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Hello, Marcus334, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] List of Birds of India

Hi Marcus, I just saw the link you added. Although I am associated with the data behind it, I am tempted to remove the added text because it still needs more work on both the species master list as well as the geo-referencing. I plan to spend time in the near future to fix the bird list with proper citations for including various species. The current list drawn from avibase has some serious errors. Cheers. Shyamal 12:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kerala map

Hi Marcus, ive fixed the map at Protected areas of Kerala. The coords of the Kerala locator template were incorrect. You seem to be doing a great job with the Indian protected area articles, keep up the good work. Btw where do you stay in south India? -- PlaneMad|YakYak 16:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I dont think its possible to have the inset map display using the location map marker template. You will need to make a custom template for that.
Its wonderful to know that you have worked here, especially under such a famous scientist. Kodai was prolly such a clean place back then, the bomming tourism has taken a toll on its environment now. Im sorry, but i cant help with the tamil in Madurai, Im currently in Chennai. You might be surprised by the proliferation of the English language here, so dont be too worried -- PlaneMad|YakYak 14:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bodinayakkanur

Does the "official site" in Bodinayakkanur deserve to be there ? Google gives two hits for the place within the site - an address mentioned here and a paragraph here Tintin 17:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kaziranga for FA

I have decided to be bold and have taken the article to FAC. See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kaziranga National Park. Aditya Kabir 15:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You might want to comment

Marcus, good to see you write about obscure yet amazing wildlife parks in remote areas. By the way, you might want to comment/reply at Talk:History of Tamil Nadu regarding this edit reverting your "vandalism". Please leave your view there as the discussion needs a third pair of eyes for neutrality. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 04:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know...

Updated DYK query On 16 August 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Congreve rocket, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 talk 12:08, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

When u r going to work on Silent Valley? Kaziranga is already a PA FA, we need a 2nd frm India. Take some really beautiful photos. I am waiting for that. Why don't u visit North Bengal? Its nice place to visit, wid lot of PAs and breathtaking veiws of Himalaya. Amartyabag TALK2ME 05:16, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Welcome. Kind regards. --Bhadani (talk) 02:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Template:Tamil Nadu

Hi Marcus. I agree that places like Karur, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, etc., might be termed as major towns/cities, but definitely not Alandur etc., If you want me to add a category for the former category, I'll add soon. But, we need to fix some criterion so that inclusion is objective. Area, population, status as a district headquarters, comprising a Lok Sabha constituency, please choose some. By the way, I noticed your good edits to wildlife-related articles in Tamil Nadu region. I appreciate your good work. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 05:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, Marcus. C.T., T.P., MC1, N.A.C., M.B., etc., might stand for census town, town panchayat etc., (I can't think of expansions for the other acronyms.). I agree with your criterion. Will try to help you with this even though my area of interest too is different. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 15:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Your itinerary

I'm at once awed and jealous seeing your itinerary. All the best. I hail from that region and might be able to help you if need something. Feel free to email me for anything. I'd try to meet you. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 13:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kerala Locator map

Resolved.

Sorry, I had a look, but it goes way beyond my ability. Try posting a request for help on the Help desk. KTC 18:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I managed it afterall. :) KTC 23:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Wiki sortable

(from user talk:EncMstr) Thanks for the help with Nilgiris_(mountains)#List_of_peaks_in_the_Nilgiri_Hills . !-- use three "||" in each table entry so sortable works! -- I'll know better next time.Marcus 00:07, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Just in case I wasn't clear, there need not be three: there should be the same number of columns in each row for the sort operation to work on them. —EncMstr 00:22, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] India trip

Hi Marcus. Looks like you're making quite a hectic tour around south India. Am quite busy with college and exams during Nov-Dec. Tell me when you plan to come to Chennai, hopefully should be free -- PlaneMad|YakYak 19:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstable, Massachusetts

Barnstable is a city called "The Town of Barnstable." See http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistalph.htm.—Markles 21:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE

My concerns were meant for the long term when the current editors will leave Wikipedia, or simply remove the article from their watchlist. I wanted to put a footnote next to every full stop to prevent vandals from inserting a statement cleverly between paras and making it look like the footnote at the end covers everything. In line citations allow for exposing unsourced additions for when we may not be around.

