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Dear Blnguyen

Dear Blnguyen, I've taken the time to browse your contributions extensively and was thinking about adding a personal review to the page that you've wisely created in order to get feedback on yourself. However, I believe that in your case, the time for words is over, and it's the right moment to act instead. Therefore, I'd like to suggest you to apply for adminship without delay, and it would be both a pleasure and a privilege if you allow me to nominate you. I very seldom offer myself to nominate someone I've never directly interacted with before, but in your case I can clearly see that you're an asset to our community and a very nice person; to sum it up, exactly the kind of admins that we desperately need. We all believe you're ready. Please, if you wish to accept my proposition, just let me know; I'll be happy to proceed. Cheers, Phaedriel ♥ tell me - 17:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

I'll co-nominate based on your helpful presence at DYK. Please accept this opportunity. Kimchi.sg 17:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like Blnguyen's got a lot of support votes even before his RFA has begun! Anyway myself, User:I@n & User:Snottygobble too have been considering nominating him for some time now & have been corresponding through email. When I first considered nominating him on 25th April he told me he would like to wait for a month before accepting. So Blnguyen do you think you are ready now? Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 18:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. If User:Anwar saadat turns up & attcks your RFA (which I have no doubt he would), it will turn into a battle ground for the article Ajith rather than an RFA. Can you give me your email address (preferably gmail) so we can continue this correspondence there. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 01:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I respect your decision to defer any nomination for later, but I must comment on your main reason for doing so. If User:Anwar saadat attacks you during the RfA, other voters have the perogative to dismiss his comments and concentrate on evaluting your contributions instead. Don't let him deter you from an RfA nom - let your contribs and your prior responses to him influence other, non-biased editors. I'm sure the RfA community will be excellent in weeding out any invalid opposes or attacks. Kimchi.sg 02:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want to update your remark here? :-) NoSeptember talk 14:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Go for it, the time has come! --kingboyk 09:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nod. You'd have my hearty support as well. Just promise us you'll keep doing DYK's !!! ++Lar: t/c 01:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If/when you go for an RFA, somebody is likely to comment on your signature and the userboxes (though most of them seem to be valid). Please make sure that you have taken these into account before then. Tintin (talk) 01:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Let me clarify : I'll support you even if you had the old signature or if you had none at all ! But as you know there'll be some frivolous votes on the basis of it which we could do without. Ignore my comment about useboxes. I had only noticed that there are too many, but looking closer there are none which they call 'divisive'. Tintin (talk) 05:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Stop dilly-dallying around! Nominate yourself already! :p michael talk 04:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BOPP'D!

Master of Puppets has bopped you with a mop! Bops promote not only WikiLove, but also steady loss of brain cells! Hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the Moppage by bopping someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, and help the chief MoP achieve his goal of world domination. Happy editing! Master of Puppets Your will is mine. 01:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sukh's RFA - Thanks!

Thank you for your vote on my RfA. Unfortunately there was no consensus reached at 43 support, 18 oppose and 8 neutral. I've just found out that there is a feature in "my preferences" that forces me to use edit summaries. I've now got it enabled :) Thanks again. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 15:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:08, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And the hits just keep coming! !!!

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Ein Bisschen Frieden, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

that subject seemed fitting... ++Lar: t/c 02:56, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for Adminship

Srikeit would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Srikeit to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/YellowMonkey. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Your suggestion at DYK

Thanks Blnguyen, I am still learning the ropes. I'd like to make a proposal at Talk:DYK to create a box for the next DYK. Since it won't directly affect the Main Page, its contents won't be as sensitive so there is no need to protect it. We could start populating it earlier and more people would be able to collaborate. ←Humus sapiens ну? 03:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, go to Wikipedia talk:Did you know to try and instigate new policies and procedure. Hopefully, this time next week, I can help to keep DYK running smoothly. I think the more articles which get a run on DYK the better, as it keeps up community morale, which is vital to the ongoing success of the project.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! - review me 03:28, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

