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Blnguyen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been an administrator since 29 May 2006 and an arbitrator since January 1, 2007.

FOR ANONS, I WILL DEFINITELY REPLY HERE. FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THIS MAY BE HERE OR AT YOUR TALK PAGE. IF IT IS A MULTI-PARTY DISCUSSION, THEN DEFINITELY HERE

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Ought to be studying......

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Hello

How you doing? --Dweller 11:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good. I sent you an email. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks. Delighted you're back. Are you waiting for hard disk failure, or are you going to share the wealth!?! --Dweller 09:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, due to DYK restrictions, I will release them one at a day, otherwise there would be some kind of diplomatic incident about alleged Anglophiles, and in particular one alleged Anglophile trying to launch trans-Atlantic cultural attacks. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SMG

Haven't done a proper read or fact-check, but have some general cribs. Shall I post them here ? Tintin 06:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mainly, the amount of statistics and scores should be cut down and more substance added. Score-based articles may be okay for lesser cricketers but for Gavaskar I guess there should be enough documentation around (one autob and two autobiographical works plus more than three biographies on him ). Re. the missing things, take for instance the occasions when he lost the captaincy :

Despite this, he was stripped of the captaincy when India toured England in 1979 for a four Test tour.

The general view of this is that SMG and Kirmani (who was replaced by Bharat Reddy ) were sacked from the captaincy and the team respectively because they were talking with Packer. I think SMG has denied it, not very sure. (Also seem to remember (not sure again) that the official reason was that Venkatraghavan was selected as the captain because he had experience in cricket in England and in one day cricket, but no one gives any credence to it).

Having secured the series 2-0, Gavaskar was stripped of the captaincy for the drawn Sixth Test.

What happened here was that, there was a WI tour planned in March 1980. Since there had been too much cricket that season, SMG wanted it to be postponed by two weeks. BCCI refused. So SMG refused to tour and since Viswanath was expected to be the captain, he stood down for the last two matches of the season to give him practice. In the end, WICB was not interested in a Gavaskar-less team and the tour was scrapped.

the series ended 1-2, and with a poor display of 140 runs at 17.5, Gavaskar was again axed as captain.

SMG captained India to a win in the WCC in Australia and then retired on his own (he had announced his intention to retire before the WCC began).

More context should be provided around the events. Mihir Bose should be useful for a lot of this. Tintin 06:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that I was wondering about the politics and such and why these gaps happened. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:56, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Its been a whole year...

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...since vandals, trolls and POV pushers met their arch-nemesis. Kudos to one of Wikipedia's finest administrators on his admin-anniversary. From the guy who made it all happen ;) Cheers --Srikeit 03:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		You've been an admin for a year and you've been exceptional! Sarvagnya 04:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! I though you have been admin for a much longer time. You have been superb in your first year as admin. Keep it up! Gizza^Chat ^© 04:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations for being a one-year old admin! It's the time of year your rougeness matured... but please don't block me! Cheerio, Tangotango (talk) 05:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A great year. You should be proud of all of your accomplishments here. -- Samir 06:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

=/ You're old (or, at least, you've been here way longer than I). XD Happy one year of adminship and merry unbirthday. ShadowHalo 10:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Congratulations on a great and exceptional year. All the best, Anas ^talk? 13:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Its been a remarkable wiki year for you! — Lost^(talk) 14:36, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me too. D. Recorder 06:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

	Belated Happy Adminship terror	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing YellowMonkey a very belated happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! A W 16:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disappointed

In the article State terrorism in Sri Lanka, you edit patterns which is contrary to the talk page tag which says that it is a controversial subject so please achieve consensus before making major changes is very disappointing. I can understand a tom, dick or harry indulge in such edit patterns but an admin should set the example for others to follow wikipedia rules and expectations. For example your personal opinion that Tamilnet is a blog is totally not acceptable to other wikipedians as well as reputable sources such as BBC, CNN and a number of research papers that is totally in disagreement with your personal opinion.. For example in an AFD this is what another wikipedian said about such comments.

