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AFD

As an inclusionist, please review Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of relationships with age disparity and please take a side. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 16:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

THANKS MATE!

your the kindest admin i have ever seen. there ussaly going around banning and deleting pages.

good work

SMUGACE IS CO

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I AM SAD

I wouldnt vandilise your page

i only attack evil admin who are corrupt with power and would rather destroy than build!

Heh, you realize that you will now be vandalized by a number of Smugface the ______ dwarf socks until the point when we finally ban his IP. Welcome to the club. And no worries about giving him a warm welcome mistakenly; there's no way you could've known. Tijuana Brass^¡Épa! 03:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I can barely contain my excitement... cheers for making me feel less silly. ^Triana_C 07:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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Durga puja

short answer : No --Just my 2 cents -- Hemanshu 12:33, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Cheers — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 21:11, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Signature

Your signature adds unsubstituted timestamp variables ({{CURRENTTIME}} etc.), you may want to fix that. Femto 13:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC) — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc|damage report} 15:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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Punjab stubs

Hello Riana, I understand what you are saying. I will run my program to dab Punjab links on the articles that the bot created. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 15:37, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

If you are doing dab manually, it will help a lot to use WP:AWB. - Ganeshk 16:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I am done removing links to the dab page from the articles the BOT created. Ganeshk (talk) 06:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Punjab in Hypercorrection

Hello. Please, stop making the Punjab link in Hypercorrection more specific. The pronunciation issue mentioned about Punjab applies to all uses of the word, not just its use as the name of a region. Thanks! — President Lethe 15:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem. — riana_dzasta • t • c 03:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh man, I'm so sorry, I didn't notice I'd done it twice. I musta been half asleep when I did it the first time. My apologies. — riana_dzasta • t • c 14:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Khatri

Thank you for the message. I feel happy talking with you. You are right - sometimes, we make pages here look like garbage bins! --Bhadani 15:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

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Re: 9617 Grahamchapman

Thanks for the feedback - it's always nice to hear about how one's contributions are received. Not sure why I didn't get around to copying the Grahamchapman article to the other Python asteroids, as C-w-l did. I think it had something to do with Grahamchapman getting some press as a binary asteroid, while the others were just regular ones. Thanks again! --Ckatz 09:34, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes consolidation support

What's on the slab Do not use these templates yet

You have recently either supported my userbox consolidation efforts or at least applauded them. Currently, I am putting together another larger batch of userbox deletions which will have master templates. (The master templates are not "live" yet.) Would you be willing to support me in this and any future consolidations? There will probably be a lot of resistance at first to this, so having a group of people supporting me would be greatly appreciated.

At the moment, 5 master userboxes are in the works to replace 72. That may increase significantly if I can get the sixth one to work as I would like. Some of the templates to be replaced are widely used, but with the consolidated templates there is more funcitionability.

Please let me know, you can click [edit] above as this conversation is transcluded to all.

Sent to: Aeon1006, Andrew c, BigDT, Billpg, Brian Olsen, Cyde, Gperrow, Khaosworks, Luna Santin, Marcus-e, MiraLuka, NKSCF, Pegasus1138, Phil Boswell, Plange, RedZebra, Rfrisbie, Riana dzasta, Stefanmg, and Tuspm
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 22:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, that's an interesting use of transclusion. :) Can't promise I'll always vote to support, but I imagine that in many cases I will. Feel free to let me know when you post them (I tend not to watch TfD too often), and as always I'll be more than willing to lend what technical advice I can. Luna Santin 22:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Lady Aleena, as noted in an earlier discussion with you, I think consolidation is fine for thematically related userboxes. However, I also support diversity through mass customization, so I'm more inclined to support consolidations that maintain display differences in images, colors and especially wordings. That's easy enough to do with parser functions. I wish you all the best. Regards, Rfrisbie^talk 22:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

