User talk:acagastya

Tip of the moment... Spell Checkers Here are some spelling checkers to assist you in your Wikipedia editing. Please spell check before you save an article. (Also nice for spot checking articles). Mozilla Firefox add-on for U.S English, also British, Canadian, Australian and South African. Google Toolbar offers spell checking in various languages for Internet Explorer. A well-designed spell checker for Internet Explorer is ieSpell. For Mozilla Firefox textboxes, there's SpellBound. Konqueror uses Aspell if it's installed and set up in your KDE Control Center. A good stand-alone spell checker for English Wikipedia pages is Inspyder InSite. (The free version is good enough for fixing Wikipedia articles.) The macOS universal spell checker is available in Wikipedia's "edit this page" mode while using Safari and in theory any other Cocoa-based browser. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Tools

Become a Wikipedia tipster

Archives
{{{archives}}}

parameters

|icon=
|iconsize=
|prefix=
|archives=

• Law of limiting factor's statement.
• Monosaccharide latex will be better

• archivelink
• placeholder
• width
• searchbuttonlabel
• buttonlabel

{{User:Acagastya/myTemplates/sandbox|w=25%|thickness=4px|bg1=blue|bg2=green|bg3=red|bg4=yellow}}

This one looks FAAAAAAAANCY Komchi^✉_☆ 17:00, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Komchi:they are the 4 colours of the 4 houses we have in the school I studied.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 21:18, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

same lol!!!Komchi^✉_☆ 10:22, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oye, I am working on WIGI: Wikipedia Gender Index (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI:_Wikipedia_Gender_Index) and I hereby want to invite to the group. I think the group needs more volunteers too, so I think it is a good time to work upon that. It is funded project and 9 month project with many other people such as User:Piotrus, User:QEDK and more. Well I am just here to tell, it is your choice to come in :D Komchi^✉_☆ 17:09, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aand btw you might use your sandbox page for your editing stuff, I mean just a suggestion. Komchi^✉_☆ 17:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would love to join, but I have AIPMT a few days later, so will not join at the moment. But what is this: You are a typo team member. Don't forget! Since I am habitual to find these errors, I found it here. Sorry: Please don't take me in a wrong way.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 17:34, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I don't have empty sandbox. So I use my other language Wikipedias' Sandbox. But when trying the templates, it is difficult to have interwikilink: though I know how to. Still after creating the template, I check if it is working or not. Here, I have created 3 templates. Better say modified 3 templates.aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 17:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You also made a mistake see the spelling of 'And' you have written it 'Aand', plus my bad too. :P Komchi^✉_☆ 17:38, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's all right if you do not want to join I was just inviting you.

Yeah by the way this is a project which is funded by wikimedia, we will create websites and wikilinks to make a project on the topic Komchi^✉_☆ 17:44, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Komchi:, next time you tag an user who isn't involved or you don't want to involve, use the {{noping}} template. Just my two cents. --QEDK ♠ T ♥ C 17:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry sir @QEDK: Komchi^✉_☆ 17:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is not me, it is you who typed aand and I never said that I will not join. I will. But since I don't have enough time for reading about it, I will do it a week later. I have to go to Ahmedabad for exam!
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 18:43, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

oh alright my bad. You can't join after 1 week it may get full and project may start. Komchi^✉_☆ 09:42, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't call me sir, please. :P --QEDK ♠ T ♥ C 13:26, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

alright sir@QEDK:Komchi^✉_☆ 16:58, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Komchi: Just dropping a message, the project's funded and the team's permanent. Better start working. :) --QEDK ♠ T ♥ C 16:44, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

— Yash! ^(Y) 16:51, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the guidance and well developed starting page. I'm still getting used to how Wiki uses talk and user pages as well as notifications to enable conversations. It's much more than I expected. You're not supposed to delete messages on your user or talk or both pages?

cheers, Mpicanco (talk) 06:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mpicanco: are you asking or telling?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 07:35, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm asking.. though I see there is a sort of workaround if you're able to archive them or something, somehow, as you seem to have done? What if I wanted to go back and correct my last statement to a clearer question, is that permitted with certain documentation?