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Comment: Yes. While recognizing that the Sri Lankan-Tamil civil war is a longstanding and viciously contested dispute, I decline to take notice of pissing matches between the various factions as to which source is supposedly discredited by its alleged adherence to one side or another. Fox TV is commonly presumed to be a biased mouthpiece for right-wing ideologues, but I don't think you'd get very far claiming it doesn't qualify as a reliable source on that count. RGTraynor 17:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

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Just think about the above comment. Infact I am ready to follow wiki process of taking this difference of opinion step by step all the way to arbitration to stop this vicious cycle of edits and counter edits with snide remarks. What ever the wiki community thinks will be final. Thanks Taprobanus 13:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am strongly of the belief that Tamilnet, a random tripod website etc, do not count as RS. Google videos etc are not RS. I didn't remove anything from proper third party reputable sources. And Green Left Weekly is not an international activist group, it is a fringe Australian leftist newspaper. And it says allegations....then it shouldn't be categorised as fact. And things can't be presented as fact when they are claimed by a partisan organisation. I am confident that my edits are in line with WP:RS. Blnguyen (cranky admin anniversary) 02:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will stick with Tamilnet, I am willing to take it to mediation and all the way to arbitration are you ready? I also have to apologize because I am using you as a guinea pig to resolve this vexing issue. I was waiting for some one to remove it (as no one has dared to do it before) so that I can initiate the wiki process to resolve this conflict. So you like it or not I am going drag you all the way till we resolve it. I am OK with ANY decision, what I am not OK is with a vicious edit wars of reverting and counter reverting. Thanks for your help in this matter Taprobanus 14:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am ready for a debate yes. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:Blnguyen/Cricket organising

Crossposted from above page Gosh! What an ambitious list! Given the ones that you have "done" to date, I very much look forward to the rest. Hopefully the WP:CRIC crowd can polish a few up to FA standards.

I hope your hard drive is backed up... -- ALoan (Talk) 14:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well my old hard drive crashed in March....but I also have the stuff on another computer as well....But Fingleton and Woodfull are already GAs and have a solid basis. I think some of the others would do as well in due time. But Image:Blnguyen disb topic.jpg shows a cricket addiction problem and that was the data before I came back! But hopefully we can get some FAs yet. Blnguyen (cranky admin anniversary) 05:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Troll, get out of here.

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/TingMing/Proposed decision

Hi, sorry to bother you, but it would be great if you would take some time to review the /Evidence and Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/TingMing/Proposed decision. Some of us, including me, have responded to your reasons for objection with more details and explanations. Thanks, Vic₂₂₆^說 06:32, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I've been a bit busy but I will look. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elim Bible Institute's AfD

You closed this AfD with a delete result, but it is quite obvious to me that there is no consensus. Not counting the obvious single-purpose account, it was 3:3 keep to delete, and, at least in my opinion, the keep camp gave fair rationale. How is it that articles like this are kept, but this article was not? Two print sources were given, and the school is not a diploma mill, as you asserted in the closing comment (it's been around since 1924...hardly a diploma mill by modern standards). It would seem that most theological institutions are not accredited.

If this discussion does not yield the results I seek, I will probably put the article up for DRV. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 08:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The four references given were all from the school's website and not RS. Am I missing something? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Thorpe

Hi Blnguyen, I noticed you seem pretty on top of the Ian Thorpe article and I notice you reverted my edits which is not a problem! But what he's doing now should be in there somewhere. If Undercover angels gets a mention then Action Earth and Fish out of Water deserve to be in there as well. As it is, it is an out-of-date article if you're not going to include the short-form series and the documentary! Here are some links for you to consider:

http://www.actionearth.tv/

http://www.abc.net.au/milduraswanhill/stories/s1930127.htm

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21801915-5006009,00.html

I suggest you put in a few sentences about them in his Personal Life section after the sentence about Undercover angels. The Action Earth website should defenatly be in the External links! Cheers --SAS87 18:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I will do the necessary and write a small article for the show and put a summary and link from the Thorpe page. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much!! XD!--SAS87 19:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK×2

On 30 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Bob Holland, and Thich Tri Quang, 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.

--ALoan (Talk) 13:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On May 31, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Johnston (cricketer), 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.

