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Prep 4

Hi, thanks for helping build prep sets. FYI you put 3 nature hooks in a row. I moved the one with the striking image to the Prep 5 set, and separated the other two. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:51, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Thanks for pointing out. I 'll take care of the diversity while I do again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:44, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

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WikiCup awards

Awarded to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, for the strongest contribution of good article reviews in the 2017 WikiCup. Sturmvogel 66, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth
Thankyou. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:00, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter August September 2017

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Wikidata weekly summary #285

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • If you want to review what happened during the WikidataCon, here is the list of all the sessions, with slides, notes and videos, when available
    • Release of wikidata-edit v2.0.0: brings qualifiers and references support, and a few breaking changes. See changelogs
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Non-admin closures

Hi, I perform non-admin closures at AfD and RMs regularly. I just wanted to know if there is any way or any tool to track my non-admin closures. Thanks in advance. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:26, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

[1], but not MfDs I think. — fortunavelut luna 07:36, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Non-admin closure of AfDs

Hi Krishna, and thanks for helping out at AfD. While your closures have been good, I noticed that a lot of them were closed a tad bit prematurely. AfDs are generally allowed to run through a 7-day course unless the result is very obvious. I see that you've been closing discussions a few hours before they hit the 7-day mark. Even though the outcome may seem unanimous, it's a good idea to allow an AfD to stay open for the entire 7-day period. Say for example, you close an AfD at 03:12 (UTC) which is actually scheduled to end at 18:45 (UTC) on the same day, you're closing the discussion 15 hours earlier. That 15 hour period (just an example, and might not need that long) might allow someone to voice a new opinion and might stir the discussion in a different direction, at AfDs that are not (close to) a snowball case. Even I have made early closures but only when a different outcome seemed very unlikely. Nothing wrong with your closures in general but I'd suggest waiting a little longer, unless it's a slam dunk. Closing discussions a few hours late won't hurt anybody. I appreciate your work and you've improved a lot. Keep up the good work. Thanks.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 10:19, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thanks for clarifying. Acutally as you've said, I'm only closing the discussions before the end period for which the outcome may seem unanimous "keep". But making a note of your comment, I'll make sure that they complete the 7-day period before closure. Thanks again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:21, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017

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Foreign language sources

Is there any policy or guidelines page that I could refer to cite non-English language sources? In the what are the steps involved, what should be done etc. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:45, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Verifiability#Non-English sources might help. Datbubblegumdoe[talk – contribs] 07:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #286

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums

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Deprod: Kaura clan

Hello, I have deprodded Kaura clan, which you prodded, because it has been to AFD twice and therefore can't be prodded. I only did this for procedural reasons and have no opinion one way or the other on the merits of deleting this article. If you still wish to pursue deletion, please feel free to open another AFD. Thanks, —KuyaBriBriTalk 18:10, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@Kuyabribri: Thanks for the reversion. I checked the history, but however I may have missed that. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 01:58, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Param Vir Chakra


Hello, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga – I have completed the copy-edit you requested. I found it to be fairly well written – no major problems. There is one sentence I'd like to ask you about, and I'll put that here. I left a few "clarification needed" tags with hidden notes to editors that you can see in Edit Mode. When you have cleared up the issue, you can remove both the tag and the note. Let me know if you have any further questions about those or if I can help with wording a sentence.

In the third paragraph in the Param Vir Chakra#History section, we read the following sentence:

  • Coincidentally, the first Param Vir Chakra was awarded to her son-in-law, Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath Sharma's elder brother, Major Somnath Sharma, for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947.

The problem with this sentence is that you have not yet mentioned Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath Sharma, so readers unfamiliar with Indian history will be puzzled not only by the name itself but also by the reason he is mentioned at all. Is it really important to mention his name here? Wouldn't it be enough to say that the PVC was awarded to the son-in-law of the designer of the medal ("awarded to her son-in-law")? If readers want to know more about the recipient of the award, Major Somnath Sharma, couldn't they read about him elsewhere? If you really feel it is important to mention Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath Sharma, I recommend briefly saying who he was.

