User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive65

Thanks
  If you voted in my RFA... ...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations. Thank you again and, best regards. Van Tucky  Talk  This RFA thanks was inspired by Lara ❤ Love's 

RE:DYK
Heh, I'm gonna nominate 4 more articles today written from November 6 - November 8. But thanks.Mitch32contribs 13:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

GAR closing
Many thanks for helping with the closing of a couple of GAR discussions recently. The project really benefits from having many closers, and I know only too well that it can be a bit tedious to update the GA page, count, article talk etc. Anyway, I just wanted to remind you to add the discussions you close to the bottom of the current archive. This means you can link them from the talk page rather than using a diff, which is more convenient for users. In contested discussions, you can also add some justification for the closure. There are guidelines for closing and archiving on the GAR page. I've fixed the two discussions that you closed. Thanks again. Geometry guy 22:28, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Noted thanks, I should have read the instructions I guess. Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries - nobody reads the instructions ;-) All the best Geometry guy 17:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

E-mail again
Similar issue to before. Acalamari 02:57, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Bingo,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. Acalamari 03:00, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Banned user abuse
Sir, A banned user:PONDHEEPANKAR has been targetting a featured article and leaving abusive messages on its/my talk page also. Please softlock these articles. He was banned from wiki for abusive language and sock puppetry. The articles are, Western Ganga Dynasty and its talk page and Origin of the Western Ganga Dynasty.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 16:16, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * has beaten me to it.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Times of India and Preity Zinta
Hi. Congratualtions on your featured and GA work by the way but we seem to be having some difficulty over the Times of India as a source for the Indian film related articles. Its just finding completely reliable sources for Bollywood pages is incredibly difficult and whereas most people would consider Times of India as a reliable source, is it because you work for that paper that you don't consider it reliable? Most people would but is there some inside info about the paper that deems it unreliable? What sites thenwould you recommend related to Indian film, because while I don't want to see fansites cited in articles if possible I don't want to see articles ruined and cut short because of referencing issues? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 16:21, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, to be honest, I don't regard the ToI as a very reliable source. It is a tabloid and it plagiarises a lot. I am not an employee, the banner is a bit of fun, but if you read it you will see that it plagiarised Wikipedia articles.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

The times of India is not less than The New york Times. It is a newspaper and it's not you to decide that this is unreliable. Best regards, Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The NYT is not a tabloid. It has highly regarded writers like David Halberstam etc who won a Pulitzer Prize. The ToI is a tabloid which plagiarises a lot.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

"Article is very POV, it gives the impresion that PZ is the biggest actress in Bollywood and so forth, (even though she only does all these "pretty stupid girl" roles) and in some cases misrepresents sources by taking an opoinion piece as concrete proof. Also the article gives massive talk space to PZ's own talk and that allows it to descened into a soapbox for Miss Zinta herself so she can promote and glorify herself"

