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I have noticed this unfortunate trend of users getting other users blocked just by putting complaints without proper investigation even though complaints made against them may be unjustified. I'd like your advice on how I should deal with this matter. Thank you and have a nice day.] 15:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC) I have noticed this unfortunate trend of users getting other users blocked just by putting complaints without proper investigation even though complaints made against them may be unjustified. I'd like your advice on how I should deal with this matter. Thank you and have a nice day.] 15:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
:: the ] has history of cheating the system .He had got me blocked for 3RR violation citing diffs of many days. I was soon unblocked after the fraud committed by him was noticed.] 11:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


== Analyse my edits == == Analyse my edits ==

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Survey

Just for my personal interest, and seeing as though I have been administrating some many religious battles - I was wondering if people thought I was running a personal attack policy in a biased way due to religious POV. So I'm holding a survey to see if I am indulging in religious bias.
What is my religious affiliation?
Very serious comments about possible bias in my actions are welcomed

  • Full results are here
  • Answer here. ~~~~

You are welcome to leave me a message or request admin action.

Blnguyen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been an administrator since 29 May 2006.

The recent semi-protection of the Mahatma Gandhi and full protection of the Military budget of the People's Republic of China and Human rights in the People's Republic of China articles which I enacted here, here and here due to vandalism and edit-warring was reported in the Indian media and the New York Times


File:Blnguyen.JPG
Blnguyen in action

Archives

The unofficial Indian disputes mediator

I Aksi great award Blnguyen with the Cool as a cucumber award. You're the coolest! - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 15:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I am really amazed how all Indian disputed end up at your page. This "Cool as a Cucumber" award is in appreciation of the excellent work you are doing. Tell me when you stand for ArbCom! :)- Aksi_great (talk - review me) 15:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again, although seriously I probably have serious political obstacles as well. I don't have a factional/cabal powerbase. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I concur with Akash. Your first months as an admin have been wonderful - I don't think anybody has done more valuable work in their first 100 days! Rama's arrow 16:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Yep! You've been a wonderful admin. I dont think any of the Indian admins have been confronted with as many disputes as you have. You certainly deserve this. You certainly are the coolest! -- thunderboltz17:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Btw, I think you have to unblock Anwar. Rama's arrow 00:56, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Isn't it automatic to expire? Is it not working? Blnguyen | rant-line 03:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
The pains you take is appreciable.Dont know if you have visited India but perhaps your introduction to this country has not been so inviting..This is just one part of life..India is full of great surprises TerryJ-Ho
I still intend to go to India someday. It's still on my userpage list for the travel part. I was aware of the large diversity of political, religious and linguistic views in India and regionalism before I got here. It's not like Australia where there are two political parties, one language, more or less one religion,..etc. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
It isn't as conflicting as it appears on Misplaced Pages. Most people in India are tolerant of other faiths. Many Hindus and Sikhs go to Gurudwaras and Mandirs respectively. They also are proud of the Taj Mahal. All the Jews and Parsis while escaping persecution came to India because of its tolerance of different cultures. The diversity is in fact one of the most beautiful things about the nation. Gizza 07:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
No, of course not, people get on well, amazingly so - India is probably one of the few countries, if not the only one where people from minority groups are voluntarily allowed anywhere near leadership positions, let alone hold them such as Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and the Muslim president. For many countries things are so politicised I don't think that a minority group would even be allowed to become a captain of a sport team like Mansoor Ali Khan or Mohammad Azharuddin. But WP does provide an irresistably opportunity to try and push POV and soapbox for those who are unfond the wonderful linguistic and religious mosaic of India. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to add my thanks as well. You've taken on several trying tasks, and are accomplishing them with admirable even-handedness. Hornplease 21:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Response requested

I had reported comments to you from Neta earlier too. And got no reponse. Then I had posted these comments 2 days later on islamic fundamentalism page. Including the details of the user who posted them. Today the user deleted them, so I put the comment back. And you have removed them again so I would like to ask you a question. Here is some of what Neta had said on my talk page "There is only one kind of Islam. The kind that blows things up" and " I'm not upset about fundamentalism in Islam because there is no fundamentalism in Islam. Islam ITSELF is 'fundamentalist', in the sense of Intolerance, Slaughter, Looting, Arson, Molestation of women, ie I-S-L-A-M."