As far as shifting Pant, P.C. (1976). Plants of Corbett National Park, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 73:287-295. to a later section is concerned, I have no objections at all.

However, during the GA-review of the Incense_Route article the reviewer recommended: "Specifically, it should contain in-line citations for all non-general assertions (even if you repeat them within the body of the article) and should briefly touch on all or most of the major sections in the article." In-line citations in the lede also worked well for Roman trade with India, another GA article.

Kindly allow me to keep the in-line citations in the lede since they would act to make the article more verifiable by preventing unsourced additions.

I hope for your continued involvement in the editing and improvement process, and I'll try my level best to make constructive edits in order to promote this great topic to GA.

With regards and good wishes,
Havelok 17:02, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I read your userpage and was awed by your contribs regarding flora & fauna related articles, and by your real life activities. I hope you take plenty of pics when on your tour and upload them on WP !
Havelok 17:26, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tour

Hi! I could meet you when you come to Bombay. Are you a member of BNHS? Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 03:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invite for WikiProject Dravidian civilizations

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Dravidian civilizations. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Dravidian related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

Saw your post on a talk page of your planned trip to Tamil Nadu in South India and thought you might be interested in joining our group. Our WikiProject covers anything and everything on Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala in Southern India and other Dravidian related topics elsewhere in South Asia. Regards. Wiki Raja 06:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silent Valley National Park

Pls. check the article and its talk page. I have done some changes in the reference format. Hope this article become a FA soon. Amartyabag TALK2ME 06:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

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Hi Marcus334. I welcome you to India. I shall also be privileged to meet you. Please wiki-mail me where you shall be staying in Chennai. I am curreently in Pondicherry, about 165 km from Chennai. I shall come to Chennai to meet you as per your convenience if you give me "notice" of one or two days. I shall be mailing you my contact number. Sundar is perhaps currently located in Bangalore. In case, you want to come to Pondicherry, please let me know - I shall make necessary arrangements for your stay here. You may try to contact him (Sundar) too. Warm regards. --Bhadani (talk) 09:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Mailed contact number. --Bhadani (talk) 09:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Marcus. I am sure that you are enjoying your stay in South India. I think you are in Chennai right now. We should meet - of course, at your convenience. --Bhadani (talk) 16:53, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. We had a nice and long tele-talk right now. I welcome you to Pondicherry. I will pick you from the bus terminus tomorrow (02.12.2007). It looks highly exciting! Warm regards. --Bhadani (talk) 16:30, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Rendezvous with Marcus is just over. We spent around 6 hours in Pondicherry from around 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and now he is on way to Madurai. He liked the place and the ethnic Tamil cuisine. We talked and talked, and walked and walked on the beach road of Pondicherry - he enjoyed the place and the beach. I am dedicating an image to him: [1]. I look forward to meet him again during his next visit to India. He is passionate about his work on wikipedia. --Bhadani (talk) 17:08, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Remember Jim Corbett National Park ?

Thanks to our collective efforts the article made it to WP:GA.
I thought that I should inform you that our efforts have been successful and we promoted the article to a higher level on the quality scale !
Havelock датчанин 21:41, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to India

Hi Marcus,

I stay in Pune and wont get the chance to meet you though my friend Shyamal will. Welcome to India and I hope you have a great stay! AshLin (talk) 04:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re

Both the articles have some really good stuff, especially the images and some citations are great.
Let me take a closer look and I'll try to point out some specifics.
Havelock датчанин 01:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

You know what ? I've been through the articles thrice now and all they need is WP:MoS compliance and some structure.
You have done a great job with the articles and all the material necessary for reaching a higher level on the quality scale is there.
Would you mind if I tried to edit these articles and see what happens ?
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 01:04, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Also, can you help make Template:Protected areas of India collapsible ? It occupies too much space.
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 01:08, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for making the template collapsible and for giving me the go ahead to fix the article. Most of the work in the article is already done and I'll just try and do some fixing and WP:GA nomination.
I'll get to as soon as I finish Spice trade, my present occupation on WP. Spice trade should not take more than 2-3 days from now though.
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 02:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi.