As per the two posts above, I might very likely support it but I'll determine it on a case by case basis. Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 22:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't overly care too terribly much. I will say that I think having generic userboxes is a good thing from one standpoint - it helps newbies learn Wikicode. If you can't just add {{User Hokie}} to your page but instead have optional parameters like {{User Hokie|year=2001|border=maroon|major=CS}}, that's definitely a good thing. BigDT 22:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Same here - case by case. I only voted on the Doctor Who box because it was part of the Wikiproject, anyway. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Just let me know when you need my support LA, Most od th eboxes I use are aprt of a wikiproject anyways or made myself Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't use userboxes, I only got into this because of the Doctor Who project. But I'd take a look on a case by case basis, certainly. --Brian Olsen 02:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with BigDT. Userboxes with optional parameters taught me how to use Wikicode. A master template isn't a bad idea... hell, it should be like that for most userboxes. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 02:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I do like this use of transclusion. I think I'll vote on a case by case basis, but I do like and support the idea as a whole. —Mira 02:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd also take a look on a case-by-base basis. --Gperrow 17:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I have appreciated your efforts so far and will extend my support to similar "consolidation" projects. RedZebra 13:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

If you know of anyone who may be interested in this, just transclude this to their talk page as it is transcluded to yours. - LA @ 06:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Thumbs up! Stefanmg 11:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Whoa ... time travel! ;) BigDT 12:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry... I always copy some of previous posts. It's easier... I just forgot to change the date Stefanmg 17:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

So Far I like what you have done! See your Talk page to find out How much! Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 20:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

One concern I have about this form of communication on a topic that admittedly might be controversial is the potential for accusations of recruiting for votestacking. What are others' views on this? Rfrisbie^talk 21:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I had wondered about this, but unless I am mistaken, this is an uncontroversial tidy up operation. Stephen B Streater 21:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

As a lot of you have said, you will take my recommendations on a case by case basis. That tells me that you are ready, willing, and able to tell me when I have crossed the line. - LA @ 21:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

This is just anticipating a potential issue so you can prepare for it. If anyone ever puts up a stink, you might want to disclose this page is here. But then again, it might never come up. :-) Rfrisbie^talk 21:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Since we don't vote on Wikipedia it should not be an issue hopefully. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 00:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Other consolidations

Myers-Briggs

• ENFJ: 26
• ENFP: 48
• ENTJ: 30
• ENTP: 46
• ESFJ: 15
• ESFP: 7
• ESTJ: 19
• ESTP: 8
• INFJ: 43
• INFP: 80
• INTJ: 135
• INTJ2: 45
• INTP: 151
• INTP2: 34
• ISFJ: 13
• ISFP: 13
• ISTJ: 69
• ISTP: 42

Rfrisbie...have you thought about getting your Myers-Briggs templates deleted in favor of the combined one that Thadman created? That would be another 18 deleted. I did a survey of how many people were using each...

Some people have more than one of these on their user pages, so some of those are duplicates. I know that some look like a lot of people use them, but once we get people migrating from individual templates to master templates, it will get easier and easier to consolidate them. Hopefully we can keep user templates in Template space if we can show that we can police them. - LA @ 22:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi LA, of course, we all know they're not “my” templates. I just moved some to userspace as part of the effort to find a userbox compromise most people could live with. I wasn’t kidding when I said I support diversity in userboxes. Although I think Thadman’s userbox {{User:The Thadman/Userbox/MBTI}} is cool, it displays differently than the others – only one color scheme with a set of profile scores – and it doesn’t use categories . I don’t have any problem with it or another template designed to consolidate the existing features of the other boxes for “elegance” reasons, as long as no features are lost. However, I do not see a “need” to do it. On a web site that went from 1 million articles to over 1.25 million in about four months, I really consider the number of userbox pages to be a non-issue. I’m also not aware of any material debates on keeping userboxes in templatespace if someone polices them. Maybe you can show me a link or two on that. In this particular case, it’s even more superfluous because all personality boxes already are in userspace (User:Rfrisbie/Userboxes/Personality) and the Wikipedia directory page was deleted. [1] Rfrisbie^talk 02:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

See my comments on GUS on the WikiProject Userboxes talk page. - LA @ 11:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. What that shows me is that you are very well-intentioned in your efforts, your rationale for this process as a means to keep userboxes in template space is not supported by consensus, and the specific case of the Myers-Briggs templates does not apply, since they already are ugly in userspace. Sorry, I'm still not convinced of the need or consensus to do this. However, if you're still interested in combining the boxes for "efficiency," without changing the displays or categories, it's fine with me. Rfrisbie^talk 12:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have only gotten one reply to my initial statement. I wish that more people would comment for I really want to keep user templates in the template space. I will never use a user template in user space. - LA @ 22:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that LA I have been dealing with other issues, I agree with what your doing it should make things a lot simpler. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 17:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

