User talk:Badagnani

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Glass noodles

I think your right, it aint glass noodles, its vermicelli, although they are transparent

Thank you

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your diligence in overseeing the ongoing debate of Vietnamese and Chinese history. It also appears you do much more than I thought and this is well-deserved for your rounded efforts. Cheers! .:davumaya:. 07:22, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Issue with TinucherianBot in Project Banner Tagging for WP:FOOD

Thank you for expressing your concerns on the recent issue Issue with TinucherianBot in Project Banner Tagging for WP:FOOD . I have made some comments and explainations at Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval#TinucherianBot and I am leaving this note just for your information -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 08:42, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I dont understand , david is repeatedly blocking the bot by saying some reason or another...How many times did I iterate the fact that I am not going to mass tag any more now... I fail to understand what he intend too... :( I am really demoralized and down... Please advice me what should I do? -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 12:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Cubeb

Thanks for the nice image, which I have been waiting for several years (since my creation of the article in 2006). I notice that the berries are tail-less? I suppose the tails have been removed in the process. --BorgQueen (talk) 03:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I did notice what looked like shell fragments but I didn't know you broke it intentionally. Actually I never tasted cubeb, but I know it is more bitter than black pepper which is one of the reasons why its culinary use has been discontinued (according to the books). --BorgQueen (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Q-Bert capitalization

I think Q-Bert should be spelled with a capital B. This seems to be the way he prefers it. Badagnani 03:32, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

On what do you base your opinion? —Wiki Wikardo 07:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Map

Please do not be biased and try to confuse the readers by putting the Thai map on a Cambodian temple page. Thank you for your understanding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardworking (talk • contribs) 23:29, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Hardworking

You have my backing to report the user to the administrators. The user had been making edits in defiance of agreed discussion and is acting in bad faith after I've reminded him/her about it. DHN (talk) 23:51, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Edits

As I have said, I am only editing texts with biased information. Thanks for the understanding and not issuing unreasonable warnings.Hardworking (talk) 23:55, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Talks

If you want to, you are welcome to discuss with me about all the texts you are changing.Hardworking (talk) 00:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hosaina

An article already exists on this town; have a look at Hosaena. Please add any missing info you may have! -- llywrch (talk) 04:30, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Because there are so many of them? About the only article that lists all of the woredas in a given Region is Gambela Region -- which has only 8. As for a category, Blofeld of SPECTRE went & did all of the work for all of the woredas in Ethiopia back in March; see, for example Category: Cities, towns and villages in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. -- llywrch (talk) 04:42, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Uh, leave the Special woredas -- they don't belong to any Zone. so that is why they are listed. -- llywrch (talk) 04:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Blanking

Hi, could you check out this edit, and this editor's edits in general? Badagnani (talk) 23:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

It's getting extremely problematic? Could you have a look at [1]? Badagnani (talk) 00:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you; I think the contributions should be looked at as well. Badagnani (talk) 00:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

It's a bit impossible for me to block him and then edit against him while he is incapacitated. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:46, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh definietly. I've looked at his edits, and wasn't impressed, hence the block. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Ближний и Средний Восток

Hi Badagnani,

In case you missed it, I answered your question in my talk page.

Regards, Anatoli --Atitarev (talk) 22:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Native American mascot controversy

You want to do the WP:3RR? I already issued a warning. Justinm1978 (talk) 02:04, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

A discussion

An important discussion on " Should WikiProjects get prior approval of other WikiProjects (Descendant or Related or any ) to tag articles that overlaps their scope ? " is open here . We welcome you to participate and give your valuable opinions. You are receiving this note since I thought you may be interested in this disussion. -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - , member of WikiProject Council. 13:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Craziness

• Badagnani is crazy by starting these short articles of on interest. What purpose they serve? --— Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.104.70 (talk • contribs)

They are stubs. Articles should be combined when possible for the good of Wikipedia! --— Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.104.70 (talk • contribs)

Miraculin

Hi there. I'm sorry, but no—it seems its structure hasn't been published yet :) I can make one for curculin, though. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Yep. Apparently, it's highly homologous to soybean trypsin inhibitor[2]. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 22:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Preah Vihear, Siam Nakhorn

Please do not just revert edits without considering the facts. Siam Nakhorn doesn't exist anymore, nor is it a Thailand location. For Preah Vihear temple, please do not added information without proving it. If you continue to act this way, I will refer you to the administrators.DQconnect (talk) 00:18, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Blanking

