User talk:Samir/Archive 5

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User:Samir (The Scope)/Talk archive

thanks!

Hi Samirbhai - thanks for your kind words! I do feel that the present less than 1% of WP content being FA situation is grossly unacceptable. Btw, please check out Muhammad Iqbal and give me your advice on making it an FA! Rama's Arrow 12:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem

Ah. No problem at all. Popups is a handy tool!. Things are great here (especially because I have access to unlimited broadband from today:)). Hope you are well too. I really admire the way you can take out time for wikipedia. I know how doctor's lives are. Did I ever tell you that my dad, mom, sis, mama and mami are all docs? - Aksi_great (talk) 16:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey! That was great! Thanks. I will treasure that barnstar for as long as I remain on wikipedia. Have a good night. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

IP vandalism

Though I don't think his behavior warrants cutting off his internet completely, maybe they should restrict access to this site or such? Of course, mum and dad would find out, so I guess that would stave off future vandalism. Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 12:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Me, an admin? Aww, you think too much of me. :D As last time was premature, I have a policy for the next; wait until the community thinks I'm ready, not myself, as I have a bias. But thanks for the notion! :) Cheers, Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 21:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

From India, or Canada?

Just wondering, but you say in your little bio that you and your family are from India, but you have a user box that says you are from Canada. Not that it's a big deal, but you could always change it to the one I use, which just says I am a citizen of Canada. As I said, it's not like it's a big deal, but I just kind of noticed it so I thought I'd ask. Biff Loman 17:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry

I'm sorry about that inadvertant deletion of an AfD. I was desprately trying to add something to it but to no avail. I followed directions exactly but it wasn't working. Do you have any suggestions for how to correctly add a page?

What I was trying to do involves a vanity page which needs to be suggested for deletion. I think whenever someone has to create a wikipedia page about themselves (as was done in this case) that is suspicious enough. Also having been on tv in some Middle East country before is not a valid reason for being on wikipedia. I see no real reason for it to be on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedat_Laciner

Thank you so much! It has been successfully done, I really appreciate the help! I've always wondered about how to do all that, but have tried and failed in the past. Especially the date/time thing eluded me, now I know! Thanks for the help and now you can see the nomination on the for deletion page. Vartan84 04:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I have been looking for the indef blocked tags...any idea where they are...I don't do lots of blocks and rarely do any indefinite ones. Also thanks for your kind words over at AN/I...but I will try to temper my responses better.--MONGO 04:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Your own haiku :D

I am greatful for

All your constructive comments,

A support or not!

Seriously! I'm very glad to hear what you think, and that's probably the nicest neutral vote that anyone has ever gotten. :) Thanks. -- Natalya 04:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting at my RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 06:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Where things are at the moment...

I've already done my electives for this year; so, no Kamel Kamel this summer-- but I'll keep the name in mind. As for working on gastroenterology-- I'm pretty swamped at the moment and the last rotation didn't go as well as I'd liked; so, the time I'll spend here in the next while will probably be working on random articles related to what rotation I'm on. Nephron  T|C 06:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

CBC pic

Most physicians I know use a CBC shorthand that includes Hematocrit on the bottom and the notation looks like an "X". Do you have a schematic of that? Ace-o-aces 20:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

In the US we typicly use an X. WBC and platlets are in the same place. HgB is on tap an HCT in on the bottom (which is a bit redundant, I admit). MCV, MCH and MCHC are sometimes listed in that order from left to right coming off of the upper right part of the X (at least that's how they taught us at UIC. Honestly, I haven't seen that form of notation very often). Ace-o-aces 20:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

That works Ace-o-aces 21:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Userpage vandalism

Hello Samir, thank you so much for speedily restoring my talk page from repeated vandalism; the bane (or delight?) of all RC patrollers. Thanks again! --Marysunshine 03:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

PINQ

The only thing I'm looking on watchlist is progress of Ganesh's Rfa. I directly go to PINQ as I work from a slow internet connection. --Gurubrahma 06:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Crohn's

Dude, this is unbelievable. I have nothing to add - Crohn's should be a featured article by the virtue of your work alone!

One stylistic thing - is there anything we can use instead of boldface to emphasise things? I tend to use italics, although I don't even know if the WP:MOS allows that. JFW | T@lk 07:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a great piece of work. On smoking, most sources seem to say that smoking increases the risk of Crohn's. The Pathology section keeps referring to the "colon", which Wkipedia defines as the large intestine". Since Crohn's is usually in the small intestine, at least some of these should be referring to that. Could you check this to make sure you've said it right?M dorothy

Vandalism on My User Page

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage! Copysan 07:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Metaphysical

Metaphysical Biofluidic Hydroponical MagnetoElectronical Quantum Field Space Radiation

LOL, well I was gonna tag it a hoax, but was gonna give them a chance to at least cite something... plus this header on your talk page will freak everyone out... ;) - Adolphus79 07:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh okay...

You guys work crazy hours, man! I have a friend who's doing her residency... - Cribananda 09:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem...

I wasn't sure that I was very clear. I sometimes have a problem getting my point across. And I am sorry if anything I said came across as uncivil or combatative, that was never my intention. See you around, my friend. --You Know Who ^{(Dark Mark)} 23:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for moving my comment on nac's user page to his/her talk page. Sorry that the Ott Sens never can quite get over the hump in the play offs Smith03 03:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and Congrats!

Thanks is for reverting vandalism on my user page and congrats is for getting nominated for adminship. How come you didn't accept it yet? Go for it!! --Gurubrahma 08:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

IP problems

Smair, my IP address is 71.98.22.81 and was currently tagged with a warning from you. I am confused about the allusions of 'vandalism.' Either another user has fluctuated onto my IP address (which has happened in the past)) or you are mistaken. Please remove your comments. Thank you. FA_Aodhan 3:50, 06 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Samir. Please do accept your nomination. It would be extremely helpful to wikipedia if dedicated editors like you become admins. What say? - Aksi_great (talk) 09:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

That's great news. All the best. Count on my eyes to keep a watch on it whenever you have work to do. 2 users I admire on RfA at the same time! That great! - Aksi_great (talk) 09:50, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Check out this and this for some nice tips. They are from 2 of the best nominators out there! - Aksi_great (talk) 09:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow Samir, this is gonna be great. Yupppeee. By the way, I checked out if you have submitted the endoscopy article fir DYK (I thought you may have fotgot to!) and found that it was there in DYK nomination. Really good article. Will try to do more stuffs in Gastroenterolgy project after this damn exam is over. Bye.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I've made a pre-acceptance support, cause I may not be active in the near future. BTW, thanks a lot for all the guidance and support you've given me, and that interesting anecdote.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 15:19, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks guys! -- Samir धर्म 23:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:FN

Wikipedia style is to put references after punctuation, and never precede them with spaces. As interesting as your articles are, they are a pain to edit for that, so it'd be really nice if you could use the format suggested at WP:FOOTNOTES. I'll try to have a look at Crohn's disease asap. Circeus 17:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

While I was at it, I did some editing at Endoscopic foreign body retrieval and left a jargon report on the talk page. Very nice article, btw, with an impressive referencing.

