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• Thank you HGB. Wikipedia is the 4th wiki I've signed up for though, so I'm not stranger to wikis, but the links you provided are welcomed. --Novelty 17:34, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Kuala Belait

Wow Novelty, fantastic work! You were most definitely justified in removing the stub notice. I made some minor copyedits. Keep up the excellent editin! HGB 00:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Kampong Sungai Teraban

On 17 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kampong Sungai Teraban, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 19:03, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Rasau

On 22 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rasau, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 05:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 23 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Royal Brunei Navy, 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.

--ALoan (Talk) 12:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Military Forces based in Brunei

On 24 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Military Forces based in Brunei, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 01:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Languages of Brunei

On 24 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Languages of Brunei, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 21:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Kampong Sungai Tuhon

On 28 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kampong Sungai Duhon, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 03:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 27 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sungai Tujoh, 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.

--Smee 01:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

another DYK

On 2 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tanjong Pelumpong, 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.

--Wizardman 16:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

hello

Just wanted to let you know that I made a minor edit on the Brunei military page. The full extent of Singapore-Brunei military relations is, it appears, not in the public domain - but I think it is rather wide-ranging from personal experience (many Bruneians train in the military and officer schools of Singapore, and Singaporeans routinely go to Brunei for jungle training). I tried looking up bilateral treaties which may indicate the nature of military cooperation between the two countries but have come up with a blank, so only a reference to 'extensive' military exchanges was made. Cheers. 220.255.117.227 11:42, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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Brunei's currency

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently copied the contents of a page and pasted it into another with a different name. Specifically, you copied the contents of Brunei ringgit This is what we call a "cut and paste move", and it is very undesirable because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. The mechanism we use for renaming articles is to move it to a new name which both preserves the page's history and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself by this process, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves to request the move by another. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you.

If you were to move Brunei ringgit, please also move Coins of the Brunei ringgit. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out my mistakes. I can't seem to move the page in question though, because the page already exists. Do I go to Wikipedia:Requested moves or ??? --Novelty (talk) 07:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess that's the only way now. Unfortunately, a lengthy discussion will take place. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you have a look at the talk pages of Talk:Brunei ringgit and Talk:Coins of the Brunei ringgit to see if everything is in order? Also, do I need to record this move request anywhere else? --Novelty (talk) 08:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It's pretty much in place. I did some minor modifications. Please add

{{subst:RMlink|Brunei ringgit|Brunei dollar|summarized reason}}

to Wikipedia:Requested moves#Other proposals. I can't really speak for you. And I haven't decided what to vote yet. Thanks. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 10:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help! Now what happens, and who decides when it will get moved? --Novelty (talk) 01:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Every participating editor. After five days of discussion (ideally, if not backlogged), an admin will act according to the consensus. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 17:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Help needed: Brunei pitis

I've moved the Bruneian pitis to Brunei pitis to be in line with WP:N. However, that article is rather short. How do I request for a merger for that article to be included in the Brunei dollar article? --Novelty (talk) 06:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

The instruction is at WP:MERGE. But I'm personally against the merge. A unwritten convention is that if the currency unit is different, it would have its own article. It just happens that pitis was a short-lived currency. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 16:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Guidelines change proposal survey

You have previously participated in a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numismatics/Style. If you care, please go here to register your opinion on two proposals for currency naming guidelines. Thanks. — AjaxSmack 03:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

How about this? — AjaxSmack 03:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Brunei

No, I figure we could still use the same banner. The reason for the name change, such as it is, is my belief that, at some point, someone might create a "daughter" project dealing with Brunei which might eventually have to be "absorbed" as a subprojectm, and a subproject of a subproject looks a little confusing. Basically, I did that with most if not all of the "national" subprojects. I am going to change the phrasing of the banner to reflect the name change, though. John Carter (talk) 13:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Subsidiaries

Okay, so where is your reference that the catering dept. runs "two halal Chinese restaurants"? Gatoclass (talk) 15:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I still can't see a reference which says Dynasty is halal. Gatoclass (talk) 15:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have approved the hook.

The reason I queried the article is because I assumed the template links at the bottom of the page were to standalone articles, when in fact they just link back to sections on the same page. I really don't think you should do that, it's confusing to the reader and I have my doubts it conforms with the style guide, although I haven't actually checked. Anyhow, good luck with the DYK. Gatoclass (talk) 16:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. I can't guarantee your hook will be picked up of course, but I've done the best I can. Gatoclass (talk) 17:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 15 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Subsidiaries of Royal Brunei Airlines, 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.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 02:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

And then ...

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--Daniel Case (talk) 21:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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--Wizardman 21:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

5/7 DYK

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--Bedford 00:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiCookie

Just stopping by with wikicookies for those editors who started new articles today. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:57, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 12 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brunei pitis, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 18:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Chinese cash

You have previously participated in discussions on use of English in currency names at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Numismatics/Style. If you care, please discuss a resolution of related titleing issue at Talk:Chinese wén. — AjaxSmack 01:38, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. My point was simply that 文 (the Chinese character) is not equivalent to wén. Dove1950 doesn't know how to speak, read, or write any of these languages. Considering 文 to be the same as wén is just a crutch for a person who knows nothing about Chinese characters. The character is 文, simple as that. How it is read depends on the language and the context. If you write 二十文, you can be pretty sure it's Cantonese and it's read i sap mun. If you write 一文無し you know it's Japanese and should be read ichimon-nashi. To say that the pre-modern Chinese wrote wén on their coins is counterfactual. They didn't write wén. They wrote 文. This is such an elementary point that people seem to miss it. Writing 文 is not the same as writing wén!

Bathrobe (talk) 04:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: DYK

How about ...that all standard vehicle registration plates in Brunei begin with "B" or "K"? I'm not sure about the punctuation at the end ("?), but it is verified by the website. What do you think? Thingg^⊕⊗ 04:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that's better than mine. Hook verified. Great job with the article btw. Thingg^⊕⊗ 15:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On August 17, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vehicle registration plates of Brunei, 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.

--Nrswanson (talk) 20:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

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Murut Brunei

Hi Novely,

Just to clarify that the term 'Murut' used in Sarawak and Brunei is actually the 'Lun Bawang' instead of the 'Murut' used in Sabah. I made the edit in the Muurut profile just so that there is no confusion there. --Danazach (talk) 07:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

What do you think about this categorical name?

Do you think "Recognised" is appropriate to describe English on the info-box for Brunei's Wikipedia article? SirAlexOreo (talk) 02:11, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

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