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Contents 1 DYK 2 Arbcom questions 3 Did you know? 4 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads 5 Ta muchly 6 FA drive 7 Portal:Maharashtra 8 Furry convention at Did you know? 9 Swimmers of the Year 10 DYK 11 DYK Glenn McCarthy 12 Calgary 13 Children's cancer and Thorpe 14 RE:Thomas Livingston 15 thanks for the info 16 Did you know? 17 Watevs dude 18 Template:WP SouthAsia 19 Wikipedia:Vernacular scripts 20 Thank you 21 Congrats! 22 Portfolio for ArbCom 23 Photos 24 Thank you 25 For Future Reference 26 Thanks for the Revert 27 A possible problem 28 Main Page Balance 29 What does "blocked a few list PACKED" mean? 30 Re:Clement 31 Thanks 32 Thanks! 33 Buddhism in modern India 34 DYK 35 Mandela: The Authorised Biography 36 Ricky Ponting 37 Jahangir Razmi 38 Did you know? 39 Xenophobia 40 RE: DYK 41 Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar 42 Damien Martyn 43 DYKcountitis 44 Thanks! 45 Thank you 46 Marcus Einfeld 47 Re: History Line DYK 48 Admin Help Request 49 Questions 50 Did you know? 51 Thanks 52 Ahhh! 53 The EMC² Barnstar 54 DYK\Sacisaurus 55 SEMS 56 Did you know? 57 Did you know? 58 DYK 59 WP:DYK 60 Concordia Newsletter 60.1 Help out now! 60.2 Decision Making 61 A smiley day 62 thanks

[edit] DYK

Hi Blng, I recently created this article. There is still some work that needs to go into it(mostly cpedit/grammar/spelling/wikilinks etc.,) but otherwise, it is almost complete. I was wondering if this will qualify for DYK. How do I go about it. Thanks. Sarvagnya 22:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

It is certainly long enough, an article does not need to be very long or comprehensive at all to be included (WP:DYK guidelines) such as Mahinda or Jambuka or Channa (Buddhist) - so it doesn't have to be more than a start-class article. DYK is for new articles, up and coming stuff. It is not really strict on grammar, sentence flow, etc, but it still must be WP:NPOV and sourced - and not the subject of tags like {{cleanup}}, {{tone}} - at the moment the article is not written in an encyclopedic tone, it has contractions "isn't" - it has POV things like "being the most important ones" (say who regarded them as such and why) - you also italicised part of the lead to emphasise a point, which isn't allowed as a reader must make up their own mind. You appear to have imported commentary from newspapers like "the then ruler of Mysore is even today fondly remembered as one of the greatest rulers to rule Mysore<by whom>, not to mention that he had the services of Bharat Ratna Sir M Vishweshwarayya to assist him" and "What had until then been confined to mostly muted protest, soon found a voice. This institution was the fruit of tireless efforts by Sri Gangadhar Deshpande at a time when Marathi language and culture had an overbearing presence in Kannada land" - even though newspapers and magazines user hyperbole and dramatic words (WP:WEASEL, WP:PEACOCK) when reporting, we can only import the facts to Wikipedia in unemotive language - otherwise cricket articles, eg will end up with stuff like "unbelievable performance", "abominable performance", "abysmal collapse". If some scholar made an assessment, we say "Wisden rated Sachin Tendulkar as the 2nd best batsmen ever" or "Wisden described Virender Sehwag as the "most exciting batsman in international circket"" (see their articles) - we can't just put it in as a statement. I think a good article to look at encyclopedic tone is Partition of India. Thanks Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:31, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your response. Yes, I admit the language and tone requires some work. I just put it all there and used some language just to maintain flow. But I will work on it, like I said it still needs many rounds of copyedit. I will also look at your articles. Thanks. Sarvagnya 02:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbcom questions

Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're doing a series on ArbCom candidates, and your response is requested.

1. What positions do you hold (adminship, mediation, etc.)?
2. Why are you running for the Arbitration Committee?
3. Have you been involved in any arbitration cases? In what capacity?

Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press in about three or four hours, but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 (talk) 23:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Done, thankyou, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 28 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Terry Jenner, 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.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 11:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

On 28 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, 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.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 18:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, my half-century is up! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

Hey - I added the county players because I wanted to show what first class teams they'd played for in the previous season of cricket, i.e. 2005-06 and 2006. Kinda similar to 2006 FIFA World Cup squads which lists players at the club where they were before the cup started. Might not be a good idea, but at least it's consistent Sam Vimes | Address me 23:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

You sure you're not thinking of Parthiv? See [1] Sam Vimes | Address me 23:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'm definitely mistaken, a cricinfo article I read when he debuted in Mohali seemed to imply that he had returned to Gujarat, as well as the cricinfo profile, but on checking the Ranji stats again, he is listed under Maharashtra. No, it wasn't Parthive Patel the keeper that had me confused. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ta muchly

Thanks for the help with the most recent DYK update, the shortened noms are very handy stocking-fillers. What's your opinion on the stockpile we seem to have built up in the suggestion box? I've still yet to come up with noms (short or otherwise) for Riley (motorcar), Master of the Parement, Hindu iconography, Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier, Belford Hendricks, Miserere (Josquin), National Equal Rights League and maybe Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners. Should I go ahead with them to give updaters more options, or just leave the current batch to filter through? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 01:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, firstly, I think we should spend more time reading BBC more often, as ITN seems to be dead and one less ITN entry seems to cost us on average perhaps 1.5 updates per template. Most of the time, there are only unremarkable cricket noms there, and I am saying that as a person who writes cricket articles. Aside from that, I think we should encourage all writers and updaters to test their mind at User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a:_redundancy_exercises - I did them the other day when trying to get Ian Thorpe to FA after Tony objected. Tony tells us that 10% of FAC content is redundant, so I'd figure it would be more for DYK articles. I think you should write the noms so that we have more choice. That would help raise standards across the board, so we get better articles. Unfortunately, we are very soft with the "interesting" criteria, as we don't police the articles well enough for "hooks". User:Lar is not doing updates anymore, but perhaps I can ask him to do some reviewing as it takes less time. He was good at hook-policing. The other problem is that most of us updaters seem to be away on weekends. We need to fix that. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

PS, that last DYK you gave me, registered my half century. Thanks, for helping to make DYK an enjoyable place to participate. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've never had much time for updating ITN. It's always seemed to me while browsing Talk:Main Page that every new entry added to that section brought on five paragraphs of ranting about relevancy/notability/accuracy/etc., and I've just not fancied taking on the hassle of justifying entries there. I may give it a go next time the right side of the page is coming up a bit short and see what comes of it. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 01:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA drive

Yes. I don't know how I am going to meet up to Nirav's standards. I was looking forward to his help but it seems that he is on a break till 2007! I have the material for Vikram Sarabhai but Gujarat is going to be a problem. - Aksi_great (talk) 05:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Maharashtra

Hi Blnguyen, I have added two recent DYKs to the Maharashtra portal. Check 'em out. I am on the lookout for other DYKs which may be related to Maharashtra. But, I want to know one thing, the current DYKs on the Maharashtra portal page, do they need to be archived ? As otherwise, the page may become too long. How do I archive them ? Thanks, and keep rockin' --NRS | ^T/_M\^B 06:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've started on it. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey Blnguyen, thanks for the reply and great that you started the archives. I will work on sorting that news section. The Portal needs to be a lot more dynamic. --NRS | ^T/_M\^B 08:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Furry convention at Did you know?

Hi there! You stated that the content of this article was moved from FurFright (deletion debate). In fact, I wrote it pretty much from scratch - there really wasn't much to merge. One line and one picture about Anthrocon 2006's media coverage was copied from Samuel Conway. GreenReaper 17:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for fixing. It's on the current queue. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

That's excellent news. Thanks for the update. :-) GreenReaper 03:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swimmers of the Year

BInguyen,

Just letting you know that we are releasing the various Swimmers of the Year on our site this week.

So far, we have Open Water Swimmers as Larisa Ilchenko and Thomas Lurz; African Swimmers as Suzaan Van Biljon and Roland Schoeman; and European Swimmers as Laure Manaudou and Laszlo Cseh.

We will be releasing two separate awards Thursday before announcing the World Swimmers of the Year on Friday.

Also, if you want any more Ian Thorpe information, I just did SWM Anthology piece on Ian at: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/12768.asp Feel free to dive into that if you need any more information that we might have.

RedTieGuy

Ok, thanks very much. It'll be interesting to see who wins the women's...Lenton, Steffen, Jones or Manaudou. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you. *smile*. It came down to the final ballot and someone actually came from behind to win it. It was intense.

