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User talk:Ravikiran r/Archive2006

Hampi Road distance from Bangalore
Hi Ravi The distance between bangalore and hapi is 350km. I have updated the rout but have left the distance unchanged. --(WT-en) anurag

Machan
That was an inspired guess, but machan was not a misspelling for machine. It is a sort of elevated platform made of wood where people can sit to catch views of wildlife. --Ravikiran 06:29, 17 Jan 2006 (EST)

 * ...though obviously not inspired enough. Thanks for enlightening me, and also for amending my error. However, do you think that we should actually change machan to 'elevated platform' so that ignoramouses like me will understand the meaning and not change it again. I'll leave the decision in your capable hands. (WT-en) WindHorse 17 Jan 06

I have added an explanation for Machan in the article. The reader will know what is being talked of and would have learnt something new --Ravikiran 13:17, 17 Jan 2006 (EST)

 * Good idea. I also now know what a machan is, and will never confuse it with a 'machine' again! (WT-en) WindHorse 18 Jan 06

Template:ISBN
I created Template:ISBN before I realized that Mediawiki has this built in -- just enter ISBN 4398201041 (no markup of any kind needed) for an automatic ISBN-link. (WT-en) Jpatokal 22:34, 22 Jan 2006 (EST)

Admin nomination
Would you be OK with me listing you for an admin nomination on Project:Administrator nominations? You've been doing great work around here and seem to me to be an excellent candidate. -- (WT-en) Ryan 16:22, 23 February 2006 (EST)
 * Thanks. I'd be honoured to be vested with the delete button --(WT-en) Ravikiran 19:35, 23 February 2006 (EST)

 * Done. While being vested with the delete button is nice, the ability to rollback is what makes life easier ;-) -- (WT-en) Ryan 20:01, 23 February 2006 (EST)

 * Ah yes.. The rollback button! I was trying to remember which other superpower I get from being an admin.. --(WT-en) Ravikiran 08:17, 24 February 2006 (EST)

Jersey
Have a good time in New Jersey. It's not the best time to be at the shore, but it can be awfully pretty at Sandy Hook (say) on a winter's day. --(WT-en) Evan 21:56, 23 February 2006 (EST)
 * Thanks for the tip. Sandy Hook does seem to offer a lot more than nude beaches :) --(WT-en) Ravikiran 08:30, 24 February 2006 (EST)

Karnataka
Thanks for doing the tedious work of templating and arranging all of Karnataka's districts! --Ravikiran
 * You are very welcome. Karnataka is one of only a few states that I know well enough to be able to contribute a little. I look forward to seeing the templates fill up. (WT-en) WindHorse 1 March 06

Insiders Choice Mumbai - Why did you delete it?
Why did yuou delete my insider's choice in Mumbai. It is a much needed section in all Wikivoyage location guides as without it, Wikivoyage does not have an opinion. And it is a MUST for an effective travel guide to have an opinion, rather than just listing of information. The best travel guides always provide an insider's choice section and it is much required throughout Wikitavel. RYK
 * I did not delete the information, but just moved it to the right places. Only repeats were deleted. Please note that Wikivoyage is not meant to be just a listing of information, but a consensus of travellers' opinions on what's good and what should be enjoyed in the city. In that sense, the whole of Wikivoyage is an "Insiders Choice". Having yet another insiders' section seems redundant to me. The right place to mention that Indigo is good, for example, is under the listing for indigo (but not in first person please!) If the information becomes too much, we would actually prefer to take off the crappier ones, or split the article into district pages. You'll notice that we have already started this for Bombay. We have Bombay/South Bombay which is just waiting to be filled out. So Plunge forward!.

 * Also, we rather insist on having common template sections across articles, so if you think Wikivoyage should have another section, the right place is to propose it on Wikivoyage Talk:Article Templates.

 * Finally, thanks for your contributions. I really don't want to bog down people in bureaucratic details about templates and stuff. So please continue to add information.  --(WT-en) Ravikiran 21:57, 11 March 2006 (EST)

How to delete
Hey -- the deletion procedures aren't real well documented, so here are some things to look out for:

 * 1) With both images and articles, first verify that nothing still links to them.  For articles, use the "What links here" link in the left nav.  For images, there's a section at the bottom of the image page.
 * 2) To delete an article, use the "delete" tab at the top of the page.  If there is a talk page that can also be deleted.
 * 3) To delete an image, use the "Delete all revisions" link next to the image upload date.  If you don't see that link, purge the image page from the cache using the "History" tab, and change the action value in the URL to "purge".

Hope that helps -- let me know if you have any problems. -- (WT-en) Ryan 20:24, 12 March 2006 (EST)

Message notification
I'm checking to see if your notification flag gets set at all. --(WT-en) Evan 01:26, 13 March 2006 (EST)

 * OK, it looks like it should get set. Let me know if you see the blinker. --(WT-en) Evan 01:26, 13 March 2006 (EST)

 * You know I suggested that it might be the display driver on Evan's talk page, but I wonder if it has something to do with the format of your name with the space in it, or something like that. Have you tried your ip address or a different accout? That would eliminate the name format as an issue. -- (WT-en) Tom Holland (xltel) 07:40, 13 March 2006 (EST)

 * A couple of things: first, if you have Javascript turned off, or some sort of Javascript blocker, then it's not going to work.

 * Another point to remember: new message indicators only get set if someone else edits your talk page. Editing your own talk page shouldn't do it.

 * Lastly, try this experiment: log out of Wikivoyage. Edit User talk:(WT-en) Ravikiran r. Check to see that [snip] exists. Then, log in. Before going back to your talk page, check the existence of that GIF file again. Now, go to your talk page. And, as a last step, check for the file again. Let me know the results. --(WT-en) Evan 10:41, 13 March 2006 (EST)

 * test once again still more

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
I am puzzled. Why did you start as a VFD right away? —Ravikiran 11:00, 9 April 2006 (EDT)
 * Hi Ravikiran, sir. I checked Wikipedia, and apparently the 'Impenetrable Forest' is just part of the greater Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and that was what I renamed the article. Anyway, I leave the decision regarding what to do with this article in your capable hands. (WT-en) WindHorse 9 April 06  Ps. Thanks for your help with the Kalahasti article - much appreciated.

Thanks
This is for the incredible number of new articles you've been creating for so many destinations around the world! — Ravikiran 11:30, 18 April 2006 (EDT)

 * Thanks for your kind thought. Actually, I really don't do that much. Just every now and again, I spend about twenty to thirty minutes on the web site, during which time I consentrate on doing a lot of cut and paste for one specific region. I think that it is important to get the templates set up as that encourages casual visitors to add info. However, unfortunately, from the end of this month until October, I probably won't have much opportunity to work on Wikivoyage, and possibility no opportunity at all from October until the end of the year - though my schedule is not confirmed yet.

P.S. I hope you don't mind my asking - are all these actually places you visit?

 * Besides the ones in Africa, yes mostly I have visited the places that I have edited - though many in the distant past.

P.P.S. Is your nick a reference to the Buddha?

 * No, Windhorse is the name given to the colorful prayer flags that are hung in Himalayan areas. They are said to create positive energy. Many tourist offices and book shops in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan are called Windhorse. If you are interested to read more about the meaning behind the name, maybe you'd like to check out this simple explantion:

Be well, my friend. (WT-en) WindHorse 19 April 06

Ko Phai
I threw in a template to Ko Phai as you had asked User talk:(WV-en) Sapphire and a vague isIn tag. I found this island on the Pattaya article and in an attempt to help organize the article I created Ko Phai. I was unable to find it on a map, but I'll go back and search for it again in the next couple of days. Cheers. - (WT-en) Sapphire 16:38, 7 May 2006 (EDT)

Villach
Is there a special reason for marking the article about Villach as outline ? The articles covers sights, places to eat, places to stay, states how to get there and how to get out. What exactly does the artice miss ? (WT-en) Kaykay 11:55, 28 May 2006 (EDT)

Middletown, PA
Thanks for moving that. I was unable to for a short while. - (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 14:45, 6 June 2006 (EDT)

Template:Imagecredit
I saw that you created this template on shared. How exactly does one use it? Is it type:. Save the article, then edit the boxes? - (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 07:41, 9 June 2006 (EDT) P.S. Thanks for reverting the last article I didn't get. - (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 07:42, 9 June 2006 (EDT)

Shared deletion
Thanks for deleting the image Todd couldn't, could you also delete this version Image:Exsistingbiketrail.JPG? I misspelled the the file name, and it's an exact duplicate of the one you already deleted. Thanks. - (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 02:17, 15 June 2006 (EDT)

By Helicopter
I just added some of the information regarding helicopter flights. Therefore I had to delete a bit of the first sentence or everything would have been repeated 3 times...