Hi, can you look at [3]? Thanks, Badagnani (talk) 00:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, how did you know it was a sock? Badagnani (talk) 00:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I have checkuser ability which allows me to get people's IP addresses. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Meal, Combat, Individual

I think the date cake was added postwar. I am trying to focus on the Vietnam War era rations before I add the postwar modifications. I really can't find a lot of info on the postwar rations used between 1972 to 1983. Hotspur23 (talk) 03:27, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I just found out that it is Date Pudding; an alternate for the "D-2 (Cake)" Dessert Group. I have since updated the article. Perhaps there was a Date Cake after the war, but not during. Hotspur23 (talk) 04:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I nbeed you to unlnk the photo from the C-ration page, because it discusses the rations used from 1938-1958. The MCI page covers the totally different Vietnam-era ration. Thanks. Hotspur23 (talk) 05:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:July 2008

I didn't remove any important scripts on wikipedia page. I just only remove unnecessary scripts on Prasat Preah Vihear that it is not needed. --Kiensvay (talk) 03:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Chocolate Discs

The Chocolate Discs were flat, circular, and thin pieces of chocolate that were individually wrapped in foil and came two to a can. The thicker fudge discs were chocolate-coated fudge that came packaged in cellophane and came one to a can. Hotspur23 (talk) 06:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:FDBanners

KISS principle --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 07:49, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Go to bed Buckeye boy. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 08:01, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hindi -- Indic script

Hello! This was done by you. Obviously there's something wrong with my browser coz' I see it as Ha-ni-di an not Hi-na-di? What's the probem with my browser (Opera 9.0)? --KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 13:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Polish Americans

The only way to overcome this is to prove that the closer did wrong though a deletion review process. The closer did ignore that fact that, for nearly all ethnic Americans, the category name is 'fooian Americans' with only one editor creating a bunch of 'Americans of xxx descent' categories for those who are less than 50% 'fooian'. The same editor will now want to get rid of all 'foonian American' categories and replace them with 'Americans of fooian descent'--as he is doing with the rest of such categories throughout the world. The closer chose to look at all these changes as 'precedent' and ignore the existing pattern for Americans. Hmains (talk) 02:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Having fun lying and abusing power?

Badagnani

You are clearly abusing your editorial powers by accusing me of blanking pages (I repeat "blanking PAGES") when I have done no such thing. I have repeatedly removed a single piece of information, not a whole page, and you know this full well. Anybody looking at the history can also see this to be true.

That single piece of information is irrelevant to the article, as has been pointed out by several other editors.

Again: the Thai name for a temple that is not in Thailand, is not administered by the Thais and was not built by the Thais is irrelevant in an article in English.

The words Khao Phra Viharn are relevant only in a Thai-language encyclopaedia or as part of a reference to the international relations between Cambodia and Thailand as they pertain to the temple and Thailand's continued flouting of international law in regards to the 1962 judgement of the International Court of Justice or internal Thai politics of the sort currently being practiced by Sonthi Limthongkul.

203.144.65.25 (talk) 06:04, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

• We would agree to it. 206.170.104.70 (talk) 22:47, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Balsamic Vinegar

The story i posted about balsamic vinegar may not be fact, but it is definately a rumour that can be found on the back of a specific brand of vinegar in the USA ( i don't remember which one ) and therefor i feel its relevent...sorry for exagerating it a bit proof, about half way down the page

So why did u delete it again? i proved it to you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.113.240 (talk) 21:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Vietnamese names

I'm not aware of any Vietnamese names for any of the items you mentioned. DHN (talk) 22:03, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Character counter

I normally use this. --BorgQueen (talk) 22:22, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Armenian soups

I am doing housekeeping, clearing stale merger proposals. I notice that you have previously reverted attempts to redirect Armenian soups to Cuisine of Armenia, a merger which otherwise appears uncontroversial apart from your objections, which from the edit summaries appear entirely procedural. Firstly, you argue that there was "no discussion nor consensus" on such a merger. I note, however, that this is not grounds to oppose a merger, per WP:Merge#How to merge pages: "Merging is a normal editing action, something any editor can do, and as such does not need to be proposed and processed. If you think merging something improves the encyclopedia, you can be bold and perform the merge, as described below. Because of this, it makes little sense to object to a merge purely on procedural grounds, e.g. "you cannot do that without discussion" is not a good argument." Secondly, you have also argued that other pages on soups exist, which is certainly true, however to me this merge seems entirely appropriate as an editorial decision to create one good quality article on Armenian food in preference to a series of smaller bad ones. Are there any other grounds upon which you would oppose completing the previously attempted merger? Debate 木 00:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