My question is :-Are these comments on Islam made by a user acceptable as per wiki ettiquette ? Haphar 15:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

If you look at my history, and my userpage, I don't edit on weekends. You'll see that you posted that on late Friday, and then I didn't come back until the 24th and then got sick for a week and didn't get back until the 1st of August (see User_talk:Blnguyen/Archive14) and thought that it would have died down by then. Secondly, you report personal attacks for action, not on pages reserved for discussion of article content unless you want to escalate the personal battles instead of quality content or you want a massive war like what happened after this kind of nonsense at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:AMbroodEY/Fundy Watch. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
It was reported to an admin ( you) who for whatever reason did not respond. But all the above is a digression, If you could answer the question asked it would help. Let me repeat- Are these comments on Islam by a user acceptable as per wiki ettiquette ? Haphar 08:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
No.Blnguyen | rant-line 08:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the response, Another question You have posted the following case . There are some accusations made in the text, and though you are doing tasks for a blocked user Neta, should the unrealted to the case accusations not have been weeded out ? Haphar 18:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I stated it verbatim as it is not my report. Furthermore, my comments to Hari Singh were not to condone personal attacks and civility, but it is an unfortunate fact that administrators are generally not held to account because in the past when this has happened it has often resulted in admins engaging in retaliatory block wars. Apart from 3RR which is cut and dry. Please do not twist my words as you have done on Woohookitty's page to indicate that I condone personal attacks and civility. Check my WP:RFA "voting" record. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I do not think anyone would question you as an admin for raising a checkuser report on your own. If it is not your report Neta can raise it when active again. If you think his request has merit you can raise it yourself without going in for "verbatim". You could have also asked him to reword it as it carries accusations not related to the complaint. In my opinion on an issue where all parties are asked to excercise restrain, to forward a complaint by Neta that makes unrelated accusations against me, (a party to the restrained from responding group) is not expected from an admin. Specially in light of you not taking action on issues reported to you about Neta's behaviour by me in the past. Haphar 13:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I am happy to trim out the irrelevancies.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Inappropriate Name

"Names of well-known living or recently deceased people (e.g. Chuck Norris, Ken Lay) unless you are that person. If you are, say so on your user page. (See User:Stephencolbert and User:Nskinsella and Notable_Wikipedians)"

Bose died in 47. Not too recent.Bakaman Bakatalk 13:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I remember a guy User:Chiang Kai-shek who used the name until he was hauled to the ARBCOM for unrelated matters. And Chiang died in 1975? It's a judgment call, not clearcut - bring it up at WP:ANI. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 03:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I hate to bring this up, but nobody knows precisely when Bose died.. It may have been quite recent. Hornplease 21:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Really how about some proof? I don't really subscribe to the 47-48 thing either, I think he died in a Chinese or Soviet prison in the 50's. Since you are merely speculating, his screenname is here to stay.Bakaman Bakatalk 01:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
At best the issue of Netaji's death is controversial.No commission of enquiry has yet laid the final verdict on this matter.Hindustan Times Special
The best source still states 1948 therefore it stays. I'm surprised certain users will harp on trivial issues like this instead of contributing to wiki. Bakaman Bakatalk 23:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
And I continue to be surprised at how few people on WP can recognise a humorous aside. Hornplease 11:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

thanks for making me feel welcome!

The Original Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
Thanks a lot Blnguyen!!!! StewartM82 09:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Matra Bagheera DYK

Hi Blnguyen, thanks for having mercy and updating the DYK! I understand you have taken off the Bagheera because you saw the notice on its talk page. Well, actually it was put on the DYK by mistake and (more or less promptly) removed, but the admins involved decided not to remove the template from the talk page, and hence the kerfuffle. I am sorry that you got confused. Is it possible for you to bring back the Bagheera so that it gets the rest of its due "air time"? Bravada, talk - 00:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot and excuse me for the kerfuffle. Btw, I guess we had a collection of rather lenghty DYKes this time. I try to take the guideline that says nominations should be "short and pithy" seriously, but I believe some nominators are pretty liberal about that. Or am I being unfair here? Bravada, talk - 01:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
It's good to explain why something is counterintuitive or unusual or unique if possible with three-four extra words. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Info on deleted article

