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Reference to the article titled "Indian Institutes of Technology"

This is in reference to second and third para in the article titled "Indian Institutes of Technology". The second paragraph of the article reads "The 1961 act lists seven institutes". But it must be brought to attention that the IIT Biill 2012 has been published in the gazette and its an Act now. Institutes of Technology Act 1961 stands amended therefore and anyone filing an RTI and asking about the institutes included in IT Act 1961 would be replied with 16 institutes. The link for the Gazette notification is this: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/pdf/IIT-Amendment-Act-2012.pdf. So the statement that "The 1961 act lists seven institutes" is false with effect from 21st June 2012. Hence its my request to accept the changes made by me in the concerned paragraphs. I have also posted a link over there which is as follows: http://164.100.24.207/bull2/2012/26.06.2012.pdf which clearly shows that Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2012 is an Act now. Please refer to item no. 21 in the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pulkit.26mar (talk • contribs) 18:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I answered on the article's talk page. --Muhandes (talk) 18:20, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Indian School of Mines

Please don't interfere with the contents provided on the wiki page of Indian School of Mines. You sitting in Israel, would know less than me residing in India and being a student of Indian School of Mines. And you edited the "Conversion into an Indian Institute of Technology" section as "a" planning commission. You should be knowing that Planning Commission is a government body in India, so its "The" Planning commission. Please don't interfere in matters you ain't aware of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashaysinha (talk • contribs) 08:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

What you mean is the Planning Commission, and I corrected the article to link properly. But what does this has to do with introducing alumni against policy? Do you think "residing in India and being a student of Indian School of Mines" gives you the entitlement to go against Wikipedia policies? Please also familiarize yourself with WP:COI. --Muhandes (talk) 08:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Block Me

okay.. i am waiting to be blocked. (i can make numerous accounts you see) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashaysinha (talk • contribs) 12:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Using multiple accounts is also against policy, and will only lead to all accounts being blocked and the page protected. I urge you not to take this path. --Muhandes (talk) 13:18, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Your Talk Page

saw your talk page. stop meddling with stuffs you aren't aware about. and why are you editing IITs and NITs? (i asked because you don't have sufficient knowledge about the stuff) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashaysinha (talk • contribs) 12:56, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I will, however, continue to edit where I feel my assistance is required to improve Wikipedia. I am sorry that some editors who see Wikipedia as a tool to promote their own needs are not happy with this, but it is for the best of the community. --Muhandes (talk) 13:20, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Village of Hyas

Muhandes, I keep including a link to the Hyas website on the Village of Hyas listing and you keep removing it. WHY DO YOU KEEP REMOVING THE WEBSITE?

Anyways, if I'm doing something wrong, please either post the website link yourself or tell me what I am doing wrong, instead of just removing it and saying "you don't know what I am trying to achieve". I'm not trying to achieve anything. Other villages and towns show a link to their town website, why are you removing the one for Hyas?

By the way, who are you?

BUZZK Webmaster: www.villageofhyas.com

69.168.144.141 (talk) 20:17, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I apologize if this seems like something done on purpose to "keep removing" your additions. I assure you there is nothing personal against you or your website. From the name I presume you are the same editor as Buzzk007, please remember to log-on in the future. Regarding who I am, you can find some information at my user page.

I looked at the page history and I found two attempts to add the website, here and here. We have a policy about external links, and both seemed to be against that policy, so I reverted them. We generally do not permit webmasters to add their own websites as they usually lack neutrality. If you think the website should be added, please read the policy and explain in the article's talk page why it should be added. --Muhandes (talk) 09:34, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Xomidhan

You have applied this article for proposed deletion based on not enough notability and have also questioned the notability of the awards organisation. I have given an explanation on the notability of the awards organization as the government of India and the State Government of Nagaland is also involved. PLease kindly have a look at the Talk page of the article. Anshumandutta (talk) 11:02, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I know this is sometimes difficult for new editors, but the word "notability" has a very specific meaning in Wikipedia, please see how it is defined. The definition has nothing to do with who organizes it, who takes part or who supports it, so none of the arguments you made holds. Taking this into account, I still don't think the organization satisfies WP:ORG or WP:GNG, which are the more specific guidelines for this case. --Muhandes (talk) 11:07, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Gary Multani

Hey, dear. I want your help. Please warn (or whatever) to User:Gary Multani. Check his edits on Babbu Maan, he spoiled the article badly by repeating same statements many times and more. I can't handle such new comers, so requesting you to give him a sense or tutorial. It irritates me on someone unfamiliar with wiki spoils articles created by myself because created then after reading much about wiki, it's rules, article layout, neutrality etc.. 'll be grateful to you. TariButtar (talk) 03:50, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems some other editor has already helped you, and I am on vacation with very little Internet time anyway. Best regards and happy editing. --Muhandes (talk) 04:20, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

cover of album ROMANCE

Hi there: this cover belongs to David Cassidy, Meryl Ann Tanz Cassidy and Caroline Elizabeth Tanz Mchale. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.23.184.84 (talk) 04:25, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