With respect, as above, consensus is not required to be sought per WP:Merge (quoted above). Nonetheless, consensus in this case was sought via a merger tag that has been on the article now for over a year. To date, no objections have been made to such a merger, making it apparently uncontroversial. Other than procedural grounds, as discussed above, do you have any substantive objections to completing this proposed merger? Debate 木 01:26, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

What evidence of consensus would you require to resolve your concerns? Debate 木 01:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

You have suggested various steps that you would prefer be undertaken advertising a proposed merger, most of which are significantly more detailed than what is required by WP:Merge, especially for an article about soup. Nonetheless, which talk pages do you suggest that the proposed merger be advertised to, and what level of participation (how many contributors to the discussion) would be required, and how long would you propose the discussion be before a decision is made? If only one editor objects to the proposal after extended discussion, would in your view that mean that 'consensus' had not been achieved and that the merger, therefore, should not take place? Debate 木 01:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I have initiated a merger discussion at Talk:Cuisine of Armenia#Merger of Armenian soups into this article. I look forward to your input. Debate 木 03:55, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Chris Wallace (journalist)

I have reverted you addition of the category Category:American Jews to the Chris Wallace (journalist) article, as there are no references provided to bear this out, nor any mention of Wallace's religious affiliation in the article that I can find. We can add this back if his religion can be substantiated. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:37, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I realize you've been here a while, but we still need to see proof of your assertion. Gotta have references, and at least a passing mention in the article itself. I see no refs - you just added the category and tha's all. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 13:15, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Brady's Leap

I saw your comment on the Samuel Brady article. I checked the Kent Parks and Rec site and despite that sign, they do list it as a separate park here. That sign is confusing to say the least, though. My guess is that since the Riveredge trail is there (soon to be part of the Portage Hike and Bike Trail) and Brady's Leap is a current endpoint, the sign's purpose is to identify an entrance to Riveredge park. Well, that's my best guess at least! You live in Kent so you already know that the parks are contiguous anyway. --JonRidinger (talk) 20:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

A park different from John Brown Tannery Park on Stow Street? That's the only one I'm familiar with. --JonRidinger (talk) 20:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Sotdae

I have made the correction you suggested. Thank you. Next time, please report such errors at "Main Page error reports", at the top of the Main Page talk page, that is, Talk:Main Page. (Also known as WP:ERRORS.) Art LaPella (talk) 21:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Rum Swizzle

I left a note for you on the talk page. - House of Scandal (talk) 06:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Pub Taskforce

I've started a Pub Taskforce page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer/Pub Taskforce - come over and sign up. And I have made an attempt at creating an Infobox, but it's not very good: {{Infobox Pub}}. Can you see if you can do a better one? I have tested it on Hope and Anchor, Islington. Regards SilkTork *^YES! 11:41, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Rum Swizzle

On 16 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rum Swizzle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Glass Goblet Award

GLASS GOBLET AWARD Badagnani is hereby granted this Glass Goblet Award for having concocted surprisingly good contributions to the Rum Swizzle article that helped make Encyclopedic Champaign out of AfD Dregs. Keep up the good work. - House of Scandal (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

You're wrong

See Talk:Treaty of Saigon (Vietnam)#Annam. Kinh Duong Vuong (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Lob bomb

On 16 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lob bomb, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 23:47, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Vạn Kiếp

According to vi.wiki, Vạn Kiếp was located at the intersection of the Cầu, Thương, Đuống, Kinh Thày and Thái Bình Rivers, now located in Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province. DHN (talk) 05:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Sate

I don't think it refers to either of those terms. It seems to be mentioned in Laos cuisine, so it might come from Khmer or Laos, but that's just a guess. DHN (talk) 05:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Lac Viet

I feel that I don't know enough about the topic to start an article about it myself. Even the title is going to cause controversy. The vi.wiki article doesn't seem to have references either. I think Taylor might have some information about it. DHN (talk) 05:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The vi.wiki has nothing wrong with it, per se, but it seems to focus too much on the Vietnamese aspect. It only briefly mentions that the Luoyue was also the ancestors of the Zhang people [4]. Much of what I know about this group is from a Vietnamese point of view and only briefly by name. The Dong people seem to claim ancestry from the Luoyue [5]. If I remember correctly, the Vietnamese claim to descend from the fusion of the Lac Viet and Au Viet, when An Duong Vuong united them after his defeat of the Hung Vuong. DHN (talk) 16:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Links

Sorry that the template wasn't clear for you. You reintroduced information that I removed as spam with this edit: [6]. The link information with the link as the source fails WP:SPAM, WP:SOAP, and WP:SELFPUB. Further, all the information in that sentence is already available elsewhere in the article, hence my edit summary of "promotional, linkspam, redundant." --Ronz (talk) 23:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Xoi

Thank you for your message. I'm Vietnamese. So I guess in a way you could say I specialize in Vietnamese culture. Eistube (talk) 23:57, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Banh hoi

Thank you. I'll tackle them whenever I can find time. Eistube (talk) 06:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Please, stop

Please stop editing my posts prematurely. It interferes with my editing more than helps, as I keep getting edit conflicts because of your edits. Thank you. Eistube (talk) 08:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Stop, please

RE: Herbs and Spices templates.

