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Will need your input

...for the WP:99% guidelines.--Amadscientist (talk) 22:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Well done on getting this up and running. I will have a think and put my thoughts on the project talk page.Rangoon11 (talk) 23:41, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Inviting you to Columbo

1. My best regret for the recent events. I would like to invite you back to Talk:Columbo.
2. I'd stayed away for couple days to avoid the fight, and when I got back, I heard that Djathinkimacowboy got block. However, I'd asked the admin to unblock him, and give him a chance to learn how to co-work with others.

ThanksB3430715 (talk) 06:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

wikipedia censorship

i actually made a similar article of the iq list copying an older version of the original article feel free to editing and using it--Shokioto22 (talk) 01:37, 10 April 2012 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_countries_by_Intelligence_Quotient

Barnstar

Thank you for the barnstar. Nice to know my contributions are appreciated. Regards, Steve. Stevo1000 (talk) 14:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for the Barnstar. BaboneCar (talk) 17:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

University College Hospital

I am puzzled by your reverting the change I made from United Kingdom to England in the infobox. I know that a hospital is not a town, but surely the constituent country is even more relevant in the case of a hospital, as the United Kingdom health system is now devolved to, and administered by, the constituent countries. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish health systems are all administered by their regional governments, and the United Kingdom government only administers the system in England. Skinsmoke (talk) 08:06, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

It is completely standard in WP articles for companies and organisations to have town/city + sovereign state given for location. The internal structure of the NHS is of no relevance to this and the location information is not there to convey a subliminal message to readers about a separate topic, but to tell them where the organisation is located. We would not omit "United States" from articles on US medical organisations just because healthcare there is organised primarily at a state level, ditto with Chinese organisations where healthcare may be organised on a province or city basis. Rangoon11 (talk) 13:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

About company

Please make some correction as well as contribution for Infosys. And for Reliance Industries please confirm whether its a "conglomerate" or "Oil & Gas" company since bulk of there revenue comes from oil and gas sector, before taking any decision consult other editors.Thanks--(talk→ Kkm010 ←track) 14:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Infosys isn't an article that I have done much work on in the past but I am happy to help out with it.

Re Reliance Industries I think that it could accurately be described as either a conglomerate or an oil and gas company. As you say oil and gas (and connected petrochemical activities) are the core and by far the largest part of its activities. However it is also highly diversified in other wholly unconnected areas, and those other areas are receiving a fairly high share of its current investments. Personally I would still on balance call it an 'oil and gas company' although I can see this changing in the future. It is worth noting that it is in the 'Oil & Gas Producers' sector of the London Stock Exchange and in its profile Reuters emphasises its oil and gas activities (). Searches on Google show lots of relevant results for both 'Reliance Industries conglomerate' and 'Reliance Industries oil and gas' (a very crude test I know, particularly as the diversification is fairly recent in the lifetime of the company) but the oil and gas references are more numerous. Rangoon11 (talk) 23:31, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Not only Infosys try to contribute Wipro, Tata Group or Larsen & Toubro articles too. See List of companies of India.

Secondly about RIL, what should we do ? On one hand bulk of its revenue comes from oil & gas while on other hand it made substantial investments in telecom, retail or financial services sector. But, one thing is very clear its increasingly getting diversified in coming years. So lets keep "conglomerate", even though its an oil & gas company. What do you think ? I'm basically confused.

Another article Fiat, basically fiat is an Auto maker but it also has a big presence in media sector. Shouldn't it be termed as "conglomerate" what you think ?--(talk→ Kkm010 ←track) 09:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Personally I would still describe Reliance as an 'oil and gas company', but mention its other activities early in the lead. However I don't think that to call it a 'conglomerate' would actually be incorrect. I am happy with either approach but my preference is for 'oil and gas company'.

Re Fiat, I think that this should definitely be described as an automaker or automotive manufacturing company. That is the overwhelming majority of the company's activities, that is where the overwhelming majority of its current investments are going, it is what the company is known for, and it has in recent years sold off/demerged most of its non-automotive activities. The media activities are now very non-core and a historical quirk.Rangoon11 (talk) 13:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

I had correct the "Fiat" article pls check if you want to add something. As far as RIL is concern I'm keeping "conglomerate". Since the owner of the company is busy investing in other businesses.