Note
Don't forget to add a note to Project:User ban nominations about why you did a block. They're so rare it's worth noting and discussing. -- (WT-en) Colin 11:54, 28 June 2006 (EDT)

Bombay
I was just watching a documentary on the Bali blasts and thinking how senseless it all is... and now this. Sigh. (WT-en) Jpatokal 11:46, 11 July 2006 (EDT)

Main page
Hi! I just wanted to revert the changes by User:(WT-en) Cdcd that is quite similiar to User cdcdcd that changed the frontpage already before. (WT-en) Jan 06:27, 13 July 2006 (EDT)

Congratulations
Congrats on getting... non-attributed, I guess. Are you going to contact Hindustan Times about it? - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 09:24, 16 July 2006 (EDT)
 * Congrats on the creating an image that proved so great a newspaper broke the law to use it! :) How did you find out that they used the image? Did you happen to walk by the news stand and see your photo?  -- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 10:18, 16 July 2006 (EDT)

 * Quaint as the practice might seem to you, I actually subscribe to the paper edition of the newspaper and have it delivered to my doorstep. I have written to them. Let's see what they do. (My guess: Nothing.) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 13:18, 16 July 2006 (EDT)

 * I do that too (but with a local paper, not Hindustan Times... I know: horribly provincial of me). I can't imagine how it would feel opening it up and seeing a photo I'd taken, without so much as a credit. (It was weird enough seeing something of mine when I knew they were going to publish it.) - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 13:46, 16 July 2006 (EDT)

Sidney (Ohio)
How long of a drive was Sidney from Dayton? -- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 13:28, 1 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Around 45 minutes. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 13:34, 1 August 2006 (EDT)

Cool! Thanks!
That's awesome! How did you find it? Did you use the Google thing Jani uses? I emailed Gary, the reporter Tuesday and gave him a whole slew of information on Wikivoyage. During the interview I kind of realized the reason I don't have a life is because of Wikivoyage. Thanks for the heads up! -- (WT-en) Sapphire 15:02, 10 August 2006 (EDT)

Should these be speedy deletes (rather than reverts) - ?

 * Project:14_August_2006
 * User talk:59.167.0.236
 * User talk:203.144.143.9
 * I wanted to keep the first one just long enough to inform other admins about that "announcement". I've deleted it, and the other talk page too. I've kept your talk page, as it now contains real content. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 14:49, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

IE skin
You're using IE 6, right? IE 7 seems to resolve that issue, but it completely screws up if you look at The Review site. Could you tell me what the Review site looks like in IE 6? -- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 03:54, 18 August 2006 (EDT)

Redirect Main Page/ ?
Can we redirect this page to Main Page so it doesn't show in the Dead-end pages and Orphaned pages? Does that defeat the purpose or make it worse? Thanks. (WT-en) Tom Holland (xltel) 06:35, 20 August 2006 (EDT)

Links
Thanks for the response. I think, there should be some system in Wikivoyage Shared where one can see links to the pix in different languages. That would encouarge people to put in pix. Is it technically very difficult? -- (WT-en) P.K.Niyogi 00:12, 3 September 2006 (EDT)
 * That's a good idea. I don't think it would be very difficult. I have put a request. Let's see. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:41, 3 September 2006 (EDT)

Impressive answer
That was an impressive answer you gave to LA2. Want to take a stab at this one? -- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 14:22, 6 September 2006 (EDT)

Sticking around?
Will you be sticking around for a bit to help out? -- (WT-en) Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 01:41, 11 September 2006 (EDT)

Let me know if you get a little blinky
So, at long last, I figured out what the problem is with message notifications and your name. It was really obvious -- the space was being translated into a "+", not a "_" -- but it took me a long time to get to it. Let me know if this worked for you -- I've tested it on a couple of other accounts and it seems to be working fine now. --(WT-en) Evan 11:52, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * trying now. — 59.163.13.119 11:57, 28 September 2006 (EDT) (Ravikiran)
 * On IE?
 * New instance of firefox? — 59.163.13.119 12:04, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * Again? — 59.144.102.6 17:25, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * From IE? — 59.144.102.6 17:27, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * IE again. — 59.144.102.6 17:30, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * nth time lucky? — 59.144.102.6 17:31, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * again
 * Let's see who blinks first. — 59.144.102.6 17:34, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
 * One more test. — 59.163.13.121 03:39, 29 September 2006 (EDT)

Name change
Hi Ravikiran, sir - there is a discussion in progress on the Calcutta Talk page. Take a look and see what you think. I'll appreciate your input and trust your wise judgement. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:07, 17 October 2006 (EDT)

Infobox
I have developed an infobox for Bay of Bengal beaches and placed them on two pages - Bakkhali and Gopalpur-on-sea. Please have a look at them and let me know if it is okay. I don't find such infoboxes on other pages but it is a very helpul link. In case, it is not the practice in Wikivoyage, I'll remove them. In case, it is okay, I will put them on other relevant pages. Or can I create a template for it? I'll wait for your advice before acting further. -- (WT-en) P.K.Niyogi 06:49, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

Technical problem
Something is technically wrong with the Jaldapara page. This happened when I was working on it but I am unable to understand the reason. Can it be rectified? -- (WT-en) P.K.Niyogi 08:25, 23 October 2006 (EDT)

bombay/mumbai
good job on the renaming! I was bored and looked at your user page and noticed that you still work in Bombay  ;)  (WT-en) Cacahuate 07:36, 26 October 2006 (EDT) ~

COTW
Hi! I will be very busy working in the next weeks to cope with the year end rally. Therefore I won't be able to change the COTW on Mondays. As soon as business cools a bit, I will try to step in. Thanks, (WT-en) Jc8136 14:35, 14 November 2006 (EST)
 * No problem. I am in the US right now, so UTC+0 means 7 in the evening for me. I will be able to take up the task till mid-December. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 15:00, 14 November 2006 (EST)

Sidney, Ohio
My dad and I were on our way back from Toledo today when we passed Sidney. While you were in Sidney were there any activities/evens that you did or any that you knew of so that we can populate the "Do" section of that article? Also, what about sights? Thanks. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 20:03, 18 November 2006 (EST)
 * Not really. As far as I know, there isn't anything to see or do in Sidney. I and my colleagues kept planning to go to Dayton to see the Aviation museum there, but it was snowing the whole time and the thing never panned out. Also, on the way to Dayton, I could see a sign on the I75 which mentioned some historic area, but I don't remember now what it was. But in Sidney, no. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:41, 19 November 2006 (EST)

Barnstar and Dalian
Hey Ravikiran, thanks a tonne for the barnstar and putting Dalian up for star article. I'd actually completely forgotten about Dalian as I was completely focused on getting the UK maps done. Your message acted as a timely reminder, then, and made me finally get around to splitting the article into regions. I'd apreciate it if you could have a look at it and see if you think the split was warranted or not. --(WT-en) Paul. 11:16, 24 November 2006 (EST)

photo template
Namaskar Ravi Sahib... just came across the photo template that you used on ... is that something that is usable or were you just playing around? I think it's nice and useful... (WT-en) Cacahuate 03:21, 14 December 2006 (EST)
 * Namasakar! I have since moved the template to shared: wts:Template:Imagecredit. Please have a look at the talk page for explanation on how to use it. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:02, 14 December 2006 (EST)

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User talk:Ravikiran r/Archive2007

Admin nomination
I've nominated User:(WT-en) Cacahuate to become an admin; please comment on Project:administrator nominations when you have some time. --(WT-en) Evan 01:29, 6 January 2007 (EST)

Shimla DotM
Thanks for nominating Shimla for DotM. Sorry, I was under the impression that sleazy meant atmospheric and trendy. I just looked it up in the dictionary and found that it means dirty and cheap-looking. I'll just change it (if you haven't already, that is) -- (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 08:20, 5 February 2007 (EST)

