User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive105

Help!
Please see this discussion Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games

There is an ongoing issue with Kung Fu Man over an edit dispute which is getting out of hand, and I'm fairly certain the user is relying on sockpuppets to make revisions to the article. Check the revision history yourself to verify this. Also, I've been receiving harassing comments and threats from this user and am not sure where to turn for help. Please get involved and try to act as the voice of reason. Thank you. 74.242.123.2 (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * And you are not a sock? Have you an account?  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Dispatch interview
Hi, YM. I've set up an interview for the Signpost at FCDW/WBFAN2008; I hope you'll participate if you have time. If possible, I'd like to aim for January 17. If there is a question that doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it, or to suggest other questions. I'll probably edit it down a bit when all is in, and if you add some suggested (free) images on the talk page there, I'll work them in at the end. Thanks !! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 01:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure.... YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:55, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

YM, this is scheduled to run next week (Jan 17); Tony made some changes and left some inline queries for you. Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:58, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Responded, thanks,  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Early life of Keith Miller on hold
Hi YellowMonkey, I reviewed your GAN nomination of Early life of Keith Miller, and it's currently on hold until a few issues are clarified. Cheers,  Jamie ☆ S93  22:55, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I initially left another note of a couple of remaining concerns, but I fixed those myself and now passed the article as a GA. Congrats, keep up the good work. :-)  Jamie ☆ S93  12:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could take the Keith Miller package as you should now have some more background knowledge on who he is.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:43, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If I can get a chance, sure, I might be able to review another article or two about Miller. GAN reviews can be kind of time-consuming, though, so I probably won't feel like doing another one just yet.  Jamie ☆ S93  17:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Old request at WP:SCRIPTS
Hi YellowMonkey, I happened to come across an old request of yours at WP:SCRIPTS for a script to generate statistics about articles whose talk pages are in a given category. You mentioned there my generatestats script—I have recently updated this for other reasons, and it now possesses the functionality you were requesting. Just letting you know, in case you were still wanting such statistics. Dr pda (talk) 07:23, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, that's very helpful. I presume it does the prose as well as the total breakdown.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:19, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * By default it uses the wiki-text size, since that's easily obtainable from an API query, and thus the script takes only a few seconds. To use the readable prose size instead, just add  to the URL. This takes longer (~20 min for 500 articles) as it has to load each page. Dr pda (talk) 03:41, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of page Hue Help
I was wondering if you could explain to me why my page 'Hue Help' was deleted? I did read the guidelines prior to submission and I am unaware of how I have violated any terms.

I work for the organisation that the article relates to and the information I posted is verifiable on our website. I currently cannot distinguish between the entry I made, and ones that relate to other INGOs operating in Vietnam (for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Assistance_to_Vietnam).

Any help or advice you could offer as to how we can improve the posting would be highly appreciated. Huehelp (talk) 09:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid it was written in a very promotional tone.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:18, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Reference book
Viet Nam Su Luoc by Tran Trong Kim. Published 1971 by Center of Educational Materials, Minister of Education (Republic of Vietnam).

Hello Mr. Monkey, I think this book is useful for you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.75.3.228 (talk) 23:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thankyou anon.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:19, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks for the welcome
Hi Yellowmonkey, Thanks for the welcome. I appreciate your guidance. I am a university professor and my research involves Vietnamese religious practice (anthropology). I heard a talk on our public broadcasting station (CBC) about a religious studies professor in Saskatchewan who was getting his students to do this rather than write papers. Since my students inevitably use Wikipedia, it makes sense that I contribute to making it a better source for them and others. I have just introduced this course, so it is a good time to start experimenting like this. Thanks for the links to others who have done this. I will definitely go over them, as well as the instruction pages. I have already started to try to figure it out, but it is a bit confusing at times. For example, I am not sure if I am using the correct form for communication with you ... so I hope you get this and I haven't messed anything up. (Adsoucy (talk) 12:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC))
 * No, no, it's all going well. You just have to go to Như Lai, start the page and then put in " #REDIRECT Tathāgata " and so forth for what you need. Redirects are very liberal so there is basically no problem with spreading them around unless anyone makes a derogatory or libelous one. As for the userpage, it's not necessary, unless you want to do it up informally to begin with in the manner of a sribble pad/jottings in which case the main article isn't to be used like that. Wikipedia is a work in progress so as long as it's neat it's fine to just do it as you go along.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's the normal way to just ask me here. The reason I contacted you by email is because it is considered improper to go to a person who is not using their full name onsite and ask them "Is this your name and do you work at this address?" due to privacy reasons.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

CU
Hi!

