2005 North India earthquake -- pradeepsomani
Bengali Translation ---- Hi Raj, just checked your message. I would be more than happy to do this translation. I will let you know as soon as I am finished. Thanks, pompeez
The image you are linking to has some major problems which are noted in the discussion, and which I repeat here
The new image has none of these problems. -- Jeff3000 19:31, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Vaikunda Raja, what you term 'vandalism' is in fact constructive editing and clarifying.
How is your Italian coming along?! Parthi 23:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Vaikunda Raja, stop inserting Ayyavazhi into places that have nothing even remotely to do with it. Ayyavazhi is a small, miniscule, unrecognised, not notable sect confined to a few districts of Tamil Nadu. Nothing more nothing less. - Parthi 22:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Don't ever touch my userboxes. I designed all of the userboxes with symbols not pictures. I don't care how interested in the religion you are, only symbols, not pictures, may be inserted. If you want to reason with me contact me on my user page. User:Talib 72
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Using the second format will lead only to wikipedia mainspace pages rather than userpages. Cheers. -- Ch e z ( Discuss / Email) • 04:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
That specifically is the point. It lacks official recognition. That was the reason why a concensus was reached between wikipedia editors some time back on not to include Ayyavazhi on the page. I'm not saying that the religon lacks credibility. Rather, it is not notable enough to be mentioned in such detail on the Religion in India page. At present it is presented with even more prominence than Islam or Christianity. This leads to false impressions on readers unfamiliar with the Indian context. Since you seem to be very well versed with the religion, may I ask why it hasnt yet been declared (by the govt) as a religion seperate from Hindusim?-- thunderboltz (Deepu) 14:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Very similar point, except more so, in regards to adding it to Wikipedia:Vital articles. It may or may not be a religion in India, but as a new, disputed, and not particularly famous religion is definitely not one of the 1000 most vital articles for an encyclopedia to have. AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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I'm from Tamilnadu and visited most places in my 23 years and have not even heard of this so-called religion. I tried to google it, and didnt find much conclusive evidence, apart from pages caching WP. In the meanwhile, the article seems to be having a lot of unverfied claims and glorification on the sect, and all the proof seems to emanate from one person's book & a couple of other questionable missionary sources. It seems to me that, anyone with some knowledge of WP and two questionable books as citation could glorify any thing as a religion in the world. The article doesnt even seems to show that majority of Tamils even have no idea what this sect means, and I'm not convinced why this sect should be considered more than any other sects in Tamilnadu. I'm not sure this aspect is NPOV and wanted more discussion on that. Balajiviswanathan 23:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
The Community bulletin board is NOT the place to have a discussion on religious portals. Take it to Wikipedia:Help desk -- Tagishsimon (talk)
I strongly urge you two to take your dispute to Wikipedia:Mediation. You both care about the issue passionately; I cannot see how it will be resolved without damage other than by mediation. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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You have now violated three reverts rule on Tamil people. I will be reporting you for appropriate action. - Parthi talk/ contribs 10:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from editing. =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
I am reducing all of them. Working on Buddhism now. Will attend to the others in the next 24 hours. They are all supposed to be summaries, with the details in the main articles. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Paul, you've been reported for a 3RR violation on India and have been blocked for 24 hours. When you return, try to reach a compromise on talk, and please take the time to review the 3RR policy. Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 00:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
First thing I'm going to do is submit the article for consideration at Wikipedia:Good articles/Candidates, and then we can get some formal indication as to what specific weaknesses the article might currently have. Then, once they are addressed, we can try to get the article up to FA status. Regretably, my time for the next day or so will be spent in creating assessment units for the various other religion projects, but I will help to improve the article to the degree that my own probably limited resources and knowledge can. Probably my best ability would be in copyediting (if required) and maybe finding some additional references. But the improvement of articles of this kind is the specific goal of WikiProject Religion, so I hope that the other members who are interested and able to contribute to the article will do so as well. Also, if you yourself know of any other editors who contribute to articles on the subject, we are specifically looking to create dedicated subgroups who might be able to focus their attention on individual faiths, including potentially Ayyavazhi. Like I said, I'm submitting the article for GA consideration now, and that'll let us know how it stands as is. We can tackle the problems that might arise as they come up. Badbilltucker 18:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
I can definitely help you with the copy edit. I do not know anything about the topic, but I can do a copy edit for you right now. Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 16:22, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Dear friend paul, I have responded to the comments you left for me on my talk page. Sincerely, -- BostonMA talk 20:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey sorry, I just now read the previous revisions, you are right, I have reverted myself. Hopefully we can find sources to prove wether or not Ayyavazhi should be included. Sfacets 20:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Paul, after reading the discussion on Ayyavazhi on your talk page, it seems like a concensus has not yet been reached. Sarayuparin 22:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hai I found your long experience in Ayyavazhi works here in wikipeida. I noticed that you are from Kanyakumari. Can you please give informations (list) about some important Thangals in the region west to Thacklay in Kanyakumari District?