Endorsed by ALoan and Yomanagani! :) Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LTTE-Sinhalese stuff

Hi Fayssal. I know that protection isn't an endorsement of the content, but I must say I am a bit depressed that stuff sourced from random blogs, tripod websites, google videos and partisan sources will be on display for seven days....As for discussing, I did put explanations in the edit summaries, and certainly am not a single topic editor (Tamil or Sinhalese) wrt this dispute. Thanks, Blnguyen (cranky admin anniversary) 03:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blnguyen and happy birthday. I really dislike protecting when edit warring occurs but would people discuss while articles are free to be edited? I doubt that. I invite all parties to join discussions even at the AN/I (due to the nature of the conflict) in order to get more feedback. This issue of LTTE-Sinhalese has to be sorted out and i'll be commenting at the AN/I as well. Cheers. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 16:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I usually put a comment in the edit summary and then take it to the talk page from there, and I would have done so. But I will comment where necessary. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I, Evilclown93, award you this barnstar for blocking numerous Samuel Luo sockpuppets. Keep it up!

Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Protecting Falun Gong

Jesus Christ! I protect one article and get 3 people yelling at me on my talk page. Just so you know, it was a request on RPP that lead me to protect the article. I'm sorry if I've disrupted something or something. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 23:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not a big deal, just a philosophical thing about allowing a banned user to shut down a few articles. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not a new article and not a former stub but expanded 5-fold

Would this qualify for DYK? TIA, --Irpen 06:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, and replied on your userpage. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks-DYK

Thanks for the thanks and for putting the Heurtley House on DYK (if it was indeed you), very important piece of architecture that people should know about, which is why I nominated it even though it was a bit short. And thanks for your many contributions too. : ) IvoShandor 07:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Vesak!

Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura. Sri Lanka.

May you be happy & well! Thank you so much for your generous thoughts, kind words and beautiful image. Though we are half a world a part perhaps, it is nice to see we share the same sun-lit moon. Happy Vesak!

As for the Pali Canon's top 10 "foremost disciples" (agga-savaka), I am not sure if such a specific number exists in the canon -- though this is likely just my vast ignorance showing itself yet again. The best text I know for such is AN 1.14, an English-language version of which can be found here on Mettanet.org. I believe this lists about 43 bhikkhus (Ananda's mentioned five times) for various reasons. Certainly, intuitively, Sariputta, Mahamoggallana and Ananda are the top three. The other seven you list -- I could not see any argument with them. (Perhaps User:Peter_jackson or User:Sacca could give more definitive information?)

Thank you too for your unsurpassed productivity and awe-inspiring breadth of knowledge. I applaud your massive accomplishment! Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 04:16, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo dear Blnguyen,

I was happily surprised by your beautiful picture and greetings on my User Talk page just now. Thank you very much! You are most kind. I appreciate your generosity of spirit! Have a lovely weekend, and keep up all your own great work. Best wishes to you. From Tony. TonyMPNS 08:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the lovely picture and message Blnguyen. I wish you a very happy Vesak too. And thanks for all the great work you're doing on Wikipedia. --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 20:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. Thanks for everything BInguyen, and happy Vesak. Arrow740 22:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Vesak greetings -- happy Vesak to you as well ! --Stephen Hodge 00:52, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For the lovely Vesak card. Wish you happy Vesak too. Wish you all the best and tons of strength to keep up your great work here.Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 18:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again

Thanks for the barnstar, it's nice to be recognized sometimes. :) IvoShandor 08:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

GA on hold — Notes left on talk page. Kalyan 13:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. Very readable article. Tintin 15:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I relooked at the article and made a few more additional comments. Once resolved, i think the article is a good GA material. Kalyan 09:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. It is a rather intresting bio, with all his idiosyncracies. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tamilnet

Hi, I don't know if you've already seen this. Just thought I'd bring it to your attention. Tamilnet can be considered an RS. Thanks. Lotlil 01:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, this has not been proven. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flight feathers

Delayed response, wish I knew stuff about animals :( -- Samir 06:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi! Saw the Image:IndiaFA.JPG. Moreover two FAs are in FARC. The whole scenario is poor. Are you guys preparing the newsletter?--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:01, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed quite unfortunate that we may have negative FA growth this month if those two articles are taken down. At the moment I am not preparing the newsletter but Gizza said on Lost's page that he was willing to do so. To be honest, I am wondering whether I should resign from the WP:INDIA project given the recent events. I should probably do an activity level investigation to see how many people have stopped writing in the past two months due to some infighting. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 12:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 3 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Don Tallon, 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.

Sean William @ 15:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Blnguyen's Day!

