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Contents

[edit] OAM

I deleted your reference to some OAM in the Michael Klim article. I see you'r enew here... well, one of the principle to follow is to make the reader understand things at a first glance when reading an article. I read it and did NOT understant what an OAM can be. Ciao. Attilios.

  • Hello. Yes, I've left the OAM on the Klim article but I continue to disagree. When I started my presence here I read that every Wikipedia article must be immediately understandable to all people having absolute zero knowledge about the matter. I know it's typical Anglo-Saxon practice to add such acronyms after the entry's name, and that they (but only they) would hint OAM refers to some title or such. But what about a Lithuanian or an Italian reader would jump on your article? He should need to check the link to understand... Therefore I think the OAM reference should be added later in the article, with explainations. Regards, Attilios.

[edit] WikiProject Cricket

Welcome to the project! New hands are always welcome, and thank you for expanding Paul Wilson and writing Peter Roebuck. I would also advise you to take a look at Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset – it's a very useful, and quite short (takes five minutes) page for learning how not to get into problems on Wikipedia. Good luck on the project! Sam Vimes 18:44, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket captaincy succession boxes

Reply to your post on my talk page]

I've never added one of those, so I'm not too sure - but I'd imagine we went by the captain appointed for the series/tournament, not the individual match. So, for example, Gilchrist was captain in the India Tests in 2004-05, cos he was captain for three games, while Ponting only had one, so Gilchrist was captain for a short time. Whereas he was not when he deputised during one WI game in 2000-01, one Ashes game in 2001, and one Sri Lanka game in 2004. At least for the series, that info can be found on Australian national cricket captains. But I'm not sure, and as far as I know, there's no convention for these things. I'm not even sure who added them in the first place. Sam Vimes 10:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello. As the person who added most of the Australian succession boxes, I can answer the question. The principle was (which I believe Jguk established and used for the English captains) was that if deputising, you don't get a succession box. Where a player has deputised as captain he is denoted with a dagger (†) in Australian national cricket captains. Sam's summation above is spot on. -- Ian ≡ talk 21:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The rule that I followed for India was that if someone was standing in for the real captain, he is not included, but if the previous captain was sacked or he resigned the new guy is included in the list. Thus Hemu Adhikariwho became captain for one Test after Vinoo Mankad was sacked is included, whereas Chandu Borde who captained one match in the absence of Pataudi and Rahul Dravid who stood in for two or three matches due to Saurav Ganguly's injury are not. (I just noticed that I included Pankaj Roy who shouldn't be). I guess in principle this is the same as that for Aus and Eng. Tintin 03:57, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi again. I honestly cannot recall the exact succession paths of those ODI captains you mention, but the most cited reference is easily Cricinfo [1] (Test captains at [2]). There should be no need for more than one ODI succession box in a players article: if he had a broken term of captaincy, just list the two terms in the period, like Ricky Ponting's Test captaincy succession box. -- Ian ≡ talk 01:40, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Roebuck

This occurred four years ago, so presumably the trial if there was one has happened. Was he acquitted or convicted? Either way, if you are going to add stuff like this, the outcome needs to be noted. If he was acquitted I would probably oppose including it on grounds of irrelevance. Adam 02:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Politicians' religion

I will delete any attempt to start categorising Australian politicians by religion. This is a matter of hearsay, is not on the public record except in a few cases, and is usually not relevant to their public lives. Also you have not replied to my questions on the Roebuck matter. Unless you do I will again delete the reference to the court case. Adam 08:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Since we don't know what exactly Roebuck is alleged to have done or what the outcome was, I am going to delete the reference, which is highly unfair to him as it stands.
  • I am not disputing your good faith, only the wisdom of trying to categorise politicians by religion in a country where this is not generally a political relevant matter. For politicians who make an issue of their religion, like Steve Fielding or Kevin Andrews, this can be discussed in the text.

