User talk:Tintin1107/Archive11

Mani Madhava Chakyar

Thanks for the compliment and suggessions regarding my article on Mani Madhava Chakyar. About the quote "the master who gave eyes to kathakali", it wasnt told by one person, its a usage or is like used like that, since its he who trained kathakali artists for netrabhinaya on many occasions. great kathakali artists like Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, sadanam krishnan Kutty were trained under him.So its impossible to find the person who said it first but you can find many many many articles in malayalam magazines and newspapers like Mathrubhumi, kalakaumudi etc. His biography "Manimadhaveeyam" can be taken as a reference. Thanks for the comments. User:Sreekanthv 05:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shevchenko

Hey tintin yah i am sorry about that but he recently said that on an Ukranian televison show I will try to find the citiation for it Thanks ---buddhist143 08:21, 28 June 2006

User:Burmesedays

Thanks for the notice Tintin. He wouldn't stop, so I stopped him for 48hrs. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 08:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

That's one of the reasons you should become an admin I think. You can stop cricket spammers and vandals. There is no obligation to meet any set amount of activity, as there is not a limited number of sysop-hoods around the place. Of course, you should start warning vandals also. Regards, Blnguyen | rant-line 00:24, 29 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

The Lusiads and Camões

About the centuries, that must be a mistake. I'll correct it. Regarding the Discoveries, they spanned the 15th and 16th centuries, with the navigation sin the 14th century being limited to the Moroccan coastline and the Canary islands. Regards,--Nuno Gabriel Cabral 15:13, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ACS Revisions

Hi, Tintin. I'm not sure when the revisions occurred re Jack Hobbs. I know the ACS attempted to alter WG's record in the early 1980s by removing some games that had been included in an earlier classification accepted by Wisden. Wisden remonstrated about it in its 1982 editorial and the ACS retracted. I think the Hobbs figures may have been introduced when he was the subject of the ACS' Famous Cricketers series, but I'm really not sure. Probably best to write to Andrew Hignell via the ACS site. All the best. --Jack 04:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Hello Tintin, I am extremely sorry for not being able to confirm that your answer to my question on India Quiz (Q 20) was indeed the right one. Sorry.

Tintin is my favourite cartoon character. I wanted this to be my user name but then came across yours and decided that it may be too similar. ;-). Jordy 10:22, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sriram Singh

I have provided the external link on the article to confirm that he hailed from a place called Badnagar in Jaipur district . --Shyamsunder 10:29, 01 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yabba

I've tidied it up a bit and de-prodded. I take your point about Gascoigne being renamed, but if the disambig page stays (as I believe it should), the argument is a moot point. -- I@n ≡ talk 08:07, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds OK. Can you do that? I'm about to go out for a few hours - domestic duties :( If not, I'll look at it later tonight -- I@n ≡ talk

OK, thats all done. Thanks for your help. -- I@n ≡ talk 14:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Email

You have mail! -- I@n ≡ talk 14:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poratta?

Your reverting poratta article is thoughtless, I would say. Just think of this: poratta is said in Malabar. In trivandrum it is borotta. For the elite all over the state it is Parotta. Which would you have? I suggest creation of an article called Mattheem poolem That combination had almost the status of a staple food item until a decade back in Malabar. Matthi you know is sardine and poola is cassava (not tapioca (an irrelevant thing in Kerala). What do you think of it? thair sadam is sadly missing and there should be collaboration to fix it. Savemalayalam 18:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HRE RfA

Thank you, much obliged :-) Not as bad as HRE's, though. --Zmaj 15:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!!!

