User talk:Oblivious

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Ok .. added to watch list

hello..rgdin maldives.. it read backwards with everything messed up before.. here is a screenshot i just took.. u can see it reads how it should be.. or could this be a problem with my system configuration or ur's, displaying them differently? ill check on my offce pc when i get there..

Reficul 02:42, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

just checkd with IE and it was like ur's.. something with my firefox @#!.. anyways i've changed it back..

Reficul 03:32, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Can u please update the profile of Ahmed Moosa

John Paul II

Sorry if this adds to your stressometer, but your change to the width had the opposite effect in my browser (Mozilla Firefox). I suspect this is a browser-specific issue. —Brent Dax 22:53, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

D[h]ivehi?

Thank you for your explanation (now remains question which form should be used, ISO standard or "real life", but I leave this for smarter people than me). I moved the answer to Talk:Dhivehi language, so others can see it also. --TarmoK 12:21, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I reckon that it should be Divehi, which is what English-speakers know the Maldivian language as. - (Aidan Work 05:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Vfd

Among the uses mentioned in the dis-ambiguation page, only one of those, POLYGON, sounds like another use of the word. The remaining are simply types of polygons, not other uses of the word polygon. Georgia guy 18:26, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Hulhule.jpg

This image, which you uploaded, has been listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems--Duk 06:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't read the talk page until after posting the first note here. How do you know that it is public domain? --Duk 06:55, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

answered in the relevant talk page. Thanks --Oblivious 18:30, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pencil picture

I just wanted to say that I like your pencil article illustration very much so I was sad to read the offensive (to me, at least) comments by Silversmith in the Featured Pic area of WP. Most Wilkipedians would have phrased their criticisms more kindly or at least acknowledged that the criticisms were badly phrased. Best Wishes -Adrian Pingstone 16:15, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mv-stub

Hi - we over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting have just found out about Mv-stub, which you created recently. Stub templates are normally created after a long debate at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria, to confirm that any proposed new stub template meets certain key criteria. These criteria include a need based on at least 60 and preferably 100 stubs currently existing on the topic, conforming to current stub hierarchies, and being appropriately named (this includes things like not abbreviating country names except in cases where the abbreviation is as well known as the full country name, and could not readily be mistaken for something else). I have listed the new template at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting#Newly-discovered stub categories - if you would like to comment about the new stub, we would be delighted to hear from you! PS - several of the stubs you've put in that category are geo-stubs rather than generial stubs, too! Grutness...wha? 08:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PS - if you're looking for Maldives geo-stubs to go in there, then Kadhdhoo Island, Kaadedhdhoo Island, Lohifushi, Malé, Huvadhu, Ari, Addu, Fua Mulaku, and Hanimaadhoo Island can go in there too (just don't remove the asia-geo-stub template!) Grutness...wha? 08:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gruntes, Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting#Newly-discovered stub categories does not exist! The reason for creating {{Mv-stub}} is, Maldivian wiki-contributors are relatively small (some 20?, pretty low wikiholic level). The idea of this template is to list all Maldive-related artilces under the category Maldives and expose the artilces to this small community, inorder to speedy-expand them. Also i did read the policy on creation of the new-stub, but got kinda confused. Asked for help in #wikipedia in IRC but there wasnt any response. --Oblivious 09:04, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think he means Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria#Newly-discovered_stub_categories. --W(t) 09:06, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria#Newly-discovered_stub_categories is right - sorry. It would have been far better to have actually asked at WP:WSS, which is linked from the top of all stub-related pages, or at the Village Pump (that's the reason that's there!) - only a small proportion of Wikipedians use IRC. In any case, there are far better ways to get Maldivian editors to see what pages there are and what pages need doing than to use a stub template - the easiest and best is to set up a notice board for Maldivian Wikipedians, which is very easy to do (far easier than going through the rigmarole of creating a stub template, a stub category, listing it everywhere it needs to be listed, and altering all the articles that should have it!). Simply create a page at Wikipedia:Maldivian Wikipedians' notice board, put a list of the article names there, and leave a note about it at pages like Talk:Maldives. Creating a stub template just makes more work for stub sorters and more work for Wikipedia's computer servers, which are already struggling. "Gruntes"? Grutness...wha? 09:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks "Gruntes" and "Grutness"... haha Devilishy smiles --Oblivious 09:44, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi again - you wrote: Is {{Mv-stub}} being kept without deleted...? I was hoping you'd be in contact to ast that sort of question, since you created it. It probably should go - it's never likely to be used much (it only has 10 stubs at the moment), and the Maldives notice board (assuming you managed to get it running OK) is probably a better way of handling the stubs. Also, we try to avoid using just the ISO abbreviations, since they could stand for lots of other things (It could be motor vehicle stubs, for instance). It hasn't gone over to the stubs for deletion page yet simply because there are so many other stubs that ned to be looked at there. If you're happy enough to see it go, though, I'll propose it for deletion. Grutness...wha? 04:26, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 202.1.193.14 block