Adam 09:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject AFL

Hi, just inviting you to join WikiProject AFL as part of a project to include players, commentators and journalists involved in covering AFL football. Rogerthat 04:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adelaide suburb stubs

I'd say not (except for maybe Regency Park). They all seem to be of relatively decent length; I'd classify them as semi-complete per WikiProject Adelaide/Suburbs. As for history books, I'm not sure how good your local library collection might be, but the university libraries have some books worth looking at. For articles on suburbs, it might be best to refer to a history book on the council that governs them. I've listed some more general books on Adelaide in the further reading section of Adelaide. Great work on those articles by the way, --cj | talk 13:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

My answer would be pretty much the same as cj's, but as I'm on holidays, I answer slower :-) The state library or Mortlock Library might also be a good spot for reference books. --Scott Davis Talk 04:35, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou for the advice.Blnguyen 04:49, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swimming

If only I got a dollar for each time I was asked that question. Not me I'm afraid - He's an impersonator! More recently I've been accused of being The Stone Roses' Ian Brown. I'm just a sports fan that is happy to contribute in any way I can. I've done a couple of bio's of historic swimmers - for some reason I'm more interested in females ;-) See Mina Wylie and Fanny Durack (maybe it's the swimming costumes that grabs me). Given time I'd like to do a few more of those. Regards -- Ian ≡ talk 10:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep up the good work with the swimming and in particular, the Gold medal winners. Thanks for the comments on my page and my profile page is a bit of fun, so the issue you raised is not that important. Ben.carbonaro 02:51, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Railways category

Hi Blnguyen. Category:Adelaide railway stations was recently renamed to Category:Railway stations in Adelaide and subsequently deleted. Please use the latter. Thanks,--cj | talk 04:12, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Ok. Thanks for clearing it up.Blnguyen 05:39, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Soccer

I can't remember where, but I've seen this issue discussed before, and the result was to stick with regional standards (ie. if the article is about an Australian subject, then the language should reflect that used in Australia). I may be wrong on this, but I'll look into it further. Actually, I'll put it to the Australian Noticeboard, as I'm sure I've seen it come up before. Cnwb 05:27, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Evans

It says that he ran for the State seat of Perth in the 1986 state election, and that his father Max was also a member of this seat. Do you know anything more about this political family after this time(you appear to have interest in politics of WA), as it could be added to the article. Blnguyen 01:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

  • There might be a little bit of information in my Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook; I'll have a look tonight. But most of my information about WA politicians comes from the Biographical Register of Members of Parliament of Western Australia, of which I only have Volume One at the moment. Max Evans would be in Volume Two. When I eventually get around to buying Volume Two, I'll try to remember to write Max Evans and link Peter Evans to it. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 01:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
    • My Handbook was too old to list it (1984 edition). However I found this web page which indicates that Max Evans was MLC for North Metropolitan from 1986 to 2001. It appears as though Peter ran for the lower house seat at the same time that his father ran for the upper house seat, but only Max was successful. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 01:45, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
      • Thanks for the info Drew. Blnguyen 05:39, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeb Asuncion

Don't bother with the afd for that one - it's a Wikipedia:CSD as both attack and non-notable. --Bachrach44 01:39, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adelaide stations

Hi Blnguyen. Great to see someone working on these. However, I was wondering whether we should go for an "adjacency template" for station articles (as per other Australian cities), rather than the all-in-one list as used for our suburbs. It may take some development, but have a look at what other editors have done with Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney stations, and let me know what you think. Thanks, --cj | talk 06:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. Please make sure that the station articles are only categorised under Category:Railway stations in Adelaide, which is itself a sub-category of the others you have been adding. With regards to the adjacency boxes, I think I prefer how they have been done for Brisbane and Sydney (ie, uncomplicated). As for Meet-ups, I know at least two Adelaidean editors were speaking of such last year, but I don't think it went anywhere. The reason the meet-ups in Sydney and Melbourne went ahead was most likely because Angela came to town. I know that I won't have any time over the coming three months (moving, traveling etc.). Thanks, --cj | talk 05:47, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent AfDs for vanity pages

