User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive67

Article in Vietnamese needs translation: Gia đình phật tử
Hey Blnguyen, saviour of Vietnamese editors and articles:

There's a page written in Vietnamese, Gia đình phật tử, which is on AfD right now because it has gone untranslated for a month. You can comment on whether it should be deleted here: Articles for deletion/Gia đình phật tử. (Cross-posted also to WikiProject Vietnam) Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 01:24, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Toot. On the way. I went to this organisation when I was a kid.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Two things
Zocky | picture popups 01:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) 10 items is more than the agreed "five to eight", and DYK is very much too big.
 * 2) Kindly refrain from using rollback for reverting non-vandal edits.


 * For the first item, I usually just balance what is there. I apologise for the second item. I shouldn't have done it.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
...for the DYK and also for copyediting SITE. - Aksi_great (talk) 09:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

GA and articlehistory
Hi, BInguyen. Instructions for building article histories are at. If you scroll to the bottom of the talk page after you complete a GA event in articlehistory, you can see if the red error category is lit up. Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 14:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops... I did it again.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Four hundreds ..
Don't know. From a lookup of the usual suspects, Symonds is a good candidate for the future - he has played in five Test nations and scored 100s in three of them (Eng, NZ, SL; missed out in Aus and SAF). Tintin 02:25, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Images and its NOPV
Hi, I have a question: Please read all articles:China, Philipines and Vietnam and take a look at its country maps. We all know that three (or more) countries have claimed the right of use South China Sea Islands. Currently the POC, PRC and SROV occupied almost the islands. But look at China Map.png. Doesn't it indirectly affirms that South China Sea islands are belonged to Two Chinas (look at its color) ? Is it a totally NOPV map?

I invited you to visit Talk:China and discuss about this issue with atircle China editors. Image_talk:China_map.png to disscuss about the image. user_talk:Nat to disscuss with the Image creator. Sorry for my English :D? Magnifier (talk) 23:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It's ok. The caption on China says that the PRC is currently in control of the islands (which is true); it didn't say that it was Chinese sovereignty.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * But i think if the lands which was controlled by China but also was claimed by another nation. Sysop Nat can be user different colors, and put notes in the map: "Controlled (or administrated) by ROC (or PRC), claimed by SRV, Philipines, Malaysia like this one is better. Or the article China editors must change the name of the map from "Map of China" to "Lands was administrated by China" or something like that. What do you think? Please disscuss with Nat, i can't express my ideas with him clearly :-(. Once agains, thank you.

Magnifier (talk) 20:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll look around. It seems fine to me, since says only that it is controlled by China and leaves the rest to the imagination. However, when people talk about "China" the land mass, I normally only associate it with the actual mainland and HK. When ppl say "France", New Caledonia doesn't spring to mind even though it is a part of France.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll leave the rest for you. Thank you very much. Magnifier (talk) 11:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK candidate?
Do you think Death anniversary might be a good one for a DYK? Badagnani (talk) 06:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with all the content in the article but unfortunately be need to find a proper source that actually noted the existence of this stuff. At the moment there is a blog and another site which circularly refers to the Wikipedia article.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Are you familiar with this ceremony? It seems very important, at least in Vietnamese culture. Badagnani (talk) 05:06, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I am, and it is followed in my family.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:08, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Chevrons