There's a thread here which may have CU implications and it would better that someone uninvolved consider them. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 14:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You have CU now right? But I assume you wanted me to do it. Seems like we are three days late on the expiry of the CU data.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I do have CU but haven't yet used it so it seemed better to ask someone uninvolved who knows the ropes :) For which, thanks! -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 13:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Cheers
Hi, YellowMonkey, welcome in the New Year. Would you please familiarize yourself with the new situation developing as a result of the ArbCom Eastern European disputes amended on January 2, 2009? – The reason I chose to approach you with the plea for intervention is because you and I had already interacted in the past. Thanks in advance. --Poeticbent talk  20:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

John the bookmaker controversy
I am reviewing your article John the bookmaker controversy for GA and will be entering my comments at Talk:John the bookmaker controversy/GA1 tomorrow. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 02:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. I have reviewed most of the article and listed the parts I think needs fixing at Talk:John the bookmaker controversy/GA1, Actually, I think the article needs rewriting (my personal opinion) and to be condensed. I would be willing to help you with that if you are open to it. Also, I don't know anything about cricket, so maybe there are some things I am misunderstanding.


 * Anyway, feel free to provide me with feedback. I am willing to help you out any way I can. Meanwhile, I will place the article on hold. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 00:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks for spotting the discontinuities and errors that I have made around the place.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:09, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I am ready to pass it as GA if you have looked through the changes I have made and they are OK with you. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 03:14, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's great. Thanks for spending so many hours on it.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 03:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Your article is only the 32nd cricket GA. I would have thought there would be lots. I would copy edit more cricket, but it's hard enough to get American baseball right, with all their terms and statistics galore.  There are a lot of cricket links though (that explain cricket terms). Having great wikilinks is one reason why the Professional wrestling articles are in such profusion.  They have a great set of wikilinks that explain all their weird terms. So even I can copy edit their articles and semi-understand what is going on. Regards, &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 04:38, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd have to say that it is a bit disappointing as perhaps two people wrote about 2/3rds of it. Maybe it should teach me to wiki-link more. Or maybe I can give a brief explanation,  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 05:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

"Pizzled" in John the bookmaker controversy
I looked it up on Wiktionary and it only said things about penis. I presumed it means "pissed on" as in being blindsided and treated very disrespectfully and kept in the dark in this context?  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Urban Dictionary comes to the rescue. "Pizzled" can be used a slang term for drunk, as an alternative to "pissed". Indeed, that is the form that I have heard the word used in the past. My guess is that Merriman extended the use of "pizzled" as an alternative to "pissed" as in drunk to "pissed" as in angry; an interesting example of semantic change in action! -- Mattinbgn\talk 02:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

RE:New Admin
Thanks for the encouraging support.

As an aside, would you be able to comment (as an uninvolved admin) here? Discussion is getting quite heated and really is bogging down the ability of contributors to get anything done. Cam (Chat) 04:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Jeepers, is there any section, or all of it?  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 04:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Enigma Machine
I filed an ANI report about him, but you preempted the need. Is it ? Abecedare (talk) 04:42, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it's not in the United States and it's . I can't believe how people on Indian articles go and do a sock job in very visible places because I'll catch them, especially with my suspicious nose.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 04:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wasn't he using a Purdue University IP ? He has placed an unblock request there. FYI, here are some other accounts he is using:, ,.
 * I myself have raised some content issues with Lalit, but socking/edit-warring just muddies the water and makes calm and rational discussion impossible. C'est la wikipedia! Abecedare (talk) 05:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, it is actually in US. That's the one. I thought Delhi Belly was in India. I should have used the lookup.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 05:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:128.211.201.161
Hey there. Would you mind commenting on this unblock request? You blocked the IP for sockpuppetry, and someone's posted a rather confused unblock; I'm not sure if it's the person you were intending to block or some collateral damage. Thanks. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 05:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Oops, it appears this is related to the above section. Either way, the guy says he recently made a new account due to a lost password, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 05:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Right, I've answered. He can have the account back if he links to the old accounts so that there is no obfuscation or segregation of edits into an account only for the RFC.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 05:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello YellowMonkey. Just reminding you about the replies. ~ Troy (talk) 06:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi YM - just in from a ride - do you still need me to look at this one?-- VS talk 08:26, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Dealt with - unblock request declined with reasons given. This user appears intent on attempting to play us.-- VS  talk 09:13, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for dealing with that.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

For your information
Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 13. -- Mattinbgn\talk 08:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 13
I posted a comment here; I think your reply will make a great deal of difference to the CfD outcome. --Dweller (talk) 11:30, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Ottawa Panhandlers' Union
Hi there, do you know what the deal is with the Ottawa Panhandlers' Union article is? There is a delete log here which you said resulted in deletion, but the article is still here... Is there a later discussion that overturned that decision or did someone just go and recreate an article with an apostrophe after Panhandlers and try again? TastyCakes (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone else just tried again, although AFD doesn't apply if the article is rather different from the original... YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 03:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