Bombay hotels
Is Hotel Airlines International within walking distance of the Santa cruz station. I like to use the locals when I'm in Bombay, traffic is a nightmare and the roads have more potholes than tar!!! And are Juhu hotels near the Ville Parle station?? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 00:08, 16 February 2007 (EST)

 * Good. Thanks for all your help. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 03:55, 16 February 2007 (EST)

Thanks
Kudos for sweeping the pub! (WT-en) Maj 07:46, 16 February 2007 (EST)
 * There is still a lot to do. I suddenly have a severe case of OCD. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 20:27, 16 February 2007 (EST)

Oops
Do you think that you can delete the Agibadi Regional Center page, it was accidentally created.(WT-en) Cupcakecommander 08:55, 19 February 2007 (EST)
 * Sure. Done. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:59, 19 February 2007 (EST)

Marathi phrasebook
Just created this article. Since you are a Bombayite, could you add some basic phrases, etc etc. Thanks. I'll add the intro some time tomorrow. -- (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 09:24, 20 February 2007 (EST)
 * Lemme see. I suspect this is going to be of low utility for foreigners, so I will probably be setting a low priority for this. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 10:10, 20 February 2007 (EST)
 * Hey, I didn't mean to hurry you in any way. But I don't see why this is of low utility for foreigners, I mean, if you don't believe phrasebooks are useful, that's different, but... BTW, do you speak Marathi much, I've totally lost touch with the lingo - I've been in Delhi for 5 years now
 * ) (sigh!!!!) — (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 04:14, 22 February 2007 (EST)
 * Because if ever I work up the enthusiasm to work on a phrasebook, I will work on the Hindi phrasebook first as it will be vastly more useful to foreigners. The Marathi phrasebook is less important because I can't think of a place where Marathi is used, but Hindi isn't understood. After Hindi, it will probably be Kannada, my mother tongue. But in the first place, I have to figure out how to type in Indic fonts. I can speak Marathi - I studied it in school. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 04:30, 22 February 2007 (EST)
 * Well, Ravi, you've got a point there, most Marathis seem to manage basic Hindi. However, for OTBP locations, Marathi can be useful. And even I need to figure out how to type in Hindi. The best thing to do is to open the Hindi wikipedia, and there's a toolbox below the save page option where you can click letter-by-letter and type. Alas, it's painfully slow, took me 5 whole minutes to type an average sentence! So do you speak any other language apart from English, Hindi, Marathi and Kannada?? Have you lived in Bombay all your life? I'm just curious. BTW, do you think I should start a Bengali phrasebook. It's my mother-tongue and although I don't study it at school I'm quite good at it. Unlike Maharashtrians, getting a Bengali to speak Hindi is next to impossible. !! And it will also be useful for travellers visiting Bangladesh?? P.S. Am I allowed to start my own article or do I have to ask an admin first? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 04:25, 23 February 2007 (EST)

 * I've lived in Bombay almost all my life. As to the Marathi phrasebook, a lot of stuff about Devnagari can be simply copied and suitably modified for Marathi. And yes, you are absolutely allowed, no, encouraged to start new articles, whether about destinations, itineraries, travel topics, phrasebooks or even policies. You do not have to ask permission from anyone, least of all admins. It is a good idea to understand our goals and non-goals before making major changes, but it is better to make an honest mistake than do nothing at all. If you know that you are proposing a major change, then it is better to build a consensus first. It is a bad idea to use your editing privileges as a weapon against an existing consensus. But apart from that, anything that you do in good faith is okay. Also, admins do not have any special say in policy making because they are admins. Strictly speaking, our job is entirely clerical. We just implement policies and decisions arrived through the consensus of all Wikivoyagers. It so happens that admins are also longtime users, so we tend to have a good idea of policies and goals, but we're supposed respect people's views for their content, not because of who holds those views. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 06:22, 23 February 2007 (EST)

I'm so jealous of you Indians and your damn multiple language abilities... that you actually have a choice of which phrasebooks you feel like working on still amazes me. I can't even manage Spanish, and I studied it in school and have lived closely around it my whole life, whereas you guys often have 3 or 4 languages/dialects under your belt by high school. Anyway, I'm a fan... I miss your country already... (WT-en) - Cacahuate 17:32, 22 February 2007 (EST)
 * Well, let's see. I learnt 3 languages at school English, Hindi and Marathi, so I can speak read and write them. In addition, my parents came over from Karnataka, where they speak Kannada, no wait - they actually came over from Dakshina Kannada where the native language is Tulu, a scriptless language. I learnt to read Kannada because after a time I did not want to wait for my mom to read out stories for me, so I can read and speak it pretty well, though I can't write it because I can't remember the script very well. However, Kannada script follows the same pattern as Hindi or Marathi (Think of a language that uses the same alphabet as English, but with different symbols for A, B, C, etc. ) So I am hoping that if I learn to type in Hindi, there will be some way to magically transform it into Kannada.) I can understand Tulu, but cannot speak it very well. It does not have a script, so fortunately, I do not have to learn to read or write it. On the other hand, Tulu is the craziest language ever as far as dialects go. The dialect not only changes every 10 km, different castes speak different dialects of Tulu. The Tulu spoken by us Brahmins is different from the Tulu's spoken by everyone else. I thought I understood everything about Tulu, till one day, I used "Jovu" to refer to a girl instead of "Jevu" and my interlocutor was mildly amused that I was using the dialect of the Shivallis (a different subcaste of Brahmins). Till then I hadn't even known that they spoke a different dialect. (I really need to write this up for the Talk section of DK)

 * Well, that's enough bragging about my linguistic abilities, which are really average for an Indian :) I can understand a bit of Tamil because I stayed for two years in Chennai and a bit of Gujarati by being around Gujaratis... and if I try hard perhaps I can read and understand Sanskrit. ;) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 06:22, 23 February 2007 (EST)

 * Wow Ravi, that makes 7, English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tulu, Gujarati and Tamil. And that is definitely more than an average Indians. In Delhi, where I currently live (but not for long, I bet, after school I'm going to say bye to this pathetic place:, most of the people speak 2 languages, max 3.

 * Unfortunately, I only speak 5, English, Hindi, Bengali (my mother-tongue), Sanskrit (at school, and I'll ditch Hindi next grade and continue with it) and well, a bit of basic French since I go to my classmate's house every Sunday to teach her Sanskrit in return for which she teaches me French!!! (I'm also planning to sign up at the Alliance Francaise next Feb) I used to speak a bit of German and Spanish (I stayed for a few months in Lausanne, actually 6 weeks, so I got an uncle to teach me both, he teaches at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Hyderabad). Well, that's all, and I can read and write in all of them, although that's just 3 scripts (Roman, Devanagiri and Bengali/Assamese). (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 08:12, 23 February 2007 (EST)

Flights from Bombay
Hey, Ravi, are there non-stop flights from Bombay to South Africa? Please let me know? There aren't any from Delhi, I checked. Might visit SA some time in May/June (summer hols). (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 11:25, 23 February 2007 (EST)
 * No idea. You'll probably need to check at various airline websites. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 11:55, 23 February 2007 (EST)
 * No problem. Just surfed, and South African has a few to Johannesbourg from Bombay. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 05:02, 24 February 2007 (EST)

Karnataka
Well caught. What's your suggestion. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:52, 27 February 2007 (EST)
 * Thanks for doing the roll back and apologies for causing the hassle. (WT-en) WindHorse 09:19, 27 February 2007 (EST)

This discussion continued at Talk:Karnataka — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:17, 28 February 2007 (EST)
 * I think it's a good idea to have a Coastal division. But I feel that in the case of Karnataka, dividing the state into Western Ghats, The Coastal Strip and the Deccan region will make more sense. Please reply on Talk:Karnataka. Thanks — (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 06:35, 28 February 2007 (EST)

Yes, I was misled by that map on wikipedia. I quote - If you are, then thou art misled young man — nice bit of Shakespearen language, eh, Ravi! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 11:47, 28 February 2007 (EST)

 * Have you come uo with a good name for the Bangalore Division?? What about Central?

