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Hi Maurice, you recently messaged me about "vandalising" that I've been doing. I'm just slightly confused about that. I really never purposely vandalize at all, and try to make sure my edits are as legitamite as possible. I also don't edit that much, so I don't understand your exasperation... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ibphs01 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Maurice45, nice that in the Chagos Archipelago article you adopted the table design that I devised for the Amirante Islands, where I tried to show different island types with different colors. The colors are however used inconsistently in the Chagos Archipelago table. We need only two colors, CFC for atolls with land areas and CCF for submerged atolls, and perhaps a thrird FFC for land area atolls without vegetation (Blenheim and Speakers). Also, the individual islets and groups of the mega-atoll Great Chagos Bank should not listed individually here, for consistency. If you don't mind, I will make the appropriate changes to the table.Ratzer 14:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hello Ratzer,I hope you would make the appropriate changes to the table. good luck. Maurice45

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OK I think there is a mistake there as I have never heard of "Zak Tallis"..........

Je suis interressé par ton article sur l'histore de l'Océean indien, c'est une bonne base de reflexion, mais je ne le reprendrais pas comme ca. Raconté cette histoire n'a, à mon avis, d'interet que s'il dépasse les histoires nationales.
Ps: Je suis un bon connaisseur des Comores. Va faire un tour sur fr:portail:Mascareignes a+ fr:User:Vincnet -Merci Beacoup. Maurice45

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Hi Maurice45, I have been meaning to write to you in response to your edit: [1].

The value or suitability of the categorization of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's article as death from diarrhea is a debatable issue. However the majority of Ahmadi's do agree that he died as a result of complications arising from Diarrhea (and not Cholera). The following links from Ahmadi sites may help:

View of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement: [2]

View of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: [3]

I hope this clear things up. I would be glad to be of more help if you need to discuss this further. Best regards, Nazli 04:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hey, mo'ne fer en pe additions pu sa site.. pa fode dyer ki ena renyone ki ti al dan ban kiltes..mo pens ki sa pa ene gran problem dan Reinyon..reponn ar mwa si to pa kontan ki sanzman mo'ne fer ok? Is there a big mauritian scene over there( I heard there's a lot in Wandsworth(?))Domsta333 13:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed you did some cleanup on this article. Take a look on the talk page, there is a note about this article needing to be seriously shortened. If you are able can you help? Thanks. Rimmeraj 22:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I noticed too. Hi Rimmeraj :D

Yes Maurice45, you did quite a good job shortening whatever was written and you should help us shorten it even more because at the moment the whole article just contains too much information, most of which is written from a POV. -- Bhavesh.Chauhan ^{Message Me | Contribs} 03:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The correct Portuguese name of the Blenheim reef is Baixo Predassa. It is not "Baxio, as it reads now. Since you created the article, it is fair that you redirect it correctly. 116.68.66.97 23:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, seeing as the atoll is named BAXIO Predassa, it's best to add that incorrect naming to the article, as it was never called BAIXO Predassa. Good Day.

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Chagos islands lie on Indian Plate. So they are a part of the subcontinent. --74.140.120.11 08:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maurice 45,

I noticed you deleted a note I put on the East London Line just saying "no" in the edit box. Please tell me why, given the controversy regarding capitalization, this is not relevant? best, Sunil060902 17:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should be in the London Underground article then, and therefore is out of place in the East London Line article

Hi! I have already added the note to the London Underground page, under the "Lines" section. Thought individual line pages warranted their own notes to avoid having to check another page for that info. It's only a couple of lines of text! Best, Sunil060902 17:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

East London line now appears in the note! Best, Sunil060902 23:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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In regards to the comment above, I sign my comments, but I usually do this by hand. --Maurice45 (talk) 19:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have tagged this one to bits. Please expand it. Bearian (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If there were a page for Mauritian people in greater detail, I would have added them there. The reason I created the page was because the band haa a major following in Mauritius and are, as stated in the article, responsible for reviving that style of music. --Maurice45 (talk) 18:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Get the full contents of New Advent (Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more) on CD-ROM. Free Shipping Worldwide Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and Comoro

PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF MAYOTTE, NOSSI-BE, AND COMORO (MAYOTTÆ, NOSSIBEÆ, ET COMORÆ).

