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The Signpost: 13 February 2012

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THANK YOU

DEAR MR Bill,

I am highly honoured by your concern towards my contributions.I am highly obliged. I just wanted to ask you that can you give me some pages in which I can contribute?

Thanking You,

Prarthita --Prarthita (talk) 17:06, 17 February 2012 (UTC)Italic textprarthita

You're welcome! You seem to be interested in the Indian television soaps, so first, I suggest you to join this project. Almost all Indian television channels' articles are in poor shape, so it would be really helpful if you work on them, like for starter Star Plus. For any other assistance please ask. — Bill william compton^Talk 17:14, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Time to vote again!

	WP:INCOTM - March 2012
	Please suggest/vote articles for the WP:INCOTM project for the month of March 2012. You may nominate articles on the nominations page or vote for the existing nominations on the India Notice Board. Thanks! BPositive (talk) 07:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2012

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Teahouse updates

Hi Bill! A few updates for you about Wikipedia:Teahouse, since you're one of our awesome Teahouse hosts!:

• The host lounge is open! Please take time to review the materials in the space and start contributing to the how-to pages. Your input is valuable. Not only is it great practice to get our minds thinking like hosts, but, you can also provide easy to understand instructions and sound bites for fellow hosts!
• Join the conversation by participating on the host lounge talk pages[1][2]. We also have an IRC channel now for hosts to get to know one another, develop your skills, and eventually the channel will serve as an additional help space for new editors!

• To visit the IRC channel: #wikipedia-teahouse ^connect (Feel free to ask me for help if you're having trouble connecting!)

• Let new editors get to know you by creating your Teahouse profile. Contribute your profile on the host page at the Teahouse! This serves as a fun way for new editors to get to know the people behind the usernames. You can post a photograph of yourself or an avatar, add a quote about yourself or something you enjoy, and share projects and activities you participate on wiki (with wikilinks).

Very exciting things are taking place, and we'll be opening the Teahouse no later than Monday. Feel free to ping me on or off wiki, and I can't wait to work with you to welcome new editors with a warm cup of tea :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:23, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

The Teahouse is Open!

Hi Bill! Great news: The Teahouse is open for business! We're ready to start inviting new users, answering questions and inspiring one another. If you haven't already taken a look at the links provided in the most recent Teahouse update, posted on your talk page, please do! Don't forget to add yourself to the Host page if you haven't already. What's next? Inviting hosts and reporting your invitation information.

• Please familiarize yourself with this brief rundown of your responsibilities as a Teahouse host.
• Use the invitation guide to invite new users and report your invites.
• Make sure you have the Q&A page on your watch page and dive in when answers get asked! Feel free to ask your own questions - either seeking help or inspiring others to share their projects, ideas and inspiration for editing.

See you at the Teahouse! SarahStierch (talk) 18:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

hey Bill! Just dropping by to let the hosts know about some new suggestions I've made based on interactions at the Teahouse thus far. Please take a look when you can! Thanks and can't wait to see you at the Teahouse! New suggestions regarding Q&A participation for hosts. -- SarahStierch (talk) 19:30, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2012

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A beer for you!

Thanks for your continuous involvement with WikiProject India. Let's drink to it! AshLin (talk) 04:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

March 2012 Move-to-Commons drive

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Images and Media at 07:37, 29 February 2012 (UTC).

A barnstar for you!

		The Editor's Barnstar
		You are extraordinary! —Vensatry (Ping me) 14:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC))

Thanks, Vensatry. I really appreciate the recognition. — Bill william compton^Talk 16:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:52, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

MonmouthpediA

Welcome. Hindi! and French? and I guess English too. Do be BOLD. This is going to be a WOW project. Victuallers (talk) 08:16, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Certainly :-) — Bill william compton^Talk 08:22, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Film's January–February Newsletter

The January 2012 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

To unsubscribe, please remove your name from the distribution list. GRAPPLE X 00:36, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the translation project

I will send out more details on progress after I return from holidays in a couple of weeks. Thanks... --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:12, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Betterment of the article

I need some suggestions as to how i can make this article evn more better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_women%27s_cricket_team PraniFan (talk) 13:50, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Comments

• Article needs some major sections about (in random order):

1. Domestics competitions
2. Governing body
3. One Day Internationals
4. Tests
5. Twenty20 Internationals
6. Team colours
7. Personnel
8. Records
9. Current squad

• History section needs expansion, should be more comprehensive.
• Use properly formatted references.
• Refer WP:CRIC#STYLE for more details.