I've asked to Vaikunda Raja also. ==> Saffron White Green 19:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I see a couple of references in the article that say this year, last year, and the like. These would almost certainly fail the article for GA or FA consideration. Unfortunately, I don't know myself which specific years should be put in. If you could, please place them there yourself. And, for what little it's worth, I have a printout on which I am making some copyedit changes, and look to be making the revisions in the article itself on Monday. Thanks for your patience and assistance. Badbilltucker 16:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I removed the article from the good article page because I'm still working on some of the text corrections. With any luck, they'll be finished by Monday. However, I did earlier today note that there is now a kind of "quick dismissal" policy in place with some good article reviewers, and I didn't want the article to be summarily rejected on the basis of some grammatical errors, which I think some of the reviewers might cite as being cause for quick rejection. Sorry for any confusion or questions which it might cause you, but I have seen a few articles have received such speedy dismissal and I didn't want this to be another one. Again, my apologies. Luckily, given the comparatively short list, it should be returned to the list fairly quickly. Also, I think that the peer review process might work better, particularly if we receive a favorable peer review. If that is the case, then it might be possible to nominate it for FA directly, without going through the GA process. Given that a number of people respond to the FA proposals, while it only takes one reviewer to pass or fail a GA, I think our chances are probably more statistically successful with FA than GA. Sorry again for any confusion or distress my action may have caused you. I personally will hopefully have the revisions done by Monday (I work nights here and it's been slow lately; lots of free time available at work) and expect to nominate it for peer review at that time. Again, my apologies for any confusion or distress my action may have caused you. Badbilltucker 18:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hello and Vanakkam,
I see that you have created the Ayyavazhi marriage and would like to take the opportunity to invite you to join our group. WikiProject Dravidian Civilizations does not actually fall under a single country but several in South Asia. It will also cover everything from religions, ethnicities, history, arts, and more. Your contribution to the Ayyavazhi religion is needed and an important part of the different faiths practiced amongst different Dravidian civilizations. If you are interested in joining this group please log on to Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations and post your name under the Members section. I look forward to hearing from you. Much regards. Wiki Raja 09:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for joining. The answer two your question is that Dravidian is a term for a family of related ethnicities and languages. Just like Indo-Aryan is a term for a family of related ethnicities and languages. Also, regarding the term race, I prefer to use the term ethnicity in its place. Since, in my opinion, there is one race (species) which is the human race. Regards. Wiki Raja 20:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Also, comparing with European civilizations, we have the Italians, Spanish, French, etc. Once again, thanks for joining. Wiki Raja 20:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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You placed a note on the administrators' noticeboard because you're not getting your way in a content dispute. If you have a reason for administrator action, let's hear it. At this point, I do not see any reason for an admin to get involved. Try dispute resolution if you're having trouble. | Mr. Darcy talk 20:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I've blocked you 24 hours for your ceaseless edit-warring, and for the fact that you reverted India four times in just over 24 hours (24:11, to be precise). While that's not a technical vio, the purpose of the 3RR policy is to discourage edit-warring. You clearly aren't getting that message, so take a day to cool off and consider why so many users are opposed to your actions. | Mr. Darcy talk 22:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I regret to say that I am still tied up in trying to as it were assign all the religion articles to the appropriate projects, if any, which is probably at this point a more pressing concern, as I am finding that most of the religion articles have yet to be "tagged" by any projects, so they don't even necessarily know that they are there. It is my hope that the League of Copyeditors who have been called in can assist more quickly. Badbilltucker 22:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I have replied to your edits to my user talk page.