You added this information to a completely unrelated section which deals with the performance of the album. You also did not provide any reliable source for verification. --Muhandes (talk) 04:22, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Sgt. Pepper straw poll

There is currently a straw poll taking place here. Your input would be appreciated. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:51, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done --Muhandes (talk) 04:28, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

"The/the" request for formal mediation

FYI, I have requested formal mediation here to decide the "The/the" issue, hopefully once and for all. Feel free to add your name there if you so wish. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:15, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems to me like a lot of time is wasted on trivialities. But to each his own. --Muhandes (talk) 09:23, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Please describe.

Hi, Muhandes, I need your assistance here. Please describe the exact concept of the policy. I have removed many red links from multiple lists of the wiki articles including English language, no one disagree about my edits, question is that am I wrong?.Thanks.Justice007 (talk) 13:21, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I am on a WikiBreak, and definitely not going to get into disputes. I will just say that you are in essence correct. The relevant policy is WP:LISTPEOPLE, which requires two conditions (and I'm quoting)

• The person meets the Wikipedia notability requirement. If a person in a list does not have an article in Wikipedia about them, a citation (or link to another article) must be provided to establish their membership in the list's group and to establish their notability on either BLP1E or BIO1E.
• The person's membership in the list's group is established by reliable sources.

--Muhandes (talk) 14:34, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

• Got it, and thanks. Justice007 (talk) 15:37, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Kuvempu University

Hello Muhandes, I really like the way you are contributing to WP India education related articles, you are doing a fantastic job, keep it up. I would plea to you if you could contribute at Kuvempu University article, since this article requires enormous contributions and also try to bring to other WP India editor knowledge so that they too can contribute to the article substantially. Cheers!--♥ Kkm010 ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 14:38, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments. I'm sorry to say that my involvement with WP:INEI is the main reason for this WikiBreak. I will take some time and regroup, but most likely I will not go back to editing articles on the subject. I'm sure you'll manage without me. --Muhandes (talk) 15:14, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, No problem. I would look for other editors. Thanks--♥ Kkm010 ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 09:03, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Tasketz Kayo

Hi Muhandes. Don't know if you kept up with the User:Tasketz Kayo saga - such an active editor! It's really a shame they would't listen to anybody. All the best. memphisto 12:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed, and actually told him so myself some time ago. A shame indeed. --Muhandes (talk) 13:06, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

TNEB Limited

Hi, Muhandes. There is a new editor who tries to restore the duplicated page which you redirected to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board on 4 June 2012. Beagel (talk) 14:25, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Most definitely the same person, You should file an WP:SPI based on WP:DUCK. I'm on WP:BREAK now, so I'm not the person to do that. --Muhandes (talk) 15:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I see you already have. Well done, and best of luck with that. You may want to add the recreation of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited as more evidence. --Muhandes (talk) 15:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of changes to IIT page

Muhandes - long time reader but relatively new contributor so please bear with me. I noticed you have reverted several changes with the description " This is not the place for history of one specific institute, see talk page".

The information i have added is similar to the information available for example IIT-Roorke which reads "IT Roorkee was established in 1847 as the first engineering college of the British Empire.[16] Located in Uttarakhand, this college was named The Thomson College of Civil Engineering in 1854. It became first technical university of India in 1949 and was renamed "University of Roorkee". The University of Roorkee was included in the IIT system in 2001 as IIT Roorkee. It runs eleven Under Graduate, five Integrated Dual Degree, three Integrated M.Tech., three Integrated M.Sc., 61 Post Graduate and several Doctoral Programmes.[17] The campus also includes the Department of Management Studies (DOMS), offering MBA courses. It has an academic staff strength of 342 as per the session of 2007–2008.[18] The Institute has two campuses. The main campus is at Roorkee in Uttarakhand and the other one is 50 km away at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The campus at Roorkee is spread over 356 acres (1.44 km2) of landscaped lush greenery and has twelve students hostels. A 10-acre (40,000 m2) campus is being developed as an extension centre at Greater Noida". a total of 170 words. This is true for other institutes as well.

I added similar information for IT-BHU given it has similar lineage. "IIT(BHU),Varanasi traces it origins to the days of freedom struggle when three engineering and technological institutions were established by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, viz. the Banaras Engineering College (BENCO) in 1919, the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) in 1923 and the College of Technology (TECHNO). The first-ever degree courses in Mining, Metallurgy, Ceramics and Pharmaceutics in India were pioneered here. In 1971 the three premier engineering were merged to form the Institute of Technology (IT-BHU) to provide a strong and integrated educational base. To preserve its excellence and national character, admissions were instituted jointly with the IIT’s through the Joint Entrance Examination. The institute has a wide and accomplished alumni base and reputed faculty ]http://www.itbhu.ac.in/itbhu/heritage.shtml[ It has 13 departments and three inter-disciplinary schools. It was converted to an IIT in 2012." A total of 132 words.

