User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive69

Catholic captain

Hi, and thanks for the quick fix to the Johnston article. The Lindsay Hassett one may need looking at as well. I would have changed then myself but I am loathe to remove cited information without discussion first.

While Armstrong was Catholic and a church goer and his mother and unmarried sisters were ultra-Catholic, he himself was not seen as a Catholic per se. Why this is, no one is quite sure as Melbourne in his time was quite sectarian with the Conscription referendum and Daniel Mannix etc.

It seems that as he attended a Protestant school and was a member of the establishment Melbourne Cricket Club, combined with not being seen as a "political" Catholic, that his Catholicism was overlooked. Of course, when he was appointed captain of Australia, the Board of Control did not have a lot of options. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

A little more. Similar to the split in Bradman's day, but reversed, Armstrong was quite contemptous of the "lemonade drinkers" in his team when he was captain. The "Lemonade drinkers" tended to be the Methodists etc. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:05, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

YEah, this is all interesting stuff. Unfortunately my knowledge of AUstralian history isn't so good but the sectarian splits was not really something I was conscious of before I headr Tony Abbott taling about the old days when Catholics were never in the Liberal Party. Oh well. and when I read up about Bradman and Fingleton and O'Reilly I was surprised that Catholics were supposed to be happy-go-lcuker drinkers and Protestants were teetotallers. With the way celibacy is I would have thought that it would have been the other way around if there was any difference. Oh well, something interesting to learn about some day, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, it looks great! Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 07:30, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Seasons greetings

Seasons Greetings YellowMonkey/Archive69 Happy New Year !

^{Sandahl 05:57, 20 December 2007 (UTC)}

Thank you!

Hey there. I just wanted to drop a quick note and say "thank you very much" for your participation on my successful RFA, which closed successfully and unopposed. I really appreciate your support, and will do my best to use the tools wisely and for the benefit of the encyclopedia. Thanks very much, again. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:55, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Indo-Greeks (sources)

What was wrong with the Indo-Greeks (sources) article that you had to remove it from the DYK section? Gatoclass (talk) 06:35, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

A large part of it was a fork of Indo-Greek kingdom - if you look at the top half of the new article, it is a rearrangement of parts of the parent article (Use Ctrl-F), so in effect only 50% of the article is new, which corresponds to a 2X expansion in new content. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll take you word for it, but I think it was a bit excessive to remove it from the list just on that account. I spent considerable time arranging those entries so they would fit the front page perfectly, and it does bug me a bit that my efforts have gone to waste.

Even if it was part lifted from another article, it was a good article and no-one reading it would ever have known. I think a better course of action would have been to simply leave it there and just not award the editor in question with a DYK entry instead. Gatoclass (talk) 06:43, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see you've fixed it. Thanks Binguyen, that was very considerate of you :) Gatoclass (talk) 06:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

From me. Acalamari 03:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I've sent two. Acalamari 03:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Bingo, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

From user:Nishkid64's talk page

(Also posted on that page)

B. L. Nguyen: Didn't see this or the latter part of your previous post. You say, "As for India ..." in your first post. Where did I say anything about "India" in my original post that required you to respond with "As for India?" Also, where did you see me claiming on my userpage that I wrote anything in the India article other than the lead, the geography section, and the flora and fauna? Next, where did you see me claiming any credit for the Pakistan or Bangladesh articles? To my knowledge, I have never made any edits in either article. Lastly, since you brought it up, what is POV about the India article? Please be specific if you are making that claim. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't say you did edit the Pakistan/Bangladesh articles at all, and I didn't say that you said anything about India in your original post either. I was just commenting on Pakistan and Bangladesh as well because I felt all the subcontinent country articles were a bit glossy. As far as India specifically, I thought it was unusual that there wasn't anything about caste/regional/religious tensions or separatist movements. Then again, perhaps its best to not bring anything up about that article.... Anyway, take it easy and enjoy your break, I'm not trying to get into your head. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 23 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ian Meckiff, 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.

Delivered on behalf of Anonymous Dissident. — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 08:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

On 23 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Ron Halcombe, and List of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia, 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.

Looks like there's a reason that you write cricket stories for the Times of India, dear sir ;) Great work! --JayHenry (talk) 22:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 25 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank Pitcher, 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.

Season's Greetings! --Royalbroil 05:17, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK: Jack Marsh

On 26 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Marsh, 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.

Happy Boxing Day! --PFHLai (talk) 01:46, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

On 26 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harold Cotton (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.

