User talk:Pratyya Ghosh/Archives/13 (2013-09)
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Had signed your guestbook earlier?
Hey Pratyya it feels good to be fully back and talking to you again.
Why do I have a feeling that signed your guestbook twice? Sohambanerjee1998 16:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
- Cause you signed it twice!
@Sohambanerjee1998:--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:06, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thought I did. But why don't I see it? Sohambanerjee1998 14:08, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- I removed @Sohambanerjee1998:
. Also join #wikipedia-wikiproject-BPL connect please.--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:12, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Oh I See. Sohambanerjee1998 14:14, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- I removed @Sohambanerjee1998:
- Thought I did. But why don't I see it? Sohambanerjee1998 14:08, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
August 2013 wikification barnstars!
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The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar | |
| For scoring 2nd place on the leaderboard during the August 2013 wikification backlog drive, Pratyya Ghosh, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's barnstar. Congratulations! :) |
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The Bronze Wikification Barnstar | |
| For wikifying a total of 31 articles, you are also awarded the Bronze Wikification barnstar. Keep up the good work! :) |
Cheers! Editing with a pen leads to a lot of things unsaid. (talk) 14:34, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks @Wilhelmina Will:. --Pratyya (Hello!) 14:37, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Join At freenode
Join now.Sohambanerjee1998 14:02, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor newsletter for September 5
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This Thursday's VisualEditor update was mostly about stability and performance improvements, and some preparatory work for major planned improvements, along with bug fixes for non-English language support and right-to-left text. Everything that the English Wikipedia received today has been running on Mediawiki for a week already.
Officially, the problem with the link inspector not linking to a specific section on a page (bug 53219) was fixed in this release, although that critical patch actually appeared here earlier.
A number of bugs related to copy-and-paste functionality were fixed (48604, bug 50043, bug 53362, bug 51538, among others). Full rich copy-and-paste from external sources into VisualEditor is expected "soon".
In other fixes, you can no longer add empty ref tags (<ref/>) (bug 53345). Selecting both an image and some text, and then trying to add a link, previously deleted the selected image and the text. This was fixed in bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (bug 53507).
Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:50, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
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WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League request
Dear Pratyya, Thanks for inviting me on BPL project. But I am extremely sorry to say that, I'm too much occupied with real life jobs. When I will have some time, I'll contribute on this project by converting different team logos to vector format.--FreemesM (talk) 01:57, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
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Re: Future Planning Meeting for WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League
What time? - 6:35 pm I guess. Will be there. The cricinfo mail did'nt get any reply. Seems like a dead end. Learing SVG, convert them. Sohambanerjee1998
- It's actually 13:30 (UTC) means 7:00 PM (IST) which means it's 7 PM evening at India (your time) @Sohambanerjee1998:. Hope we see you at the meeting and again thanks in advance.--Pratyya (Hello!) 06:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hell, I missed it. As you can see from my previous I have little time whatsoever as I have tremendous workloads. So these IRC meeting won't be successful, lets hold a discussion over at WikiProject Talk or if confidential by emails. That would be extremely convenient and I would not have to be embarrassed and apologetic please, sorry. Sohambanerjee1998 15:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of B S Ajaikumar
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A tag has been placed on B S Ajaikumar requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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Adoption Request
I'd like to be adopted by you,as I am not very experienced.Guru-45 (talk) 17:28, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
- All right. Let me know when you are ready. @Guru-45:.--Pratyya (Hello!) 13:12, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of HCG Hospitals
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A tag has been placed on HCG Hospitals requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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VisualEditor newsletter for September 19, 2013
You can edit a page's categories in VisualEditor. Click the "Page settings" button (next to Cancel/Save) in the toolbar to open the category tool. It will show you a list of the current categories for that page.
To add a category, type the name of the category you want to add in the search field. To remove an existing category, click on the category in the list and then, in the dialog that opens, click on the "Remove" icon (trash can). "Options" will allow you to set a default sorting key.
For more details, read VisualEditor's user guide.
VisualEditor has been updated twice in the last two weeks. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week.
As announced, the toolbar was redesigned to be simpler, shorter, and to have the ability to have drop-down groups with descriptions. What you see now is the initial configuration and is expected to change in response to feedback from the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias. The controls to add <u> (underline), <sub> (subscript), and <sup> (superscript), <s> (strikethrough) and <code> (computer code/monospace font) annotations to text are available to all users in the drop-down menu. At the moment, all but the most basic tools have been moved into a single drop-down menu, including the tools for inserting media, references, reference lists, and templates. The current location of all of the items in the toolbar is temporary, and your opinions about the best order are needed! Please offer suggestions at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback/Toolbar.
In an eagerly anticipated upgrade to the reference dialog, newly added references or reference groups no longer need the page to be saved before they can be re-used (bugs 51689 and 52000). The 'Use existing reference' button is now disabled on pages which don't yet have any references (bug 51848). The template parameter filter in the transclusion dialog now searches both parameter name and label (bug 51670).
In response to several requests, there are some new keyboard shortcuts. You can now set the block/paragraph formatting from the keyboard: Ctrl+0 sets a block as a regular paragraph; Ctrl+1 up to Ctrl+6 sets it as a Heading 1 ("Page title") to Heading 6 ("Sub-heading 4"); Ctrl+7 sets it as pre-formatted (bug 33512). Ctrl+2, which creates level 2 section headings, may be the most useful.
Some improvements were made to capitalization for links, so typing in "iPhone" will offer a link to "iPhone" as well as "IPhone" (bug 50452).