Hello. I noticed your post at Planemad's talk page. A trip to South India for 123 days! This is the most amazing thing I have read. I wish you the best for the remainder of your trip. Have you started uploading the photos that you've taken on the trip? I live in Ahmedabad. Do tell me if you have any plans of visiting Ahmedabad. There are lots of interesting places here that you could see in 2-3 days. Regards, - Aksi_great (talk) 07:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Chennai

Hi Marcus welcome to India, and i hope you are enjoying your stay in Chennai. I'll be off the hook after the 30th, hope thats ok? And i stay quite close by, a 10 min bus ride, so no prob :) -- PlaneMad|YakYak 13:51, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silent Valley National Park and Palani Hills National Park

Hi,

First of all, sorry for the delays. As a result of a failed FA nom, and some altercations, I have been experiencing a decline in my will to edit here, which wasn't much in the first place.

Regarding Silent Valley National Park, I have done some removal of unsourced content as the article has lots of well sourced info and really can do without the unsourced additions, which aren't much.
I also renamed the books section and changed the reflist view a bit. This is in addition to some rewriting and WP:MOS alignment.

While editing the Palani Hills National Park article I came across a list of books in this section. I recommend that they should be used with citation tags. I couldn't do it as I didn't understand which book belonged in which part. Additionally, I removed a panoramic image, which was beautiful but I couldn't find a spot to place it. I trust your image skills are better than mine and you would do a better job of placing it then I would.

I would like to add that if you feel the need to revert any of my edits regarding Palani Hills National Park and Silent Valley National Park then please go ahead and do so. You are clearly more knowledgeable on the subject that I am.

With regards,
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 16:30, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ==Season's Greetings==

May this season bring you success, good times and happiness. Looking forward to working with you in the future.
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 07:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New year wishes

A very happy new year ahead to you and yours. Hope your trip has gone well this far. Shyamal (talk) 06:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Still at Mukurthi ?

Hi Marcus, Hope your travels are going well. Nice to see the work on Mukurthi. Let me see if I can add some material later. Shyamal (talk) 07:27, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah ! Nice to hear. I did help a bit with that booklet on Mukurthi that you refer to in the article. Will try and help out with it when I get my hands on material. You may like to visit Wayanad as well. I see you have eaglenest on your agenda. It looks like more than one person I know are going in the March batch with Ramana ! I hope I can do that someday too. Shyamal (talk) 08:16, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53476720@N00/2270935806/ is an Osbeckia. Will need to check with Suprabha for the species. Shyamal (talk) 08:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] If you have access to the Nilgiris Library

Apparently the library in the Nilgiris has some very historic botanical paintings - by Lady Bourne - the wife of Alfred Gibbs Bourne. These paintings were used in one of the earliest illustrated guide to plants written by Philip Furley Fyson. If there is a ghost of a chance of you getting pictures of those paintings, they would be really useful additions. Shyamal (talk) 09:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks ! Shyamal (talk) 10:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

=== Did you mean the originial drawings used for the book?Marcus (talk)

It was PD-India and not pd-India or Pd-India. Shyamal (talk) 07:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Hello

Hello, how r u and how was the trip in South India?? I know in this long vacation you have got adequate material for wikipedia. I have seen your photos in Flick, i would like you to upload some of them in the Commons. Amartyabag TALK2ME 11:47, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Research of the Protected Areas of Tamil Nadu

I was looking through new pages, when I came across this article. I am concerned that in it's present form, it is not very suitable as a Wikipedia article, but it may be suitable for another namespace. Is there anything I can do to help you with that? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

For now, I moved it to your userspace: User:Marcus334/Research of the Protected Areas of Tamil Nadu. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Interesting report, I hope the Tamil Nadu forest department actually recognizes the importance of sharing information on and making meaningful use of wilderness areas. They are probably a lot more comfortable in following the old colonial ways of treating these areas as merely timber cultivation areas. Shyamal (talk) 05:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)