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I removed a large body of incoherent text from Kongu Vellalar article, some of which i believe could be legitimate content. I am trying to sort through the mess and decide what can go back into the article and realize i really dont know much about the subject. any help will be appreciated. --CarTick (talk) 18:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

As you may have noticed, I edit very infrequently and this may not change for the next few months but later I can help. Thanks Kanatonian (talk) 12:23, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Shekar Ramanuja Sidarth

Hello. As a contributor to this article (or more precisely, to S. R. Sidarth, which was merged into it), you may be interested to know I have nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shekar Ramanuja Sidarth (2nd nomination). Robofish (talk) 23:49, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Raja Raja Chola Award

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Thanks Ravichandar Kanatonian (talk) 18:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Expanding the article Chera dynasty

How about expanding the article Chera dynasty?

(115.117.211.100 (talk) 10:30, 21 June 2011 (UTC))

DYK nomination of Samuel Fisk Green

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Give me suggestions

Hi,

Currently I am working on this template about Renaissance of Kerala. Could you pls provide me some suggestions (which articles should be included) on sections Background, Events & Leaders and Others on my talk page here User_talk:Rameez_pp?

Cheer (Rameez pp (talk) 12:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)).

DYK for Samuel Fisk Green

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Re: Good to see you back

Likewise! How have you been? Safe and well, I hope. I see that you're still creating and referencing articles on Sri Lanka and its (regretfully, sometimes-tragic) history. :) Is WP:SLR still active, or has discussion shifted to WikiProject Sri Lanka? Best, -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 19:42, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi

HI, please take a look at Kudiramalai. Cheers. Lifebonzza (talk) 15:45, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

i did what I could to make it NPOV and avoid the tags. Thanks Kanatonian (talk) 19:07, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Re: Tamil people

However citation is required for that sentence, right? Karthik Nadar (talk) 13:44, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Apology if i did anything wrong..!! Karthik Nadar (talk) 13:51, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Jaffna

Hi, do you have any souses on this matter ? Cossde (talk) 17:50, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Sri Lankan Tamil people

This happens all the time, when I revert I mistakenly believe your edits was the one that removed that information. It was meant to be malicious or anything like that. Sorry! Intoronto1125TalkContributions 00:43, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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Your valued help and guidance in the Tamil Brahmi article is much required

Sir, greetings from N.Srinivasan (user: srirangam99). Sir, being interested in matters of art, and architecture, I chanced upon this newspaper link from my friend, which throws some new light and raises questions on whether (or not) the Tamil Brahmi script is older in origin that it is considered to be now. There is an entire article which appeared in "The Hindu" paper of (just) yesterday, i.e. 29th August, 2011.

Sir, here is the link to the newspaper article.(http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2408091.ece). I have been so intrigued by the contents of the article and became so interested in the subject that I thought a major part of the article would deserve mention in the Wiki article on Tamil Brahmi i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Brahmi. But as is the case with any inexperienced newby on wiki, I simply did not know how to suitably paraphrase the article. So what I have done (like an absolute idiot) is create a new para within the article titled "Recent findings and developments" and copied the entire article therein. The end-result is there for you to see, it is not at all looking good and it needs heavy editing so that the absolutely necessary content only needs to be retained with the waste-part needing to be deleted/pruned.

I request you may kindly go through the article and help out. I thought my action was pretty amateurish, if not outright stupid. It certainly needs your mature touch. Srirangam99 (talk) 09:34, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Sir, thank you very much for your supportive reply on my talk page (on Tamil Brahmi article). Looking forward to your expert action in that article soon and hoping to learn much about proper editing of wiki articles and positioning text/reliable material in articles. Srirangam99 (talk) 06:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Once again, Sir, thank you for your reply on my talk page. Great to know that you are attending to the article separately.Srirangam99 (talk) 04:45, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello Taps Sir, any progress in this article?? I am of course, completely mindful of the fact that you are quite busy with a lot of things on wiki. Thanks in advance. Srirangam99 (talk) 04:47, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

List of English words of Tamil origin

Please find the citation mentioned in the talk page of the same. --Inbamkumar86 (talk) 23:20, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much Mr. I just learned from you how to write in Wiki effectively. Also please look at the article where I have added a word "cot" with the required citation. --Inbamkumar86 (talk) 18:41, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

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Please see a discussion at Talk:Chandre Dharma-wardana

I copied part of our discussion from my own talk page over to the article talk. Hope this is OK with you. Please continue at Talk:Chandre Dharma-wardana#Claims about inappropriate information on a web site and recommend how this should be worded. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 02:18, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Sort of back

Hello K. Yes, I'm in the process of getting back to Wikipedia, and hope to be back to normal levels of activity in a couple of weeks. How're things with you? I see you've had a name change while I've been away - it took me a couple of minutes to figure out who your message was from! -- Arvind (talk) 22:17, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Nice to meet you!

