User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive50

DYK Oops
You gave me a DYK ding for Governors Court, which I would appreciate, except that I had nothing to do with that article. (I did receive one for Cody Webb, which did appear on the front page, but then revoked). But thank you anyway, I'll remove it from my talk page :) SirFozzie 17:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

From Bnguyen to "Blnguyen"
I am a Vietnamese-American living in the United States and I have immigrated to the United States and able to achieve the American dream here as my fellow Vietnamese were able who live in the United States because if we were in Vietnam we would not have the opporunitiy to have the life we have in the United States.

My name is Brandon Nguyen and I have been a member here on wikipedia for over two years and have been an good contributer to wikipedia.

1. How and why do are you using a similar name as me? My last name is Nguyen, and my first name is Brandon but you add a letter "L" between it.

2. Why are you making accussations that Vietnamese-Americans that are contributing to American society is spam?

These Vietnamese-Americans are trying to contribute to American society and enjoy the opporunities that are in this country of the United States eventhough there is racism here at times, but we overcome it. As you know from what happened at Virginia Tech some people are not strong enough to deal with it and overcome it that they become mentally ill.

I ask you to be patient and allow these Californian local politicians to be noted in their contributions to American society and are notable for their accomplishments for all immigrants of the United States and minorities. Bnguyen 18:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I am editing from my real name, and as such, that is how my name is derived. I was referring to the articles as spam, because they are written a way which violates WP:NPOV and had phrases which were not encyclopedic like Tri is a dedicated husband and father. He met his wife, Anh Doan by what he calls "an act of destiny," and together they have journeyed through many challenging paths. In 2002, they were blessed with a beautiful daughter, Trianh, who remains their most precious gift of life, and other unsourced stuff about his personal character, which reads like an election pamphlet. I'd have to say that WP:BIO says that local city council people are not notable, and it is pretty clear on this, let alone a person in a council of 88k. I'm not sure you can justify Cho's actions by saying that it was because he was teased,.. many people get teased for a variety of reasons, not just racial and also he went to a Korean church. In addition, I'd have to say that I don't think that cutting these articles count as racism or racially motivated, since they clearly do not meet WP:BIO. I would wonder why people would rather write about these non notable things, when so many of the articles on Vietnamese history do not even exist. Lastly I would have to remind you to not add "Vietnamese Americans" to those articles, since the articles are already in the subcategory "Vietnamese American politicians" and are thus in the parent cat. Also, I removed your cats from Nguyen Khanh, as I cannot see how the Government of Free Vietnam counts for anything, nor can he be counted as "non-violence", since he is a general, and for one thing, ordered the execution of Nguyen Van Nhung. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

One week under our belt
Dear ,

Thank you for being a member of WikiProject Swimming. For all of you that have helped in our first week, thank you so much. This has been a very hard week for us in the States, with the Virginia Tech event. This project has been a way for me to remove my mind from the terrible event. Thank you for helping out, and improving the project. Please keep the motivation going in the next few weeks, and try to recruit as many swimmers, divers, water dancers and polo players as you can. Be proud of your sport!