I've skimmed through Crohn's disease and noticed it is very list-heavy. You might want to try and convert several of these list sections into prose. See Cystic fibrosis for a possible example without lists. Circeus 18:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I've left a detailed jargon report, plus other comments, at Talk:Crohn's disease. have a nice day. Circeus 19:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there

Thanks for commenting on my RfA...it was greatly appreciated! --Osbus 21:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Coin in esophagus

I noticed you uploaded this image: [1] with the summary of "PA view Chest X-Ray of Canadian dollar coin in esophagus of child. Released per permission of mother." but the liscence tag lists you as the creator. I'm also slightly concerned because if there was an x-ray tech that tag might be inaccurate. I don't know much about what the rules are for an X-ray, so I'd be happy to hear any clarifications you have and/or burning need to tell me I'm being stupid here. JoshuaZ 03:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

PINQ

Thanks. And hope to see you as an admin soon. - Cribananda 06:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Woowww...thank you so much for the barnstar! Sure, I've got some work to do on my userpage now :-) And don't work too hard on wiki, get some sleep!

Transport in Kochi

Let me guess, you were watching Special:Newpages? :) I've been working on the Kochi page for sometime now. I just moved the contents over from the main page. Need to add extra details to the article now. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 06:20, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Got your second message. And as I said, yup, thats esactly what I was doing. But User:Dyslexic agnostic has suggested a merger now. I've asked him for some time. Cheers! -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 06:23, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 07:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA+DYK

Hi. I like your(and Srikeit's) version a lot. I think that should make it on the front page. Thanks. All the best for your RfA. Things are looking great (at this moment). But RfA's are like Indian politics. A week is a long time. And Anwar hasn't made his appearance yet. Take care. - Aksi_great (talk) 06:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey! I just read your comment on Shreshth's talk page. I think you may be notable enough to have your own article and appear on DYK too. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just thinking along those lines. If you would give me some details, I would surely create an article about a prodigy like you! I mean a doctor at 22 years!! That's what I call amazing. And there you were telling me that I should have an article on Wikipedia.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 07:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I am not thinking about adminship yet. Maybe a few months down the line. But not yet. I really want to make Ahmedabad FA first. But I seem to have some sort of a block just now. The article is not progressing as much as I would like it to do. I would also like to improve Gujarat before that. I have found some nice sources for that during my research for Ahmedabad. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia... How does it work?

Hi Samir, I'm new to this whole thing. I was adding my pages for boomtrek like below in the correct destinations they were removed because of spam. Is my site not useful? I have mapping of millions of points-of-interest all over the world and I was trying to promote its regional-specific areas applicable to each region.

• Boomtrek Travel Canada - Markham, Ontario Social Web 2.0 Keyword Tagging on a Google map of Markham Ontario.
• Boomtrek Travel Canada - Oakville, Ontario Social Web 2.0 Keyword Tagging on a Google map of Oakville Ontario.

Am I allowed to add these into Wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Boomtrek (talk • contribs) .

Re: Career

I was thinking more along the lines of software, since I like computers and programming more than bio and medicine. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 07:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Alexa... no idea, but I'm a PR 3 on Google

I've been around for over 2 years, the latest site I revised took me 2 months and 7500 webpages later voila its alive. Did you check my site? Did you see the maps, I think the site can be highly useful to people that's what I am trying to get listed on Wiki to start some traffic coming by for a visit.

Here is an example of what it can do:

• Toronto Hotels

Sample point of interest page:

• Cambridge Suites Hotel

I dont have any income, bookings or revenue from the site, its really just a hobby at this point like any other chamber of commerce or tourism websites. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Boomtrek (talk • contribs) .

Ireland King of Arms

You Wrote:

Saw it on the DYK suggestion page. Great article, I enjoyed reading it! Cheers -- Samir धर्म 09:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm glad to see that even if my articles are not picked up on the Main Page. that they are enjoyed by others. There is much heraldic information out there for people to learn...hopefully, I've whetted your appetite.--Eva ^db 09:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

52 votes and counting

Buddy, you're doing well on RFA. You will find yourself holding a mop in a few days. JFW | T@lk 16:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK!!!

On June 7, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article double balloon enteroscopy, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks! Icky piccie... ++Lar: t/c 18:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

POTD

Remember that this is the random picture of the day and the only restriction is copyvio. It doesn't matter if your picture is "boring", because it might interest some people. The reason we want to change the image of the earth is it takes forever to load and is 8MB. I suggest you upload both images. Thanks, --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 22:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Cuban Crocodile

Thanks for putting up the direct link, but I really think this is more trouble than it's worth. It's fine if there was just the one instance, but when there's 23 distinct species and several other pages on each, the home page really works best. It's becomes really silly to direct people to only one page when the Contents works better and is much easier. I've answered your other comments on my Talk page. CFLeon 03:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for supporting my Request for Adminship! I appreciate it and will do my best to maintain the faith you have shown in me! – Ben W Bell talk 07:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Chemo brain

I found that (better) term on Google after I did the AFD. Perhaps we should mention it on chemotherapy but not in an unreferenced article that compares it with DSM IV-positive psychiatric diagnoses. There is already enough **** being said about chemotherapy on the internet :-| JFW | T@lk 08:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

What's wrong with T-dot? JFW | T@lk 20:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay: Grunt. JFW | T@lk 21:22, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Racing towards century (as Bhadaniji put it)

Hello. You are doing extremely well at your RfA. Just dropped in to say hello. How are things at the hospital. Do they give RfA leave there? Am feeling great today after seeing 2 RfAs I am intersted in doing great and also by improving 2 articles - see this and this. Can http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Samir_%28The_Scope%29&action=edit&section=39you suggest something for DYK from them? - Aksi_great (talk) 17:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

How does this sound - ...that Mrinalini Sarabhai, a celebrated classical dancer of India, was married to Vikram Sarabhai, considered to be the Father of the Indian space program?

Ok. Thanks for those suggestions. I think I will put up both. Only problem was that Ela Bhatt is not a new article. I just expanded it. - Aksi_great (talk) 21:30, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Well. I have put up M. Sarabhai at Talk:DYK. Will try and put up Ela Bhatt. I have got a few more articles to create. See list here. Am signing out for the night (it's almost morn now) . Hope to see you at WP:100 when I sign in tomorrow. Have a nice day. Bon nuit! (I know elementary french myself.)- Aksi_great (talk) 21:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 8, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Endoscopic foreign body retrieval, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Next question...

...sure, no problem. Let me see if I can get dinner by then. - Cribananda 01:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:Rfa

Thank you for your encouraging remarks. Although I am a bit disappointed about this failure, at least it was a much better performance compared to my first RfA. Stange as it may seem, I feel more motivated in improving the quality of my edits and would reapply again after 3 to 5 months.