I blocked the user, not the IP. If the user tries to log in and edit while blocked, his IP gets autoblocked for 24 hours so he can't edit as an anon or under a different account. Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Effects of being blocked has more information about this topic. --Conti|✉ 22:15, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Smart Quotes damage

Can you clean up the smart quotes damage? [1] "the country’s economy", etc. (SEWilco 02:33, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC))

If I am not mistaken, you are asking to make this → ' to this → ’ (including double and single quotes) in articles? preferably Maldives-related, right? --Oblivious 02:43, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I mean use standard characters; use apostrophe instead of "’". (SEWilco 02:54, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC))

Dhivehi Wikipedia

Hi Oblivious,

I was wondering, have you ever considered doing some work for the Dhivehi Wikipedia?

It's really in a state of disrepair right now and could use some help. The best thing anyone could probably do for it would be to get sysop status there, and translate the user interface. Maybe create a few articles, too...

See the Dhivehi Wikipedia.

Also, I was wondering if you could give me the translation for the logo? The text is "Wikipedia -- the free encyclopedia". In this case, "free" means as in free software (unrestrained), not "free" as in "free food".

Cheers Node

Hi again,

For help with Gabuli Taana fonts, you can go to http://www.mitf.net/index.php/projects/thaana/font-unicode.html

For input in Taana, you may use http://www.mitf.net/encoder.php (you input Dhivehi text in the English alphabet, and it converts it to Thaana)

Cheers

Node

Your email

Hi, please leave a message on my talk page explaining what you want and I'll see what I can do. L upin 05:35, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I replied on my talk page. L upin 13:42, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dhivehi Wiki logo

can i have a look at it? i read u had worked on it. would be interesting to see it. Also, lets get this dv.wiki kicked forth yeah? by the by, the atolls work was on halt for sometime (now re-started!) as I had to do disinfect some work infection on this pc!

--rxs 03:48, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Airport article copyright issue

Whats happening there! You're the one with wiki-knowledge. Enlighten us dude! --rxs 05:47, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Basically (without knowing the policies) he used the text from http://www.airports.com.mv/corporate.asp, as it is in the article. That is considered to be a copyright violation, since the footer of this website clearly says Copyright@Maldives Airports Company Limited, Malé International Airport. All rights Reserved. --Oblivious 15:51, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator listing

I guess you arent too far away from this list here, and by the time u reach your 2500th post I am prettty sure you'd have had an excellent command of wiki-ing, at the rate you are going now! cheers --rxs 05:55, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Lets see :) --Oblivious 15:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Right! Now fizan wants to convince that he has 'rights.' Thats an option i guess but i believe wiki-ing is all about putting it for wiki-selves. --rxs 06:49, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

External and internal links

The reason for the external links in the fair use templates is so that if the content and template are ported and re-used, they still lead to the right places. For what are essentially quasi-legal statements about who is representing the licensing status, this is important. That is, that particular license is only really valid on the English language Wikipedia. If that link is set to link to the main page of whatever Wiki it is running on, that will not necessarily link to the correct place at all if it is ported somewhere else, and will be confusing and inaccurate. --Fastfission 14:57, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In that case I'll have to revert {{TIME}} too. Thanks --15:03, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Maldives-geo-stub

For your extensive work in articles pertaining to The Maldives, I hereby award you *The Barnstar of National Merit*! Grutness 10:28, 27 August 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Hi Oblivious - all the work you've done at making stub articles about Maldivian atolls has convinced Wikiproject Stub sorting that it's about time for a {{Maldives-geo-stub}}. I've started to convert over some of the articles to the new template - if you find any I've missed, please could you change them over? Also please let anyone else you know who could be making Maldives geography articles about the new template. Thanks! Grutness...wha? 08:40, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. Something close to 1000 stubs will be in this category when I am finished with all the uninhabited islands. so obviously we need {{Maldives-geo-stub}} --08:45, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