I do not understand why different standards are being applied and why summarized historical information would not be allowed for one institute when being allowed for others.

Thanks. Wikinj321 (talk)wikinj321Wikinj321 (talk)

As I said, there is discussion on the talk page about limiting those paragraphs. As discussion seemed to have reached a consensus, which is that paragraphs should be shorter and standardized, I pointed you there. However, I do not wish to be further involved. For all I care you can turn this entire article into a brochure for IT-BHU. --Muhandes (talk) 09:06, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Appreciate the effort in pointing in the right direction. certainly could do without the sarcasm regarding my intent. Cheers - Wikinj321. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikinj321 (talk • contribs) 01:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Sarcasm or not, you seem to be here for one purpose. If you say I am wrong, prove it. Add this information about all the institutes, not just the one you seem to be concerned about. --Muhandes (talk) 04:19, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

IT BHU is a famous institute in India.I think in 2010 it was renamed as iit bhu by the act of parliament of India.````sohan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sohanphilip (talk • contribs) 15:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

This last comment was both wrong and pointless. I am not even going to try to correct it. --Muhandes (talk) 17:48, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Approach for help

Hello there, I was going though some articles which I can edit when I found out that Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology and Sikkim Manipal University have been lying 'stub' for several months. Nobody took care about it. I'd be more than happy to take on these two articles but due to the lack of content I cannot proceed. I'd be glad if you kindly help me either with some resources or fellow Wikipedians, who can help me in editing and making these a fine Wikipedia articles. Regards - Argha.hazra (talk) 04:24, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm on WikiBreak. Try WP:INEI. --Muhandes (talk) 07:34, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Argha.hazra (talk) 16:01, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

regarding the removal of MIT college of engineering logo

hi friend.i was going through the article about MIT college of engineering.u have removed the logo of the college from the page saying its incorrect logo.but as a former student of the college i know it was correct.please can u change it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.133.214.254 (talk) 08:18, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure how you can tell this is the right logo when the file does not exist. Feel free to upload the correct logo, I'm on WikiBreak and I'm not editing at the time. --Muhandes (talk) 14:17, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Inclusion of The Week Rankings 2012

Hi ! Here is the latest ranking list published by The Week in 2012. Can we include that in the List of Indian Engineering college rankings ? Sourav Mohanty (talk) 07:10, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

I don't see a reason why not. --Muhandes (talk) 08:39, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Your help

Please assist me about these all sources, can be used as WP:reliable sources for Wikipedia:Notability (people)?. 1 2 3 4 5 6,7. Thanks. Justice007 (talk) 08:16, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm still on WikiBreak and do not have the time/strength to help. Best of luck with that. --Muhandes (talk) 09:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Facing Problem Putting Pics on Wiki Pages.  :(

Facing Problem Putting Pics on Wiki Pages.  :( I guess I need an Elaborate Exlanation on How to Use Images on Wikipages, just not able to that Wud Be good if You can help me out and hence help me become a better wikipedian and yeahh also can you give me some guidelines about how can I improve my useability on wikipedia.

requesting a reply on my talk page.. Thnku

Panicking tarun.real 08:00, 5 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarun.real (talk • contribs)

Per your request I replied on your talk page. --Muhandes (talk) 11:55, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Beatles RfC

Hello Muhandes; this message is to inform you that there is currently a public poll to determine whether to capitalize the definite article ("the") when mentioning the band "THE BEATLES" mid-sentence. As you've previously participated either here, here, or here, your input would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. For the mediators. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:39, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. --Muhandes (talk) 06:27, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Correction of Bodla

Bodla is a caste of rajputs they are converted muslims but they now claim as Qureshi siddiqi (childrens of Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddiq 1st Muslim Caliph ) but they are not from qureshis the true is they are Hindus converted Muslims in 18th Century

Ref: Punjab Castes

Writer : Sir Denzel Ubsten

Page no 238 of 352.

Please notify this because they missguide and spread false history.

Thanks

check All articles about Bodlas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mukhdoomsajjadali (talk • contribs) 10:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:SOFIXIT. --Muhandes (talk) 11:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

TNEB

It seems that this certain editor is back. [1] Beagel (talk) 18:34, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes indeed. You should report as sock, revert all his edits etc. I am afraid I decided to be much less involved in Wikipedia, and this kind of editor is a perfect example to why. I am not going to get into this mess again. Best of luck. --Muhandes (talk) 20:12, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Sanjoy Ghose image

You had kindly helped with edits and comments on Sanjay Ghose. I found an image file, on the Majuli island website, where he was abducted and killed. I have uploaded an image at File:Image file of Sanjoy Ghose.jpg - with non free use rationale.

