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Munich

When adding links to other language wikipedia entries, please write some note in English in the edit summary. Generally people write (interwiki:ta) or something along those lines. This just makes it easier for other editors to tell what you did. DirectorStratton 20:00, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Ilaiyaraaja

Hi Ravi, Thank you for writing back. It's good to hear from you. Keep up the good job there at Tamil Wikipedia. I will heed your advice and try to ask the people over at Raaja Sir's official website for permission to use some pictures. Would appreciate any help that you can provide to help us improve the Ilaiyaraaja page here at English Wikipedia. Best wishes and take care, AppleJuggler 14:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interview with Ilaiyaraaja in the Tamil edition of the magazine India Today (the 3rd August 2005 issue) -- have you read it?

Found something useful for your work on the Tamil Wikipedia's Ilaiyaraaja article. Apparently, Ilaiyaraaja was featured in the front cover of the Tamil edition of India Today (see here). This 3rd August 2005 issue contains an interview with the composer. Have you read it? I presume it is published in the Tamil language. I don't read the Tamil language, and so the article would not be accessible to me. But it might be useful to you. I would also appreciate it if you can provide me with some details of its content if you manage to find this article and read it. It will be very helpful for my work on the English version Wikipedia article for Ilaiyaraja. Thank you, and have a nice week. AppleJuggler 04:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I saw that you made a vote on the vote on Tamil-Americans. You have either put 'Keep' or 'Delete' in front of your vote to cast your vote (Upto my knowledge). Thanks and have a nice day Praveen 13:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your note in my user talk page re Tamil language page edits. Please keep a watch on this page- when the tamil-haters revert correct information, please step in to stop this act, which I think is a clear case of vandalism but they claim is content dispute. These guys resort to such indecent behaviour even when excellent supporting references are provided. So, do help us by undoing some of their acts of vandalism masquerading as 'content-dispute'. --Aadal 12:58, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re Romanization of Tamil

Ravi, you left a message in my userpage about a request for an artilce on romanization of Tamil. I'm not sure I understand the request well enough. The next month or so is going to be extremely hectic for me and I won't be able to start anything seriously now. I thought Arvind had something already worked out for the above topic. The first order of business is to retain the FA for Tamil language. The state of tamil-related articles is really deteriorating. The Pandyar article is not FA class, Cheras are even worse. Carnatic Music and Bharatanatyam are really bad. There is so much to work, but so little resources. Several experienced editors are simply tired or over worked - Sundar, Arvind, Venu62..--Aadal 20:15, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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rollback

Hello, I have granted you rollback. Please only use it for Vandalism. Regards, John Vandenberg ^(chat) 11:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Signpost article

Ravi, I have reverted your changes on the Signpost article. Once the Signpost is published, typo fixing is allowed, large scale changes are not. If you would like to add something, please add them to the comments section. Thanks. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:56, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SUL Merge

Can you please help me merge my SUL with ta:wikt:பயனர்:Nazar. The username has no edits but is unavailable for some reason. Thanks a lot! -- Nazar (talk) 14:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've sent a request at ta:பயனர்_பேச்சு:Ravidreams#SUL_Merge too. Hope you'll notice it either here or there :) -- Nazar (talk) 14:27, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Tamil Wiktionary Merge is finally

Done! Thanks for all your help! :) -- Nazar (talk) 16:11, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:India-rail-1870.png

A reviewer commented that the file you've uploaded fails one or multiple criterion for the validity of this image. Can you address the reviewer's concern at the peer review page? Zuggernaut (talk) 16:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Your announcement of Hyderabad meetup on Telugu wiki

I moved your announcement to news page on village pump of Telugu wikipedia,as it is not relevant on first page. The announcement has reached mailing lists. Hope there will be a good turn out.-- Arjunaraoc (talk) 23:18, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!!

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Consider supporting. That guy is doing excellent work. Tito☸Dutta 13:08, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Ravidreams,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. Woah! Today happens to be the 10th anniversary of your first edit on the English Wikipedia.

Best regards, Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:44, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Ping

Ravi, I've emailed you on a Signpost matter. Tony (talk) 04:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Thank you Ravi for taking the lead in organizing WikiConference India 2016. I really appreciate everything that you do for the movement. Satdeep Gill (talk • contribs 02:35, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Satdeep Gill. This is my first barnstar outside my home wiki. So, this will remain something special :)--Ravi (talk) 18:50, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Kautilya3 (talk) 09:01, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ravidreams, you need to watch your steps at the Karunanidhi article. You need to base your arguments on Wikipedia policies, not on your personal likes/dislikes or beliefs. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 09:03, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DMK

Hi Arakkar Ravishankar, please revert the edit to Periyarist's latest edit, if any vandalism occurs. Though am watching closely.

Thanks. Periyarist (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:45, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Community Insights Survey

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Candid Chat about 2021 Board of Trustee Candidature Experience

(Sharing the invite here since I didn't have your email id on record. Kindly reply at csinha-ctr@wikimedia.org)

Hello Ravishankar,

I am Chitraparna Sinha, the community facilitator of SAARC for the Movement Strategy & Governance (MSG) initiative.

As you might already be aware, the 2022 Board of Trustee elections are in the offing, and we are reaching out to 2021 Board of Trustee candidates to know about their 2021 election experience. The aim is to improve the election process. Your opinion is valuable as you have first-hand experience about the process.

If you are interested to have this 1:1 discussion, kindly state your availability between 7 February and 12 February 2022. I will share the calendar invite accordingly.

We could explore the following questions as talking points:

What worked well during the 2021 Board of Trustees election & what would you like to change?
What do candidates need to know about the role of a Trustee?
What would you change about the way candidates interact with the community (through meta-wiki or via regional calls)? What do you think the community question process should look like?

Thanks for your time. Looking forward to your revert.

Regards, Chitraparna Sinha CSinha (WMF) (talk) 06:50, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]