User talk:Aabha R/Archive2

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Sports journalism

Sports journalism is basically the same thing as Sportswriting, by all means it should certainly redirect to the page. Rogerthat ^Talk 07:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The Running Man

..moving Barnstar from Conscious..

All India Football Federation

Oh yes, its far better now. I've removed the cleanup tag. Oldelpaso 09:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: All India Football Federation

Great work! I just had a look at your contributions. You seem to be a football buff! Do you know about Notice board for India-related topics? utcursch | talk 03:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Holi greetings

Hello from an Indian wikipedian. I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. By the way, I have been around here for about a year, including being an administrator from 18th September 2005. I request you to kindly do me the favor of providing me your valuable comments and suggestions on my contributions, activities and behavior pattern. I shall be awaiting your free and frank opinion, which you are most welcome to give here. Thanks. --Bhadani 06:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

AC Milan

Well, thank you :) You know, I am the one who proposed that article as FAID, so I even felt obliged to improve it! --Angelo 16:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Andy Roddick

Hi Aabha! You don't still have that old image of Andy that you uploaded for the article, do you? People have been adding copyrighted pics lately and removing the free pics; as a result, the old pics were deleted because they were orphaned. :( Noelle De Guzman (talk) 04:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Please do upload the pic again, thanks. I think it would be better if you gave it a unique name; "Andy_Roddick.jpg" seems a little generic and a number of people have uploaded copyrighted/unlicensed pics with that name through the page's history. Noelle De Guzman (talk) 00:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading the pic and placing it in the main article! :D --Noelle De Guzman (talk) 02:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Oops! The image was deleted, so we don't have an image for Andy again. :( --Noelle De Guzman (talk) 02:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
The new pic looks good. Thanks for taking all that trouble. :) --Noelle De Guzman (talk) 13:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Kennek Ryhope C.A. F.C.

Hi Aabha, thanks for your message! I had noticed that the text of the page on this club seemed to have been taken from somewhere else but I didn't have time to make the necessary changes yesterday. I'll certainly have another look at it and see what can be taken out - the player profiles seem pretty "non-encyclopedic" so could probably be replaced with a simple list of names...... ChrisTheDude 08:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, or thank you but...

Maybe I'm just a little paranoid, and if your welcome note on my user talk page is no more than that, then thank you. I had to wonder whether it was intended as a mild rebuke/reule reminder: if so, please let me know where I might have overstepped the mark: I'm new to Wiki, and think I might get hooked, so I don't want to upset the community. Kevin McE 21:44, 21 March 2006 (UTC) OK, thanks: I guess I am a little paranoid then... Kevin McE 17:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Long time

Thanks for the message, and good luck with the exams. I've been thinking you'd make a good admin - if you'd like me to nominate you just let me know. I'd wait until after the exams though - an RfA can take up a lot of time if you get asked a lot of questions. CTOAGN (talk) 15:04, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Article improvement drive

Hey I noticed you were doing most of the updating with this project and thought I'd let you know that FIFA World Cup, the 4th selected article is now featured! I've added a note to the history page, but think this achievement should be more prominent on the main AID page to advertise the benefits of the drive. I'll leave it to you though. Thanks AlbinoMonkey ^(Talk) 07:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

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I need your help footie bro!

There's a problem here.

There needs to be a page called simply "Ronaldo" that is an article about the "Luis Nazario de Lima" one (the "Ronaldo", the one that even americans know of, no offense, but come on that says something) , and on there, there should be that notice at the top that says "see Ronaldo Disambiguation", that leads to the current "Ronaldo" Page. Just practicality, is all.

Could you do it, cause i dont yet know how to rename entire articles, and add disambiguation notices on the top. Please contact me.

Victorius

Shevchenko

Yeah, the contributor admitted it was only a rumour and only had weasel phrases ("some believe that...") to back it up with. It's already been reverted but if it happens again I'd revert it and leave a message on the talk page with a link to WP:CITE. In any case, a player's sexual orientation is unlikely to be worth more than a couple of sentences if that. Two paragraphs on an unsubstantiated rumour was ridiculous. CTOAGN (talk) 09:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Image deletion

No problem. CTOAGN (talk) 20:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Churchill Brothers

Well, you picked the right person to ask the question. I'm soo knowledgable about football, I dont even know what a home kit is. :P
Perhaps you'd like to ask the question to User:Srikeit or put it up on Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topics. Sorry I couldnt be of help. Couldnt find anything even on googling. :( -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu_Joseph |TALK} 18:25, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Not even a reply, huh? Not many Indian football fans around, I guess. Anyways, if you need help on any non-sport related stuff, just drop me a note. -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu_Joseph |TALK} 06:34, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Need Help

Umm... do you know how to add a info of "Restructing" to League History of Alsager Town F.C.??

Rakuten06 23:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

HELP

HELP on the Status of religious freedom in India article...it needs major work.WoodElf 15:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back

Conscious 06:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, welcome back. Oldelpaso 09:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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Welcome back

Welcome back (again!). AID-wise, after a quiet period while there were 3 World Cup games on TV every day, Netherlands national football team equalled the record for most editors, which is encouraging. Also, take a look at where 2006 FIFA World Cup is on Special:Mostrevisions! Oldelpaso 19:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

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Happy Diwali

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Happy Diwali!!! Known as the "Festival of Lights" in India, Diwali symbolises the victory of good over evil. It represents celebration of hope and life, and is an occasion to strengthen relationships. This year, it is celebrated on November 7, 2024. I take this as an occasion to wish you the best in the days to come. May this Diwali invigorate you, bringing you more happiness and content. Happy Diwali!!!

-- Chez ^{(Discuss / Email)} • 09:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC)