User talk:Kuaichik

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Talk:Kumaran Asan 3 Français, Ankur et al 4 Ankur (film) 5 Pazhaya pattukal 6 Pictures 7 Happy New Year! 8 Fan Li page 9 Hi 10 Ankur, Midnapore and other ramblings. 11 Bobanum Moliyum 12 Pratitdwandi 13 Bengal Famine 14 Re:Anganaayo?! Gee, sorry... 15 All the best 16 Hi 17 Thank you! 18 Re:Aparajito plot 19 Thank you 20 reg. Spanish platina 21 Pather Panchali 22 Roma people 23 Greetings

[edit] Welcome

Hello, Kuaichik, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Deepu Joseph (a.k.a. thunderboltz). Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• If you need help, post a question at the Help Desk or ask me on my talk page.
• Sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~).
• Provide an Edit summary
• Take a look at Consensus of standards. It is always wise to read the talk page of an existing article before making major changes on it. Even then, I typically ask if anyone minds that I make a change. Very often they do! ;-)
• Create a User page

Yes, please keep up with the great work you are doing. I hope I dont overwhelm you, but I'm dropping a few more links that might interest you:

	Links for Wikipedians interested in India content
Newcomers: Welcome kit | Register: Indian Wikipedians | Network: Noticeboard | Discussionboard Browse: India | Open tasks | Deletions Contribute content: Collaboration Dashboard - India WikiProject - Wikiportal India - Indian current events - Category adoptions

Also, check out the Kerala Noticeboard.

Btw, noticed you mentioning that you can speak 13 languages. Wow! Thats some feat. It would be nice if you could list them per WP:BABEL. Cheers, and happy editing!-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}14:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Why, where and how did you learn all of 'em up?? O_O

And about the french page: Absolutement! Be my guest. Fr:Utilisateur:Deepujoseph is all yours. :-) -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}07:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Kumaran Asan

Added a couple of comments here. Tintin (talk) 05:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Français, Ankur et al

I wish I had the kind of linguistic ability to learn languages off books. Anyway, kudos to you for that! I learned french two years back at school. I've never had to use it much since, and hence I've forgotten most of it, especially the grammar. But still, I can read and understand it pretty well. Thanks for designing my user page there. Its absolument terrific! ;-)
From Wikipedia:Stub, Once a stub has been properly expanded and becomes an article rather than just a stub, you or any editor may remove the stub tag from it. No administration action or formal permission is needed. Since you've done a pretty good job and expanded the article, you can reove the tag right away. Only very short pages that have scope for further improvement need the tag.
You can nominate the interesting fact directly to Template talk:Did you know. If it gets selected there, it will be added to Portal:India too.(If the nomination fails, you can add it to the Indian portal directly.) But before you nominate, you should see that the article is well sourced and neutral. Also (I'm sure you must've already read the rules, but...) remember that you have to nominate within 5 days of creation of the article. So go ahead - source the article, then nominate it for DYK. Also think of adding Template:Infobox Film to the article. Good luck. Keep your fingers crossed after the nom. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}04:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Lol, looking at the history, it seems you had a fun time editing the article. ;-)

Anyways, citing sources is easy. Did you take a look at WP:CITE? Also, you neednt source each and every line. Sourcing the storyline is unnecessary too, IMO. Only the facts in the lead need to be sourced. And the best way to do it, is using the <ref> tags. See this example I've used. However, do note that it is not necessary to use the {{cite web}} that I've used. You might as well write <ref>[http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/films/bollywood/ankur.htm Red Hot Country]</ref>, and it will do. Also, if you can get an image from/of the film, you can upload it here under Fairuse license. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}06:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Lol, nice comparison. ;-) Good job with the DYK. Cross your fingers and hope that it gets selected. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Just noticed that you got the second reference wrong.A simple syntax of referencing is like this:<ref>[http://theURLhere.com Whatever text here]</ref>. Try setting it like this. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you've done it correctly! When the code <references/> is added at the end, all the references you provided will appear there. Try clicking on the [1] or [2] now. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

de-intenedBilinguial messages adipoli thanne. I'm amazed at your grasp of the language and culture of India, despite living in America. You must be some sort of budhijeevi. :P
Pinne, Indic text add cheyan unicode fonts mati. You can use some of the tools given on Wikipedia:Enabling complex text support for Indic scripts for easy typing. I particularly like the one called Braha IME. Give it a try.-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}13:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ankur (film)

On 11 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ankur (film), 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.