Please check if what I have filled into various fields is alrights as per wiki laws. Also I wish to insert the image into the infobox - and instructions for the same would be appreciated.

Anant (talk) 08:41, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

I added the image for you. I have seen files of deceased people with non free use rationales which were accepted, so this one may also be. I am no longer editing actively, so I can't help more. Cheers. --Muhandes (talk) 07:06, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

		The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
		message: Thanks for the help in improving the quality of Sanjay Ghose

.

Anant (talk) 07:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Certification Table Entry

Hi, I was wondering if there's any way you could add a "refname" field to the {{Certification Table Entry}}, so there's no need to use the same reference twice in case a particular certification is mentioned elsewhere in the article other than the certification table. Thanks in advance. SnapSnap 17:53, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi SnapSnap. I am not really that active in editing Wikipedia anymore, but I would try to assist. Is there any reason not to use the |certref= field for this purpose? If I remember correctly, you can use anything you want in that field including an existing reference. If this is not what you are looking for, can you please give me an example of what you are trying to do, I will have a look. Cheers! --Muhandes (talk) 09:30, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Yeah, I know there's the |certref= field, I just thought the template would benefit from a |refname= field, so that references could be more easily reused elsewhere in the article. {{Singlechart}} also contains a |refname= field; see this article for instance. Of course, this is just a suggestion. SnapSnap 21:17, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

A belated thanks

...for welcoming me here more than a year ago. --LlamaAl (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

You are most welcome. --Muhandes (talk) 20:58, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Uploading image of late Sanjoy Ghose and his team in Majuli island

You had been of kind help in improving the quality of the article of Sanjay Ghose. You had also recently (November 29 2012) helped me in uploading a photograph to the infobox. I request your kind help in uploading another photograph. It is now in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanjoy_Ghose_with_his_team_of_social_workers_in_Majuli_island.jpg

I think the photograph contributes a bit - as this documents the young (idealistic?) team of social workers who accompanied Sanjoy Ghose to Majuli island. You may kindly be aware that he was abducted and killed by ULFA terrorists, who opposed his project to build flood embankments on the Brahmaputra entirely with the free labour contribution of the people in the island. Since his body was never found, for quite some time, it was believed that he was still alive and being kept captive by ULFA terrorists. Later on, through public confessions of some of the leaders, the details of his killing were revealed,which is on the website. A larger group of "Friends of Sanjoy Ghose" who were concerned about this, set up a website then to appeal for his release. This wesbite is http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/venu/SANJOY/ Some of the links in this website are dead, since much water has flowed after this tragic event. It would be quite difficult to find out the various individual collaborators of the website - as also the person who took the photograph, the person who uploaded to the website, the person who set up the website,etc.

Is it possible for you to upload this file to the Sanjoy Ghose website? Anant (talk) 08:37, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Anant. I hope I understood your request correctly. I do not know if the image you provided is free to use or not, nor do I have the means to check this. I'm not really sure why you need me to do this (rather than doing it yourself), but I added it to Sanjay Ghose in a location where it seemed logical, with a caption based on the file name. I hope this is what you wanted. --Muhandes (talk) 11:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

		The Hinduism Award
		For improving quality of Sanjay Ghose through adding photographs

Anant (talk) 08:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Sanjoy Ghose with his team of social workers in Majuli island.jpg

 (Talk) has objected to the uploading of the file. I have tried to meet his concerns, by removing the section on licenses, and by adding 'non-free fair use'.. If you can advise me, on how to meet these objections, I would be grateful. Anant (talk) 08:20, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

While I would like to assist, I'm not sure the image follows the non-free content criteria. Specifically I'm not certain "its absence would be detrimental to the article" (cf. WP:NFCC#8). If you think it does, you can add something like the following to the image page (change the text as you think fits):

{{Non-free use rationale 2
|Description = Image of Sanjoy Ghose, with his team of social workers in Majuli island.
|Source = '''Original publication''': in a website about Majuli island<br/>
'''Immediate source''': http://majuli.info/sanjoy_ghose_and_majuli.html
|Author = unknown
|Article = Sanjay Ghose
|Purpose = for visual identification of the group of people in question.
|Replaceability = Sanjoy Ghose is presumably dead for since 1997. His body was never found.
|Minimality = Will be used only to identify the group of people in the wiki article
|Commercial = There does not seem to be much commercial opportunities for the unknown owner.
}}

Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 09:26, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions. I have added non-free use rationale - with most of the points suggested.

RegardingWP:NFCC#8),please note

8.Contextual significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.