-- Indianstar 05:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I have replied. Navou banter 22:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to take on another large project and do it justice. I looked at the article in question and, on first impression, feel that there are too many links in it to make it inviting to read -- especially in the introductory paragraph. If this aspect were worked on, I feel it would make the article more attractive. -- JAXHERE | Talk 13:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Kindly address my comments on AV talk page. -- Blacksun 14:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Do you have any web resources which states Ayyavazhi as a separate religion? Google search about Ayyavazhi returns only wikipedia and other wikimedia project resources.(Most of them were created by you.) Is there any large scale surveys taken in Tamilnadu states Ayyavazhi as a separate religion? Do you have access to such survey reports? (Apart from books and university papers) -- Indianstar 16:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
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Pls don't use photos or pictures in ur signature. It's against wiki rule. Read WP:SIGN. Amartyabag TALK2ME 12:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Paul, I've asked you some days before to help me in getting the list of Important(Old) Thangals west to Thucklay. Can you help. Only two months to go for the date by which I've to complete my project. So if you can please speed up.
And wish U a happy Vaikunda Avatharam. Thanks ==> Saffron White Green 16:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have modified lead of Ayyavazhi to bring article out of POV. Pl give your opinion on article's Talk page.-- Indianstar 06:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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I have awarded you abarn star for contributing tirelessly to Ayyavazhi articles. Keep up the good work! Wiki Raja 00:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Length Actually, including the <div>formatting makes the article longer in terms of kilobytes and page size. As far as the formatting of the length of the displayed page goes, I personally prefer it to be uncluttered and long, rather than cluttered and short. It's a personal choice, and I'm not really willing to fight about it either way, but I'm happy to share my input. Thanks for asking. - Justin (koavf)· T· C· M 00:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
Thought you would be interested in checking out the makevover for WikiProject Dravidian civilizations. Enjoy!
“ | Raja, Great work!!! Also I've gone through the article Dravidian Civilisation couple of days before. And from the page history I come to know that you are the major contributor and immedietly I get impressed, by your work, Thanks. Paul Raj 12:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC) | ” |
I noticed you changed the image in the Cigarette article; I don't see that this is necessary, and the fact that the cigarette is placed upon a mirror, making it look like two cigarettes, while the caption is in the singular, is particularly confusing. I have reverted the edit. If you think that your image is better, please post your reasoning on the talk page for that article. Thank you. -- Nemilar 14:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you could create an e-mail where I can get in touch regarding our WikiProject and future developments. Regards. Wiki Raja 20:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Dear Paul,
I've been through your sincere works on Ayyavazhi articles. And understand your feeling while a group of users making nasty commment on you and your works. But i can't agree that no one is there with genuine outlook. And if you feel so from this discussion, I assure you that things won't go worse like that(in the article) any more. Because, then (If I had gone through correctly) there is only few citations you provided then. But now the article seems good and well refered, enough to be judged correctly by Neutral users. Let others to comment on before deciding anything. Though I know much about Ayyavazhi as you, I too can help you with few of my know facts about Ayyavazhi. Keep your good work, Thanks. - white dot...!!! 11:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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Please don't be daunted by the sheer length of the suggestions; most of them end up being rather unimportant style details. They are just generated suggestions for the article as part of the reviewing process. (if you have specific questions, you can ask User:Ruhrfisch; I'm mostly inactive on WP and he has taken over the process) AZ t 03:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Hai Paul, I've nominated the Article Ayyavazhi for the featured article Candidate. Pls take a look over here. - White Dot...!!! ® 08:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
I am finally finished, my notes. You have been amazing keeping up with all of them! There are a few minor tweaks on references, and then let me know when these last are completed. Thank you. SriMesh | talk 18:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
