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Welcome to my talk page, please leave any messages below. If you have queries or concerns regarding my wiki-work or admin-work, then please leave calm and polite messages and I will address the problem as soon as possible. I'll always be replying on your talk page, so please reply back on mine, unless you are making a peer review or copy edit request, in which case I will just mark it on here to show I have seen it. Many thanks.


Please also note, I type very fast, and often in a hurry so I don't have time to spellcheck, please forgive my spelling if I slip up!


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Wrightsoft

Hi SGGH, I have no idea if I should be contacting you with regard to a AfD for Wrightsoft. As you were the original administrator to give my article AfD (on June 5th), I was wondering - one way or another - when a decision might be reached. Any help you can provide would be most grateful. BTW, had I paid closer attention to the rules, I would never have placed the article online. I don't blame you for the AfD, but really was inquiring for a final decision as I feel the debate has lost steam and gotten tangled in the Dead Letter List at Wikipedia. Thanks, (talk)

Article Breast Cancer Care

Hi. In 2007, you deleted article Breast Cancer Care. I'm currently thinking about to recreate it. Any comments? Thanks. Prowikipedians (talk) 15:24, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Ok. I see. I'll add the article as soon as possible, as soon as I finish some of the articles I'm currently working on. Prowikipedians (talk) 04:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorance (Folk/Punk Band)

you deleted my article because it wasn't notable, i don't know why it wasn't and also i don't know i what i can do to make it notable. i think that the article was important was about a folk band from south america, and that's special, in wikipedia there're a lot of bands articles i don't know why you refuse to publish the article of this band. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xignominiax (talk • contribs) 15:42, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Message on Satyr's talk page

In regards to this comment, Satyr is on a WikiBreak right now so I don't think he'll respond any time soon. His bot received several messages about mix-ups and it was turned off while Satyr is away, so it won't be making any more errors like the one you mentioned. Cheers. APK yada yada 09:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay dokes, thanks. SGGH speak! 12:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Diving Emperor Penguins

Would love to help. This definetly looks like a job for the selection tool. Then it just needs curves or a levels adjustment. Still need Photoshop, though! Can work the trial if I download it today. MSN broken again? Red Gown (talk) 10:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually just got rid of it because I misread and realised what an idiot I was. :p

Red Gown (talk) 11:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sowwwwie, but look, I fixed it! Red Gown (talk) 11:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coaching

Hello SGGH

I hope you dont mind me asking, but would you be interested in admin coaching me? I'd be really grateful =]. Many thanks, yours. [[::User:Police,Mad,Jack|Police,Mad,Jack]] ([[::User talk:Police,Mad,Jack|talk]] · [[::Special:Contributions/Police,Mad,Jack|contribs]])☺ 14:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. [[::User:Police,Mad,Jack|Police,Mad,Jack]] ([[::User talk:Police,Mad,Jack|talk]] · [[::Special:Contributions/Police,Mad,Jack|contribs]])☺ 14:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVII (May 2008)

The May 2008 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 02:02, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandals for blocking

Block these vandals please:

Here and User talk:Scoobydoo487, Both have had at least three of four warnings and some of their vandalsim has gone undetected. Things would be a lot easier if I had admin tools. It would save me pestering admins all the time. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 21:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1997 Women's Cricket World Cup

Updated DYK query On 7 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
--BorgQueen (talk) 17:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Contentious username

User:AspergersGamer gave an explanation for his/her name, and it seems ok to me. Since there doesn't seem to have been any follow-up since then, would it ok for me to remove the Category:Wikipedian usernames editors have expressed concern over from it now? I am unsure what the proper etiquette in this situation would be. Thanks! -kotra (talk) 02:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Updated DYK query On 8 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Walter Livsey, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
--Royalbroil 19:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SGGH

I have started an article about Harry Peckham who appears to have connections with early cricket and the LBW rule. Looking around for a wikiexpert I found you. Can you assist? Did he play? Thx anyway Victuallers (talk) 15:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Thx - he does seem an odd one - I have also looked at Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville - who seems to be much better documented. Victuallers (talk) 19:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers - good luck with the revision. Victuallers (talk) 20:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD Nomination: .sport

.sport has re-appeared. I've tagged it for AfD. As the admin who speedy-deleted it at the weekend, I thought you might have an interest in this. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your suggestion

Dear SGGH, I noted what you had written in my Talk page. I do not log in other than on weekends and have been doing this from outside of my Wiki account. I understand an Admin's job besides blocking and warning is also to see if the content is right (besides where it is wrong). You had pointed out where I was gong overboard. Please, please, please visit the Vivian Richards page now. I removed the two phrases you mentioned. As a Cricket follower you need no intro to the man. In any case, please let me know if there is any rhetoric or 'fan-site' like statements made there and please intimate me of the same.

While you have been telling me all this and not to 'edit-war', please have a look at the Sachin Tendulkar page and you would see the falsities and bias there. 100% of my statements (now that I have removed those additional ones) are factual, furthermore, I have mentioned the people whose opinions I have quoted, which I believe is correct. Also, I have cited the best sources on the Net like Cricinfo, and top-class international newspapers like Telegraph etc as my citations. Unlike many other pages that 'adhere to Wiki guidelines here'. Biased people like Blungyen are wont to prevent me from modifying accordingly and he has removed statements supported by citations and the citations from my last edit, for what? For the citations being from the best sources? Please have a look and judge for yourself rather than coming after me. I am assuming you are not the Blungyen kind ie, and hope am right in doing so in the first place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.216.36 (talk) 14:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot

Thanks SGGH, I felt right about you. Now people like Blungyen shall think twice about undoing Edits in the page. FYI, that man had removed references from Cricinfo, Rediff, Telegraph, BBC etc. I hope you realize what kind of bias he has.