Mayotte is the farthest south and most important of the group of Comoro Islands: Mayotte (Maote), Anjuan (Inzuani), Mohilla (Moheli), and Great Comoro (Komoro, i.e. where there is fire, or Angazidya). These islands, with Nossi-Bé (large island) and Santa Maria (Nossi Burai, Nossi Ibrahim), form the archipelago known as "the Satellites of Madagascar". The Comoro Islands, with their craggy evergreen shores, look like the cones of submerged groves separated from the mainland by deep abysses. The summits are not all of the same altitude; the highest point of Mayotte is not over 1800 feet, where the highest peak of Anjuan is about 5000 feet, while the central cone of Great Comoro, whose volcanic activity is not yet exhausted, rises to over 7000 feet. Two monsoons, consequently two seasons, alternately affect the climate of the archipelago, which is sometimes visited by cyclones. The soil of these islands is very fertile, and produces in abundance vanilla, cloves, sugar-cane, coffee, etc. The total population is about 80,000, mostly African negroes, often erroneously called Makoas (a Mozambique tribe). There are also some Sakalavas from Madagascar, mostly former slaves freed when the islands were occupied by the French. This Comoro Archipelago was for many centuries an Arabian colony and was once very prosperous. As they navigated along the African coast, the merchants of Idumea and Yemen created a special and interesting type, the Comorinos. Commingled with these Arabian half-breeds, once the sole owners of the country, there are now Banians from Cutch and Hindus from Bombay, who carry on almost the entire commerce. There are also a few European or creole planters and officials from Reunion or Mauritius. In 1843 the French Government, called in by the sultan, took possession of Mayotte, which became, with Nossi-Bé, a post of surveillance over Madagascar. All these islands now form a French colony. In 1844, Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and the Comoros were made an Apostolic prefecture and confided to the Fathers of the Holy Ghost. In 1898, when the same missionaries were given the ecclesiastical administration of Northern Madagascar, these smaller islands and Santa Maria were attached to the Apostolic Vicariate at Diego Francisco Suárez. Santa Maria and Nossi-Bé have resident missionaries; the other islands are regularly visited.

The population of these islands is largely Mohammedan and therefore strongly anti-Christian; for this reason little religious progress is made. In all of the islands there are hardly three or four thousand Catholics. There are no Protestants. Publication information Written by Alexande Le Roy. Transcribed by Dennis P. Knight.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X. Published 1911. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat, October 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York Bibliography

Missiones Catholicæ (Rome, 1907). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tioeche (talk • contribs) 01:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reason for my revert was simply that there was nothing about your removal on the talk page and your edit summary seemed to be rather angry. I apologize for any inconvenience, I'm sure you can understand where I;m coming from on this. --Non-dropframe (talk) 21:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice You did your work on up comming star plus series aap ki kacheri is not proper resoned beacouse to contact the show owner visiter's of wikipedia need to know this show includes wich types of cases so that secssion is maden undo my me(page creater) so if you think that my reason is wrong to edit then pls first discuss with me on my page then i remade my move reverse if you write. till pls do not change my page to harming history lineup Hkansagra (talk) 06:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That is my fault, I looked at the edit and which I reverted, but please do accept my apologies for the reversion. Zenlax ^{T C S} 19:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