Red Tie Guy

[edit] DYK

Always glad to be of assistance.

I was afraid the comments might have had to do with article length, but I figured expanding the noms wouldn't hurt regardless. The articles I think I've done about all I can with, I'm afraid. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 00:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK Glenn McCarthy

On the same type of subject, Thanks! To be honest, I usually don't think of entering my larger submissions. It was a nice surprise. Cheers! JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 01:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calgary

I added my site www.calgarykiosk.ca to your external links in Calgary and it was taken off.

It has unique and relevant content and will continue to grow to be a relevant Travel Guide for the city of Calgary. There are other sites that are listed there that are more or less just "links"... eg mycalgary.net and www.mobypages.com ... yet they still remain? Who do I speak with about this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.101.209.48 (talk • contribs).

I removed it because it was a commercial site. I noticed yours in particular because it was in a state of change. Feel free to remove theothers also. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Children's cancer and Thorpe

Maybe I'm missing something here. How would he have had time for his future brother in law to get childhood cancer and then become enough of a relative to impell him to help fund the matter? JoshuaZ 04:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I think I deleted the part about him being a relative because his sister wasn't married at the time. (She married in 2000). At the time, Thorpe knew the cancer victim as a person friend, so he selected the cancer charity to focus on. Is this about the tense of the relative and the future? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, until you just clarified it I was very confused. It may need some phrasing to make it clear that Thorpe became interested in the charity many years after the person had had cancer(if I'm understanding you correctly). JoshuaZ 04:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Thomas Livingston

Thank you for your expressions of appreciation. Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 04:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for the info

thanks.--D-Boy 06:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 30 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kaundinya, 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.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 08:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Watevs dude

no offense but like its sooo not any of your business wat we do...and BTW that stupid yellow picture of THAT thing is sooo chat. its bloody stupid. later hater

from the darliiings xxx

P.S- we do know what we are writing. and what you wrote to us is offensive. WHO aRE you??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Usgalz (talk • contribs).

Note to readers- this account blocked indefinitely as a vandal account by another user. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WP SouthAsia

Why did you block a template which I created and intended to expand? There is no rational point in blocking Template:WP SouthAsia unless someone wants to take sides in a dispute. I want it unblocked and as I have decided to agree to keep current picture for the time being. Szhaider 18:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Because there is an edit war. The existence of an edit war means that there is a problem. WP works on consensus. The lack of it means that things are not the way we want it to be. So the fact that it is locked is no endorsement, as it would be worse to revert and then lock. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Vernacular scripts

just incase you are interested in the discussion. No one else is really giving input.--D-Boy 03:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Just a short note to thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded. It's an honor to join the admin ranks and I can only hope that I do as good of a job as you. On a completely different note, I like the new photo on your user page. =) Your self-taken photos always give me a chuckle. Thanks again! -- Gogo Dodo 22:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Always a pleasure. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

On making Ian Thorpe FA. Hopefully this is just the first of many more to come. Cheers Parthi ^{talk/contribs} 22:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help and support. Much appreciated. It was a new challenge, and although it was at first daunting, I feel that I am better for it. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Glad see it got through, well done (take the rest of the day off). Yomangani^talk 23:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! Nice to see Thorpey made it, and I hope to see you next FA soon! michael ^talk 02:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

• Congratulations from me as well. I didn't think it'd be possible to get it featured that quickly! Out of curiosity, was there any reason you had such an ambitious deadline? Andjam 10:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portfolio for ArbCom

On Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table, I added a column "Examples" with links that exhibit a candidate's arbitration skills. My motivation is that as a voter, I don't want to just rely on a candidate's words, but also see their actions. Moreover, I believe a portfolio of "model cases" to remember in difficult situations can be useful for each candidate, as well.

So far I have entered examples for the candidates who registered first (from their questions page), and I'm not sure if and when I will get to yours, so you may want to enter an example or two yourself. — Sebastian (talk) 00:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)    (I stopped watching this page. If you would like to continue the talk, please do so here and let me know.)