P.S. Can I change your comments slightly? Your comments Sorry it failed man. I thought you would have been spectacular. Some time and re-apply. Take care, should have been, Sorry it failed man. I thought you would have been spectacular. Give it some time and re-apply. Take care. Your feedback in this matter would be much appreciated. Once again thank you and I wish you all the best for your future. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 03:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Funny RfA

Hey Samir! You are having a really funny RfA. I was laughing LOUD reading the two opposes!! Haha. That's some new kind of oppose. :D --Dwaipayan (talk) 04:38, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

By the way, where is Anwar ? Another oppose is pending! Di you pass Diablo test?LoL.--Dwaipayan (talk) 04:41, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I just read those parlances (ambuj posted a link in the RfA). So you are adept at at least 5 languages. Will teach you some elementary Bengali later. And My RfA? I want to pass Diablo's test at least 3 times before that :) And that will take a long time. After the exam, I will be attending Darjeeling which is seemingly in a good shape, but lacks good free images. Will post it for peer Review on 13th night. I am now desperately looking forward to the 13th night (exam will be over). I have not taken a beer for last 3 weeks almost!!! That's awful.--Dwaipayan (talk) 04:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

There are a few India related articles in the Bounty Board like Akbar, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad etc. Nirav and I communicated regarding those. After Iqbal, if Nirav does not have any specific plan, we would like to work on those, especially the later two. Frontier Gandhi would be an exciting topic. However, my favs are geographic articles. West Bengal is there. Let's see.

When did I say kind words? I do not remember! Do you fly to North Canada every weekend? Those must be icy areas! Have you seen aurora ?--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 09:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

SORRY

Without any malice towards you I have inadvertently deleted ur User Page contents. Hope you revive them soon. I am new to this so pls understand —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Devanshi.shah (talk • contribs) .

5 to go!!

Hello. So I finally made it to DYK! Please see this article I created today. Spent the entire afternoon on it and did it with just one click on the save button. Anyways, kindly look at the DYK talk page where I have made 2 suggestions for the article. What do you think. I feel that this article is even better than the ASE and Sarabhai. Well, gtg now. Tonight (and for many more nights to come) I will be busy with FOOTBALL WC!!!!!!! Cheers! - Aksi_great (talk) 14:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

PS - BTW. If you are wondering why I created that article.. well.. I pursued classical music when I was young (and before my voice started cracking :)) - Aksi_great (talk) 14:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Well then.. see you on monday.. i think 24 hours are not enough for all the work that you do.. enjoy. - Aksi_great (talk) 19:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Ha. Told you he would come. Atleast this time he waited till Diablo himself made an appearance. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:39, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:WP:GI

Yes, I would, but I'm very short on free time at the moment, and besides, it seems like M dorothy want's to add a bit more, so lets see how that goes first. I'll have more free time in a week or so I'll start with my edits then, and in the meantime you can add citations for the new additions. I'll put it on my task list so I don't forget ;) --Dr.Gonzo 19:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Endoscopic foreign body retrieval

I just wanted to say, this is an excellent article, and the pictures are great! Thanks for sharing them with us! FreplySpang 22:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page. --Nlu (talk) 08:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm speaking English

Thank you for the letter you wrote me. I'm sorry, this is in poor English for I'm not an expert in your Language.

As you have seen, I'm a gastroenterologist in Hamburg Germany and I am working as an senior physician in the gastroenteroly department of the Albertinen hospital Hamburg (www.albertinen.de or for our heart-department: www.alberheart.com). We've posted an Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and one of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound on the Internet. I'm beginning now to put some of our pictures into the chapters of wikipedia.de. Unfortunatly our 2 altlases are only in German, but I think a picture is always better the a text. So if you want, you can have a look to the adresses: www.endoskopiebilder.de and www.sonographiebilder.de

I'm looking forward to hear from you about your plans building the Gastroenterology section on en.wikipedia.org.

Best wishes from Hamburg your J.Guntau

Von „http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:J._Guntau“

LoL

How was that? Cow? In fact, I am laughing too!!! By the way, do not laugh too much. I will take revenge by asking a question (if I get a chance) that who was the youngest physician in Canada from 2001 to 2003...  :)--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Now expect a CPM! How the hell did he (or she) develope that? --Dwaipayan (talk) 07:18, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 11, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reflex hammer, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Re: B2BDYKs

Hello. How was your weekend? Congratulations for WP:!00. Yes, even I was surprised seeing both my DYKs appearing on the same day. Am in search for more. I think I will start another article today on Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, another stalwart of Hindustani classical music. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think I could ever match up with Nichalp or you in DYKs. The entire thing with User:NSLE was very mysterious to say the least. "He used a sock to edit a protected page on behalf of a banned user" is all the ArbCom came up with. I don't like all this secrecy, but we must trust the ArbCom when they make such decisions. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

Thanks for the support; don't worry, I'm working on the edit summary usage – Gurch 16:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Leaky gut syndrome

Have you ever heard of this? Looks like bogus too me. A quick search on PubMed yielded six hits, of which only two appear to be promising: Manahan B. A brief evidence-based review of two gastrointestinal illnesses: irritable bowel and leaky gut syndrome. Altern Ther Health Med. 2004 Jul-Aug;10(4):14. PMID 15285270. / Kiefer D, Ali-Akbarian L. A brief evidence-based review of two gastrointestinal illnesses: irritable bowel and leaky gut syndromes. Altern Ther Health Med. 2004 May-Jun;10(3):22-30; quiz 31, 92. PMID 15154150. Nephron  T|C 04:35, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

CrazyRussian's RfA

File:Motherussia.jpg

Hello Samir (The Scope), and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! Btw, you're next, buddy. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 04:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello, Samir/Archive 5, and thank you for the supportive vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! - Kukini 05:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFAMy RFA

Samir, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Samir/Archive 5, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I would like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong _{(talk | contribs)} 14:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for your words of support during my wikibreak, they were much appreciated. -- 9cds^(talk) 15:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

A shiny new mop for you! Cheers Srikeit 03:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

• Administrators' reading list
• Administrators' how-to guide
• Administrator's Noticeboard

• Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents
• Administrator's Noticeboard for Three-revert-rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 23:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• Mazel tov!! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 23:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Nice going S, proud to have supported you. Deizio talk 23:52, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! Good luck. - Ganeshk (talk) 00:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, another great addition to the team.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 00:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on RfA

Many congratulations on a well deserved admin position. I was just wondering, what was that funny admin's oppose vote for you anyway? Some Boothy gambit WP:POINT whatever? - Cribananda 01:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! You deserve this and I am happy for you! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 01:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

From me too. - Aksi_great (talk) 03:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

From me three. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}04:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

congrats..--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Good luck with the tools. --Terence Ong _{(talk | contribs | ESP)} 07:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Take good care of that mop and bucket. :) — Nathan ^(talk) 04:55, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey hey, it's another congrats! Best of luck, don't break anything (much)! --james_{(lets talk)} 06:01, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! It's nice to be working with smart fellows (and now admins) such as yourself. --Merovingian {T C @} 06:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! I'm glad you became an administrator, and I hope it turns out well for you. Good luck, and all that :) RandyWang (^raves/_rants) 08:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello, too

Hello Samir, thank you for your message on my user page. If there are some things I can do here - let me know (although I'm just a veterinarian and my english has certainly no Oxford-style). gx de:Benutzer:Kalumet 08:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin flag

Here's the code for that neat admin thingy in the top righthand corner for your userpage:

<div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:20px; top:20px;" class="metadata" id="administrator">{{titled-click|link=Wikipedia:Administrators|image=Admin mop.PNG|width=20px|height=20px|title=This user is an administrator.}}</div>

- CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 12:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Long delayed congrats

