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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Startools

may be of interest to you - as a doctor in ontario! :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 18:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Please don't be taken in by Timmy12

• He's been removing citations from multiple pages: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
• These citations exist because other editors insisted that they needed a citation.
• He has an outstanding checkuser request with strong evidence that he is a sock of Mattisse: [10]
• Both users have followed Rosencomet around and used tagging, citations requests, and now removal of the citations provided to harass said user.

Ekajati (yakity-yak) 22:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Mattisse and her puppets are very good at mock tears over how mean WP is to her. Which of course is b/c she is tagging articles by the metric truckload.... and doesn't get why multiple unrelated editors are annoyed with her. Thinks it's a conspiracy. Soon to be permabanned, I suspect. Ekajati (yakity-yak) 22:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The vandalism warning is back on my page after you removed it

This time there is a list of articles, each one I removed the commercial link from. Is this behavior that I can be blocked for? These people have harassed me since I joined Wikipedia on September 8. Take a look at my talk page. The harassment is preventing me from functioning here, but I don't know what to do. I have an incident on Administrators' borard Harassment by Hanuman Das and Ekajaki.

However, the same person who refused to remove the warnings from my page, just before you agreed to do so, just wrote on my complaint that I should take it somewhere else. But where? How does a person handle long term chronic harassment that will not stop? Timmy12 23:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

If you think you're being wronged, mediation or RfC. Otherwise, I don't think anyone will mind if you archive the warnings -- Samir धर्म 00:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

A kind person actually read the edits listed as vandalism and saw they were fine edits. What a great guy. No, if I had archived them User:Ekajati would surely have had me banned. He and User:Hanuman Das would have seen to it. It is a rare person around here that is willing to stand up to them for some reason. I don't quite understand it but it is true. Even you left an apology on his talk page. Maybe they actually own the place! Timmy12 00:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

THANKS

THANKS FOR UR SUGGESTIONS. SANJAY BAFNA

Incorrigable Link Spammer

Hi Samir, could you take a look at User talk:Rosencomet. User has received multiple warnings to cease adding commercial link spam by quite a few editors, but won't desist. Thanks. --BostonMA ^talk 01:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Sugden

Please take another look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Sugden. The 'votes' were evenly split so this should have been a no concensus unless there was a strong balance of argument in favour of delete. This was not the case - the guy has played for Oldham Athletic in the English Football League and so meets WP:BIO as Sportspeople/athletes/competitors who have played in a fully professional league ... Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad are worthy of articles.. He meets both parts of this guideline. BlueValour 01:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi BlueValour, this was a difficult call but a clear delete based on the arguments. I always suggest a deletion review for any delete call that I make that is questioned. In my opinion, notability rested on the argument raised that he was a trainee at Oldham (where he started 5 times in 4 years) and that all of his other starts were in semi-professional leagues. This was not refuted in the AfD and was backed by the soccerbase link. The question is whether someone who was a trainee on a professional team makes the WP:BIO cut that you've summarized above. I didn't think so based on the arguments. -- Samir धर्म 02:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Ryan Sugden on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ryan Sugden. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. BlueValour 02:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On October 26, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Todd's paresis, 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.

.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:27, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Did You Know

Hi Samir, I want the article Alex Machacek to be nominated for DYK. Should I nominate it ? --NRS | ^T/_M\^B 11:14, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Alreay added it to DYK nomination list. However, if you feel any other interesting fact would be better, please tweak it. Thanks. --NRS | ^T/_M\^B 11:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

WinterStar

"Was asked to intervene here. Could you please let me know (1) what Rosencomet is and (2) what the affiliation of ACE is with Rosencomet? By that, I mean Rosencomet the organization, not the person. Thanks -- Samir धर्म 02:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)"

