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Contents 1 Gandhi 2 Notation 3 Interwiki link & infobox 4 Indian Collaboration 5 Indian Independence movement 6 Image copyright tags 7 Barnstar 8 Welcome back 9 Kannada writers, Kannada wikipedia expansion 10 massive floods in Mumbai 11 Visual Basic Classic Wikibook 12 Image:GolGumbaz2.jpg 13 Hope we can work together 14 Commonwealth of Nations 15 The lighted path 16 License tagging for Image:Girishkasaravalli.jpg 17 Thanks for the review of the article! 18 Welcome to WP India 19 Fair use rationale for Image:Ghatam.jpg 20 Fair use rationale for Image:PCT.jpg 21 WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006 22 Your Featured Picture nomination 23 Thanks 24 WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007

[edit] Gandhi

Thanks for fixing my careless typo.

But "rv vandalism" is IMO a good summary only when your edit changes a page to exactly the state it had in the past. What you did was repairing vandalism, an even more valuable service to the project, since vandalism in the most recent edit is so much easier to spot (by looking at the diff rendering) compared to the sorts of vandalism that can be fixed by a true reversion.

Hope you continue to find this worth while, and thanks again.
--Jerzy(t) 17:17, 2005 Jan 11 (UTC)

No problem :) - thanks for the info abt edit summaries regarding vandalism, makes sense. --ashwatha 01:14, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notation

Thought I'd drop a quick note to point out that Wikipedia policy is to allow either BC/AD or BCE/CE notation in an article, as long as whichever form is used in an article, it is used consistently. The suggestion is that there an article already uses an acceptable form, and the India article has (apart for a very small period of time) always used the BC/AD form, that is the one that is used. It is also better to use the BC/AD notation anyway, as almost all readers will understand it, whereas a great many do not understand BCE/CE. For instance, here in the UK, schools tended not even to refer to the BCE/CE notation until it was put into the National Curriculum in 2002 - those schooled before then are unlikely to have come across it. This is also backed up by internet usage, where there is a strong bias (9 to 1) in favour of the BC/AD notation. Kind regards, jguk 22:48, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki link & infobox

hi ashwath, there seems to be a dissent over where the interwiki template should appear. I suggested that it should either be on the top or somewhere near the top, say below the infobox. But its a shame that few wikipedians have been pushing it down like an edit war, based on a vote thats supposedly 'expired'(!) :( It sounds crazy, ain't it? See this. All I wanted to ensure was that people spot the interwiki link easily, so that enough people do visit language wikipedias from the language page. It is really helpful when new editors familiar with curiously drop in to the kannada page. But this is the most awful experience I had from the day I started editing wikipedia. The kannada flag that was on the Kannada page (on infobox) too has vanished :( check the discussion.

[edit] Indian Collaboration

Hi. Please enlist your support for the Indian collaboration of the week. utcursch 07:58, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Independence movement

Thanks for working on Indian independence movement. It looks great now! Truly FA material now!! --kunjan1029 05:24, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright tags

Thanks for uploading Image:Netaji.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Tagishsimon (talk) 16:25, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

I present this Barnstar to Ashwatham for his contributions to Kannada, Karnataka and related subjects on the English Wikipedia --IMpbt 18:59, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome back

Welcome back. Hope to see more edits from you.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 12:48, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

thanks! --ashwatha 02:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kannada writers, Kannada wikipedia expansion

Hi Ashwath,

Check User:Hpnadig/Kannada_Wikipedia_mesg. This one is to try and inform new members on en about kannada wikipedia. I'm trying to track potential contributors by Browsing the history of Kannada related topics. Can you help me with it?

I've made a template: See User:Hpnadig/Kannada_Literature_Template. Can you help me find out which of those already have articles? (apart from already linked ones - this is 'cos names could've been typed with different spelling or initials) We can start working on others that don't have articles. --H P Nadig 7 July 2005 13:07 (UTC)

[edit] massive floods in Mumbai

Why not page on massive floods in Mumbai? pradeepsomani

[edit] Visual Basic Classic Wikibook

I see you have contributed to the Visual Basic article on Wikipedia. Any chance you would like to join in editing the wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Visual_Basic_Classic? --Kjwhitefoot 08:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:GolGumbaz2.jpg

Could you please change the licensce of Image:GolGumbaz2.jpg and release it in public domain or Creative Commons if you want to do so.. or else it will get deleted...

Its very hard to get a picture like that....--Aravind Parvatikar 15:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hope we can work together

Hi. I am Dinesh Kannambadi. I have created a page called "Karnataka Literature" that may be of some value to you. The page contains names and where ever possible dates and works of scholars in Kannada and Sanskrit. I have also been active on Kannada , Karnataka (and all related kingdoms like chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Gangas, Vijayanagar, Hoysala, Kadamba etc). Do you know how to rectify/create maps in .png format or any format to accurately represent geograhpical extent of Kannada Kingdoms. If you do, feel free to add it in. The Maps for Vijayanagar and Rashtrakuta are not accurate.