Thanks for your comments. I understand completely about writing esoteric or noncontroversial articles. I have a half a dozen myself where I am essentially the only contributor (Population Genetics is pretty lonely if you stay away from evolution. :)). I have learned immeasurably from the conflict that arose on Natural selection, even though I was not involved. There is a currently open arbitration case against one editor, based on essentially one or two other editors. On the other hand, I've been able to work with this same editor on Heritability with little trouble. I fully expect the editor who started the arbitration to be the subject of one eventually. It seems to be the nature of the business. Good luck with your administership. Just remember, one of the best tools to deal with "problem" editors is to hesitate before clicking Save page. Ted 05:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd advise you not to link to your RfA from your user and user talk pages. Judging from past precedent, some people will vote 'oppose' based on the RfA link alone. Kimchi.sg 10:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userspace RfA notice

Heyo there! Just coming by to spread misery instead of cheer! :P Anyway, could you consider taking down the notice about your RfA? I, personally, don't care, but there are people on Wikipedia that believe such notices to be advertising, and will (mis)interpret that as a sign of immaturity. You don't have to take it down, and I'm not forcing you to, but just thought I'd bring that to your attention. Anyway, thanks and cheers! Master of Puppets That's hot. 10:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Master dedicated to the cause of the Human Being

I really appreciate the contents that you guys have contributed to other articles of Wikipedia, the Open Source Encyclopedia. I really acknowledge the hard works that you've been doing to make the encyclopedia a rich source of knowledge. In fact, I am also a strong advocate of Open Source, and GNU Free Documentation.

As far as I know, The Supreme Master Ching Hai has always been a pacificist trying to spread the message of Truth and Virtue all over the world through her teachings that are meant to bring mankind towards the realization of God and Truth. I know the many so called "Masters" out there, but not a real one like the Supreme Master.

Those baseless criticisms, that are published by the so called "cultists" do not sound a good Gift for such a Holy person.

Anyway guys, is there a person on Earth who is totally flawless, and does not have any dark side? If there is so, please do tell me. Don't you have done anything wrong in your whole life? What if someone characterizes you wrongly for the things that you've not even done?

Posted by: ldp_linux10:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on talk page.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:50, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I have cut of the last half of the message, which was a religious extolment of Suma Ching Hai. It is on the reply on Ldp Linux's talk page.

You're doing great.

Just to let you know you have 52 votes so far in your RFA. I supported you and it seems you should have no problem getting promoted. Keep uo the good work. Mostly Rainy 12:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Hi,

I noticed that you haven't updated your signature and it still stays "Review me" while your Editor Review has been closed after you went to RFA. Regards, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

File:Esperanza.Birthday.gif
Esperanza wishes you a Happy Birthday!!

Hope it's a good one. --Pilot|guy 01:55, 23 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Some Birthday balloons for you!

Happy Birthday! Well looks like you might get a great Wiki-present today, WP:100 on your RFA! Cheers. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 03:36, 23 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Happy Birthday Blnguyen! Enjoy the day. michael talk 04:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Belated birthday wishes from me. Happy belated birthday! Hope you enjoyed your birthday. --Terence Ong 12:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Wilson

Bl, you added 'Michael Wilson (Australian politician), member of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1977-1985' to this disambig page. Although I'm heading over to Parliament House and the State Library tomorrow to do some research on my current article-in-progress, is there any chance you could tell me what his electoral district was (if you have access to such material)? I've got a feeling he was a notable Transport Minister. michael talk 05:20, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's my man. Thanks! michael talk 05:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

File:Big cookie.jpg Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Commitee!!! Have a great day, YellowMonkey!

Steveo2 10:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

"Happy birthday" from me too. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 10:57, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And from me, wikitwin! Thanks for your b'day wishes to me. ➨ ≡ЯΞDVΞRS≡ 21:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wish you a very happy b'day. Adminship will be a belated birtday gift from wikipedians. - Aksi_great (talk) 21:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merci beaucoup!

 Thank you, YellowMonkey!
Thank you for voting for my recent RfA, which passed (to my extreme surprise and shock) with a total tally of 66/15/2. For that, I would like to thank you and offer a helping hand in any admin-related tasks that may be required -- it's as simple as leaving a message on my talkpage. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 22:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

EWS23's RfA

Hello Blnguyen! Thank you very much for your support at my request for adminship. Don't worry, I'll get around to supporting yours sooner or later. :o) Thanks again, and if you ever see anything I could be doing better, feel free to leave me a message. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 02:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HQITWS

I noticed you placed an answer to the "math question" on my quiz section on my user page. Thanks for finding my quiz page, however, the answer needs to be placed on my talk page as the rules state. Not to sound rude, (but rather as a kinda joke), but if you're a student at a university on a high topic, I would have guessed you for one who could read rules... ;) Anyway, thanks for trying, try again. The more the merrier! Spawn Man 02:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Happy Birthday

BInguyen.