1000? I'm glad we decided to make the geo-stub now, then! Grutness...wha? 09:33, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think we are done. Okei that was fast --Oblivious 10:01, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Teamwork, my friend, teamwork! :) And - considering you've made a couple of hundred of these and are planning many more, and have done a lot of other Maldives related work here, I think you deserve one of these barnstar things! Grutness...wha? 10:28, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Great work so far

Hearfelt congrats and admiration on having earned (and earned it well too) the Barnstar Keep it up! --rxs 18:05, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Impressive work

Congratulations! This is great work. I would love to contribute. Catch you soon. --inode 21:13, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Contributing is cool :) Thanks Inode, rxs and rest of the world! --Oblivious 21:28, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow!

I hereby give you this Barnstar of National Merit for great work pertaining to the Maldives.

Take care,

V. Molotov

23:19, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks :) , Ummm pertaining to India :/ ?. I am working on Maldives articles --Oblivious 23:20, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I just got out of a class talking about India. Sorry.

V. Molotov

23:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I started helping you on some of those too.

Okay, I did over half of them, but I have to go now. In order to save yourself the trouble of retyping the titles for articles like that, use this:

{{Maldives uninhabited island| ImageExists=No| islandimage=| island={{PAGENAME}}| atoll=Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll| location= | length=| width=| }} '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is one of the uninhabited islands of [[Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll]]. {{Maldives-geo-stub}}

Here is a Working Man's Barnstar for doing such tedious jobs on Wikipedia.

Take care,

V. Molotov

23:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip... but I've generated the pages from a PHP script. Therefore I am not retyping the titles. Also when {{PAGENAME}} variable is used, the atoll name used to disambigute will be dipslayed in the article where applicable. --Oblivious 00:32, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maldives unhabited Islands

Since You are now unblcked, could You think of making an article list like: List of Maldives unhabited islands. And putting the islands in as red-linked? This looks better than a list of ~800 substubs? --feydey 01:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your WikiStress

I am very sorry to see you under so much stress. I hope you come back to Wikipedia, and don't let silly people get to you. Your work is invaluable here. Take care,

V. Molotov

16:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

DYK

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mwpush.pl

For some reason, this happens when you try to edit a page last edited by someone else.

An edit conflict should only happen when someone else has edited the page in-between the time you open an edit page and submit.

Dunno, I'll have try and figure out why this happens... - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 20:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, I think -- I wasn't passing all needed edit pass-back variables to the server, namely wpEditTime. Apparently MW does not throw an edit conflict if you are conflicting with yourself, so the bug didn't appear if you were editing on top of your own prior edit (or a new page). I am putting the new code up now, so have a try. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 20:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Amina Wadud.jpg

Hi, as part of image cleanup we need to know where Image:Amina Wadud.jpg came from, such as personal photo vs news agency, plus justification for fair use, otherwise it gets deleted. Stan 14:24, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your images

Hi. Is there any chance of you revisiting your images and tagging them? A number I've vistsed have no tags, and as such a) risk being removed and b) cause work for poor sad people like me who work the Wikipedia:Untagged Images project. If on reflection any of the images are copyvios, then please put them through the WP:IFD process. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

Edits on Gnaviyani Atoll

Hey. I appreciate the link to the Ministry of Atolls website in my discussion page. Only one question - why is it that Wiki lists the new atoll names, yet the Ministry site still uses the former (old) names? Every other site I go to lists the name as "Naviyani" with "Gnaviyani" as a variant of the name (in the English speaking world) - these are geographers who have done research with both the UN Cartography Department and Maldives Census. So it is a bit confusing. Can you provide me with more insight, being that you are a 'local expert' being a native Maldivian? Thanks! :) Rarelibra (talk)

Image:Sjack_aku.jpg on your user page

Hi Oblivious. Please remove the image Image:Sjack_aku.jpg from your userpage. Unfortunately, it is tagged as a copyrighted image, and under fair use guidelines, it may not be used on userpages. Thank you. ~MDD 46 96 02:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for that Oblivious. Translating Maldivian names into English poses a real problem. The names of the Sultans of the Maldive Islands is a point in case. I am familiar with the spelling of the last Sultan's name as 'Mohammed Farid Didi', because that it is what his name is given most commonly in English. Have you ever thought about writing articles on Maldivian titles, especially that of Kiligefan? - (Aidan Work 00:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Photos of Maldivian coins & banknotes

