 2014!!! :) 182.55.149.216 (talk) 07:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Note (especially to admins): Please don't see this as an attempt of socking. I'm only just wishing a few editors (whom I consider as friends) Merry Christmas in good faith. Other than that, I'm not interested in editing other than using my main account.

What a pleasant surprise AK! Thank you very much. I've had a good holiday. Hoping that you had a Happy Happy Christmas. Thank you my friend. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 14:02, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

Hello Pratyya Ghosh, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year

So 2013 ended with many ups and downs, starting from the release of blockbuster movies, new OSs, gadgets, cars and bikes, improve in social networking etc to meeting new friends, improving our editing skills, forming new groups.

But it also brought sad movements like the death of Paul Walker, Nelson Mandela to Cyclones like Phailin, Haiyan etc.

Finally, I'd like to conclude that several ups and downs are must in every year but we must be fearless and have faith in divine.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014.

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Himanis Das (Talk, Facebook me, Tweet me) 17:43, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year, bro!

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2013 was one hell of a year. While it gave us some great movies (The Lunchbox, Kai Po Che!, Lootera, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag etc.) and some record-breaking blockbusters (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express, Dhoom 3), it also gave us some really sad moments (the deaths of Pran, Paul Walker, Nelson Mandela, Farooque Sheikh, re-crimilisation of homosexuality, typhoons and cycolones like Phailin and Haiyan). Nevertheless, I ain't gonna miss 2013, so have a happy 2014 ahead! Yours truly, --Jionpedia ✉ 19:16, 31 December 2013 (UTC)