Thanks for the well wishing.

(^'-')^ Covington 12:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks from me too! (and Happy Birthday to you, because, from memory, wasn't yours on the 23rd?) -- PageantUpdater 22:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Status

Thank you for your support! (And happy belated birthday, apparently.) --Merovingian {T C @} 00:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC) PS. The thought of me having a "legacy" is... peculiar.[reply]

Unblock request I HAVE BEEN AUTOBLOCKED

{{unblock|}} I've notified Snotty. michael talk 03:50, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks Michael.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Michael, AYArktos is currently online, can you message her please? Thanks, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:59, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed? Snottygobble 04:01, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have worked.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to have worked now. Thanks.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, don't know what I was thinking. Initially I unblocked you instead of your IP. Snottygobble 04:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. My apologies for the initial autoblock by the way. Snottygobble 04:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, that's allright. Being vandalised is a bit of an honour, in some ways, so I don't mind it too much.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:19, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

F1 portal featured article

The F1 portal (in which I assume you have some degree of interest, as your name is listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One) is intended to have a regular rotation of a 'featured article'. I've swapped a few in and out over the last couple of months, but I think it would be better if there were more of a community attempt at deciding this, proposals, votes, that kind of thing. So - why not pop over to Portal_talk:Formula_One#Suggestions_for_Featured_Article: and make a suggestion. Ta. 4u1e 00:23, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noticing

Hi Blnguyen

You are obviously very observant! - Thanks for noticing that I was back and also for the "Links for Wikipedians interested in India content" - I shall have a look at that soon, I hope!! Best wishes,--Hari Singh 01:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I HAVE BEEN AUTOBLOCKED

{{unblock}}Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm guessing a few undergrads at the University of Adelaide know that I have a WP account. Most likely they are disgruntled first year students from a physics laboratory class that I am instructing. If all they are going to do is target me personally, then I can live with that. If any admin is going to block them, then unautoblock the IP address please. Else, I don't really care if they only target me personally.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've notified Scott. michael talk 03:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I think you should notify User:Petaholmes. She is online atm.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done. michael talk 03:32, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If remembered right and you're in Sydney, the block should be lifted.--Peta 03:37, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in Adelaide at Adelaide University, so you have to lift the IP 192.43.227.18. Thanks.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops! Should be good to go now.--Peta 03:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Peta.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem.--Peta 03:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, BL. I just look forward to the honour of being unblocked by yourself when you get your admin powers! michael talk 03:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Vandal

Hey Blnguyen. I recommend punching him the next time you see him ;-) I noticed that situation a little while ago. I think he was going through some kind of history page or log and was nominating every page you ever created and was placing them up for deletion on AFD. Me and Zzyzx11 notivced this and he deleted them all considering the nomination were in bad-faith. DGX 04:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would say none considering his nomination statement:
nn such and such. Cruft created by User:Blnguyen. -- User:Somebodysomebody
I don't think he's gonna get on the right side of consensus. ;-) DGX 04:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, all 12 that were created before I applied the block said:
nn cruft by famous cruft-merchant User:Blnguyen. -- Nobodynobody
So it was not too hard to figure out what that person was doing. One of the pages I deleted was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spherical model, [1] so I would not be surprised if the user who created that page again is the same person. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And another vandal

You're welcome ... looked like a common type of trolling; usually it's best just to swat those kind without comment. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 04:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Really?

