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This is Riana's 15th talk page archive, dated 27-Mar-07 to 07-Apr-07. Please don't leave comments here; try this instead!

Votes (aka JIMBO or THERMO)

• Support: I believe meeting this person is more important than a bunch of hot air. — Editor at Large^(speak) 11:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I hear you. Keep them coming, people! :) – Riana ^talk 11:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support: Forget Jimbo! Meeting your local Wikipedians is reason enough ;-)--cj | talk 11:57, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh, very compelling, cj! Nice one :) – Riana ^talk 12:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support: If you dont meet him, you will regret it for the rest of your life. If you do meet him he will teach you the way of the wiki and you will go on to have an extremely satisfying life.Pengwiin 12:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Hmmm, extremely satisfying existence -vs- lifelong regret. Nothing like a good dilemma to keep you awake at night. – Riana ^talk 12:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support I've done a little bit of thermodynamics before. I'd meet a tree if I had the choice between them. :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  14:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Ta, Spring! Hmmm, maybe the choice ain't so difficult ;) – Riana ^talk 14:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support per Ayelie. Will 17:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support, you even considered it? :) Daniel Bryant 07:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support - obviously. Men are weak, pathetically so. Play your cards right with that one and you could be on to a winner. Certainly worth missing thermodynamics. Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 08:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Edit conflict ;) Hey, now that was funny! —  $PЯINGrαgђ  13:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Moreschi, you're not suggesting I... hook up with someone at the meetup, are you? lol – Riana ^talk 13:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
      • <snicker><snicker>Ingenious bastard, aren't I? Glad you liked that, Springeragh. Sometimes I even amuse myself. Heck, Riana, if you're in the mood...wikipolitics is no different from real life...OK, I'll stop here before I say something really offensive. Cheers, Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 14:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
        • :o AAARGH, get it out of my head! – Riana ^talk 02:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
          • Riana, don't hook up with a Wikipedian - it'll all end in tears when you know his last edits violate WP:NPOV :( Will 10:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
            • Heh. 'How could you lie to me? How could you write that overall you think John Howard is doing a better job than Keating?'... etc, etc... oh, that's movie-makin' material. – Riana ^talk 10:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
              • Of course, you know, if they do reverse your decisions more than three times, you can block them from your bed for twenty-four hours - it's clear who'd wear the mop in the relationship. Will 12:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
                • And exactly how many times has this happened to you, Will? You sounded a bit familiar with the predicament. :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  14:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
                  • Unfortunately, I've never been that far in a Wikirelationship. Will 16:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support. I was going to put some joke here about the amount of entropy in the universe increasing no matter what you do and that your class is an open system, but I'm having trouble wording it, so I'll just say go to the meetup. You know, you could invite everybody to thermo, that way you won't miss class! :) --Kyoko 13:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Hehe, nice :p – Riana ^talk 13:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• You don't intend to meet Jimbo? Shocking! Though I can't get to the Perth meetup ;) James086^{Talk | Email} 10:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm gauging consensus here, mate! Can't just do stuff without consensus, can I? You should go to the Perth meetup - no doubt it won't be at 7:30AM, like ours is :( – Riana ^talk 11:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Actually, Perth's starts at 7am!--cj | talk 13:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Wow! Are they going to camp out there overnight or something? ;) – Riana ^talk 13:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
        • No. They're going to get up early. <GASP!> :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  15:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
          • What's that like? :p – Riana ^talk 15:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
            • :D —  $PЯINGrαgђ  15:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
              • No fair picking on me in comments, Spring! ;) I've woken up early... well, it's early in Taiwan at the time, usually... – Riana ^talk 15:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
                • What if that was a note to myself? ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  15:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
                  • ... Touché. ;) – Riana ^talk 15:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
                    • You're funny. :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  17:15, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
                      • I'm sorry, 7:00 AM is early? Considering I wake up at 5:00 AM (sometimes even 4), I'd get bored over at Perth. What's this all about anyways? :-P · AO ^Talk 23:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support Got it. By the way, those Support images take up bandwith. :-) Anyways, lucky for you who can go, congratulations, etc. · AO ^Talk 23:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

  Actually the image only loads once per page view, so no matter how many times it is used it's still only loaded once. Plus it's tiny! I should note, though, that by writing that you forced me to use the "comment" symbol which adds another image that has to be loaded >:-D — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

  <-- Another image. OK, enough :p – Riana ^talk 17:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose Entropy is way more interesting than some guy that founded a porn search engine and some dumb online RPG. Just kidding, by the way. This sure beats my usual reason for missing classes: massive headaches and cotton mouth. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 01:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose Again. My vote of coarse is because of your snub of a very understandable request. Wow I don't even know you and I'm joking around inappropriately with you... sorry I've read too many of your contribs without actually bumping into you with edits. Anyway -- go meet Jimbo! MrMacMan 07:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Lol! :p – Riana ^talk 07:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Make sure to have a good time for the rest of us! :D (I hope to bump into you in an actual edit in the future btw) MrMacMan 08:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
      • I have a feeling I've run into your userpage somewhere, because it was purple instead of blue, but I can't remember where. Oh well, maybe our paths shall cross again ;) – Riana ^talk 08:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Help please

Please leave this diff on Dbachmann's talk page. It is protected. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bhadani&diff=prev&oldid=118216984 (Troll? me? not me. Calling a spade spade is trolling?)

How long can you stand an admin who merely removes one space here, adds one there, spends a dozen edit counts to post a message on a talk page, then removes it himself, and ends up stepping on others' toes in the process? Dbachmann didn't say stalking merely because he is a gentleman.

It's ok, Leave it at that, unless you care to block me for that.

I don't care to block you unless you are disrupting. Calling someone a 'stupid old man' once is not disruptive, but it's certainly not constructive. Let's just not do it again. – Riana ^talk 10:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the award!!! Vandals bette beware now! I protected that IP's talk page as well for trolling, they better not come back for more! Thanks again Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 13:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey girl

That character in your new signature to link to here—is that a Hindi chatacter? —  $PЯINGrαgђ  14:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually I could see it fine. But since I use special characters in my signature, I'm also careful to watch how it does in different fonts. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  P.S. I liked your ½-Riana, ½-riana_dzasta signature a bit better. ;) 19:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Drama-free zone!

Hey, now it's used on actual (sort of) pages! That was an IRC request from Bastique, to print out and post in his new office. Glad you like it; hopefully it'll keep the trolls and vandals at bay, as your talk page is *always* near the top of my list. Thank goodness Commons is a tad quieter than here in terms of that... I deleted the image formerly on Wikipedia's main page (and numerous other templates and userpages) the other day and haven't gotten any hate mail! o_o — Editor at Large^(speak) 16:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Could you review my RFA candidacy?

Hi Riana: I basically picked you out of a hat to check my answers before I post a self-nominated RFA, just in case I said anyting really stupid, or if there's something I should add, etc. I appreciate your (presumed) willingness to help with this, and if it takes you a couple of days, there's no rush.

The text of my statement and answers is here: User:YechielMan/draft of answers for a coming RFA. Thanks. YechielMan 17:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Since you asked, my RFA is live as of about five minutes ago. YechielMan 06:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

checking up...

...on me? :) :) - NYC JD (interrogatories) 20:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

User talk:24.57.69.217

They keep blanking their user page while on block (you blocked them) put on page please not to that it would just end up getting page protected (albeit temporary). Could you please till their block expires protect from anon ip's? Thanks.--Xiahou 22:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Y through the combined efforts of Alison and Deskana - sorry I wasn't online! :) – Riana ^talk 23:01, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...........

.......for this, might get the currently ex (from 2004), but soon to be girlfirend judge that for herself :) Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 23:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

MikeMcGD - Apparently a somewhat confused an inexperienced user

Hi Riana, A few days ago you responded to my request posted to WP:ANI to investigate the vandal-like behavior of MikeMcGD, who was engaged in repeated deletion of material from Ginkgo100 talk page and vandalism cease-and-desist notices being left on his own talk page. (See Regarding User:MikeMcGD. Since that time I came across an unsigned message that the account holder had misplaced on Ginkgo100's page. One editor tracked the message down to that account, and I recognized the comment as belonging to the User:Ginkgo100#Anthony Dallongeville discussion thread. Once the misplaced message was in place, it became clear to me that what I and a number of other editors had construed to be vandalism was, in fact, the flailing of an inexperienced user under the impression that he or she can (and perhaps should) remove finalized conversations. If I assume good faith, then the basis of blocking this account indefinitely appears fragile, and perhaps should be restored at some point. To my knowledge, no one has initiated such a request, but I felt it proper to raise the aspects that a number of us had become confused by this user's behavior. It certainly would have been grand if this user took a few moments to follow some of the links on the welcome message that Kukini posted on the talk page. I should like to note that I regard your behavior perfectly proper in all of this, and continue to value your help. Tale care Gosgood 13:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Papin sisters

Hi Riana, Saw your signature at the Papin sisters article. Do you have any particular interest in them? I've been fascinated by them for years and started my own web site on them (papinsisters.tripod.com). Then I found the entry on them on Wiki, so I've made some contributions to it. Neilrobertpaton 13:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0. Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage).
cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Ooh, pink and green, what a clash of colours.....cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:46, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unprotection requests

Heh, you're welcome.

