User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive181

Xenobot
The trouble is that some categories are fairly indiscriminate, eg international tennis players who have won the Australian open, or plant species, that occur in Australia among many other places.--Grahame (talk) 02:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries then.--Grahame (talk) 02:50, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Vietnam provinces
Hi can you translate, User:Nvvchar/Vietnam Province 4, User:Nvvchar/Vietnam Province 6 and User:Nvvchar/Vietnam Province 10. Nvvchar is concerned about the lack of sourcing. Do you think any of the translated info can be referenced? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * FYI YellowMonkey has asked me to help out with User:Nvvchar/Vietnam Province 6, which I don't mind doing, since it's in line with some of the work I've been doing on the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway. I also don't mind seeking out new references if they're needed, as that's what I've been doing with other articles in my sandbox. --dragfyre_ ʞןɐʇ c 17:54, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

That would be a great help, thanks. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I should have another squiz, although some of the technical nouns on some geographical, geological or not-so-common animals and minerals sstump me quite often.  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  05:37, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Edits to Days of the year articles
Hi YellowMonkey. I noticed you have added several Vietnamese national elections to these pages. Usually national elections don't meet the notability requirements of these pages. After all, there a lot of countries out there, and many of them have had a lot of elections throughout history. Adding them all would quickly overwhelm these pages. WP:DOY states Dates significant world leaders or movements rose to or fell from power are notable. Of course not everyone is going to agree on what is significant and what is not, but I at least wanted to explain why I reverted your edits to September 3. I'd be happy to hash this out on the article's talk page if you like, but figured I'd drop you a note here first. Cheers. Winston365 (talk) 07:33, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003
I'm planning on pushing this to FA soonish - month or two - as it's a rather short article. The background and aftermath (almost non-existant) needs expanding. Would it need a kind of stat summary? Perhaps to try and pad it out a bit. The amount of cricinfo refs will raise an eyebrow.  Aaroncrick  TALK 04:44, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * A few things
 * politics and economics of playing against Bangladesh and losing money, therefore an additional winter series in small towns
 * Not sure in aftermath if any Bangladesh players were promoted/demoted or change of strategy as a result of performances in Aus. No changes to Aus
 * I would expand the matchplay etc as the bulletin is fat and they probably have the commentary logs as well, notwithstanding the fact that the matches often only lasted 50% of the allotted overs, as at the moment in some places it just skips to the end of a Bang collapse
 * Need better range of comments than involved parties who have an interest in being overoptimistic about Bang (eg Bang saying they are worthwhile, opponents saying they are good to try and prove that a freebie 100 5fer means anything
 * There were some dudes calling for SRW to retire so that young players eg Mr bingle could get blooded against weak attacks. Maybe it was hookes again  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  07:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks muchly. I'll do some research.  Aaroncrick  TALK 11:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Inside Stroy by Haigh and Frith has a section saying that Australia were under pressure to host Bang since apparently they were one of the main backers of Bang's Test status  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  01:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Yen Bai
Hi. Thanks for the the book emails I've added some about the bronze cylindrical jar. Can you please cite the full book in the bibliography at Yên Bái Province and let me know which book it is so I can use further info. Thanks. I've begun moving articles into the mainspace, so far 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 11. Hà Giang Province however still needs translation. Can you sort it out? I'm hoping we can get them all processed and completed by the end of next week, by September hopefully. Dr.  Blofeld  10:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought the first page in each set was the front cover which has the year and issue number of "Vietnamese Studies"  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  01:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Also can you complete the history for User:Nvvchar/Vietnam Province 6 and then it should be ready to post. Dr.  Blofeld  15:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Okey  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  01:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I've moved it to Lao Cai Province. Can you see to that and Hà Giang Province. I considered removing the Vietnamese untranslated info but I figured that the articles may be poorer for it. Dr.  Blofeld  13:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC) I've added some info to Lao Cai Province derived from your book. The mention about reforestation, the mountain reserve and the missionaries mainly. Please reference it to your book. Also please translate that history section. I tried doing it by google translate and it was incomprehensible. Dr.  Blofeld  16:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:
Received. Thanks a bunch for your great effort! Lots of information totally fresh to me. Grenouille vert (talk) 07:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You make me feel guilty being not able to find time to use your precious books to write new articles (j/k). Thanks a lot for your books, I surely will use them for my new articles here or at Vietnamese Wikipedia. Grenouille vert (talk) 01:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The odd Yorkshire obsession continues...
Thanks. Can't believe that one passed so easily in the end. No one really seems to care about Macca at PR :( Still not convinced, so I'm thinking Kilner next, but I need to find some more sources as it's very dependent on one book, which BB won't like. Would like to put a couple more at GAN but the backlog is ridiculous. --Sarastro1 (talk) 09:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... mostly very lengthy articles from Tony. Who are you looking to put up? Hutton?  Aaroncrick  TALK 10:18, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Jardine and Old Ebor aren't real long... so you might as well wack them up? Might now get reviewed till '11. lol 10:45, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, those 2 for GA at some point. Hutton still needs lots doing to it. Waaaaaay too long for a start, and I've got some other sources as well as his biog to go in. --Sarastro1 (talk) 10:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, I gathered. Noticed Yardley's up. Already 4 FAs - not a bad effort! Well done  Aaroncrick  TALK 10:51, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Sarastro you should just go for it. Tony nominates endlessly and dubiously&mdash;a veteran shouldn't have to be nagged about missing content black holes and with broken English all the time, and hardly ever reviews at all. Many people assume he deliberately posts articles as low as possible and hopes for a joke review and pass if he wins the toss, so to speak. If you wait for others to have their turn, humans will be on Mars first and you'll get stampeded.  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  02:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * On a non-related matter, I'm finally getting round to the Adelaide leak article. Do you know of any good stuff on reaction to the leak, particularly among Aus players? I've got a copy of Cricket Crisis, just wondered if there was anything else around that you knew of? --Sarastro1 (talk) 10:57, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Apart from teh Fingo Growden stuff, I reckon Frith would still be the best as he had all the stuff that was kept secret until they all died  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  06:32, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Good idea on 3rd Test. I've got plenty on it. Might be a while before I get around to looking at it, though! If you have the Growden book, I'd appreciate anything on the leak/aftermath from it. --Sarastro1 (talk) 20:15, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought I already did email you the section but maybe the part about later squabbling wasn't. The part about Fingo being excluded from the 1934 tour is in Fingo's wikibio so it can just be copied off  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  01:28, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You sent the parts about Jardine, Cricket Crisis and a bit about the feud, but nothing on leak. --Sarastro1 (talk) 07:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, very useful. --Sarastro1 (talk) 21:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Tassie devil book
Cheers. --Malkinann (talk) 09:53, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delivered.