Oblivious, are you able to supply some photos to illustrate the articles Coins of the Maldive Islands & Banknotes of the Maldive Islands? - (Aidan Work 07:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Yes I believe I can. I'll upload as soon as I get them --Oblivious 14:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maldivian ship

Isn't a Maldivian ship known as a Dhoni in English? - (Aidan Work 03:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Oblivious, when I clicked on the Dhoni page, it took me straight to an article about an Indian cricketer. I think that the article about the Dhoni, as in the type of dhow should be linked to Dhoni (disambiguation). What do you think? - (Aidan Work 04:07, 17 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Image:Ahmed moosa.jpg listed for deletion

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— J3ff 11:53, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this should be removed. redundant! --Oblivious 16:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Politics of the Maldives

Hello Oblivious! I like your contributions especially regarding the Maldives. I left a question/comment @ Talk:Politics of the Maldives I would appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks! CoYep 12:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

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About Mahl and evolution of judiciary

Hi, Oblivious,

The article about Evolution of Judiciary in Maldives is actually the work of one of my friends, so i'll talk him about the improvement. And in the case of Mahl/Dhivehi in dv:wikipedia, it is used like wise because though in Maldives it is called Dhivehi (Divehi) it is also spoken in Minicoy (India) where it is known as Mahl. And in Indian official writings it is used as Mahl. Since wikipedia is not for the country Maldives but for the Language Minicoians have the right to get benefit from it. So to eliminate the alienation it is used so. And as Maldivians, Minicoians will enjoy the free encyclopedia in their language to us as Dhivehi wikipedia and to them as Mahl wikipedia. No harm and so cool..

If you are in Male' (Maldives) and give me a ring @ (+960) 9991017 - we can meet in a coffee and discuss to develop dv:wikipedia. Think it will be cool.

Cheers Deviathan 11:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We appreciate your work

Hi, Oblivious,

You have done a lot on articles related to Maldives in en:wikipedia. And the templates you have created are very vital. Actually though I am doing some work on dv:wikipedia, from your user page only I knew about dv:wikipedia, due to your work, you may not be able to contribute as much as you wish or want, but your assistance will be very important for us to enrich dv:wikipedia.

Once again thankyou!

Cheers Deviathan 08:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Fine Print

That change makes the footnotes difficult to read, I must revert back to Prior Version. Please don't touch article. Thanks--Woogie10w 02:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Footnotes, References and Further readings should be recuded to 90% for consistency? --Oblivious 02:53, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you were talking about making that to 90 instead of 85 eh? got it. --Oblivious 02:56, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your translation of sugar but can you send me word "sugar" in Dhivehi in original script. and can you send me where can I install Dhivehi font script. thank you very much Szoltys <talk>

References class

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There's no policy page that I'm aware of; it's just that I've never seen it done before. I left a note on MediaWiki talk:Common.css to ask about it. --Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 13:12, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you knw what's going on with this image? It won't display at all, but the image is still there when I click on the file. And isn't this older than one day? And why are there four revisions?--Here T oHelp 13:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And why was the png version deleted?--Here T oHelp 13:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Keeleysam,

Just to inform you about a mistake the presidential seal, when svg is rendered from the browsers I tried. Initially the vector, in svg format, was uploaded by Fizan. After uploading he found that svg version doesn't render as expected. He then posted about it, requesting to remove the backround, on this talk page. Since there are rendering issues with the svg, I uploaded the png (with transparent background). The version of svg uploaded by you looks almost how-its-suppose-to-be, except the banner on eagle's beak, above the head. --Oblivious 17:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like me to try and change that?--Keeleysam 00:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please :) --Oblivious 00:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) --Keeleysam 00:29, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tnavbar usage :-)