Well that's pretty easy to answer Samir. Association for Consciousness Exploration: "The organization was founded in 1983 by members of the "Chameleon Club", an "extended-family" group created by their Founder, C. C. Rosencomet". See also [11]. You think this should go to AFD? --kingboyk 12:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Rosencomet states he is the exec director [12]. of ACE and also writes that Jeff Rosenbaum is exec director [13]. I'm not clear regarding what privacy issues there might be, however, does Jeff Rosenbaum article warrant an autobiography tag? --BostonMA ^talk 13:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Not entirely sure either, but I doubt it. The ACE was founded by somebody called Rosencomet. A user of the same name claims in a public forum to be an executive director of ACE. It's quite reasonable to assume that the user is therefore claiming to be Mr/Ms Rosencomet, and I've tagged the talk page to reflect that. It's probably not reasonable to extend that to Mr Rosenbaum's article, unless I've missed something. It's not hugely important anyway, at least not as important as getting neutral, balanced articles on encylopedically notable subjects. --kingboyk 15:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I was trying to get to the bottom of these ACE links for festivals from Rosencomet.com. If Rosencomet is the organization that runs ACE or hosts the ACE festival infomation, then the references are valid. The question now turns to whether all these performers need references to having performed at ACE events -- Samir धर्म 00:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Samir. We seem to see this a bit differently. My thinking is that WP:V says regarding sources:

Articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable sources.

...Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are largely not acceptable as sources.

...Self-published material may be acceptable when produced by a well-known, professional researcher in a relevant field or a well-known professional journalist. ...so long as their work has been previously published by reliable third-party publications.

Perhaps I am seeing things incorrectly, but my impression is that rosencomet.com does not qualify, and that the sources that should be used should be newspaper and magazine articles and the like. Please let me know if you think I am missing something here. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 01:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

On a related issue, looks like the checkuser for some users on the other side of the debate came up mostly negative, which is good to know. Also, my edits to the ACE articles seem to have stood up for now, so I won't be taking any further part unless called on. I know you guys can handle it :) --kingboyk 11:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know, the ACE editors have taken your general opinion about the validity of references and are waving it about as blanket permission to add their links willy-nilly. [14], [15] --Calton | Talk 23:41, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Whoa. That's not exactly what I meant. What I said was that IF Rosencomet hosts the official web site for the Starwood and WinterStar festivals, it's a valid reference for saying that someone played at the festival. (1) It is still an IF (I haven't read User:Rosencomet's response here yet) and (2) We're not sure it's of relevance all of these performers played at these festivals. -- Samir धर्म 23:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I've been discussing the issue with BostonMA here

Septegram 05:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, rosencomet.com is the official website of the Association for Consciousness Exploration, Starwood Festival and WinterStar Symposium. Ekajati (yakity-yak) 17:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

But now in the rewritten article, Association for Consciousness Exploration has a fictional founder, C. C. Rosencomet. He was invented. Is there anything real about Starwood, WinterStar and ACE except their website, which we know exists? Is there a real (verifiable) person that takes responsibility for it, like an owner, chairperson or business manager? Who pays the webhosting bills? Who gets the money in the end? Timmy12 02:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Give it up, Timmy, you're getting tedious. Try reading the whole article - it gives the names of the directors. Try doing a WHOIS on the domain, it gives the name and address of the guy who pays the bills. With Monopoly money of course, to a fictional domain registar. :p Ekajati (yakity-yak) 16:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

A biopsy for diarrhea...

Hi Samir:

I'm in Ottawa at the moment... doing an elective. :) I have a GI-specialist question for ya.

I understand that for IBD there are clear guidelines for the number of biopsy specimens.[16] That said, for run-of-the-mill diarrhea NYD, there does not seem to be any consensus (... looks like a possible research project to me):

"Biopsy specimens should be obtained from the colon in patients with chronic diarrhea.

... [p]atients with microscopic colitis... may have normal-appearing mucosa at colonoscopy. The diagnosis requires biopsy of otherwise unremarkable-appearing colon. All patients undergoing colonoscopy for the evaluation of chronic diarrhea should have biopsy specimens obtained. The optimal number and location of biopsy specimens is not established." [emphasis added]

Rex DK, Petrini JL, Baron TH, Chak A, Cohen J, Deal SE, Hoffman B, Jacobson BC, Mergener K, Petersen BT, Safdi MA, Faigel DO, Pike IM; ASGE/ACG Taskforce on Quality in Endoscopy. Quality indicators for colonoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Apr;101(4):873-85. PMID 16635231. Available at: http://69.20.67.254/media/asgejoint/QualityColonoscopy.pdf.