Good job on the expansion on the article! It's on the front page now under "Did you know". Take care -- Samir धर्म 06:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Bahut shukriya Samir Saab! --Kuaichik 13:39, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey!! Been pretty much occupied the whole day. Please accpet my belated congratulations on your first DYK!!! Abhinandhanagal, maashae! :-) -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}18:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pazhaya pattukal

Hadn't you said somewhere in your user page that you are interested in old mallu songs ? Atho njan swapnam kandathano !? I can't now see it there or in its older versions. Tintin (talk) 12:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanka thazhika kutamalla...thaarapadhathile radhamalla... Athu Pearl viewil alle ? I am from Muvattupuzha. When you have nothing better to do please take a look at User:Tintin1107/List of Malayalam movies from 1951 to 1960, User:Tintin1107/List of Malayalam Movies from 1961 to 1970 and User:Tintin1107/List of Malayalam movies from 1971 to 1975 and add songs where you can remember them. Bakki madi kaaranam cheythilla. Tintin (talk) 12:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Or Filmography of G. Devarajan. But with this one, you have to be careful not to make errors. Tintin (talk) 12:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Yes, that is fine. You can do that, given that you select the correct licenses for the images on the French wiki too (which might be a bit daunting task). My bad in not having uploaded the images onto Wikimedia Commons, which would've made it available across all the (language) wikis. I suggest that you upload the file onto commons and use it on the French wiki. Cheers!-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}08:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy New Year!

ചിങ്ങമാസം വന്നേ.....ഓണം ഇനി ദിവസങ്ങള്‍ മാത്രം അകലെ... ഈ കാത്തിരിപ്പിനും ഒരു സുഖം.....പുതുവല്‍സരാശംസകള്‍ നേരുന്നു....ഈ വര്‍ഷം സന്തോഷങ്ങളും ഐശ്വര്യങ്ങളും നിറഞ്ഞതായിരിക്കെട്ടെ എന്നാശംസിക്കുന്നു-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}14:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fan Li page

Not until you left a message on my talk page that I knew there exists a page by the name Fan Li. I have no idea, by that I mean no verifiable source, that Fan Li and Phạm Lãi was the same person. However, after reading that article (vi:Phạm Lãi), I came to the conclusion that Fan Li and Phạm Lãi are nothing but different transliterations of the one person's name -- both articles relate to zh:范蠡, both mention him working for Yue at the Spring and Autumn period, both mention that he was sent to Wu as a hostage...

By the way, fluently in 13 languages, eh? I'm truly impressed. Namaste ... Mekong Bluesman 19:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi... I just rewrote Midnapore because it required some work from a native of the place :P. I was looking at the "what links there" and saw that you mentioned Midnapore at some point in time as a "failed" wiki. Since you've followed the topic for a while, could you please take some time to see if my expansion has made it a little better? :D

By the way smashing work on Ankur (film). I love Shyam Benegal's other films too so I'll see if I can lend a hand with Nishant, Suraj ka Satvan ghoda and Sardari Begum

Of course, all of these still ongoing projects. Take care. --Antorjal 02:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ankur, Midnapore and other ramblings.

I've changed both sections. Thanks for reading it and letting me know. I've changed "water is a precious commodity" to "water is a scarce resource" and also the weird sounding POV on "brightest district". There are problems with revamping an article that already exists. For one, some of the language sticks around and makes the whole damn thing sound uneven. A problem with being a native is that POVs do tend to come in, whether or not consciously or unconsciously I have no friggin' clue. So, I'm really glad you read it. Hack and slash whatever you feel like, dude. That's what wiki is about isn't it?

