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[edit] Arthur Morris

Hi Blnguyen, I'm going to review Arthur Morris over the course of the day for GA status, can you do me a favour and modify the season separators so they comply with WP:DASH, so 1954–55 instead of either 1954/55 or 1954-55? That way I can't see a problem with meeting the WP:MOS. Cheers for now. The Rambling Man 08:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Tonight. Tintin 04:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC) ... is now a GA. Well done, great work. The Rambling Man 08:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Two odd sentences in "Style":

  • He was noted for his imposing appearance to opponents his apparent air of complete composure at the wicket.
  • A deft placement saw him effective pierce gaps between fieldsmen as he stuck the ball along the ground.

>> Alec Bedser, who dismissed him 18 times in Tests and 20 times in all first class cricket,

Source ? 22 ?

  • After scores of 6 and 12 in the Fourth Test, he missed the final Test due to injury, ending an unproductive summer in which he managed only 186 runs at 23.25. The series was noted by Morris' difficulties against the spin duo of Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin, who bowled left arm orthodox and leg spin respectively. The pair were responsible for five of his eight dismissals on the tour.[14] As a result of his struggles, he was dropped for the first time in his Test career when he was overlooked for the Fifth Test.[13] Tintin 03:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

This and this are the most famous tour books. This, iirc, deals with the series plus England in South Africa 1948-9. Also came across several biographies like [1], [2] , [3]. Our college library had something like two books on cricket :-/ Tintin 00:45, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. that's a state govt library though.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK list split

I've closed the discussion on UT:DYK as split, but how do you propose we do it? three columns? please share your thoughts on how this should be done. Cheers, -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 06:20, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I suppose just manually having three lists I guess .....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I would like to plagiarize...

from your user space. I really like what you've done with User:Blnguyen/Top and I wondered if you wouldn't mind if I created a similar header for my own page. Mine won't be nearly as impressive for a long time, but I just successfully completed my first FAC and wanted to bask in the glory ;) But I didn't want to just rip off your idea without asking first. --JayHenry 05:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, please make hay, I copied it from Smee (talk · contribs) and The Rambling Man (talk · contribs). should posthumously put one up for ol Emsworth (talk · contribs). GAs are actually pretty straightforrward. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
I've started my own top, thanks! I was barely involved with Wikipedia when Emsworth left, and I had never heard of him until your comment above. That's such a shame that such a prolific and hardworking editor is no longer active. I was depressed to learn of ALoan leaving too. I really hope they'll both be back. Cheers! --JayHenry 04:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wisden Trophy

I've more or else completed your suggested improvements. There are probably some grammatical issues that need ironing out but do not know where to get help on this issue.

Added Later: This could be a little cheeky but as you are reviewing the Wisden Trophy you might want to rate List of Wisden Trophy records as well it is a short article and should be easy to rate. Monsta666 13:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'll have a look. Can you please put the full dates in for your access and please not put the date "1981" when it is obvious that the webpage was not made in 1981. We don't know when it was put there online so just leave it out. Please move the cites to after the punctuation marks. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Regarding cites - I have read the article on cites and have now put all cites at the end of punctuations. I put todays date (2007-08-04) for the dates I retrieved data. As for the published dates I have put 2007 on many cites as the bottom of these web pages have the following Cricinfo(c) 2007. I hope this solves the cite issue. Monsta666 13:47, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

You said the layout was a bit funny can you expand on this comment? Monsta666 22:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I meant that some of the series have structures that differ from other series in the way that you discuss thte chronology, captains, themes, key battles, debuts and statistics. With some sereis there are weird occurrences but as it stands the structure seems inconsistent. This makes the article look inconsistent. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi mate. I've started working on it and to be honest, in my opinion, it's not ready for GA. It's not just a light copyedit required. The Lead was appalling, and I've just bunged the material I hacked from it into the history section, where it's still odd, but at least more appropriate.