Hi Tintin, I was busy in the last few months with my thesis work and at present am a working man!!! I will try to become active again once i get settled down, which hopefully will be very soon. It is really good to see you working so tirelessly... Deepu is also doing good work..... i will watchlist the Kerala noticeboard and give my comments now and then... regards--Raghu 18:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Thanks Tintin, will try to stick to your suggestions. --Blowtorch 12:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indian_cinema#Naming_conventions

The move of Dhanush ([1]) is very unnecessary, and IMO, much worse than Joseph Vijay because practically nobody knows him by this name. I have also added a comment in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indian_cinema#Naming_conventions because I am not very active at the moment and may not be around to reply quickly. Tintin (talk) 06:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm only abiding by the Wikipedia policy at WP:NC. If you think the policy is wrong, then feel free to campaign to get it changed or, indeed, propose an amendment at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indian actors). Stifle (talk) 09:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Subhash Bose, his sock - WikiSkeptic and Anwar

Hi there Tintin. I'd be personally inclined to do so, as I whacked a 1-week block on Subhash for similar stuff last week (see Talk:Shiv Sena). However, I then got told off for not using rehabilitation. At the moment there is a warning, but if more people think so then I'm happy to block. Seeing as he gave Anwar a barnstar for fighting vandalism, I'd be rather skeptical. Blnguyen | rant-line 06:40, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had a think and gave 10 days. This guy has been around 6 months and knows the rules and has made similar comments in the past. Blnguyen | rant-line 07:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Hi, I have added http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/Kerala to my watchlist. Thanks Jisha C J

Re: Sounding out

Tintin chetto...
When I first read your mesage, I couldnt help, but laugh out loud. But I'm honoured, really. And to think it came from the wiki-brahmachari, who has refused the supple fruit of adminship for so long. ;-)
But the truth is, I've never thought of adminship so much. You can do almost everything an admin does except blocking people (right?). Perhaps I may, perhaps I wont. But one thing is for sure. If I am ever going to stand for adminship, that is going to be after yours. So tit for tat. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}13:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(PS: You werent calling me a chetta, were you?..kidding, lol)

Any particular reason why you havent stood for adminship for so long?-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}05:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blnguyen, that is exactly the sort of thing I would've expected Tintin to say. My admiration for him is at saturation level already. All I can say, Tintin, is that you are right now a king who lacks a crown. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}06:05, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great

Man, you are some kind of Human Cricket Wisden! sumal 15:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Malabar Manual

Hey hi..I again vanished!!! I din't read much of the discussion in the notice board. If you still need the manual you can get it at this digital library archive.... http://dli.iiit.ac.in/ Just search for malabar and it will show up... this library is real good (though there are lot of spelling mistakes) and you can get a lot of books there... regards --Raghu 14:33, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hai

Please rush there! Or, he shall take all giving you the seeds. --Bhadani 13:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot

Thanks - I couldn't resist it when I had to think up a name for my bot account! Thanks for all your help, by the way, on the list of first-class cricket records. Regards, RobertG ♬ talk 13:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Your report to WP:ANI

You'll get a quicker referral if you take vandal reports to WP:AIV.--The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 14:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CheNuevara RfA

Whoops... I'm sorry I failed to update the vote count when I added my vote. Thank you for catching and fixing my mistake so quickly. VoiceOfReason 14:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sabarimala articles

Looks like most of them have been tagged for speedy deletion already. What about 108 Ayyappan Saranam? Does it meet CSD criteria 2? Or should it go through a PROD instead?
By the way, my college has started and I wont be that active any longer. (Though will certainly be logging in everyday). Will only be able to do major editing on weekends from now on. :( -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm..I guess it would pass copyvio. But slogans are more or less "information" (right?) - which actually cannot be copyrighted. The template you've put in seems quite apt though. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I agree. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}01:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm serious. Just take a look at its talk pages!!! -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}15:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Knighthood Thingy

Yes, both Maharajkumar of Vizianagram and Tagore did return rather than reject, I gather (as with John Lennon), but I was just using that one category to identify those who could have had honours but in the end do not. Also, all three of the aforementioned rejectees do appear on the List of people who have declined a British honour so I thought they should go in the category as well. No problem if I shouldn't have done it, though: Wikipedia is there to be altered, after all!