We have something like 1,500 sprotected articles right now, many of them protected for months due to situations which no longer exist, so I've been going through the list and trying to get a bunch of them unprotected. This is one of those occasional situations where it would come in handy for me to be an admin, but it would be far too much trouble for me to go through the process of becoming one just for these occasions. Plus, this gives you something to do ;) --Xyzzyplugh 15:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Break

Hi. Am on an (involuntary) wikibreak, and more due to monetary circumstances. Hope you are having a nice time. :) — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 15:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Gmail doesn't work without an internet connection, does it? Anyway, life without internet is depressing. :( — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 15:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Dokusai article

Hi, I saw you removed my prod here. Well, I'd say the reason I've given is valid enough, as the article just hangs in there and its value is close to nothing if you ask me. But, okay, I'm not gonna touch it. Just saying hi and saying that your edit didn't go unnoticed. Have a cool day. --Ouro (blah blah) 18:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

That would be my first AfD posting. I'll have to think about it, but certain arrows point in that direction. I actually am thinking of doing a few things on Wikipedia (like cleaning up certain articles and suchlike), but at the same time should concentrate on my meatspace activities. Sigh. Cheers. --Ouro (blah blah) 04:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Riana, sorry I keep bothering you, but I wonder if you could give me some more advice on how close I am to being ready for adminship. Per your comments last time, I've now worked hard on Politics, which was rated as Start-Class when I started work and is now a GA. I've also commented on lots of policy discussions and now have over 200 WP talkspace edits. The only two things that worry me are my overall editcount (around 3700, so not quite high enough to be totally secure), and the fact that the essay I co-wrote at WP:CAI has attracted a lot of controversy. (Hopefully the latter point shouldn't influence anyone to vote against me, but if they feel strongly enough, they would be entitled to do so.) So I wonder if you could give me an informal review, when you have the time? Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 20:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I've answered your questions, and eagerly await your feedback. :) Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 12:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 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. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Re:Stop it

I was actually using ARV 2.1. It is the same thing, but only one tab. IsuzuAxiom1007 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

George Galloway

Hello, I understand that you are responsible for protecting this page. I have been attempting to sort of unofficially mediate and resolve some of the salient issues here. However, it now seems clear to me as an uninterested party that one editor inparticular is more or less responsible for this whole debacle. I feel it is unfair for the rest of the wiki community - those which may wish to edit this article - to suffer for the actions of one belligerent POV pusher. I have been attempting to simply inform this individual about wiki policy as it pertains to BLP's, and perhaps another objective opinion, outside of an unnecessary full-fledged mediation process, would help resolve this. Would you or anyone you know be willing to put their two cents in? I would appreciate it. Thanks.--Jackbirdsong 23:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into it. – Riana ^talk 06:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back- I suggested our editor in question file RfC. Personally, I'm glad to pass that catastrophuck on to someone else, I just thought I'd try. Peace.--Jackbirdsong 23:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

LegoAxiom1007

Violated a last warning, AIV rejected the report [1]. Can you handle it? Nardman1 23:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• User continues to intersperse seemingly good edits with completely bizarre nonsense, like this [2]. I think the time to rid ourselves of this vandal has come. Nardman1 01:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Theresa has found a temp solution, but he's definitely on his final warning. – Riana ^talk 06:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

The Behnam

Link: User:The Behnam

Wow, I saw the discussion that was going on in your archive just by chance. I did a 'what links here' and found out that this individual had made accusations towards me [3].