The circumstances surrounding his death can be better understood, if we understand the team that was working with him. The image seems to show a bunch of young, idealistic, mainly women volunteers. They chose to confront an armed terrorist organisation,ULFA, that was waging war against the Indian state, which had deployed the army in the region. I think this image "significantly increases the readers's understanding" of the way Sanjoy worked. Its omission can create speculative theories,in the readers' mind: around what he actually did to provoke this sort of brutal retaliation. Considering that he came from a "famous bureaucratic family" from Delhi: the natural suspicion, was that he could have been some sort of undercover agent. (Which was the public reason stated on why ULFA captured and executed him). Since I knew him personally (please see http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~venu/SANJOY/sarma.article.html)- this was a crazy speculation! There were much more fruitful avenues for his career growth! He believed that Truth and Non Violence had a power more than that of bullets and guns-which violence he believed came from lack of understanding, of what was the "rural development reality". I hope this wikipedia site can help in proving that he was right?

Thanks again for taking this trouble with this site. Anant (talk) 12:51, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

I hope that you wont be disappointed with what Wikipedia can do. In my experience, Wikipedia lacks the means to discern what is right, moral or ethical, which is one reason I don't actively edit Wikipedia anymore. --Muhandes (talk) 13:41, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Certification Table Entry 2

This RIAA now uses new methodology in calculating certifications, could you update this template to reflect that. They now include on-demand streams into their certifications. NYSMy talk page 03:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

I think it is now safe to say that I am no longer active in Wikipedia. Why don't you try to make the change yourself? If you don't manage it, I can try to assist. --Muhandes (talk) 12:14, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Category:Singles certified by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

Category:Singles certified by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Adabow (talk) 06:34, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

I have no problem with that proposal. --Muhandes (talk) 16:47, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Citations for Sanjay Ghose

Citations for Sanjay Ghose

You had kindly added "cleanup|date=September 2010|reason=A lot of peacock, not very encyclopedic" and "refimprove|date=October 2010" for the article.

You have also be advising me off and on, including how to add images. I have done some work recently on getting citations for the article. Do you think this is sufficient to remove the tags? Thanks once again for all the help you have given for improving this article. Anant (talk) 12:30, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

I am no longer active in Wikipedia. Do as you wish. --Muhandes (talk) 21:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

AMPROFON cite

Hello Muhandes! I know you're not active on Wikipedia anymore, but if you're ever reading this, I could use your help. The AMPROFON website now posts the certifications on its official Facebook page. I've only managed to link the Facebook albums page on the template, I can't get it to work where the link changes depending on the certyear. Erick (talk) 22:04, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Magiciandude. I really don't remember much of what I did, but if you can give me some more details, preferably link me to some talk page detailing the new structure, I'll give it a shot. --Muhandes (talk) 19:55, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Of course. Here it is. Erick (talk) 01:06, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, it was just a tiny coding error in Template:Certification Cite/URL. A working version can be found in User:Muhandes/Certification Cite/URL. I did not thoroughly test it, but it seems to work with simple cases:

"Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.

"Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.

"Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.

I hope this helps. --Muhandes (talk) 07:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, so how I would I apply it to Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 for example? Erick (talk) 22:08, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. If you apply the corrected version I made at User:Muhandes/Certification Cite/URL to Template:Certification Cite/URL, it should fix them all. --Muhandes (talk) 23:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Aha. I see now. I've applied and it wors now! Thank you very much! Erick (talk) 23:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm happy it worked. Take care. --Muhandes (talk) 07:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

RIAA Latin certification

Hello Muhandes! The RIAA has lowered the certifications for Latin albums last December and have also created a new format for Latin Digital Singles. The threshold can be found here. It does not seem like they're amending the previously certified Latin albums this time around, so the parameters "certyear" and maybe even "certmonth" might be appropriate for Latin albums certified during or after December 2013. Would you mind helping with the certification template? I'm not really good at these things. Also, the multidisc doesn't work when the Spanish parameter is on. See K.O.B. Live where I had to add the salesamount parameter. Erick (talk) 23:07, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Can't promise anything, but I'll try to have a look sometime this week. --Muhandes (talk) 21:23, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

If you can, could you add the Uruguayan certifications? I tried doing it myself as I didn't want to take too much of your time, but I ended up messing up the certification templates and reverted everything. Erick (talk) 23:24, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Erick. I addressed the following issues:

• Handling support for multidisc when the Spanish parameter is on
• Handling certyear and certmonth to determine correct sales after December 2013. If the certyear parameter is missing, or if certyear=2013 and the certmonth parameter is missing, it is assumed that the old thresholds are used. If this behavior is not what you want, let me know and I'll fix it.