I noticed you recently nominated a bunch of vanity pages for AfD. I tend to agree with those nominations, but there are couple of things conventions I should point out:

  1. When you nomnate an article for AfD, put {{subst:afd}} rather than {{afd}}. Current practice has it that the afd template is always substituted.
  2. If a page is clear-cut vanity and makes no claim of notability, they can be tagged for speedy deletion. For vanity about people put {{db-bio}}, about bands {{db-band}}, about clubs {{db-club}}. These templates should not use "subst".

Segv11 (talk/contribs) 09:46, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, recreation of deleted material (with substantially the same content) can be speedily deleted. Tag the article with {{db-repost}}. Segv11 (talk/contribs) 10:27, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Thankyou. Blnguyen 04:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gangs.

The links I have listed are the only source I know of to show the group's affiliation with young people in the area.Moving on,I would like to say that the only reason my username is that of the group's is due to the fact that this is the only article I was going to create on this site.To keep everything organized,I decided to use my username and my page as the same identity.Finally to answer your last question,anywhere from 4 to 6 of those members have in fact been tried for various charges,but the only way you can verify that is through their personal criminal records,which I'm sure you'll be happy to do.I was hoping that with the recent increase of gang activity,that other members of wikimedia from my area would help and contribute.In no way does this page serve as a "vanity" for the gang.There are no promotions that can be seen here.The information displayed is what I know,but if you know more,please point me in the right direction.I thought this site was used to share information,not to question it. If the page is to be deleted,let it be so.Ignorance is bliss. Have a good one. --Thirteenthirtyseven 04:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suburbs

Nice work in relation to all the north-western suburbs! I've been going through them... ! - Gt 15:27, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

  • thanks mate.Blnguyen 04:50, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brett Lee

I stand corrected and have reverted accordingly. Regards -- Ian ≡ talk 07:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article validation

I saw that you noted on Piedras Grandes talk page not to put good/bad/small labels on the articles, and that there is an "article validation" feature being developed. Where can I find more information about this? I think it would be interesting because most of the articles I have started (labelled on my user page) have never been edited by anyone else and it would be interesting if anyone (maybe nobody?) who did drop by ticked a box or something to see if the article is good, bad or somewhere in between. Regards,Blnguyen 03:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a bit of a mystery to me why everything has gone so quiet on that front. Last I heard, they were planning on rolling it out to en.wikipedia.org "in January", but I think I heard that back in December, so who knows. The feature itself is (kind of) discussed here; I gather it works something like you've imagined.
It's always interesting to me to reflect on how lonely most of the good editing that takes place around here is. My expectation when I was a new was that the pages I touched would be immediately and constantly improved by others. Needless to say, it didn't always happen. (OK, it never happened, not quickly at least.) I guess that's what happens when you have almost a million articles. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 03:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Budhists as communists

I haven't added a thing to the article, so check the page history closer next time. Nothing in the article is sourced, so why don't we just delete it all? --Primetime 03:02, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bankstown, New South Wales

Thanks, that's probably left over from when Bankstown, New South Wales and the City of Bankstown were one article. 170,000 refers to the entire municipality, and the articles have been changed to reflect that. enochlau (talk) 03:54, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sydney LGA info

Hi Blnguyen, I've added a barnstar to your user page - you more than deserve it for your extensive effort adding LGA information to Sydney's suburbs! -- All the best, Nickj (t) 04:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of UML tools

Those links can be deleted. Please reconsider your vote for an article with the external links removed. - Mgm|(talk) 09:46, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

for your comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trợ giúp:Viết bài mới. May I invite you take a look Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English from time to time? We do have Vietnamese texts there quite often, and any comments would be appreciated! Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

  • You're welcome. I will try my best

[edit] Regarding Eurovision!

