User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive83

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 17:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name change

I could not find your answer to my name change question, per your instructions left on my page. –Mattisse (Talk) 20:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:Blnguyen/Archive81#question - here it is. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. –Mattisse (Talk) 00:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

4/29 2008

On 29 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thich Ca Phat Dai, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 19:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander the Great edition triple crown

It gives me great pleasure to award Blnguyen this Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown for a remarkable 15 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 15 *Did you know* entries. Thank you for conquering vast realms of knowledge for the public benefit. You are a legend among editors. Durova^Charge! 09:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your Ancient Most Honored Majesty, please accept the Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown in thanks for your extensive work to improve Wikipedia. Durova^Charge! 09:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work! Cirt (talk) 15:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou. It's great to join the club. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:15, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me as well !! (Until I read the Dispatch, I didn't know what these thingies were :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CU

Blnguyen, I submitted Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Aetoss last night, but nothing is moving on it; did I submit it correctly? That silly article and those IPs are occupying tons of my time, and just preparing the CU took me an hour. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I didn't see this last week. How did I miss it? Yes, they seem to be the same guy. Do you want a block? Duration preference? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it may be time for the hammer, and another checkuser :-)

Such language :-) Thatcher suggestion was to block Aetoss and Renegade, and warn Mansley; I don't know if this new development changes that ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:56, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Blnguyen; sorry for the trouble. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:15, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Muhajir

In my understanding, use of the term in Pakistan is not restricted to "first-generation" refugees at all, but also their descendents. Johnbod (talk) 03:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I just noticed that but the wording seems to imply something weird : List of Muhajirs in Pakistan: "The people referred to here migrated to the part of India that is now Pakistan from what is now India at the time of partition of British India. The term is used for them or their parents or even their grandparents who actually migrated." It basically means "people who immigrated in 1947 or their ancestors who actually migrated" which appears to be a circular loop since anyone in the second clause is already in the first clause. The Muhajir and Muhajir (Pakistan) seem to directly say 1947. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, but I think it's clear what was meant. Muhajir (Pakistan), without spelling it out, seems also to cover descendents pretty clearly, taken as a whole. The subject is under discussion at this CfD, and all of those definitions should be clarified afterwards. The Pakistan project has been notified. As a memo, Umer Sharif, Humayun Saeed, Saeed Anwar had the cat removed. Johnbod (talk) 11:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but hopefully we get refs. I was mostly removing them from cricketers - most of these did not have family background in there. Not as though it's defamatory or anything, but it seems better to ref, since it is not evident from their surnames or anything. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mystrey man

The Mumbai Indians' support staff is listed at http://www.themumbaiindians.com/support_staff.html but nobody is mentioned as the analyst.. Tintin 07:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Sameer Dighe or one of the others who is a coach/physio as well as the computer attendant during the matches? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK update

...is overdue again, if you're active. Gatoclass (talk) 09:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Late...Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Recent Controversy" - Hillary Clinton's Wiki Page

Why was that removed? It was based on an investigation done by Peter A. Love and David Gamble of the Black Commentator and the actual article (which I linked to) includes photocopies of the documents plus links to outside sources such as New York Times, Time Magazine, The Southern Poverty Law Center. I'd like to know why it was removed.

It appears to violate WP:UNDUE I think, as well as recentism. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Something for you

		The WikiChevrons
		For being our most profilic contributor in the first twelve months of operation of the Milhist contest department, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons. Very well done indeed, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 18:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou kind sir. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bits n pieces

Thanks for the A-Class contribution.
Have you time to express an opinion here?
for info
I've had a quick look at Le Quang Tung. It needs some tiny tweaks, which I'll do.

--ROGER DAVIES ^talk 06:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen this? Way out of order. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The placard's factually incorrect. He hasn't been blocked! But normally a lot of admins would block anyway. I'd say it's unnecessary since the suspect has retired anyway. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know. Perhaps you might have a word with RMV about over-zealousness? Additionally, I don't take the view that sockpuppetry was confirmed. (I'll be adding a note to this effect to the case page shortly.) Incidentally, take a look at RMV's RfA: it makes interesting reading, especially the reasons why User:Spencer changed from support to oppose here. Ancient history now, of course, but I would have expected more compassion from RMV in the light of it. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:24, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For info, I've removed the tag from CD-MD's user page and archived the case. Revert if you disagree. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 06:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did use live Checkuser data for CD-MD. He isn't stale yet. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I think we're using stale to mean slightly different things, I think. Me = journo-speak for "stale news", "yesterday's news", "old hat", "past its sell-by date", "dormant" etc. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 14:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sure. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please could you comment in the WP:MHCON discussion at /coords? --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 14:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't it a bit of a problem that I might change the format to suit myself? For example, I think FA is clearly harder than A, but they get the same credit. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just

Saw all of your edits and article promotions And I must say, You have been a great contributor to this project, and I thank you. Cookie? :)