The Elaine Louise Zanutto article is currently at AfD (here). It appears to be a recreation of a previously-speedied article Elaine Zanutto. Could you check the history on Elaine Zanutto and let me know when it was originally created, by whom (I'm assuming it was User:MathStatWoman), and whether it is substantially the same text as the recreation? The newer one was created in somewhat curious circumstances (see here). Thanks - David Oberst 01:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I've put my findings on the talk page. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You mentioned on the AfD page that it was "created last week by the same author". This would be User:Ksingh20? I've been trying to figure out if that user (first edit on the 20th) is a sockpuppet of User:MathStatWoman, or some sort of meat-puppet/logrolling is going on (there is some connection with Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/SGGS on Meat). - David Oberst 01:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Whoops. I didn't check carefully enough. It was by MathStatWoman actually, on August 2.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Akshay Venkatesh

I'm not sure on this one, but I'm leaning toward it being ok. Looks like a remarkable young man, but I'm a little uncertain as to his notability. He's too junior to be appropriately assessed per WP:PROF. Wasn't there a notability guideline on prodigies from way back? Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Kiwi Alejandro Camara may be relevant as a precedent. I'd still put it up for DYK (in-line cites would be great!). Hope all is well -- Samir धर्म 03:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on Islam page

User:Zazaban is at it again... --Frescard 04:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Semi-Protection

Could you possibly semi-protect this template: User:Daniel.Bryant/AUSeasonTemplate ...as an IP is continuing to remove links (which are added for consistency, and aesthetics) claiming that Misplaced Pages isn't a crystal ball. For peace's sake, it would be of benefit if it was protected for a few months so this ill-quoting IP doesn't continue to create inconsistancies between agreed-upon A-League season templates (as a project, we agreed to use the templates, and considering they agreed upon my initial version rather than that of the IP). Daniel.Bryant 09:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi. Are you the same BLnguyen with whom I chatted on irc a few hours ago? If you're not, then plz ignore this message. I'm still very new to wikipedia and am only getting the hang of this editing stuff.

I was reading the article on "Hinduism" (titled Hinduism) and noticed an anonymous user (like I was until now) putting edits that are very biased, pejorative and point-of-view-y. So I "reverted" them (I mean I went to the history page and clicked on the earlier version and saved it instead). Is this ok? I don't want to get into trouble or get anybody else into trouble so am asking you, since you seem like a nice guy (from what I read abt you in this talk page thing). I clicked on his contribs page and noticed a lot of other anti-Hindu edits that he has been making on Nazism articles, saying that Hindus are racist and like Nazis and such. I fixed those too and am watching this contribs page. I will paste it below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=61.3.165.195

I read help pages on wikipedia and saw that I have to warn him with a template so I put subst:test3 in his talk page and warned him. Is this also ok? Thanks. Hkelkar 10:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am, and he is now blocked for 1 month as everybody thinks it is the banned Anirudh77. In the case of extreme POV-commentary and OR, a user can be blocked, especially here he made the absurd claim that because the Nazis used the swastika etc, the Hinduism is responsible for it (presumably that applies to Buddhism also).Blnguyen | rant-line 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: RfA

Hi Blnguyen. Sorry to not reply earlier - I had quite a good day nowhere near a computer yesterday. I would be happy to have an RfA. I would be honoured if you would write a nomination up, although I am sure it could not be as flattering as some of the others you have written! JPD (talk) 11:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Coming.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank, Blnguyen. You sure do a lot of research with these nominations, so it's no wonder you're close to clocking up 1000 supports! JPD (talk) 13:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

They're at it again

I've cited the appropriate precedents on Où Aller's AfD, but another friendly voice might come in handy. BigHaz 22:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Done, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC).