Re: films, I am a huge film fanatic. The whole Netflix thing got me watching some really cool movies that I would never have seen had they not been readily available on DVD coast-to-coast. I had watched a lot of films growing up but mostly stuff my parents watched (or in other words stuff in Bengali). I had come to the false conclusion that all Hindi films were inferior in quality, but thanks to Netflix I've changed my perspective... oh and man, you have to see Nishant. It is way beyond good, it is phenomenal. And I have a vested interest too... We'd all get a great article on that film too. Cheers. --Antorjal 02:35, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments... I guess I'm a little over a decade older than you... LOL. I'll look through the Ankur page thoroughly tomorrow after work. It is after all, one of my favorite films too; unfortunately, I am not totally familiar with all customs from Andhra Pradesh but I'll see what I can do. And ya you're right. I AM pretty new at this; It is a nightmare, man, especially for people who try to use English correctly. LOL. There is so much information that is POV, unsubstantiated, incoherent, and downright numbing here that I guess the more people working at one time the better. Take care.--Antorjal 04:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bobanum Moliyum

The Bobanum Moliyum page that your home page links to is adipoli. Tintin (talk) 08:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I have not heard of Balamithram, so I am not sure. Is it an independent magazine or was it attached to another publication (like Balarama to Malayala Manorama) ? There was a Sara John who used to write occasionally in Balarama in the early 80s (though I just can't remember anything that she wrote). Would that be your grandmother by any chance ? Tintin (talk) 16:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Try to find some ref which can establish it that it is the first children's magazine (or atleast that it is the oldest existing one - which it should be). Can you also try to get some figures about its circulation now and when it was at its peak. Tintin (talk) 06:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pratitdwandi

Yeah I've seen it though it's been about 15 years (believe it or not). I might not remember how it ended. But I'll try to answer any questions if I know. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!--Antorjal 21:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh ****!! I missed it. Belated B'day greetings from me, dude. And here is a well deserved gift for you. Surprise! :)-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 06:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Anirban here... Sorry for the late response. I'm trying to get this company on the West Coast to rent me this copy of the film so I can watch it again. Reading your post made me feel like I should see this movie once more. It's been about a week, still no sign of the dvd in the mailbox. From what I remember, I think Dhritiman's haracter narrated the letter saying something about futility and then there was the Ram naam satya hai incident. I'll give you more details once I see the film again. Take care. --Antorjal 16:08, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Can I interest you in writing a review then for Pratidwandi? I still haven't got the dvd and have lost hope now but I can help out with what I vaguely remember. :D --Antorjal 02:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Let's do a collaborative effort on Sonar Kella then... it's one of my favorite films and fresh in my mind. :) Take care. --Antorjal 21:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bengal Famine

Hello Kuaichik,

You edited this article saying it is false to say there have been no famines in India post-independence. Specifically you wrote that there was a famine in Kerala. Do you have numbers of the extent of this famine? A shortage of rice is not a famine per se. Till you provide these details I am reverting back to the old version.

Thanks!

Jayanta Sen 18:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello Vijay,

Thanks for your reply. I think your offer is fair, I will make the changes.

Regards,

Jayanta

Dear friend, Thanks for ur help.There's debate going on at Belgaum page and we are building consensus.I would request u to to post ur views at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Belgaum#.22.E0.A4.B3.22_in_Hindi.3F on Belgaum:talk

I wanted to link ur comment from that talk page,but I dunno how to do tht.mahawiki 04:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello again Kuaichik, I left a reply for you on my talk page. If you place my talk page on your watchlist we can continue the discussion there. Alternatively if you wish to have the discussion on your page I can place it on my watchlist. Regards, JS 20:28, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Anganaayo?! Gee, sorry...