If you're emailing someone bits, can you do the same with me please?  Aaroncrick  TALK 10:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * books delivered already  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  02:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the book - I've found I've gone further into the geosciences than biology through my time at uni, so I wouldn't consider myself a trained/real expert on these. --Malkinann (talk) 11:53, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Cheers - I think the final three chapters would be more useful for other articles than the main TD article. :( --Malkinann (talk) 05:25, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Jeannette Rankin
Thanks for finding that source for us. I looked and couldn't find anything.

It would seem that an other user was not very happy about it though. Cheers--Jojhutton (talk) 03:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh it was easy. Only took a minute. More efficient  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  05:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi YellowMonkey. I have just finished the last exam :P. I'll be back active in writing :D. BTW, Have you got any subject which is Vietnam-related but is rarely known in the West (like Dao Duy Tu)?. I would like to make them all blue.--AM (talk) 13:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I found abunch of stuff on Nguyen Dynasty buildings in Hue  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  04:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello
Umm, my name is Murphyshane, I'm a user on a wiki called Sonic News Network, I was wondering if we could use this template to make browsing easier. Would you or the other admins mind? We'll give credit, I promise, thanks. --Murphyshane (talk) 17:05, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

3000th FA
Would you care to comment on your article, Mark Tonelli, in reference to FCDW/3000? As in what your feelings working on the article? Regards, Res Mar 23:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  04:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Lao Cai Province
I've now nominated the 11 article hook. All we need now is a translation of the smallish history section of Lao Cai Province. Everything else has bene translated. Dr.  Blofeld  18:13, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Mmm can you find a source which lists the 11 provinces as being under Đông Bắc? Can't find a thing. It need to be claimed in each of the province intros with a source to support the dyk. Dr.  Blofeld  18:49, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I've added some info to Lang Son province. Thanks, It is extremely alarming though the amount of articles we are missing on even major mountain range/rivers and cultures. Sometime perhaps you could use your resources to help me improve the district articles. Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  10:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I could but hardly any of them are district specific content :(  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  01:25, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added lot of text in Lao Cai Province article. You may like to copy edit, as the English translation of the Vietnamese Government sources is not properly done. I have completed my inputs to the other 10 articles with correction to the infoboxes, as suggested by the reviwer User:Material Scientist. I have seen your additions and edits made today to Tuyen Quang Province. I am downloading all references you have been sending on my e-mail. Some day, I may be able to use them on some more articles on Vietnam. Currently I am busy with my professional work.-- <span style="color:#fef;background:	#191970;">N.V.V. Char     Talk. 15:51, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The link for the hook is still not cited. I tried to find references linking Đông Bắc with the 11 provinces and I have not been able to find any references on the web, in spite of repeated search. You need to pitch in now to find it and post it on all articles.-- <span style="color:#fef;background:	#191970;">N.V.V. Char     Talk. 04:02, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States
The article Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States for things which need to be addressed. Jappalang (talk) 09:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  02:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have passed this article. I have also added some things in the GA talk page that I think could help the article to further improve (to FA), so you might want to take a further look into that.  Jappalang (talk) 03:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Follow up to WSC FAC
I forgot to mention this initially, but I did check all of the individual FIL links for The Whistler Sliding Centre and they are valid. Some of the results you have to drag down to access, but that was FIL's choosing and not mine. Have you also had a chance to look at the new IB I put in there since your initial comments three weeks ago? Chris (talk) 22:25, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I did it looks good  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  02:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Category:Rivers of Vietnam
Hi. Can you do me a favour and ensure no cowboy admin gets their hands on the categories in Category:Rivers of Vietnam and deletes them. I'll try to fill them over the next week or two transwikiing a lot of articles.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  15:21, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

FAR
FYI: Featured article review/Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident/archive1 is all yours to close. It's close (I think) so I'm going to try to get it the rest of the way. Wish me luck... Dana boomer (talk) 15:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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question
Just how many South Vietnam-related entries have you put in the OTD calendar, if I may ask? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 03:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Not many that weren't American, lol  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  04:15, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you answer the question seriously? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 06:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Commercial Import Program
The article Commercial Import Program you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Commercial Import Program for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:19, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bắc Giang Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bắc Kạn Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Cao Bang Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ha Giang Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lang Son Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lao Cai Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Phu Tho Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Quang Ninh Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Thai Nguyen Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tuyen Quang Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Yen Bai Province
-- Cirt (talk) 06:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Requests at the top of this page
You might want to see the discussions at WP:RSN and WP:ANI. Dougweller (talk) 08:43, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

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