My RfA

File:Scarlettanager99.jpg Hey Blnguyen, just want to say thanks again for the nomination and support. I'm very happy to see how much positive feedback I got in the nomination, and I'm sure it had a lot to do with your amazingly supportive nominating statement. I'll be taking it easy with the tools to start (it's strange to see extra buttons at the top!), and as long as you don't mind, I will certainly be asking your advice on admin business several times in the next couple of months. Again, thanks! Deville (Talk) 00:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks:

Thnaks. The medal made my day... punk ;). It was unexpected as I have never heard, talked or seen you before. Thanks all the same... Spawn Man 01:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Netscott

I unblocked him and reblocked him for 24 hours. 1 week was punitive and excessive. I discussed this on the #wikipedia-en-admins IRC channel with other admins prior to doing this and consensus was to do this for 24 hours. His previous blocking should not figure into his present situation. He's an otherwise good editor. Bastique▼ voir 02:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. Netscott should not be treated at a higher standard than any other controversial editor. I support Blnguyen's block wholeheartedly.Bakaman Bakatalk 03:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
This user appealed on his talk page. He had reasonable arguments. 24 hours is standard. Regardless of past history. And users are treated to different standards. Bastique▼ voir 03:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Increasing block times based on previous blocks is consistent with policy and practice. JoshuaZ 03:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
He vandalized my comments, after accusing me of being a sock. Bakaman Bakatalk 03:16, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I strongly disagree with only a 24 hour block. The point needs to be made that repeated offenses are not acceptable. Possibly a compromise block of 72 hours? JoshuaZ 03:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, I certainly wouldn't mind, although I think I've had my ruling on this case. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
JoshuaZ...you want to make a point. I mean, we don't block people to make points, do we? Bastique▼ voir 03:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually yes we do. This is precisely why blocks get longer as users repeat the same behavior- they aren't getting into their heads that their behavior is unacceptable. Thus the blocks get steadily longer to drive the point into their heads. Just because one is making a "point" doesn't make it a WP:POINT point. JoshuaZ 04:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Not unless you agree with the "point" being made apparently. On what basis is Netscott considered a "controversial editor" any moreso than Slim or Jay, who have their own histories. Please take this to wikien where there is much more discussion on the relevant topic. Editors who tag team others should not be rewarded with punitive powers - a week is excessively excessive given Netscotts consistent responsiveness on relevant talk and on wikien. -Ste|vertigo 04:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Tag team. What are you insinuating? Blnguyen merely passed judgment. I did not make the 3RR notice, nor did I see it, nor did I help out in the least. I only saw that netscott got blocked (he deserves it).Bakaman Bakatalk 17:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

1 week is way too harsh. BhaiSaab 01:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

GIen's RfA: Thank you!


Blnguyen for your Support!
I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here:
My mop & I shall thwart all evil :)
IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 25 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Many thanks for yet another brilliant DYK, Blnguyen. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 07:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 26 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2003 British Grand Prix, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Nice one! Nice tagline. Enjoyed the read and I think I'll in-line cite it. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

File:IMG 3666border cropped.jpg Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki 11:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribs

Barnstar

The Editor's Barnstar
For all you have done, I award you, Blnguyen, the Editor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work! Michael 04:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Missing Image

Hey Blnguyen... just a quick question/issue... the image for the Wikiproject Beauty Pageants appears to be deleted but I can't seem to figure out where to find out why. Can you figure it out? Image:Wikiprojectbeautypageants.JPG -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 22:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Hanoi Blogs

Hi,

I added links to Hanoi-related blogs on the Wiki "Hanoi" page, but these were deleted (I've re-added them since) in a revert. Since, according to Misplaced Pages, "Reverting should be used primarily for fighting vandalism," could you please explain this? Blogs by expats and locals provide valuable insight into the culture of a city and are an increasingly important feature of the WWW that people are coming to rely on for information. Thus, well-known blogs associated with any particular topic should be included on Misplaced Pages. The blogs I added are purely informational, non-commercial sites and are important to the Hanoi/Vietnam Internet culture for many.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanoian (talk • contribs)

Hello. Rollback is also used for deleting suspected linkspam. I looked at the blog and there were three posts in four months, which tells me that they are not notable, unless stated otherwise. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Only one of the blogs has so few posts because I accidently posted the old link; the others are very frequently updated and visited and are written by people who have interesting and important things to say about Hanoi--even Harvard's Global Voices links to three of them! I will update the link to one of them and hopefully you will allow them to remain on the page:) I was hoping to add more important blogs to the list by people who live/travel in/to Hanoi. Thank you.

BAP system

I have been too busy to login to wikipedia for a while, but when I looked for my page on BAP System, I couldn't find it. There was no record of it in my profile and I am sure it used to be there. There are still references to it. When I asked what happened, I was told that you deleted it due to a copyright problem for some image?!

