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Hi

Hey buddy how are you?Pratik Lahoti (talk) 18:21, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

There u go The Mangol (talk) 18:31, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Aircraft design

Hi - looks like your article is coming along quite well, but here are a few suggestions:

• You need to be clear about the topic of the article. Is it just about design (in which case the photos of manufacturing are inappropriate - photos of wind tunnel testing, for example, would be better) or is it about design and manufacture (in which case the title should be changed) ?
• Similarly is it about aircraft designs (e.g. wing shapes) (which is already well covered in WP) or about the design process (which isn't) ?
• The photo of the 787 engine is great, but did you actually take it yourself ? what's its copyright status ?
• Ensure that everything is cited and is not a copyright violation.
• Terms like "recently" should be avoided.
• Sub-topics you might want to consider (if you can find sources) are things like history of aircraft design, selection of materials, links to design of cars etc.
• Add appropriate wikilinks (e.g. a "See also" section linking to Aerospace manufacturer and Aerospace engineering) - that may help you avoid overlap with existing articles too much.
• I don't understand the diagram - where's it come from ?

Happy editting. DexDor (talk) 21:48, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I was adding an image to Water landing (as a result of website I looked at re change to Air safety) when I saw that you were last editor. Keep up the good work. DexDor (talk) 22:23, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Re cmt on my talk page. Cat Aircraft is more appropriate than cat Aviation as Aircraft design process (like Aircraft) is not about other aspects of aviation (airports, ATC, training ...). Cat Aircraft is under Cat Aviation so I don't think there's a problem re projects. P.S. you might want to copy your article into a spelling/grammar checker. DexDor (talk) 21:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Re removal of image - replied on my talk page. DexDor (talk) 21:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

India Education Program

Hi there! Please visit Wikipedia talk:India Education Program and see if there is anything you can do to address the issues that are being discussed there. Many thanks, and happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:37, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft

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ref

hi thank you, but i want to know about image ref as it is actual photographs. I am giving ref for text from books that is not the problem.

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Hi Arjunmangol, I'm sorry if I sounded a bit harsh on my talk page - I have lived and worked in education in India and I realise that a softer approach is more appropriate. However, I do think you should be making your complaints to the people who are responsible for the organisation at your end. The continuous messages that Voceditenore and I keep sending are helping to get the people at the top to take note and do something, but its not up to us to clear up the mess - and we don't have the capacity to do it even if we wanted to. If the CAs want advice I really am most happy to provide it on my talk page, but I will not be watching and editing the students' pages. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:42, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the response Kudpung. You needn't apologise, its the mutual love for the Wiki that makes us so passionate about the project. Yes, I'll certainly take note of what you recommend. I'll be most happy to work with you in the future regarding the matter. :) The Mangol (talk) 09:00, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanx a lot!!! Aakankshap.elec (talk) 11:36, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Blocking users now

Hi. I've reluctantly had to give User talk:Chaitanya.gayke a short block. In spite of Philippe's (WMF) additional warning he recreated it again on his user page which I have deleted. The block is only for 60 hours, and the IP has not been blocked. He will not be able to create an alternative account. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:55, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

You did right. Its good that you're now blocking inividual users instead of the IP :). I'm currently co-ordinating with his class CAs to reach out to him and explain the matter. Poor soul.
Thanks! :)--The Mangol (talk) 05:55, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

• Hi Arjun. I'm so glad you'll be able to reach out to this student. Below, I've put a few tips that might help them and other students in a similar situation. I'll also copy it to their talk page.

How to avoid close paraphrasing and copyright problems.

• Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing is essential reading before you even start your next draft

• One of the best ways to avoid copyright violations (and to write a better article) is to use several sources rather than relying on a single reference work or web site.

• If you do find material that you want to use or refer to, copy it into a word processing file (or draft email) completely off-wiki and re-write it there before putting it an article or your sandbox

• But don't take the material and then start changing a few words in it or moving the phrases around. First of all, this will almost always result in paraphrasing which is so close that it risks being a copyright infringement. Secondly, if you just change a word to a similar word, you risk distorting the meaning completely and making the article confusing or even wrong. Example: replacing "intermittently" from this source with "irregularly". The words have slightly overlapping meanings, but don't really mean the same thing at all in the context of describing what happens in dot matrix printing. In that context, "intermittent" refers to the paper being pulled forward at intervals, not pulled forward in an irregular way. The process of feeding the paper through is actually quite regular.

  Do this instead...