A fixed version of Template:Certification Table Entry/Sales can be found at User:Muhandes/Certification Table Entry/Sales. I tested it for some simple cases:

• Support multidisc, no certyear:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 0^{^} |-

• certyear=2005:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 600,000^{^} |-

• certyear=2013, no certmonth:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 0^{^} |-

• certyear=2013, certmonth=11:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 600,000^{^} |-

• certyear=2013, certmonth=12:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 0^{^} |-

• certyear=2014:

! scope="row" | United States (RIAA) | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 360,000^{^} |-

I am now working on doing the Latin digital singles. I noticed something odd. The single "La Bomba" seems to be certified Latin since 2001, see https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Azul+Azul&ti=La+Bomba&format=&type=#search_section... I suppose this is an error so I am not going to handle it specifically. --Muhandes (talk) 12:21, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Adding singles was much simpler than I thought. It is in fact already supported... here is an example, for "Darte un Beso":

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)	Gold	0*
United States (RIAA)	3× Platinum (Latin)	180,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

The sales figures will be fixed when you replace Template:Certification Table Entry/Sales with User:Muhandes/Certification Table Entry/Sales. I also made a change so it ignores certyear/certmonth and always uses the 30,000/60,000 thresholds. Once you start using this, note that you will need to create the category pages Category:Singles certified Disco De Oro by the Recording Industry Association of America, Category:Singles certified Disco De Platino by the Recording Industry Association of America etc.

I am starting now to work on the Uruguayan certifications, I hope I can find the information easily. --Muhandes (talk) 12:46, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

I have spent nearly an hour on trying to find where I can reference Uruguayan certifications, but I can't find my hands and legs in the website of Cámara Uruguaya del Disco. Please show me where it is and I will do my best to link it. --Muhandes (talk) 13:42, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

I managed to find two pages: for 2006 and for 2005, but that's all. --Muhandes (talk) 13:54, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh my! Best WikiBirthday present ever! ;) For the Uruguayan certification, here is 1999-2002. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. It seems the certifications are posted at the end of each year which is why every archive only has certifications from the previous year. Just a quickie, could you change the redirect target on the link to RIAA certification from [[RIAA certification#Spanish]] to [[RIAA certification#Singles]]? It's where I posted the information about the Latin Digital Songs. Quick question, do digital singles count as shipments or sales? Otherwise, yeah I think it's fine. EDIT: Hmm, still having trouble, when I put certyear for Corazón Profundo, it's still giving me the old certification and when I put it for Odio (song), it does not give me the correct shipment values. Erick (talk) 18:09, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I guess I wasn't clear, I did not copy the changes. Anyway, did that now and both pages seems to work correctly. Also changed the target to RIAA certification#Singles. I don't know if singles are considered shipments or sales... I guess they are the same as albums since it's the same company doing them, so left it like that. Will look at Uruguayan certification later. --Muhandes (talk) 19:57, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

oops again, you mean target for singles only.. I'll do that later. --Muhandes (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Yep, the certifications for the Latin singles are working, but I'm still seeing the old certification levels for the above article and De Líder a Leyenda. I don't know if it's just me and I need to clear my cache. Erick (talk) 20:22, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Takes the cache some time. --Muhandes (talk) 21:25, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Yep there we go. Erick (talk) 21:54, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

OK, I added the different target for singles and albums. Will try to find time to add Uruguayan certification, but this requires much more time, I need to remember how to do this :) --Muhandes (talk) 22:54, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

I added support for Uruguay. You can see an example here. There is one thing I was not sure of, which you will need to resolve. As I don't know the language, is it correct to say "certified by the Cámara Uruguaya del Disco" or "certified by Cámara Uruguaya del Disco"? If it is the former, you will need to undo the last change I made to Template:Certification Table Entry. I still need to add documentation to Template:Certification Table Entry/doc, I will to that later today. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 13:24, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

I found something interesting when I was researching on why "La Bomba" is under a Latin certification. We both assumed that it was an error from the RIAA's part. Turns out, this might not be the case after all. Since it's only the single to hold this achievement, I'll only apply it to the article about the song. Erick (talk) 07:27, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Clearly, if it is a one-of case, the easiest way is to handle it on itself. Let me know if you need any more help with the template, I'm happy to see that while I am not here anymore, my creations still help people :). --Muhandes (talk) 08:32, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Austria's certification-levels

I've once had a discussion with you regarding Austria's certification levels, it must have been years ago. Anyways, some months ago IFPI Austria e-mailed me their detailed changes in certification-levels. Since now you're semi-active, perhaps you can make the necessary adjustments for the Template:Certification Table Entry to bring up the correct levels. Here it is.--Harout72 (talk) 00:18, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I will try to find the time to do it in the next week. It is the Passover vacation so I actually have some time. --Muhandes (talk) 07:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

 Done all seems to be in order, let me know if there are any problems. --Muhandes (talk) 14:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I checked various dates both for singles and albums, all seemed to work well. Thanks.--Harout72 (talk) 15:35, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Expanding cita_web with Spanish parameters

