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I would like to know the fate of the page Kiran Soni Gupta.
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Hi, I think I may of accidentally reverted one of your edits on Lupin's Anti-Vandalism, so I am sorry. Qaei ☎ 06:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
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proposed deletion of D Roopa IPS
Dear uncle tom wood, I believe that D Roopa IPS is notable because, she is the first kannadiga lady IPS officer. She won prestigious President's Police Medal. She is an inspiration to many youngsters particularly girls. Any information on her would inspire women. Most of the references about her are in vernaculars. She is a popular person on various discussion panels in Kannada TV channels. She has a whopping 6650 followers on her Facebook page called D Roopa Moudgil. Within 40 days of her on twitter, she has a Followers number of whopping 1100. She is notable. Consider it again please. nick 15:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Good spider (talk • contribs)
Regarding deletion of D Roopa IPS
Hi, I feel that this page must be given some more time.As per wikipedia policy of deletion, one independent source is necessary and for this article in reference number 37 and 38, an article on her in the most reputed newspaper Times of India has been mentioned. This article in Times of India has covered almost all aspects of D Roopa IPS as mentioned in Wikipedia page. Also, there is a reference in number 6, which is also about her in a short and crisp manner ,however, the reference is in Kannada language. Hence, as two independent sources are very much referenced, this article should not be deleted. Hongkonger56 (talk) 17:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
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Proposed page deletion
Hi mate,
This is regarding your proposal to delete page/Rajesh Khullar. I understand you have put in similar requests in the past which even at first glance may seem fair. However, in this particular case I think it will probably be wrong to place the person in the category of just another state level officer. While I am absolutely for reaching a consensus, and respect the final decision no matter which way it may go, I'm here to request you to consider giving it another thought and withdrawing your nomination. Again, I respect your thought process and actions and believe you act in Wiki's right interest. Thanks and regards Ahrefimgsrc (talk) 18:09, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Aakanxit, I'm sorry man. There is really nothing I can do. That's just how the Wikipedia notability guidelines and deletion processes work. I apologize again for calling him "just a Secretary", didn't have any intentions of belittling your dad's post. Just that his article at this point in time does not meet the Wikipedia notability guidelines. I'd be happy if you could point similar articles of bureaucrats which do not match wikipedia guidelines for deletion. Uncletomwood (talk) 16:46, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
Jason BARNARD
Hi UncleTomWood I just added a talk to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jason_Barnard Would much appreciate your feedback — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonbarnard (talk • contribs) 13:28, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
thnku sir
Pleasure to be here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arpita lodha jain (talk • contribs) 10:43, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi there,
I tried to submit a 'Genius Sports' page but understand that it has been quickly deleted.
Please, could I get some feedback as to why? It was intended to be a company page that provided neutral and unbiased information on Genius Sports' history with references.
Apologies for the inconvenience. George GeorgeSmith25A (talk) 11:30, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
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Regarding deletion of Amit Lohani
Hi:
I strongly vote in favor of the article on Amit Lohani as cited using number of examples from external sources, which demonstrate his role as a strong advocate of fair trade practices in Food and Beverage sector in India and also, his pivotal role in placing India on global food scenario. He has been recognized by Government of India and many other country governments at several occasions for his work in F&B sector. Various newspaper articles like those from Economic Times, Business Standards, Financial Express, and others have covered his work multiple times and he has been shortlisted for reputed international exchange programs like IVLP and others, which clearly state his role and its recognition. Also, kindly do not consider this article as an advertisement page of a businessman whereas; this page has been made with an objective to pick out and emphasize on his role in attaining some drastic changes in F&B scenario in country and also, in bringing India on a international platform.
Kindly let us know if you have any further query or question related to the same and we will be happy to revert back and we greatly appreciate your understanding for removing this article from deletion nomination head.
Best Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishra S Shukla (talk • contribs) 05:26, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Proposed Deletion for Page Amit Lohani
Hi:
We strongly vote in favor of the article on Amit Lohani as cited using number of examples from external sources, which demonstrate his role as a strong advocate of fair trade practices in Food and Beverage sector in India and also, his pivotal role in placing India on global food scenario. He has been recognized by Government of India and many other country governments at several occasions for his work in F&B sector. Various newspaper articles like those from Economic Times, Business Standards, Financial Express, and others have covered his work multiple times and he has been shortlisted for reputed international exchange programs like IVLP and others, which clearly state his role and its recognition. Also, kindly do not consider this article as an advertisement page of a businessman whereas; this page has been made with an objective to pick out and emphasize on his role in attaining some drastic changes in F&B scenario in country and also, in bringing India on a international platform.
Kindly let us know if you have any related query or question and we greatly appreciate your understanding on removing article from 'nominated for deletion'head.
