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Thanks for fixing the conversion value

Two decimal points - who'd have thought that would screw things up? Thanks for catching it and fixing it for me. Work dared interrupt my day at a bad time. Kinda surprised there isn't a bot that can go grab the most recent conversion rate and update the CurrentRate page. There's got to be several other conversion templates out there. Manually, that template goes months between updates. Ankitbhatt's a bit hot that I called him out earlier on his tone towards a few other editors - nothing big. Thanks again though! Ravensfire (talk) 17:40, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

'Tis no problem. Templates affect a lot of articles, better to be extra careful. Yeah, its surprising that it isn't automated. Its not practical to change it manually. No one asks for last decimal precision, but the Rupee lost 5 whole rupees over the dollar recently, and that's really huge. Its quite stable now, so not much of an immediate worry I guess. Lynch 7 17:44, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

What would you think about adding a call to the INRConvert template in the nowiki section of the CurrentRate page? That would give a way to test the conversion rate change by hitting preview, but won't affect the main template because it would be in the nowiki section. Just trying to prevent my mistake from happening again. Ravensfire (talk) 18:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Seems a perfectly acceptable option, if it works that is; I'm thinking it won't (am too lazy to try it out ;) ). I'm not the best at coding though. Lynch 7 18:30, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I'll post a question on the village pump about it. A quick preview suggested it should work, but I'll hit some of the experts to verify it, just to be sure. Thanks again! Ravensfire (talk) 18:41, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

You could also ask if there's a way to automatically get the exchange rates from the web, Lynch 7 18:47, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Regarding changes to the current state lists format. Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 22:40, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Non-English titles

Hi. What languages are non-English titles in Indian articles included? Do we include the titles in the official language of the state the place belongs or the even in the language that is spoken widely in that place? Belgaum for eg, should a Marathi title be included or only a Kannada one? Thanks, — Abhishek ^Talk 16:28, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

There is no policy or guideline regarding that as yet. So far, we have been debating it on a case-by-case basis. Very broadly speaking, it makes sense to include official language and widely spoken language. In Belgaum's case, Kannada and Marathi would make more sense. I am against all of this though, we waste hours of time just to include something which is not needed at all, and is simply not useful. If people want to read in Kannada or Hindi, they'd go to those Wikipedias. People come here to read in English, and any translation given should just be for aiding pronunciation, in cases where other forms of pronunciation help (IPA or voice help) is not available. I'm giving a talk on this in WCI2011 actually :P Lynch 7 17:10, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Reservation in India

Thank you for the comments. I will look into those and fix whatever you have suggested! 99.7.143.250 (talk) 20:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, Kriti, Wendy? Which one of you is this? :) Anyway, continue your good work! Lynch 7 21:01, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Oops didn't realize I didn't realize i wasn't signed it and i tried to sign the post. Sorry and thank you! Kkhari29 (talk) 21:05, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Your opinion required

There is a disagreement about how to present area and population in the infobox for Coimbatore. Your opinion is solicited at Talk:Coimbatore#Area_and_population--Sodabottle (talk) 17:38, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

SR?

Namskara, SR andre neevena on FB? - Niri M / ನಿರಿ ^(Talk) 18:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Haudu :) (though I may as well throw my onwiki anonymity out of the window; this MikeLynch alias ain't working great these days :P ) Lynch 7 18:40, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Rani Mukerji

Recently I semiprotected Rani Mukerji due to the activities of an IP who keeps reverting the article without waiting for consensus. Edit warring with multiple IP addresses also violates the WP:SOCK policy. Now the IP is fulminating on the article talk page and engaging in what appear to be personal attacks. Since you've been active on the talk page, what would you think of semiprotection of the talk page for a period of time? Do you see the IP as having any good-faith concerns or are they just a warrior? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

As far as I can see, the IP has been here a long time, and if we semi the talk page, he will find a way to target User:Shshshsh more innovatively. So looking from that angle, I wouldn't recommend protecting it. The IP appears to have some amount of good faith concerns, however small a percentage that may be. Though of course, it depends on what Shahid has to say. Lynch 7 16:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. EdJohnston (talk) 17:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Feedback Dashboard task force

Hi MikeLynch,

Since you were a part of the WikiGuides project, I thought I'd give you a heads-up about a new way you can help/mentor newbies on en.wiki: we've recently released a feature called the Feedback Dashboard, a queue that updates in real time with feedback and editing questions from new registered contributors who have attempted to make at least one edit. Steven Walling and I are putting together a task force for experienced Wikipedians who might be interested in monitoring the queue and responding to the feedback: details are here at Wikipedia:Feedback Dashboard. Please sign up if you're interested in helping out! Thanks, Maryana (WMF) (talk) 22:02, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Opinion

Could your thoughts be evinced here? Secret of success ^{Talk to me} 06:33, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jimmy Wales

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Congrats!

