User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive115

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Here is a conversation between Yousuf and user:Adil your (who IMO should have been blocked for sockpuppetering). I hope they don't team up. Also note user:Adil your used the similar sock ip which I had contacted about earlier and you replied in affirmative) for contacting Yousaf. I wonder why Adil your was not warned for socking :S BTW, he has also been warned earlier by another admin (user:Hipocrite) for vandalism on India related page. -- KnowledgeHegemony talk 14:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I did block him a couple of weeks ago. I hadn't spotted that vandalism which was at the same time as his block. Aha, I see funny business at Khemkaran.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey that was not sockpuppy but a meatpuppy as I have already told YellowMonkey......And from then on ALL my posts have been from the Adil_your account with the exception of only my first post after the Block where I forgot to sign in but I have been logged in since then....And All Yousuf told me was to follow Wiki-Rules at all times....You can see that for yourself....Adil your (talk) 16:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You've been vandalising Khemkaran. Blcoked. I checked your version against that of Rama's Arrow and Tintin.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Note: is in convo with another admin User:KillerChihuahua about your "alleged" misconduct... I suggest you clarify the matter with KillerChihuahua to avoid any sort of misunderstanding, as the manner in which Adil is describing events is absurd and vague. -- KnowledgeHegemony talk 06:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I hadn't noticed that, but we'll be right.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 07:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Adil your
Can you explain your block of this user? I don't understand what edits of his were problematic enough to lead to a block, though I see some instances of edits others disagreed with enough to revert them. He says he wasn't warned. Mango juice talk 21:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * He's putting vandalism on Khemkaran and effectively disrupting it against a few other users, aside from teh fact that eth content is nonsense already.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 23:39, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I reviewed those edits, they are not vandalism. No one seems to have made an effort to engage the user in any form of discussion, let alone warning him if the edits were viewed as unwelcome.  He was maybe edit warring, very slightly.  I can't understand why you issued this block, and I think it shows very poor judgment on your part.  Mango juice talk 13:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * As you can see by his disruptive edits afterwards, it was a mistake to unblock him. The sources he is citing is simply a self-published nonsense with a childish tone and with a silly exclamation mark at the end of each sentence. And Pakistani government websites saying that they won a war when RS says they haven't, etc etc .  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * He might have learned more from his block if you hadn't accused him of "vandalism," and if any attempt had been made at discussion before a block was issued. The block was, simply put, unjustified.  The new one looks much more justified.  But you open yourself up to accusations of bias when you act the way you did.  Mango juice talk 16:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

An anon has made a complaint at AN/I
Just noticed this in AN/I and thought that you may like to be informed. Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Bidgee (talk) 01:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, he told me about it.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * He also has a stack of socks.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Vietnamese history
I included a great deal of info about Vietnamese history in History of the Song Dynasty, although it was striclty about diplomatic, trade, tributary, and hostile relations with Song China in the 11th century. What's funny is that I actually know a bit more about Vietnamese history than my Vietnamese friend Khoi. Hah. Perhaps my library has a treasure trove of sources on old Vietnamese history. However, after I am done with this Han Dynasty project (and helping with an economy-related article for another user), I think I'm going to take a long Wiki break.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 04:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, many Vietnamese know nothing of Vietnamese history. Most of them don't know who Gia Long, [[Quang Trung, Le Loi, Ngo Dinh Diem, Phan Dinh Phung are.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I don't think that's a particular problem with any one ethnic group, but perhaps all of them. Not everyone is a history buff; I would venture to say that most people lack basic knowledge about their own country's history.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 03:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Rashid Khalidi
Hi -- I recently inquired into the status of this page, which you protected some time ago, and did not receive any response. Do you think it would be appropriate to unprotect at this point? Thanks, Mackan79 (talk) 07:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't mind.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 08:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Maharashtra
Can you semi=protect this article ? We are seeing persistent addition of false claim that the state was named after the Mahar community, and Maratha vs Dalit and Buddhist edit-warring. Abecedare (talk) 00:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok,  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The article is quiet for now (after 24 hour semiP). Will ping you again, if the POV-pushers return. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 06:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Unblock request at User talk:Friedricer
Hi there. Please take a peek at User talk:Friedricer, as I stumbled across it and am finding it difficult to determine who the person was a sock of. The guy does look like he edit warred, however, it might have been a one-time-thing, and he seems to have other useful contribs. Thanks, and cheers =) -- slakr \ talk / 00:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It is clearly a throwaway sock. Unfortunately, I could not find a match for it, although I would not be surprised if it was given his history of disruption.  YellowMonkey   ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

