User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive118

More on Vietnam
Hey are you still working in them? Can you translate the history and notable sites for Tri Tôn District and put it into text rather than bullets? Also Bac Lieu really needs expansion! Dr. Blofeld      White cat 11:22, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I am.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 01:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Finally
Finally put up some cricket photos! ;)  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 07:47, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you volunteering to inaugurate the poll?  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:50, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure will, but busy with footy tipping and AFL dream team with servers crashing. Will possibly later on tonight though.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 07:54, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * There we go! got the ball rolling, voting on a local from down the road.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 07:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Hi YellowMonkey.

Thank for your message. I'm very happy because of your caring.

I won't give up, just quit editing to have some time for reviewing my English. I have learned English for 2 year but can't write a good essay yet :P.--Amore Mio (talk) 13:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That's good. Nothing to wrry about.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 01:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey hey..
Forgot to thank you about the rollback...

Are there any recent FAs you are working on? Double Seven Day scuffle is a great one, that's why I'm asking. I often go through articles you have worked on. They're well written. I was more than a bit shocked that some of your FAs got translated into FAs on other wikis, as you said to Blof. But it can be considered good that good work is spread within Wikipedia itself. What really shocks me is the fact that reputable newspapers--or at least some of their untalented journalists--copy from here. This happens rarely, but it still happens. Do you think this copymania can get into books as well? Then the situation will be really sad.


 * Yes, I updated 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt after it was on teh main page and found another book. That's for existing FAs. Current FACs Featured article candidates/Hue chemical attacks and Featured article candidates/1964 Brinks Hotel bombing and WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Gia Long, WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Ton That Dinh, WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Keith Johnson (cricket administrator) are up and running at MILHIST.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! '') 01:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think Thich Quang Duc got translated into FA on Viet. Ian Thorpe was translated into a FA on a few.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! '') 01:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't have much faith in the quality of Indian newspapers and yes they copy off Wiki and lot and paraphrase. Some book writers might get their facts from wrong ToI info, yes.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! '') 01:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * So many articles???? WOW. I'll have a look later. It's sad that book writers too lose their ways. I think such things should be checked comprehensively by those who publish their work. Don't you think? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  07:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a brilliant idea! Let's work together and make an FA of Karan Arjun! What do you think??! hehehe LOL!! ;) Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  16:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Are there any book sources for that? Personally I don't consider any Indian newspapers to be reliable or "high quality" per the amendment to WP:WIAFA. I count as a RS now if Indian papers are RS-blogs under the editorial control of newspapers, which this one is, are RS. LOL Monkey rants about IPL  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! '') 01:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hehehe LOL!! That's sad to see it huh! BTW, the newspaper which I caught was western. I like The Hindu, The Tribune and Hindustan Times, and TOI itself (I mean, not its sections like cricket.indiatimes - which are not a direct part of ToI). Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  07:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar!
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Thanks, ShivNarayanan(talk) 11:58, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Disregard my earlier notice. Thanks, ShivNarayanan (talk) 13:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Righto. Looks like the truck from the glue factory has arrived. Surprised it hasn't come earlier.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 01:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If there was any vandalism in Malayaman from anon IPs, it could well be dealt with by semi-protecting the page. The same goes with other caste-articles too. However, it appears as if User:ShivNarayanan isn't here to contribute anything constructive, nor has he ever done (I have clear-cut evidence of POV-pushing by User:ShivNarayanan in caste-articles as Mudaliar, Iyer, etc.). On the contrary, ridiculously accusing the biggest contributor to WikiProject Tamil Nadu of being a sockpuppeter and other major contributors to the WikiProject as sockpuppets seems to be an attempt at cheap publicity. Anyway, I hope User:ShivNarayanan will learn his lesson when proved wrong.- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 13:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Anwar
Hey,

A user you blocked recently has returned causing more trouble and after failing to win an argument has put me up for trial at.

I feel that this User: Anwar saadat has decided to pursue a case after understanding what he has been doing is wrong. You may check his recent edit history, where he has altered GAs and long-term stable articles causing edit wars involving several users. Furthermore what comes as a shock, is that he is going against Wikiproject:Indian cinema and deleting whole sections of GA articles, claiming they "are unneccessary to him". More recently, he has been stalking my edits and has been trying to frame me out in every single way possible through images. I find it shocking, how this can continue!