I'm surprised they are on AfD from a cursory glance. Let me take a look. --HappyCamper 06:53, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I decided to close them early. Blimey, you've got a tremendous edit count here! Are you a statistical mechanics fan as well? Some activity going on at microcanonical ensemble and canonical ensemble lately. I would like to add more material - I have quite a bit actually, but this seems to to be holding me back of late. Cheers! --HappyCamper 07:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Birthday

Thanks! Now I get to spread the celebrations out. :) -- Natalya 11:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

Blnguyen is awarded this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for being a terribly nice contributor who always leaves lovely and supportive messages for so many other users. -- Natalya 18:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tone's RfA thanks

Dear YellowMonkey — Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. It succeeded with a final tally of 46/2/3 so now I am an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the new tools, but please let me know if there's any anything I can help you with in the future. And please correct me, if you spot I make a mistake. Thank you again. --Tone 00:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]

India Basher

Hi BInguyen, as you were the original prod'er of this article I thought you'd like to know its ben de-prodded, so I have opened an AfD on it. You might like to contribute to the discussion. All the best, Gwernol 00:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A quick thanks

Thanks for bringing the Australian Wikipedians noticeboard to my attention. I have been making small edits to wikipedia for about a year and have only recently fired up an account in order to make larger contributions. I'm still earning the ropes but enjoy updating and clarifiying articles of interest to me. These include articles on Australian history, literature, science (I'm a geologist) and entertainment. Ta ! -bernie_bernbaum 12:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

I notcied that you've left messages for Zappa.jake on his talk page, so I thought you mihgt want to vote in his RfA at WP:RFA. ShortJason 15:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for ShortJason's advertising. Normally most people consider it unacceptable to advertise RfAs (Requests for Adminship) on people's talk pages. I have asked him to stop here. Regardless, now that it's here, if you do wish to vote, do so here. Sorry, zappa.jake (talk) 19:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikihalo nomination

Dear Blnguyen, I'm touched by the wikihalo nomination; you are too kind. :) If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know. Regards, Sango123 (e) 20:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blnguyen. I'm wondering if you can review List of U.S. states and their state flower, tree, and bird to see if it's fit for Featured List status. Thanks in advance! G.He 01:08, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. Unfortunately, that list was redundant. :( G.He 03:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi Blnguyen, and thank you for your kind comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again, and I look forward to many more DYK contributions from you and to working with you as a fellow Admin! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adverts: Like The Beatles?... Like LEGO?... In a WikiProject that classifies?... Are you an accountable admin?... Got DYK?...

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Thanks for your comments and edit in eurovision. I have further updated it and left my reasons in the Eurovision talk page Satyricon uk 18:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

An Atlantic Puffin: just what I've always wanted. Snottygobble 04:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA result is a tribute to your useful and quality edits, BL, probably not our reviews, but either way I'm glad for the result. Congrats mate! — Donama 06:46, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its a sign...

Its a sign of things to come. ;-) DGX 04:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And congrats! DGX 04:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

on Michael Phelps Religion

It doesn't have to be in the article, it probably isn't important to most people, I was just curious that's all. Jlaforteza

I'm afraid I haven't a clue. Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:09, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AIV

I think your new powers are in need! AIV is getting quite filled up. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 05:38, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CSD for advertisements

Hello JChap2007. Unfortunately, advertising does not apply as a criteria for deleting material (usually businesses under {{db-group}} or similar templates, so I have had to replace your tags with {{prod}} as an advertisement. Not to worry, I did similar things when I was a newbie (See User talk:Blnguyen/Archive1) and I am now an administrator, who can process these requests, so I am equally happy to explain deletion procedure to others. Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:56, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --JChap 06:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, did I recreate a talk page on a deleted article?

I was editing Talk:Netball Rule in reply to the original editor when you (speedy) deleted the article in question. Was the Talk page meant to be deleted also (and I inadvertently recreated it), or did you mean for it to be left in place? Sorry if I'm doubling your clean-up work on that one. (And my compliments on being much speedier with that speedy delete than I expected!) —C.Fred (talk) 06:21, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DB/Prod

I didn't realize that A7 doesn't apply to podcasts. That's fine, thanks for catching it. Cheers, -Will Beback 07:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar!
The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie
I hereby award Blnguyen this cookie for being a swell guy and a champion of the arrestingly obscure.
-- MarkBuckles 07:19, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure where I first came across you - probably something to do with classical music since I spend most of time editing those articles. At some point I came across your legion of DYK's and other accomplishments and was quite impressed. Thought I'd throw a little wikilove your way. --MarkBuckles 07:34, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category back

