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( हा साचा दाखवा   संपादन · बदल ) This page contains Indic text. Without rendering support you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts. More... Users with Marathi language background are kindly requested to test all Visual Editor features along with Marathi language display settings and file the bugs wherever necessary. Mahawiki, Presently you are on english wikipedia, You are invited to Marathi Wikipedia!This template shall keep you informed about support and contribution required in various Marathi Wikipedia articles in times to come. Welcome message in Marathi Language नमस्कार, Mahawiki आपण Marathi language- किंवा Maharashtra-विषयक लेखात जे योगदान केले आहे त्याबद्दल धन्यवाद. इंग्रजी आणि मराठी विकिपीडियावरील सहयोगच्या माध्यमातून विकिपीडिया संबंधीत प्रकल्पांचा आणि लेखांचा आवाका आणि गुणवत्ता सुधारावी या हेतूने विविध प्रकल्पाची आखणी केली आहे आपण या विकिपीडिया:प्रकल्पात लेखन योगदान करून या प्रकल्पाचा हिस्सा व्हावेत या सदिच्छेने मी आपणास हे निमंत्रण देत आहे. या प्रकल्पात सहभाग घेऊन आपण सहकार्य करू इच्छित असाल तर, कृपया मराठी विकिपीडियाचे समाज मुखपृष्ठ आणि आपल्या आवडीच्या प्रकल्प पानास भेट देऊन अधिक माहिती घ्यावी हि नम्र विनंती. पुन्हा एकदा धन्यवाद!~~~~ मराठी विकिपीडियाच्या सर्व आजी माजी वाचक,संपादक, आणि चहात्यांना अभिनंदन आणि आपल्या मराठी विकिपीडियावरील सहभागाबद्दल, सहवासाबद्दल आणि उत्कृष्ट योगदानाबद्दल हे मराठी विकीचे अभिमान गौरव निशाण मराठी विकिपीडियाच्या सर्व आजी माजी वाचक,संपादक, आणि चहात्यांना अर्पण करण्यात येत आहे.आपल्या आवडीचे वाचन,लेखन संपादन असेच सदैव घडत राहो हि शुभेच्छा!! आपल्याला माहित आहे का ? कि, इंग्लिश विकिपीडियातसुद्धा नॅव्हीगेशन म्हणजे सुचालन मराठी भाषेतून करणे अधिक सुलभ झाले आहे.डावीकडच्या मेन्यू कॉलममध्ये languagees च्या तीथे या चक्र चिन्हा जवळ आपण नॅव्हीगेशन तसेच लिहिण्याची भाषा निवडू शकता ? आपण Special:Preferences पानावर Internationalisation मथळ्या पुढे सुद्धा mr-मराठी भाषा निवडून नॅव्हीगेशन म्हणजे सुचालन मराठी भाषेतून करू शकता. Resources स्रोत आणि सहाय्य Resources WikiProject Maharashtra wikt translations विकिकॉमन्स मेटाविकि मिडीयाविकि ट्रांस्लेट विकि विक्शनरी विकिपीडिया:विकिभेट विकिपीडिया:सहकार्य Wikipedia Embassy from Marathi Wikipedia(आंतरविकि दूतावास) Category:Articles needing translation from Marathi Wikipedia; विकिपीडिया:भाषांतर प्रकल्प Marathi Wikipedia help page गूगल सादरीकरण जे तुम्ही सुद्धा बदलू शकता List of Marathi Fonts and editors, Devnagari font help Discussion Page Marathi language support tools especially for unfluent and second language people email list ऑनलाइन इंग्लिश मराठी शब्दकोश यादी How do I type in Marathi मराठीत टायपींग कसे करू ? Thanks to all Wikipedians who have been supporting Marathi Wikipedia through various means like interwiki linking etc. With warm regards to you all, ~~~~ Marathi Wikipedia Welcome team

Mahitgar 17:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not writing this note to get into a protracted war of words with you. But I suggest you please grow up and stop calling the Mahajan commission report biased just because it went against Maharashtra. You sound like a school boy who has lost a game of cricket and is complainig about bad umpiring. The commission was set up at the insistance of Maharashtra. Over the months that I have been monitoring this article, I have come away with the opinion that you guys are naive and brainwashed. What exactly do you mean by biased. Did the Karnataka govt. bribe MehrChand Mahajan?, or do you think the central govt. has something against Maharashtra that they appointed a biased Supreme court judge?.