In a personal claim, I find it quite shocking to see why he is still editing, looking at his edit history - he has been BLOCKED twenty one times and has been allowed to continue to stay on and edit inconstructively. Moreover in his time, he has been blocked for : '''disruption, stalking, WP:3RR, gross violations, racist abuse, trolling, anti-Hindu remarks in extremist favour of Islam, straight reverting and sockpuppetry. I cannot believe, why he is still editing. I'm sure that racism alone is enough to get one permanently blocked, and with over 20 blocks, I'm very shocked. Hopefully you could help, get rid of him once and for all.

Moreover, I think this edit sums this character up. Here, try not to laugh!!!

Cheers. Universal Hero (talk) 15:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. Yes I know his history. Teh vandalism is old. I never knew Nish gave hima long block  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Minor vandalism issue
Hey I gave up on Wikipedia a long time ago, but there's some vandalism on this user page. I forgot my password, and something filtered the edit and blocked it to remove the gay comment. Would you mind deleting it? If there's someone you could talk to to just purge the account from Wikipedia that would be fine also. I don't see how I could request it myself otherwise. Thanks. Wotaguy (talk) 01:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * another user has kindly dealt with this.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
Hi, could you please restore this article to my userspace. I am considering resurrecting it, and would like to see if there's any salvageable material there. Thanks in advance. decltype (talk) 10:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ok.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, I didn't see you on for a couple of days, so I got another admin to restore it for me. Of course, I forgot to notify you. Thanks anyway. decltype (talk) 08:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

User:ShivNarayanan
For your information  Roger Davies  talk 16:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

User:ShivNarayanan
For your information  Roger Davies  talk 16:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Noted  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you

 * Thanks  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

User Page
Is the a reason why your user page has been deleted?  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 07:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there is.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:CheckUser
No. I do not want you to perform an "official" CU. I just want to know whether it is advisable for me to start an official WP:RFCU and whether the evidence is strong. No, since you're being unnecessarily suspected, I do not want you to get into more trouble by handling this. I know very well that you are doing a honest job and are not acting partisan. Truth shall triumph in the end.- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 13:54, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * A back door one would be less likely to generate junk like Shiv did. I don't think truth prevails here, I think the biggest ethnic/religious faction does, regardless of correctness.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

By the way, can I have a look at the proceedings of the arbitration process. How can the process be carried out without the knowledge of the subjects involved?- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 13:57, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No it is on the arbitrators' mailing list so it isn't possible to know whatever they might be doing. Yes, that's how it can work. Normally the arbitrators usually don't reply to any complaint sent to them (<10%), or only one guy cares and nothing happens, so if they're bothered investigating me, they're probably looking for any old excuse to ban me. So I guess I'll be KOed any moment now, but I'm not going to run away, as I haven't done anything wrong.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Boxer
Are you really leaving us? You have worked hard for us, though, and I am grateful for that.  bibliomaniac 1  5  00:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Is everything OK? Raul654 (talk) 01:09, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah... can't let the crooks and Squealer (Animal Farm) win or get free lunches.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)