Please do not blanket undo my edits as they have taken me a good deal of time do. Please do not undo that I have a valid reason for doing this, and yours is tenuous at best. The templates are redundant and can stand to be merged. I am still working on this and you are causing problems. Being bold here. (the bolding of the bold statement is a joke)

--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 04:35, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Swiftpowlogo.gif)

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The problem of page protection

I am aware that you will be unhappy that the templates are protected on the other fellow's version. Since the alternative was blocking both of you, I think this is a preferable intermim measure. I have not set a time limit on the protection but I do not intend it to be for more than a couple of days. CIreland (talk) 05:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not unsympathetic to your concern about what you have called "brute force" changes; it's a persistent dilemma for admins working on WP:RFPP and WP:AN3. However, in the long term, it is the opinion most widely supported that should prevail - which is why it is so important to get extra eyes on contested issues. CIreland (talk) 06:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Font Size on Cambodian Cuisine Page.

Firstly, thank you for increasing the khmer title size, it was definitely too small. Secondly, I've now taken it back down a few points because I felt it was too big. Thirdly, my apologies for not asking first - I couldn't see your edit entry there when I first checked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.227.36 (talk) 16:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Recurring problems at Talk:Nanyue

Thank you for your observations about the controversial edits that had been occurring at Talk:Nanyue during the past 4 days. While the IP attacks have stopped, User:HkCaGu still will not let me delete or modify comments that breach WP:SOAP or WP:FORUM. While his anti-censorship stance may be well meaning, I am afraid to say that his attitude over the latest incident will only embolden nationalists who are only here to insert highly objectionable propaganda into Wikipedia pages. Furthermore, his actions could give the false impression to outside observers that he has been involved in some form of collusion as he often downplays the seriousness of the situation, claimed that I am the only one who objects to the IP editor's comments and labeled my sockpuppetry report against the highly dynamic IP editor 'false' and 'threatening'.

You might also wish to check out Talk:Cantonese people and Talk:Guangdong (the latter is still laced with highly degrading language so be careful) as they have also been targetted by the same IP vandal/spammer. To make things worse, User:HkCaGu also seems to be watching the latter talk page for any signs of 'censorship'. Fortunately, the articles themselves have not been vandalised during the incident. David873 (talk) 01:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know

Talk:Hoa also appears to have been abused by the same IP editor (the give away is the similarities of the comments and themes). If you find any other talk page that contains similar comments in the meantime, please tell me so that I can add any other relevant details to the suspected sockpuppetry report that has seen no fewer than half a dozen revisions. Thank you. David873 (talk) 04:50, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

soup stock + radish

Starting an article on east asian radishes could be done though I'm not sure how to start it. The varieties are varied and numerous, as well, trying to collect the information may be quite a task in itself. Maybe this is something to sleep on until wiki is more "mature" for it?

As for the Shandong soup stock that was the translation error of my source. "shang tang" was sounded out in japanese, and then translated and written as to "shantong broth" which I interpreted as "shandong broth". So, no shandong broth, only shang tang Sjschen (talk) 00:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

David871 talk page

if you were talking about me i demand an apology now....... that was very rude, i didnt even attack anyone in my comments, and i just dissproved your friends accusation of me being a sockpuppet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.160.248.199 (talk) 02:41, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Lets set the record straight. Assuming that the IP editor meant 'David873' (not David871), I have already responded on his/her IP talk page about why he or she was accused of sockpuppetry in the first place.