IMHO it should be failed as GA as an awful lot of work is required to pass it. A thorough Peer Review would help - has it been there? --Dweller 09:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that reads really harsh. --Dweller 09:53, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Well it was going to end up at FAC and get knocked eventually by someone... Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2007 Malaysian Grand Prix

Good points you've brought up. We sort of have a preview, with looking at some of the technical features and some of the controversies that occured (Spyker, Ferrari etc.). With the Post-race bit however, for instance, if I went and put "McLaren had gained some ground on Ferrari and were the faster team", I would need a reference to back up my claim, but also, another user may have a completely opposite view. If other users make that point. I might add a bit on the edit, with some views. Davnel03 11:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I've just realised (by looking through some of Autosports news archives on their website), that there was a pre-race test at Sepang. I have added information on that (see here). I'll probably add a bit onto the Post-Race part also. Feel free to have a look at it. Davnel03 15:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
It's true that ppl will have different implications, but we can simply source theiropinions to see what the consensus and offbeat ideas of the different pundits. eg, Peter Windsor thought that the race was a good outcome for.....because they closed the gap....or Martin Brundle thought...............or F1 racing maazine thought that the implications in the F1 power strugle was......... So, yeah, just telling us what the paddock commentator feeling about the power shift was. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Right, I think I've addressed all of the comments you made - please see the edit difference here. If you still think it needs to be improved, please address on the FAC page. Thanks! Davnel03 14:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I'm a bit busy but we'll manage. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U1 (Berlin U-Bahn)

Thanks for DYK. I've been away in NQ for 12 days.--Grahamec 10:29, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Obvious sock

Can you do something administrative about this? Arrow740 21:22, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I see Tom beat me.... but who is it?? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hef

I'd be interested but the article will be torn to shreds even if I do fix it, and I've got no academic (books / journals / articles) resources to go on. Without academic resources we're forced to fall back on the press, and the press is notoriously biased, sensationalist and one-sided. I don't think much of the stupid bastard either, but it's essentially an attack article (4/5ths dedicated to 'controversy'). Michael talk 03:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re; DYK

I made a note that I only had time to update the main page; not do the notes afterwards. Apparently no one did them despite that until you did recently. I was more concerned with not having an 18 hour backlog than talk templates at that time though. Wizardman 03:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of which
Updated DYK query On August 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bob Massie, 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.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK--LGBT rights in Colombia

Thanks for the DYK and the feedback. I saw one comment and decided there was no point saying anything more. In any case, how do you figure out how many characters an article has? On the history pages, I see "bytes" but not "characters." Anyway, appreciate your kind remarks.--Textorus 09:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, one character is one byte in computing terms, but usually, I check the article characters in terms of the text and not the whole code, which the article history measures. To get the chararacters of whichever section you want to measure, simply copy into MS word. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
OIC, well thanks! --Textorus 16:43, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:DYK updating

I am afraid I have too many things on my plate to help with that, but if the situation gets worse I'll see what I can do to help. Btw, how do you get the GA/FA symbols to the top of your page?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  13:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, Blnguyen/Top (talk · contribs). Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The DYK Medal, etc.

Thank you for the medal. Much appreciated. I copied your award to my User page. Please, take a look. And also, I was really impressed with how you fished out Jordan Park for DYK from amongst the Expired noms. Thank you again. --Poeticbent talk 15:25, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator selection

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Kirill 02:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

A monkey as a general....that's funny...although of course it is not actually a commander's role. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yum... carrots

Does that mean your signature will have to change for "carrot bucket"? Circeus 04:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps - has anyone ever made a banana and carrot cake? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't torture first year physics students.

Hooray for physics.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Hooray for physics.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Really, isn't the mindfuck of physics bad enough? --L-- 04:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

No, it's very beautiful and is "good for the soul" - so said the Deputy Director of the Australian Physics Team for the International Physics Olympiad. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Evasion of your block

I have found evidence that Ideogram (talk · contribs) evaded your April 19, 2007 block by using a sockpuppet. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ideogram. Thanks for the banana. Jehochman Talk 04:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Well that is interesting....but perhaps not all that surprising but I am surprised nobody at all has noticed or commented much ........hmm....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Is there an additional place where I should post this? Had this information been known at the time of the arbitration, would the result have been different? Perhaps that case should be reviewed? - Jehochman Talk 12:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] quick revert of David Halberstam

Eh, OK. I still think you should consider WP:RECENT here. Does posterity really need to know all this? BTW, here's another posthumous essay. Mentioned here. You might know all that if you are a fan of the gentleman. I've read his stuff before, had no idea he had passed. -- 146.115.58.152 01:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I was not particularly aware of him and definitely not of any controversy until a certain user started using a self-proclaimed revisionist book by an enemy of his called Mark Moyar. That's when I started writing about his work. But in hindsight it's ok to remove some of the street names I think. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you! :)