E.g. your revert of User:Thanneer [4]. Appreciate your comment at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (flags)#Flags on articles about immigrant populations if you have any good arguments as to why flags are appropriate and informational, as opposed to merely decorative. Cheers, cab (talk) 08:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Maurice, You Did Donot doing well on wikipedia as per my think beacouse i am already difined to you that pls donot edit my created article til you discuss this matter with me then why you removed in the official site the list is already placed or basicaly you are not indian as per your user page called about you. pls donot edit indian series article till you discuss any matter with creator of page or any indian user. the next point is you placed your reply on my user page in place of talk page as per wikipedia guideline talk page is for any type of reply or discussion so pls remember next time to post on talk page in place of user page. Hkansagra (talk) 06:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on Hkansagra's talk page:

Mr Hkansagra- what does being Indian have to do with ANYTHING?! As well as being a racist remark, is it implying that only Indians can edit without discussing it with you? Just so you know mate- I am an Indo-Mauritian- my ancestors were Indian (actually my maternal grandmother was in fact Indian-born) and as well as Hindi and Bhojpuri I have rather a good understanding of Urdu- so please do not imply what you do not understand --Maurice45 (talk) 12:31, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No Maurice, i dont mean that what you are saying about. i think you get my msg very strongly. i have no matter with where you living or whats your family background. i have only mean that you are currently living in 'Mauritius' so you have no idea of any middle class people think about firstly when they visit any site. as per your msg saying you know hindi so i am telling you some words in hindi "Tu koi pan lekh na bhaag ne vaandha ganak batav te pehla lekh na banav nar ni shathe vaat kar. jeam ke mara sandesh lekh na pana per no pratham sandesh mari madad mate aawelo chhe. te aawelo tyaare mane pan teno mathalab nohato samjayo. pan pachhi wikipedia maathi janakari ledha baad samjayu. to hu pan tane bhalaman karu chhu ke Indian vapraskarta saathe pahla vaat kare tena per. pachhi bhale ne te vapraskarta mara sivay no koi pan hoi" Hkansagra (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You need to be clearer and not engage in personal attacks in your edit summaries. Otherwise, your edits are likely to be reverted as vandalism. HtD (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To Mr. Maurice Mare tamne khabar karva chhata tamme vichhri lidhu chhe ke maara kaam ma humesh ne maate dakhal karvi chhe. paanchvi pass ek game show chhe jema india na rehvashi mate phone thi shawal jawab pan chalu hoi india na wikipedians ni jaan mate jaruri phone number ni ane game ramva ni reet ne maher bani kari aagad thi remove na karso. hu je kehto hato te maatra aaj vastu hati ke india ma rahnara mate su jaroori chhe ne su nahi te india na rehnara saate jani lidha vagar remove na karso. jo koi vastoo add karvani hoi to jaroor add karso tena maate koi saathe vaat karvani jaroor nathi. pan removal maate ha jaroor etlu jaanvu jaroori chhe ke jo koi india ni serial hoi to te mana phone number ke serial sambandhi jankari ni jaroori yaat su chhe. Hkansagra (talk) 15:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice bhai tame paanchvi pass na vaatchit pana per kahelu ke tame aa vishay per pana na utpadak sate vaat chit karo chho. temnu kehvu pan aem chhe ke phone number ek parakarnu advertize chhe. to hoon krupa kari tenu naam jani saku chhu karan ke aa ek indian show chhe jema india na rahnara mate numbers ni jankari jaroori chhe je mukhaya site ni saathe verify kari ne mukela numbers ni jaankari ne un-wikified theharave chhe karan ke aa pana no utpadak hoonj chhoon. anne ek ip user na kehva mujab aa panu koi karano sar potana mukhaya show "are you smarter then 5th grader" ni saathe jod tu nathi to krupa kari show format na bhaag ne vadhu padtu chhedya vagar te kaam kari aap so. anne ha show ma aawela player ni table ne jaroor lage to nava pana per khased jo pan te mana naam ne chhed so nahi. Hardik Kansagra (talk) 20:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice Bhai hve barobar pan article mara dhhyanma chhe tyasudhi pehla karta thodo kharab pan lage chhe karan ke pehla infobox pachhe adaption box jenathi bakinu lakan door door thay chhe to tene pan barobar karvu tu ne pan aatyare hoon navi prakar ni jaankari pan chahu chhu je chhe mara grahak patra ane mari potani mukhya site vise tamaru kehvu soo chhe je maathi wikipedia sudhi thik chhe ke vaat chit patra per lakhan karvu pan mukhya site maate tena mukhya maleek yahoo ni id thi mail athwato blog page per reply post karso ane na hoy to navi banavi reply karjo ane mitra ta na shree ganesh karsoji. Hardik Kansagra (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice bhai aape maro upper no msg vachyo hato ke nahi pan aap na paanchvi pass na pana per karela pher-phar ni jankari na pana per kahya mujab adaption na bhag ne aape kadhi nakhya chhta pacho mukvanu karan janwa magata ho to lo janao