— Bill william compton^Talk 14:07, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Teahouseness!

Hey Bill! Thanks so much for kicking butt at the Teahouse! I have a couple of suggestions that I think will make the experience much more valuable for our guests! I think it'd pretty awesome if we greet the new editor's when they ask a question. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy, just like if we really worked in an offline Teahouse: if we worked there we'd greet each customer! It really makes the Teahouse special. Also, we created a talkback template for hosts to use when they reply to questions. Please use it, so we can let the new editor's know that you helped! Most new editor's probably don't think about watchlisting or checking back to see if their question was answered. Oooh, one more note: first week's data has been released! Make sure to add that talk page to your watchlist - it's a good place to check out :) Thanks Bill, your participation and awesome hostness! Sarah (talk) 15:16, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify March Mini Drive

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DYK nomination of Malaysia at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Hello! Your submission of Malaysia at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LauraHale (talk) 03:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue One - Recent news from the Teahouse

Hi! Welcome to the first edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

Spring has sprung! Stop by the Teahouse for a cup of tea under the cherry blossoms.

• Metrics are out from week one. Week one showed that the need for Teahouse hosts to invite new editors to the Teahouse is urgent for this pilot period. It also showed that emailing new users invitations is a powerful tool, with new editors responding more to emails than to talk page templates. We also learned that the customized database reports created for the Teahouse have the highest return rate of participation by invitees. Check out the metrics here and see how you can help with inviting in our Invitation Guide.
• A refreshed "Your hosts" page encourages experienced Wikipedians to learn about the Teahouse and participate. With community input, the Teahouse has updated the Your hosts page which details the host roles within the Teahouse pilot and the importance that hosts play in providing a friendly, special experience not always found on other welcome/help spaces on Wikipedia. It also explains how Teahouse hosts are important regarding metrics reporting during this pilot. Are you an experienced editor who wants to help out? Take a look at the new page today and start learning about the hosts tasks and how you can participate!
• Introduce yourself and meet new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. New & experienced editors to Wikipedia can add a brief infobox about themselves and get to know one another with direct links to userpages. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, they'll surely be happy to feel the wikilove!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 16:02, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Help needed with Newbies

Bill, I have requested User:Debastein to help WikiProject India to interact with newbies in a better fashion alongwith his Teahouse work. As of now, we have nothing happening except for any actions taken by individual editors. We would shortly be doing something about it and would request your participation in it also seeing that you too are a WP:TH host and a trusted India editor. In the meantime, if you come across any young editors from India/of Indian origin/interested in India, please do point them to the WikiProject and its activities. AshLin (talk) 06:26, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

As a Teahost and most importantly as a Wikipedian this is my responsibly to direct newbies in a productive direction. I'll be more than happy if WP:IND initiates something dedicated for novice editors of India. — Bill william compton^Talk 06:45, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

That's good to know, have another tipple on me. I'm sure you'd enjoy a change after so much tea! AshLin (talk) 07:05, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Malaysia at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:55, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators)

Delivered per request on Wikipedia:Bot requests. 01:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 01:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 March 2012

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Great work assessing articles!

File:Bulle champagne.jpg	Champagne!
	A well-deserved glass of champagne as a reward for your hard work assessing articles! From your friendly neighbourhood pub guy! AshLin (talk) 14:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

Dear Bill,

Some of the Edits I had made on the page - "Khajuraho Group of Monuments" have been reverted.

I believe this page requires sections on the temples of Khajuraho and the monuments protected under World Heritage. The most of the text that was put in the section was based on the taken from the information boards put near the temples (for public and visitor) information.

