User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive12

Sweet dear B

I'm sorry you had to listen to the foolish thoughts of a silly girl while you were stressed and having a tough time, my beloved B. Your words have relieved me, but your absence is saddening; and not only because of our friendship, but because it's Wikipedia's loss as a whole to have you away, even for a short while. I'll be waiting for you to return whenever you feel the time is right; please, relax, you've worked so incredibly hard in the last times, that you desperately need a soothing rest. I'll always be around in case you feel like talking. Your friend, now and always, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 09:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Thought you might like some coffee. I was up to 5 XL coffees a day a couple of months ago (thanks Tim Hortons!) Just like you can't solve all the world's problems, you can't solve all of WP's problems. But you're a gem of an admin and a genuinely good guy to be trying so hard. -- Samir धर्म 12:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Olympic torch + stuff 2

File:Love message by n yfe.jpg

And thank you for writing such wonderful nominations! By the way, I saw you were stressed and hope you know that while this project is extremely lucky to have such a dedicated and kind contributor like you, we all need some time off to relax as well. So sit back, enjoy your wikibreak, and maybe focus more on writing some articles. :) Kind regards, Sango 123 23:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On a personal note - thanks for taking the time in defending me. That meant a lot. --Chris S. 23:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

WP:RFCU: [1] -- Samir धर्म 08:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mad Bomber

I wouldn't worry about this one- I don't think having an RfA up is a window of opportunity for trolling without consequence. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 08:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was just reading the RfA page as you replied. I recommend a name change to "Mad User Who Shoots Himself in Foot". Blocking looks fine to me. --Cactus.man ✍ 08:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I really did vote. -- ~~Go Yanks! 09:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)~~—Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.5 (talk • contribs) [reply]

i havent done anything

are you stupid —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.1 (talk • contribs) .

Ian Paisley and your blocking of me.

You are nothing but a bigot. Ian Paisley is a defender of his community, a fine christian and a dedicated MP. Mr Paisley is a reformed Christian and publically, he does nothing more than any Christian should. You obvuiously hate Paisley and are therefore unfit to write about him

The Pope really is ANTICHRIST. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.1 (talk • contribs) .

I looked at your block log and the history of Ian Paisley and I have not touched the article nor anybody who has edited it. I'm afraid I think that you may be mistaken. Blnguyen | rant-line 02:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

It's OK; I was sure that there was duplicate vote somewhere on my RfA even if I couldn't find it, and I felt kind of guilty being on WP:100 as a result. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 22:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Holland

Even without having looked at the history, I figured you'd created the article. When I have time, I'll certainly help with some swimming-related work. I'd commit to creating (at least) a stub for every American Olympic Games medallist for whom an article doesn't exist, but that would take some time; it's much easier to complete such a task for every Australian, since, well, there are so many fewer of the latter... :)) Joe 04:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, as to your religion, I'm guessing either narephilia or piscatorialism (my ever-worsening Latin provides me nothing better for love of swimming), so your supreme deity must be...Tamás Darnyi? Joe 04:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Admin.sxc

I saw your spreadsheet about new admins, and it's interesting data, but I think you had a methodological flaw. Instead of raw support-oppose*3, that column should probably be equalized to a percentage system (support/support+oppose). Then people who had less voters aren't penalized, and your top placements shift a bit (although not in most of the lower cases). Also, Deletes/day is probably a better sort key than raw # of deletions, since the latter is prejudiced toward people who have been around longer (this puts Jaranda in first place by the way, instead of you). -- nae'blis _(talk) 16:30, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I had three sheets on that spreadsheet, with the ranking via three measures, total deletes, delete rate and also delete rate per unit net support. You can have a look using the other two sheets. The reason that I think the percentage system isn't as true as the net support, is that the guy who gets 100-0 is presumably more hardworking or has contributed more than the person who got 25-0; hence I'm using it to work out which admins seem to be overrated or underrated. Just to see who got lots of votes and hasn't been doing much.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Regarding my RfA, I would like to thank you for voting. Although you opposed my RfA, thank you for letting me know what points you feel I should work on. I wasn't really too suprised when my RfA didn't pass, nor am I disappointed. I will keep trying to do my best here at Wikipedia and I hope you will vote again on my next RfA. Paul Cyr 21:56, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eurovision Song Contest

Hi. I have submitted the main Eurovision article for Peer Review, hoping to get it up to Featured standard. If you have any comments and contributions, please let me know. Thanks. EuroSong ^talk 15:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching

Thanks for signing up to help out! You've been assigned Rama's Arrow to coach, along with your fellow coach User:Ilyanep. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Petros471 16:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

O Guru! I am your unworthy disciple. I beg you to give me the highest honour to learn from you and serve you! Hehehehe....thanks for doing this. If its agreeable to you, we can work at user:Rama's Arrow/Coaching. This Fire Burns.....Always 16:44, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, this is an interesting new adventure for me.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I'm online right now, so how about we start the process at the subpage? I'd just like to understand what we'll be working on, and when the process will be convenient for either one of us to do. This Fire Burns.....Always 04:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please post on the subpage. This Fire Burns.....Always 04:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I'm sorry but I have to withdraw from admin coaching at this time. This Fire Burns.....Always 14:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yea Gods! Its not dat (you're a great admin). This morning I got an update on my term of study, and I don't think I can focus on preparing for adminship. I'll think I just learn the ropes slow and nice. Besides, I don't have any plans for a second RfA. This Fire Burns.....Always 02:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blnguyen, are you ok to take on a new trainee? I being so close to the last one I would have normally assigned a new one automatically, but I'm not sure how much of a wikibreak you are on (per note at top of page). Actually taking a glance at your contribs suggests not much of one :) Let me add to the others- try not to get too stressed at the backlogs. I'm trying to do my bit over at RFA getting some more admins through the system, so hopefully that will help. I did a load of I5 deletions the other day as well- wow there was a lot! Petros471 10:54, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Grandmasterka's RfA

Hello YellowMonkey/Archive12, and thank you for your (very well written) nomination and strong support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grand master ka 05:20, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

I uploaded a pic, now how do I get it the desired site!!?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shy1520 (talk • contribs)

Hangon, I noticed this just now. I will look into it.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A well-deserved award...

I, Michael, hereby award you,Blnguyen, the *Working Man's Barnstar* for your tremendous amount of time put into assisting other Wikipedians. Michael 00:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou very much Michael. I feel it is important for me to do so, especially, as the deletion backlogs are always piled up. Blnguyen | rant-line 02:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Continued vandalism from 202.76.162.34 after several temp bans

Looks like 202.76.162.34 is quite active when it comes to vandalism. It has been blocked several times, and keeps causing trouble. Might need some further action? Thanks for looking into it! Joe 01:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I was late but my watchlist takes 2hrs to go through after the weekend and someone else has already blocked. Blnguyen | rant-line 02:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

bad practice!!!!!!!!! DELETION EGO

Hi there

My names Shem booth-Spain, im a artist, producer and academic. You deleted the page that was being built for me, and left a rather ignorant comment "an academic who doesn't seem to have PhD

well let me address this, first of all i was accepted and started a PhD course at the university of Greenwich London computing and mathematical sciences, and Plymouth university (planetary colligium) uk with supervisor Roy ascott- I’m not doing that PhD no more, not because i quite or sat on my ass and smoked weed, but because i could not afford it. im only 24, yet my artworks all over the world, ive performed my music in 4 countries, Ive published research, ive spoke at the Technarte 2006 art & technology conference, ive written and produced a double concept album, ive taught and lectured at various university’s, im dyslexic but i play guitar, piano, sing, paint, carve stone, engineer music and produce performance and sonic art, yet your very rude and offending comment gives a very narrow mindset for someone of yr supposed stature(remember your a STUDENT). several people are working on that page of me and are not happy and very disappointed by yr "up your own ass attitude comment"

That page was an ongoing work and not a promo or selling spam. it was the start of a 3rd person perspective on my work.

please could you put that page back and MAIL ME BACK ON THIS MATTER

best regards

Shem—Preceding unsigned comment added by Animus666 (talk • contribs)

Firstly I have to say that WP:AUTO tells us that Autobiography is a poor move, and your doing so is inappropriate. Secondly, I deleted it under Speedy deletion policy criterion a7, and stated a summary of why this is the case. The basis of the article was that you were a music academic, but your substantiation of being a PhD student is not sufficient for this, as it is far from being a sufficeint grounds for inclusion - although you may feel that I am behaving snobbishly, yes I am a PhD student myself, and no, I am not even remotely close to being notable and thirdly I have no intention of writing about myself. No, I did not accuse you of dropping out, as the article did not say that that had happened, and secondly I did not accuse of smoking marijuana either. If you rewrite the article with an explanation of why you are notable, then we'll see what happens. And you might want to disclose if you were the IP that anonymously blanked my userpage yesterday as that IP also spammed various articles with you self-promotional site. Blnguyen | rant-line 04:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response from other admins and users

