User talk:YellowMonkey/Archive my RfA

Dear Blnguyen

Dear Blnguyen, I've taken the time to browse your contributions extensively and was thinking about adding a personal review to the page that you've wisely created in order to get feedback on yourself. However, I believe that in your case, the time for words is over, and it's the right moment to act instead. Therefore, I'd like to suggest you to apply for adminship without delay, and it would be both a pleasure and a privilege if you allow me to nominate you. I very seldom offer myself to nominate someone I've never directly interacted with before, but in your case I can clearly see that you're an asset to our community and a very nice person; to sum it up, exactly the kind of admins that we desperately need. We all believe you're ready. Please, if you wish to accept my proposition, just let me know; I'll be happy to proceed. Cheers, Phaedriel ♥ tell me - 17:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll co-nominate based on your helpful presence at DYK. Please accept this opportunity. Kimchi.sg 17:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like Blnguyen's got a lot of support votes even before his RFA has begun! Anyway myself, User:I@n & User:Snottygobble too have been considering nominating him for some time now & have been corresponding through email. When I first considered nominating him on 25th April he told me he would like to wait for a month before accepting. So Blnguyen do you think you are ready now? Srik e it^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 18:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. If User:Anwar saadat turns up & attcks your RFA (which I have no doubt he would), it will turn into a battle ground for the article Ajith rather than an RFA. Can you give me your email address (preferably gmail) so we can continue this correspondence there. Srik e it^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 01:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I respect your decision to defer any nomination for later, but I must comment on your main reason for doing so. If User:Anwar saadat attacks you during the RfA, other voters have the perogative to dismiss his comments and concentrate on evaluting your contributions instead. Don't let him deter you from an RfA nom - let your contribs and your prior responses to him influence other, non-biased editors. I'm sure the RfA community will be excellent in weeding out any invalid opposes or attacks. Kimchi.sg 02:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want to update your remark here? :-) NoSeptember ^talk 14:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it, the time has come! --kingboyk 09:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nod. You'd have my hearty support as well. Just promise us you'll keep doing DYK's !!! ++Lar: t/c 01:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If/when you go for an RFA, somebody is likely to comment on your signature and the userboxes (though most of them seem to be valid). Please make sure that you have taken these into account before then. Tintin (talk) 01:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Let me clarify : I'll support you even if you had the old signature or if you had none at all ! But as you know there'll be some frivolous votes on the basis of it which we could do without. Ignore my comment about useboxes. I had only noticed that there are too many, but looking closer there are none which they call 'divisive'. Tintin (talk) 05:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop dilly-dallying around! Nominate yourself already! :p michael ^talk 04:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for Adminship

Srikeit would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Srikeit to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Blnguyen. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Your RFA

Thanks for your comments. I understand completely about writing esoteric or noncontroversial articles. I have a half a dozen myself where I am essentially the only contributor (Population Genetics is pretty lonely if you stay away from evolution. :)). I have learned immeasurably from the conflict that arose on Natural selection, even though I was not involved. There is a currently open arbitration case against one editor, based on essentially one or two other editors. On the other hand, I've been able to work with this same editor on Heritability with little trouble. I fully expect the editor who started the arbitration to be the subject of one eventually. It seems to be the nature of the business. Good luck with your administership. Just remember, one of the best tools to deal with "problem" editors is to hesitate before clicking Save page. Ted 05:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd advise you not to link to your RfA from your user and user talk pages. Judging from past precedent, some people will vote 'oppose' based on the RfA link alone. Kimchi.sg 10:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userspace RfA notice

Heyo there! Just coming by to spread misery instead of cheer! :P Anyway, could you consider taking down the notice about your RfA? I, personally, don't care, but there are people on Wikipedia that believe such notices to be advertising, and will (mis)interpret that as a sign of immaturity. You don't have to take it down, and I'm not forcing you to, but just thought I'd bring that to your attention. Anyway, thanks and cheers! Master of Puppets ^{That's hot.} 10:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're doing great.

Just to let you know you have 52 votes so far in your RFA. I supported you and it seems you should have no problem getting promoted. Keep uo the good work. Mostly Rainy 12:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Hi,

I noticed that you haven't updated your signature and it still stays "Review me" while your Editor Review has been closed after you went to RFA. Regards, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has
closed successfully and you are now an administrator!