Request
Hi. I'd like to ask you a favor. Could you please delete my user page? I am not active at Wikivoyage, and it is kind of an eyesore to see my wikivoyage page showing up very high in google search results when I search for my name. That would be very appreciated. Thank you, Oleg Alexandrov 18:52, 1 March 2007 (EST)

Karnataka
Thanks for the tidy up of the regions/districts. I was just going to give it one more check over, but you already did it. Thanks. (WT-en) WindHorse 00:24, 2 March 2007 (EST)

Happy Holi
Happy Holi to you and your family. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 04:24, 4 March 2007 (EST)
 * Yeah, it went great and my mom said that she couldn't recognize me when I came back home (same old story!!!). Why is it that all important meetings are immediatly after holidays :( ?? It's the same with me, my Sanskrit exam is tomorrow, but I finished preparing yesterday eve. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 05:33, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Where are you?
Hey Ravi - Have you come back to Thane from Clark? The infobox on your user page still says "I am very busy and may not check here for days". Where are you currently? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:31, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Ya, I know all about that, I saw a long conversation that you had with Cacahuate regarding your honeymoon. Anyway, I've always appreciated your edits and am quite a fan of yours! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 07:19, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Thanks. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:38, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Districtifications
P.S. I districtified Calcutta a few days ago, see my contribs page to check it out. I hope it's all right because no one replied to a message which I posted on Talk:Calcutta. I hope I've done the right thing. Talking about districtifying cities, it's high time someone started districtifying Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) •
 * I've answered on the Calcutta page. I don't know much about Calcutta to commment. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:38, 8 March 2007 (EST)

 * Hi Ravi-ji, I agree that Bangalore in particular desperately needs be districtified. And although this is the major city that I am most familiar with in India, I'm afraid that I have absolutely no idea about the names of the districts. Wikipedia also has nothing. So, I am quite useless to help. Any ideas? (WT-en) WindHorse 11:20, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Haven't the slightest idea. I am not familiar with Bangalore at all! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 11:44, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Nor do I. I'll try to ask someone from wikipedia. Ravi, do you know anyone from there? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 11:45, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Nope. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 12:24, 8 March 2007 (EST)
 * Will this help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Neighbourhoods_of_Bangalore ?? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:55, 9 March 2007 (EST)

deindenting. We absolutely need someone with local knowledge of Bangalore. Districting is not something that can be done through research. Here's what I'd do - leave a comment on the talk page for Bangalore on Wikipedia asking any localite to contact you on your talk page. I am sure someone will respond. Once they do, explain the problem and try to get a solution. I'll chip in with advice if needed. (Right now, my project is making Mumbai a guide and if possible a star, so I cannot commit too much time on this. ) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:19, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * Righto. I'll do as you say. Best of luck :), and I hope Bombay becomes a star some day...(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 08:41, 9 March 2007 (EST)
 * Yeah Mumbai isn't a guide yet because all the districts have to be at least usable before that happens. That will be easily rectified, but making it a star is another cup of tea. Satellite pictures are available, and making maps is easy in theory. But in practice it is going to be a tough job. I will make Thane a star first for practice :) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 10:34, 9 March 2007 (EST)

 * Great. I need to figure out how to draw a map! BTW, I did as you said and posted the requests on wikipedia:Talk:Bangalore and on a Bangalorean wikipedian's talk page. So hopefully we'll get a districtification. Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are also left.... Take care (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 11:33, 9 March 2007 (EST)

Zhuhai
Thanks for clearing the restaurant issue up. The original work was biased one way and I bent it the other way. Glad someone neutral was able to take the best of both arguments and come out with a decent piece. Again, thanks! (WT-en) Celticevergreen 05:26, 10 March 2007 (EST)
 * No problem. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:22, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Happy birthday?
Now, this is really turning into a conspiracy. Happy birthday, if my suspicions are correct (well, I guess it's belated if we're operating on your time zone). -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 23:36, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Well it was, yesterday. :) I visited Todd's personal homepage and I found it interesting that he had the same date of birth as I, (albeit, he is a few years older). Then I checked up Tom's profile on Crossroads, and what do I see? He too has the same birthday! Anyway, had a good birthday yesterday, my new wife baked me a cake and made me cut it at midnight :) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 07:07, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Hey, belated Happy Birthday from me too! I hope you enjoyed the-cake-which-was-baked-by-your-wife-and-cut-at-midnight :) :) :) !!! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 08:10, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Hindi expedition
moved to User talk:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage/Sandbox as per your request.

Hey, we now have 5 users and my friend Himanshu will sign up today, that'll make it 6. And a rather interesting mix too (a South, East and West Indian each, a Nepali and even a Californian!)

It's amazing how the Hindi wikivoyage has already inspired an international audience to join!

I hope you don't mind if I choose to act as the go-between. You can vote against me if you wish, and I'll also nominate you, because you're the only person with a near-native understanding of Hindi. Well, actually, even Himanshu is very good, he's a native speaker, but he's not an experienced admin!

(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:49, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

 * I've asked Yann to join the expdtn. on the Hindi wikipedia, he's very active out there. I came across a sentence s'where where he specifically said "main blah-blah-blah kaa sampaadan kartAA hoon", not "kartEEN hoon", so I suppose Yann is a he not a she. Though, of course, it may be bad grammar. Anyway, another user, Amit, joined a few hours ago after I posted a message for him on his hi:wp user talk page. Take care (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 10:26, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Himanshu's signed up, so that makes 7 users. I think we're all set to go, only the MediaWiki file is left. Hopefully, it won't be the pt:senario,where (according to (WT-en) Ricardo) 7 guys signed up andy 2 could be traced!

Cricket W-CUP
I supppose you follow cricket. Could you explain to me why we desperately needed to defeat Bermuda by over 250 runs to make it through to the Super 8? And 2nd q, did we end up defeating them by that margin? I just saw us score 413 and that was it. Nothing's in the papers got the matches get over at dawn IST and I couldn't ask my friends because today was a school-hoilday. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 08:09, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Well, India's group consisted of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda. Only two out of 4 can go to the Super 8. The likely scenario was:

 * India defeats Bangladesh, Bermuda (and maybe Sri Lanka) — 2 wins/3 wins.
 * Sri Lanka defeats Bangladesh, Bermuda (and maybe India) — 2 wins/3 wins
 * Bangladesh loses all matches except to Bermuda — 1 win.
 * Bermuda loses everything — 0 wins.

 * In that case India and Sri Lanka would have been through to Super 8. But unfortunately, India lost to Bangladesh. So now the best scenario for India is:

 * India defeats Sri Lanka and Bermuda  — 2 wins
 * Sri Lanka defeats Bangladesh, Bermuda — 2 wins
 * Bangladesh defeats India, Bermuda — 2 wins.
 * Bermuda loses everything — 0 wins.

 * Then it all comes down to the Net Run Rate. So we need to win by huge margins against both Sri Lanka and Bermuda or we are out. Unless, of course, Sri Lanka loses to Bangladesh, in which case, Sri Lanka is out. Hope that helped. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 11:27, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

 * Thanks. I got it now. Nice of you to take time and explain it to me in such detail. Could you just comment about wolf's suggestion at User:(WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage/Sandbox

khem cho
What is the best pseudo-phonetic spelling you could come up for the response to khem cho? I'm not sure I'm pronouncing it the correct way. -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 10:32, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

kh-em (with the e as in mAne) cho {ch as in CHick, o as in Oh my god)

I'm not sure, but it someone spelt a Hindi word that way, that's how it would be pronounced. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 11:28, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Come to think of it, Gujju is quite similar to Bong, in Bengali one would say "Kamon Achchho" for "how are you?" -- (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 11:33, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Sapphire was asking about how to pronounce Maja ma. You say Mujaa maa, where the "Mu" is as in "much" and the "aa" in both cases is pronounced as in argue. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 12:33, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Thanks
Thanks for supporting me for the admin bit. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 11:30, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

 * And for explaining the Pune photos incident. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 05:40, 25 March 2007 (EDT)

Redirects
Should Kalarcode be redirected to Alappuzha? Also, should Shivaganga be redirected to Tumkur (district)? ~ 61.91.191.2 16:58, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
 * I think, yes. I don't think we should have one article each for one-trick pony villages. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 03:04, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Thanks. Redirected they now are. 61.91.191.8 03:30, 26 March 2007 (EDT)