Another similar problem I'm facing with Larsen & Toubro, company's core business is construction & engineering (bulk of their revenue comes from these two sectors) but it too is investing heavily in other businesses as well. What should I do?--(talk→ Kkm010 ←track) 14:18, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Larsen & Toubro I would describe as conglomerate. It has activities in a diverse range of areas including IT services, construction and financial services and it seems that third party sources either describe it as an "engineering conglomerate" or a "conglomerate". Since we are able to describe its activities in greater detail in the lead and the rest of the article than is generally possible in, for example, a newspaper article on the company, and since "engineering conglomerate" is a rather meaningless description, I think "is a conglomerate company" is best for the first sentence. BTW I do fully intend to work on some of the India-based company articles mentioned above, but can't promise that this will be immediately. Rangoon11 (talk) 14:28, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, for your valuable suggestions. About India-based company articles you can contribute at any time. There is no hurry.--(talk→ Kkm010 ←track) 04:50, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

London infobox image

Hello, I'm User:ThunderingTyphoons! and am relatively new to editing wikipedia, so I apologise if I'm putting this message in the wrong place. In case you didn't notice, I left a message on the talk page of London (infobox image section) over a month ago, which was largely directed at you. It's about the main infobox image of the page. Kind regards and good evening, --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 18:04, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for your message. I'm really sorry that I missed your message on the London talk page, I will reply to it there shortly. Rangoon11 (talk) 18:55, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

That's no problem at all, we've all got lives beyond Misplaced Pages and there's no obligation to respond! Thanks, though! --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 19:11, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

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IAG table

I, and I think like you strongly believe a table should be included for the aeroplanes in which IAG owns. On the talk page, it appears to be 2 against, and me and you for in the discussion summary with limited discussion over reasons for/against. Would you consider adding at the bottom a bit about your arguments again, it seems a bit 50:50 at the moment. Considering the planes are by far the most important thing that IAG has, to me it would make sense to have a clear table showing what it owns. I think for Iberia and British Airways, they are perhaps more like brand names as opposed to separate companies since the merger, and would be sensible to be put together in one placeNBNK1 (talk) 19:25, 7 May 2012 (UTC).

Hi and thanks for the message. I will add my thoughts again at the article talk page.Rangoon11 (talk) 19:52, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Columbo

Pity you abandoned Columbo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.155.156 (talk) 15:31, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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Re: RADA

I understand not wanting the list to go on and on forever but seeing as how I didn't even add Tom Hiddleston, I simply moved his named to be alphabetized, I don't see why it is a problem now when it wasn't a problem then when the original person added his name? xpinkxcasualtyx 20:35, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't really make much difference as the IP added the name only a few hours earlier. Have you had any thoughts about what I said on your talk page? Rangoon11 (talk) 19:42, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

On who to delete to allow him to be on there? I don't know, that's up to you. I don't see it as a big deal, if you want to keep him off of the list, that's fine, I don't want to have a debate over it, I just thought he deserved to be on there, that's all. And yes I'm completely aware there is a separate alumni page, but I figured he could been on the main RADA page too. That's all. xpinkxcasualtyx (talk) 22:00, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Tell you what, I am going to put Hiddleston in in place of Sean Bean. Let's see if anyone else disagrees with this. Rangoon11 (talk) 22:53, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Lol I appreciate your understanding and solution. Sorry to have caused such a ruckus ;) Xpinkxcasualtyx (talk) 02:43, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Help with BP article

Hi Rangoon11, I am a BP employee and new to the Misplaced Pages community. I noticed that you’ve made some recent improvements to the BP article. There are a number of inaccuracies in the article, and I’d like to further improve the quality of it. Out of respect for guidelines on conflict of interest and the importance of a neutral point of view, I do not want to make any direct edits to the BP article. I do have some small, specific changes that I’d like to suggest soon, and was hoping you might be interested in helping make them. Please let me know if you think you can be of assistance. I’ll let you know when I propose my suggestions. Thanks again. Arturo at BP (talk) 16:23, 11 May 2012 (UTC)