 * geez.... there's an odd wind blowing round the wiki this arvo.... I just stumbled across your post in the scientology arb case describing being 'boxer'ed, and now here you are. Someone noticed your possible departure over on wikipedia review too, and as I commented there - I don't really know what's gone on, but if you feel betrayed / annoyed / bound for the glue factory, then I hope a sip of tea and perhaps a lie down will restore the Yellow Monkey's... um... bananas? cheers big ears, Privatemusings (talk) 04:54, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Are you really leaving us? Wish you Good Luck.If you have a clean slate then why fear ?. '''yousaf465'
 * Have YellowMonkey left Wikipedia forever? I don't know how to write my sad comment but I wish you good luck in real life.--Amore Mio (talk) 15:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, your articles on cricket history really help me out in conversation with my Australian friends. I also learned a lot from your Vietnam history articles.  In short, the articles you leave behind as a legacy have and will continue to enrich all of us in many ways. Cla68 (talk) 09:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm getting bored of Wikipedia because of your absence. Now I have nothing to fix, no article to complain. YellowMonkey come back please.--Amore Mio (talk) 16:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't need me to write articles. I can give you a copy of Dutton's book on teh Tay Son (PDF) or McLeod's book on teh Nguyen  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I love to have them. Thank you in advance.--Amore Mio (talk) 09:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Userpage
What's up with your userpage? Why did you delete it? It was a good one.... Is there a reason or just wanted to make something special? ;) Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  19:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there was a reason, as you can see above you.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh my.... you mean the first message on here? How has it ended finally? I can't believe... how big idiots can some of the people on here be??? Uhhh well... I hope everything is fine and you're doing well. Just remember that you're one of the best editors Wikipedia has ever seen, and perhaps the best admin I saw. I always considered you someone who is both intelligent and hard-working; someone who has some preferences, yet he remains fair-minded on here always. That's how editors should actually be. Not only are you a great vandalism fighter and a respected admin, yoy're a brilliant writer who has amazingly well written articles that many people (including me) often enjoy reading (or copying, translating, plagirising LOLLL :)) to his credit. And you also have a great sense of humour.
 * Saw your blog. Very insightful. I don't really make a big deal of these games, and whether Preity's team or SRk's one wins or not, it doesn't matter to me. What generally do you base your predictions on? I mean, is it the team? The place? or something else? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  10:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Past performance in T20 last year, ability on South African-style pitches. Recent general performance compared to performance before last year's IPL.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I wanted to give you one a long time ago, but I didn't find the right words. Now they all of a sudden came automatically in my message. So I'll copy this one, don't mind :) :


 * Thanks.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree with everything User:Shshshsh said!  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 08:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Thought you might have gone for good, glad to see you return from the glue factory :-) I understand and sympathise with your frustrations; there certainly appears to be a non-productive cadre who now control vast swathes of the project and who seem to think that the project would be wonderful if it wasn't for the actual content contributors! (see CfD for further evidence).