Thank you so much for remembering, my friend, and my awesome nominator! :) And above all, thank you for your continued, and true friendship. Times may change, circumstances may be different; but you' remain the same wonderful person I was blessed to meet long, long ago. Lots of love, Phaedriel - 05:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I think I might have gone crazy since then...and a bit more ....ahem.... dunno... interventionist...Blnguyen (bananabucket)

[edit] Ngo Dinh Can

Why did you protect this article from what appear to be spelling corrections? The IP was being a jerk, granted, but the article flowed a ton better after its copyedit. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 17:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, please see Kuntan (talk · contribs). He's been engaging in RL stalking as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I've gotten the idea that it's some crazy person with a grudge. I've just always subscribed to the idea that productive edits are productive edits, no matter whether the author is drooling on himself or not. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hallo, thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page! —Sengkang 08:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, talk page

Hi further to your removal of various comments made by the IP user User:81.152.87.36, they reverted it back. I again removed their comments, and received a comment on my user talk page (which I have removed) telling me to stop removing perfectly legitimate comments and asking me How I expect Wiki articles to improve, if I stick my own POV everywhere. Given that the IP user was adding highly POV comments, msotly of a general nature and certainly nothing about how to improve the article, on long forgotten discussions, some from 12 months ago I took the liberty of archiving the talk page for the Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama article, except for the final discussion to which the IP user had added what seem to be relevant comments. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 02:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

That's fine..The Tibet pages seem to be trolled by pro-PRC anon folks on a rather regular basis. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:In the news

The notability of the mission is not the relevant issue. The fact that we now have two NASA-related entries (and too many total entries) is. —David Levy 03:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. I agree with the removal then. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The fourth item here has to take the cake for the best grammar mistake ever. -- tariqabjotu 04:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
In cricket, people say that a batsman has [figuratevly] "hit" or "put" or "lifted" the bowler into the crowd, when it actually refers to him hitting the ball into the crowd. So, that was figurative and perhaps not appropriate, although it seems to pass on cricket bios. Maybe in the the US, people will think the batter actually hit the pitcher with a stick and he flew 100+ metres. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:41, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
That would explain why I couldn't imagine what the "mistake" was. Sorry if I offended over a cultural difference, but I'm sure you could imagine how strange that looked to me (and, I presume, David Levy). -- tariqabjotu 04:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Not at all offended. See Maiden (cricket). When the bowler had delivered an over that is a "maiden" the commentator will say "he's bowled a maiden". In one cricket novel I read "Johnny Whistler and the madcap cricket match" , an American comes to Australia [or England] and plays in an invitational cricket match. When they said "oh, he's bowled a maiden" [as in bowled an over (cricket) without conceding a run], the American fictional character thought that he bowler had knocked over a girl! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, that terminology isn't used in baseball. The other problem with that wording was the claim that Barry Bonds "[hit] his 756th career home run" "after hitting" the very same home run. —David Levy 11:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:YellowAssessmentMonkey

Oh dear. You're starting to worry me. —Moondyne 10:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I heard that you were worried about me. What is it? YellowAssessmentMonkey 03:10, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I heard that you were worried about me. What is it? YellowAssessmentMonkey 03:10, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2008

Hey! I'm contacting all the members of wikiproject Perth because, I have put in an incomplete bid for Perth to hold Wikimania 2008. Please show your support by adding your name to the list and help contribute by improving our bid which is incomplete and located here - thanks Talk to symode09's or How's my driving? 17:43, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK:M/T Independenta

Dear Blnguyen! Thanks a lot for your contribution again. You are also very kind and a great person. CeeGee 20:41, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GAC Reviewer of the Week

The Good Article Medal of Merit
Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAC Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 11/8/2007. Epbr123 12:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)}}

[edit] Re: GAC

Not a problem. At the moment, I'm a bit more ticked off at Falgt for completely ignoring both your and my GAC review of Waitoreke, and self-promoting his own article. It's people like him we have to watch out for. But overall, the vast majority of reviewers seem quite reasonable. Your reviews all seem to be of good quality, although someimes I wonder how you have the time to do so many,... the quantity and quality is impressive! Cheers! Dr. Cash 17:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GAC backlog elimination drive