Docent
What's the best way to get to Thane from Bombay? How do you commute daily? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 09:19, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Well, I drive, but where in Bombay do you want to go to? If it is anywhere on the Central line, it is convenient to take a train and on the Western line, well if you want to take Public transport it is still the train, but you will have to changeover at Dadar. If you give me the specific location, I can let you know the best route. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 12:58, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Hotel Airlines International, near the Santa Cruz stn. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 08:34, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
 * By public transport? From Thane, catch a train to Dadar and then changeover to the Western side. Catch the northbound train and get down at Santa cruz. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:37, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
 * OK. I'll also check up the BEST website. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 09:19, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Oh that's a good idea. Check the BEST website for a bus to Kurla and not Dadar. The rest of the instructions are the same. There might be buses to Mulund or Thane too, but the Thane ones will be infrequent and the Mulund ones will take a lot of time and you will have to change over to something else there. —

PS. Are cabs easy to flag off the streets in Thane? Is a cab a good option or is the bus better. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 04:18, 8 April 2007 (EDT)
 * You won't get a taxi in Thane, but you will get an auto. As far as I know, bus services in Thane are pathetic compared to the ones in Bombay. (But I don't know much. I haven't travelled by bus in Thane in months. ) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:57, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

According to the BEST site, the fastest way is 30LTD to Kamani and 507LTD from there to SantaCruz. It also mentions 30LTD to Kurla Depot and 311/3/4 from there to SantaCruz. I suppose that is the best option, right? (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 04:26, 8 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Right. When are you coming to Bombay? If you have the time we could try to meet. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 08:57, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Most probably summer. But I also have Calcutta and the Nilgiris on my list. But if you ask me, Bombay beats both! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 09:30, 8 April 2007 (EDT)
 * BTW, where is Kamani? I've never heard of the place.
 * Kamani is in Kurla. It is an industrial area. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 11:30, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

If I had to choose any one between Bombay, Nilgiris, Cochin and Trivandrum, which one would you recommend? My mom's firmly told me that I'm only allowed one, and I can't quite make up my mind. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 07:47, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Cochin, spend a day in the backwaters. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 12:52, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Cochin it shall be. I love Kerala. Last time I spent a week in some villages near Calicut (it's now been renamed to sonething weird) and it was awesome. But then I may not end up visiting you :( (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 05:01, 19 April 2007 (EDT)

Havelock Island
Hey there!

I attempted my first map... can you have a look when you've got a second since you've been there and tell me if things seem to be in the right place? No doubt the roads aren't all that accurate, but I think they convey the general idea ;)   I'll try to work a little more on the article too soon, and hopefully get it in shape for OTBP. – (WT-en) cacahuate   talk 06:19, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Is that all to Havelock? :) I think the map is good as it is, but I can't help feeling that there must be more to it. But perhaps I am wrong. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 10:03, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

 * Well, that's what's in the article anyway. I'm sure there's a few more things that could be added... I'm gonna say more on Talk:Havelock Island... – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 18:44, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

Hyderabad
Hey Ravi-ji, Good luck for your new job in Andhra Pradesh (and does this mean that Hyderabad article will now get the special Ravi treatment and end up looking as great as the Mumbai one?) Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 08:42, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Come on windhorse, that goes without saying :) -- Good luck, Ravi. I'm warning you that Bombay's a hard city to part with, I had to do the same 6 years back. Hyderabad's a fantastic place too, unfortunately I'm stuck up in Delhi. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 06:09, 29 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Thanks for your wishes folks! Yes, Hyderabad is going to be my next project :) I will never really part with Bombay. I shall return some day :) — (WT-en) Ravikiran 10:01, 29 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Interesting that you guys find Bombay such a great place. Along with Delhi, it's one of the major cities that I feel the least attraction towards. Of the metros, I much prefer Kolkata and Bangalore. Maybe you guys can give me some tips on where to find the city's 'hidden' charm. (WT-en) WindHorse 11:22, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

CBD Belapur
Hi

If you get a moment, please could you take a look at the CBD Belapur article and maybe merge whatever you consider to be worth keeping into the Navi Mumbai article? ~ 58.8.10.101 13:20, 11 June 2007 (EDT)

ab_18
Hi, I'm expanding the pages under the guidelines given by you. In a few days, I'll cover imortant topics. Please keep on visiting and if you find anything wrong, then let me know. With warm regards, ~Amod Bhagwat. ab_18 16:02(IST) June 29, 2007.

Bot
I'm sorry, but I didn't see the Script nomination page, BUT it's not my own program, it's pywikipedia, I've just modified it a bit and I got this message from your admin: message. So, can I get the bot flag, or I must write to the nomination page? (WT-en) Dorgan 09:26, 10 July 2007 (EDT)

Split pages
Ravikiran, you expressed some opinions about the plan to tech:optionally split long guides into one page per section. Since I've got a new version of software on review: to do this, I'd love to get your feedback on the shared: tech page. --(WT-en) Evan 13:27, 10 July 2007 (EDT)

Hindi
Hey there! A new user dropped by and left a note on, but I don't understand it, and Upamanyu is on an extended vacation... would you mind checking it out? – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 15:42, 11 July 2007 (EDT)

 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he's criticizing the Hindi that is being used/abused on the site. Can you also take a look if you have a second at some of the city articles that I've been creating... if I'm mangling the spelling too much I might ease off, as I think that might look silly to potential Hindi speaking contributors. And for the record it's not my fault that there are 4 "d's" and 4 "t's". Who invented that anyway? ;)   On the upside, there are some great movies that come out of that mess of a language. I just went to see Jhoom Barabar Jhoom... can you also explain to me Amitabh's outfit? Whoa. – (WT-en) cacahuate   talk 00:11, 12 July 2007 (EDT)
 * Sadly, my wife has better taste than I, which means that I haven't seen any Hindi movies for quite some time... In fact, none after Eklavya - that movie traumatized her with its stupidity while I completely enjoyed it. Secondly, the new user is probably a she... पूर्णिमा (i.e Poornima) is generally a female name, meaning full moon.. Thirdly, she is not criticizing any of your edits, but the translation of Main Page. Upamanyu translated it as मुख्य पृष्ठ (Mukhya Prusht) which literally translates to "Main Page" (or even more literally, Chief page), But Mitul and Poornima are arguing that it should be मुखपृष्ठ (MukhPrusht) which, though it literally means "Face Page", is the accepted Hindi word for the front page of a book. I think they have a point... I see that Upamanyu misunderstood Mitul's point and thought that Mitul was objecting to the space between Mukhya and Prusht. Spaces between words are kind of less important in Hindi than in English. And where's the boy gone? School has started here in India! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:22, 12 July 2007 (EDT)

 * Ok then, thanks for the clarification. Upm had said that he would be gone to Kolkata and offline through June and asked me to look after :Hi, maybe now he's busy with school... hasn't been by here in quite some time. – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 01:49, 12 July 2007 (EDT)

 * Hello guys, here's the boy! My school re-opened on 3rd July after 2 months of vacations. I will be active in about a week's time. Great to know that Am.s have started to watch Bollywood... Ha ha! (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage
 * Thank you, Ravi ji. I always like going to Calcutta, I go there about thrice a year. My grandparents and their dog live there. My mom and I went to the Nilgiris after that, and we had a great time. I'll be uploading some of the photos today. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage • ( Talk ) • ( (WT-en) Travel ) • 04:51, 31 July 2007 (EDT)

Ok?
I assume you're in Mangalore, but if not, are you ok? -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 01:16, 26 August 2007 (EDT)
 * I am fine, thanks! I was in Mangalore when it happened. I was in fact discussing our visit to the laser show a month back at probably the exact moment when the blasts occurred. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:31, 5 September 2007 (EDT)

 * Wow, that's a freaky coincidence. Who exactly commits these crimes and what purpose do bombings and the murders of innocent Indians serve?  -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 07:26, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

 * They are generally attributed to "Islamic militants". But we don't really know who exactly they are, because no one claims responsibility, which is quite strange, because if it is some political goal they are after, you'd expect them to place demands on the table. It is more likely that they actually want to spread uncertainty and cause more violence. India has an unfortunate history of religious violence - and if violence is provoked, no matter who started it, Muslims get the worst of it. Some of these Muslims will seek revenge by joining terrorists and committing more violent acts. This rationale explains why they are choosing targets on both sides. In May, they caused blasts at a mosque. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 12:40, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

The best Malai Kofta ever
Since you're heading there... is in Pondicherry, on a side street roughly across the street from Sri Aurobindo's Paper Factory off of SV Patel Salai. I can't remember the name of the restaurant, but I think maybe it had "green" in the name, or the building was green. Anyhoo... I dream about it still. – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 13:40, 17 October 2007 (EDT)
 * Thanks for the tip! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 05:25, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

Hi
Happy Diwali to you! upamanyu

 * yeah, i did!