Yeh I wouldn't mind, Im curious about the condendors for this year's Eurovision in Athens!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Empty2005 (talk • contribs)

I've joined. The first thing I think we should do is put the songs back in performance order on each year's Contest page - whoever came up with having them in alphabetical order of country?? Jess Cully 18:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I will give it a go, but how much of an uphill struggle is it going to be! Have you seen the 2006 page - it's a mess! doktorb | words 19:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


Thanks. I'm happy to help with the project in anyway I can. --Alan Frize 17:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AUES

Hello,

I am the contributior who started the Adelaide University Engineering Society wiki entry. This was my first major contribution to the wiki, and I thought that it was a job well done. Anyway, since discovering that it was up for deletion, I am endevouring to bring the page upto a standard that other wikipedians consider acceptable for the wiki.

I was wondering if you could provide any assistance in that area.

Cheers,Shenki 05:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Hello Shenki, it is 'very well done, and it is unfortunate because it seems very likely that this article will be deleted because the subject is considered to be non-notable. (Most articles are written a lot less neatly (layout), and have many spelling and grammatical errors). There is a policy WP:AFDP which says that clubs at universities and schools are not notable -this implies that simply being a club is not-notable, and to show notability, you would have to prove how this sticks out above other clubs, eg,
    • Notoriety: Criminal/Fraudulent/Drunken rampages, etc, activity perpetrated by club members (I hope this is not the case, eg MIT Blackjack Team)
    • Social Impact: A large number of members, or how the club has had a positive (or negative) impact on a significant portion of its members (eg, educational/professional services) or if it has initiated change within the university. (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Math Is Fun for an initial piece of advertising that was later rectified and saved.)
    • Academic Impact: If the club organizes teams which compete in engineering competitions against other universities (what is the AUES record of success in formula SAE?), and has done so with success (see Harvard University, some of their clubs have wiki-pages; their Maths Club does not seem to have one yet, but given their domination of Putnam Competition, and their concerted efforts to recruit and train maths students in regular meetings, they would most likely be entitled to a page)

If you can show these things, then it would be worthwhile dropping in to the talk pages of those who have voted delete and requesting them to reconsider their vote. Note that the deletion process is not actually democratic, as the following is an excerpt which is often stuck on AFD pages

If you came to this page because a friend asked you to do so, or because you saw a message on an online forum asking you to do so, please note that this is not a vote on whether or not this article is to be deleted. It is not true that everyone who shows up to a deletion discussion gets an automatic vote just for showing up.

The deletion process is designed to determine the consensus of opinion of Wikipedia editors; for this reason comments from users whose histories do not show experience with or contributions to Wikipedia are traditionally given less weight and may be discounted entirely.

You are not barred from participating in the discussion, no matter how new you may be, and we welcome reasoned opinions and rational discussion based upon our policies and guidelines. However, ballot stuffing is pointless. There is no ballot to stuff. This is not a vote, and decisions are not made purely upon weight of numbers.

Getting friends, or sockpuppets to create heaps of accounts will not work, because votes by accounts with little previous activity will be discounted by administrators as branch-stacking. It also tends to raise their ire and may damage borderline cases (eg, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Superrooters, which was clearly rubbish; a rather borderline case is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Louisiana Baptist University people (second nomination) and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jason Gastrich for what happened to the offender). A lot of the people voting are from Australia, so if you go to WP:AWNB and interact with them, they will be more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt - their opinions count for more. You could also join WP:ADEL to interact with other Adelaide people - it will give you more credibility - I've noticed that a few prominent Australian editors and administrators have written (good, informative and concise) articles about rather obscure (but historically influential) settlers, convicts and Aboriginal warriors which have been saved because of their user credibility and the esteem in which they are held - quite possibly identical articles by newbies could be junked. cj, Capitalistroadster and Longhair are Australian admins and JzG is a UK admin. Most of the others are regulars on AFD, WP:RCP and WP:WC which gets them a good reputation also.