See you around the pool,

wpktsfs

Greetings ;)
Hey - I've came across your name before (and that Yellow Monkey + Matching-Archive-Collapsible-Section :) so I just dropped into say hey ;) see you around! ~ Anthony  18:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hallo
I was wondering what is the reason for reverting my edits? It took me time to find references etc. The reversion policy clearly says to avoid reversion and instead try to make the article better. It's easy to revert. It's not easy to make a contribution. Sorry for my ranting. I just don't want to waste 3 hours of my time to read and look up references only to see it reverted by an administrator...without a valid reason. Truthexplorer 00:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification that you reverted the edits because of the links to her shop. I must admit, that's the best I could find. Will try to look for more. However, since you claim there are 3rd party site..why don't you just cite it instead of removing the entire sentence? It's not very nice. Truthexplorer 06:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin
More than just a little late, I know, but I wanted to get these all out there, eventually. Glad to see you're still active. – Luna Santin  (talk) 00:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to see you still going as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey
Was nice meeting you today. Hopefully we can do more of these! Cheers, – Riana ऋ 03:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm still disappointed about the lack of a monkey suit at the table, but oh well... nice meeting you, Blnguyen. Cheers,  Daniel Bryant  04:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I really should have found a way to get the monkey out of the house and park it next to Jimbo's breakfast. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Likewise with the above. It was lovely to meet you! Happy editing,--cj | talk 11:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyvios
You do realize they have to get reverted out or nuked, right? If they're simply edited, they become derivative works and are still copyvios. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 04:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Thanks for taking it! :) I can't help but grin when I look at it, absolute gold. michael talk 06:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I really should have found a way to get the monkey out of the house and park it next to Jimbo's breakfast. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Next time perhaps? I'd be glad to do the honour of taking it. michael talk 06:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Any ideas about what to do with this article/editor?
Hi Blnguyen. I am at my wits end so thought I'd call on your awesome powers to help me figure out what to do with CharliTa. S/he is disruptively editing Melissa Smith, Chelsea Korka (particularly) and the main Pussycat Dolls page. I feel I am spending way too much time sorting out these articles considering my lack on interest in the subject :P

Anyway the main problem now is that the editor is adding derogatory material on the Chelsea Korka article and reverting every reversion I make. I have tried to explain the policies and point out the policy pages on the talk page, but the reply was simply "what? in english please!". If you look at his methods of formatting on the talk page you'll see why I have a massive headache from this guy.

Any ideas? -- PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  00:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh well I've decided to go the 3RR warning/violation route. My interpretation is that I am covered by WP:BLP but he is not.  We'll see what happens. --  PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  00:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the protect. Our "friend" is at it again though.  CharliTa has created Asia Nitollano (singer) but apparently did some crazy article moves.  The page really needs to be titled "Asia Nitollano" as there is no need to disambiguate but "Asia Nitollano" has already been created so I can't do the move.  Would you be able to sort this out?  Thanks! --  PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  01:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. Is there any chance you'd be able to talk to CharliTa?  He has now started reverting my fixes to Asia Nitallano by adding things like
 * "Asia's best friend in the Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll is Brittany Diiorio (Known on her Myspace)."
 * He is also adding the sprotect template to the article, although the article itself is not protected. I'm not sure whether the BLP exception to 3RR would cover me reverting him so would like your advice.  I should probably just leave it to let him settle down but this sort of stuff shouldn't be in a BLP. PageantUpdater  User Talk   Review me!
 * Sorry to bother you about this again but there is now another editor (User:Joseph.James00) making exactly the same reversions to Asia Nitollano. I suspect that this account is a sockpuppet of User:CharliTa because both users claim on their userpages to be the creator of the article, and I am being sent "warnings" by CharliTa for violating 3RR (despite trying to explain the WP:BIO exemption).  Anything you can do about this? PageantUpdater  User Talk   Review me!  00:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've requested a check-up, but I think that this guy is very likely to be him again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, checkuser confirms that CharliTa = Joseph.James00. Dmcdevit·t 23:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * What a surprise (not). I had Joseph.James00 reported for 3RR violation on 21 April... within a day he had already violated the rule again so he was blocked for 24 hours.  He just came out of the block last night (23:58, 22 April 2007), and swiftly re-added the WP:BLP violation to Asia Nitollano at 11:10, 23 April 2007.  I reminded him that this was unacceptable at 11:14, 23 April 2007 but he again readded the material (23:02, 23 April 2007).  He then messed with the formatting of my signature on his talk page & removed it from one comment, so that another editor's comments showed as "small" text (at 19:00, 23 April 2007).  I am at my wits end as to what to do with this guy. PageantUpdater  User Talk   Review me!  00:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've blocked him. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Albertbrown80
Blnguyen, User:Albertbrown80 is quite transparently the latest incarnation of User:Funnypop12, created to evade his last block and warning/block history, and like Funnypop12 is a single-purpose account.Proabivouac 06:23, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Email
&mdash;Moondyne 07:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Noted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Category:South African criminals and Nelson Mandela
you removed the category yet the man had several criminal convictions and served a lengthy jail sentence. It's all in the article. Proudlyhumble07 08:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blocked as DavidYork71 sock. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Your block of User:Ideogram
Ideogram, whom you blocked for 96 hours for again disrupting the arbitration case, has posted an unblock request. You may wish to comment on the request before it is reviewed by another administrator (it won't be me). Regards, Newyorkbrad 16:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's OK, I let Kirill exercise his discretion. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