• Read the material. Digest it. Internalize it. Make sure you understand the outline of the subject well enough to explain it out loud to another person without looking at your sources. Get one of your friends or classmates to listen to your mini-lecture.

• Then make an outline of the facts only—no adjectives, no phrases, just the facts

• Now attempt a draft of the topic, just using your outline, preferably after not having looked at the source material for a little while. This will force you to write it in your own words — it's just too easy to be tempted to copy the perfect phrases that are found in professionally written material

• Draft your article gradually rather than rushing to get it into Wikipedia. This approach will result in more interesting and coherent content. It also allows you the time to review your work carefully for potential copyright violations.

Choosing the right topic

• Make sure you aren't duplicating material already on Wikipedia. For example, Laser printing and Dot matrix printing already have long, detailed articles. It would be virtually impossible for a beginner to improve them.

• Instead look for a stub article in your area which you can expand. You'll find them at Category:Stub-Class Computing articles. Do check the article itself first, though. Sometimes the quality assessment is out of date and although still marked as a stub, it may actually be quite developed now.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 07:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

W.O.W! This is so AWESOME! I could learn a thing or two from this myself ;). Thank you so much Voceditenore!! I'll mail this to him now itself, plus post this on my class' group wall as well. I've been writing newbie-friendly tutorials myself for refs and images. :)The Mangol (talk) 08:17, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad you find it helpful. :-) In my days as a college lecturer in the UK, my students found it incredibly useful to give informal mini-lectures to each other on their essay topics. It not only helped them understand their material better, but helped them not to plagiarise too. Anyhow, if you are in communication with other CAs for different classes, here are some more places to look for stub articles needing expansion in various areas covered by the IEP:

• Category:Stub-Class Economics articles
• Category:Stub-Class India articles (This one has several relevant subcategories to explore)
• Category:Stub-Class Engineering articles
• Category:Stub-Class software articles
• Category:Stub-Class WikiProject Business articles

Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Make some space in your Barnstar collection ;) :D --The Mangol (talk) 09:29, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Arjun. That's very kind! And really, if you need any advice etc., don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

This is jolly good stuff. Thank you Voceditenore for your support in times of need. Appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. :) Pratik Lahoti (talk) 11:01, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome Pratik. Arjun, I forgot to say that when choosing a stub article to expand, the students should make sure that it isn't tagged for lack of notability. Examples: [1], [2]. No use working on an article that might get deleted. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 13:18, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

IEP

Hi Arjunmangol. I saw your note on Voceditenore's page. I'm sorry but like Voceditenore, chasing copyvios and patrolling pages is not my normal work on Wikipedia. While I am very concerned about the problems the project has caused, I am trying to motivate people to instruct the the campus ambassadors correctly, and get them to clean up and properly instruct the students. You will find that the number of regular Wikipedians who have been helping to clean this mess up are now going on leave or going back to their normal work on the Wikipedia. I am also likely to be out of station in the days to come. If you need help, you should talk to the people who are responsible for the project. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:04, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Erm, I hadn't written anything on his talkpage. Yeah, I've read your messages on Ram's talkpage, I've sent you an email, regarding that. And yeah, I've given up a big deal. :-|--The Mangol (talk) 11:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

IEP clean up

Hi. If you are working on IEP clean up, for easy checking and follow up of students and their articles, please see:

IEP student and article lists and how to use them

If you are not working on this clean up, please pass this message along to anyone you know who is. Thanks, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:44, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Change of username

Hello. I see you have decided to change the user name that you are using. However, unfortunately, simply moving your user page and talk page is not an acceptable way of doing it, as it causes various problems due to there being a user page for an account that does not exist. There is also a risk that the pages will be deleted as userpages of a nonexistent user under speedy deletion criterion U2. To see the proper way to change your username, see Wikipedia:Changing username. You are welcome to read that page, and then request a change of username at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. In the meanwhile, I will move the pages back, to avoid problems such as your existing pages being destroyed when the username change goes through. When the username change happens, the pages will automatically be moved back to where you want them. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Do inform us if and when you've become Écrivain (talk · contribs). Even my change from debastein1 (talk · contribs) to debastein (talk · contribs) has been approved. Hence, look at my signature. --Debastein (talk) 06:45, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Not yet bud, still waiting, its just my signature. Écrivain (talk) 06:54, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Done, congo buddy...Debastein (talk) 16:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks dude :) Écrivain (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

No activity on your talk page man! :P Here's a brownie for helping out newbies in editing the article MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women. Way to go bro! . BPositive (talk) 14:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Hello thanks for helping me with the references. This is for you. njoi !!! Barkhadhamechai (talk) 14:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

SEGA-AM3

I tagged the above article for speedy deletion because it duplicates an existing topic, but on further review the article is a perfectly valid redirect. Would you be okay with withdrawing your AfD nomination so I can convert it to a redirect? ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 17:02, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

das cool

i'm also from Kerala and part of Dubai wikiproject. Jawadreventon (talk) 20:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

i like Lamborghinis

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A brownie for you!