Best regards,  – Corinne (talk) 00:33, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

@Corinne: Thanks for c/e. I've corrected the sentence, and clarified at the tags. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:38, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #287

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Fixed Commons media suggester not loading all preview thumbnails (phabricator:T160528)
    • RDF exports can handle entity references to foreign Wikibase repositories now, needed for Structured Data on Commons (phabricator:T161592)
    • Worked on making statements on Forms editable and persistent (phabricator:T163724)
    • Worked on fine-grained usage tracking in Wikibase' Lua library (phabricator:T172914)
    • Worked on caching constraint check results (phabricator:T179849) and indicating when constraint check results are cached (phabricator:T179844)
    • Wikibase code base does not use Composer class autoloading any more (phabricator:T180067) as another step towards getting rid of our own build process and being more in line with the rest of Wikimedia

November 2017

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@Andy Dingley: Hi Andy, thanks for pointing out. Actually this is a bit tedious task. The reason was that the tanks project was merged with WikiProject Military History. So the project template is being removed. Please see the discussion at WT:MHC. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:53, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Please see it under the section titled "Merger completed". --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:55, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
The trouble is that this merge wasn't announced anywhere obvious, where the plebians might see it. Then a bunch of unexplained deletions look a lot like simple vandalism (of which we have no shortage). I only realised after seeing a few of these, because I dimly remembered this being discussed months ago. I certainly didn't know it was being actioned.
Maybe mentioning it on your talk page would help? At least that's an obvious place that other editors seeing these changes would look at first? Andy Dingley (talk) 16:26, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
@Andy Dingley: Thank You. So, from what I understand, do you suggest me to declare the merger somewhere where most of the editors could know of it? If yes, where would it be the best to declare it? --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:02, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
@Andy Dingley: Hi Andy, awaiting for your reply. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 09:44, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi, sorry, hadn't noticed your reply.
What's the problem here? That an editor rapidly removing the same thing is hard to tell from vandalism (most of the affected pages are on my watchlist, most of my editing is based on looking at my watchlist). So there needs to be some message, in a place where other editors see it, that explains what's going on. Every edit summary is too much to ask (but sometimes you can paste something in). So I think either an edit summary at the start and every handful of edits, or maybe a comment on your talk. Putting a comment on the project page "I'm going to go and fix this issue now" would be good too, but not so many editors would see that. If I'm concerned about an editor's changes, the first place I'd look would be their contribs history, then their talk. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:53, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
@Biblioworm: Pinging for a better consensus. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:18, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Krishna. I suppose you could post a notice on a central board, such as AN. (I just hope none of the drama lovers somehow makes it a big deal.) As Andy mentioned, you could also place a note on your talk page, or just write a very brief summary, such as "project merger." Biblio (talk) 03:06, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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Triple Crown

I am very pleased to upgrade you to the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels for your continued contributions to Wikipedia. Well done. Freikorp (talk) 22:16, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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Relisting

Why did you relist this move request? Per WP:RMCI#Determining consensus, it should have been closed as "moved". James (talk/contribs) 06:59, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@James Allison: Thanks for reaching out. Yes, as per the guidelines there is no bar for minimum participation. But as the request is for a dab page, it is better to have more supports. In general case we can determine using sources or COMMON NAME policy. But neither is possible here. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 08:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
I failed to get your reply. It seems perfectly and highly non-controv. esp. after the elapse of a week without opposition ! And, how does the current set of redirect(s) etc. even make sense given that the move target for the disamb. page currently redirects to a page about the dukes where covg. of the duchess(s) is utterly minimalistic. and esp. when we've got articles about individual duchess (and a ship of the same name) ? There was some scope of relister discretion, if the move target supposedly redirected to any one particular duchess, in which case one participant may have to bring evidence about why all the three duchess and the ship are equally notable or search-worthy etc.Winged Blades Godric 08:13, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
@Winged Blades of Godric: Thanks for the explanation. Now, I understand the situation, striking off relisting comment. Thanks again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 10:57, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
So were you trying to close this discussion? When you struck out your relist comment, it caused the discussion to get moved to the "Time could not be ascertained" section of the requested moves page. —MRD2014 Talk • Edits • Help! 20:56, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
@MRD2014: Thanks for reaching out. Actually, yesterday I was facing some network issues, so could not do that. I'll move by the end of the day, and I have clarified the same on the talk page. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:21, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


Gurbachan Singh Salaria

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Gurbachan Singh Salaria has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Good luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:51, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank You. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:55, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Removal of Awards and Decorations Bestowed Upon Sanjay Kumar