PS - We could always amend the category title to include those who returned an honour, or create a new category for such people. Ben davison 15:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Brhadaranyaka

Thanks, I answered & took the opportunity to improve the article a little bit (even though the inquirer could have easily found all the information on Wikipedia already). dab (ᛏ) 10:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Six Day War

Hi Tintin, I just responded to your question at Talk:Six Day War. GabrielF 18:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD stand

Well, I'm sure it'll be taken on a case-case basis. But, being a moderate inclusionist, I'd probably vote to keep the articles on Saravana chain, Nalli and KPN, but delete/merge the articles on their owners as they're not as notable as the former entities. (Well, Nalli Chetty has written books in Economics.) I know these articles are not as notable to an average Wiki reader, nevertheless. But, the difficult issue at hand is where to draw the line. What if someone writes an article on the twin-shops at T.Nagar selling fruit juice owned by political rivals (contestants in Assembly elections) ? I don't have an answer and the good thing about wiki is I don't need to have an answer. There'll be others who vote too and I don't have an individual moral responsibility. So much for a question. :) -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 06:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CRIQ Q238

Would I be right to assume 7th 200 was NOT scored in (English) county cricket? --Dweller 10:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article 15, Section talk

“

An American romantic comedy released in 1998 by Warner Brothers Films and given significant media coverage leading up to its release. It was directed by Nora Ephron. Part of the anticipation for the feature film was the romantic coupling of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

”

Okay? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}14:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notable??

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Shine.Ravindra Is this person notable??

Thank you. Looks NN. So put it up for deletion? Jisha C J 19:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jisha C J 04:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

B-day?

HI Tintin, what does the 1107 indicate? Your b-day, perchance? Is that the 11th of July or November the 7th, US-style? All the best....ImpuMozhi 04:50, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What a very novel idea! Very original. So what is your b-day? ImpuMozhi 12:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tin tin tinnn. Birthday or Birth Control day - any day, all the best! --Bhadani 14:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kochi

Once the edit warring on the page stops, I'd like to take Kochi to FAC. The lead section right now is a bit short. I cant think of anything else to add to it. Any suggestions on that or about the article as a whole? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}06:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

lol. okay. ;-) -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}07:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pradip Somasundaran

Dear Tintin, would value your opinion on the above. Please see User talk:Alphachimp#Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pradip Somasundaran. Many thanks -- Samir धर्म 05:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I've heard of him..but then I'm not much of a movie buff either. What about you, Tintin? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}12:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All the films in which he has sung in are quite old, actually. [2] :P Perhaps he is quasi notable? -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}13:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pradip Somasundaran

This is a message to all Category:Kerala Wikipedians

I want your opinion on this particular person Pradip Somasundaran. He claims to be a famous singer in Kerala. Now being a Malayalee, I have not heard of this person before, so I wonder whether or not you have heard of him before and set this issue straight. If so, then please let your opinion be counted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pradip Somasundaran. Please note that by voicing your opinion as a Malayalee/Keralite will add more weight to your words.

Many Thanks --Ageo020 21:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monty

Hey - thanks for keeping Monty Panesar out of all the lists he doesn't belong in. Good work :) (can't believe I put him as an offie...) Sam Vimes | Address me 11:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I changed my latest post to make it more useful instead of arguing. --Blacksun 15:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tintin

Pradip Somasundaram Issue: I don't like address a perticular user. I felt some perticular users behaving like that. Don't confuse with user jyothis and jothishkumart. I am jothishkumart not jyothis. Jothishkumart 06:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Making the best use of a controversy. ;-) Got to hand it to you, Tintin. Very thoughtful, indeed.-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}14:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tintin-From Gluewhale

