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Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
I have rewritten Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Could you please review and correct it for me. Please also advise me what to do more to make it a GA candidate. Because WPVN has several Vietnam War-related articles that passed GA and FA nomination and I wish something different. Thank you very much.Genghiskhanviet (talk) 07:12, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've done a little bit here.  Blnguyen  ( photo straw poll ) 03:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your latest contributions to vi.wiki. I will add more info to you newly created articles and hopefully that you will keep doing so everyday. By the way, I have corrected Phong Nha-Ke Bang as you suggested (I am the main author of this article in vi.wiki). Could you please leave your comments on that talk page so that I will make it as good as possible ?) Thanks.Genghiskhanviet (talk) 08:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Please help revew Quang Binh Province to consider if it could be reassessed to become a B-class on quality scale instead of start-class. Thank you.Genghiskhanviet (talk) 02:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Please help me review Economy of the Republic of Vietnam. Could you also create some more Australian municipalities in vi.wiki, I will add more info to them. Thank you.Genghiskhanviet (talk) 10:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure I have the Commercial Import Program on my hard drive. Uploading soon. I need to finish all my half done semi-FACs on en I think before I start new vi work. I'm starting to lose track of all my half done FAs,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Ask for help
Please create new articles about Australian municipalities to vi.wikipedia as you once did, just stub articles, then I will add info tho them. Thank you for your help.Genghiskhanviet (talk) 16:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll be back in time. I haven't been put off by the complaints about the substub.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow!
You made it to the Wall Street Journal!! :) In my excitement, I accidentally erased the previous msg! My bad! I reverted it though! Mspraveen (talk) 09:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it seemed as though it was there for comic value.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Ernie Toshack
Nice. I'm in the middle of History of Norwich City F.C. FA drive, but will be along. NB you might consider making your FA/GA/DYK badges run onto two lines, as they're scrolling off my screen ;-) --Dweller (talk) 10:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

''Are subscription webpages not allowed? I guess they are in the same boat as books. Another thing, the subscription is free - you just have to use an email address and get a password.  Blnguyen  ( vote in the photo straw poll ) 03:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that subscription sites aren't allowed. There is some field in the citation template that is something like format. Some folks say "registration required" or "fee required" there. I was just letting you know that that particular site required registration, and it's not something you must do anything about. I figure if I sit through the script running, I might as well let the nominator know anything that might not have been noted before. The sourcing on that aritlce was quite the best I've seen! Ealdgyth - Talk 03:36, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I've updated the rest of the article, if any other general issues are still outstanding.  Blnguyen  ( vote in the photo straw poll '') 05:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

''Hi there. I've added an explanation for the stats like 4/69 the first time it is mentioned, eg "took four wickets for the loss of 69 runs (4/69)" before using the shorthand. hopefully things are better now. Feel free to continue probing for incomprehensible things. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 07:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, BInguyen; I've been meaning to drop you a note for days, and have just been so swamped that I haven't yet gotten to it. I feel so badly that my query to Graham resulted in an oppose on Toshack (I thought my ignorance of cricket was the issue :-), but I'm sure the extra help and eyes will result in stronger articles.  I haven't been able to catch up with the FAC progress yet today, but I appreciate your note on my talk page.  I hope I can get through FAC tonight, but I've had a Very Long Day :-)  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 23:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments in getting the article more accessible.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket '') 03:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on the FA. One step closer to the Featured Topic. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 03:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations.--Grahame (talk) 09:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well looks like Tallon isn't going to make it in time for the 8th FA of the month.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the note
I am doing great. Work and personal life got heavy that i didn't want to do the night shift through 3 AM trolling here. Came back because i made a commitment to someone that i shall work on about half a dozen articles. Hoping that i can squeeze them in the next month or so. Hope things are great with you. --Kalyan (talk) 03:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Recognize ?
He used a sock ID. See checkuser and ANI community ban discussion. Regards. Abecedare (talk) 20:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, well there are many such people from Toronto. There are at least four Tamil users from Toronto, some of whom have a very similar opinion on certain aspects of Sri Lankan history.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Why are you vandalising Procter's page
Help assemble all relevant information on Procter regardless of your color (or his). The section on his career would be incomplete without the recent spate of decisions he has bungled.