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Thankyou kind sir, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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WBFAN, WBFLN

I see my counts are accurate at WBFAN and WBFLN. Is it feasible for them to do a WBGAN?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you can ask Rick Block (talk · contribs) to see how he would go about accounting for GA->FA and GA->B scenarios since we don't currently have a list of promotion and demotion. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed decision

Just wanted to remind you (or in case you didn't see it yet, to inform you) that the Tango case has a 9.1 principle proposed by Kirill. Would request your vote on it, as well as on principle 7, remedy 2 and Fof 3. ~~Please also note that FloNight (and now) Jpgordan are reconsidering their votes on the remedies after checking the talk page - it may be eye-opening.~~ Ncmvocalist (talk) 03:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noted thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note that FloNight and Jpgordan have now changed their votes on the remedies after checking the talk page - the discussion there is very eye-opening. Ncmvocalist (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the case is being dragged out longer than it needs to be, particularly because it is so straightforward. Would therefore request your votes, preferrably sooner. Ncmvocalist (talk) 18:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dreamafter

Do you believe the rubbish about another person in his family? And what happens to him? ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ ^{Drop me a line}§ 06:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you've made a convincing case, and I doubt that the guy isn't a sock. However, I'd rather abstain from passing any further judgment (I've noted that the excat IP is the same and those two are the only ones on it) because I did accuse Dreamy of pointstacking on WP:MHCON because he was writing 2k long articles and rating them all as B - he wrote about 15-20 2k long articles in one month, rated them all B and collected about 95 points. So I'd rather not drop a hammer on him lest it look like a vengeance block. But I don't think the block would make any difference on Dreamafter except to stop him from contributing and he hasn't socked since then. But I'm sure it will be brought up by someone whenever Dreamafter makes his next RfA or MILHIST coord run. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Got some more for you to check. User:Foxyloves and User:Kittyloves, seems quite odd, especially since Dreamafter welcomed these two, and it is one of a few welcomes he has made. Also, the names are quite similar, and they know an awful lot (Foxyloves asks about how to use AWB in his 5th edit). Just let me know. Cheers, ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ ^{Drop me a line}_{Review Me!} 16:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Foxy has only made user talk chats, so there is no abuse to warrant a check. Kitty has made a few edits but there are no articles where there has been double dipping. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any bananas but I was wondering, with regards to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dreamafter, do you mean that User:CD-MD is still active? Woody (talk) 14:28, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No he's not, I meant that checkuser data was still in the records; it drops off eventually. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnic crime in Australia

There is no reason for the list at Lebanese Australian to have a section on criminals. DS (talk) 00:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is this based on any general policy or because it is considered inappropriate? Basically all other articles have a list of notable people, for whatever reason that they are notable. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peter May

Thanks, Blnguyen. Much appreciated. By the way, how do you pronounce your name? --BlackJack | ^{talk page} 05:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nguyen has audio pronunctiation. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage

I saw this user's userpage and it gave me a chuckle. But then I got to thinking, is that sort of use of that space allowed? — NRen2k5^(TALK), 00:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow, his contributions are even funnier. Is this guy for real? Gonna have to keep an eye on him. Oh, I assume his intentions are good (;))... it's just that his POV is hopelessly narrow and twisted. — NRen2k5^(TALK), 01:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

His userpage defnitely violates WP:BLP with the attacks on current pollies. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you have removed it. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rahul Gandhi

Do you really think so many fact tags are necessary? None of those are particularly controversial facts.. --Relata refero (disp.) 06:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves to improve the article I think. Sometimes I self-cn to remind myself to keep everything under control, even when it's pretty routine. Jack Marsh is an example. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Museum in Vietnam

Copied on 11:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC) from User talk:Blofeld of SPECTRE, cos he said he was busy and he recommended I ask you.

I was checking "what links here" for Albert Memorial, and was surprised to see a Vietnam museum pop up. The article was a mess, so I redirected to the city article, but I remembered that you were creating museum stubs recently. Do you want to have a go at turning Nha Trang Live History Museum into an article, using the material in the page history at Nha trang live history muesum? I think this is meant to be a different museum to the Yersin Museum, which looks quite interesting (and doesn't have an article). But it might be the same thing. What do you think? Carcharoth (talk) 22:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I should have left User:Synitti a message. I'll do that later, but if you do end up doing something here, maybe you could leave a message instead? If you don't have time to deal with this, just say, and I'll explain why I redirected it and help them if they want to write an article on the museum. Carcharoth (talk) 22:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

End quote.