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		For providing guidance to so many users, new and old. A glance at MikeLynch's history shows just how much he's working behind the scenes in helping users find their way around the maze. Congrats, ML. PhnomPencil (talk) 15:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

This was unexpected :) Thank you for the recognition! :) Lynch 7 16:06, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

GAN

I have nominated Ra.One for a GAN. Just giving you the news. AnkitBhatt^{Talk to me!!}_LifEnjoy 14:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Great news Ankit! GANs take some time due to the huge backlog I guess, but keep improving the article in the meanwhile. Good luck! Lynch 7 03:27, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Assessment

Hello Swaroop, I have a doubt, can a creator assess his article ?? I have tried one article created by me, still its showing unassessed. thank you. — aηsuмaη ツ ^༽Ϟ 13:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Well, which article are you referring to? I'll have a look at it. Lynch 7 13:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Sure, The Dewarists and Nila Madhab Panda. But please tell me how it works ?? thank you. — aηsuмaη ツ ^༽Ϟ 13:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. I'm looking into it. Lynch 7 18:27, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject tags should be placed on the top. This should fix the problem. Check it now and let me know! Lynch 7 18:31, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem. -- aηsuмaη :)^༽Ϟ

Still the same. :( -- aηsuмaη :)^༽Ϟ 18:57, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Where exactly is it showing "unassessed" ? Lynch 7 12:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Right below the title name. I have enabled the gadget User:Pyrospirit/metadata to see the assessment. Isn't it showing the proper data ?? -- aηsuмaη :)^༽Ϟ 13:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah that gadget. Now it is showing the proper assessment. Is it showing the assessment for you now? Lynch 7 13:17, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

whats wrong with the gadget. Its not showing to me :(. -- aηsuмaη :)^༽Ϟ 14:05, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Clear your cache. That usually helps. Lynch 7 14:06, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

It helped. thanks :)-- aηsuмaη :)^༽Ϟ 14:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Your feedback will be appreciated Muhandes (talk) 11:37, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Future of the US Education Program and the Ambassador Project

There is a discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Voceditenore (talk) 07:31, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Tamara Toumanova

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Scrapbook

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Thank you so much :). And yeah, I pretty much am slogging for JEE, but that's not stopping me from being in WP. Cheers! AnkitBhatt^WDF 16:35, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Cinefundas

Hi, I'm in need of an image of this actor. I see quite a few images in WP taken from this website with their permission. Can you elaborate more on this process. --Commander _{(Ping me)} 12:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

The image in the infobox of Karthi is under copyright, and used under a free use rationale; hence not freely reusable. Do you want to know about the reuse mechanism of that image? Lynch 7 15:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

No. I'm not talking about that image. [1] and [2] are taken from cinefundas.com with their permission. I just wanted to have an image for the actor which can be obtained from this website. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 17:06, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I was wondering what "Cinefundas" in the section header meant :P . Anyway, I have verified the OTRS ticket associated with Cinefundas, and by that, all images from Cinefundas are reusable under ~~CC-BY-SA 3.0~~ . So you may upload any image from Cinefundas. While uploading, be sure to mention this in the permissions field: {{OTRS|2011020710001425}}. That will insert the OTRS permission tag. Lynch 7 17:43, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Correction, its CC-BY 3.0 . Lynch 7 17:56, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

A bit late, but I just noticed the GA on R.V. College of Engineering, so congratulations!! Muhandes (talk) 19:32, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :) Next on my radar is PESIT. Lynch 7 12:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

Hello. You have been invited to share your views and provide consensus on the matter of coloring regarding the current-running films of List of highest-grossing Bollywood films. Please go here to add your viewpoint. Cheers. AnkitBhatt^WDF 15:04, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Please give opinion

Please give your opinion on regarding merging some articles at Talk:VIT University.--Alokprasad84 (talk) 17:31, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Katrina Kaif

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Consensus

Hello. Please visit this section of the Ra.One talk page, and provide a consensus so as to decide the future of my proposition. I will be glad if you also mention some comments regarding how to approach this (undoubtedly) longer and more detailed review. Thank you. AnkitBhatt^WDF AnkitBhatt^WDF 16:50, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry Ankit, running out of time these days :) Lynch 7 07:22, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Dheera (film)

Hi, MikeLynch. I invite you to take part in this deletion discussion. Thanks! EelamStyleZ (talk) 01:37, 1 December 2011 (UTC) Done. Lynch 7 07:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	I was sorry to see that Wizard on the rock had not received any responses at Village Pump...and absolutely delighted to see you had followed up with him at his talk page. Thanks much for taking time to offer assistance. You make us look good. :) Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 20:51, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure Maggie :) Lynch 7 07:19, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: Donation message

Thanks alot friend :) -- Karthik Nadar (talk) 16:55, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Hey , Hi sorry for my previous edit Anand the creator 14:44, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

No problem, most of us are nice people here :) Have a good time on Wikipedia! Lynch 7 14:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Time stamp

Hey Lynch, how do I add only a time stamp to a post? — Abhishek ^Talk 14:52, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Five tildes ~~~~~. :) Lynch 7 14:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. — Abhishek ^Talk 14:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Have this for helping thorught :D Anand the creator 14:56, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Tiruchirappalli

Can you translate the article to Kannada? :-)-Ravi _{My Tea Kadai} 18:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Busy with academics Ravi, sorry :) Lynch 7 03:46, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Hey thanks a lot for ur care and may i know how to upload pics on articles here in wiki? Anand the creator 09:45, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

You can upload pictures at Wikimedia Commons. Please note that the images should be your own, and not picked up from Google Images or any website that you come across.

Also, not that I don't appreciate it, but you don't have to send WikiLove each time you want to send a message :) Just click on the "New section" Tab on the top, and you'll be on your way!. Lynch 7 10:27, 6 December 2011 (UTC)