Greetings, can I ask you a bit of favor? I see you're using the new Template:Tnavbar with gusto and that is your perogative (it's actually great in all honesty!) but I would kindly request that you slow down a bit as you're adding it to templates that most likely need the same type of thing but in a different form. I'm in the process of formulating alternative templates similiar to this one that are more appropriate for different kinds of sized/shaped templates. Does that sound fair? By all means though please continue to add it to templates that roughly look like Template:Buddhism for example because Tnavbar is particularly adapted for this dimension of template. Thanks! Netscott 22:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! You're the first editor I've noticed implementing this new template... but I'm now noticing that a bunch of folks are using it... the "What links here" count seem to be growing exponentially. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know how cool it was to see a fellow editor put it to good use! Cheers! :-) Netscott 22:55, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop! it totally breaks it! :-) back to the drawing board! Netscott 18:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I was talking the other day about how I was in the process of creating another more universal Tnavbar... well Template:Tnavbar-mini is what I've come up with. I've applied it to Template:Bahá'í-2 where you can see how it is and how it was. I'd say it's a pretty significant improvement. I'm not sure what else can be done to "slim-line" this sort of a template to make it easier for it to blend in generically to the greatest number of templates but this is the best I've been able to do so far. Perhaps you might have an idea or two? Please don't hesitate to use this new template where appropriate. Thanks! Netscott 22:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I was noticing that you're adding Tnavbar-minin and Tnavbar to more templates (Great!). I took at look at Template:Sejm_Marshals_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth and saw that the formatting needed a bit of touching up. You might want to review the changes I made and perhaps try to apply them yourself for other templates similar to that one that you may again come across. Also thanks for the "See also" links... that was definitely needed. ;-) Cheers and thanks for your assitance developing these templates! :-) Netscott 22:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) --Oblivious 22:16, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: One last point, on Template:Most Active Regional blocs I noticed you used Template:Tnavbar-mini. It's a minor issue I suppose but on tall oblong templates like that I think Template:Tnavbar is more appropriate (just thinking in terms of style guide wise). That's my personal opinion obviously and go ahead and do what you want... the main thing is adding editing access functionality. Cheers again! Netscott 23:16, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looking good ;-) I forgot to thank you also for helping to update templates... it'll be great when they've all got easier editing access. :-) Netscott 23:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very cool! Excellent addition on your part of the examples section that really adds a lot! Cheers! Netscott 22:38, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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New Tnavbars

Hello Oblivious, just thought I'd inform you of new Tnavbars: Template:Tnavbar-header and Template:Tnavbar-mini-all. You can see how the first works on Template:Football_World_Cup_squads as well as Template:Manhattan. Template:Tnavbar-mini-all is likely going to be best used on templates that are project related as opposed to article related. I'm planning on developing more Tnavbars but I thought I'd bring you up to speed in the meantime. Thanks! Netscott 03:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Wataniya maldives logo.jpg listed for deletion

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Fair-use image removed from your user page

Hello, Oblivious. I've removed Image:Dhiraagulogo.gif from User:Oblivious/SlashImages, as it is a copyrighted image that is being used under a claim of fair use. Unfortunately, by Wikipedia policies, no fair-use images can be used on user pages; please see Wikipedia:Removal of fair use images. This image has not been deleted from any articles. If you have any questions, please let me know. —Bkell (talk) 07:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also Image:Dhiraagu logo v2.jpg, Image:Majeediyya logo.gif, Image:Wataniya maldives logo.jpg, and Image:Bank of maldives logo.gif. —Bkell (talk) 07:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watermark

Removal of fair use images from username space makes sense yeah... but how Image:Typography1.jpg be inappropriate since I am the create and I allow it to be used on wikipedia? --Oblivious 07:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please take a look at the Wikipedia image use policy, which states that "user-created images may not be watermarked, distorted, have any credits in the image itself or anything else that would hamper their free use". —Bkell (talk) 08:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 26, 2006

Done! howch e ng {chat} 18:45, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Hello, I'm writing you to determine if there is concensus amoung recent editors of What the Bleep Do We Know!? to remove it's NPOV tag. Please weigh in with your opinion on the talk page Talk:What_the_Bleep_Do_We_Know!?. Thanks!! Adelord 19:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Malé on MainPage tomorrow

Since Wikipedia:POTD row/July 26, 2006 is now protected, can you include the last line of Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 26, 2006 there? Thanks --Oblivious 16:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added "It is one of the world's most densely populated city." Hope this helps. Cheers. -- PFHLai 17:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) --Oblivious 17:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome. Have a Happy Independence Day tomorrow. :-) -- PFHLai 17:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties table change in 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

I noticed you added "class wikitable" to the table in the casualties section. I'm not terribly good with tables, so I have no idea how to do this - could you possibly align the "entity" column to the left, as centred looks wrong, and allow the table to hover in the centre of that section? Thanks. --Iorek85 05:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. :) --Oblivious 17:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! :) --Iorek85 23:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External Links