I don't remember adding any image to it and I am wondering what image it was and why the image couldn't just have been deleted if there was indeed some image. Just deleting the entire page seems pretty drastic, especially since a lot of other pages link to it.

I apologize if I am not following the proper protocol as I have not had the time to become familiar with all the netiquette here, so if I did something wrong, please let me know. Is there a way to get the page back or do I have to write a new one?

Clint - Clint Ballard 02:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


So, you are saying it was deleted because it wasn't notable enough? I just found out that this happened and was not notified about any pending review period. While there have only been around half a dozen tournaments run with it, that is more than the Sophia rules. The BAP only applies to chess masters, so it is a relatively small universe. Have you polled chess masters to see if they know about BAP?

The following players are attending the GM Slugfest

GM Victor Mikhalevski 2670, top GM from Israel GM Varuzhan Akobian <http://www.akobian.com> 2660, world open winner GM Alexander Shabalov 2653, multiple time us champion GM Lubomir Ftacnik 2600, chessbase.com advisor GM Dmitry Gurevich 2583 GM Greg Serper 2575 IM Eric Tangborn 2475 IM John Donaldson 2452, captain of US olympic team

These are many of the top players in the country and even from over seas. There has been much discussion about it and the USCF board acknowledged that BAP tournaments can be rated.

The Chess Mind The "*BAP*" *System* and the GM Slugfest Tournament <http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156225518.shtml> http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156225518.shtml The Chess Mind The"*BAP*" *System* Revisited: A Prelude <http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156555290.shtml> http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156555290.shtml Is BAP Chess = Chess? http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1156656329.shtml

Featured in magazine for chess masters by GM Baburin's Chess Today issue #2114

http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_boylston-chess-club_archive.html

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2005/11/slugfest_chess.html

Chessninja, Boylston and Chessmind are the top 3 chess blogs. How much more notoriety is needed? This is an obscure alternative to a way of scoring chess games. Not exactly front page news. Shouldn't top chess players be consulted about this? Who exactly determined that it was not well known enough? Do they even play competitive chess? Are they a master? Do they have an anti-BAP agenda like most chessplayers appear to?

I thought Misplaced Pages was not into censoring stuff that was not liked by the establishment.

Clint Clint Ballard 04:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. There are only about 60 GM's in the entire United States, so 10% of them are playing in the BAP based GM Slugfest. Does it have to be 100%?

Image backlog

I'm stuck in school. Real life is preventing me from ridding the backlog as fast as I want to. :( Please turn into a delete processor again. :P Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 04:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Please db

Peter G. Rossos. Made in my n00b days, non-notable academic G7/A7. Tagged. Appreciated. -- Samir धर्म 08:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks! -- Samir धर्म 08:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Stasi2

Hi BL, I've unblocked this user per the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Is User:Stasi2 an inappropriate username?. Seemed to a general feeling that the name is probably OK. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Matra Rancho

Blngyuen, thanks for choosing my DYK again. I must, however, express my deepest shock with the fact that it is not Matra Rancho but Ludwika Maria Gonzaga. What in the world was wrong with the Matra? And why again are DYKs from remote dates chosen rather than the oldest? I must say that if it was up to me, I would have chosen the Rancho over Ludwika Maria anytime, as I am really fond of my car DYKes, and Ludwika Maria was just a side job when I had no idea what car to expand/create an article on that time (and to add some diversity to my noms). There isn't a car DYK this time, there wasn't one before. In fact there isn't a single one on post-war France which could be seen as interfering with its topic. I am doing my best to submit articles which are quite expanded and to provide adequate photos, which sometimes takes me some time, and I really can't understand why I got passed over without a word of prior warning this time... :( Bravada, talk - 09:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
PS. The Rancho was create actually on the 23rd August my time (but 22nd your time, presumably, which is why I nominated it for that day), so it might still be eligible...