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Feature article query. I have myself, achieved good article status on articles I have written, and have not yet pursued actively the feature article status as of yet. If I was you, open some Religion Feature articles which are already passed and look at comments by current feature article reviewers of articles being suggested for other Featured article candidates. According to criteria needed, IMHO this article does most points. I am not sure what regular feature article reviewers would say regarding length, on Good Article Criteria length is not mentioned. On this page summary style it is suggested that...generally 30KB of prose is the starting point where articles may be considered too long...This page is 87 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size. Check out a few passed feature article's length. Microsoft word did nót find any problems in grammar / spelling. The criteria of GA was met. The semi automatic peer reviewer which checks out manual of style also did pretty good. The Peer review Automated seemed to do well...if you are doing other articles, you can install this yourself if you wish... I see an article I passed as GA is currently at FA review and needing a few more tweaks... see comments about Ryan White....I will give Ryan White another look see and vote, now I see it there as well. Kind Regards and good luck. SriMesh | talk 01:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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No worries. I'll keep an eye on it and an eye on the FAC page, to try and make sure it suits the MOS certainly, and try my best to pefect any English. Peanut4 ( talk) 13:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully that will help. It is much more basic now, so hopefully those not conversant in Ayyavazhi and eastern spirituality will understand better, or seek the answers in the extended articles. Good luck. SriMesh | talk 19:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Paul, for the long break. And very glad to see Ayyavazhi as a Good article. Thanks for your very good job. Also you have nominated Ayyavazhi as a FAC. I too have voted over there. The article is far good than at the previous nomination. I hope it will pass the criteria. Thanks and wishes - White Dot...!!! ® 12:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello Paul Raj,
I noticed that there have been frequent inclusions and then subsequent deletions (by User:Bharatveer) of the material relating to Swami Vivekananda and Ayyavazhi. I wonder if that material could better be included on one of the Ayyavazhi pages. Perhaps a short note on the Vivekananda page could direct to a new location. (I also mentioned this to Bharatveer).
Devadaru ( talk) 03:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Please add your opionion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tamil_civilization#Name_question please. Thanks Taprobanus ( talk) 15:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thanx for the request....I believe such an lengthy article requires lot of time and understanding for a copyedit. I am aware of the fact that this article was listed at the LoCE for more than a year and it received no response. In fact i wanted to take it up as a challenge a year ago, but my lack of subject knowledge prevented me from doin it. Right now i am very busy and i dont think i'll be able to devote time to the article. Still, if time permits i'll go thru the article once and see what i can do....I suggest you contact other members of LoCE too...thanx for request anyways Gprince007 ( talk) 01:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
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Bengali Translation ---- Hi Raj, just checked your message. I would be more than happy to do this translation. I will let you know as soon as I am finished. Thanks, pompeez
The image you are linking to has some major problems which are noted in the discussion, and which I repeat here
The new image has none of these problems. -- Jeff3000 19:31, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Vaikunda Raja, what you term 'vandalism' is in fact constructive editing and clarifying.
How is your Italian coming along?! Parthi 23:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Vaikunda Raja, stop inserting Ayyavazhi into places that have nothing even remotely to do with it. Ayyavazhi is a small, miniscule, unrecognised, not notable sect confined to a few districts of Tamil Nadu. Nothing more nothing less. - Parthi 22:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Don't ever touch my userboxes. I designed all of the userboxes with symbols not pictures. I don't care how interested in the religion you are, only symbols, not pictures, may be inserted. If you want to reason with me contact me on my user page. User:Talib 72
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Using the second format will lead only to wikipedia mainspace pages rather than userpages. Cheers. -- Ch e z ( Discuss / Email) • 04:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