Why should I? Why do you keep deleting my links? Have you ever looked through the content of my site? I have never posted a link to a topic that is not related to the content in my site. It is your responsibility to ensure that everybody has equal rights here at Wikipedia which, I am sure, is the aim of the organizers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.1.192.1 (talk • contribs)

For confused minds, the user is talking about this revert on the Maldives article. I keep removing the links you posted as per Wikipedia:External_links. If you go through this guideline you will find the reasons. I would specifically highlight this point from the policy → Links that are added to promote a site, that primarily exist to sell products or services, with objectionable amounts of advertising.... The article is about the Maldives and the website is primarily focused on the Tourism. The content of your webiste is very comprehensive and useful, I agree, and you may want to include the link in Tourism in the Maldives as it is more relavent to this particular article. Also about the equal rights, you may want to read Wikipedia is not an experiment in democracy. Thanks --Oblivious 17:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the link to article Tourism in the Maldives. --Oblivious 14:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Updating Template:Maldives Island

I think it would be a good idea to update the current Template:Maldives Island. It would be nice to include info like the islands's official website URL, population(already exists, but can be divided into male and female) and change the Location so that Longitude and latitude can be very clear. --Mulaku Soru Aug 16, 2006

discussion moved to Template_talk:Maldives_Island --Oblivious 11:03, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

tnav refactor

I will revert them ASAP. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 12:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree Image:Artwork 2b to 6b.jpg

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Thanks

Thanks for adding a map to Maps of the Maldives. You are welcome to add new (ot not yet added) maps to the atlas entries. Just click here to add images and they will usually be updated to one of the Maps of files. Electionworld Talk? 16:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Gallery with additions

I changed the template a little bit and hope it is clear now. Electionworld Talk? 13:12, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Battlestar_Galactica_regulars

I was wondering what was the problem with the comment about interwiki links on Template:Tnavbar? What did this do to Template:Battlestar_Galactica_regulars? Hope you don't mind me asking I just enjoyed playing with the template a while ago and wondered what the problem is now. Rex the first ^{talk | contribs} 12:45, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to wirte dhivehi????? :(

man... that mitf.net does not work. now how to write for dhivehi wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bokkura (talk • contribs)

Urgent : Vandalism on Dhivehi Wikipedia!!

Oblivious,

I seem to have noticed that there are undesirable changes on the article dv:ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ. As the articles are written by hard working users and it costs them a lot of time. but it takes a few seconds for some one to destroy it. So please have a look at it, and take an action!

-Glacious- thanx for ur time!~! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glacious (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the notification. I have reverted the article to a previous version. --Oblivious 17:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Tnavbar concept

Hello Oblivious.. I thought of a simpler way to implement Tnavbar. This idea will allow editors to include whatever Wikipedia options they want on a given template. I've made a preliminary template and I wanted to show it to you and see what you thought. Check it out:

These are produced by the following code.

{{v|User_Maldives}}
{{v|d|template=User_Maldives}}
{{v|d|e|template=User_Maldives}}
{{v|d|e|h|template=User_Maldives}}
{{v|d|e|h|m|template=User_Maldives}}
{{v|d|e|h|m|w|template=User_Maldives}}

What do you think? (→Netscott) 00:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just added another one as well:

I'm thinking this might be the future of Tnavbar... this new system is very universal and easy to understand so it should be easy for editors to adopt. (→Netscott) 01:34, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Laamu Atoll.jpg listed for deletion

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This can be deleted as its already uploaded to commons. --Oblivious 20:12, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oblivious I need ur help!!

hey oblivious,i need ur help i'm currently workin on a few dhivehi articles. but wanted to finish the article about the year 2000. but i couldn't figure out how the calendars are done. u know, i'm really bad at doing templates. so i would like to ask u to help me my doin the calendar templates on the page 2000. Waiting for your response.... Lets get the Dhivehi wikipedia running........... --Glacious 16:08, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Oblivious!! --Glacious 15:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble With a template again.