The Good Article Medal of Merit
Thank you for your participation in the GAC backlog elimination drive! Epbr123 21:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saunderson

I'm not usually one to beg, but could you let this one in to DYK? It's not that much smaller than Snake River Bridge, especially if you take out the infobox. Please? Wrad 02:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I realize things are getting pretty tight there at DYK. Usually I'm able to add more to my noms, but for some reason I was diverted this time. I just felt like this one was especially notable. If it had been some Shakespeare character again I probably wouldn't have bothered asking you. Wrad 02:49, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 75th Karnataka DYK

Thanks for the compliments. By some strange coincidence, the 75th DYK hook of Karnataka is related to the Indian Flag and tomorrow is the Indian Independence Day!! :) -- ¿Amar៛Talk to me/My edits04:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for supporting it, and thanks again for the GA review! -- saberwyn 02:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA on hold

Can you please update your on holds. GA holds should last no more than seven days, with few exceptions. Regards, Lara♥Love 06:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators from a pool of fourteen candidates to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by August 28! Wandalstouring 09:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi. Hope the last 4 weeks has been easy on you. Yes, I will defnitely explore this idea of yours. I have come back with over a hundred images of various monuments, inscriptions etc worth storing and using.Dineshkannambadi 12:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rawr

It rhymes with my name, or at least how I imagine my name pronounced. You still have the bananabucket, I just have the bananas inside it! --Deskana (banana) 17:03, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Re: Are we in a real army?

The question of why I'm doing this at two in the morning is probably a more interesting one to consider. ;-) Kirill 06:17, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Katrina Renars.jpg)

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duly deleted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Katrina Renars.jpg

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Duly deleted. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Howdy, I've been away for family reasons for a day or two and just got back on wiki. I'm a little disappointed to see that you apparently knocked back my DYK nomination of Neak Leung while I was away. After nominating a few others and seeing them accepted, I was hoping to return to find my own first DYK. The comment you left on the nomination while selecting articles for the update was:
"How much of Cambodia was shattered during the civil strife and Pol Pot era though? I would guess quite a lot. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)"
Now, that's an interesting, if rhetorical, question and I'd be happy to discuss it with you over a beer sometime - but as a reason to cull the DYK nomination, it leaves me in the dark. For referencing, word length, use of multiple free images and general encyclopedic and DYK qualities Neak Leung looked like one of the better nominations for the day. I also rescued it from the depths of Special:shortpages where it was number 311 before expansion. It took quite a lot of research and fact checking to expand and the hook was interesting, factual, referenced and the main reason the town gained international notoriety in the 70's. I was planning to do a similar expansion job on various sub stubs covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject Cambodia and nominate them for DYK also. As nearly all nominations that meet the requirements generally make the front page, I'd be interested to hear from you which part of the DYK Rules this nomination failed to meet - as your was the only comment. This would be helpful, in case I feel motivated to expand any others. Paxse 14:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

One of the DYK criteria is in fact "interesting" - it isn't policed all that often, but I was hoping that someone would find a better alternative which was more onscure if possible. Also I should have probably tagged it as "minor" so that people would not lose too much sleep over my query. In general the article was otherwise fine. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

hI. Note that Neak Leung on DYK proposals on July 27 had nothing to do with Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge or the civil war. It was an American bomber that made a major blunder. I'm pretty sure it was a Vietnam War plane - ot wmight be a good idea for me to research it and create an article of its own on the incident ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you?" Contribs 10:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your removal of the Pakistan banner from talk pages