Hi Samir, Congrats!! Sorry I was not around for the closing of your nom; was travelling and hence could not get online till today. Great show! Let me know if you need any guidance ;) btw, you may want to thank your voters as time permits. Wonder if anyone even noticed my absence on PINQ with it getting very competitive. --Gurubrahma 13:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations from me too, and all the best for your new role. --Bhadani 15:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Also congrats from me. Yes, we Mighty Ducks fans in BC are a rarity, although I think we gained some supporters around here due to the Ducks facing the Flames in the first round... ;) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats Samir and don't hesitate to contact me whenever you want/need. -- Szvest 09:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up&#153;}

Another Congrats and btw I'm not too experienced as an admin. I haven't yet stepped into any dirty water. I mainly just delete speedies at the moment! Gizza^{Chat ©} 09:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Template substitution

Hi there Samir; you might want to subst the {{PAGENAME}} template.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanx

For reverting the vandalism of my userpage. D'you know, it's the first time ever that this has happened? .... makes me feel vaguely upbeat in some absurd way! Maybe I could set up a vandalism counter, it gives a, shall we say, mellowed look to any userpage. And congratulations on your elevation. ImpuMozhi 23:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin congrats

Thanx for the thanx, congratulations on your success and good luck with the extra tools and mop. But don't let that get in the way of keeping those excellent images coming. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, congrats!!!--Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 10:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, congratulations....and best wishes.--MONGO 11:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on getting the mop and bucket! You know, I saw someone sitting on a Sens lawn chair the other day. I was going to throw eggs at him... but then I realised he might be you, so I didn't. --Deathphoenix ʕ 12:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. You're now my favorite admin! --Nearly Headless Nick 12:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, congrats! Be sure to have fun with those shiny new buttons. ;) Cheers, Sango123 16:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats !!!

Congrats bhai on your succesful RfA. Do let me know if I can be of any assistance. Jordy 13:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats to you! Mr. Turcotte^talk 15:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

From ForestH2

I left for two reasons. I really like Wikipedia so I decided to go from the English Wikipedia to Simple English. I still edit under an IP here, and make one or two edits under my account. Congrats on becoming an admin. I know you'll be a great one. The other reason is I haven't been happy with the way UkPaolo was behaving blocking me for no reason, making random edits and abusiving his powers. --ForestH2

Endo Unit

Thanks for the invite, I'd be glad to help out! I have my licensing exam coming up soon so I'll be a bit busy in the next few months. Take care. Andrewr47 15:39, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Samir, Thanks so much for your support on my RFA and your kind words on my editor review. Looking forward to working with you too. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Supporting my RfA!

Thanks for supporting my Request for Adminship, which passed by a count of 54/6/1. I anticipate being "trustworthy" during my duties as an admin, and if you see me doing anything wrong, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, Ian Manka Talk to me! 05:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

EMail?

Thank you very much for an offer I cannot refuse :-) I have flown through Toronno (on my way to London - that's a funny story) but never really been there. Btw, do you have a link to email you on your userpage? If there is one, it's not noticable... - Cribananda 07:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem at all. Stupid me, I didn't even realize there was a link to the left! There's nothing I wanted to email you about in particular, just wondering how I should in case I wanted to :-) Thanks! - Cribananda 07:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my userpage. DVD+ R/W 07:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

84.194.99.177

In response to your question if you could let me know what he posted in Dutch so I can decide on an appropriate block. on my talk page, here is a partial translation.

Shitdickhead(s)

• original text

Since I came in contact with you nordophobic people mij life has turned to stench of dead bodies and [unknown]. It's your fault I view the world through bloodstained glasses and I am continuously on fire with rage. I dip my pen in a mixture of bile and bloody diarrhoea. You compel me to HATE AND I HATE THAT.

[...]

Nominating the article about high-icelandic [for deletion on the dutch wikipedia] is like pissing on her sea-blue dress, or anally feetfucking her child. She won't forget, nor would I.

You, Bessel Dekker - condescending intellectual, appropriating the monopoly on his trade, you started the war, together with sockpuppet bloodhounds Mdj, Lw and friends. Entirely in the style of the swine Napoleon and his Bloodhounds in the book Animal Farm. By nominating the article you have opened a box of Pandora, little mister Dekker, one that cannot be closed with tenthousand horse-powers. From this box have sprung determined warriors that will continue the fight to avenge this dishonor. I consider your comments on high-icelandic raping my child.

And you TORERO, with your remarks on 'stewing the high-icelanders in a geyser with some potato's': Say that in a café in Reykjavik. They won't leave a single one of your bones intact. [...] The Lady of the Mountain knows who you are, and has impregnated the young nature with a dislike for your person. Any slope you climb will give birth to a avalanche of rocks, any volcano you approach will vomit fiery mud over you. [...]

I will continue until:

You will grant that you portray the High-Icelandic in the [dutch] article in a negative light, for fear of the lost battle on the english wikipedia. YOU WANTED TO [KILL - inaccurate] THE FLEMMISH FARMER WHATEVER IT TOOK, didn't you?

OR: removing the untrue facts. (a.o. the fact that it is a solo project,

[...]

Note that this is a pretty mild post, compared to some of his other musings. This guy explicitely has declared war on wikipedia. Let me know if you need additional info. Some other attacked dutch users like Xyboi and LimoWreck will be able to confirm this. — Zanaq (?) 08:25, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Kevin1243

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. I haven't been around much lately to spot that kind of thing. Kevin 08:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

Sorry for the late reply, I was on wikibreak. ;-) Congrats on getting adminship, I believe you'll weild the mop perfectly and thanks for your kind message. Cheers! — The King of Kings 17:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on your adminship. =Nichalp «Talk»= 03:24, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Ditto -- my excuse is the same as Moe's. My belated congrats. Saravask 03:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Thanks from Samir

Thank you for the comments, unfortunately ILM is still somewhat of a pain, it's now turned into an Arbitration case against him. He's been blocked since last Thursday, so this week has been minor peace. Thanks again, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 18:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words re nurses -- much appreciated. Congrats on your RfA and all the best with your adminship. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

DVD+R/W's RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which ended with the result of (74/0/0). If there is anything I can help with feel free to ask. Also, if there is anything I am doing wrong, please point that out as well. I look forward to working with you in the future. Highest regards, DVD+ R/W 02:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the successful RfA,

Dear Deville, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it, especially from an experienced veteran here. Take care -- Samir धर्म 06:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

And I'm a veteran? w00t! Congrats in any case. --Deville (Talk) 22:48, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Dear Samir/Archive 5,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Just saw you online & dropped in to ask about your first week as admin. Seems like you quite busy & are enjoying yourself. Hope none of your patients have suffered due to your adminship! ;). Anyway why don't you join IRC or come on Google Chat? Would love to talk real-time with you. My gmail add. is srikeit@gmail.com. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 05:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

WOW working for 36 hours straight! One more reason I won't become a doctor! I'm interested in biotech so I'll be more on the research side. Too bad you don't have time for chat, would have loved to talk to you. As for PINQ, I've tried but it keeps slipping my mind (& gets lost in my watchlist!) or even when I do make it I can't get the answer. Will never stop trying though! Anyway have fun playing with your new buttons! Also your userpage says you're gonna be a gastroenterologist in 12 days, congratulations! Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 07:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

If you're going to block User:152.163.100.130

If you're going to block User:152.163.100.130, please check User:Kevin Breitenstein/aolvandal where a list of IPs of the latest batch of mass rapidchanging IP AOL vandalism is comming from. Kevin_b_er 06:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Samir

Hi Samir

Can you please let me know, how to make that article which I wrote appear in the Search?

