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“ DEFCON 5 means 'no danger', DEFCON 1 is a crisis! ” — Sheldon, The Lizard-Spock Expansion, The Big Bang Theory

“ From this moment, people, we are at DEFCON 4 if that’s the highest DEFCON, and if high DEFCONs are worse than low ones. ” — Dean Pelton, Basic Intergluteal Numismatics, Community

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 12 years, 9 months and 21 days.

8,229+This user has made more than 8,229 contributions to Wikipedia.

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NOTE: I am not a bot, nor have I ever used one.

My most recent major contributions:

• Expanding Urdu-language literature
• Improving Majaz
• Improving Sadat Hasan Manto
• Improving Progressive Writers' Movement
• Improving Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• Improving Aligarh Movement
• Creating articles on books by Manto

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WikiProject Film.

This user is haunted by the times he forgot to use an edit summary.
Out, damned spot! What, will these hands ne'er be clean?

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2024-03-29
Volume 20, Issue 5

• Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year

• Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy

• Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles

• Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge

• Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors

• News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified

• In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled

• Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune

• Humour: Letters from the editors

• Comix: Layout issue

• WP:TOP25 - The TOP 25 report
• WT:IN - Indian notice board
• WP:UNIGUIDE - University guidelines
• WP:PERM - all about permissions
• WP:INEI
• WP:NOT - What Wikipedia is not
• WP:RSPSRC - List of reliable sources
• WT:AFCP
• WP:LIB
• WP:WIZA - Create Article
• WP:REFNAME
• WP:CHEAT - Wiki markup cheatsheet
• WP:NOINDICSCRIPT - Indic Script Rule
• WP:URDUSCRIPT - Urdu Script Rule
• MOS:WORDS - Words to watch
• MOS:PEACOCK MOS:PUFFERY - puffery
• WP:CWW - Copying within Wikipedia
• MOS:FILM - Manual of Style for Films
• MOS:TV - Manual of Style for TV
• WP:VANDAL - dealing with vandalism
• WP:LISTCRITERIA WP:LISTBIO - dealing with list of people
• WP:LISTPEOPLE WP:ALMAMATER - to deal with alumni list
• WP:RFO - to request suppression
• WP:ELPOINTS - all about External Links
• WP:ELNO - Links to be avoided
• WP:CS:EMBED - Avoid embedded links
• MOS:DOCTOR - for use of Dr.
• WP:BOOSTER - for academic boosterism
• WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION - when the source doesn’t back the statement
• WP:SYNTHESIS - when different sources are used to synthesis a statement
• WP:ENGVAR MOS:RETAIN - about varieties of English
• WP:COMMONNAME - about common names
• WP:RPP - request for page protection
• MOS:SEEALSO MOS:NOTSEEALSO - see also section
• WP:GNG - General Notability Guidelines
• WP:WTAF - Write that article first
• WP:CSECTION - dealing with controversy
• Times of India - Times of India Plagiarism
• WP:FILMCRITICLIST - about award lists

“ Shahar ki raat aur main naashaad-o-nakaara phiroon
Jagmagaati jaagti sadkon pe awara phiroon

(The night in the city and hopeless and idle I roam,
On the twinkling, moving roads idle I roam.)

” — Majaz

“ The cultivated person's first duty is to always be prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia. ” — Umberto Eco, The Force of Falsity, Serendipities: Language and Lunacy

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