How many samples would you routinely take in a colonoscopy for diarrhea that is not suspected to be IBD? Is there a minimum that you do and if so is there any sort of basis (i.e. you aren't popular with GI pathologists if you only give 'em one sample)? Thanks! Nephron  T|C 03:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for the detailed answer. In many ways it exceed what I expected. However, in another way it missed the mark a little-- in that I was most interested in the second part.

The questions above arose from the fact that a GI guy here took one sample from a patient with diarrhea. Being an overly keen student bent on EBM, I went searching for evidence that this is sub-standard care and unlikely to be diagnostically useful. Unfortunately, the best I could come up with is the above... which said there is no EBM for it.

What I meant by "...is there any sort of basis [for doing more than one site]" is:

I'm looking for is an article that is entitled something like "Principles of Good Biopsy Practise" to give the GI guy a "flogging a la literature".

Lacking good evidence, good flogging material would be a consensus statement (based on expert opinion) from something like the American Society of Gastroenterology or Canadian Society of Gastroenterology -- something I could suggest the pathologist here puts into the biopsy report to convince the ordering gastroenterologist that doing one site is like just biopsying the base of an ulcer-- it isn't likely to provide useful information or help the patient. I imagine this article ( McKenna BJ, Appelman HD. Primer: histopathology for the clinician--how to interpret biopsy information for gastritis. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Mar;3(3):165-71. Review. PMID 16511551. ) covering gastritis (found via a Google search) is something like what I'm looking for-- whereas I cannot access the full text.

So, rephrasing the above... do you know any sort of guideline for biopsying a patient with diarrhea that succinctly makes the point? I found a nice one on Crohn's disease^[17] but that would make for a convoluted argument. Perhaps a review paper on microscopic colitis has a suggestion...? Speaking of which, I think it makes sense to make microscopic colitis into a disambig-like page. Nephron  T|C 06:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

You wrote:

I am assuming that the scenario in question involved normal endoscopy... [v]ery little literature on the subject of number of biopsies for this indication, but agree that it should be evaluated...

On the first part-- I don't think that is known to the pathologist, i.e. I don't think the requisition said anything other than diarrhea. On the second part, you've gotta get on that research project-- the one to figure-out what the ideal number of biopsies is. :-) As for the weather in Ottawa... it isn't too cold-- but it has been very rainy. Nephron  T|C 08:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Rosencomet

Dear Samir,

You asked: Was asked to intervene here. Could you please let me know (1) what Rosencomet is and (2) what the affiliation of ACE is with Rosencomet? By that, I mean Rosencomet the organization, not the person. Thanks -- Samir धर्म 02:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It's a little hard to explain, but there is no organization called Rosencomet. When the ACE website was set up, the webmaster at that time decided to use the name rosencomet.com as a tribute to a running joke from the history of the group that gave birth to ACE. They were called the Chameleon Club, and their symbol was the Rose & Comet, a variation on the Discordian "Sacred Chao", itself a variation of the Yin/Yang. (Besides, even if ACE.com weren't taken, it would have led to a mountain of spam and mis-directed e-mail. Even Starwood.com would have confused ACE with several commercial ventures. ACE is not-for-profit.)

The pen name of anyone writing published material back then was C.C. Rosencomet (C.C. = Chameleon Club, Rosencomet = Rose & Comet), and that has been listed as the founder (actually, the Flounder) of the Chameleon Club ever since. I used the handle here in tribute to the same inside joke, never dreaming I was going to use it to do anything but revise, expand, and correct the ACE, Starwood Festival, and WinterStar Symposium articles. But I got hooked, as Virgos tend to do, and have created or contributed to about 100 articles since I started in August, revisiting them often to expand bibliographies, discographies, and other portions of them.