FAR notification for Dietrich v The Queen
nominated Dietrich v The Queen for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. D.M.N. (talk) 16:24, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

GAN for Keith Miller
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:49, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

GAN for Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:11, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Joseph Hieu Dinh
Sounds like an article created by the subject himself, and doesn't seem very notable. DHN (talk) 06:00, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Deleted it, not for the first time either.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; 9 March 2009
This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:


 * News and notes: Commons, conferences, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Politics, more politics, and more
 * Dispatches: 100 Featured sounds milestone
 * Wikiproject report: WikiProject Christianity
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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why do you keep deleting my articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heyhey2008 (talk • contribs) 03:14, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - February 2009
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User:Ultramegasuperstar
Hello YM. I see that you blocked the above guy, who was involved in the 3RR dispute at A. R. Rahman. You've also blocked 91.130.91.84 as his sock. What about who was one of the other participants in the controversy at A. R. Rahman. Did you reach any conclusions about him? EdJohnston (talk) 01:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I forgot. They're both him,  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Socks
I'm sorry you had to be reported, although nothing will happen cause you did the right thing.

What I must say is that is a clear sock puppet, maybe of this anon, maybe not, but he's a clear sock puppet and needs to be checked. And is there a way to check is "91..." has had an account? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  07:05, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not worried. Well he used to be an IP. As long as he doesn't use both to double up, it's ok.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 08:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What about ? Came from nowhere and reminds me of someone of them. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  13:13, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I will now be blocked again because of him. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  13:56, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

He had about four actually.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Vietnam translation
Hi buddy. I've begun going through the Districts of Vietnam. I have decided to create some merged regional templates instead of the seperate provincial ones for now to connect more together. However the provincial templates will be filled out with the communes of each province and any other topics etc over time so they will still be kept but just not used in the district articles. I would be very grateful if you could still consider developing these sub stubs on the districts of Vietnam as something of a priority and practically the whole country is missing on here. I've begun connecting the wikipedias with tags, if you could help translate any articles from Category:Articles needing translation from Vietnamese Wikipedia this would be useful. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 16:14, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, this might take a while. There was a table somewhere on the net with a list of all the districts with popn and area size. To get it direct from teh govt website you need to go to this interactive map thing which takes about 2 minutes to load per picture. Thanks for your work.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

I've started Communes of Vietnam. Perhaps you could find a source to support the number of communes. A number in english say around 1000, one says 1003 yet the Vietnamese wiki says 9109. Also any government lists of communes and population etc would be very useful. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 17:42, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's definitely closer to the second number. The # districts is about 500 and there are many more than two communese per district.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah thats what I thought apparently there is 436 communes in one province alone, the highest. Thanks  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Districts and provinces
User:Dr. Blofeld asked me to help out - I think what he wants to do is lay the groundwork for some extensive work on Vietnamese towns and villages. Consequently, "X District" because "X town" also exists; he'll expand the initial title into a disambig page. In cases where the town and district are codependent, I tried to avoid moving over to "X district" - I may have missed one or two, though, sorry. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 03:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * So you're saying that the moves to "District" everywhere are deliberate?  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 03:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. That's how I was requested to do them, anyhow. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 03:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fair point. As I say, I was requested to help out; I had assumed some sort of discussion had already happened. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 05:30, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Officially the name is in Vietnamese, obviously district does not come after it. Moving them to the correct Vietnamese names would seem appropriate but the reason why it was moved to district is because yes I intend starting the communes once I have sorted out the infoboxes on the district. Often the districts, communes and main village will shyare the same name, this is why I moved to district and yes also in consistency with the naming of the provinces ... Province. Ar eyou telling me this is incorrect also?. The difference is there are communes and towns which share the same name. There are no towns called "California". Surely you wouldn't recommend moving back to the plain name and making it confusing with the main cities? Anyway for starters the communes will be extracted from Vioetnamese wikipedia where naturally they are in the official naming so it makes things simpler later. I'm rather surpised that you've said anything as you left me the impression you're not interested in these districts anymore, or perhaps just too busy. Yes I do intend starting the communes but not like with France. They will at least have an infobox and map and some data if possible. KNow of a website? Dr. Blofeld      White cat 17:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * DHN has the link to the government website maps which have the area and population at least. You can ask him if they have a tabulated online version of census with % males/females/literacy and all that.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 03:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Normally if there are different communes with the same name, they are in different provinces or districts so Chau Thanh, An Giang or whatever is needed, so the usual dabs are only needed for cities having hte same name as the province, but that's no big deal. Consistency is the main thing and unless a bot is around it isn't worth doing by hand to move them. I am a bit busy, although the prospect of doing all the districts properly is rather daunting.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 03:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Good morning Vietnam
Would be good if you could spend 5-10 on one every day or two for sure. I understand you are always very busy but we do need to get some details into these districts, very glad though that you started them all off otherwise there would be more to do! I'll be looking to develop the communes over the next few months. 9,000 articles on places in Vietnam would be great. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 14:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Absolutely.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Got cracking on An Giang Province.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * If I can be of any help, let me know - I've got AWB, and I'm not afraid to use it... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 01:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Nah, there's no hurry.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I can add population and area references after I've added the infoboxes. I'll be working on the communes of Vietnam and Cambodia over the next few months. Small problem at present though my Internet crashes when I try to visit Vietnamese wiki. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 10:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