Abdul Kalam is listed as an Indian Muslim as is Pataudi the cricketer .Parsis too have a category by religion, . Also when having Manmohan Singh as a Prime Minister is mentioned as assuaging the hurt feelings of Sikhs IN the article, then there is nothing wrong in the category too. Adding them back to the cricket bio's till consensus is reached, also request feedback is sought BEFORE removing something. Everyone in the world does not know that a turban = a sikh ( even if it were true- which it is not) and I thought wiki does look at being a resource for the world. Haphar 09:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mind taking a look at VNNTU and commenting on its AfD? There's a call by an anon for a Vietnamese-speaking editor, I'm not sure why. ;) Kimchi.sg 11:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

...for the vandalism reversion to my user page. Cheers. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 12:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please note

Hi, I think you forgot to close the template on User:Lar 's talk page. I have closed the template as of now, but please check elsewhere you might have posted the template. Regards, --Andy123 candy? 14:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Football clubs

Hi! I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier to your inquiry about Australian football clubs. I haven't really formed an opinion on them - it depends on how large following they have, if they are notable historically (such as Larvik Turn & I.F.), if they have had notable players on their roster etc. When it comes to Australian clubs tough I reckon I am not familiar enough with the subject..

If you want to look at a low-level football club however, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guttæne FC (2nd nomination). Regards, Punkmorten 20:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Updated DYK query On August 12, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ilsa Konrads, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Urgent Request

Dear Blnguyen,

I would like to bring something to your attention (the proposed deletion of a wikipedia article) and would like to request your help.

You probably remember the article India_Basher, you had plaved the PROD TAG on it.

I have seen some of your contributions, and I think with your international background (Vietnam), you might have a good understanding of the issues involved. Please look at current version of the article: India_Basher and views about its proposed deltion:Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/India_Basher. I am hoping to save the article. My contribution to the article is relatively small, but I think it is a valuable article.

I believe that those supporting deletion of the article may have made a decision while the article was still in its beginning stages. With your knowledge of India (at least the movies) and its interaction with the world, you can probably make an informed decision about value of the article, and its accuracy. I will appreciate if you can share your thoughts at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/India_Basher.

You can my my contributions to Wikipedia at Special:Contributions/Vikramsingh --Vikramsingh 01:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Sorensen - Speedy Delete

Thanks. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 04:33, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I missed a companion entry, for his album: Someday, Somehow. Care to do the honors, or should I go through listing this one too? - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 04:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, albums are not people, and cannot be speedied. Use {{prod}}. Thanks, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:39, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks again. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl/wp:space) 04:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for your comments at my RFA and your congratulations. I hope I can use the new buttons well. Conscious 07:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Portal Australia Anniversaries

Hi - thanks for initiating Portal:Australia/Anniversaries. I suspect we could possibly start with 1 June. All June dates are blue linked. Most have three or four items. There is always room for improvement - this is a wiki :-). What do you think? Regards--A Y Arktos\talk 08:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ilsa Konrads

Can you just clarify, Konrads imigrated to Australia in 44, but lived in Germany till 49, then were moved to a camp in Wagga Wagga? Am I reading that wrong? (Sorry if I'm doing this wrong, I'm very new here!) Fizban 09:10, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Malcolm Andrews book

I noticed the article John Devitt, and you cited a book called "Australia at the Olympic Games" by Malcolm Andrews. Is it a published book with an ISBN and all that? Do you happen to know if it covers the Winter Olympics as well? (I recall one book with the ABC logo on it that covered the Summer Olympics only, so I may have come across this book).

Good on you for the work you're doing - one reason why I work on Winter Olympics is that it's a managable task! Andjam 12:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page. — ßottesiηi (talk) 18:39, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Archive

I guess it is time to archive your talk page. Over 72 kb. Cheers. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 01:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reminding me. Everything's been piling up since the RfA, as well as increased traffic with admin help requests.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 02:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Orange County page moves

Hi there. I reverted your removal of the {{db-reason}} tags from the Orange County page move remnants. The redirects are not useful because the areas in question are not part of the respective cities. What's more, the person who moved them has admitted to moving the pages to illustrate a point (see Talk:Anaheim Hills, California#Straw poll, near the bottom). Please either delete them or let another admin do so. Mike Dillon 05:00, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the assistance. Advise taken and the article has been updated.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Visvolt (talk • contribs)

EDIT: Thanks again, you have been very helpful. Visvolt 05:56, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sydney regions

G'Day

I have been adding some information to some of the southern Sydney suburbs and Sydney Regions.

