User:Jappalang

I have lost all interest in contributing to the Wikimedia Foundation projects; I find that the time and effort required of me to deliver and ensure the existence of quality work here fail to come close to my valuation of other things in life (family and career). A hearty thanks to all who have striven to deliver quality products; I find your works a joy to read. I might rediscover the enthusiasm to participate in the distant future but not now... 12:42, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Impatient, I decided to register and do things myself. Kudos to those who get the meaning of this name, hor.

Contributions

The Barn

		The Original Barnstar
		For your excellent record in improving this article, you are hereby awarded the Original Barnstar. -- Altiris Helios Exeunt 05:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		HOLY CRAP --Kizor (talk) 01:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge: From stub to featured article to main page in just 16 days. Whoa! TheCoffee (talk) 12:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For a really outstanding peer review of Frederick III, German Emperor. I was very stuck on many of the points that you helped me fix and improve in ways that I never thought of before. I think this will really help this article on the path to FA, thanks! Banime (talk) 19:07, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

		The Above and Beyond Barnstar
		To a great user who put so much thought and effort into this peer review, that you inspired me to create a new barnstar, I award you the first "Above & Beyond" Barnstar! VictorianMutant (talk) 06:44, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For making a very small quantity of errors while contributing to this article, you are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Tireless Contributors. -- Altiris Helios Exeunt 05:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Hi Jappalang. I have now closed the peer review for the Ragnar Nurkse's balanced growth theory article, as I felt that most of the concerns you raised were sorted out. I'll soon nominate it for GA status. But... please feel free to look at the article once more and let me know if you think anything else should be changed. I would be happy to know your thoughts. Thank you for all the constructive criticism! It helped so much! :) Regards Abhilasha369 (talk) 06:05, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

		The VG Barnstar
		For your consistently brilliant edits to Wikipedia's video game articles. Keep it up! Una Laguna^Talk 18:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

		The VG Barnstar
		Barnstar for you for improving so many great computer game articles to a great level. Thank you. --Mika1h (talk) 22:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

		The VG Barnstar
		Thanks heaps for your Age of Empires copyediting! dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 10:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

		The VG Barnstar
		Thank you so much for the consistently brilliant work you do on peer reviews. You rock, so please keep it up! —Giggy 12:07, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

		Dinosaur Barnstar
		For your excellent help in improving/copyediting Bone Wars and your FAC comments, a well-deserved shiny item to Jappa. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 13:40, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

		Music Barnstar
		Please accept this star as a token of thanks for your help in getting Frederick Delius to FA standard. This was truly the work of many hands, and your particular contribution was much valued. Brianboulton (talk) 21:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		This is for effectively proving your point civilly with notable sources and for ending this hectic debate relieving us all.-- penubag 22:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Thank you very much for all of the help you provided with your image review of Design 1047 battlecruiser. Every time I had a question, you were able to point me in the right direction, and I wanted you to know that I am very thankful for your seven days of assistance. Image reviewers may get attacked in some FACs and unnoticed in others, but not this time. :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 03:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		To Jappalang, for working so hard in helping me get Tetrarch (tank) to FA status. Skinny87 (talk) 00:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For helping to promote Operation Brevity to FA class by bailing me out of a bind when it came to those jpg maps i present you with this small token of my appreciation.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 22:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		In gratitude for this map used in Taiwanese aborigines, I hereby award this Graphic Designer's Barnstar to Jappalang. • Ling.Nut 09:06, 20 October 2010 (UTC)]]

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For the two fantastic images you voluntarily converted to SVG format for the Battle of Corydon (And they look far superior to the originals) I thank you and present you with this barnstar! Cheers! —Charles Edward ^{(Talk \| Contribs)} 15:20, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

		The California Star
		Thank you for saving the image of the Battle of San Pasqual and uploading a better version. Spongie555 (talk) 17:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

		The Epic Barnstar
		For all your research, editing, and time I hereby offer you this Barnstar rhyme The world has gained a value infinite From your FA: The Battle of Barnet. Congratulations! Scartol • Tok 15:18, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		I can't fully explain my gratitude for all of the help you have provided me with Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes, so it seemed appropriate to give you this barnstar. You have gone above and beyond the call of a FAC reviewer. Thank you so much, —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 00:08, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Your suggestions and comments in the PR on official scorer will improve the article. For that, I award you this guidance barnstar. Aaron north (T/C) 02:43, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Reviewers Award
		In gratitude for your recent reviews at WP:PR. It's been a long time since the backlog last approached zero. Finetooth (talk) 04:03, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

