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My main field of work is on articles related to tree of life, India, and military history.

Regards, AshLin

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In recent days, Wikipedia has come in conflict with important figures from the Hindu-Nationalist sections of Indian population, who wield a significant influence on the incumbent Government of India.^[1][2][3] Tech-journalists have documented moves seeking to intimidate online platforms into submission.^[4] Twitter found itself in a similar soup and their officials were harassed by GOI^[5][6], leading some to resign.^[7] Press-freedom has deteriorated in an unprecedented manner and dissent is now sedition.^[8][9]

Do you think that my characterization of the situation is fair? If so, do you have anything to say on how the shifting-away of India from a meaningful democracy^[10][11][12] might hamper your discharge of duties? TrangaBellam (talk) 14:49, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I am not well-versed about the functions you are going to perform, upon a successful election. I am yet to read everything but the application does not seem to be for some kind of chief-editor post.

I still feel that my question is relevant. TrangaBellam (talk) 16:46, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @TrangaBellam: for your question which I have just read. I would be reading your references and get back to you with a specific answer to your queries. In the meantime, you can access info about what the Board does concisely here and here. I would like to point out, in case you hadn't noticed so far, the job of daily governance and responding to changes in a country's policy are that of the Wikimedia Foundation Staff under the leadership of the CEO, not the Board of Trustees which I am standing for. In the interim, till I get back to you with an answer, stay safe, and happy editing. :) AshLin (talk) 05:45, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you get time? TrangaBellam (talk) 13:45, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @TrangaBellam:, the articles that you linked support your view about erosion of democratic values and rise in intolerance in India. It is true that right-wing editors in India are edit-warring to push their point of view over others, with this in some cases spilling on to doxxing fellow editors, threats of violence and stalking. Their point of view and acts are also supported by functionaries of the ruling party. Since the duties of a Board of Trustee are supervisory of WMF and mainly concerned with long term policy, responding to the legal connotations in India of the recent Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (2021 Rules) remains that of WMF. On the other hand, should I be elected and find myself in conflict with Indian law or put in such position of having to compromise my values, I will prefer to resign. I hope this answers your question. AshLin (talk) 03:39, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for flagging that article. I was actually responding on the talk page but edit-conflicted with your removal. One reason that I believed this was a case of reverse copying from Wikipedia was that I looked at some other entries, and our articles on Carla Hayden, Charles Ammi Cutter, Ex Libris Group, Information science, and Knowledge all contained text that is duplicated at [1]. I found it implausible that all of those would have been copied from that website. That, plus they've been apparently updating the page throughout the years without changing the "2015" in the URL. DanCherek (talk) 02:10, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @DanCherek:. Its so nice to find a case where the possible copyvio is by the website and not by the Wikipedian. I was quite taken aback because the author's other work doesn't indicate a likelihood of copyvio. Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin) (talk) 02:16, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hullo, Shri Baindur I am reproducing your remarks on my talk page: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (Moitraanak (talk) 12:10, 17 September 2021 (UTC)); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! AshLin (talk) 16:06, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It appears you haven't been welcomed so you aren't quite up to the mark regarding wikipedia methods and practices. Hope this helps. AshLin (talk) 16:06, 6 July 2020 (UTC) PS - the legacy mail was crowding it up and seeing that you probably may not be aware how to archive your talk, I have taken the liberty to move the old talk posts to this archive. Should you not prefer that to happen you can revert this through the page history. I'm a services veteran from India too. Let me know if you need help of any kind. AshLin (talk) 16:29, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