No no. I received a lot of unusual requests (from different editors) like "What is your opinion on Industrialisation in South India" and a couple of translation requests. He didnt bother me at all. I actually like replying to odd questions, for that matter. Send more of 'em in!!-- thunderboltz^(Deepu) 03:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All the best

Really sad to see this. Do drop in now and then. All the best with your research. Take care.--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 13:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Haha. Thankal oru sambhavam thanae annallo. I'm truely impressesd with the idea of Translit search. But I couldnt see it working, 'coz the search button links it to the local server. Take a look, and let me know when it is fixed. Future Bill Gates-o Larry Page-o ayyal nammalae onnum marakallae. ;-) --thunderboltz^(Deepu) 06:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey! Nice to see you back. Thanks for the congratulations. You were mentioned in my rfa nomination. :) The trasnlit search works well now. Good work. What are your plans for it? I highly recommend the book The Google Story by David A Vise. Should serve as inspiration for you. ;-) Good luck!--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 05:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi... how have you been doing? Haven't heard from you in a while. Any new movies you've seen lately? Take care, man. --Antorjal 13:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you so much for the Xmas gift and the kind words you left on my user page. I am indeed humbled! Hope you are having a great Christmas. Regards, thunderboltz^(Deepu) 18:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Maashae, I really don't deserve so many barnstars. These are all part of the day's work...--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 10:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

And regarding the template, yes you can do that. Go to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:Satyajit Ray and copy the code from Template:Satyajit Ray to there, doing the necessary translations. Also remember to add the interwiki links.--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 10:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

It probably has something to do with the MediaWiki version that both the wikipedias are using. I remember instances of it not appearing at first on en.wiki also. I've changed to a different navigational template now. You can see more such templates at Template:Navigation#See_also.

By the way, the english namespaces work on all wikipedias. That is, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:blah_blah would automatically redirect to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:blah_blah. So that wasnt so much trouble for me. ;-) thunderboltz^(Deepu) 07:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

"they" njan ayirunnu. I switched the templates. :-D --thunderboltz^(Deepu) 07:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Now c'mooon Vijay, this is too overwhelming. A simple "thank you" is more than enough. I really really do not deserve this one. As I said earlier, these are all just part of a days work.--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 13:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

lol, there is nothing to apologise for. :-)--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 18:24, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

ethoru sammana mazha thanna. daa orennam koodi vannu. lol.--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 10:17, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Aparajito plot

Hi! Of course the edits done by you were excellent. What I did (many months back) was just a beginning sort of thing. Nowadays I hardly get the time to visit Satyajit Ray movie articles :( Anyway, I have noticed you are improving those articles continuously. Thanks for the effort. Do you have any plans for improving any one of the movie articles extensively? And subsequent run for FA? The first choice that comes in mind is of course Pather Panchali. --Dwaipayan (talk) 08:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Ankur is your favorite, right? Well, I have not read the article thoroughly. However one thing that is conspicuously absent is "Production". Have to build it properly if you have plans to go for FAC. Tenebrae (film) is an excellent film-related FA. You can try to follow that format/style. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 08:52, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

thik! Info on Pather Panchali production is more easily available. Lage Raho Munna Bhai is in FAC at present. You can check out the comments posted in the FAC.--Dwaipayan (talk) 09:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for that expalnation to Thanungu perukku. :) Jisha (Talk) 09:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] reg. Spanish platina

Sorry for the delay. By the time I saw your 2nd message (today morning IST), the article was already deleted. Their policies seem to be very different from that on the English wikipedia. Anyway, you can still include a list of the films on the page. Copy the code of the template and manually insert them to each of the pages below the external links. The trouble with this, is that you'll have to manually fix each and every future update on all of these pages. But I think this could be the only other option. Why exactly are they against templates? The line issue is pretty technical, and (it) depends on the screen resolution of the user. I cant see how it can make a good criterion...--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 14:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pather Panchali

Started the section "Production", borrowing from Satyajit Ray (which is an FA). Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roma people

Thanks for your message. My interest is as someone who writes about languages, and, necessarily, gets interested in the people who speak them. Yes, I might well have a question to ask you now and then. I admire Ian Hancock's work and have often found it useful. Best wishes Andrew Dalby 12:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Happy Holi !!--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)