I mean, it was in the 22nd section then, as I see most updating admins are from the time zone where it was the 22nd when I finished creating it and I tried to stick with "your" time when nomintaing (I tend to create most articles in the beginning of the "next day" my time). I used the dateline trick to reinstate it :D My problem is that when you pass a nomination, you should have a reasonf or that. The Rancho was gently and quietly sitting there for five days and nobody said a bad word about it, and then it suddenly gets skipped in favor or Ludwika Maria, who pops out of the blue. I see the rule of selecting the oldest noms first getting increasingly neglected and I believe it is a bad thing. If you believe the Rancho DYK is still not fit, do give me your opinion on what could be done better, and I'll try to fix it. Otherwise, please do not pass it next time (actually, of all the five oldest noms w/o "gripes", this is the only one with a pic, so I guess it could make a nice "standard bearer"). Regards, Bravada, talk - 23:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Well thanks for saying that, but I am just one pesky user with a DYK fetish :D I also don't think I would make a good admin for a number of reasons, limited and irregular availability of time for the Wiki stuff included. I actually looked at some RfAs of some users around here out of curiosity sometime ago and I believe most of the people usually voting would be against, given what criteria they use (and I guess they are right in what they do). Last but not least, I believe that selecting one's own DYK nominations for DYK is rather improper. That said, BigHaz might be a much better prospective admin, give his reliability, unfalteringly kind manners and willingness to perform tidious and repetitive tasks. Bravada, talk - 00:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Need more administrators who write, definitely. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Now I think I have broken all records in "unethically pushing for own nom and image to appear in DYK", but thanks anyway! As a way of expressing gratitude, I wanted to dispense the notices you asked for in your edit summary, but seems like Samir got me halfway. You might want to check whether everything is OK in my edit history immediately prior to this entry. Regards, Bravada, talk - 02:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 28 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Akshay Venkatesh, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

My first update! Thanks for all the help, mate! --Srikeit 12:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you for your well researched RfA. I'd actually forgotten about Talk:Edward Teller, that was the first day I logged in for good. I have accepted and moved to the RfA page; a truly thankful handshake from me :) Teke 17:11, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Sir Blnguyen, for my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Misplaced Pages in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Again, thank you. Should I make it to Australia, drinks are on me. Teke 16:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America

I've been having trouble communicating with a fellow Wikipedian while working on the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America article, and we've been involved in a very tiny slow motion edit war. I'd like some outside feedback. When you have time, I'd appreciate it if you could look at the Talk:Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America#Vikramsingh's slew of NPOV edits talk page and article history, and offer any suggestions or advice. Thanks. Anirvan 18:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 28 August, 2006, a fact from the article Parthiv Patel, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

You're on a roll! --Srikeit 19:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for unblock

Hi, Since users User:Syiem and User:RSudarshan were wrongly blocked for allegedly being my "sockpuppets" shouldn't they also be unblocked? Thanks.Netaji 00:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I already have.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I strongly object to the unblock. This post from today shows that the user hasn't changed or improved at all. Nothing will change. --Woohookitty 01:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I was doing it because your block was going to expire yesterday. The second block was invalid because they weren't socks, so I simply used your timer. If you feel that something is amiss, then feel free to reblock, as I haven't checked his latest edits. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 01:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Agree with Woohookitty. BhaiSaab 02:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

question

(edit conflict)I've noticed that certain users have really gone wild since Subhash was blocked. User:Ramas arrow and User:Deepujoseph said that the RfC and the Sock acusation's were baseless. Rama's arrow said that I should possibly file an RfC to make these people accountable. What is the proper channel for this?Bakaman Bakatalk 01:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, you can go to WP:RFC and instigate a case. Have you tried to resolve the problem beforehand with them one on one? Blnguyen | rant-line 01:40, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Kind of. Does the Mediation Cabal and The RfC filed against me count?Bakaman Bakatalk 01:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Nor really, the MEDCAB is for article disputes, which is not what you're wanting and the RfC doesn't involve these guys. Blnguyen | rant-line 02:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Holywarrior created the RfC and harrassed newbie user Hkelkar while Assuming bad faith. Holywarrior and Neta are not good buds either while Ragib told me he has run into Holywarrior in the past.Bakaman Bakatalk 02:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, it's up to you then if you want one against Holywarrior.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Images on DYK/the Main Page

If you are going to become fairly active in updating DYK, please remember to protect images that appear on this template. Anything that appears on the main page should be protected to prevent repeated vandalism and keep our welcome mat clean. See (WP:PPOL#Images protected while on the Main Page and Misplaced Pages:Main Page FAQ#Why am I not able to edit the Main Page? for more information).