Useful Links:
• Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide •
• Administrator's Noticeboard • Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents • Administrator's Noticeboard for 3RR •
Your admin logs:
• blocks • deletions • moves • protects • uploads •

If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay (Talk • Connect) 03:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well done and keep up the good work. -- I@n ≡ talk 03:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto. Well deserved. Snottygobble 03:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, my dear friend and best of luck for the future! --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 03:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and happy housekeeping :D Bravada, talk - 07:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on becoming admin! I am so proud of being the one to nominate one of the most supported candidates in RFA history. I'm very sure you will be an amazing admin, just as you are an amazing wikipedian. Cheers. Srik e it^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 03:15, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats as well! You deserve it! :) G.H e 03:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More congratulations from me! Admit it, you've been waiting so long only because you wanted to make sure to make WP:100 ;-) Kusma (討論) 03:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too :) I've always appreciated your friendly approach :) -- PageantUpdater 03:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats man! You deserve it. No.3 on the WP:100 says a lot. - Ganeshk (talk) 04:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, congratulations! Have fun with those shiny new buttons. ;) Cheers, Sango 123 (e) 04:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Enjoy your newly aquired prestige and status. michael ^talk 05:09, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! I can only hope I helped a fraction of how much you've helped me. Oh, and thanks for reverting my userpage! :) Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 05:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me too. I see that you are working in full throttle already. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats Blnguyen. What a massive endorsement! Feel free to add yourself to Category:Australian administrators.--cj | talk 06:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me too. It feels good to have voted in your RfA. Enjoy your mop. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!!! well deserved. now get busy, DYK's calling your name! ++Lar: t/c 13:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the result, sorry for not voting but if had have been brought to my attention you know how I would have voted ;) Good to see you got voted in anyway and good luck with your new adminship. Cheers, R o gerthat ^Talk 06:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Enjoy. :) Dlohcierekim 10:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulation from me as well! --Ton e 10:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded. If there was only one RfA candidate I could have supported in the last month, it'd have to be you. You really deserve it! :) Kimchi.sg 11:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on getting the mop! :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 04:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This just made me crack up quite a bit. No hard feelings, but just be careful for people after me! :) -- Jjjsixsix ^{(talk|review)}@ 03:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that's what I meant. -- Jjjsixsix ^{(talk|review)}@ 03:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could have used {{subst:PAGENAME}} to "personalise" the username as well. All the MediaWiki "magic words" are like normal templates, they can be subst'ed. ;-) Kimchi.sg 13:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats fom me for your adminship. Puffins are one of my favourite birds, too :) Hope you enjoy wielding the mop - if I can be of help any time, just drop me a note. Grutness...wha? 05:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats too. Although you spelled my username wrong in your thank-you message. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/!? 06:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! You'll be great. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add my congratulations - 160 is one of the highest levels of support ever, you should be proud! I see you're well and truly into the thick of things already; get ready for that sysop bit to turn that notoreity graph vertical (for better or for worse) :) --bainer (talk) 06:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, 160 times!!!!--Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 10:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

160/1/0, talk about good score! Have fun with admin! :p --Andeh 10:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, you easily were able to earn that promotion!

Congratulations and I hope you have fun with your broom. Remember to be patient with other users and be careful when you block. Mostly Rainy 11:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats :) Dlohcierekim 11:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. Please check any images with copyright problems, but also be careful deleting images as they cannot be undeleted here.--Jusjih 12:54, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! See you around, no doubt! :) RadioKirk talk to me 14:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a list of congrats: so I'm piling on too. I'm confident in you. Cheers, and happy "mopping", Antandrus (talk) 03:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --M e rovingian {T C @} 03:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and here is a nice new mop to get started with.--*Dakota* ~ 04:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on your well deserved promotion and good luck! --Muchness 04:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding my congratulations, now the real fun begins ;) Rockpocket 06:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too, and thanks for your thanks message, even if the English summer seems much like a Sydney winter at the moment! JPD (talk) 10:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

G'Day, belated congrats from me as well, good luck with your new mop which I am sure you will use wisely. Scottish summer? Very enjoyable, it was last Tuesday :-) --Cactus.man ✍ 10:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With the overwhelming congratulations, mine will probably be lost in the fray, but congratulations anyway!! Yay puffins! :) -- Nataly a 10:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! I guess I'm late for the party, am I? ;) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 13:03, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the expected result! There are few who get support like this - Holy Ganga ^talk 13:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Is it too late? :) Good luck and all the best with the mop. --Ter e nc e Ong 14:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Piling on another congrats to you Blnguyen! Happy mopping!Kukini 16:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, congratulations on succeeding in your RfA. I really think that you deserved all of those votes. S t e v e o 2 16:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite welcome. Please don't tell me we have elected a monkey to Admin status. Do you know anything about Anwar? He was the one who was rude about you. I tried clicking on his link, and it said the page no longer existed. What happened to him? Al e thiophile 16:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the mop! Best of luck with your research proposal. --TeaDrinker 17:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the cabal! ;) ---J.S (t|c) 19:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Congrats again! Thanks for the good wishes on my exams, though I'm not quite through with high school yet; we have finals at the end of every year. :) Take care, dear Blnguyen. Regards, Sango 123 (e) 23:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]