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COPY OF MY MESSAGE OF 5th March 2006 to Jimbo Wales, the founder and the president of the Wikimedia Foundation

Greetings: My respectful greetings to you. I feel privileged and happy to speak to you who initiated the Project. And, so in the 12th month of my wiki-sojourn (with 16,500 plus edits to more than 10,000 distinct pages, and creating several hundread new stubs and pages, on an average of at least one per day!), I reached here to record my feelings on a day on which I had decided to say a final goodbye to the Project wikipedia. I am glad that the destiny has willed otherwise! A bureacrate’s immediate intervention and the love and affection of the wiki-community prevented me to run away. Please allow me a little indulgence to share with you certain thoughts which have been disturbing me for sometime, and they are there in the section: Sabotage of Wikipedia. With best regards. {signed/Bhadani}

an award

**Bhadani** has proven to be an invaluable contributor of knowledge and a man of integrity and passion. He is a great Indian and a beloved person - his contributions are gigantic, and his presence among us is cherished. Thus, I present him this **Golden Medal of Honor** on the occasion of his 1st Wiki-anniversary on March 24th, 2006. Rama's Arrow 05:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My response to Rama:Your award, Image:Goldenwiki.png, including the accompanying citation, has made me overwhelmed with a sense of humbleness – Rama, I thank you for “praising” me so lavishly. I am working you as a volunteer like thousands and thousands of other Wikipedians who are all working to build the “sum total of human knowledge” – we all are information-soldiers of humanity, and we shall continue to create the best encyclopedia in the world. To-day itself, a news item was published in The Hindu about wikipedia, and I shall shortly be sharing the news on the page defence of the contents. Thank you my friend! --Bhadani 05:24, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy anniversary, Bhadaniji. You definitely have enough reasons to celebrate. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 07:05, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually anniversary would fall on 24th March 2006, the day on which Bhadani, the Wikipedians "was descended" after one day of labor pain as Mahuri & a mis-carriage of Bhadani@Bhadani.com. Rama being a benevolent God, has blessed me 10 days earlier!

--Bhadani 07:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A slightly belated happy anniversary from me too. Gizza^Chat ^© 07:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi Hai! -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 08:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You mentioned "a news item was published in The Hindu about wikipedia." Would you please tell the url link? Thanks Gizza^Chat ^© 09:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The News I am referring was something like the one found here: Wikipedia changes the Policy. --Bhadani 09:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even after so many days....

Hi Bhadani, thanks for the greetings and wish you the best of Holi too. As I am anyway writing to you, let me take this opportunity to clear some of my doubts about Wikipedia.

Even after so many days at Wikipedia, these things have continued to baffle me:

Although I never had any issues as yet, I wanted to know how does one check for sock-puppeting? Is there any reliable way, or only the vague ones like time of activity and edit count? Is there any way to find the IP of a logged in user?
Is there any way to find out what my/someones userpages are? It might happen that I create an orphan userpage and not access it for days. Is there any way to find out what all pages have been created?
As Wikipedia gives its user freedom to maintain userpages, is there anything stopping people from using Wikipedia as a blog? The arguement that Wikipedia works on the same way isn't acceptable as RCPs patrol Wikipedia. I believe that most RCPs don't patrol userpages, and hence it is possible for users to use Wikipedia as free web space. It might be against the Wikipedia policy, but one isn't a thief until caught. What is more surprising is that Wikipedia allows multiple userspace images too. While such images may be scrutinized for copyvios, if one keeps his head low, it is possible for them to even use Wikipedia as flickr-like album.
How do I run scripts on Wikipedia? For example, I want to keep track of how many users I have welcomed. I always write welcome in such edit summaries, but I still don't know how to run any such script.
What is the difference between a sysop and an admin?

Your help will be greatly appreciated. Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One more please...Is there any way to change my username? When I registered, I typed ambuj.saxena and it got changed to Ambuj.saxena. Is there any way I can change it to something like Ambuj.Saxena? Ambuj Saxena (talk) 10:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For finding the pages created in the user space Interiot's tool might be a useful option though I don't think it catches moves. Ambuj seems to have created just two pages in his user space Tintin (talk) 10:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Bhadani 10:37, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For your "one more," go to Wikipedia:Changing username or ask Nichalp for a name change. Gizza^Chat ^© 10:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tools mentioned, but they still have limitations as they tell user pages edited by me, and not my userpages. For example, it lists User:PEHowland, but misses Student Linguistics in IIT Kharagpur, which infact is technically my userpage's subpage. Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replying to Ambuj's comments.