Cheers, Daniel 12:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Congratulations

Thanks for your support and your advice about formatting and transcluding the nomination. I am a little paranoid about hitting the wrong button at the moment until I understand the procedures etc. I see Keith Miller is the next Invincible collaboration. Plenty of sources there so there should be no issues with getting something up to speed quickly. I don't think the Armstrong article is far away from a GA nom either; it needs the lead rewritten, perhaps a graph similar to Image:Keith Miller graph.png (where can I get one by the way?) and a spell check and reference tidy. Hopefully it will be nominated by around Sunday. Thanks again, Mattinbgn\^talk 12:31, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

User:GlassFET

Had a feeling he and User:IPSOS were the same. Thanks for smoking out the nest. I have to say, you're a top notch admin! And I love the monkey too :D Coldmachine^Talk 08:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Radagast has requested unblock over this. He seems to be a legit editor and not a sock. Can you look into it? Daniel Case (talk) 15:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes, that was an autoblock. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Beautiful work! Ekajati, IPSOS and GlassFET always picks on me...

B9 hummingbird hovering ^{(talk • contribs)}

Hi I can't see where you're checking Ipsos, curious blue, glassFET etc and finding it out. I mean, I agree with you lol but I like to read about these things. Is there a checkuser subpage about them anywhere?Merkinsmum 14:51, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

I got an email saying that they thought Alabaster Crow (talk · contribs) was a sock of Ekajati (talk · contribs) so I CUed Alabaster Crow and it seemed that they indeed were using the same computer/internet connection and so were the others. If there was a formal WP:RFCU, then it wouldn't really matter because I would still say the same thing since I'm not going to reveal their computer stats or anything. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 Confirmed Alabaster Crow (talk · contribs) = Ekajati (talk · contribs)=Cundi (talk · contribs)= GlassFET (talk · contribs) = Curious Blue (talk · contribs) = IPSOS (talk · contribs), for the record, a RFCU like post Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Introduction to Evolution

Hi, I have incorporated most of the bulleted list as per your suggestion. It does make for a better read; especially in the Hardy-Weinberg Section. I'm holding out on one (Barriers for speciation); unless it is agreed that bullets in general should not be included. Citations on Hardy-Weinberg have been addressed. If you care to revisit for further commentary or criticisms; it would be most appreciated. Introduction to Evolution Cheers --Random Replicator (talk) 15:16, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Okie. I'll swing by soon. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Jan 08 WP:AUS newsletter

January's fast approaching (well, not really, but this time of year always goes quite fast) and I haven't done much on it's newsletter, so I've started some dot points that we can work into prose, see /Points. Cheers, Spebi 20:53, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Well at least I thought I had started them already... turns out I hadn't.... hrrmmmm... 23:15, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Yep, and probably a few more. I'd say that rewarding and acknowledging good work is a good thing the newspaper. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Darwinek wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Hello from Central Europe! I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year. - Darwinek (talk) 12:43, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

And to you too! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Piotrus and friends, in the midsts of Wigilia, wish you to enjoy this Christmas Eve!

How to requests

Good day, I've just figured out how to make my signature look different, however is there a way to make it always come out this way Petedavo ^{talk page} if you use the four tildes as you look like someone who knows your way around this stuff? petedavo (talk) 00:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah, plug it into the "my preferences" section that you see right at the top of your screen. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Just wanted to wish you the best for the remaining days of this year and an exiting and successful new year.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 00:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

All the best

Very Merry Christmas! And let everything you want be fulfilled in the upcoming year. --Brand спойт 12:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Dear Blnguyen, I wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year! You might find this funny - I blocked my very first IP for apparent vandalism after a final warning on an article in my watch list. Then they registered, pointed out the error in the article they were trying to fix, and of course they were right, so I apologized and unblocked the IP. See Talk:White Deer Hole Creek if you are interested. Sheepishly yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 24 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barry Fisher, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 17:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK its Christmas?

Smarmy Rex - a palindromic greeting from, Victuallers! Enjoy yourself!

re. 100 ...

Oooh boy, the suspense, it burns! Imagine, if Internationalist (album) hadn't passed FAC, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000 would've been #100. But alas - someone else will take my crown :P — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 23:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, not me. I had four contestants there without any luck. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Wishing you the very best for the season - Guettarda 03:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Holy! Look at all the DYK's, GA's, FA's! You must be a really awesome editor! So, may I ask, what's your secret when it comes to DYK's? I'm having trouble finding the right topic. Maser ^(Talk!) 09:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Generally to find "unusual topics", it's best to look for more historical things. Some things that are not so common in the modern era will naturally likely to grab a readers interest a lot more. Have a look at User:Blnguyen/DYK. Most of the unusual stuff was about olden day people I guess. There isn't really any secret actually. In my opinion, most of hte stuff on DYK isn't particularly unusual at all. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Nguoi Rung

I need you to redirect Nguoi Rung to "Người Rừng" (mark VIetnamese tones). JacquesNguyen (talk) 05:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I see it is already done. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey there

User:Szhaider used a sockpuppet User:AjitPD. Since you placed the notice on his userpage, I came to you - User:DrParkash has a line on his userpage stating "This is my second account befor my first account i.e. AjitPD does not work any more"

Just thought you should know.