Grow Up and learn to take life with a pinch of salt. You loose some, you gain some.

Dinesh Kannambadi

Please do not make personal attacks on other people. Wikipedia has a policy against personal attacks. In some cases, users who engage in personal attacks may be blocked from editing by administrators or banned by the arbitration committee. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Please resolve disputes appropriately. Thank you.

Wikipedia guidelines dictate that you assume good faith in dealing with other editors. Please stop being uncivil to your fellow editors, and assume that they are here to improve Wikipedia. Thank you.

It seems to me that you are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain civil and don't resort to making personal attacks or instigate edit wars.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarvagnya (talk • contribs)

Mahawiki, I have already sent you a mail on your email address. Please check it. AryaRajyaमहाराष्ट्र 05:30, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont wish to go 3rr, even though it is combatting vandalism. Please see to it to take whatever action you see fit.Bakaman _Bakatalk 03:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop vandalising my talk page. You are nobody to dictate my use of popups. Stop plastering my talk page with bogus warnings. They dont mean anything and coming from you, I treat it with the contempt they deserve. I consider your antics as a personal attack on myself. Stop doing it.

Please do not make personal attacks on other people. Wikipedia has a policy against personal attacks. In some cases, users who engage in personal attacks may be blocked from editing by administrators or banned by the arbitration committee. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Please resolve disputes appropriately. Thank you. Sarvagnya 06:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Above warning given by sarvagnya is unwarranted and out of revenge.Striked for now and will remove after admin's consent. Mahawiki 06:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Although I have confirmed it from many users I just want to make sure that- If quoting from a different language source, an English translation should be given with the original-language quote beside it. means u should only translate the part of the non-english source which u intend to use in the article (and not the whole source).Plz confirm this on my talk page as I am not sure I will be able to locate this page again! Mahawiki 13:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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"Quoting" is the operative word. If you are quoting in English from a non-English source, then inherently the English is there. The issue is to reproduce the corresponding portion of the original, in the original language. - Jmabel | Talk 06:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That means I have to provide translations of corresponding portions of non-english citations ONLY and not whole article?I mean I am citing a news-story in Marathi and suppose I intend to use only a para of it into wiki article,then I have to provide translation of that Part i intend to use or the complete news-story? Mahawiki 06:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC) P.s:Sorry for my bad English![reply]

In general, yes. It is still incumbent upon you to be intellectually honest and not to wrest things from context and make them say something other than they say, and it is still incumbent upon you to provide a solid citation to where you got it from, but the idea here is (especially for print sources) to spare someone the effort of physically tracking down your source if they just want to make sure you are translating accurately. - Jmabel | Talk 15:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey mahawiki, dont worry, I am not going to violate 3RR rule. You too take care of not falling in his trap. Bye for now. AryaRajyaमहाराष्ट्र 07:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For excessive fighting with Sarvagnya. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 08:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{unblock|Although I am immune to the blocks now and dont take it personally I would like to know why I was blocked?User:Arya_Rajya_Maharashtra gave a warning to User:Sarvagnya for misuse of popups and not including 'edit summaries' for his edits at Seuna.he deleted them calling us 'frivolous' and trolls'.Note that this sarvagnya is reverting pages without any vaild reasons including Carnatic_music Sare_Jahan_Se_Achchatoo.He is also removing non-obscene messages and deleting official warnings.(note that he had himself warned me against it).He is being incivil and rude and unnecessaruly provoking others by insulting Hindi on Vande_mataram Jana_gana_mana and Sare_Jahan_Se_Achcha and marathi at belgaum_border_dispute.I was returned with a bogus warning by sarvagnya as a revenge when I issued him a warning as he continued his misbehaviour and incivility even after Arya warned him.

Examples :

• First of all, Hindi is not as common a language in India as you think or have been led to believe. And more importantly, this is not India. This is the Wikipedia and not any Hindi Prachar Sabha. It runs according to its own policies not according to the whims and fancies of the Hindi speaking Indian...
• Whether hindi is the opeesial language of India or Timbuktu or Somalia is irrelevant and totally besides the point.