TeckWiz's RFA
Hey Blnguyen. Thanks for commenting on my unsuccessful RFA last week under my old name, TeckWiz. I'm now known simply as User:R. I will use your comment to help improve, and I hope to keep helping and improving Wikipedia alongside you. About the Alfred Brown incident: yes, I should have read it better, but as I said on the RFA, note that the sign at the top of WP:N says it's not policy, it's a guideline. Thanks-- TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs@(Let's go Yankees!) 00:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's fine. You're a good contributor with a good attitude and you will be ready in the course of time. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Ratings
Hi Blnguyen. Fair point. I'll make a note to go through the A-class ones again and downgrade them to B. I probably need to understand the criteria better as I didn't take account of any relationship to FA or GA. All the best. --BlackJack | talk page 06:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, second thoughts. I've been studying the quality criteria and it is evident there are two scales here: a quality scale (FA and GA) and a completeness scale (A, B, start and stub).  They do not necessarily interlink or overlap.  A very short article can be an A but can never be an FA or even a GA simply because of limited available data.  For example, William Bedle is a complete article and must be A-class because it is too complete to be a B or a start or a stub; but it could never be a GA or an FA because there is nothing to be added and it cannot be lengthened.
 * The criteria as written are very woolly and I've already started to improve the wording and remove ambiguity. A lot of statements in there were meaningless and contradictory: someone obviously wrote an initial draft and never edited or reviewed it.
 * The point is that we must have a completeness scale, although I'm not sure if four stages is enough. Quality is a different matter: an article can be complete without exhibiting any quality.  Conversely, a "quality" article might be a load of rubbish: classic example is The Ashes which has been FA-class but frankly is both misleading and hopelessly incomplete in terms of content.
 * Anyway, I'll continue with the quality scale criteria (haven't done B or start yet) and let you know when I've finished so you can comment. We need to get a consensus on this and I think once I've done and got your feedback we should put it on the project talk page so that it can be ironed out into a final version.  All the best.  --BlackJack | talk page 06:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, BlackJack, I dare you to put William Bedle up on WP:FAC! If that is all there is to say, it should pass... theoretically. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that is a problem, since FAC generally has a baseline limit of about 10k in prose, so if you can't get it to B length then it is stuffed. But yeah.....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Sir, a suspected sockpuppet of Sarvabhaum, User:Wizcraft is trying to disrupt the FAC and throw tags into the main article. Please start checkuser and deal with this vandal as soon as possible.Dineshkannambadi 12:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Done thanks, no need for checkuser. It's either a sock or impersonator. either way, it isn't doing anything useful. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Protection
BLN: I've been cleaning up a few Sangh Parivar articles, and I see that you protected Hindutva. Any plans for unprotection? Let me know what you need to have cleared up first. Hornplease 21:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure really. Could you ask another admin in due time? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure. Hornplease 07:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Ali Osman (criminal)
I am amazed that Ali Osman really needed disambiguation. Could you have tried a bit harder to come up with a POV name for the article? Nothing in the article suggests he is a career criminal, regardless of your inflamatory edit summary.Garrie 09:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think I did so maliciously. I simply noted that people are first and foremost dabbed by what their occupation is (in the sense of making them notable), and not birth factors like race and caste, and in this case he was notable for being taken to court. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's a bit harsh to tar him with that brush for basically one assault offence during such a widespread episode of mayhem. I have flagged it for merger and I would hope someone does merge the article. Garrie 06:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Ian Thorpe FAR
Ian Thorpe has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 23:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh dears....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I admit, I am new to reviewing I have contributed to 2 FACs and this is my first FAR. I am trying to focus on internet era sports articles.  I have recently been involved in editing Chris Young (baseball pitcher) and Barry Bonds (only the current season within the article).  I have decided that I prefer to cite all important games with box scores and recaps.  Going forward I will be using ESPN.com exclusively for this.  I believe most of Bonds' article could be improved with such citation.  I have for the most part brought Young up to this standard. I have pushed Toronto Raptors to do so at FAC.  I have to take some time to give Martin Brodeur better guidance in this regard, but have added 4 citations to the article personally.  I am not familiar with internet coverage of swimming, but felt Thorpe, as an internet era superstar, should be citable using online resources.  I may have gone overboard citing every uncited sentence.  I will return and tone down my comment.  I do think modern sports articles should be more heavily cited than they are however. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 16:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem with using one book ref for an entire paragraph is that it doesn't make it clear to the reader which sentences are unsourced and which ones are covered by a citation, especially with paragraphs as long as those in Ian Thorpe. The first paragraph of 2003 World Aquatics Championships. It's huge! Take a gander at WP:CITE. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 10:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * And I have read WP:CITE and I am not convinced it says anything about the ref needing to be repeated multiple times throughout the paragraph. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I tend to agree, that WP:CITE does allow for one citation at the final sentence to cover an entire paragraph and the reader who wants to challenge such a citation really needs to read the reference provided before they can argue the toss.Garrie 06:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Vietnamese Names
Pls see article: Vietnamese Names. Thanks! --Hughstew 02:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have indeed and I stand by my deletion of the content. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Email for you
Can you drop me a line on my Talk page when you've replied? I'm in the middle of a busy week, and might well forget to check my Emails (but I can always find time for this place...). BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Booyah
Here you go, not great: But I guess it'll do for now. You want to do the honors of cropping and installing it? Quadzilla99 22:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay it was added. I had trouble cropping it as it was some kind of weird file type that my computer couldn't even open. I've never seen one like that in over 200+ pics I've uploaded from flickr. Another commons user cropped it though. Quadzilla99 13:53, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help in saving the article. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure! You might want to thank the flickr user also for changing the license. Quadzilla99 17:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