[edit] Photos

Hi, congratulations on the FA. I'm sorry I couldn't get there before it closed, but I just got a bit bogged down with other things and completely forgot! I'm in a corporate box on Thursday which will be fun (booze-up!) and am planning to go with my son on either Saturday or Sunday subject to his social commitments, so thats probably when I'll try to get some piccy's. I may try the nets on Wed arvo if I can escape from work. Did you/will you get a chance to go? It's looking grim heh? — Moondyne 01:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Than you for posting my article on DYK. It is great to know that it is interesting.--Berig 10:36, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

That also goes for me. Altho I've seen that many articles, DYK's, etc. are self-nominated, I'm a bit uncomfortable with that (I post on a football board where such gets a "pimping" icon awarded!) and I write to inform. Altho it is rewarding to know someone's reading! Again, thanx from me also.--Buckboard 06:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For Future Reference

Note the difference between the summary and license info you added to the current DYK picture and the summary and license info that should be there. -- tariqabjotu 00:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Revert

Thanks Blnguyen for reverting the nonsense left on my talk page :). Much appreciated.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 07:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

A pleasure. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A possible problem

Hi and thanks, BInguyen. However, I have a concern: I was not active at the time you indicated that the article on Iorgu Iordan was featured on the main page, so I cannot tell if it was actually featured on the main page, but I could find in the archive. When I looked through the history of Next Update, I noticed that it had been removed at some point (together with other articles). I'm not writing this out of vanity and, in case you had chosen to have it removed, I would have simply lived with it; I am, however, wondering if the template was not the victim of vandalism or a misunderstanding (and investigation of this may be helpful in assessing the "anyone can edit Next Update" project). Dahn 18:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes Dahn, it was there - see this]. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. It's just that it's not recorded in the archive. Thanks. Dahn 00:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

No prob. Dahn 00:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page Balance

I presumed the ITN items would be re-added once the new set of DYK items, which take up more space, are added in about an hour. -- tariqabjotu 00:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the gross imbalance is a product of differing screen resolutions (as noted by your edit summary). At 1260px, there's significant whitespace below DYK, but when I resize my screen, I see that disappears. I'm sure more people use 1024px, so if it looks fine at that resolution, I'll just have to suffer. -- tariqabjotu 00:34, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it does seem to vary depending on how people's screens work and from computer to computer apparently...Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What does "blocked a few list PACKED" mean?

• I see you took 72.89.1.191 off the list for requested blocks, but on the talk page for the user, the block doesn't show up. Did I do wrong in reporting the requested block? The user's ongoing vandalism tonight is, er, ongoing. K95 02:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Hi there. It means that I have blocked a few of them, except the list is still very long. I should have used a comma after "few" - I did block the user, it's in their block log - if you go to thei contrib list, you can click on the block log. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks K95 02:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Clement

Hey again. Thanks for the praise and encouragement. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 02:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For your birthday greeting. Good luck in the ArbCom elections. I definitely believe that you will make a fine arbitrator if selected as one. The way you handled the Indian and European disputes is outstanding. Gizza^{Chat ©} 06:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Blnguyen! :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buddhism in modern India

In case you are concerned, India Buddhist revival/Dalit Buddhist Movement/Buddhist Revival in India has been moved to Buddhism in modern India. utcursch | talk 15:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

As you might be aware that Pkulkarni (talk • contribs) and his/her socks have been blocked (see Talk:Dalit Buddhist movement). User:Pkulkarni (with his sock accounts) was the only person opposed to an article with the title Dalit Buddhist movement or Ambedkarite Buddhism. Other involved parties such as User:Hkelkar, User:AMbroodEY, Nat Krause[2], and NinaEliza[3] support for separate article about Dalit Buddhist movement. So, I've moved the article to Dalit Buddhist movement. The content about non-Ambedkarite Buddhism has been removed and addded to Buddhism in India[4]. Sorry for all the confusion. I hope I'm finally fixing this. Thanks. utcursch | talk 15:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Thank you Alexander...more NYC contributions please!!! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Your wish is my command - crz crztalk 18:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mandela: The Authorised Biography

I am trying to expand this article, mainly focusing on the differences between this book and other accounts (books and otherwise) of Mandela's life and South Africa throughout this period. As someone who has contributed a lot to the Mandela article, I wondered if you had anything to contribute: please seethe peer review page: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/Mandela:_The_Authorised_Biography"

Thanks. :) BillMasen 17:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ricky Ponting

Good work, your recent changes, but go back and fix your spelling and link gaffes. Also, the nickname is a fact and facts are encyclopedic, and other verifiable nicknames are reported in other biographical articles. Darcyj 12:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jahangir Razmi

Sorry to be a bother, but did Jahangir Razmi actually show up on DYK? I can't find it in the archive. --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 12:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 8 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dinesh Karthik, 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.