LOTR

I've found a few more that may be worth consolidating: the LOTR userboxes. Luna Santin 02:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I was looking at those, however the merged template would have to have standardized wording. I will give it a good think. - LA @ 04:06, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Live master user templates

I have made four of those master templates live. I will not start the TfD process on the ones they are replacing for at least a week. I want to see how well they catch on without a TfD first. However, do you think that I could slip a little note onto the to be TfDd templates noting the new master without too much censure. The message would be in the box appearing on the user pages like a TfD, but not as obtrusive. - LA @ 06:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Might be a good idea. What do the others think? Æon ^{Insane Ward} 06:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Go for it. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 11:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Some of the card game user templates have been marked with a message about the master template. The ones which are of different design are not marked as of yet. - LA @ 22:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Templates for deletion in progress

Here are the TfDs in progress...

August 7

User chess variants

Card game user templates

Idol series user templates

Newspaper types user templates

August 11

Prison Break

Law & Order series

Go take a look and tell the community what you think. - LA @ 07:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Checked them out, went delete on all. Great Job LA! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 20:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's userbox consolidation desk

If you find a group of userboxes which you think could be merged, place them on my userbox desk. Please alphabetalize them over the Edit section with NEW in the section name so it stands out a bit. I currently have 6 projects there. - LA @ 00:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

More user template deletions

To those who are still watching this, please see Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 25/User templates and give your opinion. - LA @ 08:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your kind suggestions. This all goes wrong because I mostly write these articles when I am at my office desk. I want to provide more information that I have but can't get ime at home and it is not possible when I am at my job . Next time I will take care of speelings. If you can help making bar related articles a stub I will be thankful to you. I do never mind any suggestions for improving quality of articles so feel free to give suggestions. Abulfazl 07:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

FTB

Thanksfor the input! :) - FrancisTyers · 16:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Btw, which Hindi one is correct, "सीमाओ को चोदो" or "सीमाओं को चोदो" ? - FrancisTyers · 16:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox

Hey, Riana dzasta, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 07:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Monty Python TfD compromise

There is a compromise now posted on the TfD if you are still interested in this debate. One question, even though you are against this TfD, have you even taken the master template out for a test drive?
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 09:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

PS. I can help you get userboxes back on your page and make them neat.

I quite like what you've done, as a matter of fact. This is pretty much what I had in mind when I voted. I think you've done a top job!

And about my userboxes... go for gold! I don't have the energy to go playing around with 'em, that's all. Originally I had a sort of table thing with 4 going across the page, but then I realised they only looked good on a widescreen laptop like mine.

Cheers, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 09:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Would you be willing to be a solid delete on this, instead of a keep? - LA @ 22:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Niddely Nigsey Noel Boy Blue

Cheers for the comments, much appeciated. I think with Oasis is acceptable though. I'ver left some comments on the FAC page. Cheers again.--Crestville 20:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Ta very much. No hurry mind, I can always nominate it again.--Crestville 14:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Binaca Geetmala Annual list of 1970

Thanks for teaching me the utility of disambiguation by example :-) Cheers from New Delhi, India! EyeMD 13:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Makki Di Roti

I made significant changes to the abovesaid article. I however could not get what you asked for ("lend a hand"). Bunty.Gill 17:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Bunty.Gill 18:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Those questions are all answered at http://buntygill.wordpress.com - especially in a textbox on the left. Bunty.Gill 18:05, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Same to you and let's stay in touch! I am mostly concerned with artciles on Punjab, Punjabiyat and Sikhism. My knowledge about biology is very specialized and not "so suitable" for something like WP! Bunty.Gill 18:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey wassup? Bunty.Gill 16:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

OKBunty.Gill 04:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Noel Gallagher

You're welcome. I thought it was a pretty good article and informative. I enjoyed reading it. JW 15:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello and thanks

Hey Riana, I've just signed up on this thing and you kindly sent me a message. I guess that's an automatic thing that just kicks in, but I wanted to say thanks for the info you sent me anyway. It's all a bit confusing here at first, and I'm a bit thick, so it has been mighty useful! Ta :-) MoltonStPilgrim 11:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

See, I told ya I was thick...