The article on Rajat Mishra was not intended as a Userpage. I was still working on it, its incomplete.

Actually there were a few articles on this in a few newspapers in India, and lots of Indian sites, so thats why I was adding all that material.

http://news.moneycontrol.com/backends/News/frontend/press_releases.php?autono=209694

http://indiantelevision.com/release/y2k6/apr/aprrel24.htm

http://202.87.40.145/news/innernews.asp?storyId=3134&lmn=1&cat=18

http://agencyfaqs.com/news/company_news/Marketing/8023.html

What is the proper procedure for putting it on wikipedia so that it becomes searchable?

Please do let me know...

Also, is there some page where I can find some simplified information on how to make proper Wikipedia pages? The one on the official page, is not very clear...

Thanks for your help anyway...

Cheers

Ridge

Congratulations!!

Sorry I'm sooo late, but I was gone trekking to the Himalayas. Congratulations, well done! Keep going, and I'll sure as hell create an article on you :-D --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 11:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I just noticed, your name isn't listed as a member at WP:INWNB. Please add your name. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 11:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

P.P.S. I've corrected the position of the admin mop image on the top right of your userpage, since it wasn't rendering properly and was appearing between the lines. If it was rendering fine on your browser, then feel free to revert using your new found rollback tool :) Also, great work already on the admin work. Keep it up. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 11:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the pictre on the 730th Air Mobility Squadron.--Picturetokyo 02:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Rokin

You deleted Rokin and recreated it with the {{deletedpage}} template; however, you forgot to full-protect it and it has since been vandalised. Can you please fix this? Thanks! Kimchi.sg 07:58, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Done -- Samir धर्म 08:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

A tardy thanks

Hi, I just noticed that you reverted a vandalization of my userpage on the 1st of June, today. Thanks man, much appreaciated. --Eivind^t@c 10:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The Endo Group

Thanks for the invitation - I'll jump in! BaseballBaby 21:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Help

I created a group to monitor statistics , which was deleted.Can you help retrieve? Geo.plrd 21:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

the group was to collect data that could be used to create statistics which could beused to create a better encyclopedia. The group was under construction. I also was looking for a Governance Council to run the group. I can understand deleting the subpage but deleting everything else? That is overkill. Geo. 01:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

We are independent and corroborate official statistics. Any statistics proposed. (e.g. mediation effectiveness.) Geo. 02:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!!

Hi Samir, Thanks so much for the Barnstar!! A feels good to have one after a long time! I'm really glad that you're pleased with my contributions & hope to continue for a long time to come. Thanks again --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 05:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

request to help newcomer on a rare disease

Hi Samir, You are one of the few names I recognized on Category:Physician Wikipedians, probably because of your recent RFA. Along those lines, congratulations!

A new user User:Aunt Amanda has contacted me on my talk (link) and would like to start editing Biliary atresia but has a bunch of questions she left on the talk. Most seem to be basic formatting stuff, but she has asked for "rare disease article mentors". I'm not sure any such thing exists, but you seem like a likely person to know if it does. I'd appreciate any assistance in helping this newcomer get rolling. Cheers, BT 05:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you help

User: 205.188.117.6 has used the cat in ceiling image about 7 times tonight (you reversed once)...can you temp block them...I know it is AOL but maybe for a few hours or something?? KsprayDad 06:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Coeliac disease

I'd love to do that one. Have you seen my new tissue transglutaminase? JFW | T@lk 09:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Thx Samir!

Thx for the prompt response, my dear Samir :) Cheers! Phædriel ♥ tell me - 10:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the block

That was getting annoying. Viridae 10:02, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Preclinical medicine

I just had a quick look - I am interested, genetics would be where I can help the most. I am in the middle of exams at the moment - but when I hit holidays I'll be able to give some more time to wiki. (last exam on the 27th of July) In the mean time, if you feel like leaving a note on my talk page as to where I can help out, do and I'll have a look when I get a chance (also have a look at the Gene therapy article for examples of my work - I wrote the viral vectors section.). Thanks, Viridae 10:16, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Interfering with my RfA vote

I would appreciate it if you and/or your friends would stop attempting to change my RfA vote per this [2]. I do not know you and did not know your gender so I chose to avoid making assumptions and instead wrote it as s/he, i.e "she or he". I really don't know why you object to my expressing myself in this way as it is quite common to write various versions of "s/he" when a person is unknown, particularly on the internet where a person's gender is often unclear. The fact this comment has caused you to try to change my comment on more than one occasion makes me question your maturity and whether or not I made the right call when I chose to support your RfA. Please stop attempting to interfere with my vote. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:37, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't offended, just irritated because someone else (an IP) did the same thing but also accused me of being ignorant because I wrote "s/he". I just don't understand why it would be an issue to anyone. But anyway, thanks for you reply and good luck with your adminship. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:59, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm terribly sorry, Samir. I really didn't mean to cause you to feel that way. As I said before, I was just irritated about it and that was mainly because of the comment made by the IP, and not directly because of you. Thanks very much for the birthday wishes--much appreciated. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 06:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the vandalism revert on my talk page! --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 16:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Ceiling cat

The article has been deleted and will be again. I just restored temporarily to illustrate that the uploader of the cat image wasn't a serious contributor, given that the image has been used for vandalism hundreds of times, I nominated the image for deletion, but I needed proof that the uploader isn't serious and thus probably the copyright license was fake. I will remove the article when the IFD finishes. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IFD#June_19 -- Drini 20:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Du Bist

Hello Samir. This article has been nominated for deletion, and I have been requested help from User:BigHaz who feels that the nominator may be trolling/pointmaking, given his previous block for trolling and his bizarre arguments on the AfD. As the person who restarted Eurovision WikiProject (this is a Eurovision song)I think it would be out of order for me to judge the actions of the nominator. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

PS. The nom keeps on trying to tell us that the song title needs to be renamed as it is "informal" and is unencyclopedic.Blnguyen | rant-line 03:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

That debate's been open for 5 days now (by my count) and hasn't really moved much for about 3 of them. I'm unfamiliar with the AfD process, so should I be asking you to end the debate now, or does it do that by itself? BigHaz 07:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Hello

Most kind, thank you :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 04:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Alfred Sommer

I think you made the correct call on removing the speedy. Thanks for notifying me! Yanksox ^(talk) 04:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Samir,

Just wanted to say thank you for your helpful comments on my talk page - I'll spend more time on it next week when I'm back at my computer. For now, vacation beckons....

Congrats BTW on becoming an official gastroenterologist!