Stop vandalising cricket pages... —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheEnticer (talk • contribs) 04:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

You need to read WP:BLP. You are stating opinion as fact, especially in implying that Ponting wilfully cheated.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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Don Tallon
I have reviewed DT at FAC and provided a host of comments. Hopefully at least a few of them will be of use! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 18:54, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It's a great article. I'll try and finish it today. Like the pic at the Flight (cricket) article? --Dweller (talk) 07:39, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Who took that photo of Piyush Chawla?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket '') 07:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Some geezer with an unpronouncable name. --Dweller (talk) 10:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry... I didn't finish reviewing yesterday. I'm unlikely to do so before Monday. Apologies. --Dweller (talk) 07:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Will try my best to finish today. --Dweller (talk) 09:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Phew. --Dweller (talk) 12:39, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

''Gawd, next time I offer to help out, remind me I'm a glutton for punishment! Lucky for me Blnguyen is a lovely chap - plenty of others would go bonkers at the number of comments I've made, in addition to the edits. Can't promise to respond quickly at the moment, but do drop me a note at my talk if other cricket jargon issues arise. --Dweller (talk) 15:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''Yes, BInguyen is a gem and I appreciate your effort. Are you done there?  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 15:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''Am now. Appended my support because I trust him to deal with the issues that stand up to scrutiny. I think I'm the only one with outstandings, so if I were in your shoes, I'd wait for his reply at the FAC saying all done and then give GimmeBot a green light. Or do you need one more S? If so, I'll drop someone a line. (And do you need Tintin to return?) --Dweller (talk) 15:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''I just looked at it and it seems fine, has no opposes, so unless you see something that would cause me to wait a day ... on the other hand, I'm not a prose guru. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 15:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''ah, I see you posted today 27 questions, so I'll hold off :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 15:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''Yup. Just 27, lol. Actually, to be fair, some of them (9?) have already been dealt with, so it's "only" 18. --Dweller (talk) 15:56, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

''Hi there Sandy. I've responded to Dweller's probes and made the necessary tweaks. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ''Thanks for the note, BInguyen; I'll look tomorrow, unless the mainpage is crazed with vandalism, in which case I might not make it through FAC tomorrow :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

If I'd known you were going to notice that, I'd have been less kind about you :-) Great work on Tallon... another step to the FT. --Dweller (talk) 12:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, couldn't get back in time. Tintin 00:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If anything is outstanding, just hop onto talk.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket '') 00:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. Tintin 00:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Double Seven Day scuffle
''I don't see the difference... Does "fight" imply that it was intended on the parts of both parties?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * To me (I could be wrong) fight is a significantly stronger word thn scuffle''. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok. I changed the description in the lead to be a physical altercation. IS there anything else that you are looking for?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket '') 03:17, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ''It's late here, BInguyen; I can't remember if there's anything else off the top of my head. I'll look in the morning; pls don't hesitate to ping me if I forget.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you please take a look at my comments on the article on the talk page ? While I really liked the content, I think the writing can be improved; but I am hesitant to start making unilateral changes myself since clearly the article has been copyedited by several editors and received strict scrutiny and it is possible that my concerns reflect my individual preferences. I'll also leave a note for User:Tony1, as a sanity check. Regards. Abecedare (talk) 02:48, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll take a look.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I hope you don't mind, but I tweaked the Lead as per comments on the Talk page. Sandy asked me to take a look, but I think addressing the other concerns requires more than one of my simple copyedits. I hope I haven't introduced any mistakes; if so please forgive me. Graham. --Graham Colm Talk 17:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats on the FA! I copyedited the article a bit and left some intext comments. Please take a look. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 20:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure looking, and thanks for everyone's help.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Natty use of old pix
Was wondering how you go about doing this, as I'd like some old pix for History of Norwich City F.C.. TRM suggested I peruse Template:PD-US - how do you do it and is it something I could replicate for a non-Aussie topic? --Dweller (talk) 16:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I guess you clock on Whatlinkshere, but that could give you almost anyold junks.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I've read your reply twice now and still don't understand what you mean. --Dweller (talk) 08:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't see anything useful out of that template. The "Whatlinkshere" button gives you the pictures that tranclude the template, but that wouldn't narrow things down much.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