Thanks for the invitation. Yes we are very passionate about music and musicians of Kerala. Don't you think some guys like Ageo are unnecessarily making it very personal? I know my music very well. I have done quite a bit of searching on this guy and also know him well through T.v programs. If we were to go for a public poll where everyone in Kerala is allowed to vote then beware! We all will be beaten to pulp by his fans especially the female ones and those who watch T.V. Such is his popularity and respect here. he is more respected than like others who are just adored. Maybe since he is a lecturer. Some programs like Anjali on Amrita run due to him. Since he appears every day on Doordarshan his face is familir to every T.V watcher. He is a quiet guy who IMHO is being treated very badly by the so called film industry. If he were to sing more in films he would be the best after K.J.Y, M.G Sreekumar and P.Jayachandran. But he is a computer hardware geek and linux geek too! He came to our college to give a lecture on Linux! Also his knowledge on linux and music are vast. You can know his talent from his blog..his songs are a treat...So guys I think instead of treating a fellow malayalee like this, help me and jyothis out on this. We are here to stay. Jyothis is already in malayalam wiki.I am determined to get all our great singers here.Also willing to help you guys on any thing you want. But first help us out on this issue and let's stop giving "paras" to each other:-). Let's be united..and we can do wonders for malayalam and malayalees....If we do not know about something best to admit it than clinging on to nothing.(Tintin u did the right thing...ur attitude has been very good) Thanks....Let's move as friends...Please ask Ageo also to calm down. I do not keep any personal vengeance with anyone. If we are to create great articles we should be united and not scattered!

--Gluewhale 15:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Was out for today (the 'day'). I'm here to stay. I'm a moderately active member in the malayalam blogging community, a snail paced wikibooks author and a team member in the thanimalayalam.org service for malayalam bloggers.. I'm happy to see the decision, and a little sad to see a lot of childish acts in the due course. Ageo's Acts and comments does not fit wiki's ethics. will try to be active in here too. Pradip Somasundaram himself has agreed to contribute to the music related articles if allowed ( a little confused if a person with a wiki article on himself can contribute to other articles). As you might have heard by now, he is a singer, electronics lecturer and a FSF activist. --Jyothis 05:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this.. Needs attention

Tintin, Ageo doesnt seems to respect the decision of the wiki admins. Please see these.

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User_talk:Gluewhale And his reply http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User_talk:Ageo020#Pradip_Smasundaran

I dont think this is a good way to deal with things. Please advice. Thanks --Jyothis 01:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chiricheppu== Jithesh

Saw both the article and his magazine page. IMHO the article gives very strong and clear signals that this was started by jithesh himself as the first editor is jithesh. No case for doubt here when compared to the somasundaran issue. Here the article clearly looks like an advertisement of sorts for his commercial gains rather than an unbiased one. He has even given his e-mail id here! Since he himself has started it (without any contention here) this looks like his ad in a news paper rather than an article and is a clear case for deletion. The magazine exists and is available in "pettikkadas". But this definitely should not warrant him any merit. The magazine may be popular with the uneducated masses but he is not a renowned cartoonist as he claims. In any case the article is an advertisement. Only proof is his own site. Anyway these are my immediate findings. I will revert back with more enquiries as I am now at work. regs---Gluewhale 07:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About Kerala Notice Board

Hi, i will try. Somebody has kept "Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 July 29" in the articles Mani Madhava Chakyar and [[]Mani Damodara Chakyar]], what does that mean? If he is trying to remove it, how should i defend? Your advise will be valuable for me. Sreekanthv 13:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I sincerely thank you for the information regarding deletion.Sreekanthv 13:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The joy of averages

Re: Muralitharan Article Sure, I will keep track of these, not after every test match (obviously because I only have to update after matches involving India and/or Australia) , but after every relevant test match :-P .. now can u please restore the numbers?? :-) 222.155.12.62 13:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User talk:222.155.12.62 Tintin (talk) 13:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay will do222.155.12.62 13:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Thiruvananthapuram district

Hi Tintin,
Thanks for the review of the article. I had made changes accordingly.
Here are my comments (the order is the same as your suggestion order) :

Regarding the Kizhakke kotta - The city of Thiruvananthapuram was formerly a temple city. The city evolved around the places of the temple. So, it is very common to refer it as the centre of the city. Moreover, if you are taking the boundaries of the city corporation, the area is some where near the centre. The corporation extends further south and west with thick residential population. However commercial establishments are less in those areas; thus making it pure residential areas of the city. So I think, we can keep the sentence. What you say ?