-- Aunt Amanda

Thanks for the listing in WP:DYK

I submitted Flue gas stacks for WP:DYK. Hope you don't mind, thought the article was great. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Of course, I don't mind. Thanks. - mbeychok 06:15, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:Night of the Pillow

Heh, I found the idea fairly amusing; jamming traffic so you could hit random strangers with a fluffy cushion. Sounds fun. :D Cheers, Master of Puppets ^{Giant Enemy Crab!} 06:23, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

User:71.197.152.84

No worries - they got the message, at any rate. :) --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 06:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

CSD

Since we both seem to be working through the CSD backlog, could we perhaps split the alphabet or something so we don't run into each other's deleted pages? IceKarmaॐ 06:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I can't see which ones are R1 at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, however, which is what I'm working from... IceKarmaॐ 07:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Works for me. Cheers. IceKarmaॐ 07:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't, sorry. You did a pretty good job yourself -- but it seemed you slowed down towards the end? IceKarmaॐ 07:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Email

I have just dropped you a line by Wikipedia email. Please check it out. Thanks --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 07:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I never thought doctors got time off! I always thought you guys were a bunch of unfortunate fellows working forever to uphold Hypocrite's Hippocrates' oath ;). Anyway enjoy your wiki-time! Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 07:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW are you planning attend Wikimania in August? I think you probably might be too busy to attend but still asking for kicks :). --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 07:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Your block

Samir you were wrong in blocking me. Rajput Chief category is bogus. Do you know the history of rajasthan? Maharana Pratap was no chief. He was an Indian monarch. To call him a chief is working with a denigrating agenda and should not be tolerable to you as an Indian. Similarly ruling clans of India is far more descriptive and accurate for rajput gotra and shakha. It is one person's whim who frankly is a moron when it comes to rajputs and rajasthan that you are supporting. Y not 07:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

(reply on talk page): Please reach consensus on talk pages before controversial edits. -- Samir धर्म 08:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

There is no controversy. Have you read what I have written above? Tell me do you agree with it or not? If not why not? Y not 08:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

(reply on talk page): Please bring up your categorization issues on the relevant talk pages, and refrain from using multiple accounts to revert changes. -- Samir धर्म 08:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I have raised the same issue of wrong categories multiple times. People who are clueless are somehow supported by others who can block people like me (this includes you) without knowing what the matter is. If you would just protect "Dharam" as your signature seems to signify by asking this idiot Impumozhi the same question maybe you will have better luck then me. But do not hold your breath. His response will certainly be idiotic. Y not 08:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

You are wrong in reverting the changes that I made today. Why are you not discussing this matter? Y not 08:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

(reply on talk page): My knowledge of Rana Pratap is limited to the fact that he was a bold Rajput ruler who rebuffed Akbar and as such, the subtleties of your argument are a little lost to me. I don't necessarily attribute a negative connotation to the word chief, but then again, it is on the previous caveat. Only if you can cite specific documentary evidence to back your claims (that I can evaluate myself, and placed on a relevant talk page) will I consider re-opening the issue. Otherwise, the rolled back edits stand as consensus. Thanks -- Samir धर्म 08:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Do this

a) open up google and then enter the following as the search string (make sure you enter the double quotes): "rajput king" "maharana pratap"

b) Do same as a) but replace the word king with chief and note how many hits you get.

I got 124 hits for rajput king and 3 hits for the chief search and of these three none were talking about Pratap. Y not 08:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Reversions

(reply on talk page): Was I not clear enough? You are not to revert the changes to these articles under ANY username -- Samir धर्म 18:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you for the revert of vandalism to my talk page.--Dakota ~ 17:08, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Socks

Clearly you have read what Mozhi had to say. He is still lying! Rajput side had a few users none of whom were any socks as this fellow is shouting.

• Sumerendra Chauhan did his masters on rajput history at a canadian university (under Professor O' Connell, a renowned Indologist) and then later went on to take an MD degree, just like yourself, at a Canadian university to become a medical doctor. He has organized multiple camps for destitutes, sherpas etc in Nepal and India.
• Shivraj Singh is a trained VLSI designer who has worked for top VLSI companies of this world.
• Sisodia is a bonafide rajput whom I do not know.
• S S India is actually not a rajput but an Indian from Bengal whose last name is Sen and first name starts with an S. He was so pissed at the maligning of rajputs at the hands of muslims, wayward admins and some turncoat Indians that he sided with the rajput side.
• Digvijay, that is myself , am a trained economist. I have consulted with quite a few fortune 500 companies inclduing world organizations like IMF.

If you would like to read about Impumozhi's lack of knowledge/lying about rajputs please read this: [3] Then see his bizzare behavior on rathore page where he kept deleting references and kep inserting unreferenced template! [4]

Regarding Dbachmann, he is a racist who almost got banned by arbcom for using racist comments against ALL Indians. [5] For this comment arbcom decided to take away Dab's admin privileges [6]. But in the end they could not see one of there own loose to brown Asians. Read more [7] and some more [8]

Also this arbcom case was the most strange case. Entire rajput side were new to Wikipedia and had no idea that they had to present any evidence. So arbcom decided against us purely on Dbachmann's one sided evidence! Can you beleive this?

I followed debate between Nichalp and Shivraj. Nichal is a braiwashed Indian who thinks everything that originates from the mouth of westerner is gospel and that Indians cannot write objective history [9]. Shivraj tried to reason with him that he had created the rajput article after consulting close to a 100 books and these are all written by eminent historians. These historians were Indian, European and American. Some of them are still teaching in Universities all over the world. But impumozhi called these books pamphlets [10] though he has not read a single book in this list. Is this really scholarship that you want to support Samir?

Not only this these fellows are aligning with Muslims who have called all Jihad mongering terrorists of the world Rajputs. Read here : [11] (This above was written by a muslim and mozhi and gang support this group of muslims).

You have also seen wrong categorization on rajput kings by Mozhi in calling them chiefs. Samir I am hopeful that you will not side with these people. If you have more questions do let me know. It saddens me that Indians play to the galleries just to be "accepted".

-Digvijay.

Samir, you should not be complaining, you are in high favour. Of course, the blocking of an account is entirely passe for our friend, but I have rarely seen him so civil -- its evidently because the sign-link to your talk-page reads "Dharm."

I don't know where to begin on the case, especially while avoiding descent into personalities. It is extremely complex, especially when I consider that I initially started out by supporting him in one of his major battles (he has had many: me, Dbachmann n Zora, Paul Barlow, even Nichalp, etc etc; just try finding anything other than loud conflict on his original talkpage). Maybe reading this page, one of my vain attempts to reason with him, will help you get a start both on his mindset and on my problems with him.

At the time when I wrote that message to him, he was prosecuting a quarrel on the talk:Rajput page. That issue reached Arbitration Committee, where I made this statement. This is my definitive crime, please read this and also the links provided by me in that statement. Following this act, I was subjected to surpassingly vile abuse, with section-heading font of "Impumozhi is a liar" being pasted across Wikipedia, with some other write-up. That was the beginning and it has been downhill since. One of my great faults is of course that although I am an Indian, I supported the "Whiteboys" who "talk out of their ass"; that I am a Hindu and insisted on NPOV-ing the more egregious of his edits. Note that your support is also being exhorted on the same grounds: "To call him a chief is working with a denigrating agenda and should not be tolerable to you as an Indian." and again, "If you would just protect "Dharam" as your signature seems to signify by asking this idiot Impumozhi...." I need say no more.