Blnguyen has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Blnguyen's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Blnguyen!

Love,
Phaedriel
00:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC) [reply]

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Do you mind if I partake of a share from the banana bucket? Good job, and good luck to the studying ape of yours! bibliomaniac 1 5 An age old question... 03:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Blnguyen´s day from me too! ♠Tom @s Bat 22:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thanks!!! Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 03:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well cool!

Thanks for the update on Chief Yellow Horse, I feel special!! :-) // Tecmobowl 03:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AC activity

I hate to bother you with this, but do you have any further information on Flcelloguy's move to inactive, including how long he'll be away, before I move him and recalculate the majority in the cases? Thanks, Newyorkbrad 04:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no clue where he is or what he is up to because I have not seen him on the email list at all for about a month now. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FLC

hi., can you please provide your vote and feedback on the current FLC of Indian national cricket captains as well as move it to FLC in case it receives your Support vote. Thanks. Kalyan 13:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I will look. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barn star

This barn star from you is a special one. The orange-white-green stripes made my heart leap with joy. Thanks and nice to hear from you. I saw some baloons, its never too belated, happy birthday from a co-Geminian.Dineshkannambadi 02:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed on the WP:India page, participant number 100 is Vishu123, a banned sock of Sarvabhaum. Should we all that to remain or remove it?Dineshkannambadi 02:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really think it's necessary. It's not like it is a vote/discussion or something. But it doesn't really matter either way.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha

Thanks for the bananas. Believe me, I live on bananas most of the time when I get too lazy to cook :) Anyway, here's a bunch of Mysore rasa baaLe haNNu for the Aussie monkey :) Sarvagnya 02:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Bl. Nice to hear from you. Hope things are fine with you.

Very interesting to see that, today is Blnguyen's Day! :) Wish you a very happy Blnguyen's Day. - KNM ^Talk 03:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I probably don't have the time to write the next newsletter. I had originally only wanted to write a couple of section but I'm too buy for even that now. You can pass this along to Lost. Happy Blnguyen's Day btw. I don't see another Blnguyen's day in the near future. :) Gizza^Chat ^© 07:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re, constantly removing my links

In my defence, none of the links i have posted have been inapropriate!! My link on 'Sun Wukong' pointed to my NON COMMERCIAL, NON PROFIT MAKING AND HOPEFULLY INFORMATIVE site which has a page/pages/references to Sun Wukong, likewise for Zhu Bajie, likewise for Sha Wujing, and so on.. Besides which, my links ARE NOT misleading - i clearly state the name of my site and what can be found on the other end of the link, giving the person reading the page a choice of whether to click on it or not. I can't make them follow the link, but if they do it's because they wanted to, and if they wanted to why shouldn't it be there? Why would you want to limit their options Mr Admin' dude? What happened to free speech/movement/information?? May i suggest, if you don't want links on the 'Tripitaka' (or any other page) pointing to 'Tripitaka not what YOU deem apropriate' pages, you be more specific with the page titles.

ThankYOU. custurd

I wouldn't class 'my' website as personal, for i am not really Monkey! I figure, as ALL linked websites are created by someone, they're all personal anyway, so strictly speaking - there should be NO links allowed? I would class mine as a fansite, i don't see anything in 'the guide of contradictions' about not allowing fansites. But seriously, it matters not what i think, i'm at your mercy, at the end of the day.

Custurd 20:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Umm? :)

From your post to my talk page: An entry from Piotrus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? :) An entry form my userpage? I think there is a tiny mistake there somewhere :) Btw, many thanks for your work with DYK updates and information to nominators/creators! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 17:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK and Guto Puw

Thanks for commenting on my suggested tag for the article - in light of your thoughts, I have created a stub for Stereo Type (Puw), a redirect from Stereo Type and added a {{for}} entry to Stereotype. Oh, and re-wikilinked the tag accordingly! Hope this helps the article's chances in the busy world of DYK. Yours, Bencherlite 22:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Charles Macartney, was selected for DYK!