Source: [2]

As for my fights with sarvagnya is concerned I was opposing his bkanking and removal of official warnings.I am as civil i could be.His rants against me and wooing admins to block me continues.If u see talk page of sare jahan se achcha he is the one who's incivil and arrogant.I request u to unblock me and I am very sorry for all the trouble!I am really not intrested in dealing with sarvagnya but his incivility and insults against Marathi or on the topics of my concern provokes me. Mahawiki 12:21, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sarvagnya and all other anti-Hindi memebers are adviced to stop spreading hatred against any language.just like wikipedia is not Hindi-prachar sabha its not hindi virodh sabha either.I do agree that Hindi is not our sole national language but it is a fact that it is the official and main link language of India [3]. Morever i hope all know that Colloquially and linguistically, the distinction between the Urdū and Hindi is nearly meaningless[4].Apart from all this reasons what harm will it do to anyone if we include hindi transliteration? Mahawiki 05:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop your empty rhetoric and if possible give a justification for having hindi/devanagari script there. Like I've already said before, this is an Urdu song and the English wikipeidia and the use of Hindi here is superfluous and meaningless. Sarvagnya 06:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last time i am requesting u to tone down ur language.If u read my post clearly its not rhetoric and with a justification of why Hindi transliteration should be used here.

• I do agree that Hindi is not our sole national language but it is a fact that it is the official and main link language of India [5]
• Colloquially and linguistically, the distinction between the Urdū and Hindi is nearly meaningless[6] [7]
• The song is ewually popular with Hindi speakers.In fact song is referred as tarana-e-Hindi [8]

Since u want to remove the transliteration, onus is upon YOU to justify why to remove it?According to me u r just showcasing ur hatred against Hindi.Morever there's a consensus to include Hindi transliteration.Remember, this is not hindi virodh sabha. Thanks. Mahawiki 06:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None of the reasons you give is acceptable on WP. WP runs according to its own rules. It does not run according to the Indian constitution. Moreover, this song has no special sanction even under the Indian constitution. This is just another song and it happens to be in Urdu. As for Hindi people singing it, I know it for a fact that people from all over India(of all languages, castes and creed) sing it. That doesnt mean we need to infest this article with transliterations of all the 200 odd languages in India. Also stop citing sources like this and this. They are somebody's private blogs and are worthless as far as WP is concerned. See WP:Citing Sources Sarvagnya 07:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But what about consensus among editors here to include Hindi transliteration?I am sure none of us are taking help of sockpuppets to achive the consensus. Mahawiki 07:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedia is NOT a democracy for like minded people to vote and push their POV. Wikipedia is about truth and it has its own policies and rules to ensure that people work towards that end. Like I said, the Indian constitution's writ doesnt run on the Wikipedia. Sarvagnya 07:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• As for your accusations of sockpuppetry, I treat it with the contempt I reserve especially for you and your ilk(read arya, baka). I encourage you to go and file your complaint with any authority you want - even Jimbo Wales LOL. :D Sarvagnya 07:36, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I have not accused u of sockpuppetry here.I am talking about the consensus.Mahawiki
• ::Is that so???Then why did u talked about consensus thing HERE..? (Sarvagnya: And secondly, the consensus on this page seems to be that the Urdu translation is not required..) Any comments? Mahawiki 07:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Consensus based on WP policies is different from consensus of a mob. Sarvagnya 07:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And I didnt knew ur so concerned about WP policies and rule..especially when ur removing official warnings and the non-obscene message which u dont like?[9]Again do u remember u had adviced me once against removing official warnings?(see the link) Mahawiki 07:11, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You aren't remaining civil in this content dispute you are having. Accusing another editor of vandalism simply because their viewpoint differs from your own is against the spirit of the Wikipedia and is not constructive. Please find other ways to debate this, or you may be blocked from editing. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 05:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop. Stop the bickering between you. Stop arguing on each other's talk pages. Stop arguing on other talk pages. Stop arguing in public. Just stop. The point-scoring and general nonsense that would shame two 11-year-old schoolboys is just tiresome. You can seek mediation or just avoid each other. But you're going to have to stop the bickering as someone, somewhere, is going to assume that the pair of you are trolling Wikipedia and thus will make you stop bickering in the most permanent way: without discrimination, someone will block both of you. So give it up. Now. Stop. We're done. Thanks. ➨ ЯEDVERS 20:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mahitgar 03:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mahawiki,

A new project has been created, to exclusively deal with Maharashtra and Marathi-related articles. You are invited to join the WikiProject Maharashtra. The project aims to develop Marathi and Maharashtra-related articles to Featured Article-status. You can join the WikiProject by adding your username here. However, don't forget to visit the project page. This is of course, a sister project of Portal:Maharashtra. Come, join us in developing Wikipedia. Thanks,

--NRS | ^T/_M\^B 10:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mahawiki, first of all, A very very Happy Diwali to you ! Well, you can do a lot of things in WP:MAHA. First of all, Portal:Maharashtra and WP:MAHA are different. The former is a portal while the latter is a Project or you can say a WikiProject. You have already joined the project. Next thing you can do is put the Project userbox {{User WikiProject Maharashtra}}on your userpage, so that you will be automatically included in the Categorypage of members. This was about joining the project.