Thanks,-xC- 10:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:52, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I thought you should be made aware of the helpme request at the above page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, A Szhaider sock. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Check User Request - AL2TB / ARTISOL2345

Recommend that you re-examine this request, for the following reasons:
1 - AL2TB has caused disruption to the on-going Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Artisol2345 case, by attempting to circumvent policy by replacing the PROD tag at the User:Artisol2345 page, thereby eliminating evidentiary content. This is a blatant disruption and violation of policy.
2 - Outside IP address tracing has resulted in the following findings:

IP Addresses attributable to AL2TB: 68.4.104.141 = [ ip68-4-104-141.oc.oc.cox.net ] Broadband-type cable

IP Addresses attributable to Artisol2345: 68.5.47.155 = [ ip68-5-47-155.oc.oc.cox.net ] Broadband-type cable

NOTE - This IP address range covers 68.4.0.0 - 68.5.255.255, and is assigned by the above provider.

Also, Wikipedia policy on the use of sockpuppets states that; "A time overlap is only one way to determine whether two accounts are alternate accounts. Consensus may determine that two accounts are alternate accounts even though they do not overlap in time and that only one account is active. For example, there may be a use connection between the two or more accounts that shows them in a constant state of succession as a line of alternative accounts. It is the actions of the editor, not the name of the account, that makes two or more accounts alternate accounts. (Sockpuppetry:What constitutes an alternate account) Edit Centric (talk) 07:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I see that another CU has agreed. That's ok with me, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/767-249ER

Hi, can you double check your findings on this case? One of the users does not appear to exist ;). Cheers! -- lucasbfr ^talk 09:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, that was a typo, fixed. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Quick CU request

Could you quickly run a CU on UnclePaco (talk · contribs) and 68.199.204.86 (talk · contribs)? UnclePaco was engaging in edit warring on Dominican Day Parade, and 68.199.204.86 came out of nowhere and made a revert. If UnclePaco made this revert, I may re-block the user for edit warring. Thanks, Nishkid64 (talk) 06:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A checkuser was already performed by admin B here [1]. I abide by the rules especially on controversial articles, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Day_Parade&action=history despite some of the personal attacks that I received as noted here [2]. My statement doesn't preclude you from doing another one. UnclePaco (talk) 06:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it caught two other fellows who have sporadically teamed up with UnclePaco - Armyguy11 (talk · contribs) and YoSoyGuapo (talk · contribs). Direct hit. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. All accounts indefblocked. Nishkid64 (talk) 06:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wait ... who is who in this? Alison said at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/UnclePaco that the Hicksville IP range is not UnclePaco. Are you saying Armyguy11=YouSoyGuapo=UnclePaco or are you saying Armyguy11=YouSoyGuapo=68.x/67.x? A cursory glance at the talk edits of Armyguy11 and YoSoyGuapo reveals that they don't talk anything remotely like UnclePaco. The IP edits sound close at times, but there isn't enough to go on. (By the way, can we maybe move this to the RFCU page or the talk page and keep it in one place?) --B (talk) 07:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm? UP is not the IP that was originally nominated.... UP=AG=YSG /= 68.xx or 67.xx. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to make your own copy, but I prefer to keep a copy here as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

What's even stranger is that 64.131.205.111, UnclePaco's primary IP, was used by Mykungfu (talk · contribs). The IP identified itself as Mykungfu on April 11. Four days later, he reverted an edit here. UP=MKF=AG=YSG? I'll look into this matter. Nishkid64 (talk) 07:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok ... let me ask a couple of silly questions - (1) how certain is this? UnclePaco speaks in broken English and makes frequent typos. The others don't. I guess the broken English is just an act? (2) At User talk:YoSoyGuapo/WhenVandalFightingGotPersonal, it's pretty clear that YoSoyGuapo has a history of sockpuppetry. Why didn't Alison make this connection in my request? (Is it simply that I didn't ask?) --B (talk) 07:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It's dead certain. UP has been stuck on the same IP for a long time, making 90+% of his edits from this IP, which is static and does not change. The only other accounts of this IP (all 12 digits) were YSG and AG, so it's not like it was a widely-shared static IP at all. It's a direct hit. Alison might have just gotten UP's stats and saw that they did not match your nominated stats, without then going on to check his computer, which would have revealed the co-habiting accounts. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have tagged more sockpuppets used by UnclePaco, as determined by previous CU requests (YoSoyGuapo and Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/64.131.205.111). They can be found here. Nishkid64 (talk) 07:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Marsh and skippers