It was very hypocritical for that IP editor to claim that he or she never attacked anyone at any Wikipedia pages. The sockpuppetry report features no fewer than three diffs that show that he or she had made several racist comments about a substantial number of ethnic groups such as Turkic peoples in the last seven hours. He or she has also engaged in spamming and vandalising Wikipedia pages. David873 (talk) 03:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Preah Vihear Temple

Hi, many anons keep removing the nomenclature at Preah Vihear Temple (which gives the name in Thai as well as Khmer), apparently for pro-Cambodian nationalistic reasons. Is there a way to "soft protect" the article while the issue is in the news, from editing by such anons? I hate to do it, but it's been very hard to keep up with restoring the Thai when it keeps getting blanked again and again. Thanks, Badagnani (talk) 17:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but the article is currently linked in the main page section T:ITN so we don't lock it. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:50, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Project talk page tagging for WP:VIET

Blnguyen had requested me for the service of TinucherianBot to tag articles in the categories in Wikipedia:WikiProject Vietnam/Categories for the WikiProject Vietnam. I request the members to kindly have a look , carefully verify ALL the categories and remove all the possibly wrong categories. Please Dont misunderstand by being cautious here , as we have faced many issues with such huge scale bot tagging earlier. Once I get the final go ahead, I will start the bot with the final list. Thank you for choosing TinucherianBot for the project,. It is a pleasure working for this project...I have also left a note at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Vietnam#Project_talk_page_tagging and request your comments there. You are receiving this message as you are a member of the project. Thanks -- Tinu Cherian - 06:04, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi friend, I am not a subject expert in Vietnam... Can you look into the categories and remove what you think is inappropriate -- Tinu Cherian - 09:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Category:Date of birth missing (living people)

Please read the instructions in Category:Date of birth missing (living people). This category should only be added in the Talk Page and not on the main page. My bot replaces it ion the main article with Category:Year of birth missing (living people) unless a birth year exists. Thank you, Magioladitis (talk) 20:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Read carefully: This category is intended for the discussion pages of articles about living individuals whose year of birth is indicated, but the month and day are missing because of lack of research. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:32, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, please see WP:BLP#Privacy of personal information concerning the need to add day and month of birth to biographies. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:34, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Just because someone is a public figure doesn't mean that their birthdate has ever been published, or needs to be published by Wikipedia. Year of birth is sufficient in most cases. I agree that we should find better information for those years marked "circa". Also, as noted above, the category is only for talk pages, not articles. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:58, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Regardless of whether he's a public figure or not, the category belongs on the talk page. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 21:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked from editing for a short time in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule at Tan Kai. Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Badagnani (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

My comments at the 3RR page seem not to have been addressed, and the conduct of the editor making mistaken category removals, who reverted the same number of times, was not mentioned. I did, as I mentioned, leave messages for him/her each time, asking him/her to stop removing the category. I restored the blanked category three, not four times, after the blanking editor's aggressive and repeated removals (and failure to address comments left on his/her discussion page) made it necessary to do so, as a last resort.

Decline reason:

Per TigerShark below, your edits and edit summaries show your intentions quite clearly.— Prodego ^talk 23:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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You have been blocked several times for edit warring so it would seem fairly clear that you know the WP:3RR policy fairly well. As such you will know that there is no right to 3 reverts and that you can still be blocked for edit warring without making more than 3 reverts. You also reverted more than one user's edits and the user who reported you only reverted twice. Finally, this is not an constructive edit summary which can be considered an attempt to reach consensus. This is a content dispute and a very trivial one at that, so your edit warring was in no way warranted. TigerShark (talk) 22:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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Stephen Payne

I found his entry in the Texas Birth Index - I'm finding some interesting stuff about his dad's law business as well (here). Hopefully this is a start to finding more about his early days. Otebig (talk) 22:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I usually remove red links until the accompanying article is created, but that's just me, please put back any you want. I've been busy lately (moving), the only good chuck of time I had was used to clean up the refs, but I'll add more info when I get the chance. Otebig (talk) 00:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Khmer script

Please stop vandalising articles which incorporate the Khmer script by (over)resizing the text larger than the browser's default settings (i.e. the same as the roman alphabet that I am using to write right now). If you are having problems displaying the script properly, you should seek help at either Talk:Khmer script#Size of letters or Help:Multilingual support (Indic). Thank you. - Io Katai (talk) 01:35, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Prasat Preah Vihear

The word "เขา" (Khao - mountain) isn't incorrect. Actually, we call it "Prasat Khao Phra Viharn" since I was not born. Currently, it is being cut to prevent mistake between Khao Phra Viharn National Park in Thailand. But I can tell you that newspaper, books, or even officials uses "Khao", as well. This is not wrong. The Thai medias begin cutting "เขา" off. So as we. --Passawuth (talk) 10:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Second of all, I have full rights to insert the Thai name in the article. I'm native Thai and please give your reasons for this. --Passawuth (talk) 10:43, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Stephen Payne DYK