That specifically is the point. It lacks official recognition. That was the reason why a concensus was reached between wikipedia editors some time back on not to include Ayyavazhi on the page. I'm not saying that the religon lacks credibility. Rather, it is not notable enough to be mentioned in such detail on the Religion in India page. At present it is presented with even more prominence than Islam or Christianity. This leads to false impressions on readers unfamiliar with the Indian context. Since you seem to be very well versed with the religion, may I ask why it hasnt yet been declared (by the govt) as a religion seperate from Hindusim?-- thunderboltz (Deepu) 14:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Very similar point, except more so, in regards to adding it to Wikipedia:Vital articles. It may or may not be a religion in India, but as a new, disputed, and not particularly famous religion is definitely not one of the 1000 most vital articles for an encyclopedia to have. AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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I'm from Tamilnadu and visited most places in my 23 years and have not even heard of this so-called religion. I tried to google it, and didnt find much conclusive evidence, apart from pages caching WP. In the meanwhile, the article seems to be having a lot of unverfied claims and glorification on the sect, and all the proof seems to emanate from one person's book & a couple of other questionable missionary sources. It seems to me that, anyone with some knowledge of WP and two questionable books as citation could glorify any thing as a religion in the world. The article doesnt even seems to show that majority of Tamils even have no idea what this sect means, and I'm not convinced why this sect should be considered more than any other sects in Tamilnadu. I'm not sure this aspect is NPOV and wanted more discussion on that. Balajiviswanathan 23:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
The Community bulletin board is NOT the place to have a discussion on religious portals. Take it to Wikipedia:Help desk -- Tagishsimon (talk)
I strongly urge you two to take your dispute to Wikipedia:Mediation. You both care about the issue passionately; I cannot see how it will be resolved without damage other than by mediation. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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You have now violated three reverts rule on Tamil people. I will be reporting you for appropriate action. - Parthi talk/ contribs 10:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from editing. =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
I am reducing all of them. Working on Buddhism now. Will attend to the others in the next 24 hours. They are all supposed to be summaries, with the details in the main articles. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Paul, you've been reported for a 3RR violation on India and have been blocked for 24 hours. When you return, try to reach a compromise on talk, and please take the time to review the 3RR policy. Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 00:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
First thing I'm going to do is submit the article for consideration at Wikipedia:Good articles/Candidates, and then we can get some formal indication as to what specific weaknesses the article might currently have. Then, once they are addressed, we can try to get the article up to FA status. Regretably, my time for the next day or so will be spent in creating assessment units for the various other religion projects, but I will help to improve the article to the degree that my own probably limited resources and knowledge can. Probably my best ability would be in copyediting (if required) and maybe finding some additional references. But the improvement of articles of this kind is the specific goal of WikiProject Religion, so I hope that the other members who are interested and able to contribute to the article will do so as well. Also, if you yourself know of any other editors who contribute to articles on the subject, we are specifically looking to create dedicated subgroups who might be able to focus their attention on individual faiths, including potentially Ayyavazhi. Like I said, I'm submitting the article for GA consideration now, and that'll let us know how it stands as is. We can tackle the problems that might arise as they come up. Badbilltucker 18:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
I can definitely help you with the copy edit. I do not know anything about the topic, but I can do a copy edit for you right now. Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 16:22, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Dear friend paul, I have responded to the comments you left for me on my talk page. Sincerely, -- BostonMA talk 20:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey sorry, I just now read the previous revisions, you are right, I have reverted myself. Hopefully we can find sources to prove wether or not Ayyavazhi should be included. Sfacets 20:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Paul, after reading the discussion on Ayyavazhi on your talk page, it seems like a concensus has not yet been reached. Sarayuparin 22:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hai I found your long experience in Ayyavazhi works here in wikipeida. I noticed that you are from Kanyakumari. Can you please give informations (list) about some important Thangals in the region west to Thacklay in Kanyakumari District?