Best Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.252.4.21 (talk) 05:44, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Regarding Deletion of Awdhesh Singh
I have got a message regarding deletion of page "Awdhesh Singh". I would request you to please give me at lealeast 2 days so that I can improve the page by adding links & references. Dr Awdhesh is a notable Indian speaker & author and currently he is the 2nd most viewed Indian writer on Quora with 1.92 million views. Thanks Aakash — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.60.192.180 (talk) 17:18, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Aakash. He's most definitely not at all notable. Please review his achievements and his post and get back to me. He's just a mid-level officer in the CBEC who's hardly notable. Having a fan following on Quora isn't a criterion at all. Going by that argument Balaji Vishwanath should have an article! Please read WP:BIO and WP:GNG. His supposed book is also not notable. Uncletomwood (talk) 17:28, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Talk Amit Lohani
This obviously is not a linkedian page and not been made with that objective. International food trade in India is at 5.2 billion US$ and FIFI's zeal under the leadership of Amit Lohani is hell bent on increasing this to 10 Billion by year 2018 . He has been instrumental in reducing, Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues, Non Tariff barriers and beaurocracy in this trade by numerous interactions, representations, and RTI's. The slight change in the governent protectionist view on International F&B can be credited to his efforts by giving rational view . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishra S Shukla (talk • contribs) 15:17, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
Revoke deletion of page of Amit Lohani
I find it difficult to understand proposal for deletion as Having worked with him during my stint as a embassy employee , he has been working extensivley for few years to eradicate the red tapism of Government officials in the trade . Quite forthcoming and staright forward person . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.176.138.148 (talk) 17:51, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
Amit Lohani should be retained
Hi and thank you for your message on my talk page regarding article on Amit Lohani. I have given several citations to Lemongirl on the credibitly of person in discussion and if you may suggest I am happy to share those with you as well. I still strongly urge to re evaluate the subject in light to the media references submitted. I have even given articles from international media houses in this line.
Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishra S Shukla (talk • contribs) 18:49, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
On Amit Lohani
Reference to my mesaage to lemon girl. I would want to reemphasize on the fact that he has been selected by Government of United Stated in 2013 for IVLP program which has President and Prime Minister of numerous countries as its alumini. His views have been covered several times by numerous renowned print and electronic media groups, which clearly indicate that the subject holds a important position in the changing FnB trade scenario and also that such personalities are required to continue to bring India on a global platform. We are givng few for your reference and can refer to more if need be. We strongly urge that importance to India trade scenario and people involved should be given on platform like this. 1. Economic Times times 2. NDTV [49]. 3. Dollar Magazine (page 3: [50] 4. Progressive Grocers : ( Page 10 10 5. Media Today today. 6. Koam TV: TV. 7. FnB News news. Surprisingly I was told by lemongirl indicating that the media groups we referend to are of less credibitlity and as an Indian it is difficult for me to locate something more credibe then economic timea or NDTV. And in case you refuse to accept credibility or circulation of Indian newspapers you may wish to refer to Embassy Coverage. Or a cover story article story by media today. I do not have an article on newyorker on him but I am sure you will understand that is an individual is being given space in cover articles repeateadly then he must have some gravity to his work and we must tive it due credit and recognitio . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishra S Shukla (talk • contribs) 19:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
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RETAIN AMIT LOHANI WIKI PAGE
KEEP - The article is in one of Europe major food & grocery magazine PROGRESSIVE GROCERS on the launch of Europe Number 01 Gluten free brand exclusively covering Max Foods and Amit Lohani <ref>http://www.indiaretailing.com/2015/04/01/progressive-grocer/max-foods-to-launch-dr-schar-gluten-free-foods-in-india — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.176.174.66 (talk) 18:53, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
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Why you give star to User:Lmmnhn? He blocks almost all other users from editing Hong Kong legislative election, 2016, Template:Hong Kong political parties, Localism in Hong Kong, Localism camp and etc. Are you promoting dictatorship of certain user????? 203.160.68.87 (talk) 08:57, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
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Red beacon Light editing is invalid, kindly revert, blue beacon lights are allowed for constitutional functionaries , refer new government of India notification — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:D187:91DE:0:0:161C:78AC (talk) 06:48, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 23 June 2017
- News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
- In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill
- Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take
- Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues
- Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth
- Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all
The Signpost: 15 July 2017
- News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes
- Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more
- In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce
- Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers
- Gallery: A mix of patterns
- Humour: The Infobox Game
- Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday
- Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts
- Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up
The Signpost: 5 August 2017
- Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality
- WikiProject report: Comic relief
- In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity
- Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list
- Featured content: Everywhere in the lead
- Technology report: Introducing TechCom
- Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs
The Signpost: 6 September 2017
- From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?
- News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments
- Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies
- Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts
- Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future
- Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube
- Technology report: Latest tech news
- Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up
- Humour: Bots
The Signpost: 25 September 2017
- News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL
- Humour: Chickenz
- Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe
- Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications
- Gallery: Chicken mania
- Traffic report: Fights and frights
- Featured content: Flying high
The Signpost: 23 October 2017
- News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
- Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables
- Humour: Guys named Ralph
- In the media: Facebook and poetry
- Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK
- Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment
The Signpost: 24 November 2017
- News and notes: Cons, cons, cons
- Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
- Technology report: Searching and surveying
- Interview: A featured article centurion
- WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects
- In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution
- Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate
- Featured content: We will remember them
- Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text
ArbCom 2017 election voter message
Hello, Uncletomwood. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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The Signpost: 18 December 2017
- Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up
- Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017
- In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more
- Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
- Gallery: Wiki loving
- Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"
- Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech
- Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys
Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
Greetings,
It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 January 2018
- News and notes: Communication is key
- In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media
- Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics
- Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
- Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers
- Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
- Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017
The Signpost: 5 February 2018
- Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
- Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles
- Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
- Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
- In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
- Humour: You really are in Wonderland