On June 5, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Macartney, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 23:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POV review

Hello User Blnguyen,

I am contacting you as I had requested a pov review of the Indo greek article (map in particular) but the administration has not responded. User phg deleted that status while I was away, but I reinstated it. So far four other users have complained about the accuracy of this article (windy city dude, vastu, pavanapuram, and mahitgar). Just to bring you upto speed

1. user vastu negotiated a settlement with user phg. user phg violated it after vastu left. 2. user sponsianus provided two maps (1 that even he admitted was inaccurate, and they other in contrast to the author's other maps and stated views). 3. users phg and sponsianus refused to negotiate in spite of repeated entreaties[[2]] 4. current indo greek article is 75% or more based on colonial scholar W.W. Tarn. 5. both indian and european scholars (modern) have remarked on the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the indo greeks 6. accurate oxford map was rejected by users phg and sponsianus on specious grounds

Please assist in commencing the administration review. Thank you.

Best Regards,

Devanampriya 00:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell me which map is which? and link to this discussion. I am a bit perplexed by the large volume. And also the article is an FA, which means that it is supposed to be good. Did you ask the other people who reviewed this article and those who follow Indian history if there is anything to be done? I guess if you think it is seriously POV, you could ask for the FA status to be reivewed. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism

Blnguyen, I have a problem concerning plagiarism. I wrote the Rajendrasinhji Jadeja page referring to a number of online sources, including the Bharat Rakshak website, which at that time had a very small entry regarding this person. That website has since been "updated" based upon the Wikipedia page, (read especially the 3rd paragraph of this, but also the rest of it), and I am flattered, except that the page claims copyright on its contents!! Someone could easily claim that I committed copyvio and start deleting content or even nominate for deletion, which would be very unfair. What do you think I could do about this? In the past, I have myself nominated pages like Piru Singh and Jadu Nath Singh for being copy-paste from this very website (genuine copyvio cases, repeatedly recreated by the Rajput troll) and now I seem set to face the same accusation! ImpuMozhi 01:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I am not very good with these copyright things. As you see in User:Blnguyen/Times of India, they plagiarised my stuff but this is obvious, since by checking the timestamps on the article, they were all written before Sept 2006 when the ToI made them in preparation for the DLF series. However in this case, it says at the top of BR that it was last updated on April 25. I guess it shows that you are in the right, but once they update it again, the Jadeja page will no longer be "new" and you won't know when it was created. But WP:FORKS is a place where you could find beter people on this issue who cane oganise copyright issues for you. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please check your email

Thank you! — Sebastian 18:25, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of material

You fail to discuss anything before deleting the material. Are you white-washing the page because of some personal POV for Buddhism? That's what it seems like to me. I am contacting an admin about your non-compliance. (Ghostexorcist 05:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Greetings. After being contacted by Ghostexorcist and reading through the history, I'm sending the same message to both Blnguyen and Ghostexorcist about the Thích Quảng Đức article. In my experience (at least) you are both quite reasonable to work with. So, if I were to guess, I'm fairly sure the disagreement is a misunderstanding based on WP:TRIVIA rather than any POV issue and can be worked out to your mutual satisfaction with some diplomatic discussion. Regards, --Fire Star 火星 15:22, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a comment for you on Talk:Thích Quảng Đức. (Ghostexorcist 20:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Harvey family

Nice work. —Moondyne 14:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cricket stuff from your hard drive

What's happening? Lost track of it. --Dweller 14:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Blnguyen/Cricket organising for all the action. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thich

Usually they do have sections of "in popular culture" on pages of people. However I dont think they mention Thich by nameBaka man 00:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but it's not a good practice for a proper article, like trivia sections. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks !

I had almost forgot what it was like to get a barnstar :) The delays are because of because of lack of time but I will get to all of them eventually. Tintin 01:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's what you get for writing...........no barnstars. A disproportionately low amount of my barnstars are for editing compared to the time I actually spend writing. Although I am sure you know that anyway. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Next update

I had started working on the next update by moving one to next update staging area, but I realize that you need to use the next update temporarily. I have placed that one nomination in my sandbox (User:Royalbroil/Sandbox), and I will continue using my sandbox to work on the next update (except if you object). Let me know when the staging area is ready to use. I will yield doing the next update to you instead if/whenever you want. Royalbroil 01:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. I am grateful for other hands being put up. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Carnivores games

Hello, I noticed awhile back that you deleted an article named Carnivores games almost a year ago. I was wondering if you could post a copy of the deleted content to my talk page, or to a new subpage if you want. This is just a matter of curiosity for me, so if you decline, that's your business. --Dinoguy1000 ^Talk 06:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It only had two edits apart from when a WP:PROD was added. It said

“

Carnivores series is a very popular series of hunting sims developed by Action-Forms and published by Wizardworks. The game let you hunt dinosaurs so now ethical arguements dont apply because dinosaurs are extinct. They did a great job on this game, sound, Dinosaurs, and Terrain were all first rate. There are also scary moments were you feel you are being hunted. For example you are on a night hunt (only on carnivores2) you look through the dark to find a harmless anklyosaurus then you here somthing behind you next thing you know you are dead. A spinosaurus ambushed you, they are that smart.