I wouldn't be telling you such a thing... obviously you'd have a better idea than me! Mpicanco (talk) 01:31, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is your username "Acagastya" or "aGastya"? —DangerousJXD (talk) 04:28, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry mate, I was not here. I had an exam to attend. Well answer to the quick question is: Acagastya.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 09:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Now, the lengthy answer:

• The URL of my userpages and sub-pages have Acagastya in it.
• On my user page; though it might look horrible in mobile view, I have mentioned about my username: My name is not Acagastya. And please do not pronounce it like that. The first A is for my name, C for my dad's name and the remaining is Agastya. So my name is aGastya and read my username as A-C-AGASTYA..
  

Well, why did you ask about this?

Cool. I asked because I didn't know whether I was pinging you correctly. —DangerousJXD (talk) 03:04, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. But you were doing it correctly!
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 03:11, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tip of the moment... Where did that fact come from? It is important that the information in Wikipedia be true and accurate. To help ensure this, we have the Verifiability Policy, which states that all facts presented on Wikipedia must be verifiable. When writing facts, it is very important that you cite your sources! Stick to a factual style even when writing about fiction or opinions. Providing references is particularly important for controversial opinions‍—‌instead of using weasel words like some people believe... you should cite sources to help readers learn who believes what, and why. Keep in mind that the folks at Wikipedia's Reference desk are very knowledgeable across a wide range of subjects, and they may be able to help you track down source references for a particular detail. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Verifiability   Wikipedia:Reference desk

Become a Wikipedia tipster

Okay! Now I know how does it actually function. So what is the use?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 15:13, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help, this is appreciated. RubbishComputer 15:42, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome! !
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 15:51, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This request for help from administrators has been answered. If you need more help or have additional questions, please reapply the {{admin help}} template, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their own user talk page.

Please block me permanently. I wish to contribute no longer to Wikipedia. Being called remedial academia because I tried to stop a vandal, trying to convert him into a good editor! Enough. I can't take it anymore. I just want to leave this place, and surrender my account. I had some happy moments at Wikipedia, when I discovered amazing templates, altering them. Learning the markup as I used to do in my computer classes. I loved to remove typos. I enjoyed every moment knowing that I am sharing knowledge. But sometimes, respect also matters.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 23:49, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Huon (talk) 23:53, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, You need to take it seriously. Wikipedians are people to they get frustrated and shout on others to calm themselves. Hope You understand and re think about your decision. Thank You Komchi^✉_☆ 07:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This request for help from administrators has been answered. If you need more help or have additional questions, please reapply the {{admin help}} template, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their own user talk page.

IP 117.217.114.218 has asked to delete some of my sub pages. I declare the edit was made by me. I wish to delete those subpages. I even want to delete all of my archives.

• List
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
  aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:56, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Generally we won't deleted user talkapges (including archives) at the user's request (see WP:U1). You need to provide a good reason for deleting these pages, as they are part of Wikipedia's wider community process and contain multiple contributions by other editors. Unless there is some pressing reason such as the revelation of identifying personal information therein, these archived talkpage do not need to be deleted. Yunshui ^雲_水 10:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Yunshui: I wish to surrender the account and all of the sub-pages (excluding those which have templates and userboxes to be used by others in the rarest luck). But I think, this reason is not sufficient. Still, this page could be deleted. It has nobody elses' contributions.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:19, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And, You could cut the contents from 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th archive; paste it in first and then delete those blank pages.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:21, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Could do, but the content attribution would be a pain as it would require history merging all the pages - and it doesn't actually achieve anything. I've deleted the general archive page at your request. Would you like me to remove the deletable pages at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Acagastya/ as well (this would include your user scripts at User:Acagastya/common.js, I can leave those if you like)? Yunshui ^雲_水 10:24, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about history merging, but is it there for manual archives?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:28, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sub-pages to be deleted:

• User:Acagastya/m2
• User:Acagastya/vector.js
• User:Acagastya/common.js
• User:Acagastya/Guestbook

That's it.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:30, 11 May 2015 (UTC) @Yunshui:Except these, others might be used somewhere, so don't delete them.[reply]
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:32, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All of the above duly nuked. Yunshui ^雲_水 10:39, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. Goodbye!
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Canswiss: Just to let you know that the edit on your talk page was made by me.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 11:19, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for the message. No, I wasn't talking about a stub, I was was just thinking of a very badly written article, full of grammar mistakes, typos, and not even bothering with NPOV. Canswiss (talk) 00:43, 14 May 2015 (UTC)Canswiss[reply]