What I'm trying to understand is under what circumstances can I just scan a photo from a book or copy a pic from another website and upload it? --Dweller (talk) 12:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * PD-UK, 50 years after the photographer dies...  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Useful link, thanks! --Dweller (talk) 12:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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Sir can you please help, I was banned for 2 months  because I was falsely accused of being modrago/sockpuppet, a report came back that I was not modrago, here is the evidence that I was falely accused and banned for over 2 months http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Mondrago today I stated my case and I was banned until October by  KnowledgeOfSelf  after I made this post, that was now deleted. (Now I am falsely banned again until October) This is a battle over 2 era of ASIA, and my actions today got the officail Myspace link rightfully reinstated, however, the authorized fan club is still blacklisted. This was the post I made there that was deleted, they wish not the public to see the truth. " They may look for a crazy reason to ban me again, lock this page again, or will ignore the issue I raised. We are waiting for a resonse HU12, why is JP's official myspace page valid in JP's wiki page, but ASIA's official my space page not valid on ASIA's wiki page, please respond. I was charged with a bunch of false charges that I responded to, "officially" falsely accused of being modrago/sockpuppet, so I was falsely banned, my link falsely banned & blacklisted with NO clear wiki policy evidence as to why it was banned & blacklisted, falsely accused of self promotion when we are an official non profit organization, falsely accused of COL, COL is Citing oneself, Financial, Legal antagonists, Self-promotion, (the ASIA Fan club does not promote the private or commercial interests of the editor) & '''it is not promote otherwise obscure individuals by pointing to their personal pages.  Falsely accused of SPAM.''' I was readding a long time link that has no wiki policy justification as to why it was removed, I did not adding anything. Bondegezou broke down the wiki extenal links policy and stated the "except" clause as to why the asia fan club was rightfully listed, the same way hu12 used the "except" clause as to why the official JP myspace page should be listed on JP's wiki page. I am here talking about the facts in an adult type manner, please respond. I remind you all that locking this page for 2 months does not count or qualify this issue as an old or beaten to death one, comments were banned, or limited to grandfathered users, & IP's were banned from commenting on this issue, so this issue was suspended untill all bans were lifted.70.188.184.84 (talk) 13:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)AP" This was at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Asia_%28band%29 I am posting from an alternative adress, my ISP that is banned is 70.188.184.84 (please lift ban) Please read what has been going on there at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Asia_%28band%29 and please judge it fairly, please stop this conspiresy and please lift my ban. I even said in the post that they would ban me again, because I'm right & they know I'm right and they wish to silence me and my voice not be heard. He charged ne with trolling, because I asked for help from another administrator. Please help sir. I am AP, ASIApres there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Asia_%28band%29 I am posting from an alternative adress, my ISP that is banned is 70.188.184.84

Google books
Hi friend. You may find this an interesting source. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 22:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Chuckers
Featured list candidates/List of cricketers called for throwing in major cricket matches in Australia. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Eek. Need some more stubs. Maybe we should discuss some of the contents as well.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

bend over
Can you explain what is meant by "slapped"? :-) Tony   (talk)  06:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nhu's bodyguard slapped him in the face.  Blnguyen  ( vote in the photo straw poll ) 06:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's most unclear as currently worded. Tony   (talk)  06:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Years in Australia
See User:Moondyne/Years in Australia categories‎. My concern is the categories like Category:Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Tagging the categories is fine, but is it not drawing a long bow to tag every article within these with WP Australia? For example, George Breen who is an American swimmer, and won one silver and two bronze at the 1965 Olympics.