• Karan:Aapna kahya pramane show jankari pana par adaption lavava nu karan e chhe ke show ni ramva ni reet bharat(india) ni potani chhe ke biji chhe ne agar chhe to kai chhe mate tene pachhu lavelu chhe.

je wikipedia vapras karta na jaan ma rakh va mate aa msg ne jaroor sambodhvo ane mari ek aur request chhe aap aa show ne ke bija india na show ne ka to tamam ne dhanthi vacho ne tamam ma pher-phar karo nahi to india na je loko mara mitro chhe temna jawabi action mate mane agad kadam uthaw wa do aa msg thi hoo aap ne 'heresh' nathi karto ke aap india na show na pana ne edit na karo pan hoon matra request karoo choo ke karvu hoi to tamam tv series per karo athwa chhodi do. jethi jo star india na program ni list na page na utpadak je tamam page na badlaw ne dhyan ma le chhe tena jawab mate hoo te ni pase jai sakoo aap na aa pra kar na edit thi mane te ma adchan aawe chhe ke hoo mara utpadit page ne vadhu sari rite dhyan ma lai sakto nathi. Hardik Kansagra (talk) 07:43, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop removing link to Dalit (poem) without giving any reason.

Please take some time to read Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage), Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of style before rudely reverting others' edits without giving any reason. 202.54.176.51 (talk) 11:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is your problem? Stop giving misleading edit summaries such as "revert vandalism". Have you bothered to go through the above links? The "See also" section is meant for related links, not disambig links. Not everybody in the world is an Hindu. People searching for Dalit in poetry need to find that link. 202.54.176.51 (talk) 07:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop the wholesale deletion of plot summaries. They are considered an acceptable part of articles on Television programs. Please take some time to review the following: Wikipedia:Plot summaries. Thank you Dbiel ^(Talk) 03:20, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In reply to your comment on my talk page, would it not be better to improve them than to simply delete them? Dbiel ^(Talk) 19:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maurice, thank you for restoring Rodrigues island's discussion page; some feeble-minded twit had erased the whole lot. If I knew how, I would have done it myself. Take care Leveque (talk) 01:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied here. · AndonicO ^Engage. 20:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dude I've lived there. The OFFICIAL NATIONAL SPORT is CRICKET, NOT football, football is the most popular sport, and cricket is the 2nd most popular sport and the most popular summer sport. Thats Where it stands, not your version. Go look up your facts you dumb illiterate. Go look it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.112.15 (talk) 17:14, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Replied on said user's page --Maurice45 (talk) 18:29, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Find reliable sources that prove your point, and cite the article. · AndonicO ^Engage. 18:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, meant to say "cite them in the article." · AndonicO ^Engage. 18:31, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse my butting in, just thought though it best to leave a message for you as I have left a level 2 no personal attacks warning on User talk:217.21.112.15 for their comments to you. To be fair though I should also probably ask you to remain calm in your replies to them. I do though perectly understand your reaction. The edit they made on Football in England was clearly incorrect however it won't ever stay on the article. And if they continue with the insults and the same editing pattern there is every likelihood they will get a temporary block anyway. Have fun. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 18:39, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

football is the no1 sport no arguing that, but cricket is the national sport, get your facts right... even in India cricket is number one but hockey is the national sport... again look up stuff before you make baseless comments, look it man —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.112.15 (talk) 09:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice I respect your cleaning up the P.O.V. and Blurbs right out of the official site, but you seem to have (inadvertently?) Removed my collection of Trivia, which is something that enriches most wikipedia articles.