On 24 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stephen Payne (lobbyist), which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Thanks for nominating, PeterSymonds (talk) 23:17, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Khoai

Probably taro, since its leaves are well-known for their water-repelling properties. DHN (talk) 03:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it's a regional thing. I've never heard it called anything but môn until recently, when somebody asked me to get them some "khoai môn" and I had no idea what they meant. DHN (talk) 03:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Oxygen

As with many foreign loanwords, there are many spellings for the same term. DHN (talk) 05:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Cha lua

I have no idea, but "lua" means silk. DHN (talk) 05:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Chanh

The "usual" translation for "lemon" in Vietnamese is "chanh" and for "grapefruit" is "bưởi" but neither is correct. The fruit known as "chanh" in Vietnam has green skin, so it's actually the lime. Likewise, the fruit known as "bưởi" is actually the pomelo. Even fluent speakers of English and Vietnamese will trip when translating these terms. A recent scandal erupted in Vietnam when the press printed stories of studies linking grapefruits to cancer. This resulted in pomelo farmers losing much of their sales, even when the fruits used in the studies were not pomelos. DHN (talk) 17:51, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I think that lemons are easier to find in the West and are used as an alternative to limes. DHN (talk) 17:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm never sure of anything because I base it on my personal experience. I've never seen lemons before I lived in the US. DHN (talk) 18:32, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

H&S Templates

• Do not move the templates I just created
• Do not edit the heading and others as you have created unneeded redirects.
• Stop removing the speedy delete tag as the H&S mixture template is

1. empty
2. has nothing pointing to it
3. meets the criteria for speed delete.

--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 23:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Relax frnds, I thought both of you are very good wiki friends... Am I of any help here ? -- Tinu Cherian - 11:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

ANI

Your behavior is being discussed on ANI. Toddst1 (talk) 23:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Noodle

I see. But actually the size of the noodle often doesn't matter. I've had pho with wide noodles and pho with thin noodles, and sometimes both in the same bowl, and the stir fry stuff with both. What makes one type of noodle different from another is: 1. the type of flour, 2. the shape (such as banh uot is a sheet, and pho is a string, but same type of flour), 3. the way it's cooked and/or eaten. The width of the noodle mainly depends on the producer, and since they can be made by hand, they can have noticeable variance, as long as it doesn't alter the general shape tremendously. As for the separation, I think that's a very good idea. Please do. Eistube (talk) 06:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

• Hmm, some of them may be bún or miến though. The ones you found at the store, I mean. Regarding bánh phở, should that be a subset of phở instead of being by itself? But then if you want to have two separate sections, that would be inconvenient to have it as a subset. Also keep in mind that bún will give the same problem, since they can be in soup, cold noodle dishes (bún thịt nướng), hot noodle dishes (bún xào - stir fried bun), or in rolls (salad rolls).

• Thank you. By bánh tam do you mean this? I will write what I can when I have time. My advisor is bombarding me with emails asking how my resarch project is going.Eistube (talk) 06:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... I think that's it, but it should be spelled bánh tằm, as the noodle is short and round like a silk worm, tằm in Vietnamese. Packaged food here have misspelled labels all the time. Also, the bánh bột lọc picture looks suspicious, because I know of bánh bột lọc as a bánh (cake), like bánh bèo, not as a noodle. One more thing, why did you put bánh hỏi at dry noodle dish? Dry makes me think of packaged stuff, whereas banh hoi must be eaten fresh, like bun. They only make the dried version for convenience. And bánh phở tươi is the same as bánh phở. I believe. Tươi means fresh. Eistube (talk) 06:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok. I see what you mean. I can't think of anything either. I'll go to bed. Happy editing. Eistube (talk) 07:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Dan tranh

I'm no expert in Chinese characters so I don't really know. "Dan" sounds like a modern construction and I usually see it applied to more modern (Western) instruments like the guitar, piano, etc. More traditional instruments get the "cầm" moniker in my experience. I know of at least one word that uses the word "đàn" in the meaning you see defined: bạch đàn. DHN (talk) 06:18, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

University of Florida Taser incident

Reverting my removal of the transcript is fine but reinstating links to copyvios is not. BJ^Talk 07:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

tong sui

Yes you find sweet soups elsewhere in China on occasion but what you don't find is this special category of desserts with a separate name for sweet soups. As I mentioned on the talk page, they may exist but there isn't a distinction. I suppose other Chinese people could call it tang sui (the Mandarin pronounciation of the same words), but I don't think that is widespread enough to warrant mentioning. 64.178.41.22 (talk) 16:47, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if this helps my case at all, but the Chinese zh:甜湯 page makes no mention of places other than Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, and Macau. 64.178.41.22 (talk) 16:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Telugu script needed