Don't worry about it. This is the second time in a week, though, that my tactics have been misread. I was attempting to be polite to the fellow and to mollify him and pat his head. I hope that I indicated that Random J. Professor doesn't pass the bar and that he would need to do considerably better to get the article to stick. I absolutely agree with A7 on doctoral students. We shall have the poor with us, always, and doctoral students. Basically, although CV's aren't mentioned explicitly in the CSD criteria, they generally are. Anyway, I had no doubts and really wanted to keep the complainer from souring. I hope (twice I've hoped) that we can turn these people away without turning them against us by excessive politeness without encouragement. (And, by the way, the article also fails Geogre's law: "Any article with a miniscule surname is already in trouble.") Geogre 03:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, you'll see that once Hit Bull figured out which article it was, the issue was dropped. I found a couple of self-promoting art gallery refs on google but nothing of real value, and Shem seems to have disappeared as well. So nothing going on here but the usual from a failed vanity author. Thatcher131 04:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. Just for the record, I think your actions were entirely proper, given the circumstances. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edit

Just so you know, the recent edit I made to your userpage was to make one of your award pictures accessible. It only had one bracket at the left, thus causing a small problem. Michael 04:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pics

Yep, fair use photos of people should only be used to illustrate an article on that person. You might be able to find a pic pre-55 of a medalist in the NLA digital collections.--Peta 05:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I see you reverted vandalism of my home page - Thanks --Steve 05:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion strike

Glad to hear it. Although it may not always seem so, writing articles is the most important thing you can do around here. Snottygobble 05:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalBot

Please see WP:AIV asap. Killfest2 05:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removing warnings

Can you please help try and explain why this user isn't allowed to remove warnings? All he is doing is claiming I have a vendetta against him, and so he is not listening to logic. As an administrator, can you tell him that if he continues, he will be blocked, and the fact that you're an admin may convince him that he is wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:24.148.67.72 Killfest2 06:13, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am coming to you rather than the AIV page because you would understand the situation better than other admins. This user's sole intention is to cause trouble. I gave him his final warning for personal threats, yet he goes and makes a sarcastic remark which insults my work as an RC patroller. I am asking for you to take action in the interests of the community. Although he may not have broken any specific rules with the last comment, he has, however, caused disruption to the community, and it would be in the best interests of the community if you blocked him. I ask for a 24 hour block. Cheers, Killfest2 06:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the block. A final favour to ask...and this one should be easy. See my archive on my talk page - how do I get it so each month is on a new line? I can't seem to find out how. Cheers, Killfest2 06:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for everything.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I award you this Barnstar of Diligence for always thinking about the community when acting. A great example is the recent IP vandal, when you decided it was in the best interests of the community to block him even though they managed to skirt around policy. This kind of community-based action is what makes Wikipedia awesome! Killfest2 06:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What? Two barnstars in a day? Thanks, although I'm pretty sure that all of his personal attacks, mockery, vandalisms and warning removals had more than four distinct instances. Blnguyen | rant-line 06:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you did twice as much today as normal :D Thanks for everything! Killfest2 06:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

party pooping?

Uh, is what valid? Sha nnon ^{duck talk} 06:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

reply

there is no consensus that a user blanking his own talk page is vandalism. blanking articles and blanking other people's pages is. but if i choose not to have anything on my page that is my choice. 24.148.67.72 06:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Good to see the giant monkey pic again (and that the giant monkey is back to form)! Happy that the stress is abating. You take care man -- Samir धर्म 08:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...again...

...for banning the "genetics vandal". Keep up the great work! Killfest2 08:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see you're back on deck

Always nice to have another voice around when the ESC entries get listed on AfD. Y'know, it's kind of ironic that the two which have been listed so far were both among the easiest to defend (length dispute for Du Bist, language for Gimme). BigHaz 12:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glad things are better

I'm so glad to hear that things are getting better, Blnguyen, and that you've started working on articles again - you've certainly made a fantastic start into it too! Congratulations on getting all the red links out of Australian Olympic medalists in Swimming, that's rather impressive, and it looks great. The entire editing community is lucky that you're back to your article-writing self. And if you get stressed out again, you know where to go. -- Nataly a 12:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's great, my dear B!