Only those with Checkuser rights may be able to view the IP addresses to check for sockpuppetery. You would have to contact one of the listed members.
I don't know about userpages. I've been wondering about that too. If you find out, please let me know. :)
This is wikipedia's policy on userpages: Wikipedia:User page. Blogs are not welcome.
As far as images are concerned, usually if one finds an image unsuitable for wikipedia usage, it is tagged and put on WP:IFD
To run scripts you would need a bot account: See Wikipedia:Bots
Sysop vs admin: No difference. See Wikipedia:Administrators
Request a formal name change at Wikipedia:Changing username, and I'll change your name. :)

Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hai. I guess I have solved the mystery. This link will give your user sub-pages and User:Ambuj.saxena/Student Linguistics in IIT Kharagpur is not showing in your edit tree because while deleting it was not moved to your user sub page by the move function, but by cut and paste by User:Avraham.--Raghu 12:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi Greetings

Happy Holi and NarNarayan Dev Jayanti to you to live long

Jay Swaminarayan --Raj - सनातन धर्म 23:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi Greetings to you too, my friend. --Andy123 10:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too, Bhadani! Have fun! User:Deepujoseph/sig

Happy holi!! Thanks for the greetings "again and again" !--Dwaipayanc 11:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too. - Aksi great 11:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I knew I missed greeting somebody! I wanted to greet you before you got around to greeting me! :(

Anyway, wish you very HAPPY HOLI TO YOU!! --h y dkat 12:05, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very happy Holi to you as well. -Aabha (talk) 12:09, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wish you a very happy Holi!!!--Jobinbasani 12:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi. Wishing you and your family a colourful holi. Jisha C J 12:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing you a happy Holi too ! Cygnus_hansa 14:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too Bhadani :) AreJay 14:08, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A very happy Holi to you as well! - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 15:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too! AshishG^talk 17:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi, all! Thanks for the greeting, Bhadani, I'll try and be extra-colourful today. Flower party■ 19:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi greetings, thanks a lot! <:-P --vineeth 04:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi!!! :) Madhav 06:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I wish u Happy holi.Sauron 08:45, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the wishes. Wish you a Happy Holi too.Boxerglove 12:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Happy Holi ;) --PlaneMad 12:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wish you a very happy and colourful Holi!! -Holy Ganga 16:49, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rejoice and celebrate this spring with a rejuvenation of body and spirit - Happy Holi ! Adnat 20:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization

I hate to tell you this, but the first letter of definitions are usually capitalized.^[1][2][3][4] They do this so that people aren't given the wrong idea on how to spell the word. It is capitalized when it is a person or place name (i.e., a proper noun), though.--Primetime 15:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness, so I will have to reverse all - I really wasted a lot of time. But, I had found anumber of entries beginning with a capital. Thank you for the information, I shall be very careful in future. --Bhadani 15:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All done. No big deal. Have a good one.--Primetime 15:48, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is fine. Thanks. And, I wish you happy holi, something which no one may have wished you until now, and about which you may not have heard at all! Wikipedia has opened so many windows and so many doors. --Bhadani 15:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too.--Primetime 15:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So my actions are now something like a fait accompli – but, we wikipedians are capable of reversing all incorrect things, and are capable of presenting correctly the correct information - may be over a period of time. --Bhadani 16:00, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re:Rfa

Hi Bhadaniji - in my case, there needs to be more work done. Adminship ain't a reward for good users, so I must prove my desire to work for Wikipedia. Thanks for your support. Rama's Arrow 17:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with you, no doubt about it. But, after all, one day, you will have to take up the responsibility. Being an admin is a part of wiki-life for editors of your standing. You may wait, but you shall never escape...--Bhadani 17:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I won't even try to escape. Rama's Arrow 18:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi

Hey Bhadani! Sorry for the late reply. Happy Holi to you too! How about March 23? Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 17:33, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arrghh!! why not now??!!! (attitude is jus kiddin, but question is serious) Rama's Arrow 18:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too! I live in USA so we are out of touch with festivals. This morning I was wishing my collegues, "Happy Holi!". And all of them go "Is it Holi today?". Glad to be part of the Wikipedian Indian community wishing and celebrating together. Sorry for not responding to your earlier messages. I was on a wikibreak. I had told Gurubrahma that I would wait until June before applying. Meanwhile Deeptrivia, Rama's Arrow and Saravask have my strongest support. - Ganeshk (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BLW

Please see Talk:Bangladesh Liberation War#Killing of intellectuals. Regards Philip Baird Shearer 23:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi Hai ji

Thanks for the wishes. I wish you and your family a very happy and colourful holi --Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan

Happy Holi

PURANPOLI, AAM KA ACHAR, SURAJ KI KIRAN, KHUSHIYO KI BAHAR CHAND KI CHANDNI, APNO KA PYAR, AAPKO MUBARAK HO, HOLI KA TYOHAR !