Rajenver (talk) 12:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC) Rajenver

Rajenver, your edits were against of our policies. Copyright infringement is a serious crime on Wikipedia. Articles aren't collage, so you don't add this much of images in a single page. — Bill william compton^Talk 12:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 March 2012

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There is a question at the Teahouse you might have interest in...

Dear Bill william compton, I just asked a question at the Teahouse that you might have interest in! I hope you'll stop by and participate! Sarah (talk) 23:34, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Review Request

Hi,

Please review and share your feedback new article Nandi Temple, Khajuraho India.

Rajenver (talk) 10:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Replied on the talk page of the article. — Bill william compton^Talk 12:22, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Monmouth Town Council

Hi, I accepted the nomination and then I remembered that there is an un-cited quote in the Mayor section. Could you please fix it. Thanks.--Ishtar456 (talk) 19:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done – Many thanks for the review! — Bill william compton^Talk 19:58, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Monmouth Town Council

The DYK project (nominate) 02:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 March 2012

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WikiCup 2012 March newsletter

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:12, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 April 2012

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Individual Olympic Athletes

The Netherlands Antilles, South Sudan and Kosovo athletes will all compete under the Olympic flag. Do we make different articles for them? Or do we keep Netherlands Antilles separate and have South Sudan/Kosovo on one article as the circumstances are different. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 14:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I would imagine that these nations would still have their own articles, as the Netherlands Antilles did at the 2011 Pan American Games, but I'm not too sure. Perhaps their situation would be similar to Kuwait's at the 2010 Asian Games? Kuwait's NOC was suspended, and their athletes competed as Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Asian Games. Otherwise, I'd imagine that the IOC would release a statement on these nations' status at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 14:55, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

All are going to be competing under the Olympic Flag so I think they would march in together during the OC. However, I would prefer three separate articles, Netherlands Antilles at the 2012 Olympics and South Sudan/Kosovo athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 15:20, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Having a single article for Kosovo and South Sudan doesn't make any sense; rather it would make an impression that these nations have had a mixed team. So, I think all three must have separate articles. But do they have any qualified athletes, or IOC sanctioned quotes for them? — Bill william compton^Talk 16:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

At the end of Judo qualification in May, both Kosovo and Netherlands Antilles will have qualified athletes. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 17:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Two

Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

• Teahouse celebrates one month of being open! This first month has drawn a lot of community interest to the Teahouse. Hosts & community members have been working with the project team to improve the project in many ways including creating scripts to make inviting easier, exploring mediation processes for troubling guests, and best practices regarding mentoring for new editors who visit the Teahouse.

Springtime means fresh tea leaves...

• First month metrics report an average of 30 new editors visiting the Teahouse each week. Approximately 30 new editors participate in the Teahouse each week, by way of asking questions and making guest profiles. An average of six new questions and four new profiles are made each day. We'd love to hear your ideas about how we can spread the word about the Teahouse to more new editors.
• Teahouse has many regulars. Like any great teahouse, our Teahouse has a 61% return rate of guests, who come back to ask additional questions and to also help answer others' questions. Return guests cite the speedy response rate of hosts and the friendly, easy to understand responses by the hosts and other participants as the main reasons for coming back for another cup o' tea!
• Early metrics on retention. It's still too early to draw conclusions about the Teahouse's impact on new editor retention, but, early data shows that 38% of new editors who participate at the Teahouse are still actively editing Wikipedia 2-4 weeks later, this is compared with 7% from a control group of uninvited new editors who showed similar first day editing activity. Additional metrics can be found on the Teahouse metrics page.
• Nine new hosts welcomed to the Teahouse. Nine new hosts have been welcomed to the Teahouse during month one: Chicocvenancio, Cullen328, Hallows AG, Jeffwang, Mono, Tony1, Worm That Turned, Writ Keeper, and Nathan2055. Welcome to the Teahouse gang, folks!
• Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is a really nice way to make new editors feel welcome.