I became a Wikipedia editor in 2007 under a different name, but switched to my current ID in 2014. I think I have made>1,000 edits using my current ID. My welcome tab is live, so please take it easy. For a start, stop being so annoyingly condescending. I have stopped using my customised green signature and am back with the standard four tildes. Have a great day. Moitraanak (talk) 12:21, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for working on my article, I was actually attempting to withdraw the submission as advised by Dave notMD, as I don't have time to rework it just at the moment. The United Aspiration concept is developing rapidly and I am involved in the think tank. Much of the article seems to have now been deleted, I am unsure whether this means that you have decided that was not suitable, your messages did not imply that it was quite that bad. A couple of queries that you may be able to assist with, I am unclear whether I am allowed hyperlinks, if not I presume that I need to embed an explanation into my article. Secondly I had hoped to include a graph from some published research, but I was not sure if it is permitted. Global Aspiration (talk) 15:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Global Aspiration:, unwittingly, you are likely to be in violation of Wikipedia policies, such as Conflict of Interest and No Original Research. Please read these because it appears I recommend that you halt editing this article until you learn the practices and editing culture of Wikipedia, because while you may have domain knowledge about the topic and mean well, you are at present uninformed about the rules and policies and also about what comprises a good encyclopedic article, much less how to write one. Writing a Wikipedia article is considered a feat to be attempted once you have got your basics right, not from your very first edit onward. I recommend reading all the links in the welcome message and making a number of edits on other articles.

As regards Draft:Ecological Overshoot, I will keep gradually improving it so that reaches a state which is acceptable. Once you have remedied this issue and progress beyond your newbie status, you may like to progress it by adding one referenced fact at a time, keeping the structure in mind.

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The criteria for edit is set at < & > 3000.

Thiis for global edit or edit in English Wiki only ? Please clarify. Thanks Anupam Dutta (talk) 14:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)s[reply]

@Anupamdutta73:, English Wikipedia edits, as for Tag & Assess 2012. Since we can have multi-ten-thousand global edits contributors who aren't quite well versed with English Wikipedia, and would still be newbies. :) Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin) (talk) 04:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have put in yet another name change request, although 'global aspiration' is not an organisation or a company it may well be one day soon. Your talk page seems different to the last time I accessed it, the big yellow box was not there last time. Easier to use today. Global Aspiration (talk) 14:02, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My Ecological Overshoot article looks much improved thank you. Your talk page seems easier to use today, the big yellow 'click here' box did not appear the last time I visited this page. The 'united aspiration' which appears at the end of the article can be described more simply as follows: Our Declaration of Human Rights and our political and models do not provide any encouragement to remain within the ecological boundaries of our locality. It has been suggested that we need to agree a global Aspiration to encourage global communities to limit their enterprise within their ecological boundaries.

My Ecological Overshoot article looks much improved thank you. The 'united aspiration' which appears at the end of the article can be described more simply as follows: Our Declaration of Human Rights and our political and models do not provide any encouragement to remain within the ecological boundaries of our locality. It has been suggested that we need to agree a global Aspiration to encourage global communities to limit their enterprise within their ecological boundaries. Global Aspiration (talk) 14:14, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,
WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2021 starts today. The India WikiProject has a backlog of around 10,000 unassessed articles, built up over the last few years. In this drive we'll The time has come for comprehensive housekeeping and that's what this drive is all about. The drive will run from 1 September 2021 to 30 September 2021.