FYI, I have started on this. The Ryan book was interesting and reads a little like a tragedy, with Hughes' character flaws and the unremitting hostility from those who should have been his supporters leading to his rapid rise and equally quick downfall&mdash;with tragic results for Australian cricket. The book, while sympathetic to Hughes, is not a whitewash; it depicts him as naive, overconfident and frankly not all that bright. It does however point out the dark side to the hyper-Australian macho image of his two champion WA and Aust. team mates (and two brothers from South Aust.) who are painted in this book as bullies and hypocrites of the highest order; more concerned about personal vendettas and ambition than the team&mdash;contrary to their oft-stated ideals. A grubby episode all round. -- Mattinbgn\talk 03:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I think CFD is pretty useless....As for Hughes, I saw that in the recent changes. Yeah I wasn't around in his day, but I've heard him commentate on ABC radio and think that he was way worse than the whole fleet on Indian commentators on the IPL. And so biased as well, even worse than David Morrow who thinks Bracken, Katich in 2005, etc and everyone should be in the Test team and that Clarke should never have been dropped in 2005. I didn't think he was smarter than Shoaib Akhtar judging by that performance. Having said that Brearley would easily make a fool of any current international captain. The Haigh chapter about Hughes in teh ACB history book is pretty scathing, especially the ridiculous quotes about his ego trips and brash statements. And well yes, Chappell*2 + Marsh and Lillee were pretty horrible in those wild days. And people think that the current behaviour is the worse when the lawlessness of the 70s and 80s was so horrible. Especially when Hogg kicked the stumps and punched Hughest on the field! Definitely an interesting and ugly period in cricket history, and Roebuck kept on plugging the book in his commentary, and Ryan writes for the Monthly with Haigh so it must be a scholarly book. I should read it sometime.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! '') 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Anyway back to the Invincibles. Two Victorians are waiting for you!  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hassett is appealing, Loxton less so. Neither of them are a mile away from GA. Hassett probably has the capacity to easily become an FA. I guess at this stage I am looking for a little variety, but I haven't given them away yet! :-) It is interesting researching a Western Australian. I know so little about the place (I know more about NZ and even the UK than I do about the West), so the names, places etc. are all unfamiliar. -- Mattinbgn\talk 09:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Glad you're back !! Ping me if you need me to look at a FAR, as long as it's not one that I promoted.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 04:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh sure, I'll nag then. Most of them only take five minutes to spot the obvious problems.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Glad to see you again!--Amore Mio (talk) 09:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I am sorry, but red does not go well with Yellow Monkey. Please do something about it! ;) Renata (talk) 17:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point! :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 18:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks people.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Great to see you back :-)
It's great to see you back here. :-)- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 07:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Normally the arbitrators usually don't reply to any complaint sent to them (<10%), or only one guy cares and nothing happens, so if they're bothered investigating me, they're probably looking for any old excuse to ban me. So I guess I'll be KOed any moment now, but I'm not going to run away, as I haven't done anything wrong. I should probably play small target and freeloading politics unless people want to go and demonstrate for me each week....  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That's nice to hear. Anyway, let's be optimistic. I do not think it's gonna turn out that bad.- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 08:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You should run for admin. Too many trolls. Nishkid aside, the other subcontinental-watching admins won't bite the usual lot. They just expect others to block idiots for them.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 08:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you confident that I'll be able to clear the RFA process? I am quite unsure about it. Besides, I do not know if I'll be able to devote enough time. Chances are that my off-Wiki life would get more hectic in the forthcoming months.- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 16:19, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You should be able to. It doesn't take much time for an Indian, especially if they already know what the topic is about. I mean, I can do it.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed -- Avi (talk) 07:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Great to see your back as well! Don't worry you've done nothing wrong. The Gambhir art is a Great read! Gambhir and Sehwag must be a frightening proposition for opening bowlers. In the years to come him and Duminy could become the new Lara and Tendulkar. I thought Rohit Sharma could become the new Tendulkar but he seems to lost the plot a bit. It's great to see that a free flowing playing in Gambhir has the mental toughness to make 137 from 436 balls in 643 minutes.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 07:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Although Sharma did play some quality knocks in the IPL. But I agree he is not a slogger. I'd never heard of Cheteshwar Pujara. Three triples in a month is a solid effort.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 08:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You'd be a lot more reliable source than those Pakistani newspapers spreading conspiracy theories. Thanks for fixing the 100's and 50's in my test team. I was meant to finish it but forgot.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 08:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It would get my blog a few more hits too hopefully. Saves me having to reword much to avoid copyright wither.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 08:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Mentioning Ponting, he hasn't exactly come from a great area of Tasmania. His nephew is extremely arrogant and a bit of a Mowbray "feral" and chucked an absolute skitz after I got him for the 5th time in a row the other week. I don't think Ricky was a angel either.  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 08:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Clarke annoys me a lot with his deliberate "Kath and Kim" style accent and his persistent "I'm a proud Westie" type thing over and over....gee it sounds like he came from the slums of Mumbai or something. Liverpool hardly compares. I know heaps of people from 75%+ Labor party areas who passed uni etc, only a small minority get broken lives. Thorpey doesn't carry on about being a "Westie" all the time and beating India/Pakistan/SL doesn't compare with racing against US/JPN/NED/GER/PRC etc. The Australian 4x1 women's medley relay team actually lapped SL at the 2006 comm games. Libby Lenton finished before the 3rd SL swimmer finished. Any decent QLD 14-yo school swim team could beat India etc. Clarkey's relentless Beckham-style self-promotion really grates on me. He robbed MArtyn of the AB Medal in 2005 with all his media mates.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 08:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And great stuff with the blog on the WSJ; I plan to start referencing you like crazy. --Roisterer (talk) 01:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Potential sock
An editor has suggested that another contributor involved in an informal mediation of Thelema may be. Could you look over the claim (here) and let me know what you think? Also, if you could provide a bit of background about the user, so that I'm aware of what to watch for, I would appreciate it. (It is an area that is easy for me to watch over.) Both my talk page and inbox are open, depending on which mode of communication you find most appropriate for the topic. Thanks a ton! --Vassyana (talk) 08:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Uses TOR, is in Austin, TX. Basically any obscure paganism guy with all sorts of obscure interests in little movements there is him. Also likes to edit about obscure self-proclaimed Buddhas, controversial Tibetan leaders who engage in things like Tantric sex and have wives like Michael Roach, same for lots of self-proclaimed Hindu gurus etc and new sects. Apart from that, nothing really.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Edts in support of the usual self-proclaimed Buddhas, see RFARB/Starwood for more background.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Vassyana (talk) 22:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Re milhist contest points
I'm very sorry if there's been a mistake. I think User:Bellhalla maintains the score table, so you probably need to let them know. Best, EyeSerene talk 08:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've informed him,  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
The Enforcer Office of the secret service 12:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Pakistani Trinidadian
Hi, you were helpful in the AfD discussion for India and state terrorism, by pointing out the COI of the article's author (Colombianstar/Strider11), and the other editor who took over the major editing once that fact was pointed out. ;o)