User:WoWPlaya303

 * Is there any administrative action that can be taken against this user? S/he has uploaded a large number of fair use images of people that are clearly "replaceable fair use".  Many come from Myspace.  I've warned the user but they continue to upload these photos, and removing the "replaceable fair use" templates I've put on the image pages.  Usually I'd just deal with this on an image-by-image basis but the vast number of images that need dealing with is just too much work.  I'm most frustrated by the fact that the person continues doing this when they've repeatedly been warned not to.  This is the same user that is throwing all these images onto the Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll‎ page (see, , ) PageantUpdater  User Talk   Review me!  07:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like he is gone? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Why!
Nooooo!!! Don't leave, Blnguyen! Nishkid64 (talk) 00:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Ian Thorpe
Hello - I have not forgotten that you asked me (again!) to copyedit the article, and I am sorry I have not got around to it (I did mean to get around to looking at Battleship too). I'll see what I can do. -- ALoan (Talk) 11:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit Warning
Hi, I am reporting an editor who is engaged in edit-warring. HappyInGeneralhas done about 34 reverts on page alone in the last two weeks. He and I were warned on May 1st. I have refrained from editing that page, but HappyInGeneral has continued edit warning.

In ignoring the warning and 3RR rule, HappyInGeneral has declared himself an edit warrior. If he is not punished for this behavior now, no one will care about Wiki rules any more.