		The Reviewers Award
		To Jappalang, for all your careful work reviewing images and their licenses. Given with respect and admiration, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:55, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Image Reviewer's Barnstar
		For image reviews at WP:FAC which are much more than image reviews, but actually come with unexpected bonuses like identifying better images to complement the article, fixing wrong images, and improving page layout so the images actually look good on the page – I award Jappalang this barnstar. --JN 466 13:53, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

		The Technical Barnstar
		Great detective work on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files! Thanks for your efforts. – Quadell ^(talk) 12:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For the care and thoroughness evident in your response to Acdixon's plea for help after his FAC had fallen over twice, I award you a big tick! hamiltonstone (talk) 02:15, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For meticulously repairing the license tags on numerous images from Balzac's La Cousine Bette, I offer this token of appreciation. Thank you! Scartol • Tok 18:39, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For all that you do in the generally "behind the scenes" work of image copyright - both in "my" articles and at FAC and FAR. The project would be much the worse without your efforts. Dana boomer (talk) 03:02, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Malaysian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your fine work bringing Lat and Kampung Boy (TV series) to featured article status.--Mkativerata (talk) 21:13, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

		The Military history A-Class medal
		By order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for outstanding work on Battle of Barnet, Battle of Bosworth Field and Battle of Towton, all of which were promoted to A-Class between April 2009 and January 2011. Congratulations! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:17, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

		The Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Jul-Sept 2011, I am delighted to award you the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 17:36, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

This user received a Four Award because they started, had displayed as a Did You Know..., improved to Good Article status, and improved to Featured Article status Kampung Boy (TV series).

Special Triple Crowns

Imperial Napoleonic

WikiProject Video games

Wikipedia: Articles and other pages I have created or significantly contributed to