I would like to request a change to the suburbs categories box for 'City of Rockdale'. This box should be linked to Southern Sydney rather than South-Eastern Sydney. Just like Kogarah and Hurstville already do. It would also be really good to have an extra link to the 'St George' region (if possible) for all 3 local govt areas of 'City of Rockdale', 'Municipality of Kogarah' and 'City of Hurstville'.

Also, in 'Regions of Sydney' category box there should be a link to Upper North Shore. We already have Lower North Shore and North Shore there. I have created the page but can't link it.

In the 'City of Rockdale' can you please include the suburb of Kingsgrove? Also, in the 'City of Hurstville', I think the suburb box would look neater without the localities (which aren't really that well-known anyway). A minor edit for local government area of Hunters Hill. It should not have an apostrophe in Hunter's.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by J Bar (talk • contribs)

I'm not really sure. I'm not in Sydney (from Adelaide and have only spent a month in Sydney but it was at Bonnyrigg, New South Wales the whole time) so I don't know much about geographic accuracy. When I created the templates, I just copied the list of suburbs from City of Rockdale and used "South-Eastern Sydney because the City of Rockdale article said so - actually it didn't I did a copying error so I fixed it to southern. If you think there are suburbs missing then add them and discuss at WikiProject Sydney or User:Nickj, the Sydney suburbs guru. Your changes seem reasoned, but I'm not really the best person to know about Sydney geographical consideration, so wait a bit. Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:03, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blnguyen! J Bar's suggestions concerning adding/removing suburbs/localities seem to be inline with the principles discussed at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, mainly base don the GNB data, so I've implemented them. JPD (talk) 10:46, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for page swap

Hi Blnguyen, Thank you for swapping those pages! And congrats on becoming an admin! I hadn't noticed you were going for it, or I would have happily voted in favour (not that you needed it, but still it's nice to get lots of support). -- All the best, Nickj (t) 07:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Olympic Barnstar

I'd be glad to; how about a torch? As Kylu said, the rings could potentially put Wikipedia in a world of hurt. So I was thinking the Olympic torch thingy they light every year, or another well-known symbol. Cheers, Master of Puppets FREE BIRD! 12:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category for cricket

Justin Langer shows up as an Australian Roman Catholic, Mark Taylor as " People of Wagga Wagga" , Clive Lloyd as Freemason, all the Australians have the state/city cat and this cat is APART from the state cricket cat,Phil Tufnell has a Winner of TV program category, David Gower has "people living in Kent" . So all these categories are not "relevant" from the cricket point of view and not from the individuals personal life point of view either. So where does one start or stop with such categories, why stop at religion and say state/ associations alumni categories not related to cricket are OK ? One should then look to remove all these categories. But then clearly the number of categories impacted would have a large number of people who would want them back, so why are we playing god and saying we cannot put categories related to religion for the cricketers and allowing all these superflous to cricket categories ? The aim is not to remove these categories as they clearly mean something to people who can identify with them, but to be more inclusive. Haphar 13:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're Welcome

You're welcome for the revert... but I'm not an admin yet :). Crazynas 15:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alajdin Abazi

Hallo!

I have copy the articel "Alajdin Abazi" from original web-site von University. I will to ask? If i can't copy the article from original web-site? Or i musst reference this address? thanks

Hallo! The Article was the same from the web. Its originall. May be we can refereed from the original web?

Congratulations!

Congratulations!
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has
closed successfully and you are now an administrator!