Changed.

Changed.

I think, the location of highland, midland and lowland should follow the para "The district can be divided in to ...". That provide the reader a clearer idea about the context.

"The paragraph that begins The district can be divided in to three geographical regions should provide some context." - Please help.

Sure. I will put more photos.

The details are added. Please check.

Please go ahead with the review. I am waiting to hear more from you.

-Regards, -- Rajith Mohan :) ^{(Talk to me...)} 06:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice Leyland

Sorry, I don't have that one. I left a note with the author of the addition to the Leyland article to come back with a source and added the Achong cross-ref to indicate there is some dispute here. It's early morning here and I'm off to work: I'll have a look when I get back tonight to see if I have anything else that might help. Johnlp 07:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi: sorry, I thought it was a different book you were referring to. I have that one. It says, of Leyland: "His slow bowling was at times most effective and he is reputed to have invented the term 'Chinaman' to denote his left-arm off-breaks." In Achong's bit in the same book, it says: "It is sometimes said that the term 'Chinaman', for a left-hander's googly, was inspired by him, but this appears to have no basis in fact."

The 1987 obit of Achong in Wisden says that the dismissal of Robins (stumped by Ivan Barrow off Achong) in the second Test of 1933 gave the term currency in England - which may mean that it was around before, but not much used until it got attached to Achong.

And the 1968 obit of Leyland has the following: "According to Bill Bowes, Maurice claimed he was responsible for the term 'Chinaman'. Because his chances of bowling were few, he began bowling the occasional left-hander's off-break instead of the normal and natural leg-break. Whenever two batsmen were difficult to shift or something different was wanted someone in the Yorkshire team would say, 'Put on Maurice to bowl some of those Chinese things'. Roy Kilner explained, 'It's foreign stuff and you can't call it anything else'." All of which sounds quite plausible until you realise that when Kilner died Leyland had taken only 11 wickets in eight first-class seasons (no more than four in any single season) - he didn't really get going as a bowler until 1928, and it was probably Kilner's death in April that year just before the start of the season in England that opened up greater possibilities for Leyland to bowl than he had had before.

What I can't find is any description of Achong's bowling, beyond the fact that he bowled slow left-arm spin; I don't know whether he did actually bowl Chinamen, or just left-arm orthodox. If he did bowl unorthodox left-arm spin, then the Robins story could yet be true. As well as, or instead of, the Leyland story. Johnlp 20:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The description of Achong's bowling is interesting. My view would be that the safest thing to do is to allude to both versions for the origin of the term wherever it crops up: ie in Achong and Leyland biog articles and in The Chinaman. What do you think? Johnlp 08:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yesudas Advanced training

Discussion Yesudas: I think the advanced training option is not acceptable. Please go through the discussion of the article Yesudas. And put your suggestion.

jyothish 08:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

À Monsieur Tintin

Re this: Lol, njan pandundakiya accountaa. Pakshe eppol french allam marannu poyi...Just a few minor edits there.
Btw, do you know that Tintin is pronounced (if I'm correct) as Ton-ton in French? Hehe... -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}05:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any idea what happened to Saravask? Its been a month now since his last edit.... -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}13:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've sent him an email. Lets see if he'lll reply. He's made it to the finalists at wikimania awards! [3] -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}18:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List move

I didn't even like the original list for the reason that there's no objective criterion for inclusion. This move totally unwarranted. Can you please reverse that? -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. You're not an admin yet! That's unbelievable. Would you like to become one? -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your wish. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to second Sundar's offer. You would become a great admin. Do think twice about this. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 08:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As Sundar said - your wish. But more people like you as admins would probably change the way adminship is looked at now. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 08:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ethinedayku thalayidaathe nallakuttiyayi njan maari ninnittum.... -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}18:09, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]