 * Thanks, still a long way to go though.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Your username comment re. me
Please explain your assertion that "I'm afraid that your username is a violation of hte username policy WP:U. Please see Wikipedia:Changing username and have your account renamed. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket)." It's useless to make such a statement without evidence/reasons. Thanks, Kasyapa (talk) 18:29, 19 November 2007 (UTC)Kasyapa
 * Naming oneself after a 'god' as this username does — Kasyapa — is inappropriate. Please request a change of your username at the link provided above.  Daniel  06:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * ''Do wikipedia admins usually throw around assertions without argument or explanation? In this case, you and the initial admin are factually incorrect. My username is not made after a "god" but after a layman who, according to legend, had an encounter with the Buddha during the Flower Sermon. See the wikipedia article Mahakasyapa - "Mahākāśyapa or Kāśyapa was a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha and who convened and directed the first council." This is not to be mistaken with Kashyapa, although the Sanskrit transliterations happen the same. A little research - and discussion, instead of unilateral assertion - goes a long way. Kasyapa (talk) 17:46, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I was aware of Mahakassapa, the first patriarch of Buddhism, which is why your name rang a bell. I have no knowledge of Hinduism, I edit Buddhist articles and that's why I saw your name. I think it's rather inappropriate to name oneself after a major religious figure, who is held as being enlightened.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Hồ Chí Minh City or Sài Gòn article
Sorry, it's to hard to use English to disscuss, but you can use English when you reply my question :D. --- Ở infobox. Về mặt hành chính, sẽ có 3 thành phần cùng đứng đầu: Chairman of People's Commitee (Chủ tịch uỷ ban nhân dân thành phố-về nguyên tắc thì đây là người có quyền cao nhất) Secrectary of the HCMC CPV (Bí thư Thành uỷ - tổ chức trong CPV, như thực chất là người share quyền lực với Chairman) và Chairman of People's Council Hội Đồng (giám sát các hoạt động của 2 người ở trên, nhưng thông thường là sẽ do một trong số cấp dưới của Secrectary of the HCMC CPV đứng đầu. Vì vậy em đề nghị sắp xếp lần lượt là : Chairman - Secrectary - Chairman (People's Council) Tiếng Anh (English):. Anh hỏi thử anh nào quan tâm chủ đề này, nếu không phản đối thì em sửa nha. --
 * Ok,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I was surprised to discover
your recent edit at Adolph Alexander Weinman. Your edit seemed to remove a cautionary note that I had placed next to a link that in my opinion contained incorrect information about Weinman's work. Any thoughts about that? On another note, my wife reads the Times of India on-line every morning, starting, I believe, with Page 3. I'll have to ask about their cricket coverage. Carptrash (talk) 13:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I noticed that the account was a pure spam account so I have been systematically going through and deleting all of the spamlinks. In many cases he is going to the bio of some person and then spamming us with pictures of statues of the said person. I didn't look at the specific contents and was actually unaware that you had modified his stuff.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well it turns out that your edit did NOT do what I thought it did, it was a pukka edit, making the article a better article and the world a better place to live in. So . . .. how do I spot your hand at the Times of India? Carptrash (talk) 04:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, well on my ToI page, I have listed how they plagiarised my WP articles. The links are there!  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Bill Lawry
''Hi there Moondyne. We still use caps for Fifth and Sixth Tests I think. Also, if you have a spare minute can you take a look at Arthur Morris? I have had a few complaints at FAC from two American reviewers who think that the article is a bit too technical.. I'm not sure how to act on that one though, unless I engage in hyperbole (not good, obviously), Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:17, 21 November 2007 (UTC)''
 * Do we? I never knew that. Why is it so? &mdash;Moondyne 05:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, perhaps I am wrong then. I always thought this was the case, although some of the older FAs seem to have used lower case for the numbers....hmm....dunno...  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Block review request
Good evening. You recently blocked user:Stray cat ano indefinitely with the explanation "Abusing sock puppet accounts: Kuntan". From what I can tell, at the time of blocking that user had only made 5 edits. The decision you made is not self-evident to an outsider. Could you please lay out the evidence that you used to determine that this user was in fact a sockpuppet? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 05:35, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It was picked up in a CU sweep done on Kuntan. It's ability to go directly to ANI, and its profound knowledge of Malayalam topics and the IP itself directly links it to Kuntan.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Removing external link
Just curious. I checked out the link you removed here. It didn't look like spam at all. It seemed somewhat relevent (weakly so, I will admit) to the article in question, and you warned the user who left it (some time ago, too) not to spam. It didn't really look like spam to me. So.... Whazzup? --Jayron32| talk | contribs 16:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I saw this guy pop on my watchlist and then noticed that all of his edits are to spam one site all over the place.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Revert on Ashes
Please do not revert changes regarding the usage of "tournament" in the Ashes article without reading the discussion page first. That's poor form for an administrator. Manning (talk) 23:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I reverted your unexplained revert before you posted to the page.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah well, fair enough. My sincere apologies for the tersenes of my earlier message and my thanks for your explanation. Manning (talk) 01:10, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no problem...  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Your reverting of Blnguyen and another user without edit summaries was even worse, given the reasoning provided on the talk page lacks any factual accuracy whatsoever. I have reverted your changes with an edit summary due to the lack of substance in the reasoning provided on the talk page, which does not merit you disrupting the current consensus on the issue/article.  Daniel  00:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Arthur Morris
Comments added here for you. Let me know if I can do more. The Rambling Man 15:37, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thx for your msg. What would you like me to do, re the Invincibles? Perhaps if you give me a couple of specific tasks...As for Morris FAC, I'm a bit uncomfortable about reviewing/commenting at FAC as I know how much effort goes into it and I don't like criticising, so maybe I might leave until some others have commented? Or comment at talk page? I took this approach with Macartney, and before I felt comfortable commenting, it passed!! Well done. I left some comments on Trescothick cos I thought the boys were struggling with a particularly pedantic reviewer, but I'm not sure it's FA material yet. Phanto282 03:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm not your master, do feel free to edit what you want. The only problem might be doubling up......what were you thinking of working on?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Finished running through it; left a lot of queries in HTML comments as usual. As is normal for cricketing articles, it could do with some more links to explain those little bits of jargon that render it incomprehensible to outsiders. I linked a few but a sweep through will be beneficial. I know you moved the "Captaincy" section between the "Later career" and "After cricket" sections in response to the comments in the FAC review, but I think it makes it rather awkward: you are forced to repeat several facts a number of times, and we often want a better explanation the first time (not realising that it will be explained later). Personally I think it would be better to absorb the captaincy section into the chronologically sequenced article, but failing that, you should at least move some more of the explanation of his wife's illness to the end of the "Later career" section. The first two sentences of the "After cricket" could replace the current explanation at the end of "Later career" without requiring rewriting and with only minor rewording in the (then opening) sentence of "After cricket". Andplus (talk) 13:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again Andplus. I incorporated the captaincy thing into the main body.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi VanTucky. Apart from the general stuff about my dour writing style, I think I've addressed the other points. Per what I said on Scartol's page, I tend to write with the book open, so my info normally is a subset of the book page I was using, so often, there is only a need for one or two book cites at the end of the para, since the info matches up well (being a subset). In any case, just feel free to cn anything and everything and I will move the ref up from the bottom of the para as needed. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket '') 01:49, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