There seems to be a lot of one-sided articles around here, using outdated information, outright distortions and newspaper articles to advance certain viewpoints. My task, as I see it, is to provide the most comprehensive examination of a number of certain topics, using the most recent, verifiable and academic sources available. I know it seems that I'm editing a large number of articles at once, but I'm facing stiff opposition around here from a certain "old guard". Also, I'm working on the Dravidian articles and I have edited certain portions of them. My ultimate goal is to clean up articles on S. Asian peoples, languages and genetics so that people who read them will get the best of both worlds. Yours,Bodhidharma7 (talk) 02:25, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I like the way you think. Maybe you can help me edit a few articles. I'm currently working with Andrew Lancaster on how to improve a certain article, but he doesn't seem to be around that much. Anyway, I don't want to edit anything without his consensus and/or the consensus of others. It's the R1a1 article. Maybe you can help? If you can, meet me on the talk page. Bodhidharma7 (talk) 20:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

OK, I will do what i can. Thanks Kanatonian (talk) 17:15, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

That was fast action

at Gal Oya riots. Thanks. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 14:32, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

I was a youngster living in Colombo during this period and have, for emotional reasons, not gotten involved in editing these articles. However I am slowly being drawn back and every now and then will put a toe in, just to test the water. It is comforting to me to find these articles populated by editors who can and will respond to my nit-picking. Carptrash (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

My copy editing mostly happens when I stumble across something that I feel needs touching up. I would guess that my writing on wikipedia has created more copy editing for others than it was cleared up. I tend to be rather informal (sometimes termed "unencyclopediac" or something) in my approach to editing, on occasion even using the dreaded humor, but if you have an article or two that you feel needs an eye, I can provide it. My reason for not editing much Sri Lanka content is that I lived there for 13 years, until I was 17, and love it so much that I had a difficult time even reading about things that happened after I left - or while I was there for that matter, much less writing about it. Plus, most of my editing comes out of my personal home library and I have few references to rely on. it has been good for me to meet you and to return, in spirit, to the Pearl of the Orient. Carptrash (talk) 16:57, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

City templates

Can you please give your opinion here? P. S. I had, specifically, used the Wikiproject Tamil Nadu discussion page and not the Wikipedia India page as I wish to make Wikiproject Tamil Nadu more active.-Ravi_{My Tea Kadai} 16:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Thanks a lot for the barn star - good thing to start my day and encouragement to contribute more S Sriram(talk - my page - contribs) 13:01, 12 November 2011 (UTC)ssriram_mt

Doubt

Is this Tamil Brahmi writing?. The uploader's original description says it is Tamil Brahmi, but it looks like normal tamil writing from the 9-12 century period. Can you take a look and confirm?. I misread. he mentions it is from 13th century.--Sodabottle (talk) 19:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Duplication Detector

Hey Kanatonian, thanks for your note and for your willingness to address issues at DYK. However, I should point out that Duplication Detector has a number of limitations, one of which is a limited effectiveness when the source being compared is one from Google Books. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Different names for Tamil

My post is removed. I do not know reasons. The first three names i.e., Agasthiyam, Podhigai Mozhi and Vaishnavam were used in very limited circles and meaning. But other names Then mozhi, Dravida Bhasha and Arava Bhasha are still in use and could be get confirmed. You can edit my post and allow it to the extent possible duly giving acceptable wordings.

K.Ramadurai (talk) 16:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Vithoba

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DYK for Peter Percival

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Did no editting of photos, bro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.141.174.48 (talk) 22:31, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Not me!

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Indian tribal and caste names can sometimes be confusing. Adiyan in the caste context is used in Northern Kerala to denote a tribe engaged in cultivation, whereas Boom Boom Mattukaran also known and Adiyan in Tamil Nadu are nomadic people not engaged in agriculture. They are not the same although in some context similar names are used. By the way Adiyan means enslaved so many people can be called by such a generic term. Kanatonian (talk)

Also saw this article Boom Boom OxKanatonian (talk)

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