More on districts
Yeah the vietnamese wikipedia is causing my computer a serious problem. I can't even access it anymore to retrieve the data or communes. I just don't know what the problem is. I tried a minute ago and it froze for 5 minutes. P.S why can't you move your poll thing to a seperate page like User:YellowMonkey/Contest or something, Its just your talk page is a whopping 201 kilobytes long, seven times as long as the recommended maximum and it is quite slow posting here. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 22:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I do, but I thought it would get more attention on the main page. I guess I should photograph some female sportspeople then eh?  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 23:39, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

That would be good! Congrats on all your photographs BTW. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 10:44, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * "I guess I should photograph some female sportspeople then eh?" - You only "guess"??? Pdfpdf (talk) 11:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * (P.S. Are there any beach volleyball competitions on the horizon?)
 * The Women' world Cup is on in NSW. Not all of SA.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Sri Ram Sena
I recently reverted your removal of a section from the Sri Ram Sena article. Your edit summary claimed that the reference claimed that the abduction blame was debunked, however, since the situation did envolve the Sena, it is of note to the article. Also, the source which was used in this section appears to be baised, and the section may need to be edited for Verifiability. Sephiroth storm (talk) 17:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why, a lot of organisations are suspected of a lot of things, and unless they were charged, it isn't notable, as it is now debunked. And why keep it there if the soruce is poor.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I would say the incident is notable, as the issue recieved attention from a variety of sources. Look at it this way, R. Kelly was accused of several um... contriversies, but they are mentioned on his article, even though they may have never been proven, or charged. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. The issue is verified, even if they were in the end not involved. Sephiroth storm (talk) 21:20, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It does seem very UNDUE at the moment.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
The article was promoted, but I left a few comments beforehand that you may want to address. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 16:01, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure I will be committed to fixing any more eerrors that turned up.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

wanna !vote on WT:WIAFA?
wanna !vote on WT:WIAFA? Ling.Nut.Public (talk) 09:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

FAC/FAR
I've been asked by several people if I could look into recruiting a new delegate for FAC and/or FAR (e.g, someone to promote/fail FACs and demote/close FARs). You were suggested as someone who would be a good person to fill this role. Is this something you'd be willing to do? Raul654 (talk) 11:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I will be willing to have a look there. I would be willing to help for sure, especually at FAR, although not if I edited the article for content or nominated the FAR itself of course.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've created a centralized discussion here. Raul654 (talk) 20:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your trust Raul.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Is there any terrible, thankless job on Wikipedia that you won't take on? :) Maralia (talk) 02:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: Adil Yor
Sure thing. I presume you wish for me to take some sort of action against it...hammer will be applied if it persists any longer. Cam (Chat) 03:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Geez, this guy's grammar is atrocious; he's definitely out to push a hardline POV. I'll warn him. Cam (Chat) 03:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks,  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, will keep an eye on his activities, although I will be busy IRL the next day or two. Seeing his edits and behavior, I doubt he'll last too long on wikipedia; but in the meantime, what a utter waste of everyone's time and effort. Abecedare (talk) 06:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye on him as well. Cam (Chat) 03:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Ba Cut
You can easily finish all concerns against promoting of Ba Cut while it will take me some days to research French WWI teargas. Wandalstouring (talk) 12:12, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure. Thanks for the detailed review.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model! ) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)