I hope you check out my side of this arguement on my discussion page. I truly have meant to be a contributor, and seem to have become a target of a few people, some of whom seem to only be interested in interfering with other people rather than creating anything themselves. If I can confidently be assured that the simple fact of a subject's appearance does not NEED citation, I'd be willing to dispense with many of the links I've introduced; they were a lot of work, as is the need to constantly revert the pages. But they were a reaction to individuals, I suspect some of the same ones, challenging the statements as needing citation in the first place. Also, I can't see what better source to cite than the curriculum (online or not) of the educational program itself. It's no surprise there isn't a newspaper article to cite; if a Nobel Prize winner teaches a course at a prestigeous university it's notable to both, but may not appear anywhere but in the catalog of that institution.

For the record, I do not run the rosencomet website in any way, shape or form, though I am one of the text contributors. I don't even know html. More info can be seen as part of the dialog between me and BostonMa on my discussion page. I welcome your advice on this and other issues. Rosencomet 16:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like C.C. Rosencomet is straight out of the pages of The Illuminatus! Trilogy then :) Very interesting! --kingboyk 19:14, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

University article

Hi Gdutmers. My suggestion would be to add the sports facilities to the article (i.e. Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion and Nottingham Field under athletics. I wouldn't mention the residence halls again (most of them are already listed). That seems to be the norm with other university articles -- Samir धर्म 22:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Samir, there is entirely too much information about boring facilities like residence halls and no information about our interesting facilities like performing arts venues, art galleries and athletic facilities. This will be a larger project than I first anticipated. Just so you know, I work on it in my spare time, when I'm not writing promotional copy for the university so changes will be sporadic in frequency. Thanks for your help. Gdutmers 19:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

purple drank

Umm, why did you remove the Big Moe image off of the purple drank page? Cnota 02:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I had heard of that but wasn't sure of the specifics..I am a kind of a beginner Wikipedian, but I'm trying. Good stuff, appreciate it. Cnota 02:11, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks

Thanks for the combined barnstar to me and AED, its my first! :-) EyeMD ^T|C 12:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in responding. I also wanted to say "thank you" for the barnstar... Thank you for the barnstar! -AED 20:04, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Please delete old version of image

Hi, I uploaded an image at Image:ChannakeshavaSomanathapuraPillars.JPG, but realized that the image I uploaded was not the one I wanted, so I uploaded a new version. The correct (later and lighter) version shows up correctly in the article Somanathapura. However, when one clicks on the image in that article, one gets the darker (older image) on the Wikimedia Commons page. Clicking on that image gives the lighter image again. I have received a complaint about this, but I have been unable to fix the problem using WP:Purge. Could you please delete the older version. Thanks. --BostonMA ^talk 15:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't figure out the problem either. --BostonMA ^talk 00:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you very much for protecting my user page. Although, I am very sorry that this user is trying to messed up my account with that "body part" pictures, but it's a good thing that messing with someone's account is against the rules. Again, sorry about that. I'll try to be more careful, next time that user does stuff to me again. Happy Halloween! Girla PurpleHeart 21:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Samir - Thank you for the congrats, and thank you for all your help. The list wouldn't have been featured without your assistance. Thanks a lot! --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 07:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Samir - I have one more favor to ask. Would you mind emailing me your full name so that I can acknowledge your help for dissertation chapter? If not, I understand. Thanks again for all your help. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 21:46, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

hello.. i'm trying to set up a page on wiki on my work (i'm an artist).. can you help? i make changes under the name mosse (my name), but the changes don't seem to be appear. also, i have been given a wiki user page. can i get a proper page? hope you follow. thanks, richard

samir i'm not really understanding how wiki works.. are you employed by wiki to help people? either way, thanks for your help. i need to get a page on wiki to get some traffic to my website, which gets very few hits at all. i think it's a shame if wiki doesn't want to put traffic to sites with points of view that challenge the establishment, simply because there's nowhere else for those sites to put themselves out there. also, i have a friend (also an artist) who's been on wiki for years. why can he have his page, and not me? thanks, richard

so i'm looking at a peer's wiki entry.. his name is james robert ford.. i don't want you to question his place in wiki because he deserves it, but we're on an equal level in terms of career. can you explain the discrepancy? thanks, richard

Thanks

Thanks (for both Diwali and halloween wishes) and same to you :) Good to hear from you Samir. Hope things are fine with you. I've been kind of busy (as you might have noticed) - (a lot of) travelling and (some) work... - Cribananda 06:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you know?