Hi Blnguyen, I noticed that you recently removed the Pakistan banner from the talk pages of the Syed Ahmad Khan, Rudyard Kipling and Taj Mahal pages. I'm afraid, it is not enough to say that Pakistan didn't exist during the lifetime of Khan and Kipling or during the construction of the Taj. Syed Ahmad Khan was one of the earliest proponents of the two-nation theory that led ultimately to the creation of Pakistan. As for Kipling, his stint at the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore for five years laid the foundations of his literary life. Lahore and NWFP are both very important in Kipling's early fiction, much more so than Bombay, where he was born. The case for Taj Mahal is less secure, but I suggest you take up your objections with the (Pakistani?) editors who put the banner there in the first place rather than simply deleting them. You will notice that the pages all have the flag of the Republic of India, which too didn't exist during Ahmad or Kipling's time. Unless you are suggesting that the flag be replaced by the flag and banner of British India (which is fine with me), you will be opening a can of worms. That topic (i.e. what to include in which South Asian nation's history or what flags to use), BTW, is by no means settled, as you will see from Nichalp's post on the history of India talk page here and my posts in the ongoing discussion here. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I am well aware of the previous discussion....I am aware of the presence of the Indian flag on pre-ROI stuff, although if you look at {{WPVN}} you might know that before French colonisation, Vietnam was a somewhat different shape. Still, I'll see what happens. I do stand corrected on missing Kipling's Lahore sojourne though...Perhaps I should read SAK again though...I thought the theoretical concept of Pakistan was from 1930s....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The WP India banner has a map on the Indian subcontinent. Unless you are suggesting they never lived there or had any connection with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, blnguyen's actions were justified.Bakaman 23:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
It looks like I was mistaken, but the banner should have had a map of the Indian subcontinent.Bakaman 23:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, Blnguyen, I didn't realize you had responded. You are right that the word "Pakistan" was indeed coined in the 1930s, but SAK was the first person to actively promote the idea that Muslims and Hindus in British India were distinct nations and that the Muslims should cast their lot with the British rather than with the then fledgling (and later burgeoning) nationalist movement of the Indian National Congress. He is therefore considered important in the history of Pakistan. Anyway, thanks for responding. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
PS. Thinking you hadn't replied, I left an uncharitable note in the ANI discussion here, which I have since retracted. My apologies if I caused offense. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Not at all. I should read a bit more carefully. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:fun and monkeys; GA-review Buffalo Grove ambush

Indeed, I will be the article monkey and you can be the DYK/GAC monkey, for now. : ) IvoShandor 08:56, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Shall we swap around next week? I have a few articles in the bank....Blnguyen (bananabucket)

Thanks for the review on Buffalo Grove ambush. I made a comment about your concerns on the talk page. Basically I am working on filling out details and expanding if possible. I don't think anyone would want to merge it, but who knows. Thanks again. : ) IvoShandor 06:04, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Wow, a two for one deal. Thanks again. Hopefully these articles will progress as my research deepens. Anything off hand besides expansion that you would suggest to improve them? IvoShandor 08:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Well no, unless you can find more sources......or unless you gone down to the site and do some OR and interview the Indians for their POV and write it up yourself in a published book....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA nomination for Bduke

Many thanks for such an amazingly detailed and excellent nomination. I accept. I have answered the questions. I might add some further comments later but I think it can now be opened. Just cast your eye on it first. Again, thanks, --Bduke 05:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Did you notice who was the first vote and who was the guy who added it to the main RfA page???? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Best nomination I've ever seen, that must have taken you ages mate. Congrads. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 08:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that was not the longest one. See User:Blnguyen/RfA and follow the links. I have only done 2 RfAs this year....but in my heyday this was quite regular stuff. The Tariqabjotu one took the longest actually...perhaps twice as long to research. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK, GAs and monkeys

Swap away, if you need any GA reviews I will help out, I used to do them quite a bit and have probably done about 30 all total. Thanks for allowing Indian Creek to get on DYK, that's another GA appearing on the front page for me! I am not sure that Balloonman has been making appropriate comments about the nominations, just FYI. IvoShandor 20:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah, the book idea had occurred to me, but my incomplete history degree may not be the credentials I need to be taken seriously ; ) IvoShandor 20:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Murali

Please don't revert my edits without good reasoning - just makes you look stupid.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Chulaww (talk • contribs)

Carry along. You are an SPA with the sole purpose of glorifying him. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible oversight deletion

Hi Blnguyen,

Should the contributions by an impersonator of Khalid bin Mahfouz to his article be oversighted? He's a little more into litigation than the average person. Thanks, Andjam 00:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted the revisions so only administrators can view them... The revisions are here if you want to review them, Blnguyen. --DarkFalls talk 00:49, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I have oversighted them. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Graphs on user page

On a brighter note, have you considered doing log-log versions of the graphs on your wikipedia statistics? Andjam 00:44, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I should shouldn't I? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)