Thank you; what about "thiruguvaatha" -- is that not a word in Telugu or does it mean something else? Why did someone originally add it? Badagnani (talk) 04:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, just checking to see if you got my message just above. Badagnani (talk) 00:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I dont know who added "thiruguvaatha", I usually hear and pronounce it as "thiragamaatha (తిరగమాత)". So changed it that way. __Mpradeep (talk) 07:00, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Reason

Excuse me! I did it to remind readers that these persons are not Chinese but Vietnamese. This's not harmfull at all, you have to leave it where they should be. 69.234.183.155 (talk) 20:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Western vegetables

"mướp tây" seems to refer to okra (it's also known as "đậu bắp"), while "tỏi tây" seems to refer to leek. DHN (talk) 05:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Ida

Hi there, if some pro reviews will help your Ida case, here are a couple: Lovers Prayers and My Fair My Dark EP. [Full disclosure, I'm an editor at Crawdaddy! where these were published. But I'm just putting them out there, not editing articles, as per COI guidelines.] Best, Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 17:33, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Century Tower

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

69.23.202.204 (talk) 20:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Trám hương

You probably mean trầm hương, aka aloe wood. DHN (talk) 23:15, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Could you show me where you found this term? DHN (talk) 23:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

trầm hương refers to the plant product (ie. the resin or the myrrh) and not the plant itself. I guess trám hương is the name of the "balsamier" plant then. DHN (talk) 23:28, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

ensemble formations

Hello, Badagnani! I'm a little surprised that there are so few articles about ensemble formations (cf. List of ensemble formations in traditional Chinese music). Best, --Reiner Stoppok (talk) 21:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Please listen: a) Chaozhou da luogu(de) and b) Xi'an guyue (de). Best, --Reiner Stoppok (talk) 01:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Bi pong moun

Since it was an expired PROD, there was no discussion. Check the deletion log. And please, don't create talk pages to non-articles.--Boffob (talk) 20:26, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an admin, I can't restore the article, and, as I said, there was no discussion (as it was an expired prod, not an AfD). If you click the red link above, you'll see the deletion logs for this article and the reason for it. You should familiarize yourself with deletion procedures (speedy, prods and AfDs, in the first two cases, articles will be deleted without there being any discussion).--Boffob (talk) 00:02, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Bi pong moun

Bi pong moun was deleted via the WP:PROD process, because a search for references failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources in order to comply with notability requirements. Because no-one raised any objections in a five day period, it didn't need a discussion. If you can find references for it, feel free to recreate it. – iridescent 21:00, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I've posted a full reply to your post here. – iridescent 21:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I restored Bi pong moun. Please add references to the article. Without references, it is likely to be deleted again. --Eastmain (talk) 00:43, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Better?

In Category:Algonquian loanwords, subdivided to toponyms, ethnonyms and personal names. Put the page as a sub-cat of Algonquian languages. Plenty more candidates at User:CJLippert/notes#To +cat. CJLippert (talk) 03:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

In Category:Algonquian toponyms, there are now over 800 places. Blackfoot, Cheyenne and Arapaho places are needed in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. Indiana still needs to be gone through, as with all of Canadian provinces. So, I was wondering, since I threw in a mapping application onto that Category page, it would be nice if all those that have been categorized had coordinates. Interested in either putting in the coordinates for those locations missing them or know of someone who might be interested in adding them in? CJLippert (talk) 01:08, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Page moves

Hello, would you please take a look at this page history? This is disconcertingly Jacques Nguyen like. I had reverted a move to lower-case "dynasty," which is against WP style, and it was immediately reverted. I think this needs correcting and hope you can help. The editor, whom I believe to be an old editor who has started a new account, is also changing numerous dates at Vietnam history templates, something Jacques and his puppets used to do often. Is it possible that Jacques has a new account and IP address? It's very bothersome. Badagnani (talk) 17:35, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

It's him. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

JacquesNguyen's serial sockpuppetry

Hi. It seems that JacquesNguyen is at it again. I see that Kinh Duong Vuong is probably just another one of his pathetic sockpuppets. I do have one question though: have you actually filed a sockpuppetry case against the user or made a checkuser request? I ask this question becuase the user in question has not been blocked but appears as a "confirmed" sockpuppet (possibly due to a technical error) and I have not been able to find evidence of a report against Kinh Duong Vuong.