I've responded there. Also, I was also targeting some of the captains as you may have noticed... Craig, Booth ........I was also intending to spruce up Border, Simpson and Lawry which I need to reference. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I will have a look at Marsh now. I don't anticipate any problems. With the skippers, I am working on Collins at the moment and my mental worklist after him is Hill, Noble, Darling and Trumble. Bradman, Hassett and Johnson should all come up as part of the Invincibles project and the latter ones should draw interest from others. What a monumental featured topic that would be! -- Mattinbgn\^talk 05:03, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I have just promoted Marsh - Well done again. I see an advertisement for an Australian captains featured topic. It is a huge job and may take a while, but sources will not be a problem. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 05:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I've done my reading for Noble and will be getting up to that over the weekend, so you probably needn't double up on Noble there. After that I will be mostly away in January, could you keep an eye on the three remaining GACs if someone asks for fixes. I don't want to withdraw and then have to queue up again when I come back again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Looking at the articles I don't anticipate any great difficulties. Off to the big smoke this evening, hopefully scan some photos and perhaps see if I can get a photo of Armstrong's shirt. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 07:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

You going to the MCG for the cricket? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Fifth day, if there is play. Otherwise I may still head into Melbourne for a look around. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 07:25, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll be working on Noble sporadically while I'm on my break. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Excellent. I have a passage on Noble from On top down under that I thought was interesting; "As a writer on the 1926 tour he saw Britain in the throes of a general strike and poverty resulting from unemployment. Hotel maids were working for ten shillings a week. Noble always ordered a full breakfast and told the maids to have it. On the way to the ground he had coffee at a snack-bar." All the best for the New Year. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 10:06, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

It will be some time before I am done with Hill and I start to think about Noble. Perhaps by then, the swimming thing may have passed and you will be ready and eager to start on cricketers again! Thanks for letting me know. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 05:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Award

		The Original Barnstar
		Surely it goes without saying that you've earned this for all the work you've done for Wikipedia's articles. Maser (Talk!) 08:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Sachin Tendulkar

Hello, I need a better image of Sachin Tendulkar for my work on that page. Considering the large number of people who flock to see him, is it possible for you to upload an image from yourself or from anyone you know for this article? I noticed you did the images for all the English players at the Adelaide test, are you attending the match this year? Darrowen (talk) 02:06, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I would be attending the net session before teh ODIs in Adelaide hopefully. I don't have the equipment available during the Test period. In the meantime, here are some others' pics on Flcikr [3] some of Dravid are in there also. Not so great, but that's the way things are. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:52, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

From me. Acalamari 16:59, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, two! Acalamari 20:34, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Bingo! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Mercy @ DYK

The ssystem can't cope with all these noms....Sorry If I sound too cranky....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Would you take a break from nominating for a few days so that we can catch up? We have a long backup right now. --Royalbroil 14:06, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure! Royalbroil, you'll get a break longer than a few days. And, Blnguyen, you don't sound cranky at all. Unless AlexNewArtBot (talk · contribs) comes up something outstanding this afternoon (nothing at User:AlexNewArtBot/GoodSearchResult appeals to me right now... maybe Schloss Hellenstein, but it needs refs.), I've already posted my last nom in 2007 last night. :-)

I had extra time with myself this past week because I had a flu, and I couldn't have much decent sleep because of the symptoms. I couldn't work on the data analysis I was supposed to do as I couldn't concentrate enough to deal with spreadsheets, but I could edit at Wikipedia reasonably well bewteen naps. I feel much better now, and I'll go outside and play instead of nominating. :-)

My travel and work schedule won't allow me to wiki-contribute much in the next month or so. I guess I'll have to wait till February or March, 2008 to resume my DYK nom-bombardments. 8-D

Happy New Year to both of you. May everything be GREAT in two thousand and eight! Cheers!

--PFHLai (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Dear friend, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve, and that 2008 is your best year yet! ~ Riana ⁂ 04:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

happy Mango season

'TIS MANGO SEASON....
Have a shlice of mango cheek...well, I am up to my armpits in the things. Yuletide means lots and lots of mangos, as well as turkey and ham and ice-cream and pressies. Were on special so I bought 3 crates for AU$20 and now I have both crispers in the refrigerator full and even with everyone eating two of the ##$@& things every mealtime... I am a bit mangoed out so I thought I'd spread the goodwill around....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)