New Year
Hi! I just wanted to thank you for the new year wishes, and express my own hope that the new year went great (and continues to go well) for you. :) Plus, while I'm here, thanks for your work on the Keith Miller articles. I knew of him, of course, but never realised how cool he was, until I read them, and I enjoyed doing so a great deal. - Bilby (talk) 08:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh of course. Cricketers in the old days were quite colourful. Have you looked at Charlie Macartney, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hassett to name a few?  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 02:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Palace Hotel
No worries :) Managed to sort out that crossed ref number situation, didn't realise you'd already fixed it when I was fixing it. Orderinchaos 04:34, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks YellowMonkey
But since I apparently violated the "spirit of Wikipedia" (to use User:Gene Nygaard's own phrase), I think I would like others to have a look at History of the Han Dynasty first and comb through it. User:Madalibi found a few mistakes that I was unaware of. In any case, I will submit the article for FA status at a later date (hopefully sooner rather than later). Cheers! :)-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 09:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you'd be better off reading Nygaard's block log and come to your own conclusions.
 * Ohhhh...That does explain a lot, doesn't it? If I had known what kind of a "reputation" he had around here, I would not have taken his input so seriously in the FAC discussion. In fact, I probably would have ignored him for the most part. I had never come across him before that and was unsure if he was a serious editor. I see now that he is something else.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:31, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Good evening
Thanks for the welcome back! When can I expect to see your next excellent FAC listed? -- Laser brain  (talk)  02:04, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * We'll see. I just popped down to the Tour Down Under and took photos of all 133 riders and am busy cutting them up and working out which ones are better. I'll get a poll up and running as usual.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Ireland article names: Request for Remedy 2
The case was closed on 2009-01-04. Attempts to achieve consensus regarding Remedy 1 began shortly thereafter. It is now 2009-01-18, and no consensus has been achieved. Will the ArbCom now proceed with Remedy 2, please? -- Evertype·✆ 10:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Janszoon
Thanks.--Grahame (talk) 01:54, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree
Hello, I just read in the Signpost that you were active in Vietnam related topics. I just commented at an AfD for a Vietnamese fairy tale, regarding having an expert of Vietnamese culture look over the article since its notability is hard to establish or disprove due to its cultural origin. Would you mind looking over the article and assessing it from your POV? If this is a very popular fairy tale it should be kept and references (which are hard to find in English) should be added. We don't want to delete the Vietnamese version of "Little Red Riding Hood" afterall! Thanks ahead of time for any help. Themfromspace (talk) 11:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

email-ekky
Hi Yellow, did you get my mail about the socking on English Qaballa and related articles? It's our mate back again. He was blocked on the IP range 209 something something, now his IP must've changed by a few didgits but it's clearly the same IP/person, just a permutation of it. There are some others of his I think, and also some of indef'ed User:EdwardLeeFrampton, clearly him as he was only here to praise a particular book, and these IPs are doing the same. Then User:QuaBobAllah or however it's spelt, aka Ekajati, reverts him, which is what he was doing, and pushes the particular POV he favours. Some of the IPs of course are coming from the same city from which we know he edits sometimes/resides. Sticky Parkin 14:49, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Done and replied.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 23:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill Johnston (cricketer)
Hi, we've met before, I'm the guy sweeping the sportsperson GAs and we spoke about several articles sometime back. I've come to the above article (which I meant to do earlier, sorry) which I had flagged as a probable pass and have found it scattered with arbitrary tags: is there a reason for this and are you able to deal with them? (i.e. delete the uneccessary ones and fill those that need filling). Apart from that, the article's only problem is an untidy "Life after cricket" section, which needs forming into one or two sensible paragraphs and then it will be good enough to pass GA again. Thanks--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Coming. I put it there to remind myself and forgot.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks,  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 23:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Hi yellow monkey, i just want to tell you a tip that can you arrange your archieves on your talk page to be more arranged? I can't read it well. Cheers! C H J L Discuss 09:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Feel free to just intervent and do whatever it is that makes it more legible for you.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, you are so nice. Thanks for your attention. Cheers! C H J L  Discuss 07:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 GA Review
Very good article. Thanks for doing it. Great idea. I've made some comments at Talk:Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948/GA1 and left it on hold. I'll pop back to the review now and again to see what's happening. If you have any queries you want to raise quickly with me, ping my talkpage. Regards  SilkTork  *YES! 13:50, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks for your attention.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * thanks for the review. I've tried to do the fixes and clarify my position. Thanks,  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 04:19, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That's a real nice article. Glad to help out in a small way. I've passed it as a GA.  SilkTork  *YES! 18:39, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your attention.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 23:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstars
Barnstar #1
 * It's certainly a record, but I count 11. He hasn't been credited for Johnson... Lampman (talk) 22:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar #2

Thankyou, kind sir, it actually didn't take as long as it would because of the overlap in the topics, but a month of Wikipedia nevertheless.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 01:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)