Recently, as I was doing some backtracking, I noticed this article, Pakistani Trinidadian, which was co-incidentally submitted by Colombianstar/Strider11, just before the most recent ban. As you seem to have some history with this sockpuppeter case, I thought you might have some interest or input. Best regards. -- Oliver  Twisted (Talk) (Stuff) 10:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Retired?
I saw that you deleted your userpage and have not edited since 30 March... If you've retired, I wish you well in your life that is ahead of you; all of Wikipedia appreciates your hard work. By the way, if you've ever wondered why I would comment on every MILHSIT A-class nom besides yours, it was because I knew that the review would be something like "everything looks good". Good luck in all of your future endeavors here, friend. Best, — Ed 17  (Talk /  Contribs)  22:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Unfortunately for many Wikipedians I have decided to not roll over.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 07:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * But fortunately for the state of Wikipedia's Southeast Asian milhist articles and the articles on The Invincibles. :-) It's great to see you back! — Ed 17  (Talk /  Contribs)  03:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Well as far as SE Asia goes, it seems that 85+% of all the FA/A class articles are about VN and even then, VN is notoriously incomplete - virtually nothing except the 1930-1975 era, and the Sino-Vietnamese War thanks to, Gia Long, Phan Dinh Phung and Truong Dinh notwithsatnaing, it is pretty incomplete. Some of the other SE Asia countries have less than 100 military articles.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Nah you mean.. "(fortunately) for many wikipedians, I have decided to not roll over". Great to see your back. Maybe many wikipedians are just jealous of your editing ability!..?  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 03:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Stupid question...
Just wondering why you have your user page-type stuff on your talk page, and how do you accurately archive it? It's making my eyes hurt... Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 15:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh it's easy. Are you referring to the photopoll? I just put it where it might get more people to notice it, although it seems I am probably annoying people.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not that people don't want to join in with it/it's annoying or hurts most people's eyes IMHO, it's just that the page takes ages to finish loading, even on a fast computer. It takes a while for people to be able to get to the bottom of the page to leave a comment.  Only a few seconds but on the internets people are impatient.:)  You could put it on a subpage and put a nice pic at the top here and a link to it, so people could have a go. Sticky Parkin 19:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * agree. -- Docku:  What's up?  17:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a note, for people who have Dial Up internet it takes minutes to load. Doesn't hurt me eyes though! :)  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 08:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The photos are about 85% of the page anyway, so moving to a subpage wouldn't help that much  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 00:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow...
You are simply rediculous. You do know you're number one or something on the charts for FAs, right? :O ResMar 22:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not, see WP:WBFAN. Also, I write a lot on obscure topics so some of my articles are relatively short. If you count and  among others write really long FAs on complicated topics. They're the best. There are others as well.  YellowMonkey   ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Nikkul Adams
Replied on my talk page. Idle curiosity: what do you use User:YellowAssessmentMonkey for ? Functionally different or just different computers ? Abecedare (talk) 04:43, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, I knew you were not kidding. A few things I have learned on wikipedia (and the internets):
 * Every group considers itself superior to every other group. At the same time ...
 * Every group considers itself to be victimized by other groups.
 * There is no group cohesive enough, not to have sub-groups.
 * Each sub-group considers itself superior ... (ad infinitum)
 * There is no issue small enough that people won't debate over it endlessly.
 * Substantively: I would argue that it makes no sense to talk about the Indian education system, the Indian medical system etc. At their best these are superior to, or at least at par with, what an average "first world" citizen would access; but once you move away from that top tier, they leaves a lot to be desired. The Indian society is complex, and these complexity are overlooked by ones who would either whitewash the blemishes, and ones who would paint it all black. The surprising part (to me) is that many of the bloviators actually seem to believe their own nonsense! Anyway, one has to learn to love the trolls, in order to maintain ones sanity. Abecedare (talk) 05:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I know. If people can't see what is directly in front of them then we have a bleak future ahead of us.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)