Hi
Just wanted to say hi, haven't heard from you for quite some time. Hope you're doing well. BTW, I just wanted to find out - does Zee Sports come on your TV? And do you use Dish TV, Tata Sky, Hathway or analog cable TV? I'm missing all the ICL matches because Zee Sports doesn't come on Tata Sky. Pity the Champs are playing so badly, or do you support the Hyd Heroes now? (WT-en) upamanyu 09:17, 4 December 2007 (EST)
 * Nope. I am not following the ICL matches at all! — (WT-en) Ravikiran 05:27, 5 December 2007 (EST)

 * Why? In my school everyone's hooked on to the TV or the net from 6 every evening! (WV-en) upamanyu

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Congratulations! (Assuming this is your honeymoon we're talking about.) --(WT-en) Evan 13:03, 6 October 2006 (EDT)
 * Congrats from me too! (I'm also assuming.) -- (WT-en) Sapphire 13:10, 6 October 2006 (EDT)
 * Well yes it is! Thanks folks. — (WT-en) Ravikiran 14:37, 6 October 2006 (EDT)

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Hello Ravimathur! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page. If you need help, check out Project:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub. -- (WT-en) AHeneen 14:33, 13 November 2008 (EST)

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Hello, Ravindra! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page.

If you need help, check out Project:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub. - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 16:17, 28 May 2007 (EDT)

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Hello, Raviputcha! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page. If you need help, check out Project:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub.--(WT-en) Burmesedays 03:18, 27 December 2009 (EST)

 * Thank you for your edits to Goa. This article certainly needs some work, so well done. I could not figure out why though you deleted the whole buy section which was full of good information? I have restored that for now at least. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 03:18, 27 December 2009 (EST)

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Hey brother - apologies, I didn't realize that you hadn't finished editing the page. I was just trying to give you a hand. (WT-en) WindHorse 12:00, 29 October 2006 (EST)

Devastanam is not a place of accomodation. It is the temple administration. they build and lend rooms (like Sita Nilayam) to stay. Your edition distorted the story completely. Brevity cant be a reson to remove the links i was giving. Kindly dont mess it up.

Besides, your simplication not only takes important information away, but paints an incorrect picture. I was not saying i checked Srikalki - i meant i am not sure how it will be. I never said Ratan is good - telling actually that baths are not very clean. So, checking with the author helps. Thanks.

Thanks. I was trying to write an interesting content and didnt like it when what i wrote is chopped off to a mere budget, mid-range etc. i feel that doesnt help. You need to give a picture to the user and make it interesting too. I got switched off with that - will add finished content in two days.

 * Hi again, yeah I understand your point, and agree that it is good to make an article interesting, but according to Wikivoyage policy (which is reached by concensus of opinion) listings for hotels, restaurants etc are usually kept quite short. I suggest that you take a look at these guidelines before you proceed: Project:Manual of style and Project:Restaurant listings. Also external links are only allowed from a primary source, ie in the case of a hotel, only the hotel's own website is permitted. Here is the policy on this: Project:External links. Anyway, I'm just letting you know, as I don't want you to spend a lot of time and effort writing a lot of information only to have someone edit it all away. Incidentaly, if you don't agree with the guidelines, you can voice your opinion on the talk page of the guideline pages. In this way you can initiate a discussion, and possibly get the guideline changed. Finally, if you want an example of how an article is written according to Wikivoyage style, check out Yogyakarta. Again, apologies for editing your work before explaining the reasons. Hope the above is helpful, and let me know if you have any questions. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 12:54, 29 October 2006 (EST)

Hi, Thanks for the guidelines. I will upload the finished content made as per the guidelines.

 * Great. I look forward to using your guide next time I visit Andhra Pradesh. By the way, if you have any questions, please fel free to ask. And, finally, if you want to sign your name at the end of your contributions just type in four of these Sqiggles ~ and it will do it automatically. Take it easy. (WT-en) WindHorse 23:30, 29 October 2006 (EST)

Image Upload
Hi, Can you tell me how to upload images. I tried but it is showing a link for the image not the image itself. Thanks in anticipation.

Images
Greetings -- please consider uploading your pictures to Wikivoyage Shared, and give them more desriptive names and descriptions. For example, Image:Sanctum.jpg says "Sanctum in the temple complex", but what temple and where is it? (WT-en) Jpatokal 04:36, 1 November 2006 (EST)

isnt it obvious which temple I was referring to?

 * No, in fact I still have no idea. (WT-en) Jpatokal 07:06, 1 November 2006 (EST)

OK. that is likely if you are looking at this image out of its context (article). Anyway i will modify the description. thanks. but can you tell me why you moved content under 'See' to 'Getting around'?

 * Err, I think that was your own edit...! (See the history.)  You probably deleted the "See" header by accident, so it looks like the content moved to "Get around".  I haven't touched the Bhadrachalam article at all. (WT-en) Jpatokal 07:27, 1 November 2006 (EST)

Oops. my apologies. I thought i made some style or Wiki convention related error so you moved it. Guess it was my own doing...

Bhadrachalam
The article looks great - though of course people will still makes edits, as that is the way the articles mature. Furthermore, if you think the town deserves more background information than what is presently given, you can always start an 'Understand' section above 'Get in' - anyway, that's up to you. (WT-en) WindHorse 10:13, 6 November 2006 (EST)

I dont really mind someone editing to improve the article and will surely add 'Understand'. thanks for the feedback.

Hi, You can find reflections on my recent travel to Thiruvayaru. Please visit http://raviputcha.blogspot.com/ thiruvayaru is for Tyagaraja the way Bhadrachalam is for Ramadas. Cheers!

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User talk:(WT-en) Ravn

Hello Ravn!

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Thank you for contributing to Berlin. -- (WT-en) Huttite 15:59, 13 Jan 2005 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Raw2ff

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Thanks for the great work on Hermann! (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 21:46, 17 June 2008 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rawgen

Welcome
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User talk:(WT-en) Raydyent

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User talk:(WT-en) Rayerta

Hello Rayerta!

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Thanks, Sapphire!
 * No problem

A few more pieces of advice

 * When starting a paragraph it is best not to hit the "space" bar on your keyboard, because it gives your text this weird box. If you need to indent something use the colon ":", however that will look something like this.

Original text.
 * Your response is indented.

 * I'm going to redirect your "Rayerta's page building notes," because that actually looks more like an article. I know what you were trying to do, because I did the same thing. The new link will be User:(WT-en) Rayerta/Rayerta's page building notes. It may take a moment before I'm able to do this.

 * Also this Project:Namespace_index is a great tool. It's a page that lists all the basic "How do I ...?" I use it a lot, because though I've been around for a while I still get a bit confused and often have to go on a goose hunt to find the answer to my question. (WT-en) Sapphire 04:44, 24 April 2006 (EDT)

 * Figures that I remember something after already editing this, but if you want to sign your username in a very easy manner all you have to do is add ~, which will look like this - (WT-en) Sapphire 04:53, 24 April 2006 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) RayKiddy

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Thank you for correcting the spelling and so improving United Kingdom. --(WT-en) Huttite 03:33, 3 Jan 2006 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Ray King

Hello!

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User talk:(WT-en) Rayme7

Welcome
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User talk:(WT-en) Raymon momon

Welcome
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Thanks for your contributions, but please note that, as clearly outlined on Special:Upload, any image uploaded to English Wikivoyage will be deleted - commons:Special:Upload should be used instead. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 11:02, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rayong Info

Welcome
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User talk:(WT-en) RayR

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User talk:(WT-en) Rayray

Hello!

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User talk:(WT-en) Raytussing

Welcome to Wikivoyage!
Hi Raytussing!

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User talk:(WT-en) Razbe

''This page is for discussing the corresponding article or guide. For questions, comments, or personal stories about this destination or topic, visit Wikivoyage Extra. For more about using talk pages check out Project:Using talk pages.''