Forgive me, I didn't realise that people here were so dedicated to being kind! I really did appreciate it - it's quite a lot to get your head around first off. But I've 'been bold' nonetheless, and look forward to what happens to my first lil edit. Cheers. MoltonStPilgrim 11:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Wait and see

Oh it's not controversial now, but you wait! It is merely the first, quiet step in a programme of world domination... through editing... obscure articles... well, obviously haven't thought it through loads but...hmm. Get back to you on that. Have a good one :-) MoltonStPilgrim 12:38, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

What do you think?

In response to your comment on the Michael Bentine article, I've added some more info but I have a few of questions and I hope you don't mind me asking you because, well, at the moment you're the only one to ask! (1) Would my changes count as a minor edit or not, and is my descriptor of them too long? (2) Should I respond to messages like yours on the talk page of the article or contact the message's author directly like I'm doing here? (3) What is considered best practice when my edit throws up a red link (re: Prince of Wales)? If you don't want to get into all this, tell me where I can get answers and I'll leave ya alone. Thanks! MoltonStPilgrim 12:33, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

oh brilliant!

Hey Riana, that's fantastic, thank you so much! So very helpful. I didn't expect you to write so much and I'm jolly grateful that you did. Even the afterthought was useful :-) I'm just coming to the end of the working day here, so I haven't had a chance to fully digest everything, but on a quick read through it seems to cover all points brilliantly. My next job is to get to grips with all the various coding symbols I need when editing, or more importantly creating new pages. But I think I should read existing Wikipedia pages more closely before taking the easy route and asking you lol. Thanks again for being very smart, helpful and encouraging. MoltonStPilgrim 16:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind comment on my talk page, just now. It was really refreshing to be thanked for such a small thing - and to know that somebody else had a fatefully placed birthday. :) Truth be told, I stayed up til 2AM writing editor reviews last night (bad, bad idea).. but fortunately, my maths exam isn't until the afternoon. Indeed, it starts in two hours. I should probably get me to school...

Anyway, hope to see you around more in the future. :) RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 01:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, you reviewed me - thanks! :) As you noted, I do have to increase my article space editing before starting an RfA, and it's something I've been working on for a while. I wait a little while before I consider an RfA, so we'll see how it goes until then. Thanks again! RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 07:46, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

hockey

Hi there,

It looks like you have interst in (field) hockey. am i write. i m a field hockey player from pakistan.

bye Abul — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.81.202.228 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

yeah u r right. u made changes to one article regarding one of my article regarding x-pakistan hockey captain waseem. if u don't mind send me a short note on abdulhayi@hotmail.com or alternatively add me in your msn. that would be intersting to chat with you some time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.81.202.228 (talk • contribs) 03:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheersy

Blimey, maths lectures. I remember them. Just. Fear, lots of fear. Is everyone here of astronomical IQ - well, obviously not because I'm here too now. I like to bring down the average whenever I can ;-) Another great tip about the signatures too. Again, v helpful ta!MoltonStPilgrim 08:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah right! Something tells me you're not only good at it, but you ENJOY it too!! MoltonStPilgrim 11:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

How refreshing: speaking as a physics man, it really heartens me that there are some young people left on the planet who are interested in science. I was a complete failure at chemistry - even though I ended up teaching it. If you ever want to talk science, i'd be up for that, tho' go easy on my lack of knowledge on chemistry :-) MoltonStPilgrim 13:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Ayas

Thanks for your comments about History of metallurgy in South Asia. I'm glad you liked the article. It could still need some expansion by someone more knowledgeable than me. --RF 10:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm planning to reduce my wiki time, so joining a wiki project may not be the right thing to do in this case. --RF 11:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Original authors