Article	Category	My work	Pre-edit quality	Post-edit quality	First edit	Notes
Ninja Gaiden	Console game	80%	2Start	6 A	2007-07-25	Massive cutdown of "gameguide" and "fancruft" materials. Rewrote following WP:VG/GL, expanded on real world information, merged Ninja Gaiden Black and Sigma, and created new screenshots. Thanks to Mika1h and Geoff B for their help. Through our efforts, the article was judged to be of GA and A class. However, I stopped watching and maintaining the article around September 2009 after tendentious editors began popping up to promote their preferred console against policies. Eventually, the article was delisted in June 2010 of its previous qualities.
Tomonobu Itagaki	Video game personality	75%	2Start	4B	2007-08-27	Expanded on Itagaki's relevant gaming industry information.
Master of Magic	Computer strategy game	85%	4B	4B	2007-10-03	Cut down the "gameguide" and "fancruft" elements of the article. Rewrote following WP:VG/GL, expanded on real world information, and created the screenshots.
Project Sylpheed	Console Square Enix game	70%	2Start	6 A	2007-10-11	Cut down the massive "fancruft", rewrote following WP:VG/GL, expanded on real world information, and sourced the screenshots. Article is also GA class.
FreeSpace 2	Computer game	100%	2Start	5 GA	2007-11-12	Initial article was mostly on the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project. Moved it to its own article, and wrote entirely new article on the game. Created the screenshots and animated GIF.
FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project	Computer game	10%	0Unassessed	1Stub	2007-11-12	Created to preserve information previously in FreeSpace 2. Slight copyediting, and insertion of sources on license issues.
Descent: FreeSpace	Computer game	90%	4B	5 GA	2007-11-22	Eliminated "gameguide" and "fancruft" elements of the article. Rewrote following WP:VG/GL, expanded on real world information, and created the screenshots and animated GIF.
Freelancer	Computer game	95%	2Start	5 GA	2007-12-04	Massive cutdown of "gameguide" and "fancruft" materials. Rewrote following WP:VG/GL, expanded on real world information, and sourced the screenshots (one old screenshot is reused). Thanks to ZFGokuSSJ1 for helping to tidy up the article.
Space Hulk	Computer strategy game	75%	1Stub	5 GA	2007-12-05	Rewrote article and added sources. Sourced more development information and wrote the Reception section. Created the screenshots.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto	Computer game	96%	2Start	7 FA	2008-01-24	Cut down the "gameguide" and "fancruft" materials. Sourced and rewrote following WP:VG/GL. Created screenshots and animated GIF for the article. Thanks to the suggestions and help offered in its FAC, article attained the FA class. This article was Today's Featured Article for 2009-03-05.
Naomi	Japanese novel	5%	1Stub	4B	2008-02-22	Copyedited according to WP:MOS and guidelines of WP:NOVELS. Touched up the lead. Did nothing to content. Credit for content should go to Hongseungill.
Karas	Japanese animation	100%	2Start	4B	2008-03-17	Redid the whole entire article including images (previous state was very in-universe). Followed guidelines including those of WP:MOS-ANIME. Article style is partly inspired by Madlax.
Conan	Console game	85%	2Start	7 FA	2008-06-19	Expanded every section and total creation of the development. Added screenshots. This article would never have made FA without AnnaFrance, who selflessly improved the language of the article before and during the FAC process!
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge	Railway suspension bridge	100%	2Start	7 FA	2008-09-21	Just about everything. The only thing reused were the gauge information and Featured Picture. Many thanks to Jaxmrclean for later providing valuable corrections and suggestions off-Wiki. This article was Today's Featured Article for 2008-10-07.
Toa Payoh ritual murders	Singapore murder case	100%	0Unassessed	7 FA	2008-12-15	Everything. This is a case that has fascinated me since my youth, and I finally brought myself to bring it up here. Big thanks to Brianboulton for the copyediting and all the reviewers at its peer review for their advice! This article was Today's Featured Article for 2009-02-10.
Alisia Dragoon	Console game	90%	2Start	5 GA	2009-01-22	Expanded every section, and total creation of the development and reception. Added screenshots.
Battle of Barnet	English military history	98%	2Start	7 FA	2009-03-15	I have always been fascinated by wars and such, so... Which other battle can you find that involved a "Kingmaker" who was fighting for a king he had dethroned and reinstated, and against a king he had raised to the throne and deposed? This article would not have been FA, if not for the participants of its three reviews (MILHIST, peer, and A-class) and Scartol's red pen!
Battle of Bosworth Field	English military history	85%	2Start	7 FA	2009-05-25	From Warwick and Ed to Henry and Dick! Many thanks again to EyeSerene for adding flavour to this piece and helping out at the FAC!
Sacrifice	Computer game	95%	2Start	7 FA	2009-09-22	Massive cutdown of "gameguide" and "fancruft" materials. Rewrote to WP:LAYOUT and WP:VG/GL, expanding on real world information. Introduced new media. This article was Today's Featured Article for 2011-01-19.
Sword of Aragon	Computer strategy game	99%	1Stub	5 GA	2009-11-16	After identifying the previous version as a copyviolation, I rewrote it with accordance to policies and guidelines.
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior	Computer action game	98%	2Start	6 A	2009-12-21	Massive rewrite: eliminated links to copyviolations, set structure according to policies and guidelines, and write in real-life material. Article is also GA class.
Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax	Computer action game	100%	1Stub	5 GA	2009-12-24	Massive rewrite: article was practically barren of real-life contents, other than review scores, at the start. You never know what you can find while searching for images of Maria Whittaker... for research purposes, to see if there are any CC-licensed images. She is not my type, anyways... Finding Brown's mention of Muybridge in a published interview was a coup for the search.
Lat	Malaysian cartoonist	98%	2Start	7 FA	2010-07-02	Seriously, this is a cartoonist that break the mold in my book. He became a datuk because of his cartoons! How hardcore can you get? I love his books. Perhaps the reviewers are right, we all want something innocent and fun that we can no longer get back. The article before I touched it was practically unsourced; most of the information were from primary sources (Lat's books) or were probably original conjectures. Article was also A class. This article was Today's Featured Article for 2011-03-05.
The Kampung Boy	Malaysian graphic novel	90%	1Stub	5 GA	2010-07-15	Lat's best known work; nothing in my opinion captures the idyllic childhood like he did. Funny enough, I knew I have read it but I never had it in my collection... possibly I had done so in one of my schools' library? Article's previous state was mostly personal conjecture or descriptive of the book. A thank you to Awadewit for tightening up the prose.
Kampung Boy (TV series)	Malaysian animated series	100%	0Unassessed	7 FA	2010-07-15	A hoax about this television series was initially at Kampung Boy (the novel). An IP put in a request to create the article; the content was total bull (a story so ridiculous, it was an insult to the integrity of the work) but an administrator accepted and fulfilled the request on the basis of WP:AGF... the hoax persisted for years until someone dared to challenge it (I believe the mark of an admin in creating hoax content validates it in the eyes of others—an admin did it, so it must be okay somehow—hence no one did a thing until that challenger appeared); this incident perfectly illustrates a failing of this project. I got involved during my research on Lat, and managed to get the insulting content deleted. Now at least there is some encyclopaedic and true content here. Article was also GA class.
Battle of Towton	English military history	90%	2Start	7 FA	2011-01-04	Fascinated with mediaeval warfare, I was hooked onto the Wars of the Roses by this image of the Battle of Towton, the frontispiece of Philip A. Haigh's The Military Campaigns Of The Wars Of The Roses; the hunt to investigate if the image is in the public domain took years but was very worth it! The attribution of the "largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil" adds mystique to it. Article was also A class. This article was Today's Featured Article for 2011-03-29.
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival	Mediaeval re-enactment	98%	2Start	5 GA	2011-01-21	Rewrote the article after identifying some parts as copyviolations: the article is small, as reliable sources are limited.
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)	Action film	88%	3C	7 FA	2011-08-30	I actually began a rewrite for this article in 2010 (offline). At that time, it was in a terrible mess, basically a collection of unsourced information and original research. Sad to say, it only proves one thing for me. Articles in a bad shape tend to remain the same state or degrade even faster, attracting the same type of edits. Fortunately, this film is a controversial cult classic and many reliable sources are available (much time was spent to dig them out). Burn-outs and personal issues dragged the writing of this article a bit. I really have to thank Yomangani for the selfless copy-editing of this article; it trimmed the article to a readable size.