”

I hope this is useful. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting that. I can see now why you deleted it. =P --Dinoguy1000 ^Talk 15:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting the article Tibet

Hi! You reverted two of my edits to the article Tibet. May I ask why? I gave an explanation in the edit summary box, and also on the talk page, that the infobox shouldn't have a flag and seal for an article which clearly states that it is concerned only with the historical and cultural region of Tibet and not the political entitiy of Tibet of which there is a separate article Tibet Autonomous Region and also the Tibet exile government also has its own article. Thanks! --72.75.55.194 06:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 7 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Norm O'Neill, 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.

--Daniel 07:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking User:CaptainKarma

A likely sock of User:Tomananda, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/CaptainKarma. ✔ Olaf Stephanos ✍ 08:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for the info. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: DYK award

Thanks for the DYK, see you around =]

Best regards

Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 16:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Dear BInguyen,

You undid my changes on Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. I've modified the paragraph again.

In my opinion, wikipedia should contain no claims without sources.

The link that was given DID NOT contain any information relevant to the assertion. (I'd appreciate if you could verify this.)

Please let me know if my latest change is ok.

Thanks - henrikhenrik

Unprotect Request: Imran Khan

I would like to discuss changes to changes to article 'Imran Khan'.

Currently, i cannot post anything on the article since you have requested SriKeit to protect it. He is not responding at all.

i would like to know why you do not want to discuss and resolve the differences.

i would like to add new information on imran khan in pakistan's politics.

please help.

Links

Your edits (reverts) in the article about Choekyi Gyaltsen are inacceptable. Please discuss. —Babelfisch 06:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The 100 DYK Medal

		The 100 DYK Medal
		I, Smee, hereby present Blnguyen with The 100 DYK Medal. Thank you for all of your hard work on Wikipedia:Did you know, as well as your contributions to the project in many other areas. Yours, Smee 07:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA review and "On hold" status - Bill Johnston

GA on hold — Notes left on talk page. Kalyan 18:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neil Harvey

I assumed that the 1500 characters limit was firm. You did an awesome job on the article, and I agree is essentially a new article. And I love the hook! Good Job! Royalbroil 22:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Burge

On 8 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter Burge, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 23:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh

Care to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kari Schull. I just had to go through and remove tons of prods... and now this. I'm feeling extremely irritated and scratchy so I'm going to hold off for a wee while :P PageantUpdater User Talk Review me! 01:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oversight request for Talk:Taner Akçam

Can you deal with oversight with likely libellous claims about Akçam on the article's talk page? Usually, reversion is enough, but he once had problems because of an archived version of his wikipedia article. Thanks, Andjam 07:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment at incident Dbachmann

Thanks for giving your comment at the noticeboard. However, so far I did not find any Arbcom cases related to this user. Could you also supply me a link? Thanks! Rokus01 08:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

another thing

I am not sure how the external link I added to the Buddhism section is inappropriate. It was a link to the blog of Sulak Sivaraksa who is one of the leading scholars in the Engaged Buddhist movement. He is not making money from that blog. What is the point of even making links possible within Wikipedia when one of the world's top Buddhist thinkers cannot even link to a blog about Buddhism in the Buddhism section of Wikipedia?

If Wikipedia authors can use Sulak SIvaraksa as a reference in writing their Wikipedia content, then I wouldn't say that it is 'inappropriate' for Sulak Sivaraksa to put a link in Wikipedia to an external page containing that content. Please remember that Wikipedia is using other people's content, not vice versa.

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XV (May 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
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Project news

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The subject-area contacts initiative is off to a good start, with several contacts having been named. Further exposure of this list is planned.
{{Infobox Military Cemetery}} and {{Infobox Military Memorial}} have been merged into a single infobox for both types of articles.