Well done on another great new article. --GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 16:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xenophobia

Are posts like these from User:Nadirali acceptable?

1. [5] Ethnic slurs, nationalist sentiment, coterie formation.
2. [6] Xenophobia
3. [7] Threatening admin Ragib
4. Spamming hate sites [8]
5. Anti-Hindu remarks [9]
6. [10] Baiting
7. [11] Xenophobia and falsehood (History of India has multiple flags)
8. [12] - declares he will edit war together with with User:Siddiqui (extremist views per RfC here) Hkelkar 02:08, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

He continues trolling on Talk:History of Pakistan. See Nadirali (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) Hkelkar 02:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: DYK

Thanks, so is it going to appear on the main page tomorrow? Riguy 07:58, 9 December 2006 (UTC) PS, should I reply on your talk page or mine?

• • OK, thanks for your help. Riguy 08:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar

This case is now closed and the results have been posted above.

• BhaiSaab (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) is banned for one year.
• Hkelkar (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) editing under any name or anonymous ip is banned from Wikipedia for one year.
• TerryJ-Ho (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) is banned for a year for personal attacks, disruptive comments, edit-warring and incivility.
• BhaiSaab is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.
• Hkelkar and socks is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.
• TerryJ-Ho is placed on probation for an indefinite period. He may be banned from any article or set of articles which he disrupts. All bans to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.

For the Arbitration committee, Cowman109^Talk 06:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Damien Martyn

Good work on your expansion of the Damien Martyn article. Especially on his early career. The media puts out this myth that he was dropped because of one poor shot in 93-94. I corrected the article slightly, but you filled it in much more. Well done! Rocksong 07:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Ditto from me. good work. —Moondyne 00:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYKcountitis

41 and closing! Watch ya back mate. —Moondyne 00:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Almost caught up to lost, ur next (9 created/ 4 noms). I got Bhai Gurdas up in the loop, and an awesome new userbox created {{User WikiProject Sikhism}}. Not having to revert BS and TJHO is working wonders for me.Bakaman 01:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for this! —Sengkang 00:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the DYK Medal. It was a real surprise. I didn't even know that there was one! Anyway, I'll place it my recognitions page and state that you were the person who awarded the medal. Cheers! Tony the Marine 01:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marcus Einfeld

Your reply to I elliot evidences a profound misunderstanding; as an Australian sysop, you are responsible, I imagine, for all Australia-related content on the 'pedia. You've obviously forsaken your responsibility in view of your avowed anti-Jewish, pro-swimming bias... :) Joe 03:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: History Line DYK

Games are fun, although I wouldn't call myself a mil-game expert. Still, HL was a game I enjoyed 10 years ago or so, and I was suprised we had no entry on it... so, now we have :) -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  08:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin Help Request

Hi - you are an administrator whose good work I have seen and I trust; I was wondering if you could help me. I've spent a LOT of time on Wikipedia doing edits to pages on Sydney's public transport system; it's a huge project, and I'm nowhere near finished; however in the last few days I have been very disheartened by a certain user (User:Joestella) who apppears to be singlehandedly undoing all the work I have done. In many circumstances he has simply deleted great swathes of information; I've tried to make compromises, but he continues to move and revert pages to what he thinks is good without even asking any other user or asking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney, where a great deal of other users have been involved. I am starting to get a little sick of him, because he appears to be reverting a lot of work that I have been personally involved in, on the grounds that individual articles on public transport sites (railway stations, ferry wharves, etc. which appear to be notable everywhere else except for him in Sydney). There is no consensus at present that this is the case— individual railway station articles appear in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and many other cities around the world, and ferry wharf articles in Brisbane, London and other cities as well. I'm a bit stuck, because I'm starting to feel like I'm no longer wanted here and my edits aren't valuable. I have spent hours and hours and while I'm happy to have my work improved on, in many cases he just deletes it and replaces it with what he considers to be good. Can you help me or suggest what I should do? I'm running out of patience here but I'm trying to maintain my calm. JROBBO 09:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe some suggestions (for me, not him) are the best thing at the moment. And from the looks of the user in question's talk page, it looks like I'm not the only person who has been upset by his edits. JROBBO 09:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Update - I think I have sorted things for the moment; he calmly discussed some edits that I made that he reverted with some proper explanation that hasn't been forthcoming in the past. I'll let you know if I need any more help, but I will probably be right for the moment. JROBBO 10:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, I think the consensus and incumbency is with you. No need to worry. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