Useful Links:
• Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide •
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If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay (Talk • Connect) 03:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, my dear friend and best of luck for the future! --Siva1979Talk to me 03:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations and happy housekeeping :D Bravada, talk - 07:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A shiny new mop for you! Cheers, Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 03:15, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on becoming admin! I am so proud of being the one to nominate one of the most supported candidates in RFA history. I'm very sure you will be an amazing admin, just as you are an amazing wikipedian. Cheers. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 03:15, 29 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Congrats as well! You deserve it! :) G.He 03:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More congratulations from me! Admit it, you've been waiting so long only because you wanted to make sure to make WP:100 ;-) Kusma (討論) 03:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too :) I've always appreciated your friendly approach :) -- PageantUpdater 03:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats man! You deserve it. No.3 on the WP:100 says a lot. - Ganeshk (talk) 04:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Again, congratulations! Have fun with those shiny new buttons. ;) Cheers, Sango123 (e) 04:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Enjoy your newly aquired prestige and status. michael talk 05:09, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations! I can only hope I helped a fraction of how much you've helped me. Oh, and thanks for reverting my userpage! :) Master of Puppets FREE BIRD! 05:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations from me too. I see that you are working in full throttle already. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations from me too. It feels good to have voted in your RfA. Enjoy your mop. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the result, sorry for not voting but if had have been brought to my attention you know how I would have voted ;) Good to see you got voted in anyway and good luck with your new adminship. Cheers, Rogerthat Talk 06:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Enjoy. :) Dlohcierekim 10:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulation from me as well! --Tone 10:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded. If there was only one RfA candidate I could have supported in the last month, it'd have to be you. You really deserve it! :) Kimchi.sg 11:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on getting the mop! :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 04:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This just made me crack up quite a bit. No hard feelings, but just be careful for people after me! :) -- Jjjsixsix (talk|review)@ 03:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that's what I meant. -- Jjjsixsix (talk|review)@ 03:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You could have used {{subst:PAGENAME}} to "personalise" the username as well. All the MediaWiki "magic words" are like normal templates, they can be subst'ed. ;-) Kimchi.sg 13:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats fom me for your adminship. Puffins are one of my favourite birds, too :) Hope you enjoy wielding the mop - if I can be of help any time, just drop me a note. Grutness...wha? 05:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats too. Although you spelled my username wrong in your thank-you message. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 06:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! You'll be great. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add my congratulations - 160 is one of the highest levels of support ever, you should be proud! I see you're well and truly into the thick of things already; get ready for that sysop bit to turn that notoreity graph vertical (for better or for worse) :) --bainer (talk) 06:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, 160 times!!!!--Kungfu Adam (talk) 10:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

160/1/0, talk about good score! Have fun with admin! :p --Andeh 10:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, you easily were able to earn that promotion!

Congratulations and I hope you have fun with your broom. Remember to be patient with other users and be careful when you block. Mostly Rainy 11:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats :) Dlohcierekim 11:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. Please check any images with copyright problems, but also be careful deleting images as they cannot be undeleted here.--Jusjih 12:54, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! See you around, no doubt! :) RadioKirk talk to me 14:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a list of congrats: so I'm piling on too. I'm confident in you. Cheers, and happy "mopping", Antandrus (talk) 03:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --Merovingian {T C @} 03:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and here is a nice new mop to get started with.--Dakota ~ 04:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on your well deserved promotion and good luck! --Muchness 04:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding my congratulations, now the real fun begins ;) Rockpocket 06:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too, and thanks for your thanks message, even if the English summer seems much like a Sydney winter at the moment! JPD (talk) 10:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

G'Day, belated congrats from me as well, good luck with your new mop which I am sure you will use wisely. Scottish summer? Very enjoyable, it was last Tuesday :-) --Cactus.man ✍ 10:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With the overwhelming congratulations, mine will probably be lost in the fray, but congratulations anyway!! Yay puffins! :) -- Natalya 10:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the expected result! There are few who get support like this - Holy Ganga talk 13:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Is it too late? :) Good luck and all the best with the mop. --Terence Ong 14:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Piling on another congrats to you Blnguyen! Happy mopping!Kukini 16:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, congratulations on succeeding in your RfA. I really think that you deserved all of those votes. Steveo2 16:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite welcome. Please don't tell me we have elected a monkey to Admin status. Do you know anything about Anwar? He was the one who was rude about you. I tried clicking on his link, and it said the page no longer existed. What happened to him? Alethiophile 16:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the mop! Best of luck with your research proposal. --TeaDrinker 17:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block

It did! (or appears to!) Thanks! :) michael talk 01:00, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, thanks! michael talk 03:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block conflict

Just to let you know you Changlc and I conflicted in blocking 203.45.116.223 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Currently my block is the first to expire. Prodego talk 02:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Camper

I just installed Vandal Proof about 20 minutes ago, and due to my inexperience I think I reverted the reverter. Then I tried to rectify the situation and made it worse. Sorry. Adambiswanger1 03:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tag-Team!