You have a famous white coat and I made it more famous. :) Nephron  T|C 06:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

There was no white coat ceremony at U of T when I went through first year and AFAIK they haven't started one. Personally, I hope it stays that way. As for the white coat-- the caption used in white coat used to read "... worn by a gastroenterologist in Toronto, Ontario." Ottawa has been good. I'd come back for another elective... but they unfortunately don't have space. Nephron  T|C 06:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Bharatanatyam

Hey Samir - need your help on this one. Just noticed that all the pictures in the article are of the same person (whose notability itself is questionable but that's a different matter) that occurs to me as a vain attempt on vanity.

I don't want to edit that article because I know there are some extremely passionate editors there that get offended easily. Could you look into it if you get a chance? If you are busy with other stuff, don't worry about it. Thanks! Cribananda 08:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Cribananda 04:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Request

Tony has objected in West Bengal FAC on WP:WIAFA clause 1a ("Well written") and has suggested copyedit by users unfamiliar with the topic. If you have time, can you please have a go at the article? I have also requested Sandy, Ambuj, Sundar. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Stream

Hi Samir - could you please take a look at this essay of mine - particular reference to the "ACG" idea. I thought it was a good, fluid method to improve admin work efficiency, teamwork and promote some accountability. I'd like your advice on how to make it practical. Rama's arrow 02:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA. I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it. Again, thanks; └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Deon555's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed unsuccessfully yesterday with a result of (18/16/8). I'd like to let you know that I won't be running for adminship again, until I am nominated, rather than nominating myself again. Thanks for your support, Deon. — Deon555talkReview 22:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

If you get the chance

Hi Samir. You might want to have a quick look at this AfD, specifically the comments being made by User:EliasAlucard. I've warned him on his talk page about losing his temper, and User:Biruitorul has done likewise at the AfD, but he doesn't seem to be simmering down to any great extent. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:31, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi there,

Re: The Jewish Magazine....I entered the article (first time ever doing so on Wikipedia). I thought it would be a good idea to add it to Wikipedia as it is Canada's only glossy mag. If the numbers (500,000) is an issue...feel free to delete that portion. It is really not that important...what is important is that there is a monthly Jewish magazine that is not on Wikipedia.

Thanks again for your consideration....need to sleep now....past my bedtime! ; )

Good night! HH

comment

Hi Samir, I'm sorry about what is happening in the article Bindi, and I've already mentioned that I'm not going to edit the article any more today or tomorrow. But please see the talk page about the word in question. I don't want to do this type of meaningless reverts, and I have mentioned my points and arguments in the talk page repeatedly, requesting BharatVeer to support his position, which he conveniently avoided. But anyway, I will leave it to the judgement of other editors, at least for the time being. I suggest you take a look into it as well ... I trust your judgement in many ways. Thanks. --Ragib 06:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you mean to say that deleting referenced information is appropriate.?-Bharatveer 08:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleting spurious references is definitely valid (though it's a thankless job). Adding "references" that don't support any claims is bad and should never be done. BTW, if you (BharatVeer) have comments directed towards me, my talk page or the talk page of the article in question is perhaps a better place to do so. Thank you. --Ragib 08:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Ragib. be CIVIL.I asked that question to User:Samir.He doesnt need either your help or your support for answering that.

Pls explain the "spuriousness" of the references in the talk page of that article.-Bharatveer 09:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Stop spouting WP:CIVIL. Ragib has been civil. Try reviewing reliable sources and verifiability to understand the difference between "spurious links" and "reliable and valid links" — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 10:27, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

pls take all the article related issues to the talk page.User:headless,before jumping in here to support your "friend"; pls explain the spuriousness of the references in the talk page.-Bharatveer 10:36, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

- Yes, lets discuss on the talk page.Bakaman _Bakatalk 19:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I think an RfC on the article would be most appropriate here, and will put one up if there is no resolution shortly. Input from others is always a good thing. -- Samir धर्म 20:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

You have been blocked! :)

Blocked - legal or personal threat against another user

As a result of your comments made at Encyclopedia Dramatica—namely calling me a Nearly Headless Dick—you have been blocked from editing Wikipedia for a period of time, for posting what could be seen as a threat against another user on Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not tolerate such actions. Users who make threats, whether legal, personal, or professional, that in any way are seen as an attempt to intimidate another user, are immediately blocked. See Wikipedia:No personal attacks and Wikipedia:No legal threats for more information.