Please, mail me back if you believe this is not the case (nausher 81 at g mail ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nausher (talk) 21:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC) Nausher (talk) 21:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Indians

Yeah it's quite alright. The thing is, there isn't a clear page to send that too anyway. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 00:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete

btw, people can pretty much do whatever they want on their talk page short of deleting block notices or personal attacks. --mboverload@ 05:44, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you paid by Wikipedia to do all that spamming? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wakatatax (talk • contribs) 08:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what spamming? --Maurice45 (talk) 12:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I like you very much :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wakatatax (talk • contribs) 05:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[redacted]

Hi, please ignore any statements from that user; he is a banned sockpuppeteer. Cheers. [ roux ] [x] 08:16, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen that you speaks Mauritian Creol. could you, please, translate this article onto that language?

Almazán is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 5,755 inhabitants.

Thanks a lot for your help.
--Jeneme (talk) 10:14, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

We keep undoing each other's edits, so I think it might be a good idea to talk about why I am asking for a fact to be clarified.

In your edits to Réunion page you've said that "In fact, descendents of Biharis constitute a larger proportion than the Urdu-speaking population". I don't see where fact is coming from and would like a reference for it. It's certainly not obvious to the world at large the relative sizes of the Réunion population!

I'm not disputing which groups of people make up the population; you are probably right. I just want this statement referenced back to a reputable source (See Wikipedia:Cite_your_sources and Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_brief).

I'll add your talk page to my watch list so we can continue this conversation.

Best Regards Stormcloud (talk) 13:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi

now that I've reread my edits, I understand where you're coming from. I agree - I won't remove the tag anymore".

Now coming to the facts - While I would like to back these up, there seems to be a major lack of sources online. But I must stick to what I said about Urdu-speakers not being an ethnic group. The clocest I came to finding a source was this: http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter6.pdf but it seems to be more heavily in favour of Tamils abd overlooks the remaining non-Tamil population (this, though not backing up what I said about Biharis, certainly clears up what I said about Urdu-speakers) --Maurice45 (talk) 17:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi,

Thanks for agreeing to leave the tag until we get a reference. :-).

I found some info at

• http://www.iledelareunion.net/uk/demographics.php
• http://www.lvlr.net/crocvl/2006/html/reunion_island.html

I'm not quite sure how reliable they are though, so I decided to see how other articles tackle this subject. Demographics_of_Mauritius takes it's info from the CIA World Factbook See 1553-8133. From this I get Ethnic Groups as:

• French
• African
• Malagasy
• Chinese
• Pakistani
• Indian

My copy of the book (which I admit is a bit old) doesn't have a % break down where Mauritius does, and it doesn't have the detail you are talking about.

Any ideas? cheers Stormcloud (talk) 22:15, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi,

As it stands the above is one of the few sources of information available about the demographics of Réunion. However there are a couple of major faults:

• The African and Malagasy groups, identified by the CIA World Factbook, are in fact the single Creole ethnicity, and usually have some degree of European admixture

• Indians, who were brought in around the time slavery was abolished, constitutes a significantly larger proportion than either Chinese or Europeans. This was even before Pakistan gained independence in 1947 (I can't back this source up 100%, but most of the Indians were from Gujarat or South India, nowhere near present-day Pakistan) and self-identifying Pakistanis, if any, wouldn't constitute a significant enough number to be listed