It's not a personal thing with your writing per se Blng. I've found several of your GA candidates very well-written. Besides, several people have copyedited Arthur Morris anyway. I'll try and think of more specific ways to spruce the article up to passable level. Van Tucky  Talk 01:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, if you look at my sport articles, cricket and swimming, they do tend to be very statistically oriented. Perhaps that is my maths and physics background creeping in. I am always worried about hyperbole and so forth. In history articles, this type of thing tends to not be relevant so perhaps my psyches in unencumbered. Most other cricket FAs tend to be way more flamboyant than mine.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Verbatim: "Losing [Ken] Archer at 1 for 0, Morris, shielded by Hassett early, set out to overcome his Bedser complex, one which had cost him his wicket four times in five innings this summer for a total of forty-five runs. Gradually he ceased shuffling across his batting crease and began to move back and then forward to the great Surrey bowler." RS Whitington (1974), The Book of Australian Test Cricket 1877-1974, Wren Publishing. ISBN 0 85885 197 0. page 213.

Barnes' omission covered by David Frith & Gideon Haigh (2007) Inside Story - Unlocking Australian Cricket's Archives, News Custom Publishing. ISBN 1 921116 00 5. pp107-108.

The vote 7-6 on Morris v Hassett, covered by Chris Harte (1993), A History of Australian Cricket, ISBN 0 233 98825 5, p 410.

verbatim: "..though Morris had fair alliances with successors Jack Moroney, Ken Archer and Colin McDonald he never attained quite the same simpatico with them as he had with Barnes. Morris recalls: When Siddy went, I lost a lot of support becauses he'd always get ones." Gideon Haigh (1995), One Summer, Every Summer, Text Publishing. ISBN 1 875847 18 9. p132.

Phanto282 (talk) 03:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Further note: I think what the reviewers mean about "dry and technical" is the use of stats & numbers. IMO the best approach to writing about cricket is to go for the stats as a last option, not the first option. ie, we don't need the stats on every series, the true "stats head" will find those. eg. when talking about his 51/52 series the thing to note is his struggle vs Ramadhin and Valentine & the way he was trapped by politics when he captained the side. This gives a more "human interest" angle that the unacquainted reader can relate to, more so than xxx runs at xx.xx average, and running through every score etc.

Phanto282 (talk) 03:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all that Phanto. I found a few other anecdotes to make the story more interesting.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

River Bourne, Kent
Thanks for the DYK banner (copied to my user page). Would the main page look a bit better with the picture of Bourne Mill added? Mjroots (talk) 05:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe, :)  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Hanford, California article
Thank you for your review of my GA nomination of Hanford, California. I do have a question about your comment that "Notable residents section should not be there". Do you feel that it should be moved to another part of the article or should it be removed from the article altogether in your opinion? Many city articles have such a section and WikiProject Cities includes a Notable natives and residents section in their guidelines at   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cities/Guideline Armona (talk) 19:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Generally lists of things are avoided in FAs and GAs unless they are ahort and can be objectively and finitely defined and ranked. If we have a list of Secretary Generals of the UN in the UN article, that isn't much of a problem, since the list is short and well defined (less than 10 ppl) but in a list of "notable ppl" it is usually had to even rank. Usually they just don't exist at all. If there is a famous musician they might just be incorpoartaed into the section on music and so forth. I guess simply see some city FAs like Bangalore or Kolkata.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the DYK note
Just wanted to say thanks for posting on my talk page about CU Spaceflight being featured on Did you know. Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great weekend. --J. Atkins (talk - contribs) 11:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Official thanks, slightly delayed due to post-RfA crash (who knew?)
  Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...  ...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful  RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank Acalamari and Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

Blnguyen, your support particularly means a lot to me, as your defense of the 'pedia and slaying of sock drawers has been an inspiration to me. Keep up the excellent work!