Sorry, nuisance here again - is there a simple way of telling who was the originating author of a page? At the moment, I go to the earliest edit listed but that doesn't always looks as if it was the first page created on a subject. MoltonStPilgrim 14:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, well for example when I go to the history of the Wagner page, the earliest edit has an embolded m next to it, suggesting it's a minor edit which doesn't make sense if it was the first entry. Then when I click on that entry, besides appearing very polished for a first attempt it has a link at the top professing to take me to an earlier version. Help! I tres confuse! MoltonStPilgrim 16:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey genius, you're good! That has answered that one beautifully. Sometimes the way my mind works surprises even me - I mean, it is hardly necessary to know who first started an entry, especially those pages like Wagner which inevitably get heavily worked on. And yet, I find for me it is necessary: I can't grasp how wiki works unless I can logically follow a process through from start to finish. Seeing as you had to search about for the answer, I assume the question isn't often asked and yet for me it has been one of my first questions. I wonder how many other people think like that. Anyway, I'm starting to feel guilty about taking up sooo much space on your talk page. Feel free to delete my old entries - or tell me to quieten down! If it would be better to do these long exchanges by email then I don't mind - up to you. MoltonStPilgrim 11:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Well you're free to use my name, which is Gareth - lol. I am a dedicated student of William Blake, and each Christmas I like to make a trip to his old house in South Molton Street, in London (near the old site of the Tyburn Tree incidentally), hence the username. I guess it would be more efficient to message here rather than email, as long as you're sure my many messages aren't becoming a nuisance. (I'm finding your long rambly messages fun, meself :-)) But now you've raised another question - how do I archive, as opposed to just deleting? MoltonStPilgrim 11:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Golly, I haven't done that with you have I? Sorry if I have - sure didn't mean to! Am I right in thinking that only I would be able to see my archive? MoltonStPilgrim 12:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Phew, that's a relief! Appreciate you coming back, in the light of your wikibreak comments... I shall henceforth do my bit to make sure you stick to the tactical withdrawal. thanks for your invaluable help thus far and let's catch up in a week or so. by then I'll be a wikiwhizz! good luck with the assignments, if I can help let me know. oh and PS, i like the new colour-scheme :-o MoltonStPilgrim 08:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch!

Srose (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Hey, Riana!! I just wanted to thank you for reviewing me! Your time and comments are quite appreciated. :) I returned the favor and reviewed you - you are entirely too unrecognized for the things you do!! Please let me know if there's anything I can ever do to help you.  :) Srose (talk) 18:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

re: Welcome, Crisonastick!

hi riana, and thank you for the welcome! Crisonastick 03:28, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Subst templates

I'd already realised and was doing it myself, but thanks.--Runcorn 15:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you so much for your comments on my editor review. I greatly appreciate your compliments and your advice and I will definitely follow your advice to become a better Wikipedian! Once again, thank you and let me know if there is anything else I can do to be a better editor. Happy editing! Wikipediarules2221 01:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

For having the coolest userbox substitutes I've ever seen, I award you this lovely shiny barnstar. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 08:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

No, really, I love the paragraph you used in the place of userboxen on your userpage. It took me a moment to appreciate how awesome it was, but I got there in the end. :) RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 08:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, you stole that code from someone else? WELL, I guess I'll just be taking back my barnstar, then! :)

Just kidding, you definitely deserve it - and I'm glad you like it. Thanks for the support about my entry in the user page award competition, by the way: I've already been eliminated (HighwayCello beat me already, damn him! *shakes fist* ), but that's cool by me. It was a good incentive to make my userpage suck less than it used to. :) RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 09:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

See, I told you it sucked. Maybe it needs more sparkly bits. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 09:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ooooh, now that is sparkly. Maybe if I made them tile behind my text to form a massive sparkly background, people would be dazzled into making my userpage win that elusive award? :) RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 09:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

A few deaths for a shiny User Page Award? Dude, that's totally worth it... unless they curse my name with their dying breath. That'd be awkward. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 10:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hah! ^_^ I rather think they'd be grateful, to have seen the sparkly goodness that is my userpage before the deaths. It'd be an honour, no? RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 10:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Dude, who wouldn't enjoy that? We're talking some serious sparkles, here - it'd totally make up for the tremendous searing agony. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 10:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, no, not stripes. That's just a little tacky, isn't it? Heh. No, I'm thinking more gigantic red text and pictures of kittens. And they could flash and play music and beg obnoxiously for comments. And then I could transwiki my page. To MySpace. Hooray! RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 10:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Truly, the way of MySpace is one to be followed to the ends of the earth. We should study it, methinks, so as to... aww, hell, I don't know. I just like the idea of userpages asploding peoples' eyes. It has a certain something about it. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 10:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Surely, those who lost their eyeballs would be those most likely to vote against me? Assuming they'd be so naïve as to hate me for granting them the chance to look upon the beauty of my MySpace bloguserpage, they'd be slightly disadvantaged by the inability to see in order to vote against me. Thus, my enemies are automagically removed from the equation, since those who see my page and live to see again would instantly fall in love with me anyway, and be compelled to vote in my support. Obviously. And with an army of sockpuppets singing my praises, only the strongest-willed adversaries would dare oppose me. =] RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 11:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm.. come to think of it, I might not be able to count on that army of socks, not after what I put them through. On the plus side, I can always beat them into submission with a suitably large stick - and then, when I've been given UNLIMITED POWERthe mop, I can always baleetblock them, in order to uphold the integrity of something-or-other. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 11:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Your wish is my command! I've renamed the section - wouldn't want to sound emo, now, would we? :) And yeah, I could tell you were really plotting to end my sufferingWikityranny - I could see it in your eyes. Your murderers' eyes. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 11:57, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