Hi, User:Wikid77 here. I am expanding the Template:Cita_web to handle Spanish parameters, acting as an "exact copy" of es:Plantilla:Cita_web, plus allow any English-language parameters in the mix to run {{cite web}}. I think this design, feasible now using Lua, is following the idea you had suggested in the RfD of July 2010
     • wp:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2010_July_18#Template:Cita_web
The prior redirect had become troublesome as rejecting the unrecognized Spanish parameters, while the newly expanded template can show actual formatted cites and links from Spanish parameters, as typically written by various users. Likewise, other templates provide dual support for German parameter names, such as "Einwohner=" or "population=" with Austrian towns. Hence, I implemented your suggestion, tested as the /sandbox version Template:Cita_web/sandbox, and installed. However, now there is a debate to prevent the expanded template. See discussion:
     • Template_talk:Cita_web#Expanded as a full template
Your opinions would be appreciated in that discussion, when you have time. Thanks. -Wikid77 (talk) 12:44, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Both sides present compelling arguments. At this point my involvement with Wikipedia is at such that I chose not to take a side. --Muhandes (talk) 11:04, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Rajarata University

Hi, Mr. Muhandes, I recently updated some in the "Rajarata University" Page and uploaded some images. However they have been deleted due to violation of copyright. I'm working at the Rajarata University and I'm a web developer at the university as well. The images uploaded were my own works and the texts were composed by our team.

BR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pgsplk (talk • contribs) 17:18, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Dear BR. Please read carefully the policies I linked at your page. The material you posted is in breach of at least three policies. First, as a person strongly involved with the university you should completely avoid editing the page since you lack a neutral point of view. Second, the materials were not released to the public so they are still under copyright. You can see in that policy how to release it. Finally, the material is very clearly promotional and advertising. My suggestion is that you leave this article alone. If you wish to contribute to Wikipedia, edit other articles. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 06:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Streaming?

Hello Muhandes! Thanks again for your help earlier. Something's been on my mind right now and it's certifications for streaming. I believe right now only IFPI Denmark does this, but I can imagine more certifying authorities doing this as the music industry continues to go more digital. So I was thinking about a new symbol just for streaming. Maybe ~ or ° as a symbol with the bottom "figures based on streaming" or something like that. Thoughts? Erick (talk) 19:13, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Erick. In general, the template tries to follow List of music recording certifications, which is a featured list, and therefore I believed is pretty well sourced. If the consensus is that the "Based on" column in that list should include this information, I think so should the template. Otherwise, I think it might be less relevant information, and "sales" should cover streaming as well. This (the latter) would also be my personal opinion. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 07:30, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hmm yeah, you make a fair point. I guess I haven't thought of that. Erick (talk) 09:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Remember when you mentioned that sales should cover streaming as well? Well do you think you include a parameter that says "streaming=yes" which changes the ^ to a * just like "digital=true" for the RIAA? Denmark and Spain are the countries that I know that has certifications for streaming. Maybe also include have the value of streaming for both countries as well by having the "streaming=yes" as well? The streaming figures for Denmark can be found on IFPI Denmark and Spain's streaming figures can be found here (4 million streams is gold and 8 million streams is platinum). Erick (talk) 17:53, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Erick. I just returned from a trip abroad so I'm not sure how much time I have on my hands. But I will try to have a look soon. --Muhandes (talk) 05:36, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry Erick, I couldn't find time to do this before. I am on Holiday vacation for Sukkot this week, so if you want me to have a look now, please let me know if this is still relevant and what exactly you want me to do. --Muhandes (talk) 06:54, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Buckcherry (album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckcherry_(album)#Charts

Go to billboard.com. Type "Buckcherry" and click search. Select "Buckcherry" in results. Click on "Chart History". Hover over "The Hot 100" right next to "28 Charts". Scroll down to "Billboard 200" and click on it. At the bottom, you should see that the peak position of 74 is true. JKruger13 (talk) 16:38, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Just in case you didn't know how to look it up the charts of albums and songs.

Couldn't care less, I'm retired for a long long time now. Have fun! (and don't forget to sign your messages) --Muhandes (talk) 18:49, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

ok JKruger13 (talk) 16:38, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Category:Singles certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association

Category:Singles certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor ^(talk) 12:23, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

I think for Australian music this is the only important certification. But to expect someone in the UK/US to accept the existence of a world outside your borders is beyond me. Your kind of bigots have caused me to quit Wikipedia years ago, have it your way. --Muhandes (talk) 17:23, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Album of Love cover.jpg

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Adikavi Nannaya University :: LOGO has has been changed

 Dear Sir,

          This is to inform u that the Adikavi Nannaya University Logo has been Changed to new Logo and please remove the old logo which was appearing in the Wikipedia as soon as possible.