Thanks for your e-mail--I appreciate it. I've left you a followup question to your qualification of your initial statement. I'll be off-wiki until, most likely, this time tomorrow or so, so don't be alarmed if I don't respond right away. Chick Bowen 14:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

And replied. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 11 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greg Campbell, 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.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 21:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the DYK notice and kind words on Sheshequin Path. I wrote it to get rid of a red link in White Deer Hole Creek, which was in FAC at the time (and is now featured - hooray!), so I apologize I didn't reply right away (I was frantically trying to clean up the article for FAC). I keep watching PA articles but have not seen anyone who might be Janx Jrotum lately. Thanks again and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch 22:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Great ! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• • Thanks for your kind words. I am always leary of asking people not involved in an article to vote on it in FAC - is that considered good wiki-etitquette? I put notices on the Wikiproject Pennsylvania and Wikiproject Rivers Talk Pages and got a good response. I will vote for you for ArbCom, keep up the good work. Ruhrfisch 02:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahhh!

Thanks for the quick reply! I was hoping there was a better explination! I've reverted my vote on your page as there had been no other edits since. I was also in the middle of writing you a talk page note about it, but then we crossed paths! Good Luck in the election. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, you're welcome. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The EMC² Barnstar

		The E=mc² Barnstar
		For your fine work on all sorts of articles, but especially your technical and mathematics articles. Even if we don't always see eye to eye. :D Kylu 05:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK\Sacisaurus

Mea culpa on the Sacisaurus talk page Thank you for the DYK heads-up, but as I explain here, I screwed up and didn't actually create the article, just moved it incorrectly.J. Spencer 05:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Please excuse my grammar; it's been a long evening.J. Spencer 05:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SEMS

Thanks for the DYK message. I was able to show 2 patients what a SEMS was today before putting them in. -- Samir धर्म 08:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Did you know? was updated. On 12 December 2006, a fact from the article Dzierżoniów, which you recently nominated, 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.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 18:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, my name is Neille Ilel and I'm a producer at a public radio show called Weekend America. We're doing a piece on the ArbCom elections and would love to chat with you as a front runner if you have a few minutes today or tomorrow. Thanks! I'm at: nilel (at) marketplace (dot) org. Neille i 20:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Did you know? was updated. On 13 December 2006, a fact from the article Tryal Rocks, which you recently nominated, 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.

-- I spotted this one on Newpages, but you beat me to it. Great catch :) GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 01:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updating? -- Samir धर्म 07:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:DYK

Looks like its about 5 hours overdue for an update. Care to do the honors? :) savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 18:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Don't be sorry. The only reason I asked you is because it looks like you do a pretty heroic share of the DYK updating. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concordia Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

Concordia is currently trying to relaunch. I, and all the members of the ex-council, wish to welcome new members to the group. We are a group who aim to promote remaining civil, in an environment where messages can easily be interpretated wrongly.

[edit] Help out now!

• Try and help people remain civil! Talk to them, and help them in any way possible. Do not be afraid to use the talk page.
• Give people the Civility Barnstar.
• Make and spread some Wikitokens so people know there are people to help if they want assistance.
• Add banners or logos to your userpage to show your support.
• Suggest some ideas! Add 'em to the talk page.

We are a community, so can only work though community contributions and support. It's the helping that counts.

[edit] Decision Making

The council expired one month ago, but due to the current position of the group the current council will remain until the position of the group can be assessed, and whether it would be sensible to keep Concordia going. For most decisions, however, it will be decided by all who choose to partake in discussions. I am trying to relaunch because of the vast amounts of new members we have received, demonstrating that the aims are supported.

If you wish to opt of of further talk-page communications, just let us know here.

- Ian¹³/t 20:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC). Kindly delivered by MiszaBot.

[edit] A smiley day

[edit] thanks

Thanks for reverting my userpage. That wasn't particularly inspired vandalism, but maybe the objective was a certain subtlety. In any case, I appreciate it. - BanyanTree 04:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)