Current proposals and discussions

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A discussion about military personnel categories by nation is ongoing.

Articles of note

New featured articles:

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Harvey family

On 9 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harvey family, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 17:28, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Double redirect

Hi. I just moved Burger King Products to Burger King products as I believe this to be the correct title as per WP:NAME (Burger King is a proper name, products is not). However, when checking for double redirects, I noticed that you have protected the redirect BK Crown Jewels due to an AfD result. If possible, can you point this redirect to the renamed page Burger King products? Of course, if you disagree with the move, feel free to undo it. Thanks, GentlemanGhost 21:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DRV

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hi-Zack (Mobile suit). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jeffpiatt 04:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neil Harvey

On 10 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Neil Harvey, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 01:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graham McKenzie

On 11 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Graham McKenzie, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 23:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you using my name

-I have told you before, I have been a member of wikipedia before you! Stop using my name by just placing a L between B Nguyen. This is unfair and confusing to other members. Do not try to sockpocket me. I would appreciate some professionalism and that you should had done a check before you just try to assume, this has been brought up my another member that has told me.Bnguyen 17:46, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Sanctions Against a User

Please take a look at the history of the Talk:Jeronimo Bassano page. Gustav seems to have a big chip on his shoulder, and is even erasing others' comments on the talk page. He even called another person an "ass" in his comment section (deleting the talk entry) for disagreeing with his assessment of his "expert." Something needs to be done about him and his abuse on this article.--124.197.51.91 04:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see I never called this person an ass (they are the same person on each ip). I have merely stated to him that the view that the family are not Jewish is supported by experts on the subject and he doesn't seem to like that as perhaps he had in his mind for some time that they were. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 09:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion or transfer

Maybe it's something even out of your reach, but can you either delete or transfer logs of mine of non-sports related edits ( see [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], and many more edits from April 2-3. If you possibly could transfer to my non sports account or delete them, it's no skin off my nose. Hope to hear from you soon! Soxrock 23:53 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but as far as I know, there is no feature currently in the Mediawiki software that allows a transfer of individual edits from one account to another. There use to be a page called Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit where Wikipedia's developers would take requests to alter the MySql database directly, but is now not maintained anymore due to their busy schedules. And as for deleting specific edits, under the GNU Free Documentation License, we cannot since those modifications are really legitimate. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, since I want to keep trying at least, are there any higher ranking people than you here (obviously Jimbo Wales, but anyone else)? Soxrock 0:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the user access levels of MediaWiki, one possibility that is similar to what you want is contacting a user who has access to the oversight permission feature, but you probably do not qualify under those scenarios. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now, that's a previous discussion. Can you either help hide/delete, or transfer the files I've highlighted and any other's that I do (like Voyager 2 edits from 4/20, all the Marshall-related and religious-related ones ones from 4/3, the Marylin Monroe and Amanda Bynes ones from last year that I'll highlight (some more here: [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], 2 edits here, [35], [36], [37], 2 edits here, [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], 2 edits here, numerous edits here, [43], [44], numerous edits here, [45], [46], [47], [48], 3 edits here, 6 edits on the redirect page, [49], [50] and the two ones I highlighted earlier, [51], and 5 edits to [52] and [53]

here are a few more I'd like vacated:

[54] 3 here 4 here [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] 2 here [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76]

sorry to bother again, but here are some more from my other accounts:

Crazy Canadian: [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82]

CollegeGameDayRocks!: [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]

And lastly, TheSportsLogosMaster: [89] [90]

(and there are probably a few more out there, I'll give you a link to the general areas of these edits)

If you could transfer, vacate, or, if you can't do too much, direct me to a higher ranking person. I want those gone from all of my accounts. Soxrock 12:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2 DYKs

On 13 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Bill Lawry, and Gia Long, 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.

Nguyen dynasty, eh? :) howcheng {chat} 16:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Civility guidelines

I would be grateful if you would confirm that:

(a) Civility and personal attacks (ie. respect) are a key Wikipedia policy and one of the five pillars of Wikipedia

(b) There is no defense or justification for incivility

(c) Reporting an editor for incivility is part of the dispute resolution process

(d) That reporting an editor of actual incivility (a core policy) is never classed as vexatious litigation (a guideline). --84.9.191.165 19:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]