Hi! I noticed that you removed the awards and decorations that I added on Naib Subhedar Sanjay Kumar's page. The explanation you gave merely said, 'Not needed.' Can you please let me know why you feel that awards and decorations do not belong on this page? Very curious to hear why you think so. Thanks! VP101 (talk) 20:26, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

@VP101: Thanks for reaching out. The primary reason is that the entire section is unreferenced. Especially, I am developing the article for Good article assessment, so this material is not accepted at Good article nomination review. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:12, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
My reference was video where Nair Subhedar Sanjay Kumar is wearing ribbons and based on that, I added the awards and decorations bestowed upon him. I do think that realistically, there is no way to ascertain certain kinds of service medals awarded since these records are not in the public domain; for example, 9 year service ribbon or high altitude service ribbon. The exceptions are of course awards presented by the President of India - PVC, AC, SYSM, PVSM, MVC, KC, UYSM, AVSM, VrC, SC, YSM, SM, NM, VM, VSM. I totally agree with you that we need to have strong references for anything on Wikipedia. My point is, you aren't going to get it for every single medal worn by soldiers since many of them are not shared in the public domain. The only way I have found a way to do this is to look at the ribbons worn by individuals and add ribbons based on that. Additionally, there is a strict code of conduct pertaining to the order in which they are worn and hence, images of officers and soldiers wearing them should be used as references for adding ribbons worn. Where these are discrepancies, such as [[2]], I always make a point to start a conversation on the talk page. The great thing is, more number of people are taking an interest in pages pertaining to the Indian Military Community and the more voices we have here, the better content we can present. VP101 (talk) 10:31, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
@VP101: As you said we can't get information for each and every single medal, in that case we shouldn't present it. Wikipedia doesn't publish original research. Also videos can be used as sources for the text, like, from the above mentioned video, you can use it to write about the battle or the war described by him, but not taking a snap a video and using that as source. Also images are not valid sources, it is not acceptable to use an image as a source. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:12, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
I appreciate the conundrum we find ourselves in. All I am saying is, we have a long and difficult road ahead if we are to look for a citation to support each and every medal awarded to an officer. We may have to delete the awards and decorations section from pretty much every single page concerning a military figure. VP101 (talk) 18:22, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
@VP101: May be, if that is the case, we have to remove. Also I want to make it clear that this practice may not objected while it is a general article, but if you're taking it for GA, A-class, or FA assessment, you've to provide a reliable source or just remove it. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Kalyn Heffernan

Thank you for your notices regarding the second nomination for deletion for Kalyn Heffernan. I rather assume that this is hip-hop related, but it comes from a surprising source whatever the case. Many thanks! kencf0618 (talk) 04:00, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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TFL notification

Hi, Krishna. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Indian naval air squadrons – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for January 1, 2018. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 02:18, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Thanks for notifying. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:23, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017

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Sam Manekshaw

Hi! I couldn't help but notice that you've deleted the thumbnails in the info-box of FM Sam Manekshaw. The thumbnails of the commands, awards et al. Why so? --Zwerubae (talk) 04:14, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Would appreciate a reply, please. --Zwerubae (talk) 07:23, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@Zwerubae: Thanks for reaching out, and sorry for the delay. Per MOS:FLAGICON and MOS:INFOBOX. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 07:53, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Indian Navy and OTRS

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, if I remember correctly, you were instrumental in getting the OTRS from the Indian Navy and creating the license for the same on Wikimedia. I had a few questions regarding this:

  • Does the OTRS also cover images on Twitter from the official Indian Navy handle? In the past images from social media have been deleted from Wikimedia but IMO the OTRS should extend to the images released there by the Navy.
  • Did you make a similar effort for the Indian Army/Indian Air Force or is there one that you are aware of that we can pursue? I remember there was a major discussion on one of the images and that resulted into Indian Army and Air Force images being deleted.

Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 18:35, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@Adamgerber80: Thanks for reaching out, and sorry for the delay. As I was out of the town, I couldn't reply. Addressing your queries:
  • No, the OTRS permission given by the Indian Navy doesn't cover the images on its official Twitter or any other social channels. I just allows use of images that are published on indiannavy.nic.in
  • I did make some efforts for the other two forces as well, but did not get a positive reply. However, I'll restart the efforts and try to get the job done.
Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 01:54, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: Thanks for your reply. Please let me know if there is an update on this front. Adamgerber80 (talk) 02:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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It drives me mental seeing people copy my template and simply remove their sig - So it's nice to see people be creative and make their own unique Xmas message instead of taking everyone elses code for code so if you have copied mine then I just wanted to say thanks for changing it and making yours unique :),

If I don't forget I'll send u one later but i do forget then I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :), Thanks, –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 03:44, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Hey, I did take the base code. Thank you. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:55, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@Bzuk: Thank you very much, and wish you the same. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 04:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018.
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018.
Happy editing,
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New Years new page backlog drive

Hello KCVelaga, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

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Your GA nomination of Joginder Singh (soldier)

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Your GA nomination of Joginder Singh (soldier)

The article Joginder Singh (soldier) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Joginder Singh (soldier) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 03:42, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Targeted killing

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Blog post on User:JohnCD

Hi Krishna,

Wish a happy new year 2018.

December 30 marked the death anniversary of noted English Wikipedia admin John Cameron Deas. In that connection, I had written a blogpost which was published in Community Digest.

Thought of sharing this with you as you are very active on Enwiki. Best, --Muzammil (talk) 07:21, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

@Hindustanilanguage: Greetings Muzammil ji, thanks for sharing. Nice post. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 07:39, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

October to December 2017 Milhist article reviewing

 Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) 
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 12 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:31, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
For all your work on Indian Defense related articles and the recent FL. Yashthepunisher (talk) 05:11, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Unexplained edits. No summaries

Please provide summaries and explanations of your edits on articles. It becomes extremely confusing and seems arbitrary when changes are made and it is unclear what has been changed where. Myopia123 (talk) 10:49, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

@Myopia123: Thanks for informing. I'll take care, could please mention the article that you passed by? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 10:51, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Gurbachan Singh Salaria

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The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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Your GA nomination of Gurbachan Singh Salaria

The article Gurbachan Singh Salaria you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gurbachan Singh Salaria for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indy beetle -- Indy beetle (talk) 01:21, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you!

Happy Thai Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you!

May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending!  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:53, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank You. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 10:00, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

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)

Returning Greetings lately. Please accept. Wikigraphists Bootcamp survey form filled. Regards. Best Wishes for every thing. --Drcenjary (talk) 13:08, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

@Drcenjary: Thank You. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:13, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shaitan Singh

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shaitan Singh you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Force Radical -- Force Radical (talk) 09:40, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Dewan Rabindranath Soni

On 16 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dewan Rabindranath Soni, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lt. Gen. D. R. Soni, chief of the Southern Command of the Indian Army, was a military observer in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dewan Rabindranath Soni. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dewan Rabindranath Soni), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Learning Quarterly: January 2018

Your GA nomination of Shaitan Singh

The article Shaitan Singh 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Shaitan Singh for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Force Radical -- Force Radical (talk) 13:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

 :Krishna Chaitanya Velaga-Please note that out of the mandatory 7 days waiting period, 4 days have already elapsed. If you have any disagreements with my review feel free to contact me on my talk page. If you are caught up feel free to ask for an extension of the waiting period — Force Radical∞ ( Talk ⋯ Contribs ) 11:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shaitan Singh

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Template:Did you know nominations/Bajirao Mastani

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, the QPQ you requested in your review had already been supplied. Can you please return as soon as possible to continue the review? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:26, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:43, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Indeep Bakshi concern

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DYK for Joginder Singh (soldier)

On 22 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joginder Singh (soldier), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the Chinese returned Param Vir Chakra recipient Joginder Singh's ashes to his battalion with full military honours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joginder Singh (soldier). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Joginder Singh (soldier)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 01:47, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style

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Rank Images - Removed by you

Please re-add all of the rank images that you removed from military infoboxes without providing edit summaries or seeking consensus before removing. I added it back for Abdul Hamid (soldier) but you probably have a better idea of where your individual edits are. I noticed you have also removed them from Karam Singh. I see them on a multitude of articles from David Petreaus to Robert J. O'Neill (U.S. Navy SEAL) and you removed them arbitrarily.Myopia123 (talk) 15:57, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

@Myopia123: They might be present in other articles. But as per WP:INFOBOXFLAG, you should not add them. You can consider featured articles as examples, for example, Bill Denny, John Wilton (general), Raymond Brownell, Frank McNamara (VC). Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:28, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 26

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 26, December – January 2018

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Spotlight: What can we glean from OCLC’s experience with library staff learning Wikipedia?
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
Read the full newsletter

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Please comment on Talk:Battle of France

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello KCVelaga, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!
The NPP backlog at the end of the drive with the number of unreviewed articles by creation date. Red is older than 90 days, orange is between 90 and 30 days old, and green is younger than 30 days.