Argh, can't even post the damned diff. Its blacklisted. Check the history of the Wikipedia page on ED yourself. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 11:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, here it is : http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Wikipedia&diff=1997036622&oldid=1997034711. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 11:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I guess I did it for the lulz. Those crazy lulz always get me. Cause ED guys are teh r0xx0rs IRL. ED guys all drive beemers, go out with models, kick it at the club every night, groupies following them around! It's what you get from the lulz, baby! ED is serious bizzness! -- Samir धर्म 20:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

There is nothing lulzwurthy about ED. ED only gets good guys like you banned. :P — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 09:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on passing the boards

Thanks for the star. I note from your user page a couple of things we have in common. I spent years traveling to various sites in rural Pennsylvania doing outreach clinics-- it would have been a nice change of scenery to trade and do Ontario a few times. And I have been provoked into incivility by people arguing idiocy here as well. And afterwords it never seemed like the idiot in question or the question of idiocy was worth the ire. Oh well. alteripse 11:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. I'm curious -- what question was it that helped you? If you don't remember the specific question, do you remember the date? Cheers! --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 15:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

...Uh, never mind. I just followed the link you gave. Glad my small comment made such a large difference.

Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! 15:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Likewise; well done! And thanks for the star ! Laïka 20:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Holy hell!

That deletion was like lightning in its speed!! I saw the page creation as it logged, hit the delete link and you still beat me! - have you some deletion script on steriods??!!

Great work! Glen 07:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!

Se la face ay pale, la cause est... Se la face ay pale, la cause est... 23:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

If I'm a bit pale in the face now, it's because of the amazing support during my recent request for adminship and because of all those new shiny buttons. And if in the future my use of them should not always be perfect please don't hesitate to shout at me any time, sunset, noon or sunrise.

Ankit Fadia

Hi Smair. I was just about to revert when I saw that you were keeping a watch too. I am going to revert him. And leave a message on his talk page about the 3rr rule. The last afd had lot of vote stacking with a link to it's afd from Orkut. Also, there is a snowball's chance in hell that an afd on Ankit Fadia would return a delete verdict. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Samir, thanks man... If only I knew how to build those fancy templates, the thank you messages would be much easier for me:) -- Lost^(talk) 09:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Medicine Collaboration of the Week

NCurse _work 14:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Rama's Arrow

Hey - can I pile on nom too or is that unbecoming of me to take such a cheap shot?Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Crohn's disease

Hi there! I've been having a look at Crohn's disease and noticed you were the creator of Image:Patterns of CD.jpg, Image:Distribution of CD 2.jpg and Image:NOD2 CARD15.jpg. Would you mind if I vectorized these? The Image use policy stipulates that diagrams should be SVG whenever possible, or PNG otherwise. I believe these images add a lot to the article, and could benefit greatly from the conversion. [you may want to have a look at this diagram I vectorized for Enzyme and the raster original for comparison. Please ignore the shameless self-promotion :) ] If it's not OK with you, that's fine — otherwise, please let me know and I'll upload away. Thanks again, Fvasconcellos 23:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm working on them now and will upload as soon as I'm done. Fvasconcellos 14:11, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. BTW, I don't think the fonts you used on "Patterns of CD" will render on the embedded image. If you feel strongly about having those particular fonts I'll tweak the file to that end. Fvasconcellos 17:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Samir, I am very thankful to you for supporting and comments on my succesful RfA. Shyam ^(T/C) 06:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