You are the one who gives away hand to POV - "even though she only does all these "pretty stupid girl" roles." Nobody says that she is the best. It only says that she is prominent. That's all. Nobody glorifies her. And your opinion is mainly based on your personal opinion of the actress (you criticize her. Meaning, you don't like her) If you see Jolie, you will see how many quotes are there. But because Zinta being Indian whom many don't like - so everything is permitted. BTW, neither you nor other editors on Wikipedia have authority to invalidate "The Times of India", even if you really want to do that. Your Delist message was the most offensuve, that's why I've written. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  09:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well I looked at her awards list and compared it to the tone of the article, and there seems to be a discrepancy. Also, there is one part where a columnists said she was brave and your sentence said she was acclaimed by Indians [in a general sense] as being brave.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Some more 'New articles' for DYK
New articles
 * November 6 - Public welfare in India
 * November 7 - Indo-Nepal relations‎
 * November 7 - Labour in India
 * November 7 - Ports in India
 * Here are some newly created articles for DYK. -Knowledge Hegemony  08:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I checked them and it looks as though you have copied things mostly verbatim from teh US government. Although that is allowed for copyright purposes, I do believe that the DYK rules don't allow for articles that have been pillaged from PD without being reworked to be displayed.
 * Try to pick articles that are original to Wikipedia (not 1911 or other data sources)
 * Socopying PD stuff isnt allowed. I guess the rule is there to encourage original articles.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure you are only being nice, but I am ever so slightly amused that my user name screws up the table format in that list! -- !! ?? 10:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see &amp;#33; works! Well done, User:Doubleyoupea! -- !! ?? 00:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Ranks and graphs...
Hi Blnguyen -- always appreciate your work and your interesting user page! I'm a little confused by the graphs on the front page -- have you explained how to read them anywhere? What's the Rank of the articles mean, how is it generated, and do the dots on the lines have any particular significance? Hehe, I'm just disturbed by any data I can't understand! Obviously, a super low priority reply. Best, -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 19:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh I just ranked them in terms of the article size. So the largest article was 88kb, the second was 81kb, the third was 62kb etc.... the green dots are GAs and the orange ones are FA or FLs. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, cool! Hence why the graphs are monotonically decreasing.  makes sense.  Cool data!  Thanks, -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 16:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Lorne GAC
Hi, sorry for taking so long to get back to you, at this time I have not been able to uncover anything with regards to demographics in the Northwest Territories from that period. --Cloveious 08:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That's ok, it was in pretty good shape already.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou and a request
Thankyou for supporting my successful rfa which closed with 58 supports. If i am honest i am rather humbled by the unanimous support and i hope to live up to everyones expectations. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask.

On another note, if you get the chance could you pop back over to the FAC of Victoria Cross for Australia if you get the chance, as it has been restarted. You might also like to comment on the FLC of List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients if you want. Thanks again. Woodym555 13:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well done, well done !  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

New articles for DYK
These articles may used as DYK entries Knowledge Hegemony  10:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * November 6 - Forestry in India
 * November 6 - Role of India in Non-Aligned Movement
 * November 6 - Fishery in India
 * November 6 - Tribal religions in India
 * November 6 - Green Revolution in India
 * I checked them and it looks as though you have copied things mostly verbatim from teh US government. Although that is allowed for copyright purposes, I do believe that the DYK rules don't allow for articles that have been pillaged from PD without being reworked to be displayed.
 * Try to pick articles that are original to Wikipedia (not 1911 or other data sources)
 * Socopying PD stuff isnt allowed. I guess the rule is there to encourage original articles.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You can think up hooks at T:DYKT I guess.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Library of Congress Country Studies and WikiProject Library of Congress Country Studies state that its fine to copy information from the Country Stuidies online site. Anyways do reply. Knowledge Hegemony  13:45, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I see. I noted that above, that it was legitimate for you to copy from the US govt, but the WP:DYK policy is that only original work by Wikipedians is allowed on DYK.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Fine. Knowledge Hegemony  16:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Lancashire County Cricket Club
Thanks for your GA review of the Lancashire County Cricket Club article, I will try to address the points you raised, though not immediately. To be honest, I didn't expect the article to be passed, but I'd run out of ideas on how to progress and the GAR process always raises more points than a peer review. Thanks anyway. Nev1 15:07, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Time on Earth
Hey B! I noticed you placed a tag on the Time on Earth nomination on the GAN page. Since I'm possibly able to miss the final review, would you mind letting me know on my talk page at least that you've reviewed it? I have about 1500 pages in my watchlist, so I may (but hopefully don't) miss it when you do. My talk page can be found by clicking the second linca! LOL. -- linca linca  11:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * ping,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've gone through your comments and have gone one by one through the criteria. Could you have a look and see if you now see it as acceptable? -- linca linca  12:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey man, I noticed you've been around and editing by your contributions, and I let you know that we've moved on your comments over at Time on Earth. Would you mind wrapping up the GA on that one? Thanks mate. -- linca linca  10:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I was only briefly passing trhough on Saturday.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