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
  • We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

  • We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
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If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. 20:32, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Recommendations for your WikiProject India will be delivered soon

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga,

Nice to see you again! Thank you for your interest in using our tool. Sorry about the wait. We've been working on improving our tool in the past several weeks, and we will send recommendations to you very soon. Stay tuned. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 23:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

@Bobo.03: Sure, thank you. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:16, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution

In 2017 - 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program (Code name: Project Tiger) will:

(a) Support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and
(b) Sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.

The objective of the program is to provide laptops and internet stipends for existing editors who need support to contribute more actively. 50 basic model Acer Chromebooks and Internet stipends for 100 contributors are available for distribution. Provided resources are the sole property of the beneficiaries and should be used for the betterment of the movement.

If you're an active Wikimedian, and interested to receive support from this project, please apply. It will take around 10 minutes of your time, and will ask descriptive questions about your contribution to Indic Wikimedia projects.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018

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Please comment on Talk:B'Tselem

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DYK for Gurbachan Singh Salaria

On 14 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gurbachan Singh Salaria, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Captain G. S. Salaria is the only United Nations peacekeeper to have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime military decoration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gurbachan Singh Salaria. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gurbachan Singh Salaria), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Dhan Singh Thapa

Hi. I was reading this article and noticed 2 grammatical errors in the first 3 sentences of the lead. As I do some work with the Military History Project I had a look at how they had graded it. They had assessed it as not meeting the B class criteria for grammar. On a quick skim it still doesn't. I also notice that you are nominating it for Good Article status; an article of this status certainly should be GA. But I suspect that you will struggle until the grammar issue is resolved. Can I suggest that you pass it to the experts?

Post a request for a copy edit with the Guild of Copy Editors. As you can see, many editors do this prior to submitting their articles for GA, A class or FA status. They would be happy to review the grammar and several other potential issues.

I hope that this helps. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:02, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild: Thanks for the advice. Posted as request. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:20, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
As I know that you are in a hurry I have picked this one up myself; sometimes requests can take 2-3 weeks and you could be in your GA assessment any day. I have had a first skim through. Do let know if I have changed anything you don't like. Or just change it back - this is Wikipedia. There are also a couple of queries on the talk page. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:07, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Recommending new editors to your WP India

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga,

Our system generated a list of potential new editors for your project. They may be interested in collaborating with your project members on your project's articles. As you will notice, the list contains both experienced editors and newcomers. Both are valuable for Wikipedia and your project. Please go ahead and introduce your project to them, and point them to some project tasks to start with. We also provide a template invitation message to make it easier to contact the potential new editors. Just click the invite link to write the invitation message.

We'd appreciate it if you could fill the survey to let us know what you think about our recommendations so we can improve our system.

Username Why we recommend this editor First Edit Date Total Edits in ENWP Editor Status Invite Survey
Zlatan249 (talk · contribs) Zlatan249 made 72 out of their most recent 500 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2017-7-11 80 Newcomer invite survey
Prat1212 (talk · contribs) Prat1212 made 102 out of their most recent 500 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2017-9-8 79 Newcomer invite survey
Mykaustubh (talk · contribs) Mykaustubh edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Mykaustubh and your project member Yogdes (talk · contribs) edited 6 of the same articles in their most recent 500 edits. 2015-12-8 75 Newcomer invite survey
Yourmistake (talk · contribs) Yourmistake edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Yourmistake and your project member Let There Be Sunshine (talk · contribs) edited 4 of the same articles in their most recent 500 edits. 2018-1-9 58 Newcomer invite survey
Venuvemula (talk · contribs) Venuvemula's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under this category. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2018-1-30 5 Newcomer invite survey
Chirag Baraiya (talk · contribs) Chirag Baraiya's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under this category. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2018-1-18 7 Newcomer invite survey
Eleesat (talk · contribs) Eleesat's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Society and Arts, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2016-6-3 101 Experienced Editor invite survey
Phonet (talk · contribs) Phonet's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Arts and People, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2018-1-3 469 Experienced Editor invite survey
Anon200401 (talk · contribs) Anon200401 edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Anon200401 and your project member AdhunikaSarvajna (talk · contribs) edited 4 of the same articles in their most recent 500 edits. 2010-2-1 126 Experienced Editor invite survey
Jæ (talk · contribs) Jæ edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Jæ and your project member Karan Kamath (talk · contribs) edited 20 of the same articles in their most recent 500 edits. 2017-4-15 482 Experienced Editor invite survey
Shobhanlal mukherjee150 (talk · contribs) Shobhanlal mukherjee150 made 255 out of their most recent 500 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2016-8-28 269 Experienced Editor invite survey
Sathishkagitha (talk · contribs) Sathishkagitha made 346 out of their most recent 500 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2016-1-16 482 Experienced Editor invite survey