Lawachera Tropical Rain forest-evergreen forest (National Park) a home of wild animals, Kasia Tribal Village- different life style, Madhobpur- Lake of Lotus, Tea Garden look like green carpet, Tripura indigenous Village- different life style, Food Garden( Pineapple, Lime, Jackfruit etc.) a picturesque, Rubber Garden, Monipuri indigenous village- different cultural life style, Wetland-Bird watching & boating ,Seven layer tea Cabin. If someone wishes to travel Bangladesh one can visit www.orienttourism.wordpress.com

Welcome
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Your own personal comments should be placed on (WT-en) your user page rather than your discussion page. These discussion pages is for users to communicate with each other. - (WT-en) Huttite 02:22, 10 February 2009 (EST) Lawachera Tropical Rain forest-evergreen forest (National Park) a home of wild animals, Kasia Tribal Village- different life style, Madhobpur- Lake of Lotus, Tea Garden look like green carpet, Tripura indigenous Village- different life style, Food Garden( Pineapple, Lime, Jackfruit etc.) a picturesque, Rubber Garden, Monipuri indigenous village- different cultural life style, Wetland-Bird watching & boating ,Seven layer tea Cabin. If someone wishes to travel Bangladesh one can visit www.orienttourism.wordpress.com

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User talk:(WT-en) Razumowsky

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Thank you for the great work on Baku! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 12:45, 25 April 2012 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Razza

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User talk:(WT-en) Rba

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User talk:(WT-en) Rbadsi

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Hi, I see you added some content and a picture for Elne. It's a nice article, but I'm surprised at how suddenly and completely it was created both here and on Wikipedia by you. So we just need to verify, did you write this article about Elne yourself and did you take the picture? It's fine if you did (and we certainly appreciate content), we just need to be careful. -- (WT-en) Colin 18:02, 24 Sep 2004 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) RBhatia16

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User talk:(WT-en) Rbowser

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Great work on Portsmouth! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 23:56, 10 November 2007 (EST)

 * Agree! Way to go. --(WT-en) OldPine 10:33, 11 November 2007 (EST)

Thanks. I still have a bunch to do. I also have to figure out how all this works so thanks for the links.

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User talk:(WT-en) Régis B.

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User talk:(WT-en) RCE

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Not sure what you were trying to do with the "Create New Page", I've deleted it, since I believe what you are looking for is this; Saint-Constant. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) talk 10:35, 4 December 2010 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rcevoli

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Thanks for your contribution to Galway! Your entry is still there, the next person to come along just messed up the header a bit. I've fixed the damage. (WT-en) Jpatokal 00:14, 2 February 2008 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rdavidyoung

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User talk:(WT-en) Rdavout

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Cambodia
Thanks for your contributions to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap! Just a quick note about style: since our guides are written by many authors, Wikivoyage avoids first-person pronouns like 'I' and 'we'. Feel free to use the second person 'you', though. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 08:05, 16 November 2007 (EST)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rdb

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User talk:(WT-en) Rdebou

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User talk:(WT-en) Reachrich

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Thank you for all the great work on Pushkinskie Gory! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 21:20, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

Sochi districts
Hi there. You are doing some excellent work on Sochi! However, please refrain from breaking this article into districts at this point. We typically don't split a city article into districts until the main article is basically overflowing with info, and then we discuss a thorough districtification scheme that methodically covers every part of a city with no overlap before proceeding with district articles. If you have any questions, please let me know on my talk page. (WT-en) texugo 11:29, 21 June 2011 (EDT)
 * Hmm.. Ok. Maybe I was being a bit hasty. I retracted the deletion nomination for the moment to see what's going to happen with the article. I would say it needs to be presented first as a destination in its own right though, rather than a distant "district" of Sochi, regardless of where the city hall decisions are made... (WT-en) texugo 11:40, 21 June 2011 (EDT)
 * Still, please refrain from dividing the actual city portion of Sochi into further district articles, at least until the main article is starting to bulge at the seams. (WT-en) texugo 11:45, 21 June 2011 (EDT)

Знал бы прикуп...
I'm having trouble figuring out this phrase, as I'm not sure what прикуп means, even after looking it up in various dictionaries—and the word talon is very unclear (does it have something to do with cards?). Could you explain what Знал бы прикуп - жил бы в Сочи means? --(WT-en) Peter Talk 13:49, 21 June 2011 (EDT)

 * Understood. It sounds like talon is the best translation, but I think a literal translation will be incomprehensible to nearly all English speakers. I'm trying to think of an similar way to say this using a betting card game widely known among English speakers, which would likely have to be poker or blackjack, but it's hard to make it work succinctly: "If I could divine the Blackjack dealer's hand, I would live in Sochi" (the meaning is still unclear—it gives the impression that the speaker would move to Sochi to gamble); "If I could read my poker buddies' minds, of all the cities in the world, I would enjoy my wealth in Sochi" (much more clear, but very far from a direct translation, and not succinct). It's really difficult to get the meaning across in English—I think I'd probably remove the quote altogether, and just use it in the Russian language version. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 15:03, 21 June 2011 (EDT)
 * If I were the translator, I would suggest the more idiomatic "If I could read the cards..." If it is interesting enough, you could make an infobox with a blurb, but in this case I'm not sure it would be worth the trouble. (WT-en) texugo 09:55, 22 June 2011 (EDT)
 * (WT-en) texugo, thanks, seems to be a very good solution. Andrey

Image source
I'm a little concerned about Image:Adlerstation.jpg because a) it appears to be photocopied from a brochure or booklet of some kind, and b) it is a digital image created by someone and presumably copyrighted. You did not provide any source info when you uploaded the image. So what gives? (WT-en) texugo 09:59, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

 * The original picture is wall billboard at Adler station showing the construction project and open to any visitor and photographer. So, I believe, that initial picture is open-sourced. Photo is made by a good friend of mine who allows to copy it in current dimension. I've edited the license parameter of the photo accordingly. Andrey

 * Just because an image is publicly displayed does not necessarily mean it is free from copyright. If you don't want to remove it, I suggest taking it to Shared:Votes for deletion and see how consensus comes down on this one. (WT-en) texugo 10:41, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

 * Ok, deleted, will check for alternatives.

 * You removed it from the article, but it's still on our server. Shall I delete it or would you like it to go through the vfd process? (WT-en) texugo 10:58, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

 * Let's go through the vfd.

 * Done. You can see the discussion here. By the way, please sign your posts-- all you have to do is type " ~ " at the end of your post (without the quotes). (WT-en) texugo 11:15, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Image:Sochiseaport.jpg
This image was also uploaded with no source, and appears to be copied from. I can't read the website but it does have a copyright notice at the bottom of the homepage. You have to either show that it is compatible with our Copyleft or show that the site has released the image for use here. Otherwise it needs to be deleted from our server. Could you please let me know? (WT-en) texugo 10:13, 22 June 2011 (EDT)
 * I've changed the picture beacuse I cannot prove the compatibility of previous one with Copyleft. Andrey
 * Ok. I can see that that new one likely has a Creative Commons license, but you still need to go back there and fill in the source information. (WT-en) texugo 10:55, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Other images
Let's clear these up too. You're doing some awesome work with this page. Let's try to be just as rigorous with our image sourcing! (WT-en) texugo 10:51, 22 June 2011 (EDT)
 * Image:Sochiairport.jpg lists its source as http://www.basel.ru/ but that site has a copyright notice at the bottom of the homepage.
 * Image:Sochistation.jpg lists no source but it was clearly copied from one of the 4 sites I found here : http://www.tineye.com/search/6ad916a51f856189048ea88d12c39dd31613b4a6/