GAN Reviewer of the Week

 * Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Philip Yampolsky
A tag has been placed on Philip Yampolsky requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. &mdash; Coren (talk) 00:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I see you are modifying the text. For future reference, it is almost always better to write your own prose rather than modify someone else's as this may give rise to serious copyright problems for Wikipedia.  &mdash; Coren (talk) 00:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It was already paraphrased to begin with.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:40, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * frankly, I too would suggest rewriting it a little more thoroughly. DGG (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Stefanomencarelli/Proposed decision
Hi Bl. On Requests for arbitration/Stefanomencarelli/Proposed decision you voted on the proposed principles and the finding of fact. When you have time, could you please vote on the proposed remedy, #Stefanomencarelli banned, too? Thanks. Picaroon (t) 00:51, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was still thinking about ịt.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

:O
How'd you know? :P Yes, I am back. I've forgotten every single thing I ever learned about HTML code, so I can't even tell what my userpage means anymore, haha. For now I think I'll stay a lurker and see if I can get back into the editing mood. Master of Puppets Care to share?  02:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:HARASS
Can you please take a look at the history of my talk page? Request your action to stop it. Already, I have got my user page protected from you, and I do not want my talk page protected too. That is the main channel of communication with other editors. Thanks - KNM Talk 05:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello Blnguyen
Sorry but I disagree. KNM's presence on pages I use to edit, such as Bollywood and the quiz on the Indian portal were suspected to me. That's why I left him this message which he removed, because he disagreed. I'll take your note into account, but I will remove your message from my talk page. I hope it's OK (in fact, he did the same with me). Best regards, Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  06:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It is OK. Any given person is free to remove whatever they want from their talk page.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  06:11, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Giuglini DYK
Thanks for your message. I think the article looks fairly good, and the amusing details trickle through nicely... I owe them all to Mapleson's Memoirs. Best wishes, Eebahgum 13:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Sfacets
A response has been requested of you here. -- But |seriously |folks  21:09, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Pls comment: User_talk:Sfacets. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 13:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

regarding ganga dynasty western
why do you put redirects? this is a distinct page. please read both and decide. dont be lead by emotions. and one another thing is im not a banned user. im still working on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramasamygounder (talk • contribs) 01:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Dear Ramasamygounder, an official CU test has shown you to be none other than PONDHEEPANKAR.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:35, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Question
I was wondering if you could re-review Nicktropolis; Macys123 hasn't replied all day. Thanks! <font face="Maiandra GD"> J ONATHAN  Go green! 22:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it would be a good idea since it has only been a few hours for me to overrule Macys123. The other thing is that I don;t think that you would like the result if I overruled you either.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll like you to review the article Nicktropolis, because someone requested it. I was reviewing other article at the same time and I maked some mistakes. And you're right, Nicktropolis is really a Start-class article. I noticed that when I switched the reviews. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macys123 (talk • contribs)
 * Err, okar, if you wish.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

User:Victuallers for admin
re admin ... Thats OK by me. I wouldn't put myself forward but honoured if someone else makes the step. Oh and thx again for your efforts. I see there are two creeping up on your 126 total... you need extra time :-) Victuallers 14:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Today I offered to nominate User:Victuallers for admin, and he showed interest; but as you have recently hinted that you also would like to nominate him, I feel a nomination by you would carry more weight. Would you be willing to nominate him instead? Epbr123 21:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't actually offer to nominate him, I just hoped that he would become an admin. At the moment I think some people will complain that he only has 300 WP-space edits, so it might be easier to spend a bit of time at AfD to please the customers. Apart from that it should be fine really.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I have been doing some AFD stuff. I got involved in the schools debate but they are bailing the titanic. ie They spend 40 minutes debating an article that took 30 mins to create, meanwhile another 10 similar articles have been created. Although I don't think wikipedia is the Titanic ... it won't sink.