Please let me know below if you have any general feedback about our recommendations. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 05:26, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Just wonder if you had a chance to look at the recommendations I sent. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 23:01, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, I update the recommendation list sent to you earlier. I fixed some bugs in the previous version (as you might have seen that some editors on the previous list were not quite active). Very sorry about it, but now, everything should be good! Please take a look, and let me know what you think! Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Justice Party (South Korea)

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Abdul Hamid (soldier) copyedit


WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

  • United States Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
  • Germany FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
  • India Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
  • United States Ceranthor, India Numerounovedant, Minnesota Carbrera, Netherlands Farang Rak Tham and Romania Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Mail

Hello, you got the mail sent to you on March 1? --Muzammil (talk) 14:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Recommending new editors to WikiProject India

Hi Krishna Chaitanya Velaga,

Here is a new list of recommendations for WikiProject India. Please take a look when you get a chance, or let your friends look at it. Thank you!

Username Why we recommend this editor First Edit Date Total Edits in ENWP Editor Status Invite Survey
Harleen1234 (talk · contribs) Harleen1234 edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Harleen1234 and your project member Cyphoidbomb (talk · contribs) edited 4 of the same articles in their most recent 80 edits. 2017-1-10 80 Newcomer invite survey
Mykaustubh (talk · contribs) Mykaustubh edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Mykaustubh and your project member Yogdes (talk · contribs) edited 6 of the same articles in their most recent 75 edits. 2015-12-8 75 Newcomer invite survey
Prat1212 (talk · contribs) Prat1212 made 114 out of their most recent 79 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2017-9-8 79 Newcomer invite survey
Yourmistake (talk · contribs) Yourmistake made 104 out of their most recent 58 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2018-1-9 58 Newcomer invite survey
Dgrandpre (talk · contribs) Dgrandpre's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Society and Arts, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2018-2-7 10 Newcomer invite survey
Khawarmirza (talk · contribs) Khawarmirza's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Arts and Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2010-6-4 94 Newcomer invite survey
Yoonkish (talk · contribs) Yoonkish's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Arts and People, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2017-6-2 127 Experienced Editor invite survey
Philip J (talk · contribs) Philip J's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Arts and Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project! 2015-7-29 231 Experienced Editor invite survey
Chhatrapati Shinde (talk · contribs) Chhatrapati Shinde edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Chhatrapati Shinde and your project member Karan Kamath (talk · contribs) edited 13 of the same articles in their most recent 112 edits. 2018-1-3 112 Experienced Editor invite survey
Debashis.jena16 (talk · contribs) Debashis.jena16 edited articles similar to articles your project members edited. For example, Debashis.jena16 and your project member Superfast1111 (talk · contribs) edited 6 of the same articles in their most recent 114 edits. 2015-10-26 114 Experienced Editor invite survey
Acharya63 (talk · contribs) Acharya63 made 271 out of their most recent 500 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2017-6-8 678 Experienced Editor invite survey
Sumanth Reddy SR (talk · contribs) Sumanth Reddy SR made 154 out of their most recent 128 edits to articles within the scope of your project. 2016-6-22 128 Experienced Editor invite survey

Bobo.03 (talk) 05:07, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

@Bobo.03: Hi Bobo, thanks for sharing. I've been a bit busy last month, I will work on this in the coming two weeks. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:29, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
Sounds good. Thank you for letting me know. Best luck with your ongoing stuff! Bobo.03 (talk) 05:41, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018

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Please comment on Talk:Political appointments by Donald Trump