Anyway, the arbcom case (where one side consisted almost exclusively of him and his 3-4 socks) went entirely against him: read this page, other pages it links to, and all associated discussion pages, if you have the leisure and patience. He grandly "resigned" from Wikipedia, and has been infesting it with his sock-a-day accounts since then.

Never never am I gonna start arguing with him on any point, so I will not answer his concerns expressed on your talk-page, except to say that this is the first time he made them known! Also that this is both mealy-mouthed and specious. MM because he has been reverting every edit of mine daily, including entirely unrelated pages like National Physical Laboratory, India, Kannada Brahmins and Konkani Brahmins, among several others. Specious because -- I will not get into that. OK, I will. Read Rao Sonag, Rao Doohad and over a dozen others and tell me if this suits "Monarchs of India." Also note that they are in that category, because Category:Rajput chiefs is a sub-category of Category:Indian monarchs, deserved or not. Same holds for Banaphar, Kheechee etc in relation to Category:Rajput clans and Category:Ruling clans of India.

I will conclude by referring you to the advise I recently gave another well-intentioned user: Do not feed the troll. Your comments so far to him have been exemplary, but give over making them altogether. Simply ignore any further comments by him on your talk-page. In all events, please do not ask or expect me to engage any further with him. If possible, please help me contain his vandalism. Best regards, ImpuMozhi 04:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Hi, here's a list of the socks-at-large, none of which have had any activity except to vandalize my edits, and this is the category of already banned socks. Maybe later, sometime in the future, you could consider doing the needful to help the homeless accounts find a permanent resting-place in the category. Regards, ImpuMozhi 05:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Apology

Samir Sorry for misunderstanding your stand on "Needs Convenience "Article . I was not thinking striaght due to the fact that my article on "Lawtons' was on the delete list . Please forgive me --Vic 05:17, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I.M. Rich indef block

Hey Samir. I've shortened the I.M._Rich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) block down to 48 hours, and explained to him that any further acting out will result in the restoration of his long involuntary wikibreak.

I'm not disputing your call that he deserved the block based on his recent behaviour – which can only be described as completely insane – but he seems genuinely remorseful, he has indicated that his actions were prompted by some recent personal problems, and he's expressed a desire go back to being a useful editor.

If, 48 hours from now, he runs amok again, I'm not going to trim whatever block you think is appropriate. (If I haven't blocked him myself.) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 06:09, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove my request

If you personally do not want to help, please do not deprive my rights of asking help to other admins. Thanks. Fnhddzs 06:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

(from user talk page): It is the wrong forum (AIV is for obvious vandalism), and will be removed by any admin. I'd be happy to handle your request to deal with the situation if you would let me know the specifics -- Samir धर्म 06:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Admin, Thanks for your message. Here is what happend. We had an agreement on the vote we are proceeding. We agreed it is a consensus vote [12].

You could see clearly the question I posted was to ask whether it is a consensus vote. And the answer is yes.

However, user Yueyuen and Samuel Luo does not respect it. They insisted on posting the non-consensus voting results. Both CovenantD [13] and I have tried to remove the vandalism. However, the vandalism is still going on[14][15][16] however we tried to stop it. Please help or advise. Thanks,Fnhddzs 07:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• The discussion was about the deadline which was the subject of the conversation in this subsection called “Deadline for 1st paragraph.” --Samuel Luo 07:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I did not understand "if the first consensus opinion was truly consensus, it should be reflected in the straw poll as well", I don't think it is related to my question. People said the vote is a "consensus vote" [17][18], that is, everyone has to agree with a new edition for it to update on the page. It is not a majority vote. We did not have a consensus opinion on the 1st paragraph of the article yet. However, a nonconsensus version was posted. Fnhddzs 07:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, we voted on the proposed new version of the 1st paragraph[19]. But not everyone voted agree. So we did not reach to consensus. I do not quite understand 'straw poll'. It sounds like a better idea to wait for each possible editor's opinion. But maybe I am wrong. Fnhddzs 07:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

protecting the Falun Gong page

Hi Samir (The Scope), I notice that you just protected the Falun Gong page. The paragraph in question has been discussed for over a week. The version I updated has the majority support when we voted a few hours ago. [20] Fnhddzs is the only one who rejects it even though I have accommodated to all of his complaints. [21] He seems to believe that he alone can prevent any editing on the Falun Gong article. What is the guideline for a situation like this? When something has the overwhelming majority support, is that enough validation for the changes to be made? Or changes can only be made when there is consensus? The protection is nice it gives us some time to discuss the issue further other than fighting a revert war. Thanks --Samuel Luo 07:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I request that this be substituted for the 1st paragraph. It is the same wording that exists now, but returns the links to Wiktionary that have existed for months and properly formats the references. These are the only changes from the version that is in place. I've also placed this on the talk page, for any passing admins there. CovenantD 14:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

“ Falun Gong, (simplified Chinese: 法轮功; traditional Chinese: 法輪功; pinyin: Fǎlún Gōng; literally "Practice of the Wheel of Law") also known as Falun Dafa, (simplified Chinese: 法轮大法; traditional Chinese: 法輪大法; pinyin: Fǎlún dàfǎ; lit. "Great Law of the Wheel of Law") is a system of mind and body cultivation introduced by Li Hongzhi (surname is Li) to the public in 1992. Falun Gong refers to five sets of meditation exercises (four standing, and one sitting meditation). In Zhuan Falun, the Dafa is introduced this way: “Our Falun Dafa is one of the eighty-four thousand cultivation ways in the Buddha School. During the historical period of this human civilization, it has never been made public. In a prehistoric period, however, it was once widely used to provide salvation to humankind. In this final period of Last Havoc, I am making it public again. Therefore, it is extremely precious." In recent years, added emphasis has been placed on the concept of Fa-Rectification. ”

I've clarified what it is that I'm asking on the Admin's noticeboard.[22] Since you protected the page, I'm hoping that you'll heed the request that has the backing of Fire Star. CovenantD 06:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. CovenantD 06:50, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Bae Yong Joon

Thanks for the favour of semi-protecting the page. Let's hope that supporters of Koh Gyudhae would cool down eventually and come to their senses and know more about wikipedia's rules, before we unprotect the page or take other essential actions. You may take a look at Talk:Bae Yong Joon, on how the matter progressed if you are interested. Cheers! Mr Tan 12:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandal

I noticed vandalized more on Moundsville, West Virginia and I'm not sure exactly what should be done since he or she is an AOL user and he been blocked and warned before (the most recient by you). Maybe since your an admin you'd know what's best... Thanks Dark jedi requiem 16:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Falungong

Hi, thanks for the nice message. Not to worry, I think your actions were appropriate. Indeed, one of my projects for tonight was to send you a note saying that. Since the subject is so contentious and I have done a lot of editing on the article in the past, I feel it would be a conflict of interest for me to exercise any admin functions there beyond blocking the occasional incorrigibly abusive personal attack vandal. Cheers! --Fire Star 火星 01:52, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikibout

Howabout1. Any particular reason you want to know? Wikibout 04:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

EDIT:Ahh.. because you were wondering why a person with less than 50 edits was comfortable with AFD? Wikibout 04:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:PINQ