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 21:33, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Bill william compton. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 02:29, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Assessment of Visvanath Siva Temple

Hello, just to let you know you did a wrong assessment here. I am sure it was unintentional, just a mistake. cheers :-) -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 11:26, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't remember how and why I did what I did. It had been a stupid mistake. — Bill william compton^Talk 12:28, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 April 2012

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B. R. Ambedkar

Hi Bill. You recently tagged B. R. Ambedkar as being possibly non-neutral. Could you please explain on that article's talk pages what your concerns are? I'm not saying the concerns are invalid, just wondering what specific is the possible problem so that we can work on fixing it. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:55, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse ping!

Hi Bill, just pinging you from the land of the Teahouse to say hi and that we haven't seen you for a while! We'd still love to have you participate as a host, but I also understand that we (Wikipedians!) do get busy sometimes with other things, on and off-wiki. If you'd like to still participate, great! We'd love your help answering questions and inviting editors to the Teahouse. If you don't think you have the time to participate right now, no problem, just please let me know! Thanks Bill! Sarah (talk) 22:50, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey! euh, just thought i'd remind you about talking back (i covered for you :) Also, ICYDK there's a bunch of useful user scripts including ones to make Teahouse talkback-posting easier available here. benzband (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Indian independence movement

My dear Bill! First of all I will request you to please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Indian_independence_movement. I had uploaded these two files long back but I was surprised to see they were removed without giving proper notice on the talk page of the cited template. If such is the behavier of our wikipedians then it will be very difficult at least for me to continue editing on wikipedia organisation. Please tell me frankly why are you against me? With every regards to you and all my wikipediansKrantmlverma (talk) 17:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Krantmlverma, no one is against of you, and specifically not me. I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. First of all, I always give my reason in the edit summary, so I don't think there's any special need to explain myself on talk page. Unless, of course, somebody asks me to do so. The images, which you repeatedly add, are neither of good quality nor represent the essence of Indian Independence Movement. First, we need aesthetically appealing images for such a highly visible template. Secondly, Indian independence movement is usually known for its nonviolence efforts, so images Mangal Pandey and accused of Kakori Case don't fit there, for the revolutionary movement there's already a flag of Azad Hind. So, I appeal you to refrain from adding such [low quality and POV] images there, feel free to add any good quality and "balanced" images, thanks. — Bill william compton^Talk 18:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for India at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

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Pattinson image

How come you undid the image I posted? Did it have a copyright issue?--Trishstar7 (talk) 04:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, and it's up for deletion on Commons. — Bill william compton^Talk 04:07, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of India at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

The article India at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:India at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games for things which need to be addressed. ⓔⓐⓡⓣⓗ ⓢⓗⓞ©ⓚⓔⓡ (talk) 15:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks very much for the Hindi translation help. 184.147.123.69 (talk) 16:42, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome! — Bill william compton^Talk 16:43, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Advice

Hi. Wanted to ask advice on something. I keep trying to maintain a concise version of the Agnieszka Radwańska article. Dencod16 keeps restoring a far longer version which seems unnecessary IMO, particularly when considering that Wikipedia is not a diary. The longer version also leans toward being disruptive, as it includes a few unverified claims, grammatical errors, over-linking, and comma splices. I'm not willing to clean these up, because I simply think the shorter version should be the standard and that the other stuff could be spun-off into its own article(s). What action might you suggest? -- James26 (talk) 20:20, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Apparently WP TENNIS guidelines for such articles clearly suggest that we should include "grand Slam tournament and other important wins". And, what I see is that he is not responding well. First, I suggest you to avoid any further revert. Second, as you've already reported him at the AN3, he might get blocked for 2 or 3 days. But for a long term solution you should go for RfC. — Bill william compton^Talk 03:34, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate the advice and what you had to say. Thanks. -- James26 (talk) 03:58, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: Kyoklushin strong profil

Hello Bill william compton. I am just letting you know that I deleted Kyoklushin strong profil, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:29, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bill William