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Sir you have deleted the page Abdul quayyum khan kundi but he is a famous personality and has contributions in many political and educational matters please add him again My nation (talk) 11:57, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

@My nation: Please check the welcome message on your talk page. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:21, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Shaitan Singh

On 20 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shaitan Singh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a badly wounded Major Shaitan Singh (statue pictured), who was later awarded the Param Vir Chakra, ordered his soldiers to leave him behind rather than face enemy fire evacuating him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shaitan Singh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shaitan Singh), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Abdul Hamid (soldier)

The article Abdul Hamid (soldier) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Abdul Hamid (soldier) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 18:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Abdul Hamid (soldier)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Abdul Hamid (soldier) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 21:40, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

I have left some initial notes on the review page. It may be a couple of days before I can get back to it. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:50, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi. Several more comments for you to look at. Let me know if you would like me to put the article on hold while you deal with them. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:09, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi. It is 6 days on from my posting some comments on this GAN. Could you give me an idea of when you might be able to address them? Would you like me to put the nomination on hold? Gog the Mild (talk) 14:00, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
Congratulations. Another well researched and solid GA to your credit. Good work. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
@Gog the Mild: Thanks for the review, and for edits. I've been out of the country for the last couple weeks, so I couldn't reply quick. Thanks again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 19:32, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
No problem. I enjoyed assessing it. I wish that I could assess Dhan Singh Thapa, but as I copy edited it I can't. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Project Tiger Writing Contest

In 2017 – 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) and user groups from India, are piloting a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.

Phase (a) has been completed, during which active contributors were awarded laptops and internet stipends. Phase (b) will be a contest in which editors will come together and develop a writing contest focused on content gaps. Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR, will be awarded to the top contributors for each month. The contest started at March 1, 2018, 0:00, and will end at May 31, 2018, 23:59 (IST). Useful links are as follows:

Looking forward your participation, all the best. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) at 22:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump

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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

  • tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
  • adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
  • updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
  • creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello KCVelaga, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
See also

ACTRIAL:

  • ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

  • Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

  • While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

  • The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.
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Your GA nomination of Dhan Singh Thapa

The article Dhan Singh Thapa 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Dhan Singh Thapa for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 10:20, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Portal talk:Current events/2018 March 6

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018

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Please comment on Portal talk:Current events/2018 March 6

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Hmm..

I'm really curious about your accept of Ian Cardozo under the purview of PTWC.So, please explain.......~ Winged BladesGodric 05:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Same for Bisauri.Best,~ Winged BladesGodric 05:28, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
On a side-note, whilst accepting Kochi Metro Rail Limited and EVidyaloka was good enough, I guess some important advice about the writing-style, contents etc. ought to be imparted to the creators, from your end.~ Winged BladesGodric 05:36, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Winged Blades of Godric: Thanks for pointing out these. Article on Ian Cardozo has NPOV violations, but I'll try fixing them soon. Regarding Bisauri, I don't find any NPOV issues. However, the writing style of the articles needs to be improved. I'll consider your suggestions. Thank you. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 07:41, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Err....but, how does a single edit aadding non-nesessary superfluous fluff of 800 bytes makes it eligible to be considered, under the purview of the programme? I'm not even going into the writing issues etc.~ Winged BladesGodric 07:48, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
And, if you find this state of an article suitable enough to be accepted, well.....Usually, these types of sourceless & dump-everything-you-know-edits are reverted on sight and I was kind enough, to extend the courtesy of fixing parts of it. ~ Winged BladesGodric 07:54, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Winged Blades of Godric: I've already removed them from consideration after your first message. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 07:56, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks:) ~ Winged BladesGodric 08:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Krishna. I'm just posting to let you know that List of National Defence Academy alumni – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 7. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Question for the competition

Hello wikipedia Can i get some help from you?? 1.May i know when will this competition will start? 2. Is any notification will come on my email id?? 3. How will i know that i have to edit some articles I will be very grateful to you if you will reply Thankyou Nandini nivedita (talk) 20:15, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@Nandini nivedita: The contest already started on 1 March, and will continue through 31 May 2018. I've sent an email to requesting for more details. For English, there is isn't a specific list, kindly choose any article of your choice from the sub-lists of Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest/Topics. Rules and other details may be referred at: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest. To understand the basics of editing Wikipedia, you may refer WP:T. Looking forward for your active participation, all the best. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter, March & April 2018

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