However I disagree with your having removed the third and fourth ratings from the intro. Please revert them. The 49 cricketers I mentioned that rated Richards at 3 overall after Bradman and Sobers and at 2 among bats after the Don had legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Wasim Akram, Michael Holding, Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham, Ian Chappell etc, and this was on behalf of ESPN as the page says at [1]. The fourth citation, in my opinion was also correct, as it was from amazon.com and there was a poll earlier this decade where Ian Botham and Shane Warne voted Richards as the best of the 'last 30 years'. Warne has said at other places that Richards was the best bat he ever saw, though Tendulkar and Lara are the best he bowled to (he never bowled to Richards). Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.216.36 (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 11

Hi SGGH, thanks for your help on the Richards page. Regarding your last message on my Talk page, I did not really do anything there after you worked on it yesterday. Except of course revert the changes that the trouble-maker Blunguen made there regarding helmets. I don't understand what your point is about not keeping it clean. I understand what you had written in your earlier message regarding how to format entries and edits in Wiki. But I never really did anything on that page after you were there yesterday. Also I have an account as Anup Ramakrishnan but usually cannot log in other than on weekends.

As for Richards, I do immensely admire him, but cannot call him my idol. In fact he was before my time, I was in my early teens when I really started following the game in the early 90s. (As a child, I was following the game of tennis more and Boris Becker was my childhood hero.)

My opinions of Richards, Bradman, Sobers, Hammond, Gavaskar, Imran etc are based largely on what I have read of them, besides watching their videos. Despite being an Indian, I do not share this enthusiasm about Tendulkar who is 70% hype. I too rate Ponting highly and about on par with Lara and Tendulkar. I have always had the feeling that the 1990s batsmen had it easier than the pre-1990 ones due to relatively good batting tracks, lots of protective gear, tons of restrictions on bowlers like one-bouncer and two-bouncers per over, and I would add inferior fast bowlers, lesser in pace and in quality, though that was the greatest era of spin with Warne, Murali, Kumble, Saqlain etc. And this post-2000 decade has completed what was begun around 1990 with it being totally batsman-friendly, leading in turn to near-total demise of fast bowlers. In order to prove themselves, bats from this decade have to do better than those from the 1990s who in turn would have had to do more than those from pre-1990.

Finally my rating on my knowledge of batsmen in cricketing history would be - Bradman, Richards, Sobers, Hammond, Hobbs, Kanhai, Gavaskar, Chappell, Barry Richards, Graeme Pollock for the top 10. Well thats how I see it, and am not alone. I understand it is best for Wikipedia to have unbiased people for Admins. Well there is at least one who is not, thanks to you he did not revert changes made on that page. With regards 68.45.216.36 (talk) 15:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Priory of Sion Peer Review

Hello. You would be interested in participating in the peer review of the Priory of Sion article? --Loremaster (talk) 11:22, 14 June 2008 (UTC)  Done SGGH speak! 11:34, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Hamence

I've reviewed Ron Hamence. There's not much to do before I probably pass it. However, for some reason the review hasn't appeared on the talk page. But it's still got the tranclusion at Talk:Ron Hamence/GA1. Peanut4 (talk) 14:08, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Viet articles

Anything about both the First and Second IndoChina Wars interests me. I worked with Roger Davis on Operation Camargue. SGGH speak! 19:59, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want any sources that I can plunder for you? Electronic books? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We can get a bit of Vietnam military and history FA factory. I have stacks of papers and what not and I can get books for you from here if you need them in electronic form. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Diving Penguin

File:Divingemperor.JPG
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Divingemperor.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 04:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

copyedit request

Hey, noticed your membership with the Copyediting Department. Would you mind doing a prose copyedit of Operation Tractable for me? It just passed its GA and there are a few prose issues that need to be fixed before going for A-Class later this month. Cam (Chat) 02:38, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly will SGGH speak! 11:35, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done what I can SGGH speak! 12:29, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Giles

You got Ashley Giles' autograph? Isn't it great when you get the autograph of someone famous whose abilities you admire? Hey, I didn't tell you about my last adventure on Memorial Day did I? Check it out here: Press Releases. Tony the Marine (talk) 15:50, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage

Congratulations! Best wishes. [[::User:Police,Mad,Jack|Police,Mad,Jack]] ([[::User talk:Police,Mad,Jack|talk]] · [[::Special:Contributions/Police,Mad,Jack|contribs]])☺ 17:09, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

  • You got married and you didn't even invite me to the wedding (smile)? Congrats and welcome to the club, sucker! (smile). All kidding aside, I wish you and your woman all of the happiness in the world. You are one of the good guys here. Tony the Marine (talk) 18:39, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not actually married yet, just a term of closeness, but still thank you very much for your best wishes, I shall marry her someday! SGGH speak! 21:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see. That explains why I wasn't invited to the wedding (smile). Tony the Marine (talk) 00:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://www.legendsofcricket.tv
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