Would you be able to help? Carcharoth (talk) 11:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked into it and there doesn't seem to be a museum with that name. There is however a Alexandre Yersin Museum which the article does mention "Yershin Museum". The page should be deleted as the part about the albert museum is clear nonsene, and later the Alexandre Yersin Museum started. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 16:29, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks folks. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Modification of section on Origins and History in Carnatic music No oppositions todate

The first three paragraphs (from 'Like all art forms' to 'relevant to Carnatic music today')is based on prehistoric information and may not be of help to a reader. Therefore it was proposed to replace them with following short paragraph that was posted on April 20th. Only comment received to date is that it is some what short needs improvement in English. I would like to start as proposed. Over time it may be modified and expanded by inputs. Therefore please replace the first 3 paragraphs 'Origins and History' section with:

Carnatic music has a long history. Some aspects of the beginning of Carnatic music was influenced by Dravidian, Aryan and possibly Persian musics existed before 15th Century C.E. Vedas also played a role in the development of Carnatic music just like it has influenced all aspects of Indian culture.

Thanks Naadapriya (talk) 06:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HAGGER

The pagemove Hagger/Grawp vandal that has been vandalising wikipedia and other wikis is also being disruptive at my sites Palaeos and EvoWiki can you (or some one else who is a checkuser) please use checkuser on the hagger usernames on wikipedia and tell me what their ip addresses are so i can block those ip addresses at Palaeos (and get someone else to block these usernames on EvoWiki since I don’t have administrator privileges there.--Fang 23 (talk) 14:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I could but I'm worried about handing out IP addresses. What do the other checkusers think? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:20, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t know what other check users think because I haven’t asked them but however, CaribDigita has suggested here that we can slow down or get rid of the hagger/grawp vandal by notifying the people at godaddy.com by giving them an email at [email protected]. Do you think that is a good idea?--Fang 23 (talk) 22:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a stack of his IPs here Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Grawp. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much I am now going to ban all of those ips permanently at palaeos.org also I found out hagger has already been checkusered.--Fang 23 (talk) 23:49, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

YAM vandal

I should report the YellowAssessmentMonkey for vandalizing Blnguyen's pages :-P -- Avi (talk) 03:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oho! Who's he? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A sneaky, banana-stealing, talk-page-archiving, article-assessing chimp. -- Avi (talk) 03:59, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although, I do trust the Monkey :) -- Avi (talk) 04:03, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure he feels honoured. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was the day the permission was released into wikispace, so I figured you were about as safe as anyone for testing purposes. Oh snap, did I just call you an experimental subject chimp? Sorry :( :-P -- Avi (talk) 04:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And, as someone who likes to think of himself as a statistician, I like the YAM user image with the graph paper and all

-- Avi (talk) 04:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(<-)Lastly, forgive my ignorance, but what does "Chúc mừng năm mới" mean? -- Avi (talk) 04:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:38, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to say hai

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Have a great day ! -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 11:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why thankyou. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, my friend.

Another ignorance language question if I may. How do you say "thank you, my friend"?

Since I am ignorant of both Vietnamese AND Monkeyspeak, I am forced to thank you in English. As I am certain you know by now, after bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. At this point, I have to thank YOU for all the work you do for DYK's, assessments, and, of course, the thankless job of serving on ArbCom. If anything, I owe you more for that, than for your support (which is of course, extremely appreciated). Please do not be a stranger, and have the bright yellow primate drop by my userpage more often! Thanks again. -- Avi (talk) 19:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There we are. That's a shame about the RfB. Perhaps some more cooling off would have been advisable. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Thorpe

Hello Blnguyen, I'm Tostof from the French wikipedia. I have just finished the translation of Ian Thorpe but I have three requests for you to complete it.

First, do you have a reference for this sentence in the chapter Early years : « A talented batsman, he once topped the season's batting averages ahead of former Australian captain Bob Simpson. »

The "DYK" ref #9 has it. Also the refs 10 and 11 from the book have this as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then, do you have any information about his income throughout his career (in advertising for example, or bonus after olympic winning)

I can't remember exactly where, but from the top of my head, it was around 3-5 million USD per year I think, according to the sources, which surprised me. I don't remember what the official Australian Olympic Committee or Government of Australia bonus is, or if it still exists, but it was defnitely < 100,000. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lastly, how many national title does Thorpe win?

From counting up in the article, I believe 400/200 in 1998, 100 in 1999, 400/200 in 2000, 100/200/400/800 in 2001, 100/200/400 in 2002, 100/200/400 in 2003, 100/200 in 2004, 100/200 in 2006. I believe that gives 19 individual long course national titles. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Thank you in advance... and sorry for my english ! Tostof (talk) 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. No, your English is very good. You should have seen my French in the International Baccalaureate. I also had an account of fr.wiki. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you ! And congratulations for your prolific work on WP ! Tostof (talk) 07:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brahms

Please read and respond to my comment at Talk:Johannes_Brahms#Link_to_sheet_music_site. Thanks, --Ravpapa (talk) 07:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well it seems he has just linked to the front page of a website without going to a specific profile, which sets off a red alarm for me. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]