Contributions to Did you know (DYK)...

Article	Date	Did you know ...
Conan (2007 video game)	2008-06-24	... that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played Conan the Barbarian in the 1982 film, proposed a law in 2007 for regulating the sales of violent video games such as Conan?
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge	2008-09-26	... that a simple kite defeated cannons, steamers, and rockets in the bid to lay a line for the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge?
Toa Payoh ritual murders	2008-12-17	... that during the trial for the Toa Payoh ritual murders in Singapore, Howard Cashin received death threats for defending the accused, Adrian Lim?
Mozart in Italy	2009-01-20	... that when a young Mozart toured Italy, Pope Clement XIV awarded the composer a knighthood, but Empress Maria Theresa dismissed Mozart and his father as "useless people"?
Alisia Dragoon	2009-01-30	... that Sega changed a dainty, big-eyed female character into a Vallejo-like golden bikini-clad female barbarian, to market the video game Alisia Dragoon to the Western market?
Battle of Barnet	2009-03-21	... that in the Battle of Barnet, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick was fighting for Henry VI, whom he formerly deposed, and against Edward IV, whom he had helped to gain the throne?
Bedřich Smetana	2009-05-26	... that despite his pronounced nationalism, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana was distrusted by his country's conservatives due to his close ties with Hungarian composer Franz Liszt?
Sword of Aragon	2009-12-06	... that Sword of Aragon, a video game published in 1989, frustrated players with its copy protection that prompted them with inaccurate information?
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior	2010-01-02	... that while recording swordfights for Barbarian, the video game's designer Steve Brown nearly took his eye out with the Web of Death, a move copied from the film Conan the Destroyer?
Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax	2010-03-12	... that the animations of characters in 1988 video game Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax were based on late 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge's motion captures of humans?
Lat	2010-09-08	... that Lat found the inspiration to draw cartoons about circumcision while on assignment as a reporter to investigate dead bodies in a morgue?
The Kampung Boy	2010-09-09	... that Malaysian graphic novel The Kampung Boy was not first published in the country's official language, but later translated back to it instead?
Kampung Boy (TV series)	2010-09-09	... that American voice actors "kept slipping into a Jamaican accent" when voicing Malaysian characters in Kampung Boy?
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival	2011-02-09	... that 2,000 people in medieval garb re-enacted the Battle of Tewkesbury at the 2003 Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, one of the "ten most bizarre festivals" in England?"
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)	2011-09-06	... that the original script written by Oliver Stone for Conan the Barbarian featured 10,000 mutants and was called a "total drug fever dream" by the film's director, John Milius?