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You will be at ANI, if I see more personal attacks. TrangaBellam (talk) 08:56, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing in policy that states sources, disputed at AfD, cannot be brought to RSN. TrangaBellam (talk) 08:57, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussions (even RfCs) are regularly held for sources without any particular use-case. See the ongoing RfC for Jacobin, The Sydney Morning Herald, The New Zealand Herald etc. Many such broad RfCs are also linked from WP:RSP. TrangaBellam (talk) 09:12, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much AshLin for getting this to standard to permit it to be published. I notice that a google search on Ecological Overshoot still retrieves Earth Overshoot Day. Will that change over time? Bbwilliams (talk) 12:54, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Google's algorithm nowadays downplays Wikipedia results, plus it takes time to track new articles. Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin) (talk) 13:20, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Chetan Joshi (writer) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. CiphriusKane (talk) 21:24, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Saw your msg only now. Tag&Assess India was long overdue..thks for initiating it. Was trying to participate but neither of the scripts, Rater.js or the yuvipanda tool, are getting activated for me. Yuvipand script was already there from the 2012 campaign. Any idea why this would be happening? --Sesamevoila (talk) 08:13, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM – Volume XI, Issue IX, September 2021 Headlines Albania report: Diaspora Edits Wikipedia Campaign Argentina report: New parnership agreements and more training! Australia report: Preserving paralympic history Belgium report: Wikimedia Belgium GLAM report September 2021 Brazil report: WikidataCon's right around the corner: find out how to participate France report: Wikidata training in Musée de Grenoble Italy report: Call for Italian museums, archives and libraries Kosovo report: Diaspora Edits Wikipedia Campaign Netherlands report: GLAM at WikiconNL2021, ISA-campaign Tag the species Naturalis en Rijksmuseum Serbia report: New WiR and presentation of our activities Spain report: Women Gastronomes Edit-a-thon Sweden report: Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Uploads from museums in Göteborg; Wiki Loves Monuments; LGBTQIA+ edit-a-thon UK report: British Library and Khalili Collections USA report: New page patrol not assuming good faith towards workshop editors Content Partnerships Hub report: Working towards a thematic hub on content partnerships Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: First steps for Wikimedia Commons reconciliation service WMF GLAM report: Updates on grant-funded technical projects Calendar: October's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Hello Sir, Been a while (13 years) since I messaged you. Just thought I'd say 'hi' and ask how you were doing. regards, Jonathanvarunbenjamin (talk) 13:40, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jonathanvarunbenjamin:, nice that you got in touch. I'm good though have some heath issues. How have you been keeping? :) Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin) (talk) 05:48, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This Month in Education Volume 10 • Issue 10 • October 2021 Contents • Headlines • Subscribe In This Issue 1st joint contest Wikimedia UG Georgia and the Ministry of Education of Georgia Promoting more inclusive and equitable support for the Wikimedia Education community The Second Online EduWiki Camp in Serbia Higher and further education courses in the UK Wikipedia on Silesia Cieszyn in Poland and in Czech Republic

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This Month in GLAM – Volume XI, Issue X, October 2021 Headlines Australia report: Open access as Australia reopens Belgium report: Wikimedia Belgium GLAM report October 2021 Estonia report: Wikipedia Art Month + Heritage Days Italy report: Collaborations and partnership Netherlands report: How Wikipedia helped to create a Serbian stamp; Many GLAM-related presentations planned at WikiconNL New Zealand report: Outreach by members of the Aotearoa New Zealand Wikimedia User Group Nigeria report: Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Nigeria Serbia report: A good start to GLAM Fall Spain report: Women Writers Month Sweden report: The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk; More museum data on Wikidata; LGBT edit-a-thon; Local business history in Nyköping; Stockholm City Museum ♥ Wikipedia; Writing about fashion at Nordiska museet UK report: British Library and Khalili Collections USA report: Wikiconference North America + Workshops Content Partnerships Hub report: Needs assessment interviews; Cultural heritage on Wikidata – thousands of monuments in Norway; Structured Data uploads continue Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: A Wikimedia Commons Reconciliation Service, You Say? WMF GLAM report: GLAM office hours, GLAM newsletter moving to Meta-wiki, and more Calendar: November's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

This Month in Education Volume 10 • Issue 11 • November 2021 Contents • Headlines • Subscribe In This Issue We talked about EduWiki Outreach Collaborators and how Wikimedia Serbia played a role being a part of it Welcome to Meta! Wikipedia Education Program in Ukraine in 2021 Wikipedia and Education Mentorship Program-Serbia and Philippines Partnership Launch of the Wikimedia Research Fund! Education projects in the Land of Valencia A Hatch-Tyap-Wikipedia In-person Training Event Celebrating Sq Wikipedia Birthday with the Vasil Kamami High School students Celebrating Wikidata with the Nikola Koperniku High School students

This Month in Education Volume 10 • Issue 11 • November 2021 Contents • Headlines • Subscribe In This Issue We talked about EduWiki Outreach Collaborators and how Wikimedia Serbia played a role being a part of it Welcome to Meta! Wikipedia Education Program in Ukraine in 2021 Wikipedia and Education Mentorship Program-Serbia and Philippines Partnership Launch of the Wikimedia Research Fund! Education projects in the Land of Valencia A Hatch-Tyap-Wikipedia In-person Training Event Celebrating Sq Wikipedia Birthday with the Vasil Kamami High School students Celebrating Wikidata with the Nikola Koperniku High School students

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