It's great to see you in better mood and returning to your true love, as writing articles is, dear B - again, I'm so sorry I loaded you with my sillyness the other day. You are, by far, one of the greatest assets to our project, not to mention one of my best friends. I am loading my stuff on the car to leave for a couple of days, so your message came just in time to leave with one less trouble in my head. Please, take good care, and I'll drop you a line when I return, k hun? You are great, B! :) Big hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 12:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to hijak this thread Phaedriel! :D Hi Blnguyen, it's great to hear from you. Thank you very much for your well wishes, it has been a good year on wp indeed. :) I'm really glad to hear things are working out for you again, it's great to get back to the editing, as I hope to do soon. Keep up the great work, and take care. Regards -- Bane s 14:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Dear Blnguyen, I cannot thank you enough for all the help and guidance you have given me throughout my Wiki-career and also your magnificent nomination statement. You have always been my role model, first as a terrific editor & now as an outstanding admin. I'm really proud to call such an amazing person like you my friend. If there is anything at all you need help with, you know where to get me. Cheers --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 14:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My propsed policy

I wasn't really seouris about it. I was saying that Edgar181 wrote so many articles in science that he should of already been one.

But I after I got your message I started thinking that it wouldn't be a bad idea. It's a good idea to have it easy for experts(escipally science)to become adims. It would help make wikipedia more scientfically accurate and not just science this could help other subjects become more accuarate. Do you think this a good idea?--Scott3 21:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Duong Trieu Vu

Thank you!!! I hope you are recovered from your Wikistress. :) Kimchi.sg 08:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you and I should step back, return to writing, and let the other new admins since us take up the slack in deletions. Or else they'll never get the chance to prove themselves. :) Kimchi.sg 08:14, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to translate this article (and doing a good job at that)! The subject's notability is definitely clear now. I'd have changed my AfD vote to Keep if the decision hadn't already been made, but I'm glad to see the right move was done. Cheers! -- H·G (^words/_works) 23:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		I award you this Barnstar for your efforts in resolving the AfD discussion regarding Duong Trieu Vu by translating the article into English. Thanks for making sure that an article belonging on Wikipedia stayed on Wikipedia! -- H·G (^words/_works) 23:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Wrestling Federation (Australia) (second nomination)

Did you forget to close this discussion? Ansell 00:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for blocking User:Googoola for one month. He actually made personal attack on my talk-page. Anyways, Thanks a lot.

*~Daniel~* ☎ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

*~Daniel~* ☎ 01:11, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

No problem; I love helping to endorse and support professional users, because I truly feel that adminship has evolved beyond janitorial duties in the eyes of many people. Thus, I see professional, civil, and knowledgable admins as a gateway into setting a good example. — Deckill e r 02:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:71.139.224.254

User:71.139.224.254 is a sockpuppet of User:CS Diplomat who was indef-blocked earlier today for those same edits to Israel. Kari Hazzard (T | C) 04:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Meetup

Hiya Blnguyen. Sorry I've been out-of-action for a while - the past month has been sort of sporadic, and Wikipedia was an afterthought. I've got a lot of catching up to do, but I'm keen to reinvigorate planning for the Adelaide Meetup. --cj | talk 05:15, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Ooo - thanks for the shiny :) I have just been sporadically turning blue the entries in my list of redlinks... -- ALoan (Talk) 09:48, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

crossthepond

I feel a little let down by your decision to delete crossthepond, because as is detailed in the wikpedia guidelines, the keep/delete is not a vote but a discussion. Also the fact that some of the people who voted were there for the first time doesn't make what they say any less of value, as the administrator is meant to gauge the validity of the objections and the arguments for the piece, rather than give precedence to the number of people who think one thing or the other. I don't think there is any real reason not to include the piece, and the reason given, that all the 'keeps' were by first time wikipedia editors isn't really being fair. I would be grateful if you could have another look at the article and the reasons for keeping it, or in particular the reasons for deleting it, which I don't think are based on any reason that fits in with the wikipedia guidelines for deletion. Thank you, Thomas Muirhead--Thomasmuirhead 11:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Thomas. I have deleted the article basically for the reasons stated in my closure and in the notes provided by other users as to the new users who came to keep with their first edit - it is traditional to ignore these because it is usually someone associated with the article who has just cruised by, rather than the opinion of a person who has contributed material to the encyclopedia. You may seek a a review at WP:DRV or direct further inquiries to me. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line

:-)