Happy Holi !!!!

Ashu|(talk) 06:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi

Wish you a happy holi

Karthik.raman 06:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Insulting behaviour by User Nohat

I have asked a simple question to one user Nohat at this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_English_words_of_Tamil_origin What is your level of knowledge regarding Dravidian Languages.

He terms this as "a stupid question" (Nohat 04:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

My request to other administrators is to kindly tell whether the above question is vandalism. How can some one term my question as "stupid". Does an administrator in Wikipedia automatically gets rights to call others by insulting terms and also brand a question asking for academic credentials ("level of knowledge regarding Dravidian Languages") as "stupid"

To whom should we report this. What is Wikipedia and other admins going to do for such high handed behaviour. What is the solution for this.Doctor Bruno 11:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MY REPLY

I read some of the discussion on the talk page, which you had refereed to above. Although I am in Chennai since 1999, I do not know Tamil. As such, I am not able to comment on the matter under discussion. As regards, the use of word "stupid" was concerned, it is not permissible to use such words. However, his answer was "a stupid answer to a stupid question". In my opinion, sometimes some persons may use such words without meaning any offence - you may please keep this in view: the user of the word may have just used it without any intent to hurt. Of course, an apology would have been in order, but you can not expect each one to be so considerate - after all we are in 100s of thousands, and each one has a distinct personality and behavior pattern. As such, please continue to work with calm and composure. Let us continue to build the best encyclopedia in the world. I do agree that most reliable texts in the world may not be having any ISBN number, persons should know about the cultural divide to understand so aspects of human life. There may be a number of persons who may not be prepared to accept that there are other civilizations, cultures, and languages having older and better history and heritage other than those civilizations, cultures, and languages to who they have been exposed before they came into contact with wikipedia. This is called infatuation. I feel amazed that people may edit here without giving any reference about themselves, while they create a lot of noise about references for matters which are obvious. --Bhadani 12:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well Sir, you have enlightened my mind with the words "who may not be prepared to accept that there are other civilizations, cultures, and languages having older and better history and heritage other than those civilizations, cultures, and languages to who they have been exposed" This is the same problem with the ISBN. A lot of people over here do not understand that there can be books without ISBN (like the Bible example I gave). Thanks for your words and I have learnt an important point todayDoctor Bruno 18:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Life is like that - we have to live in the global village now, where digital divide is shrinking, but cultural divide is expanding. --Bhadani 17:07, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi

Happy Holi, Bhadani. I am sorry I could not find time to respond to Ambuj's questions; I was trying to find the answer to one of the questions. I guess all the questions have been answered now. --Gurubrahma 13:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is ok - I too learnt something new. --Bhadani 13:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Your Holi greetings

Wish you too a very Happy and fun-filled Holi!!!! Rohitbd 13:52, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, take a good bath - you are covered with colored water. --Bhadani 13:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also wish you a happy Holi !! Siddiqui 13:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bhadaniji, what can I say, again you have forgotten me. But I cannot forget you, Happy Holi to you. Regards, ImpuMozhi 14:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi! Rama's Arrow 14:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the positive comments, and Happy Holi!--Natkeeran 16:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi greetings to you as well (we use the name Phagwah in Trinidad). With regards to your question - I am happy to look over your contributions, but I was wondering if there was any specific aspects on which you wanted feedback. All the best. Guettarda 19:29, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too! Hope so you are still pink from gulal, too bad we dont get that stuff here in UK that easily... File:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 07:28, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holi to you too! But we do not celebrate this festival in Singapore and I have never been covered with coloured water in my life! How sad! --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 14:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Experience wikipedia is more colorful than the festival of color. --Bhadani 14:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! Thanks ever so much!! VivekM 02:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i am not a vandal.