Copying and pasting within the same document should work better as of today's update, as should copying from VisualEditor into a third-party application (bug 53364, bug 52271, bug 52460). Work on copying and pasting between VisualEditor instances (for example, between two articles) and retaining formatting when copying from an external source into VisualEditor is progressing.
Major improvements to editing with input method editors (IMEs; mostly used for Indic and East Asian languages) are being deployed today. This is a complex change, so it may produce unexpected errors. On a related point, the names of languages listed in the "languages" (langlinks) panel in the Page settings dialog now display as RTL when appropriate (bug 53503).
Looking ahead: The help/'beta' menu will soon expose the build number next to the "Leave feedback" link, so users can give more specific reports about issues they encounter (bug 53050). This change will make it easier for developers to identify any cacheing issues, once it starts reporting the build number (currently, it says "Version false"). Also, inserting a link, reference or media file will put the cursor after the new content again (bug 53560). Next week’s update will likely improve how dropdowns and other selection menus behave when they do not fit on the screen, with things scrolling so the selected item is always in view.
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being finalized. About two dozen Wikipedias are on the list for Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only, and on Monday, September 30 for unregistered editors. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:56, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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Request an account process
Hi Pratyya, a few months ago you requested access to the account creation tool. Are you still interested in joining the team? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:28, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- @Callanecc: Yes I'm still interested and I was always interested. If you find me helpful for WP with this tool, then I'm ready.--Pratyya (Hello!) 09:31, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- In terms of the behavioural things I need to check as a tool admin there are no issues and weren't the last time you applied. The only things we're waiting on is for you to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation which is a requirement given our access to non-public information. You also need to read the guide to account creation and the Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy (especially this section) and agree to abide by them. Once you've done those let me know and I can approve your application and let you know what we need to do from there (primarily sign you up to the mailing list and on IRC, if you use it). Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Pratyya
You just undid my edit of the Brisbane Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir (for the second time).
I am a member of the choir and it has always had this name - simply put in wrong with the editor of the page when it was constructed. You could look at www.blgpc.org.au to verify.
Please reverse back. Thanks, David
Hi Pratyya
You just undid my edit of the Brisbane Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir (for the second time).
I am a member of the choir and it has always had this name - simply put in wrong with the editor of the page when it was constructed. You could look at www.blgpc.org.au to verify.
Please reverse back. Thanks, David
- @Davidhardyq: You change that with a good summary and if you can, add a reliable source. Cheers.--Pratyya (Hello!) 05:35, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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omg! Insider
Why did you changed omg! Insider to The Insider on WOAI? --71.40.58.182 (talk) 20:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
September 2013
You undid my recent contribution to Gibbs free energy because you said it did not appear constructive.
However, I made my edit because I believe there is an error in a sentence of the article. I was waiting until an expert came to see it, so that they could make it right. People like me use pages like Gibbs free energy to learn from, and if there is an error it can be very confusing. Since you are not an expert in thermodynamics, and since you do not know whether the article has a mistake, I think it makes sense for you to put back my edit.
Thanks, 169.231.91.145 (talk) 22:01, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
About Rafik Djebbour
Hello there! I took the info for Rafik Djebbour's manager from tranfermarkt, http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/rafik-djebbour/profil/spieler_20903.html , check that out. I think tranfermarkt is very reliable site for these situations. I wouldn't add infos in wikipedia if they weren't checked. I'll change it back tommorow and if you don't like it, change it back again. So....bye! ;)
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Ghost in the Darkness
Why is the true story of colonialism 'not constructive' but fake whitewashing, even in 'romantic' stories acceptable? Holocaust descriptions are acceptable?
Pl do read http://www.slideshare.net/arindamb59/british-legacy-of-india-part-3-14986 In Kenya, Britian's colonial rule was similar. Indians and Africans really suffered. Even today large tracts are owned by UK.
Thank you
you made a mistake. the page is broken as seen in firefox 24. I reverted the page to previous state which is OK.
Final decision to be taken by you
Hi. Today I saw a new message in my talk page describing that the file which was uploaded by me for 2014 ICC World Twenty20 which is to be held in Bangladesh has been orphaned i.e, File:2014iccworldt20.png, it seems that an user by the name Bloonstdfan360 has uploaded another fake version (as I think) and assigned it in infobox i.e, File:2014 ICC World Twenty20 logo.svg, the license along with description are seemed correctly assigned by that user.
But I thought it is my moral duty to ask you to take the final decision what is right and what is wrong along which file is to be kept further, as you know much more regarding the cricket in Bangladesh, you have to decide what to do next.Himanis Das talk
11:13, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- Himanis, its not a fake a version its a vector file, an SVG. Its been converted to it and is perfectly fine. The PNG version will be deleted ofcourse since its a non-free logo image, otherwise it could have been kept. Sohambanerjee1998 11:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- @Himanis Das: The picture you uploaded is fine. But Wikipedia doesn't allow non-free images. If your image is non-free it would never get deleted. Soham is right about the other picture. As it is free. Then you know.....--Pratyya (Hello!) 13:51, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok! Himanis Das talk
05:59, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok! Himanis Das talk
- @Himanis Das: The picture you uploaded is fine. But Wikipedia doesn't allow non-free images. If your image is non-free it would never get deleted. Soham is right about the other picture. As it is free. Then you know.....--Pratyya (Hello!) 13:51, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- Himanis, its not a fake a version its a vector file, an SVG. Its been converted to it and is perfectly fine. The PNG version will be deleted ofcourse since its a non-free logo image, otherwise it could have been kept. Sohambanerjee1998 11:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
October 2013 AFC Backlog elimination drive
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