Anyway (and more to the point) I think you have saved some needless effort if your prediction was correct. Victuallers 09:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Re:FAC
I'm (slowly) working Chappell to FAC, will get there soon. Bradman needs a re-organisation in terms of daughter articles etc. I would value your input as to how this might be acheived... Phanto282 02:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. Need the thinking monkey.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

River Biss
Thanks for your comments here, I will take them on board. There is one, however, which is not clear: "It is crossed by" -> "it is intersected by". Intersection implies that they actually meet at this point, whereas the river is taken physically over the canal by an aqueduct, so the only place at which they meet is their confluence. I'd also argue against merging because it's difficult know where to merge. There is a Category:Rivers of Wiltshire into which it fits, and if you think the article is short, see River Ebble! Thanks again. --<font color="7F007F">Rodhullandemu  (talk - contribs) 10:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's long enough for a normal article but for a GA it isn't really enough in my opinion. My point about the intersection seems to be wrong so you can ignore it. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Chris Cohen
Hi thanks for your review, a lot of work has been done to the page after you posted some ideas for improvement on the article. If possible could you have another look at it and see if its ready for GA? The sunder king 16:08, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I could, although in general I tend to not review the same article and think íts better to get an independent opinion on it.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Article has now passed and is a GA. Woohoo. The sunder king 20:45, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well done,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

"Ben Time"
What is the reasoning for continually deleting references citing Ben Cousins in popular culture by Australian sporting commentators?

The phrase was coined on 21/10/07 and has been used continuously since. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Judas goat (talk • contribs) 03:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As I indicated on the edit summary, the info has no real relevance to him or his career. It is just a joke made up for TV. If it became a mainstream sport neologism, not just a comic neologism, then it might be notable.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Without wanting to speak for Blnguyen, as one of the other reverters I would suggest the information breaches Wikipedia's policy on Biographies of Living People and is unencyclopaedic in tone and content. -- Mattinbgn\talk 03:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Definate BLP issues and the source listed doesnt support the information included, it just used the term. Also you have reverted three times, why until you were warned before trying to discuss? Gnangarra 03:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Protected the article due to biographies of living persons concerns and the fact that a number of accounts are reverting to readd it.  Daniel  04:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

My trip
It was an interesting trip. None from my family stay there but some people from my wife's family are there. I think I will be able to add some information to the Bangladesh pages in due course. Regards. - P.K.Niyogi 04:54, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK
First time updating, and it is time-consuming! I hope I did everything right. --Rigadoun (talk) 23:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, please remember that when you add items to Template:Did you know/Next update, please remember to add the creators/nominators of those suggestions to the "Credits" section too. You did not do that here. As you know, it can be very tedious to tag all of these talk pages with dyktalk, UpdatedDYK, and UpdatedDYKNom and it would help I and others who want to volunteer to update DYK. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I didn't bother dince I was going to do that set. I'll clean my own mess.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

GA review for Motorcycle club
Thank you for the GA review! We will use your comments to improve the article and try again. Have a wiki day! Mmoyer 04:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

GA review for Fort Tanjong Katong
Hi, thank u for your time and review on the above recently. I've completed the nec follow-up as mentioned on its talk page and would greatly appreciate your speedy reply & review as I'll be away overseas soon from Nov 18-23. As such, I would not be able to respond or follow-up swiftly during the affected period. Thanks! -- Aldwinteo 05:52, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I already passed it..........  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

User talk:IPSOS
The above user is requesting to be taken off a block you administered. Thought you might want to know, and explain to the user why they have been blocked if they truely don't know. SGGH speak! 19:37, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

It was sort of due, so I'm glad you took the decision. I'd been keeping a log of poor conduct for this user for a while now but had left off posting it on a user RfC since I've been busy with other things, and to be honest having had a run in previously I didn't want the hassle again. Here's some useful diffs and whatnot for you as a little extra context, although I'm sure you've seen this sort of stuff already:

 
 * Meatpuppetry

      
 * WP:AGF

  
 * Continually accusing other users during content disputes of being sockpuppets:

Yelling in edit summaries:      
 * WP:CIVIL

Reverting edits by other users attempting to engage in dialogue with whom IPSOS disagrees (often labelled as 'trolling' or 'vandalism'):         

Others:           - although user was blocked as sock, no need for this behaviour by IPSOS. 

Continually recruiting specific admin to tackle SSPs: risk that cases not being review objectively   

ColdmachineTalk 00:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)