Regards Adikavi Nannaya University Web Master. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.220.233.209 (talk) 09:38, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

As web master I'm quite surprised you are incapable of updating the logo yourself. Anyway, I replace it. --Muhandes (talk) 14:59, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Category:Singles certified septuple platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association

Category:Singles certified septuple platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 05:16, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Couldn't care less. Do your worse. --Muhandes (talk) 09:49, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox India university ranking

Template:Infobox India university ranking has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 05:50, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

I voiced my opinion. I think asking what to do should have come before nominating for deletion, but that's another example of what Wikipedia really is. Can't say I'm sorry for retiring. --Muhandes (talk) 09:50, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

I am very sorry if you are offended by my nomination of the page. In my defence, the page is actually called "Templates for discussion" and it was my intention to start a discussion on how to solve the problem I have identified. The unfortunate fact is that despite the name of the page, to list something there requires the label "considered for deletion" being placed on the template itself. Thank you for your input at the discussion. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:56, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, the phrasing is indeed misleading, From my experience WP:TFD is for discussion about deleting and no other subject. If you want to discuss the template development try the workgroup involved, WP:INEI. I hope someone there is still active. --Muhandes (talk) 07:19, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Dato' Paduka Ahmad Basri Akil listed at Redirects for discussion

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Template:Certification Table Entry

Hello Muhandas, I know you are not as active on Wikipedia as you once were, but I just wanted to ask you a quick question. I believe you originated the above template, and used to respond to most queries for template alterations on the talk page, but have you effectively handed over this responsibility nowadays? I am asking as I think some of the documentation is now out of date, particularly regarding Dutch and Irish certifications which are no longer easy to find and result in dead links using the template citation, and the thorny problem of how to distinguish between pure sales certifications and combined sales/streaming certifications (RIAA for one gives out two different certifications for each "sales" definition – see "Bohemian Rhapsody", for example), something that wasn't an issue when you created the template. If you have no interest in this subject any more, no problem and sorry to bother you, but as the template originator I thought I should notify you before I put the issue to others and the template is altered accordingly if consensus prevails. Richard3120 (talk) 20:32, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Richard. Thanks for letting me know. I am happy people are still using this template, at the time it seemed like a really good idea. But I am afraid that I have decided not to take an active part in Wikipedia anymore. At some point it became obvious to me that I was spending 90% of my time on other people's stupidities and only 10% on editing and other things I enjoyed. So I hope someone else will take it upon themselves to maintain the template, and I wish you and all other editors the best of luck. --Muhandes (talk) 21:16, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you – I'll see what can be done, I only thought it polite to inform you first. I'll see if I can discover how to edit the template myself! I and other people do sincerely appreciate the effort you made to create these certification templates, they are extremely useful. Unfortunately the passage of time has rendered some of the old links obsolete, as the record associations have revamped their websites, and some maintenance is required.

I completely agree with you about having to spend far too much time reverting and correcting unsourced or irrelevant material, or wilful vandalism, as I find myself having to do a lot of that myself – another editor I work with is of the opinion that although Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, you should need a registered account first to do so, which which stop a lot of pointless anonymous IPs causing havoc and wasting people's time. Thank you and best wishes for whatever you decide to do in the future. Richard3120 (talk) 21:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

If you have any questions about the template, or something you are not sure how to do, feel free to ask. --Muhandes (talk) 07:28, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you – I'm just discussing it with some other editors on the talk page, I think the first thing to do is get consensus to effectively have "USphysical" and "USdigital" region parameters put in, as this will be the most straightforward part to change (as everything will be "digital" going forward, I think the easiest will be to point the current "United States" region parameter to digital certifications and then introduce a new "physical=yes" parameter for old-style certifications)... I also need to gather opinion on what we're going to do and Dutch and Irish certificates, seeing as these are no longer on the relevant websites and any use of the region parameters for "Dutch100", "Ireland", etc. results in a dead link. Richard3120 (talk) 16:18, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Computrols Wikipedia Page

Hello,

I wanted to see if you might help me update my Company's Wikipedia page properly. I am a new user and don't understand why you would nominate our page for deletion.

Again, please let me know what I should do. I have no ill intentions in updating my company's page and I am not trying to hide my identity.

Thank you,

Scott — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott.Holstein (talk • contribs) 20:50, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Scott. I've nominated the page for deletion since I can't see how it passes Wikipedia's guidelines for notability of organizations and companies. Basically, notability requires significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Other than press releases (which obviously don't count) all I could find was an interview in AutomatedBuilding.com, which I don't believe qualifies as significant coverage. You can submit other sources at the deletion discussion page. --Muhandes (talk) 07:22, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Seems you didn't bother to take part in the discussion and the page was deleted. If you ever want to recreate it, I suggest you first collect some reliable secondary sources and step lightly. I left you a message on your talk page when you joined with some information on how to move forward. --Muhandes (talk) 06:59, 31 May 2016 (UTC)