We keep blocking the same vandals at the exact same time! [3] [4]. I'll tell you what, I'll go do something else, and you can drop me a note when you grow tired of patroling AIV :-). AmiDaniel (talk) 04:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New cat

Hi, thanks for adding to the cat. I responded on WT:CRIC. I think your response is very mature, great work and way to go! --Gurubrahma 05:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

Okay, I'll join WP:Cric discussion. It might be better than discussing off line. Tintin (talk) 05:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Presbyterian Ladies College, Armadale

Hi Blnguyen. Thanks for your response to my speedy deletion nomination of Presbyterian Ladies College, Armadale. I've added {{hangon}} and an explaination to the page. Is there anything else I can do to remove it from the speedy deletion process? Blarneytherinosaur 06:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Don't let all the new power go to your head :) Blarneytherinosaur 06:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adelaide University Lacrosse Club

Hi why did you tag the Adelaide University Lacrosse Club article for deletion?

I have tried to fathom what your intent is with this. I am unable to understand how this edit fits in with wikipedia policy. Your comment tag does not make sense to me. "nn university club"

The article was linked from the Adelaide University Sports Association article. It is one of 3 articles I was preparing. The other being the Boat Club and 3rd as yet to be put up Tennis club.

These are the original 3 clubs of the Adelaide University Sports Association and represent a critical period in the development of sport at the University of Adelaide in the 19th Century.

Ozdaren 15:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your RFA

Congrats on your RFA! Sorry your most recent FLC isn't getting too far at the moment: I think it can get there, my concern is that the references don't meet WP:CITE. Fix that and I think you're there: it's certainly extensive and well-researched. I just discovered Charles Floyd (conductor) - yet another part in the great Ron Sorensen spamwave of 2005. (Aren't "user contributions" and "what links here" great for this kind of thing?! Probably worth doing just before you speedy anything...) I slapped a speedy tag on it, there's a prod on Ron Sorensen's sole album, and there's a CFD debate on his "albums" category... this seems to cover the entire series of articles now. But just because it's wonderful and it's all about to be removed from Wikipedia otherwise, I think it's worth including a quote from one of the articles:

This was on Wikipedia for over 6 months... :-/ TheGrappler 22:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Killara High School

Whilst I admit there was an overwhelmingly sarcastic tone with what I posted, unfortunately most of the information I posted was factual.

It's also unverifiable.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Wow, two barnstars in one night! :D Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. Also, a belated congrats on your adminship :).--Shanel § 04:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and congratulations from me too! Grandmasterka 04:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your message

Has been cautioned. I am in irc if you can join.--Dakota ~ 06:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For now he seems to have stopped. I will watch him.--Dakota ~ 06:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dora Venter

Can you explain why you deleted this article? see also [7]. I restored it. --Haham hanuka 07:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was recreation of a deleted article with similar content.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok, please stop deleting this article (see discussion with Drini) --Haham hanuka 07:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
pls restore Tiffany Holiday, Barbie Griffin and Adara Michaels, they are notable porn stars, I'll take care of it. --Haham hanuka 07:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar

That many huh? Well the figure might be a little bloated due to the fact that deleting images record a log entry for every revison of the image, if an image have 10 versions when you delete it it will generate 10 entries in the deletion log. I also mostly delete images rather than articles (orphan fair use, no source, redundantes etc), but thanks all the same :) --Sherool (talk) 07:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need help?

I was wondering if you need help in creating content by yourself instead of being another "meter-maid" giving out tickets to real contribuitors. Cuyaya

The Barnstar you gave me

Why thanks. As you might have guessed, it's mainly images. I use a script, so it takes only a few seconds per image for most of them. Editcounts arn't everything. But thanks anyway. If I can be of help in anything, let me know. JesseW, the juggling janitor 17:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Dictatorship

Hello

The user InShaneee has threaten to block me. When I will add Image:Babykilledbypkk.jpg in an article I will be blocked. He shows no reason. He just says he will block me. Please do something. Ruzgar 18:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A haiku of thanks

Thanks for your support
In my RfA, which passed!
Wise I'll try to be.

I really appreciate the support, and congratulations once again on your recently successful RfA!

-- Natalya 04:51, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 06:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should close the other Eurovision afd's (UK in eurovision xxxx and romanian in eurovision xxxx), because it is silly to allow the 2006 years but then deny older years that mention national finals (United Kindom Eurovision set),

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