I'm not sure if this is you or not (a personal webpage) because there is an inexact similarity there to your userpage, but if that's the case, then we were in the 2003 Integration and Analysis class of Mathai Varghese. Oh, and I went to high school with Craig Browett at Glenunga International High School who appears to be one of the leading figures in AUES as well.

Best regards, Blnguyen 06:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC).

Hello again,

No, im not Ashley Favel - i know someone who could very well be his younger brother, but he and I are quite separate people. After a quick glance across his page, I can see why you considered us to be the same people :)

The society has had many a notable event prescribed to its name. For example, a student whom is now a astronaut with NASA was once a humble member - Andy Thomas that is. Several other events throughout time, such as the hanging of a car on the torrents footbridge, the disassembly and reassembly of a entire vehicle into a corridor of the third level of engineering south, the stealing and ransom of Ronald McDonald from the myer center - all were orchestrated by AUES members. The way I have explained them here makes such events seem only of interest to a quite narrow, local, audience, but when thought about, they are things which can be told in such a way that they are of interest to the greater population. Things such as the hot water system in the Crown and Anchor pub, in the city, being removed by students during one of the engie pub crawls would also be notable, in my opinion.

ahh, have to run. will continue this later,

cheers Shenki 08:34, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IB

I never did SL language B (if I did, I would have fallen asleep during my English exam out of sheer boredom... ;)), but anyway, I think it's at least level 1. A six means you've been able to read French, at least, which is what basic language is. Sam Vimes 23:14, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. :) --Aking 23:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

  • I appreciate the welcome and the helpful pointers. --Killerwasp 02:49, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My use page -thankyou

Thankyou for reverting my user page. It appears that a supporter of the Adelaide University Engineering Society has an axe to grind.Blnguyen 03:03, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Heh, no problem. Rory096 03:04, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, how do you get access to the thing that does Reverted edits by blah to previous by blah if you aren't an admin?? I would like to use it rather than clicking on the past edits and manually doing things. Regards, Blnguyen 03:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC).
I believe it's somewhere in here. It's called God Mode Lite. I believe Alphax's script has it, but I'm not positive. Rory096 03:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD on James Watkins and Shelagh Watkins

A nominator made a very peculiar "joint nomination" of these two persons (perhaps because they are married to each other). However, each person has a very different purport to notability, and the deletions should be decided independently. It would be great if you could clarify on each AfD what your voting intent is. Thanks. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 19:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AFD

Hi there,

This concerns Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Daisey, where you recently voiced an opinion. User:Calton has raised some significant objections, and I would like to ask if you wouldn't mind considering the ensuing discussion and changing or confirming your choice with respect to the article Mike Daisey. Sincerely ENCEPHALON 07:05, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cape Schanck

I only got to the Cape Schanck article from following lighthouse links. I went there once, I remembered it being past farms and bush (all that tea tree stuff you get down there). Have to check what the shire council calls it. -- Kevin Ryde 01:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for removing the personal attack from Dale Begg-Smith. Andjam 03:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

  • You're very welcome Andjam. Thanks for clarifying his status as a freestyler.Blnguyen 03:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

  1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
  2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
  3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 04:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks!

Thank you!
Hello Blnguyen/Archive1, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux Talk

[edit] deletions on Rogerthat's RfA

G'day Blnguyen,

it's been brought to my attention that I deleted some of your comments from Rogerthat's RfA. At the time I made my edits, I was trying creatively to get around some server issues, and wasn't paying as much attention as I ought to have. Just thought I should pop a note on your talk page about it. Sorry for deleting your stuff! fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 06:29, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

  • That's fine. I'm sure that as an admin, it was a good-faith error.Blnguyen 06:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcoming Committee

Thanks for the suggestion. I have since joined the project that you recommended.--Josilot 05:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your vote
My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future.
Martyman - 09:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppet AFD