Владимирская область
Андрей, по трем субрегионам во Владимирской области это не Питеру вопрос. Мы сначала это сделали в русском разделе, а потом Александр перенес в английский. Деление на регионы продиктовано правилом 7+/-2, если много городов в регионе, то некоторые из них могут потерятся. (WT-en) Digr 15:34, 7 July 2011 (EDT)
 * ОК, я понял, спасибо за ответ. Тогда и 4 куска Московской области логичны. (WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 15:41, 7 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Четыре мало. В МО 77 городов. То есть надо минимум 9-10 регионов. Но это дело очень тонкое, и пока не назрело активное обсуждение. Пока есть предполагаемое деление по сторонам света, в Википутешествии еще определено Ближнее и Дальнее Подмосковье. И вообще мы сейчас стараемся отойти от административного деления, в сторону историко-георгафического. (WT-en) Digr 08:07, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Это действительно очень тонкое дело, учитывая, что далеко не во все эти 77 городов есть смысл соваться туристам. А исторических городов МО, если мне не изменяет память, 22. И тогда 4-х субрегионов уже достаточно, по крайней мере до того времени, как они будут детально описаны. Деление на ближнее и дальнее Подмосковье тоже конечно обосновано. Тут скорее "Большая Москва" со спальными пригородами и реальная область. Возможно, стоит выделить Moscow (district) как уже выделен Saint Petersburg (district). В случае с Питером, правда, он совпадает с субъектом РФ, а в случае с Москвой это будет викитрэвельная условность.(WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 08:24, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Что за 22? Это по списку в Википедии? (WT-en) Digr 10:32, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Ну в том числе. В Википедии [|здесь]. (WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 11:03, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Прикольно, особенно если учесть что я создал эту статью ))). (WT-en) Digr 13:55, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Географический мир вообще тесен ) не геофак МГУ случайно? (WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 14:10, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Нет, я технарь вообше, путешествия это болезнь такая ) (WT-en) Digr 00:36, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

Карты

 * Андрей, а почему Вы решили отказаться от стандартных шаблонов при создании карты? Плюс если уже есть регионы, проще их сразу задавать, чем потом перерисовывать (это в части Архангельской области) (WT-en) Digr 09:08, 15 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Вопрос снимается, и переносится. Я не читал обсуждения последних дней. (WT-en) Digr 09:15, 15 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Я так понимаю, Вам Архангельская область понятна? Давайте обсудим деление, и привлечем к обсуждению наш коллектив. (WT-en) Digr 09:09, 15 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Я просто начал рисовать в порядке эксперимента и не разобрался в шаблонах перед этим. Уже разобрался - см. Липецкую область :) Архангельскую тоже переделаю. Теперь что касается деления - готов привлекать и обсуждать конечно же :) Архангельскую область, на мой взгляд, можно разделить на 3 региона: 1) Север Архангельской области, 2) Юг Архангельской области, 3) Новая Земля и Земля Франца Иосифа (они административно относятся к области). Граница между Севером и Югом - чуть южнее Плесецка. Что касается свеженарисованной Липецкой области, то ее, на мой взгляд, нет смысла делить. Она территориально маленькая, и в ней в общей сложности 8-9 городов. (WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 11:03, 15 July 2011 (EDT)
 * Давайте продолжим в русском разделе, раз по-русски пишем. Посмотрите страницу обсуждения Архангельской области. Я там более интересные регионы сформировал. И потом по площади как Франция, жалко на две части делить ))). (WT-en) Digr 11:23, 15 July 2011 (EDT)

 * Another suggestion for your maps (and you are doing great work!) is for a single color map: I would use either the standard Wikivoyage grey (although I think our Russian colleagues dislike that one) or our preferred color:

 * width="20px" height="20px" bgcolor="#9ab783" |
 * }
 * #9ab783, which looks nice and works very well when printed in black and white. See discussion at Wikivoyage_talk:Regions_map_Expedition for a little background, if you like ;) --(WT-en) Peter Talk 19:44, 22 July 2011 (EDT)
 * #9ab783, which looks nice and works very well when printed in black and white. See discussion at Wikivoyage_talk:Regions_map_Expedition for a little background, if you like ;) --(WT-en) Peter Talk 19:44, 22 July 2011 (EDT)

 * Thanks, Peter, will use it.(WT-en) Andrey Selskiy 10:01, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Realafrica14

Botswana Safari
If you are into a unique holiday experience, then it is time to seriously consider a Botswana Safari. Millions of people come to this country to expand their horizons and experience a truly wonderful and unique vacation. What makes safaris in Botswana different are the experienced hands that will guide you through, and give you a safe and thrilling safari experience. There are several reasons why safaris here are considered unique. No other safari tour lets you get up close to nature as much as safaris in Botswana. Whether it involves staying in your own personal hut, or going for a canoe ride, safaris in this country has it all.

Other reasons why Botswana has become a favorite among vacationers is its geographic location, and relative peace and prosperity. A big portion of the Kalahari Desert is located in Botswana. If you know your wildlife trivia, then you will know that the Kalahari Desert is home to most of the wildlife as well as plant species found in Africa. Therefore, even though it is called a desert, it is actually teaming with life. Compared to many other countries in the African continent, Botswana is more peaceful and prosperous. This is reflected in the way locals treat tourists. Combine all of this with some great sights and sounds then it is easy to see why a Botswana Safari is hard to beat.

Botswana is home to the world’s largest inland delta named Okavango Delta. It covers an area roughly 15,000 square kilometers and many wild animals call this place home. What this obviously means for a sightseer is that there are plenty of opportunities to see wildlife in their natural habitat. The month of May is the most popular time to visit. This is because the river delta begins to dry up, making closer viewing of animals easier. There are other national parks which are equally good for wildlife viewing such as Chobe National Park and Moremi Game reserve. For More Information: http://www.realafrica.co.uk/Botswana_Safari.htm

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 * Hi! You started a rant in the Manila article. Wikivoyage is based on consensus and not single actions. Please read Project:Be_fair and discuss first on the talk page of an article if you want to do major changes. I reverted all your changes because we don't comment in articles. The The traveller comes first and read about Project:Goals and non-goals. (WT-en) Jc8136 03:47, 30 March 2012 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) RealFreeTraveller

Hi, can you please stop editing articles with your rants against wikivoyage. You are not changing anyone's mind. If you don't like wikivoyage, pitch in and make it better or go elsewhre. Please stop or you will be banned. - (WT-en) Cardboardbird 06:44, 2 August 2011 (EDT)

Go back to donations idiot.

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Please see External links. (WT-en) Jpatokal 02:45, 25 August 2009 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) RealUlli

Hello! Welcome to Wikivoyage. Thanks for adding some good info to the Germany guide!

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Welcome!
Hello!

Welcome to Wikivoyage. You can edit your preferences to change how the software works for you. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to our wiki software, MediaWiki, look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to edit a page. If you need help, check out the help desk, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.

Please note our external links policy. Also, Holiday villas may not fit our idea of Project:What_is_an_article%3F:what is an article; expect some debate on that. -- (WT-en) Jonboy 12:00, 2 January 2007 (EST)

Thank you for feedback
Hi JonBoy,

Thanks fot your comments. I indeed read the Project:what is an article section but I considered the article I wrote as "Other types of articles", because is related to travel. I you read the articel you probably noticed that "holiday villas" are a quite new form of accomodation, similar somehow with hotels and hostels. I consider travelers may find this info usefull, but if you don't agree, please fell free to change or delete my article. (WT-en) Realwahl 12:55, 2 January 2007 (EST)

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Hello Rebaseonu!

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Thank you for contributing to Havana (city). However, the information about Varadero Airport would seem more relevant in the article about Cuba, or even an article about Varadero. I don't know cuba, so I am just going on what you have written. Please discuss this on the Havana City talk page. -- (WT-en) Huttite 07:25, 30 Jun 2005 (EDT)

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Welcome
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Your experiment with the Continent name page was listed on Project:Votes for deletion and deleted. If you want a page deleted, or if you think it should be kept you can discuss deleting/keeping it there. As we already have a page for Thailand, you might want to change your user page to something else. -- (WT-en) Huttite 10:01, 28 May 2005 (EDT)

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User talk:(WT-en) Rebel

Hello! Welcome to Wikivoyage. Thanks for jumping in and contributing to Cork.

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Cork
Hey rebel with a cause. If you have more info about the buses and trains that serve Cork, can you put it in the article - even just the names of the places that can be directly reached from Cork would be helpful? Thanks (WT-en) WindHorse 1 March 06

Not a bother, just updated the trains. Busses are more complicated as they are many... I'll get to that in the future. (WT-en) Rebel 25 April 06

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Welcome to Wikivoyage!
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Thank you for contributing to Glasgow. -- (WT-en) Huttite 05:32, 22 Nov 2005 (EST)

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Welcome
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