Thanks a lot for helping me out even in your busy schedule Barkhadhamechai (talk) 03:39, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey! thanks for making my user page look sophisticated! Barkha ^talk 19:41, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh no, please, Its simple, sophistication is waaaay more than that, even I have to yet do that for mine ;). You're welcome anyway Barkha! Écrivain (talk) 19:44, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Its anyway better than what it was before :P Barkha ^talk 19:48, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Haha, true, wotcha working on? Écrivain (talk) 19:50, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

President Of India ( finding references) ;) Barkha ^talk 19:53, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Great work, somehow i doze off when I see the word 'politics' :P. I jus saw Darshana's contributions, she's doing good for starters, including correcting a mistake on the well written FC article. u taught her? Teach her how to add refs too, FC's having chillout time now, she'll have something to do :P Écrivain (talk) 19:58, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes i teach her whenever i am free, bored of studing :P . She is really doing great, will soon teach her how to add references or even you can take that initiative. You really explain well when it comes to references :P Barkha ^talk 20:09, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Imarti For You!

	Hope You Like It!
	For all the Indian Cuisine editors, here is a sweet dish for you to get refreshed :D enjoy editing! Barkha talk 14:42, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

*Eats...eats..eats..eats...faints..get up..eats..burst and die happy :D :D* Thanks a bazillion, I jus love this thing!!! Écrivain (talk) 14:49, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Awarding you this barnstar, probably your's first for your excellent contributions to Urbanisation in India, and maintaining other Indian related articles. Your hardwork as a volunteer is always seen, and will be appreciated. Cheers! -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 08:00, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks man, always nice to be appreciated :P ;) Écrivain (talk) 13:48, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Indian Collaboration of the Month

	Some Vada Pav's for you
	For your contributions on the article of Indian Cuisine, which was the collaboration of the month during June 2012, for taking upto GA status under WikiProject India. Thanks for your contributions and see you at the next month's collaborations - Clothing in India and Mumbai. Happy editing, happy collaborating! :-) BPositive (talk) 07:51, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Urbanisation in India

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	I curse myself for giving this so late! Your recent DYK prompted me to give it immediately! This one is for your tireless contributions to IEP, the criticism which you took positively and moved on! You have grown as an editor and that is clearly visible from your contributions! Keep up the good work man! Cheers! BPositive (talk) 05:40, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Volunteering on simple

Hi Écrivain! Just letting you know that I've left you a message on your talk page at simple.wiki about getting started. If you're not likely to check in very often you might want to enable email notifications in your preferences so you can keep up to date if something happens. Thanks, Osiris (talk) 05:38, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Osiris, I did see your message on simple, I've been busy with my college admissions and stuff and will be till 10th of this month, I;m doing small edits here for now, I need a fresh mind and start for Simple, read the articles and understand the style of writing before I can make any edits there. I surely will be there in a few days time :) Écrivain (talk) 14:39, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Excellent! Thanks for the response, look forward to seeing you soon! Osiris (talk) 10:29, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it to my notice

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Hats off for your contribution's on Clothing in India :) Great efforts! The article looks awesome :) The History section and the men's clothing, superb!! -- Barkha talk 05:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Awarding this barnstar for your contributions on the article of Clothing in India, which was the collaboration of the month under WikiProject India for the month of July 2012. Fantastic work. Keep it up! BPositive (talk) 12:27, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Indian Collaboration of the Month - Red Fort

Indian Collaboration of the Month

Hi there! Thanks for being associated with the nomination cum voting process of the WikiProject Indian Collaboration of the Month under WikiProject India. As per the voting, the article selected for collaboration for the month of August 2012 is Red Fort. Let's improve this article over the course of the month. I look forward to your contributions on the article. BPositive (talk) 14:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC) Note: If you are seeing this message on someone's talk page and wish to be a part of the collaboration, add yourself in the members list.

Hello !!

Hi Ecrivain ! :D

A cup of coffee for you!

Coffee :D strong one :D lets edit? Barkha talk 18:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

with pleasure!! :D Écrivain (talk) 18:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

INCOTM

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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. Editing from work computer Écrivain (talk) 06:23, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

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