Don't worry, the first-time-voters will be discounted by the closing admin. Unfortunately I can't do this since I started the discussion, but it will be done. Thanks for notifying, Punkmorten 11:10, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Actualy

I posted the Israel is gay link because it's funny to wathc Republican reaction to one of theirs getting outed. 132.241.245.49 23:18, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Yeah, but those republican blogs aren't a credible/useful source of information, they are attack pages, so I have removed them, and it should stay that way.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 23:20, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pointers

Thanks for the pointers, Blnguyen! If there's anything you see that can help, please don't hesitate to mention it! -- Don Sowell 19:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:AFD

Care to have another looks at the AFD for Stella Nova (which was incorrectly at "Scifi Modelers Club of New Zealand")? Grutness...wha? 02:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lecomte on AfD

Hi there. A notice that your article on this French archer is up for AfD. I think this guy is notable.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 02:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm kind of boggled that anyone could consider an article on an Olympic competitor to be a joke... -- Jonel | Speak 05:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)(Talk) 02:41, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This isn't gay?

"13 Dec 1973 The Reverend Jim Jones is arrested in a cruisy movie theater bathroom in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, Jones had the bad luck to hit on an undercover LAPD vice officer while masturbating in the Westlake Theatre men's room." [3]

132.241.245.49 06:17, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Jim Jones

Apparently, people are not listed as being gay unless they confess to it. eg, Dawn Fraser admitted to a gay affair, but does not regard herself as such. She is not listed as gay on her article.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Is this a rule? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Salvation Air Force

Hi. I notice you expressed an opinion on the deletion debate, saying that the band was not notable. I had a look at the band, and they seem to satisfy the WP:MUSIC criteria, and I would really appreciate any explanation of why you considered them to be non-notable. I'm not trying to dispute any AFD results, but just trying to work out what it is that makes people think they are not notable. Any comments welcome. DJ Clayworth 16:56, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your lovely comment

At my RfA. It's made me feel better about things already despite having garnered another Oppose vote along the way. :) Bobo. 05:14, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australia at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hi there jonel. I've made changes to this article, to which you were the only editor. I think that Freddy Lane is an uncontentious issue, but there may be some ambiguity w.r.t. Donald Mackintosh. The book that I'm using by Australia's Olympics historian admits that they only figured this out themselves in the late 1980s. It also discusses confusion between archery and shooting. I also notice that "live game shooting" isn't listed on the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics, but it is noted in Australian publications. Cheers, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. Thanks for the additions! I'm actually going through 1900 sport-by-sport at this point, in alphabetical order, and am currently working on rowing. Thus, I just haven't gotten to swimming/shooting yet ;). I'm primarily using Mallon's work, which credits Mackintosh with medals in two non-Olympic events (both in Shooting - live pigeon type events). Olympic.org lists only the first nine events on our Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics page, suggesting that the live pigeon shooting competitions are not officially Olympic events. Some mention should certainly be made of Mackintosh's performance, but his placings should not be included in medal tables. -- Jonel | Speak 00:41, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome welcome

Hi Blnguyen/Archive1,

Thanks for the welcoming. I too am interested in the hard sciences and I noticed you are working as a research assistant in a quantum field. I recently applied to an undergraduate research program at Rice University (taking place this summer), so hopefully it goes well.

Perhaps someday, a long time from now, you and I will discover that the universe is actually contained within a jar of kitten fur and that God is a gum drop. Barring this though, maybe we'll find out if there's anything to String theory or not. :)

Other things I'm into include zymurgy (home brewing), zen (see http://www.galvestonZen.org) and most Japanese things (I just finished reading "The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi (translated by Thomas Cleary)).

Cheers. Om. Hi-yah!