The edit warning on that page is mostly about a provocative and contested image added by HappyInGeneral. Many editors have rejected placing this picture in the intro. In trying to reach a compromise with him I created a section call “Abuses against Falun Gong practitioners” and placed this picture there. But HappyInGeneral deleted this section and moved the picture back to the intro thus starting a round of revert war. --Samuel Luo 06:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree that there is a revert war going on, which I don't like, so please help me clarify a few things by commenting on my contributions.

The Suppression_of_Falun_Gong page:

I think that this contribution is essential: because it's well sourced and very relevant to the page. Please review and let me know what you think.

Also the tags are necessary because the current version of Suppression_of_Falun_Gong is hijacked by the POV of Special:Contributions/Samuel_Luo a Falun Gong critic who is proposed for being banned, also you may observe that the contributions of Special:Contributions/Pirate101 and Special:Contributions/Yueyuen are only imitating Samuel Luo's behavior.

A few questions:
 * 1) Is the information well sourced?
 * 2) Is the information relevant?
 * 3) Do we have consensus on that page?

My opinion regarding these questions, and please let me know if I'm wrong.
 * 1) Basically if the material is well sourced and relevant it should be in that article.
 * 2) If the article is not on consensus than there should be tags presenting that.
 * 1) If the article is not on consensus than there should be tags presenting that.

As far as I see it, I'm acting according to the wikipedia rules and spirit, where Samuel is not, he is even removing tags that show that the article is disputed.

Also please note that there was a legitimate section for this on this page however this was deleted:. Abusively and repeatedly. Also please review this section of the evidence page:

PS: Note that this is question is here for more then a month now:

I would really like more input on this issue, from you or from anyone else, this would be very much appreciated. Thank You. --HappyInGeneral 21:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

SA general election, 2006
Just noting this page has now been on page protection for three weeks, and the user challenging the old version has not edited for nearly that entire time interval. I think there is scope for the article to return to the state it was in prior to 11 April, and for a range of editors from WP:AUSPOL to address the legitimate minor concerns with content and wording. Orderinchaos 11:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Since you haven't edited for over a week, I've taken it upon myself to unprotect. I'll keep an eye on it. Hesperian 11:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Need help in Anon blocking
Sir, an anon user is repeatedly trying to vandalise some articles related to Karnataka history. Political history of medieval Karnataka Origin of Vijayanagara Empire Talk:Vijayanagara Empire-->he has made personal attacks against me here. Vijayanagara Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri Talk:Political history of medieval Karnataka-->personal attacks against me. Rashtrakuta Dynasty Political history of medieval Karnataka Please put Anon block on these articles. His IP address is 203.94.192.142, 203.94.200.55. Can you please block these IP addresses if he continues?

thanksDineshkannambadi 18:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC) Also, I think Sarvabhaum is back with his 59.95.. IP and is aiding the above 203.. userDineshkannambadi 11:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the sprotect.Dineshkannambadi 11:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Chandu Borde
hey - i finished making edits to the article a month back and wanted you to have a look at it. pls note that the article was completed before your feedback on my writing style and i hadn't had a chance to revisit that part. please do look at the article and let me know if you want to change the ratings as well as whether any more info is required. Kalyan 10:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Noted, I sent you an email. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Michael Schumacher FAC
Your feedback has been address. Buc 06:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, sorry I was away. I will be coming soon, but there are still holes in the coverage. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Request for unprotection of Teachings of Falun Gong and Criticism and controversies about Falun Gong
Hello, Blnguyen. Now that the ArbCom case is closing, I'd like you to unprotect the abovementioned pages so that we can start reforming them according to the policies. &#10004; Olaf Stephanos &#9997;  00:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll look again. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

National Cricket Academy
Hi, i expanded the NCA article. Please let me know if you any thoughts on the article. Kalyan 11:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Noted, I hope you checked your email. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)