RfC on Mattisse/Timmy12

Hello. Just letting you know that an RfC has been opened on Mattisse, here. As it provides strong circumstantial evidence that Timmy12 is a sockpuppet of Mattisse intentionally using two computers to evade checkuser, I thought you might want to comment. I don't really care what side you weigh in on, but I know you've been in a position to observe at least part of the situation and any view would be helpful. —Hanuman Das 11:16, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. Don't think I could add too much though -- Samir धर्म 05:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

RFC on Mattisse (me) re Starwood & Rosencomet

I have just received notification that a Requests for comment/Mattisse has been opened against my behavior regarding articles related to Rosencomet and Starwood Festival. BostonMA ^talk suggested your name as a person who might be willing to make a comment on it. So I am bringing this RFC to you attention Thank you! Mattisse(talk) 14:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Okay, I can talk about the Starwood links -- Samir धर्म 05:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2006

Project News The Performing Community: Thanks to many contributors like you, we're proud to share that our community is the third most performing community. It has more than 50 FAs related to India, to its credit, lagging only behing Wikiproject Biography and WikiProject Military History. (Courtesy: Ganeshk at Discussion Board). The Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment statistics for India related articles show there are 51 Featured Articles, 5 Class-A articles, 16 Good Articles, 101 Class-B articles, 167 Start-Class articles and more than 4000 Stubs. There were more than 10000 unassessed articles related to India. What's New? Indian Administrators: There are 21 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. The recent Wikipedians to be successful at RFA were Lostintherush and Shyam Bihari. Featured Articles: West Bengal (nom) and Syed Ahmed Khan (nom) were the last two articles from our WikiProject that were granted FA status. Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard Requests: Sibichen K Mathew, Dominic Emmanuel, AK Merchant, Counterfeiting of currency notes in India, Akhand Pratap Singh, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, More... NPOV: Greater Nepal Rajneesh, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Bride burning, Sonia Gandhi More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Silk in the Indian subcontinent, IDBI Bank More... Cleanup: , Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, Velama, Medical college (India), All India Radio, More... Merge: Raghava Rama, Sammar Bahisht, Sathya Sai Baba movement,More... Expand: Prime Minister of India, Krishna district, List of railway stations in India, Swaraj, Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case), Barak Missile Deal Scandal, 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, Bhaiband, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Rahi Masoom Raza, Energy policy of India, Essar Shipping, Fair use, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Arjuna award, Sunil Mittal, Save Indian Family, Anjana Sukhani, Rajendra K. Pachauri, More... Stubs: Anand Math, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bapudeva Sastri, Bombay Dyeing, Indian Copyright Act, Marimallappa, Mumbai Skywalk, More... Translate: Bhojpuri Wikipedia articles, Maithili Wikipedia articles, Telugu Wikipedia articles, Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Collaborations of the Month, Notice board, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assessment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, More... Requested images: Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Subbulakshmi, R. K. Narayan, Free image of Aarti Chhabria Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India Create links/categories to {{Elections in India}} template

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Question about Encyclopedia Dramatica

I was just wondering why it was deleted.--Stilanas 19:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Too much lulz. User: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington would know more than me -- Samir धर्म 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Survey Q

It depents which outback steakhouse you've eaten at. If it's one in the northern hemisphere, no. it doesn't count, however if you ate at an Outback Steakhouse in the Southern hemisphere, yeah. It counts. Thanks and see ya later. AstroBoy 00:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 13:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm back...

My Wikiholicism got the better of me. :D Kimchi.sg 04:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Newbie questions

On irritable bowel page:

1. Can/should I move pathophysiology and epidemiology into a separate page in order to shorten the IBS page?
2. What should be done about content such as the 5 components of stress management that really do not seem to below on the IBS page?

Thanks Badgettrg 04:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Shiny new buttons

Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. ~ trialsanderrors 06:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Rabindranath Tagore

Samir, Can you please provide {{protected}} tag on Rabindranath Tagore article? Thanks. - KNM ^Talk 20:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks!
Thanks for your input on my (nearly recent) Request for adminship, which regretfully achived no consensus, with votes of 68/28/2. I am grateful for the input received, both positive and in opposition, and I'd like to thank you for your participation.
Georgewilliamherbert 04:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)