I can take these out manually if you like. Let me know. &mdash;Moondyne click! 06:46, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure, obviously. I was looking through Category:1992 in Australia and was surprised that it wasn't on the list.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * ?, it is. Note that the bot musn't look at subcategories of the categories listed. &mdash;Moondyne click! 15:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, can you have a look at User:Moondyne/WP Australia fix please. Thanks.  &mdash;Moondyne click! 11:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you tell AWB to delete the WP Aus tag and replace it with ?  Blnguyen   ( bananabucket ) 02:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Kannada literature
Sir, I want to bring up an issue that has been dogging this article for some time now. In the section titled "Early attestations", I have put together information from 9 different sources (and can easily find 9 more if required). This information deals with the pre-9th century literary activities in Kannada; poets, writers and some of their known works in the Kannada language. Two users, Fowler and Aadal have been on a never ending debate over this issue, regarding the existance of earlier Kannada literature or not, while they themselves have brought out sources and cut and paste everything to validate that literature did exist. At the same time, both have shown a tendency to try and eliminate it. This is historically important information. At one time I hade some 7 or 8 citations per critical statement in that section but reduced it at reviewer request on the FAC. I am requesting that such historically valuable and verifyable information be preserved for the sake of history and wikipedia. I request that any attempt to tamper with this information in a way that distorts or removes valuable info be dealth with firmly. the article will go for re-nom after copy edits.thank you.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 03:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry. I don't see how this bluster will help.  You can't keep producing references from 1897 and 1921 when the standards of textual exegesis were not as rigorous as they are today or local authors from Karnataka that no one has heard of.  It is very clear that modern experts think Kannada literature began in the ninth century.  See:


 * , p. 23, 78.
 * , p. 324
 * , p. 19.
 * , p. 81
 * , p. 129


 * (The Nagaraja reference is available on Google Books, and Krishnamurti (2003) and Steever (1998) are searchable on Amazon.) For better or worse, Kannada's literature is a vernacular literature, which, like other vernacular (local) literatures in India and Southeast Asia (that had earlier employed the trans-local languages of Sanskrit or Tamil) got its start towards the end of the first millennium CE. Other languages in India like Telegu, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, etc. and others in more distance places like Newari (Nepal) and Khmer (Cambodia), all show similar developments.  Pollock (2007) is very clear on this: see here.  If there is any doubt about this, I am happy to request any or all of the experts: Colin P. Masica, Sheldon Pollock, Vinay Dharwaker, or Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi weigh in on this question.  Or, if you'd like a Wikipedia mediation, I'm happy to have my references go up against yours.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * My sources range from 1900 upto 2003 if you noticed in the reference section. Nagaraj himself mentions pre-existing poetic forms, so lets not pull the wool here. And who are you to decide which source is valid and which is not.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 12:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If you're so sure, why don't we have a Wikipedia mediation or let the experts mentioned above weigh in? Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Wiki mediation has its own channels, not the ones recommended by you.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 12:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Remember, you are the one, with all your wisdom, with a problem regarding pre-existing literature. So you go find the channels for mediation. Then we talk.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 12:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Dinesh, sorry to say, but you have been trolled. Please dont feed it. Sarvagnya 16:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

A bit of a philosophical outlook may be comforting..... Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Your remarks
I've been to India, its economy is not so great either, and yet no one is complaining about Indian articles on the front page. I'd advise you to be careful when commenting about other people's countries.--Sir Anon (talk) 10:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not making fun of NZ, I'm pointing out that this deal won't change the economic landscape much. Sure India is a poorer per head, but simply by weight of numbers, India is influential. I haven't ever said that India wasn't impoverished. I'm not from India and have never been there either, by the way.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 01:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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