I've asked to Vaikunda Raja also. ==> Saffron White Green 19:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I see a couple of references in the article that say this year, last year, and the like. These would almost certainly fail the article for GA or FA consideration. Unfortunately, I don't know myself which specific years should be put in. If you could, please place them there yourself. And, for what little it's worth, I have a printout on which I am making some copyedit changes, and look to be making the revisions in the article itself on Monday. Thanks for your patience and assistance. Badbilltucker 16:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I removed the article from the good article page because I'm still working on some of the text corrections. With any luck, they'll be finished by Monday. However, I did earlier today note that there is now a kind of "quick dismissal" policy in place with some good article reviewers, and I didn't want the article to be summarily rejected on the basis of some grammatical errors, which I think some of the reviewers might cite as being cause for quick rejection. Sorry for any confusion or questions which it might cause you, but I have seen a few articles have received such speedy dismissal and I didn't want this to be another one. Again, my apologies. Luckily, given the comparatively short list, it should be returned to the list fairly quickly. Also, I think that the peer review process might work better, particularly if we receive a favorable peer review. If that is the case, then it might be possible to nominate it for FA directly, without going through the GA process. Given that a number of people respond to the FA proposals, while it only takes one reviewer to pass or fail a GA, I think our chances are probably more statistically successful with FA than GA. Sorry again for any confusion or distress my action may have caused you. I personally will hopefully have the revisions done by Monday (I work nights here and it's been slow lately; lots of free time available at work) and expect to nominate it for peer review at that time. Again, my apologies for any confusion or distress my action may have caused you. Badbilltucker 18:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hello and Vanakkam,
I see that you have created the Ayyavazhi marriage and would like to take the opportunity to invite you to join our group. WikiProject Dravidian Civilizations does not actually fall under a single country but several in South Asia. It will also cover everything from religions, ethnicities, history, arts, and more. Your contribution to the Ayyavazhi religion is needed and an important part of the different faiths practiced amongst different Dravidian civilizations. If you are interested in joining this group please log on to Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations and post your name under the Members section. I look forward to hearing from you. Much regards. Wiki Raja 09:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for joining. The answer two your question is that Dravidian is a term for a family of related ethnicities and languages. Just like Indo-Aryan is a term for a family of related ethnicities and languages. Also, regarding the term race, I prefer to use the term ethnicity in its place. Since, in my opinion, there is one race (species) which is the human race. Regards. Wiki Raja 20:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Also, comparing with European civilizations, we have the Italians, Spanish, French, etc. Once again, thanks for joining. Wiki Raja 20:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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You placed a note on the administrators' noticeboard because you're not getting your way in a content dispute. If you have a reason for administrator action, let's hear it. At this point, I do not see any reason for an admin to get involved. Try dispute resolution if you're having trouble. | Mr. Darcy talk 20:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I've blocked you 24 hours for your ceaseless edit-warring, and for the fact that you reverted India four times in just over 24 hours (24:11, to be precise). While that's not a technical vio, the purpose of the 3RR policy is to discourage edit-warring. You clearly aren't getting that message, so take a day to cool off and consider why so many users are opposed to your actions. | Mr. Darcy talk 22:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I regret to say that I am still tied up in trying to as it were assign all the religion articles to the appropriate projects, if any, which is probably at this point a more pressing concern, as I am finding that most of the religion articles have yet to be "tagged" by any projects, so they don't even necessarily know that they are there. It is my hope that the League of Copyeditors who have been called in can assist more quickly. Badbilltucker 22:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I have replied to your edits to my user talk page.-- Indianstar 05:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I have replied. Navou banter 22:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to take on another large project and do it justice. I looked at the article in question and, on first impression, feel that there are too many links in it to make it inviting to read -- especially in the introductory paragraph. If this aspect were worked on, I feel it would make the article more attractive. -- JAXHERE | Talk 13:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Kindly address my comments on AV talk page. -- Blacksun 14:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Do you have any web resources which states Ayyavazhi as a separate religion? Google search about Ayyavazhi returns only wikipedia and other wikimedia project resources.(Most of them were created by you.) Is there any large scale surveys taken in Tamilnadu states Ayyavazhi as a separate religion? Do you have access to such survey reports? (Apart from books and university papers) -- Indianstar 16:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
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Pls don't use photos or pictures in ur signature. It's against wiki rule. Read WP:SIGN. Amartyabag TALK2ME 12:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Paul, I've asked you some days before to help me in getting the list of Important(Old) Thangals west to Thucklay. Can you help. Only two months to go for the date by which I've to complete my project. So if you can please speed up.
And wish U a happy Vaikunda Avatharam. Thanks ==> Saffron White Green 16:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have modified lead of Ayyavazhi to bring article out of POV. Pl give your opinion on article's Talk page.-- Indianstar 06:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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I have awarded you abarn star for contributing tirelessly to Ayyavazhi articles. Keep up the good work! Wiki Raja 00:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Length Actually, including the <div>formatting makes the article longer in terms of kilobytes and page size. As far as the formatting of the length of the displayed page goes, I personally prefer it to be uncluttered and long, rather than cluttered and short. It's a personal choice, and I'm not really willing to fight about it either way, but I'm happy to share my input. Thanks for asking. - Justin (koavf)· T· C· M 00:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
Thought you would be interested in checking out the makevover for WikiProject Dravidian civilizations. Enjoy!