After joining the project, you can do many things. For instance, if you feel that an article needs to be created, you can list it in the Creations section of the project page or in the To Do list subpage. Same way for expansions, deletions, mergers, revamps, cleanups. The collective prowess of the members can work wonders for Maharashtra related articles. I urge you to take a look at WP:HMM, another WikiProject on Metal music, which was initiated by me. Just see how the collective might of the members make the articles much more brilliant. Again, if you feel vandalism or POV pushing or edit war going on in some of Maharashtra or Marathi related articles, you can list it in the project discussion and strategy forums so that other members can have a look about it. And of course, the best thing you can do is work on the project by expanding the articles listed for expansion, revamping articles listed for cleanup and creating articles listed for creation. Of course, you can add other articles to those lists as well. The Project is about working collectively as well as individually. So com'on and start rockin'

--NRS | ^T/_M\^B 13:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Diwali from BostonMA ^talk 13:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another Happy Diwali from me. Gizza^{Chat ©} 23:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wish you All The Best on the ocasion of the Indian festival of light, Diwali. I am sure that the light of hope, confidence, and all positive attributes shall always remain inside you – lighting your path and guiding you to attain higher and higher levels of excellence in all your endevours! And, ID Mubarak too. All the best! --Bhadani 17:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome. The pleasure is all mine in working in Marathi wikipedia as I get to learn a lot. By the way, I would like to extend wishes for a very happy Dipaawalee to you. --Eukesh 14:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can make changes to the template your self is welcome.That way I have invited Shri Abhay Natu to spare some time for making these changes.Only take care to sign in and make a mention when you make a change. By the way I did put "Sabudanyachi Khir" to give a sense of urgency to the readers,because even such article are written in Roman Script is quite funny. Mahitgar 06:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mahawiki, kasaa aahes ? Majhi pariksha sampli punh mi thoda pravaas karit hoto, tyamule online yeu shaklo naahi. Mi ti pdf file paahili. Faarach chhaan ritya ubharle aahet prashna aani information tar kharokhar changlya pramaane mandali aahe. Mi paahile ki tu te citations thode add kele aahet. Mi punh tyaachyavar abhyas karin aani madat karin. Aani belated aso punh tulaa Diwalichya hardik shubhechha !!! And yeah, I'll join the marathi wiki as well. I will mail you shortly. Bye. Take care. -AryaRajyaमहाराष्ट्र 18:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool down man! Your reactions to User:Achitnis are a little emotional. You can always discuss the matters. If discussions on talk page don't lead to any solution, drop a note at Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topics. Don't indulge in revert wars. Achitnis wasn't questioning the validity of your citations -- he just wanted you to use the proper way of citing references, instead of putting something into the references section. He's a Maharashtrian just like you... utcursch | talk 12:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that h3 is not necessary, since the article is just about the Belgaum city and we've a different article on the border dispute. How about mention in a "See also" section? Anyway, if you feel that h2 is proper, we can have a discussion vote on the talk page. utcursch | talk 12:45, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mahawiki, the easiest way to create a new template is to copy the older one in your sandbox and play around with it. If you have basic knowledge of html, it would be even easier to do. For help on creating templates, see Help:Template -- Lost^(talk) 03:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Civil2 Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Mahawiki, Please refer to your this and this edits. Your name calling on User:Achitnis with the usage of words such as "mindless", "nonsense", "go and defend ur article" etc are uncivil and considered personal attack on that user. Also you aren't remaining civil in Talk:Belgaum border dispute page and have made uncivil comments on Rajkumar calling him as "great kannada comedian". Please refrain from such talks and involve in useful contributions. Thanks. - KNM ^Talk 06:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey mahawiki, aahes kuthe ? Mi tula e-mail pathavinaar aahe. Tujhe email vachale. BTW, how's life ? Mi Wikipediavar udyapaasun regularly yet jaaeen. Zaraa busy aslyamule mi zaast online nasato. Punh udyapaasun nakki yein. Bye. Take care -AryaRajyaमहाराष्ट्र 06:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]