Saw you were online. Plz see answers.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 04:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you. User:Phaedriel redesigned it. :) Congratulations on your successful RfA. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 07:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Oklahoma Christian University

You're right, the article hasn't been vandalised recently, though just today several CapnCrack socks were created, and that being the article he loves to vandalise, vandalism might pick up there soon.--Conrad Devonshire ^Talk 08:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:ANI

Thank you. :) I know that doing that is not something we usually do, but there's no reason to keep something like that. --Woohookitty^(meow) 09:23, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Samir. Thank you very much for that nice award. It is surprising but very nice. Thank you again and have a sweet weekend ;). - Darwinek 09:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

PotD

Wow! Great Picture of the day, man! Sergeant Snopake 09:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK update

Hi Samir, thanks for doing the last DYK update, nice selection of articles and hopefully you will continue updating as a "new pair of hands". Just a few minor things to remember: don't forget to archive the previous items from the template to the top of Template_talk:Did_you_know#Archive, including a link to the featured image in parentheses; images hosted on commons should be uploaded locally to WP if they're not protected on Commons, and tagged with the {{C-uploaded}} template; don't forget to actually protect the image and unprotect the previous one that's just been replaced (or speedy delete it if it was C-uploaded). I've fixed these bits and pieces, so no need for you to do anything, just wanted to let you know for your next update !!! Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 12:59, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Samir, almost perfect, but don't forget to actually apply the protection to the new featured image as well as adding the relevant protection template. Other than that, looks pretty good. There's also quite a wide ranging series of discussions going on about the whole DYK method, including appropriateness of admins selecting their own entries, suggested changes to the selection process and feedback on non-selected nominations. You may wish to chip in or keep an eye on it, as it may affect how things get done in future. In particular, the comment on non selected nominations seems to be undergoing a sort of trial right now. --Cactus.man ✍ 11:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for tissue transglutaminase was successful

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article tissue transglutaminase , which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 14:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Flue gas stack was successful

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Flue gas stack, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 14:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Autoblocked

Yes, I'm being autoblocked, Samir. Can you help me? How do I find the IP Address of the User? Well, anyway the IP address listed on the page is 64.233.173.85. Thanks, The Punk 15:35, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Samir, I am now unblocked. The Punk 20:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Accusations of Trolling

Just so you know, I responded to your questions about my edits on my talk page. Stanfordandson 01:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I've responded to your further accusations of bad faith edits. Also, I noticed you're in Toronto. I'll be there this week, and since disbutes are often best settled in person, perhaps you'd like to meet up to have a coffee or a beer (or a benzodiazepine :) and have a chit chat or whatever, probably mostly about other things since this dispute is really rather minor and dull. Anyway, it's just a suggestion, and doesn't really matter, but feel free to E-mail me. Stanfordandson 19:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem

—THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 02:43, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Unprotect GoldToeMarionette

User talk:GoldToeMarionette (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Please unprotect User:GoldToeMarionette's talk page since the RfAr concerning the account validated that no policy violation occurred which warranted the block or page protection in the first place [23]. Thank you. PoolGuy 03:14, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm a little uncertain about this. Why are you asking for the talk page of an indefinitely blocked user to be unprotected? -- Samir धर्म 05:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I am sorry, my response was removed again before you had a chance to look at it. Hope it is ok to post directly to you since you were so nice initially. Thanks. PoolGuy 03:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Samir, the account was inappropriately blocked. The above linked RfAr just closed and confirmed that to be the case. I am also requesting the account to be unblocked, but can't do it on the user talk page because it is protected. This request was removed last night by Admin pgk who is pursuing me and can't accept the result of the RfAr because it proved his falsehoods wrong. I am sorry he removed it before I had a chance to respond to your inquiry. I would be happy to answer more questions, but it should be clear in the RfAr under my evidence. Thanks for taking the time to look at this. It is appreciated. PoolGuy 04:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I don't know what you mean "there is precedent in administrators blocking the talk page of an indefinitely blocked user". I won't talk with Nlu because he is a main cause of my trouble on Wikipedia, plus he doesn't respond. Essentially the account should never have been blocked, and protecting the talk page was Nlu's attempt to prevent me from trying to get it unblocked. The RfAr, I believe, upheld that GoldToeMarionette did not violate policy and shouldn't have been blocked. Unfortunately, Nlu pursued me so mercilessly, and the ArbCom thought I was responsible for disruption, when in reality, Nlu was working as hard as he could to cut off every means of my communicating. PoolGuy 04:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a ton!!

Dear Samir, thanks a ton for the medal. Though it may appear self-referential, it would be irreverential ;) to not accept it from a good friend like you. However, to set the record straight, I've been updating DYK very rarely since mid-April. I updated DYK along with Peta, who taught me the ropes of updation. AFAICT, I updated DYK for four months, of which two months was almost an individual effort. However, of late, I don't find too much time in one tranche to do the updating. Also, the atmosphere has become vitiated slightly with one of the admins insisting that he doesn't see a conflict of interest in updating suggestions from his own articles. At least a couple of admins including me strongly object to this (especially given the number of his articles' DYKs) and several others support our stand with the lone dissension coming from that admin. The relevant discussion is here. So, I don't see myself updating DYK anytime sooner. However, i'd probly start creating articles once I get the time. Thanks a ton again, Samir. --Gurubrahma 12:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello Samir. You might want to comment at that page above. I think it will lead to a community morale drop if a person chooses their own DYK. By the way, if you're looking for stuff to delete, follow the image pics from the link at CAT:CSD - For today's deletion innings, I've registered a quadruple century - 430 not out- and that's still less than 20% of the backlog I think.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:22, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I declare my innings on 500*. Started losing my marbles though and typed "unsourced image csd i4" for some of the expired prods, but I made it. :)Blnguyen | rant-line 07:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Rfa

Well, I'd look at CSD A7, that says (emphasis added):

An article about a real person, group of people, band, or club that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject. If the assertion is disputed or controversial, it should be taken to AFD instead.

I would then check to see if ABCD is notable. If I see that is true (ABCD has published extensively in his field), I'd leave the page alone and remove the SD tag. If I check the guy wasn't really notable, I would take the page to AfD instead of simply speedy deleting it, as per the CSD A7 statement, and the fact that other people may find publications by ABCD that I might have overlooked, as that often happens in AfD discussions and I'm not too good in google searches, to speak the truth. fetofs ^Hello! 14:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Yakushi Kabuto

• Just a heads up that the same anonymous user is trying to add the same thing to the article since the sprotect was lifted. I'm not asking to re-protect the page just yet, but let's see what happens. Danny Lilithborne 06:28, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Samir, thank you for your support and congratulations! I won't be spamming people with "thanks" messages, so please get yourself a piece of my RfA thanks to eat at your own leisure :) Cheers, Tangotango 13:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch!

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my user page!!!! :)

Srose 19:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Another tardy thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page. theorb 02:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the birthday wishes. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 03:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks #2

For reverting my userpageViridae 07:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, my dear Samir!

Talk about fast admin intervention! You rock, Samir! :) BTW, I just learned that this user had already been reported for a similar activity at another article, so you may want to add a comment to that entry as well. Thanks again, my dear Samir - big hugs! Phædriel ♥ tell me - 09:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)