Apart from these, I think the above could be put in until enough evidence is gathered to make necessary corrections --Maurice45 (talk) 15:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Ok, that sound fair enough to me. :-) Stormcloud (talk) 20:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kanpur is not one but two districts- Kanpur rural and Kanpur urban. It's important to specify. Maquahuitl^talk! 04:32, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed your editorial comment about IMDb. I'm slightly curious about your positive experience with it. Awhile ago I had an editor tell me sternly that "anybody could put anything in the IMDb". And that hence, it wasn't valid support for notability. (In that particular case, I must say, he appeared to be correct.) Any thoughts? Piano non troppo (talk) 20:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer on my talk page. With investigation, I found other significant information. To be honest, the upshot is that as an Wiki anti-vandalism editor, it's probably unnecessary to question IMDb citations, except in unusual circumstances. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 03:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I ran across a comment that distinguishes good and bad elements of IMDB. I was interested, thought you might be. Details on my page. Piano non troppo (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SalilBudhe,

I know you are new and are unaware of the guidelines of Wikipedia.

Your edits to Krazzy 4, while much appreciated (especially as you spaced out the paragraphs), contained links that you added on your own accord (including vulgar terms). This in against the policy of Wikipedia, so please bear that in mind next time

Cheers, --Maurice45 (talk) 14:22, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

It was done unintentionally. I hardly edit anything except for grammatical mistakes and paragraph changing. Mostly I do reading stuff. I am sorry for my mistake. Actually I'm also sorry about seeing this message too late.

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Ya, I know Sinha is derived from the same source as Singh. Infact, I was the one who added that information on the Singh Page. However, with reference to Sinhalese, I think their needs to be a written reference that links it to the Singh surname. Infact, the same is the case with 'Sen' surname used by Bengalis, which was removed due to lack of reference. I hope you agree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kulveer (talk • contribs) 07:36, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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On Incubator there is a test for a Marituanian Croele Wikipedia, and its in need of some Kreol speakers so if you could check it out and contribute a little bit, it would be greatly appreciated. here is a link. its actually so bad that the words main page aren't even translated :P. thanks -Mikewazhere (talk) 04:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On the Mauritius page, you recently modified the language section, stating "put back to atime when it was less like a guide book and more like an encyclopedia and add stuff myself" as justification for your modifications.

First of all, thank you for taking the time to contribute to the Mauritius page. However, as you know, Wikipedia is based on the contributions of many people and the writing style of some might not suit your personal tastes. Feel free to modify that but to remove whole paragraphs of researched information and to replace it with a paragraph with no reference whatsoever is bordering on vandalism.

Thank you for your understanding.

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• please see your talk page for response --Maurice45 (talk) 19:56, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please follow the policy on civility by treating all editors with respect and courtesy. Ridiculing or disparaging remarks in edit summaries like these [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] are disrespectful and harmful for the editing environment - and they can get you blocked if they form a persistent pattern of behaviour. Even if the topic you are editing is emotional to you you should not let negative emotions type your edit summaries for you - everything that can be written with caps, exhortations and exclamation points can be written in minuscule with respectful wodings as well. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear friend, show me maps or documents that list the minor islands of Diego Garcia Atoll in French rather than English? I'm certain that most maps that will turn up with a Google Image search will list the English names, like East Island. But the burden of proof is on you, since you changed the article List of islands in Chagos Archipelago.--Ratzer (talk) 17:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, While I am aware that the maps will be in English, but you have to be practical. The rest of the article ilsts the islands under their French names. Why should Diego Garcia be any different? Anyway here's a link: [16] --Maurice45 (talk) 17:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed most of the islands do have French names, but some do not (other examples are Danger Island and Nelsons Island). There is no rule about it. You might want to go to the USGS Geographic Names Database and download the British Indian Ocean Territory File. For the minor islands of Diego Garcia Atoll, the French translations do not even exist as a name variant.--Ratzer (talk) 05:46, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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What "private research" are you talking about? Are you sure it isn't a broken link?--Mr Fink (talk) 18:47, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hallo. Trailers are definitely allowed, no need to worry. The fellow wasn't using proper formatting, but that's not a major problem. Thanks for being on the lookout, though, appreciated. Any other questions feel free to ask. :) · AndonicO ^Engage. 20:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that the star ratings of critics published in reliable sources should be kept. I have reverted and explained it in talk page of blue, can you please have a look at it? If you still feel that they are not warranted, we can remove themtrakesht (talk) 23:19, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Per the notice on the page, please do not make any identification of "seasons" unless you can provide documentation to support the claim. Active Banana (^bananaphone 18:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bonzour Maurice, You created an article on Culture of the Indian Ocean Islands in 2006. I request you to please add the detailed inline references or list them so that I can take your good work beyond that point and add more value to it.