Pleease can u fix the template Disney Characters, on the page Woody. The Alignments are not correct. pls check. Thank u for your help!! --202.1.192.4 17:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some Texts followed by a link, and some links not visible!!

hi Oblivious!! I have noticed several "bugs" in dhivehi wikipedia. As u r an Admin, I believe telling u can solve it. Please check This link and see y we cant view some texts written followed by a link. i have noticed the same mistakes in the home page of Dhivehi wikipedia. Pls Have a look at this Problem!! Thank you!! --Glacious 15:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks..! Says Glacious

Hi Oblivious, Thank u very much for supporting my nomination as an admin on the Dhivehi Wikipedia. i'll keep on contributing as much as i can. Thanks again!! As i am an Admin, hope thad u will accept me as an admin!! ;) --Glacious 11:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are most welcome --Oblivious 19:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

right cat??

hei there... u hav mentioned on an article of mine "not sure if this is the right cat" can u make it more clear plz?? Thnx Mohamed Ishan 19:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. It means that I have added category "Maldivian culture" (to Garudhiya) and that I am not very sure if the category is suitable for the article. It also means anyone, who is aware of a more appropriate category, is welcome to fix it. :) --Oblivious 19:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template Error

hi there... i was working on a dhivehi article ލޭލާ and i juz cudnt upload the correct template.. can u help me on this.. thnx bro --Mohamed Ishan 00:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glacious created the template, I have included it in the article. (I am not sure about the error you got) --Oblivious 19:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This aint the type of articles we want there...

I have recently noticed this article article on the dhivehi wikipedia. it seems to me that this aint the type of articles we want there. So what should we do to it! Its better to discuss before taking an action, right? I have reported this to Deviathan too. Now i haved tagged the article. Pls check it and reply to me before 10 days!! Thank you!! --Glacious 16:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response posted dv:Talk:އަހުމަދު_ޝަމްރާހު --Oblivious 19:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Opera?!

hi oblivious, as u have said u r using opera, i downloaded opera. but the pages are viewed as it is shown in Internet Explorer! Pls can u help in a way i could view dhivehi pages as seen in Internet explorer. Pls Reply soon! Thanks for ur time!! --Glacious 04:01, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you get me a screenshot? --Oblivious 14:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have got it!! Its workin Perfect!! Downloaded The fonts.

Templates

i dont think the Template dv:Template:Infobox Album or checkout the article dv:ސިލްވަރ ސައިޑް އަޕް is correct. It seems the pictures nad the template itself is bigger than the english one. Also Template Single. Its About single songs. Please check it out. I couldn't figure it!! --Glacious 07:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You just missed evaluating fuction, an auxiliary template, to set the cover size to a minimum of 200px. Since this wasnt available, normal wiki image tag (without size defined) expanded when template was transcluded and that resulted the full image within the article, expanding the infobox. --Oblivious 07:56, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for ur time!!

--Glacious 10:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Can u please make the correct template for Gan International airport in the Dhivehi wiki??

thanks!! --Glacious 15:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but it's quite different from the english one. i guess it'll be ok if we type it in dhivehi, right??

--Glacious 12:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your Support needed...

Hii!! Please visit this page and voice your opinion. I'd be forever in your debt and be honoured. Thanks a million!! --Glacious 11:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your opinion and support. You are a real help!!

--Glacious 14:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This image should be removed, svg replaces it. --Oblivious 00:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you think it's different on both IE and Opera

Hi! Sorry for not mentioning about our project NEW MAIN PAGE on Dhivehi Wiki. i have noticed that the page is different on both internet Explorer and Opera. Can you please check this out and help us make Dhivehi wiki better? Glacious 10:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I deleted it, and have it on my watchlist. Grand master ka 07:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Need help

Sorry if I am doing this wrong but I am pretty new to Wikipedia. I am asking your help in getting the page "YouTube Atheists" undeleted the page was deleted by a moderator yesterday based of the moderators misinformed opinion. The page is eligible for a deletion review. Thanks K Watson1984 11:04, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The page, I think, was removed because it met the criteria WP:A7#Articles. --Oblivious 12:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hii!

Its been a long time since i seeked your help. I have been takin a short break , but was doin minor edits and un-did several vandals. But i was surprised, :( that i haven't seen any of your work within this time. The news bar is now changed, I am not able to change it every day. LeX and IaN havent been seen lately. Edits per day have gone down in this period. But I'm back now!

So here i'm askin for ur help, dude! Check out my New article on Dv! I would like you to upload a pic of him (I couldn't find a better pic) and one picture of "Dheenu ge Magu" under "Dheenii Rongun..."

Kudos!!

--Glacious 12:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have been away for sometime and therefore slow response.