I am not sure if I understand correctly, have some person asked to delete this page we just made?, I dont understand? Jinzen Flemming is very famous kyokushin fighter in Denmark and the world and have be fighting in two world tournament before Sosai mas. Oyama pasted away in 1994. He have won more then 80 kyokushin fight , 2 x times European Kyokushin karate champion, 10 place at the World kyokushin karate tournament in 1979, just 71kg , he have just be winning the japanese Kyokushin karate tournament as 57 years old in 2011 in Tokyo, he is 8. Dan Hanshi grade from Jon Bluming 10. Dan, 7. Dan from kancho Royama 9. Dan in japan, 7. Dan from WKA World karate/Kickboxing Association. he have organized more then 20 Danish open karate Tournament, 50 Seminar, 20 Gasshuku Camp . he is president for the Danish Kyokushin karate organization DIKKO, branch chief for Kyokushinkan Denmark under kancho Royama and have be Fuko kancho for jon Blumings Kyokushin Budokai. He is a thrue Kyokushin karate Master 8. Dan hanshi, have be instructor all over the world.

he have be fighting aginst Andy Hug and win by all judgs descion at the Holland Open karate Tournament in 1983 with only 73 kg.

But there is always person and organization that dont like the true master, to have to must focus, after Sosai dead, many organization and person that never have dont anythink for Kyokushin karate, will now clame that there have the best organization. The result speak from its self. Jinzen startet Kyokushin in 1973 and is the best Kyokushin fighter and instructor in Denmark, and many karate ka, that never have be winning anythink outside Denmk dont like him to have to must succes, be cores he is the best look at the www.kyokushinkan.dk og clic on his name a google you will find 1000 of page with Flemming Jinzen Schrøter ( his fight name is Jinzen). He belong to the hall of Fame! Hanshi Jinzen is a true Bushido fighter, that belong in the history as one of the best kyokushin karate fighter ever, after the world tournament in 1984 in Tokyo when hanshi Jinzen win aginst Hennei Bosman South Africa 120 kg 200 cm high, and a weight different of 43kg so Soai Mas. Oyama stsand up and bow in front of Hanshi Jinzen, and call for him under the party and tell him that he think he will become the world Kyokushin karate champion if there was weight divison, but Jinzen must understand that there will never be weight divison in kyokushin karate , and jinzen have prove that a small person can win aginst a bigger person when he have true kyokushin spirit in his heart when he win aginst Shihan Hennie Bosman. To day there is many weight devision.

Have is it possible to get picture on this page?

best regards

Osu

Johs Kundacki Denmark [email protected] Danish Contact Karate Federation www.karateforbund.mono.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by DKKF (talk • contribs) 12:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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Please Wait

Dear, please have patience I am doing!--Jagadhatri(২০১২) 07:29, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

It was all of sudden. And, as almost all edits made on the articles of Indian television shows have tendency to remain unsourced, I had same in my mind. If you're really improving the article, then apologizes for the interruption. — Bill william compton^Talk 07:35, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I can understand. Fans do write but their claims remain unsourced that is the reason for the mass deletion of soap opera articles. But I have been writing but have been adding references too. Thank you for your cooperation as if I would have been in your place I too would have been forced to do so. Yours faithfully, --Jagadhatri(২০১২) 07:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

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	For all the Asian Games and Commonwealth games related stuff..... Srikar Kashyap (talk) 08:18, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm trying to make all the red-links vanish in the template Nations_at_the_2011_Commonwealth_Youth_Games.I'm already done with Asia.I would be happy with additional help.Thanks! Srikar Kashyap (talk) 08:21, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I know it's pretty late, but thanks for your appreciation. Thanks for working on the 2011 CYG articles. — Bill william compton^Talk 14:01, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev

Hi can you provide an informal review for this FFLC, mainly with the prose part. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 03:09, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

I'd love to but right now I'm on Wikibreak, and won't be active before May 24. You may ask somebody else, or I'll look into it on due date. — Bill william compton^Talk 03:28, 11 May 2012 (UTC)