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Dear Sir I find you is discussion forum at Hindkowan page. In my opinion, District Indkai and Faryab province seems to be place of Migration of Indki (Hindki) to recent location. They migrated to recent places alongth with Baluchs and Pashtu speaker. and Pashtun call them Inkai as singular and Indki as plural perhaps with the reference of their previous location as later they lost their native language. Some how they got segregated by main tribes because of change in native language.The same happend with Niazi's and Baluch's of D.G.khan when they married local girls so there is possibility of change in native language but important is blood line. if it is derived from Hind Why Hindki term is not used for Punjabi's of lahore. Culturally these tribes are more close to Pashtun and Baluch. It is strange while that within punjab the indentity with Hindko is seldom found and commonly used word in history for a country is is Bharat instead of Hindostan. Most of Historian confused their origin with by using incorrectly the using the word Hindki . please oblige me with your opinion?Zarrigul (talk) 14:21, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, just letting you know there is an ongoing discussion in the category of Mauritius.

The discussion is about redirecting List of Mauritian musicians (one of your articles) to List of Mauritians#musicians. A big edit which deleted most of the names (all of the non-notables) has left 4 names, all of which are already in the article list of mauritians. I've seen that you have edited that page the most, and we are desperate for votes. Also, a comment by the page creator is meaningful. Voting is here. Bar Code Symmetry (Talk) 02:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bonzour, mo missié FCNantes72, mo ene francé. Mo gayn koz Kréol morisyen, mais je dirais que je le comprends que je ne le parle. As I speak French, English, Kréol Réyoné, you can choose the language, no problem to read. I work on french wikipedia on Mauritian League seasons, which I create and I have a problem, I don't find the 2011 topscorer, and can you help me to find him? Say me if there's mistake on my message, I perform at the same time my english.Why don't you creatd mauritian league seasons on English Wikipedia? There are the seasons 2010 and 2011 in english, in french there are the seasons 1995-1996, 2001, 2007-2008 for example. Mo finn vizit Moris et depuis I love Mauritius, that's why I want to develop mauritian football. A la prochaine!!fr:Discussion utilisateur:FCNantes72 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.195.215.93 (talk) 22:55, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i'm FCNantes72, I know the mauritian flag since its independance (1968), but I see on the article two flags on colonial times and I want to know the description and why Mauritius had changed its flag in 1923? There are the same thing (Union Jack, coat of arms) but the differences are the size of the coat of arms and the retreat of the white circle and the coat of arms takes more place. Is it the same blue between the two flags? Do you know the meaning of the changing? Say me if there are some mistakes, I write without dictionary and I want to develop my english. It will be interesting to know the flag history. Since I had travelled on Mauritius, I want to develop articles about Mauritius (mo conten Moris), and after football, I want to develop in french article about flag, because there is not explanation about flags. Mo di mersi é mo aten to réponse. fr:Discussion utilisateur:FCNantes72 --83.195.74.73 (talk) 17:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for creating this article. It's been tagged for notability for 5 years now. Could you look it over, see if you think it meets WP:NOTABILITY and see if you can improve it? Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:26, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Hinduism in the Comoros has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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