You recently sent me a message saying that i vandalized an article. if you went to the talk page you would see that this was a misunderstanding. it is now commonly understood between me and everyone involved that i am not a vandal. The Speaker Of Absolute Truth 00:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to meet you - about which message you are talking about? --Bhadani 04:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your message

I had a very quick look through your contributions. I hope you'll forgive me for not having time to look too far back. But so far as I can see, you are doing an admirable job of living up to SlimVirgin's ideal Wikipedian standards, and your contribution has been huge. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment. Happy Holi to you. Grace Note 02:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback. --Bhadani 04:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

International who's who

Hi

Hi Bhadani

I just created an article on International who's who to add another source of verifiability of notability for the community.No sooner had I put it up,it was listed for deletion for advertising.I should value your advice.Thanks.(Vr 06:18, 16 March 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Siddiqui RfC

I've filed an RfC against Siddiqui. Please support it by endorsing the RfC at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Siddiqui

File:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 08:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking into the matter, and after due study shall surely give my comments and views. --Bhadani 09:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have posted a message on his talk page, and shall be awaiting his response. --Bhadani 18:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holi

Wonderful indeed. With blessings of Holi,

--Dore chakravarty 09:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Sir, I salute the 85 year wikipedian, and wish to meet you in May 2006. --Bhadani 09:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

happy holi

Thanks for your greetings...happy holi!

SV 15:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Samarkand manuscript

As I understnad it, the Samarkand manuscript is the Uthman Quran.. wouldn't a Merge be appropriate? --Irishpunktom\^talk 15:50, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Was today Holi? - Hope you had a good one! --Irishpunktom\^talk 15:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found that the term Samarkand manuscript was separately appearing as a redline in the page relating to Qur'an. Further, a bit of enquiry reveled the existence of Topkapi manuscript. All these the earliest manuscripts of the Holy Book, and Uthman Qur'an may refer to a number of such manuscripts. In future, the world may discover some more manuscripts. As such, in my opinion, merger is not justified – all these manuscripts are kept in different places. The world should know about them – I believe these two small stubs shall grow over a period of time. By the way, I am currently in South India where they do not celebrate Holi – all celebrations are ultimately in our hearts! --Bhadani 16:06, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The manuscripted Quran in Tashkent is Uthmans Quran. You need to ask yourself, "Why is it called the "Samarkand manuscript" when it's not kept in Samarkand?" - the answer is because it was in samarkand when Timur took it there, Samarkand being the Capital of Timurs empire. Now, add to that the links you have provided, and you see that it is the same thing. The Topkapi Manuscript is an old edition, or part thereof, of the Quran - Possibly one of the first five, but it was not the Uthman Quran taken by Ali to Baghdad, which was taken by Timur to Samarkand, which was taken by the Czar to Moscow, which was taken by Lenin to Ufa, which was then brought to Tashkent. --Irishpunktom\^talk 16:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, we may require to dig still deeper - we should continue to work on the issue: I feel that more persons should join the discussion. What do you say? Ultimately, redirection links, if required, may be created. --Bhadani 16:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, other people is a good idea.. how do we do that? --Irishpunktom\^talk 16:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may invite opinion of other members of the Guild. Moreover, other editors may also come forward to offer their comments - in wikipedia nothing can remain hidden for long - someone shall come to say something, as you came forward to give your opinion. --Bhadani 16:42, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As the Samarkand manuscript was existing for long as a red line, I thought it better to make at least a stub - then someone added an image too... so may be, we have to collect more information to decide the factual position. --Bhadani 16:45, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, we may discuss the matter on the talk page of Talk:Qur'an, and interested persons may join. Please also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an#According_to_Islamic_scholars --Bhadani 16:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Successful RfA

File:Saguaro2.jpg

Thanks for your support on my recent RfA, which I am pleased to say passed with a final tally of 80/1/1. If you ever need any help, or if I mess something up as an admin, please let me know.

Cactus.man ✍ 20:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Vandalism"

If editing incorrect grammar to the correct grammar is considered vandalism, then I will no longer be helping out Wikipedia when I see an error... I would never vandalize anything let alone a website.

Hinduism FAR

Hi - could you please set up an WP:FAR on Hinduism? I'm having trouble setting it up properly. Rama's Arrow 23:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Including takes care of etc

Hi, just wanted to say thanks for trawling through all those articles getting rid of excess etceteras - I wasn't looking forward to doing it but you've saved me a headache. Again thanks and by the way belated Holi greetings. Green Giant 00:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 Happy Holi to you too! But we do not celebrate this festival in [[Singapore]] and I have never been covered with coloured water in my life! How sad! --<font style="background:gold">[[WP:EA|<font color="green">S</font>]][[User:Siva1979|iva1979]]</font><sup><font style="background:yellow">[[User talk:Siva1979|Talk to me]]</font></sup> 14:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 :Experience wikipedia is more colorful than the [[Holi|festival of color]]. --[[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] 14:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
+Hey! Thanks ever so much!! [[User:VivekM|VivekM]] 02:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 == i am not a vandal. ==