Hi Blnguyen. It's great to see that you're feeling better and getting more involved in article-writing again! Thanks for your work in translating Duong Trieu Vu to English. The article was an interesting read, and I've just tweaked it a bit. Apologies for not commenting in the AfD though; I recently arrived at a summer institute and have been a bit negligent about checking and replying to talk page messages. Here's just an overall thanks for everything you've done. :) Take care, Sango 123 23:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heh... the vandals seemed to like me today, but Samir stopped them with semi-protection once the counter hit 150. Thanks for your revert to my user page earlier, by the way. :) We've just been learning about supercomputers and whatnot up until now; after we choose projects tomorrow, we'll get to actually work with them. :D G'night, Sango 123 03:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't speak for all summer institutes here, but for the one I'm attending, they mailed out information about it to potentially interested students along with application instructions. We basically filled out some forms, wrote an essay, and created a program based on certain requirements using any language of our choice for an application package. If you're interested, I can e-mail you a link to the summer institute site. :) Are there similar programs in Australia? Regards, Sango 123 17:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail! Cheers, Sango 123 02:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...And last reply for tonight sent. See you tomorrow, Sango 123 02:59, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Edgar181

I would like to accept your kind offer to nominate me for adminship - I think it would help me to contribute better to Wikipedia. I was actually considering to self-nomimate. --Ed (Edgar181) 12:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! You really did your research. Thanks for putting so much time into making such a thorough (and flattering) nomination. I really appreciate it. I have accepted the nomination and answered the questions, so it should be all set. --Ed (Edgar181) 12:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for taking the initiative in nominating me for adminship. I'm sure that your kind and thorough nomination had much to do with my RfA's success. I've already taken the new powers out for a spin and did a bunch of speedy deletes. --Ed (Edgar181) 01:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tea

Come by for some tea? --HappyCamper 20:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I guess, I was curious about how you felt about Wikipedia these days. I've noticed that you've become very active with lots of new activities occupying your time. What are your reflections on this? --HappyCamper 03:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blnguyen - I have to admit that I share a number of concerns that you have. I have contemplated many times about the sort of leadership that is needed on this site. Sometimes, the best to do is simply what one does best. I have found that if one observes very carefully, those users who we respect tend to do things rather consistently. It is not a burden for them to be professional. I think it is rare for a Wikipedian to come to this site to learn to behave differently - admittingly, I have not seen a user edit fundamentally differently after being informed of something here. I can't speak for the others, but for myself, I know I have held back at times the quality and quantity of contributions I make to Wikipedia, simply because real life takes priority. I suppose to make up for it, I tend to devote some time in real life to promote this site as a potential resource for the sharp and curious.

I think becoming an administrator changes a Wikipedian's perspective on how this site works. Sometimes, I have found myself in very complicated situations where there is no guide at all. Other times, I suppose I go out and look for interesting things to do. In either case, it's quite useful to know how to be flexible and creative - I find there is also quite a bit of subtleness that goes along with a "good" administrator. It's amazing how far a bit of observation and careful analysis goes!

Anyway, I thought I might put in a request...would you be able to take a look at The Tale of Kieu, and perhaps make a recording of the poem? It would enhance the article so much!! Surprise me if you do make a recording :-) --HappyCamper 04:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have done so. I have emailed to User:Srikeit to change it to a compatible format!Blnguyen | rant-line 01:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about this

I'm really, really, really, really sorry about pestering you yet again, but I need you to talk some sense into IP 24.148.67.72 before another edit war spawns. Killfest2 04:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the congratulations!

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u\|t) 05:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I understand you were trying to be conservative in your selection of admins, and I appreciate it. I also appreciate that you continued to try to help me understand your position while on IRC and your constructive criticism. Of course, the cost for opposing in a failed RfA is that you're obligated to assist me in understanding a point if something comes up, you know. :D ~Kylu (u|t) 05:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI I responded to your congrats and statement of confidence on Kylu's talk... you may want to respond as well. ++Lar: t/c 16:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Hanoi

Fair enough. I'll remove the adjectives, but the places in question should be mentioned. There is no specific business being advertised. VietGrant 07:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)VietGrant[reply]

user:Elven6

Hi BInguyen - I request action against this user for this [2],[3]. Thanks, This Fire Burns Always 17:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser

Hey man what's up? Thought I would drop you a line about checkuser. user:Ryulong submitted a checkuser request here, the day before yesterday (UTC). I noticed you also submitted one for Anwar saadat after him. Do you know of anyway to get the ball rolling that I might not know? Maybe I'm being impatient, but hey figured if anyone would know you would. Thanks man! OSU80 00:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Sorry bout that its just some kid with the same last name I really dont like him! I just want to get back at him, but sorry about the trouble.