The protection template for main page images is {{mprotected}}. However, there may be some that are actually stored on Commons — for those, you should upload a temporary copy here onto Misplaced Pages and add {{C-uploaded}}. All of these steps are listed near the top of Template talk:Did you know, the "To Administrators:" list. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Woops. I hadn't checked. Perhaps I should start getting active on commons and get a sysop there to make things quicker. Blnguyen | rant-line 01:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Cultura Londres

Apparently we have to prove that our band is noteworthy? Please help me understand what is going on?

Our page on Cultura Londres was deleted! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Altered Beats (talk • contribs)

I find it hard to believe that someone would waste there time deleting things that are helpful..........obviously we have to prove our artists, in all seriousness are you telling me that a band can be deleted because you havent heard of them so they are not important?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Altered Beats (talk • contribs)

Im only annoyed as I had only put up the page for the band, yes we are their record label, they have a deal with us and Carhartte Clothing as well as having videos on MTV ESP and the fact that a worldclass percussionist is part of the band.......need I go on?

Tell you what dont worry about it, dont have the time to mess about with this. Leave it deleted —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Altered Beats (talk • contribs) .

DYK's

Updated DYK query On 29 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.
Updated DYK query On 29 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Every Song Is A Cry For Love, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.
Updated DYK query On 29 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Si (song), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm| 22:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

JPD's RfA

Hi Blnguyen. Sorry to not reply earlier - I had quite a good day nowhere near a computer yesterday. I would be happy to have an RfA. I would be honoured if you would write a nomination up, although I am sure it could not be as flattering as some of the others you have written! JPD (talk) 11:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Coming.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank, Blnguyen. You sure do a lot of research with these nominations, so it's no wonder you're close to clocking up 1000 supports! JPD (talk) 13:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Re this. You have far too much time on your hands. You also have email. -- I@n 10:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thankyou very much, Mr Blnguyen, for reverting my talk page earlier tonight. 'Twas very much appreciated. :) Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC) P.S. Happy anniversary! Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Leh

I think User:Mr Tan and User:Bharatveer have stopped warring, I think I got Bharatveer to accept the fact that the 24 Chrisitan families is a big number for a mountain town in the middle of nowhere. You protected after my edits, which were merely a reorganization of the page and the adding of Buddhist-Christian clashes and their anger at missionaries, none of which are controversial to Bharatveer or Mr Tan. I request you unprotect it.Bakaman Bakatalk 17:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Done.Blnguyen | rant-line 00:09, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Siva's RfA and Admin coaching

I know; I was a little surprised with David's angle of defense to my arguement against the opposes. A training program would be a great idea. — Deckiller 02:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

May be i can add some contructive input. I do try and add information to help the candidate. I am also easily persuaded to change my vote, although not in this case given the other observations. Obviously I see the RfA process differently to yourself. Anyway just ask if you want more observations. David D. (Talk) 03:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes I would definitely be intereseted. By the way, on a side note, could you be my admin coach if you have the time? For example, from time to time, you could make a detailed analysis about my edits and point out to me any of your concerns regarding this. Moreover, you could also advise me on the proper time to run for adminship again after three failures. You could also guide me to make my edits more constructive to further this purpose and make me a better editor of Misplaced Pages. Thank you so much for offering a listening ear in this matter and best of luck for the future! I believe that one of the other goals of Misplaced Pages is to create more competent Wikipedians as well. This would improve the quality of the project as well. --Siva1979 21:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

You know I'm not in Esperanza (left July 21 per ) anymore so the coaching will be from an unauthorised outlet! Sure I can have a look for you.Blnguyen | rant-line 00:09, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Help with vandalism

Dear Blnguyen,

I created a webpage about my Medical School but someone named Robo doc is has been posting trash about the school. I know the fellow Azskeptic (I'm sure you're familiar with this oaf) is behind all this. He hired someone in another location to bash internatioal medical schools. Can something be done? Notice Azskeptic's talk page. He famous for posting insulting comments everywhere - especially on non-American university articles.