Also, check this out[7]. It seems that JacquesNguyen is determined to continue editing his own talk page even though he has already been blocked. Also notice that at the bottom of the diff provided, there is a highly defamatory edit that stayed undetected for a considerable period of time ("F*** you..."). Perhaps this might explain Kinh Duong Vuong 's recent POV pushing. Also notable is the fact that User:Angelo De La Paz appears to have unwittingly aided the user's serial policy violations. By the way, it is possible that the user mentioned above is actually User:Webster121 (and his now many confirmed sockpuppets) who has now been indefinitely blocked. I would not be surprised if that happens to be true. David873 (talk) 13:08, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

US/U.S.

Apologies, I had previously read the rules about full stops in abbreviations, but I don't remember the U.S. usage paragraph being there before. Being English I don't use the abbreviation U.S., but US or USA after the first full use; which I thought correct. The differences between American English and International English are vast. Verbal chat 21:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Andrés Quintana Roo

Got some more information. Take a look at Talk:Andrés Quintana Roo. --Floridianed (talk) 01:25, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Slivovitz

If you doubt that slivovitz is a Serbian product, take a look at the picture in the Slivovitz article. The bottle of "Navip Slivovitz" plainly says "Serbian Plum Brandy" on its label. I personally finished off a bottle of this stuff not more than three days ago. Wahrmund (talk) 01:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Dai Viet

Probably a good idea to incorporate this article into Names of Vietnam, which should discuss all the names that Vietnam had given itself as well as names foreigners had given it. vi:Quốc hiệu Việt Nam DHN (talk) 01:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

As it stands now, I think it should stay at Dai Viet, since it's mostly about that name with only a passing reference to the other names. DHN (talk) 01:58, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't have time right now to look up the information and I don't want to just jot stuff from the top of my head. DHN (talk) 02:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Lac Long Quan

I thought you already figured this out already. As for the pinyin in these articles, perhaps you can ask User:Yellowtailshark for the reason he added them. DHN (talk) 02:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Kinh Duong Vuong

I don't have Checkuser. However, Blnguyen, who made the block, does, so I would ask him. Daniel Case (talk) 03:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey and hello my friend

Please calm down regarding your recent edits. No offence meant and thanks for listening, --Floridianed (talk) 06:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Your edit summary at Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

Your edit summary for a recent edit to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was "dab". That would be appropriate when disambiguating a pre-existing link to a disambiguation page but not when creating a new link. In this case "link: fault" would be an appropriate edit summary. See Wikipedia:Edit summary legend#Addition of links for more details. Let me know if you have any questions. --Jeremyb (talk) 08:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

About a source used at Lý Long Tường

There is a source used in the article in question that seems to come from an organisation affiliated with a reputable University. The source in question is the one that you stated at the article's talk page. All seemed well until I noticed the following introductory paragraph on Google book search:

Based on papers presented at two international workshops, "Religion in contemporary Vietnam", and the 2005 Vietnam Update, "Not by rice alone : making sense of spirituality in reform-era Vietnam", held at the Australian National University from 10 to 12 August 2005.

It is true that seemingly unrelated topics are often mentioned in passing. However, the big question that just has to be asked is this: "Why and how are the claims coming out of seminars that are supposed to be about spiritiality?" Were there qualifiers such as "Legend has it that..."? Also, the fact that even organisations such as the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies are known to push communist propaganda and that no mainstream sources could be found does seem like a "red flag" signal to me. After all, if the China Education Centre at the University of Sydney (which is pro-PRC) told you that "Taiwan is absolutely part of China" (and I can't imagine why they wouldn't), would you believe it? Some of the claims made clearly belong under the heading "exceptional claims". I have notified three other editors about the blatant misinformation in the article. David873 (talk) 13:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Here is a link that you may wish to consider:[8]. There is more information about the book edited by Philip Taylor of Australian National University. The essential point here is that the book is really a collection of eassays (not necessarily written by Taylor) about the role of religion, myths and legends in Vietnamese society.

In the meantime, I will refrain from commenting at the talk page of the disputed article. Also, Rungbachduong's edits probably should be watched closely. I noticed that he has removed the factual accuracy and neutrality template (that I originally inserted) from an article about a famous battle in Vietnamese history. David873 (talk) 23:40, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Please do not include external links to commercial websites in your edits

It's very obvious that you have some interest in maintaing the links which are obviously commerical in nature and violate Wiki link spam policy. If you continue to revert the removed link spam I will report you and recommend that the url that appears in all of the external links you are trying to revert be blacklisted ShiningPath (talk) 18:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)