Dinesh Kannambadi

[edit] Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. (I think this may have been your FA nomination? If not, please disregard.) Sandy 15:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The lighted path

I wish you All The Best on the ocasion of the Indian festival of light, Diwali. I am sure that the light of hope, confidence, and all positive attributes shall always remain inside you – lighting your path and guiding you to attain higher and higher levels of excellence in all your endevours! All the best! --Bhadani 16:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Girishkasaravalli.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Girishkasaravalli.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 11:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the review of the article!

Thanks, Ashwatham, for the review of the article Ramana Maharshi. I have taken note of your comments. Unfortunately, when you reviewed the article, the Life section of the article was deleted by somebody on the 16th of Nov. I have fixed it now. I would try to expand the Teachings section.

I notice that you are active in Kannada-related efforts on Wikipedia. Well, thanks for doing that! The Kannada article might require some re-structuring after the Tamil language article (it is a featured article). First thing we could do is fix the 'sign board' picture - the picture has a poster stuck on it..--Naresh 21:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WP India

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ghatam.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PCT.jpg

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 07:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume I, Issue 3 - December 2006

Project News Name change of cities in Karnataka: A straw poll was conducted on the proposal to change the name of cities in Karnataka, per the Nov 1, 2006 decision by the Karnataka government to rename them from the current anglicised forms. The result of the poll was to change the names. As controversial as the decision may be in the real world, the article Bangalore in Wikipedia still reflects the old name. You may be interested in knowing why. Dig the archives. New Project Noticeboard (Shortcut:WP:INB): WikiProject India now sports a new colourful centralised noticeboard. An effort to make the noticeboard current and dynamic was mooted a few days back, and Ganeshk came up with the new format. The new noticeboard will strive to be the one-stop shop for all project related information. The shortcut is WP:INB. Members List: The old members list is being phased out to give way for the new members list. New members are requested to add their names to the new members list. As the newsletter grows, further issues of the Project Newsletter will be delivered to those enlisted in the new list. So dash down now, to check if ur name is in there. What's New? Featured Content: Three articles (Chalukya Dynasty (nom), History of Tamil Nadu (nom) and Bengali language (nom)), one list (List of Indian ODI cricketers) and one picture (Prayer flag in the Kurgiakh valley in Zanskar contributed by Moumine (pictured)) were featured from our WikiProject recently. Congratulations to all contributors who helped to develop the above content to represent the best of Wikipedia! Need some help? Are you stuck at a point where admin help is needed? There are 22 Indian Administrators in Wikipedia at the last count. If you need some help with anything related to WikiProject India, they are just a couple of clicks away! Complete To Do List India-related tasks | Indian noticeboard v • e • d • h • w Requests: People: Bapudeva Sastri, Marimallappa, Ravichandran, Articles: Barak Missile Deal Scandal, Asura (band), Asian Variety Show, Cultural liberalism in India, Energy policy of India, India Export Tax, India Import Tax, Marimallappa High School, More... NPOV: Rajneesh, Khalistan, Ranjit Lal Jetley Hedgewar, Puttanna Kanagal, Indira Gandhi, More... Wikify: Railway stations, Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, More... Cleanup: caste system, Rampur, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Shipping Corporation of India, More... Merge: Amber Fort,More... Expand: Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India (Supreme Court Case) 14th Lok Sabha, Adithada, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bandhani work, But Marma Atti, Chikan (embroidery), China Town, Kolkata, Essar Shipping, Fair use, G. N. Naidu, Hinduism in India, Imperial Bank, Inbuan Wrestling, Integral humanism, Iran-India relations, Islam in India, Sunil Mittal More... Stubs: Indian Copyright Act, Anand Math, Andhra Bank, A R Antule, Arjuna award, Army of India, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bombay Dyeing, More... Translate: Marathi Wikipedia articles, Hindi Wikipedia articles, Sanskrit Wikipedia articles, Tamil Wikipedia articles Kannada Wikipedia articles Collaborate: Notice board, Collaboration of the Week, Category Adoptions To do, Version 1.0 assesment, India Portal, Life in India, India quick links Indian Wikipedians, Indian administrators More... Requested images: Major crops, Convert Image:Standard of the President of India.gif to SVG, Free image of Aarti Chhabria (See: Image:Aarti Chhabria.jpg and its talk page) Other requests: Add maps from WikiProject India Maps to articles of Indian regions found at List of regions in India v • e • d • h • w

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[edit] Your Featured Picture nomination

Thank you for nominating the Gol Gumbaz picture as a Featured Picture, but may I ask you to please read the nomination procedure before nominating any others, as the nomination was placed incorrectly on the page. I've fixed this nomination up for you, and if you have any questions on the nomination procedure feel free to ask me. Raven4x4x 05:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks again for the nomination. Raven4x4x 05:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the award. I did not see it earlier or would have replied right away.Thanks again.By the way, Hoysala Empire is in FAC review now.Dineshkannambadi 15:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject India Newsletter: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 2007

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