Dear Acagastya,
I hope you have enjoyed yourself here at the Wiki in 2015, and I wish you a great New Year for 2016!
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 17:01, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year to you as well!
acagastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 07:54, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Following your email I have unblocked you. Welcome back. Huon (talk) 19:02, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Look below the editing box: "You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license." Attribution is a nontrivial requirement of the license. If it is not done, the copy is not in compliance with the license, and hence a copyright violation.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:26, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if Wikipedia does that for templates that are substituted.
acagastya 06:59, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:John Layman Bangalore ComicCon 2017.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights), {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by MifterBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. --MifterBot ^{(Talk • Contribs • Owner)} 17:45, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:2017 Bangalore ComicCon (media) IMG 1150.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights), {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by MifterBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. --MifterBot ^{(Talk • Contribs • Owner)} 17:45, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on File:John Layman Bangalore ComicCon 2017.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file licensed as "for non-commercial use only", "no derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only", or "used with permission"; and it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

• state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
• add the relevant copyright tag and if necessary, a complete fair use rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Whpq (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on File:2017 Bangalore ComicCon (media) IMG 1150.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file licensed as "for non-commercial use only", "no derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only", or "used with permission"; and it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

• state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
• add the relevant copyright tag and if necessary, a complete fair use rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here.

You uploaded a couple of images under a CC-BY-ND 2.5 IN license. That dos not allow for derivatives and is not a sufficiently free license for use on the English Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Free licenses for some commonly used acceptable licenses. -- Whpq (talk) 19:27, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Whpq: I am aware that I have released the media in a non-derivative license. You talk about "sufficiently free" while there are several other fair use images which could not be even readily re-used for example, football logo clubs on userpages, let alone outside the the circle where it concerns. This one permits reuse and as an encyclopedia, it is best to provide at least some form of media which can be reused anywhere. Speaking of which the license Wikipedia uses CC BY-SA is not relatively free as CC BY. So let's try to be helpful by at least providing better than a normal FU on the project.
acagastya 01:31, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Licenses that do not allow for derivatives aren't accepted on the English Wikipedia, just as they are not accepted at Commons. That's part of the image use policy. The only exception would be images being used as non-free content. -- Whpq (talk) 04:10, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Whpq: Why are you telling these things? A fair use media can have CC BY-ND license, and so those two pictures had. This makes no sense in not keeping those files as there are good reasons not to delete living people's FU photos and there is no explicit "no".
acagastya 08:23, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Those images did not have non-free usage claims and rationales. And even if they did, they would not meet all the non-free content criteria. The page you refer to for non-free images of living people is not the policy. -- Whpq (talk) 13:39, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Whpq: I am aware that it is not a policy page — there isn’t a policy page which says explicit no for FU photos of living person . Giving a FU rationale? It would be pointless considering it already provides option for endless reuse without modifications. Still if it is necessary, instead of speedy deletion nomination, you could have asked for rationale. And those photos a) helped building a “good encyclopaedic” (if you want to) and b) did not restrict reuse, even for commercial purposes. (Suddenly I remember the be bold policy which has been exploited here, and which I can exploit)
acagastya 13:56, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Quoted from Wikipedia:Non-free content - "Non-free content should not be used when a freely licensed file that serves the same purpose can reasonably be expected to be uploaded, as is the case for almost all portraits of living people." which is about as explicit as it can get. -- Whpq (talk) 14:19, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From what it says, "...not be used when a freely licensed file that serves the same purpose can reasonably be expected to be uploaded". Until and unless there is a "free" alternative for those, it can be used.
acagastya 16:48, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That is not how it is interpreted. But if you want to persist, you can always contest the deletion with deleting admin and take this to deletion review. I'd be shocked if these images of living people were accepted under the non-free content guidelines. -- Whpq (talk) 17:46, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:CC BY-ND 2.5 IN has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Whpq (talk) 01:06, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:51, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Thakur_Ji_Pathak

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandra_Prakash_Pathak

Hello, Acagastya

Thank you for creating Tor (browser).

User:Dmehus, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for creating the redirect for Tor (browser), which I have categorized as having predictable disambiguation. I noted, though, that its target was Tor Browser, which itself is a redirect. I have thus amended the target for Tor (browser) to the same target as Tor Browser, which is Tor (anonymity network)#Tor Browser. Thanks!

To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Dmehus}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Dmehus (talk) 23:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:44, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was nice talking to you. I think I made a new friend on wiki from Mysore.

We'll meet soon. 😃

Tatupiplu'^talk 07:08, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, @Tatupiplu:! It was wonderful knowing another Wikimedian from Mysore! :D Cheers!
acagastya 07:26, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]