See, I knew it from the moment I saw them - you should really wear sunglasses more often, y'know. That was a schoolboy error, that was. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 12:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, absolutely. I should have spent the last five hours studying for my modern history exam tomorrow, but... "meh." I'm confident I can wing it, though, since I have a pretty good memory for boring facts and a fat walletsilver tongue. Good luck with your biology work, though. Make sure you hide your eyes from your workmates. o_o RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 12:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

So, I'm your kind of idiot, am I? Well, that's much nicer than what most people call me. ;) Sorry for helping you procrastinate by putting off my own work, too, but there's no need for you to feel guilty - at History, I bring those blue sparks!can remember enough off the top of my head to get through, without too much difficulty. But yes, 'tis probably time for bed. Or, you know, video games. There's always time for video games. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 13:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

my barnstar

lol, thanks! the spinning one is really cool. Martin 09:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Meetup on 24th August 2006

Apologies if you're already aware of this, but the Inaugural Adelaide Meetup will take place on Thursday 24th of August at Brougham Place Uniting Church, thanks to Alex Sims. Please indicate if you will attend or not.

This message left by May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) on behalf of [ælfəks], 10:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't automatic. I did manually because User:Alphax requested me on IRC. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:29, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

No need to think you were offending me or "undermining my efforts" :DD --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Mmm, cupcakes!

Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comments! I'm sorry I took so long to reply; somehow I missed your comments and cupcakes!! I see you're trying to enforce a self-wikibreak for school... I am, too. I have 72 pages left to write before September 5. I'm slowly becoming a basket case. :P If you need anything, please drop by!!! :) Have a great day (night?)! Srose (talk) 13:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak enforcer

Hey again. Just thought I might recommend a user script to help you avoid procrastination - by quit literally blocking yourself. It's drastic, but I'm considering using it myself.. :)

Anyway, just for your information. Good luck with your university-type-stuff! RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 14:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I'm glad you liked it! Don't block yourself for too long, though, we'll miss you. :) RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 14:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, have fun while you're gone, then. I probably won't block myself until the actual HSC in a couple of months' time, but we'll see. Drop us a line when you're back, kay? RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 14:41, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Socks

I found the comment about the socks! I'll mark them as socks. WhisperToMe 01:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

MoraleFuel

MoltonStPilgrim has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Hey Ms. dzasta! Seeing as my knowledge of WP is now verging on an exponential expansion, I thought I'd try sending you a bit of a morale boost in the event of you coming back here and then instantly feeling guilty. This Brilliant Ball of Geniality comes with my thanks for being so friendly and making it so easy for me to enjoy this place! MoltonStPilgrim 01:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hello Riana! Thank you very much for my first barnstar and the hint.Weird Bird 14:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Of course not! lol :)

Absolutely no problem ;) If it helps I used this HTML --> wiki converter - unfortunately it's not as simple as copy and pasting in the html source but it does work with tweaking if there's any differences between your formatting and mine. Thanks for asking! GIen 15:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Have relocated this here.

Thanks

for the really nice message and the picture of the chimp on my usertalk. I originally had that as my user picture, but I changed it. Thanks also for making an exception and voting for a chimp. If my RfA is successful, I really hope that I won't do anything really secretive. ...and if you ever feel that I do, don't hesitate to immediately call me out on it and ask me what I'm doing. Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 20:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Noel Gallegher

Under the "Remove unsourced or poorly sourced negative material" of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, statements like these are to be removed immediately if they are not properly sourced. Claims of plagiarism and illegal drug abuse are clearly "negative material." If they are well-documented, just find reliable sources and add the material back, citing those sources. Make sure that what the article says on these matters matches what the source says. No disagreement about content, just about sourcing -- statements like these now must be verified, not just verifiable. The editor formerly known as Harmonica Wolfowitz 17:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)