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me.

And forgive me if I need a Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!) Kathryn NicDhàna  ♫ ♦ <font color="E4D5E8">♫ 

<font color="#000000"> This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

Joseph Henry Kibbey
Hello Blnguyen. I nominated the article Joseph Henry Kibbey on November 22 and nominated for DYK today. Is it OK? Will the article appear on the main page? Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you please explain me the rules of DYN? Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It proabbly will appear on teh main page since it is long enough, unless someone complains that the article is POV, COPYVIO, or if the hook is regarded to be too boring.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Uncensored from Texas Death Row
It seems like the article Uncensored from Texas Death Row was deleted by you on 6 February 2007, yet I cannot seem to find any logs about this on that date. I want to see the discussion that led to its deletion, because it seems to me that this article was about a form of literature, and regardless of who wrote it, Wikipedia should be neutral. Thank you. wjmt (talk) 22:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, per WP:PROD, another user nominated it for deletion. Under the prod system, since nobody objected for five days, the article was deleted.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Concerning DYK
I see that you are making the next update to DYK. A note was left on my talk page asking me to make an update. When I went to the Next update page, the picture was not formatted, nor protected; and the example image was still there. I fixed these things and then found that you had made the update to the main page.

Please see my comment on Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know. You are quite active on DYK, so I hope that you will weigh in.

&mdash; User: (talk) 00:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks sir
Thanks sir, it is sir right? If not sorry. How's the cricket world treating you these days? I hope you liked my new DYK nominations, they are my first nominations since the whole Matisse business. Those articles are likely to grow before they hit the Main Page btw.IvoShandor (talk) 01:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Like the new user page
Had to come see what on Earth you'd done, with your page-blanking ways. It's very... dignified. Instills confidence. Yes, it does. - <font face="comic sans ms"> Kathryn NicDhàna  ♫ ♦ ♫ 06:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Email
&mdash;Moondyne 14:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Spiffier triple crown, new awards available
Hi, I've been sprucing up the triple crown awards. Here's the new version of the imperial triple crown jewels you've already earned. Feel free to replace your old one with this if you like the new version better. I've also introduced two new triple crown awards for editors who've done a lot of triple crown work: the Napoleonic and Alexander the Great edition awards. If you're active in a WikiProject, check out the new offer for custom WikiProject triple crowns. I'll make those upon request if five or more editors qualify. See User:Durova/Triple crown winner's circle for more information. Thanks for your hard work, and cheers! Durova Charge! 22:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

GA assessment of The Original All Blacks
Hi, just a not to say that I am going to address your concerns over the next few days. I have been away from editing most of this week, but should hopefully get everything done within the normal one week time frame for something on hold. Thanks. - <font color="Blue">Shudde <font color="Blue">talk  04:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Geography article GA review
I've made some quick replies here. Thanks for the feedback. Nergaal (talk) 10:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * ok,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom
I am trying to do my wiki-civic duty and figure out who to vote for for ArbCom. However, I really only have a dim understanding of how ArbCom works. Since you are on the committee, I was hoping that you could enlighten me. What do you feel are the most essential qualities for someone to be on ArbCom and why? What does the committee do in its "meetings"? What are these meetings? The whole process is most mysterious to me. I've read through some of the lengthy litigation reports, but I don't understand how the "principles" are chosen or if there is "secret" voting on them, for example. Any elucidation of ArbCom and its doings that you could provide would be most helpful to me. I have an anonymous email account linked from my userpage, if you would prefer to respond that way. Thanks. Awadewit | talk  07:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay, it might take a while.... Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 07:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As long as it's before the elections are over. :) Awadewit | talk  08:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Hoggard
I don't know, it's quite a mess for our leading wicket taker. I hadn't thought about it. I might fire up a peer review for it, and tinker. SGGH speak! 09:44, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image:French_Empire_evolution.gif
Ah, well. Here's another version for you, then: Image:French Empire 1938.png.

(For reference, GIMP can extract frames from an animated GIF.) Kirill 03:01, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My MS Paint screenshot-and-hackjob was certainly inferior to that :)  Daniel  23:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Assessment of The Original All Blacks
Hi, I believe I have addressed everything you raised. More details are on the talk page. Please let me know if more needs to be done. Thanks. - <font color="Blue">Shudde <font color="Blue">talk  05:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, well done.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)