Jai Hind,

DrGladwin

Fairly urgent

Hi Blnguyen, you seem to be online. Could you see about the notice I left @ Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors? Thanks! Bravada, talk - 00:57, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm? Bravada, talk - 02:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Done! Again, see my edit history after your notice on my talk page to see whether everything is fine. Excuse me for pestering you, as I said I couldn't find anybody else online (and seems like NOBODY reads Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors!!!) and I didn't want the poor Tagora to ruin the mainpage totally for 24 hours. Thanks a lot for assistance (and selecting my nom, btw) Bravada, talk - 04:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
PS. One thing occurred to me - I was quite surprised to see the Fiat 130 selected, as chronologically this was my latest nomination, a second car and Fiat in a row and that all on a day when a car is featured, but then I figured out that it was simply the last on the 27th or 28th and you ran out of earlier noms. This makes me wonder whether the "place your noms at the end of the date section" rule makes any sense, as then you end up taking the most recent noms first, rather than the other way around.

Wow

That sounds cool!! Thanks for the memento -- Lost 02:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

History of philosophy in Poland

It was kind of you to notice this article. Thank you for featuring it in the August 30, 2006, DYK! logologist|Talk 08:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Blnguyen, I have read the RFA manual but I do not understand the format. Can you please tell me how to apply? Necrowarrio0 10:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 30 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harbhajan Singh, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm| 10:10, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog 14:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}

Need advice with a possible issue with User:Holywarrior

Hi. I remember you from our chat session and was hoping for some advice reagrding a problem that many of us are having with this user. I have made some well-sourced verifiable edits to the Kancha Ilaiah article and discussed with several users in the talk page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Kancha_Ilaiah ), who agree with me. Holywarrior, on the other hand, keeps deleting them, and has even violated 3RR to that effect in the past. He keeps giving bogus defwarns and threatens to report me and get me blocked. Please see his edit summaries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Kancha_Ilaiah&action=history

He has also threatened to report me for 3RR violation (in another user's talk page) even though I have not made more than 3 reverts in 24 hours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk%3ABen_W_Bell&diff=72835608&oldid=72595138

I have defended my case in the above post.

I have noticed this unfortunate trend of users getting other users blocked just by putting complaints without proper investigation even though complaints made against them may be unjustified. I'd like your advice on how I should deal with this matter. Thank you and have a nice day.Hkelkar 15:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

the user:hkelkar has history of cheating the system .He had got me blocked for 3RR violation citing diffs of many days. I was soon unblocked after the fraud committed by him was noticed.HW 11:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Analyse my edits

Hello! I hope you are doing fine. I would like to humbly ask you to analyse critically and without any reservations about the edits I made for the past one or two weeks. Please inform me about the areas which I need to improve. Your comments would be deeply appreciated as well. Hope that you can help. You could also refer this message to other admins that you think could help me as well. In this way, I would be having the different opinions from various admins. Thank you for your kind attention! (Note:You can do this whenever you are free or feel like it, so take as much time as you want! No need to rush!) I have also started using image tags as well for a better understanding of image policy on untagged images. --Siva1979 21:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Parthiv Patel

>> He is a left-handed batsman and is of a very short stature of 160cm.

What is the source for his height ? I had been looking around for this without success. Ramnath Parkar (5' 2") is the shortest Indian cricketer among those who played before 1980, and since then Patel is the only one of a similar height. It is possible that Patel grew up a few centimeters since his debut in 2002 so it is imporant to know when this came out.

I have done a rough article for Polly Umrigar but have been sitting on it for the last three weeks. Tintin (talk) 04:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

....and one more!!

Updated DYK query On 31 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shir Habatlanim, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Srikeit 05:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The Voice (song) and Shir Habatlanim

Out of curiosity, I've just noticed some inconsistencies with the way you've been writing these up (specifically with Bravada's infobox). In the case of "The Voice", the infobox registered a semi-final position of 2 and a score of something or another, which is wrong since there obviously wasn't a semi-final in that year. In the case of "Shir Habatlanim", you'd written the article up with the song being in Hebrew (which is correct) but listed it in the infobox as being in German. I'm assuming this is just the result of being an admin and writing quality articles. BigHaz 09:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Kancha Ilaiah

Hi the version you have protected has already been refuted on talk page.If you want to protect, plz protect the unbiased version conforming to WP:BLP.Thanx.HW 10:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)