Tim 18:22, 27 February 2006 (UTC) (timothykinney) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothykinney (talk • contribs)

[edit] 69.138.229.246 Edits

Howdy, I don't want to second guess you here, and maybe you have some information I do not, but I don't think the edits by 69.138.229.246 (talk • contribs) were intended as vandalism. It seems to be a bone of contention on the Aloysius Snuffleupagus page whether that paragraph should be in there. As such, I havs started a discussion on the talk page of the article about it. In any event, I just wanted to give you that outsider's perspective. Thanks for all your hard work, --Hansnesse 05:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Not a problem at all Hansnesse- I don't know anything about the topic, but blankings with no reason given in the edit summary by an anon always raise my suspicions. Also, an example event on the December 1 article was removed, also raising my suspicions. I am happy to let the proceedings regarding the relevancy to proceed.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:55, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the quick reply! Since it seems to have been a misunderstanding, with your permission, I'd like to remove the warnings from 69.138.229.246 and make a note about using edit summaries and (ideally) getting an account. What do you think? Thanks again, --Hansnesse 06:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for supporting my successful request for adminship. I'll try to put the admin tools to good and responsible use. If I do anything wrong you know where to find me. Raven4x4x 08:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swimming

Thank you Blnguyen for your help with Michael Wenden's page. The typo accidentally slipped through when I was feeling tired.

I note that you are a student of Mathematical Physics, which is interesting because that was what I got my PhD in. I presume that you know that the University of Adelaide was once the major centre for study in Mathematical Physics in Australia, and that there was a Department of Mathematical Physics, which was founded by Bert Green (who was a student of Max Born) and Angas Hurst.

On a note of trivia, Max Born was the grandfather of Olivia Newton-John, and I have seen a biography of Max Born which mentions both Bert Green and Olivia Newton-John. Figaro 13:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for voting on my RfA, it passed with a final tally of 68/0/0 so I'm now an administrator. If there's anything I can do to help, you feel I've done something wrong, or there's just something you want to tell, don't hesitate to use my talk page. Thanks. - Bobet 10:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kalamunda

Are you going to add 'shire of...' templates to all suburbs, for all shires? --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 07:43, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thats awesome. Just was wondering as to how much you were going to do. :D --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 07:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Department of Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide

I had not realized that you would not be interested in the history of the Department of Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide, its one time pre-eminence in Australia, or the influence of its founders, Bert Green and Angas Hurst, on research in Mathematical Physics in Australia (an influence that still continues today - with a large number of high ranking academics in Mathematical Physics in Australia having passed through the University of Adelaide as students of either Bert or Angas). Sorry for burdening you with this information. Figaro 09:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.
When the University picked Paul Davies, he was already a big name, and they obviously wanted somebody who was well known, and who could attract funding easily, rather than somebody who would actually be committed to making the Department work. I think that some of the other candidates were pasr students of the Department, for example, Mark Gould from the University of Queensland.
I was in Adelaide for a 1 week conference, "Confronting the Infinite", in February, 1994. I think that Paul Davies had recently started at the University at that point, and I only saw him at tea (where I got an impression of aloofness on his part), and at the public lecture on "The Arrow of Time".
Paul Davies did "go crazy". His background is certainly in Mathematical Physics, and it seems strange to see him pontificating on such topics as Astrobiology.
Paul Davies went to last December's Conference om "Quantum Field Theory and its ramifications" in Hobart, where he got back to his origins, talking about Einstein's field equations, cosmology, and the possible future for the universe (also giving a less technically oriented public lecture on the topic).
I am sorry to hear that Peter Bouwknegt has left the University of Adelaide, and that Mathematical Physics has finished at the University, especially after its auspicious start. I was last in Adelaide in December 2000, for the Lie 2000 Conference, and the doscipline still seemed like it was surviving well at that time. Figaro 13:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aquinas College

I don't know why you see the Colege captain as irrelavent for the Aquinas college page. I am a student of the school so i think my infromation is Just as -if not more- valid than yours. Unless you can provide me with any evidence with substance i will post the heading back on.