“ | Raja, Great work!!! Also I've gone through the article Dravidian Civilisation couple of days before. And from the page history I come to know that you are the major contributor and immedietly I get impressed, by your work, Thanks. Paul Raj 12:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC) | ” |
I noticed you changed the image in the Cigarette article; I don't see that this is necessary, and the fact that the cigarette is placed upon a mirror, making it look like two cigarettes, while the caption is in the singular, is particularly confusing. I have reverted the edit. If you think that your image is better, please post your reasoning on the talk page for that article. Thank you. -- Nemilar 14:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you could create an e-mail where I can get in touch regarding our WikiProject and future developments. Regards. Wiki Raja 20:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Dear Paul,
I've been through your sincere works on Ayyavazhi articles. And understand your feeling while a group of users making nasty commment on you and your works. But i can't agree that no one is there with genuine outlook. And if you feel so from this discussion, I assure you that things won't go worse like that(in the article) any more. Because, then (If I had gone through correctly) there is only few citations you provided then. But now the article seems good and well refered, enough to be judged correctly by Neutral users. Let others to comment on before deciding anything. Though I know much about Ayyavazhi as you, I too can help you with few of my know facts about Ayyavazhi. Keep your good work, Thanks. - white dot...!!! 11:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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Please don't be daunted by the sheer length of the suggestions; most of them end up being rather unimportant style details. They are just generated suggestions for the article as part of the reviewing process. (if you have specific questions, you can ask User:Ruhrfisch; I'm mostly inactive on WP and he has taken over the process) AZ t 03:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Hai Paul, I've nominated the Article Ayyavazhi for the featured article Candidate. Pls take a look over here. - White Dot...!!! ® 08:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
I am finally finished, my notes. You have been amazing keeping up with all of them! There are a few minor tweaks on references, and then let me know when these last are completed. Thank you. SriMesh | talk 18:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
The article
Ayyavazhi you nominated as a
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Feature article query. I have myself, achieved good article status on articles I have written, and have not yet pursued actively the feature article status as of yet. If I was you, open some Religion Feature articles which are already passed and look at comments by current feature article reviewers of articles being suggested for other Featured article candidates. According to criteria needed, IMHO this article does most points. I am not sure what regular feature article reviewers would say regarding length, on Good Article Criteria length is not mentioned. On this page summary style it is suggested that...generally 30KB of prose is the starting point where articles may be considered too long...This page is 87 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size. Check out a few passed feature article's length. Microsoft word did nót find any problems in grammar / spelling. The criteria of GA was met. The semi automatic peer reviewer which checks out manual of style also did pretty good. The Peer review Automated seemed to do well...if you are doing other articles, you can install this yourself if you wish... I see an article I passed as GA is currently at FA review and needing a few more tweaks... see comments about Ryan White....I will give Ryan White another look see and vote, now I see it there as well. Kind Regards and good luck. SriMesh | talk 01:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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No worries. I'll keep an eye on it and an eye on the FAC page, to try and make sure it suits the MOS certainly, and try my best to pefect any English. Peanut4 ( talk) 13:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully that will help. It is much more basic now, so hopefully those not conversant in Ayyavazhi and eastern spirituality will understand better, or seek the answers in the extended articles. Good luck. SriMesh | talk 19:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Paul, for the long break. And very glad to see Ayyavazhi as a Good article. Thanks for your very good job. Also you have nominated Ayyavazhi as a FAC. I too have voted over there. The article is far good than at the previous nomination. I hope it will pass the criteria. Thanks and wishes - White Dot...!!! ® 12:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello Paul Raj,
I noticed that there have been frequent inclusions and then subsequent deletions (by User:Bharatveer) of the material relating to Swami Vivekananda and Ayyavazhi. I wonder if that material could better be included on one of the Ayyavazhi pages. Perhaps a short note on the Vivekananda page could direct to a new location. (I also mentioned this to Bharatveer).
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