I rarely visit dv.wiki and I hardly contribute to it. Like Fizan said, I, too, have extremely poor Divehi writing skills (not to mention the hardship of editing and typing wiki entries with Thaana). However I do concentrate on locating and reverting vandal attempts whenever I visit dv.

As for finding a picture for Jameel Didi article, I'll see what I can do. --Oblivious 11:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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question on images

Hello oblivious. I am glad that you are welcoming me. Please frogive me my ignorance but I would like to know how to place an image (a small picture file) in an article. I am not getting any wiser with the helps. There seems to be no simple way. Thank you againMohonu 12:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

replied here --Oblivious 15:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Oblivious, It was very well explained. I still have to get some scans and try it. Mohonu 03:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

on removed image

I was not referring to a small amount of photoshopping. The whole lower right quarter of the image was missing and I rebuilt it using fragments from the sea in the lower left corner. The sky was stained with a dark liquiud, so it was totally redrawn. The reef in the background was only visible in a few small patches, so I recreated the efect of it. If I would have made a pencil drawing of that same picture I would have spent less time. Therefore I was not claiming to be the creator of the image without a reason.Mohonu 09:24, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Snakes on a Plane redirects

Hi, I thought some of your Snakes on a Plane redirects were a bit over the top. I listed them on Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. Edward 13:20, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Wataniya Maldives.svg

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Maps disappeared

Hello Oblivious. I have noticed that some maps of the atolls of the Maldives have disappeared. For example Kaafu Atoll. Something seems to be wrong.Mohonu 07:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This image is being called from commons (its not physically located under en.wikipedia.org) and there appears to be a technical problem displaying them (the ones at commons) here. See wikipage of the image Image:Kaafu_Atoll.jpg --Oblivious 13:53, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my mistake. There was a call to png image when it really was a jpg and since there wasnt a png file with this name in either wikipedia or commons, mediawiki (wikipedia software) generated this error --Oblivious 13:59, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Finance in Maldives

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Ithaa

Oblivious, I have a question about the whole Ithaa restaurant article. Is it OK in Wikipedia to promote a certain restaurant? It looks like an advertisement to me and its presence dubious in an Encyclopedia. I might be wrong though. That is why I am asking you.Mohonu 15:59, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usually such articles are considered advertisement unless there is something notable about the place in question. In Ithaa's case it is notable for encyclopedia because it is the first of its kinds — first underwater restaurant. --Oblivious 14:16, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Licensing of Maldives maps

Greetings -- could you dual license your excellent maps of Maldives' atolls under Creative Commons by-sa 1.0? This would allow us to use them on Wikitravel. Jpatokal 07:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jpatokal! I am currently a bit busy to tag them. You may tag the image and use it in Wikitravel. Thanks --Oblivious 17:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks! Jpatokal 02:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maldives Scouting

Can you help render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Divehi? Thanks! Chris 04:48, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the translation to article. I am not very sure if I get the exact translation used by local association. I'll try to contact them and update if there is any problem with it. --Oblivious 04:57, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! How do you pronounce it? Can you also do the same for the Divehi of The Scout Association of Maldives and the Maldives Girl Guide Association? Chris 05:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm not trying to speak it, but if you look on the talk:Scout Motto, there's a column just in case anyone wants to try. Also, I know the English names are used on the articles, but it would be nice to also have the Divehi. Thanks again! Chris 05:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you yet again! You rock! Chris 06:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Corrections in map of Addu Atoll

Oblivious, "Hikihera" for Hikahera is not the only error in the Addu Atoll map. The island mentioned as "Kudavaahera" is actually Us Hera. I have made a corrected version of the map, but there is no option to upload it. How can I do it?Mohonu (talk) 05:15, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello??

Dude.. are you active on wikipedia now? I seem to be the only wikipedian active here and there is a LOT of unupdated stuff. I have started a cleanup using the list on WP:RAJJE, but I could sure use help! thanks.. - ziansh | talk 10:48, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to barge in here like this Ziansh. But I havent seen Oblivious since July, 2010. Nice to see another Maldivian here. :) --Glacious (talk) 22:47, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to be here, Glacious :). Sorry to see you go, Oblivious. :( This is something I enjoy doing and will keep the wikiproject maldives running for as long as i can. Im only 14, so hopefully I got a lot of time on me :) - ℤiαηsh ✍ 15:19, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Drawing of Kim Jong-un

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