Why didn't this person contact me first if they had concerns? This is really not assuming good faith at all, and going as far as to make suggestions of blocking me? I don't think that is the place of this person to decide, now is it? I have an interest in Forst beer, so I made a page for it. I followed the format of other pages like Heineken, etc. I got quite enthusiastic and started updating a bunch of pages and linking them to the Italian breweries section. It is pretty sad and de-motivating to see that someone like this individual is so bored and trying to play cop? :-) Anyway, I really appreciate that you looked into it and saw I was indeed making relevant edits. I see the user still attempts to stick with his story I'm doing something wrong. Amazing. :-) anyway, regards. Icsunonove 23:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

If you are interested I'm discussing this on my talk page. The Behnam 01:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be resolved without my, er, interference :) – Riana ^talk 06:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Yes, I know it's almost a week late, but don't worry, I haven't forgotten.

Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers. - Michael Billington (talk) 09:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

From Halo

Hi Riana! I'm just passing by to thank you on behalf of The Halo to thank you for, in his words, "all your kindness and friendship". I was supposed to do this five weeks ago, I only remembered it while I was fishing for some Second Life login details Will 11:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Our friend just won't quit...

He is ever so articulate. I wonder which of Dante's lesser works is his favorite.

BTW, I got your email and I'm inclined to agree. I say we quietly forget about it and move on. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 20:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for approving my request for userpage semi-protection :)

Chrisch 09:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Luttappi

Something to whack. Moronic troll. Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 10:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Zapped. Silly bugger! – Riana ^talk 10:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Riana, thank you for your support in my recent RfA, and for your congratulatory message. As you are aware, you were helpful in pointing me in the right direction after my last attempt. Scary at first, though, isn't it?--Anthony.bradbury 10:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting the vandalism done by User:Malayali youth Jisha (Talk) 12:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA and Editor Review

Hi, just wondering if you saw my earlier message, telling you that I've answered the additional questions you left in my editor review. Once again, thanks for your help, and I eagerly await your feedback. :) Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 14:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Page protections

Hello. I don't want to appear patronising, but I disagree with a few of your page protections- sprotection should be used as more of a last resort measure. For example, you protected Florida; I probably would have declined the request. It's a borderline case though, so it's no big deal. I just remember sprotection being introduced and people making a big deal about how it should only be used as a last resort. The protection policy also says this. Oh, and you probably didn't notice since it's quite a recent change, but the bit of WP:PP that allows users to unconditionally request protection of their userpages has been removed from the policy, and so far nobody has contested the removal. I'd appreciate it if you'd hold off on protecting userpages until it's pretty certain it's going to stay removed. Thanks. --Deskana (ya rly) 15:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, it was there like 2 days ago! No worries, thanks. – Riana ^talk 15:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

User:Tachikoma now User:Kyoko

Hi there!
My account usurpation has been completed, but it had the unfortunate side effect of making my userpage begin with "User:Kyoko (usurped)". At least to me. I reinserted my purple header to hide that, but I would really rather that the (usurped) didn't appear at all, because I think it looks a little ugly. Maybe it's only visible to me and not to other people. I guess you'll have to look at prior revisions to see for yourself.

I hope you're doing well. --Kyoko 15:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Now it looks better. I think between all of us, enough people have us on their watchlists that I don't need to tell other people and add to my already substantial user talk count (1401 out of 4151 total edits). As for mail... mail read, will reply later. --Kyoko 16:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Replied. --Kyoko 03:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Tourette syndrome

Link: Tourette syndrome

Thanks for the unprotect; just for future knowledge, it actually made my vandalism patrol work harder. By protecting the main article, the "Tourette's guy" vandals just moved onto all the daughter articles; it's easier for me (and the legions of other Wikipedians who watch the TS article) to just revert whatever happens on the main article, and it's really not that bad except on school holidays. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

2nd complaint about page protections in as many days! I just go by what gets listed on RFP and make judgements based on that... I think I'll stop protections for a few weeks. – Riana ^talk 02:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't complaining, just noting :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, lol, sorry if it looked that way. It was more of a note to myself than anything else. Perhaps I'm a little overgenerous with protections. I thrive on criticism ;) – Riana ^talk 03:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem—I actually commented because people get overly worried and request protection every time there's a school holiday and kids start posting their TS jokes. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll keep that in mind. Cheers :) – Riana ^talk 03:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Main page

Dear Michael, Wishing you a Happy April Fools Day!, and as much fun as this crap line of coding can bring. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 01:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

And a Happy New Year!

My RfA

• Thanks for voting in my RfA. I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

deleted article

Hi, my article (Darlene May) was deleted for stated copyright violation with a claim it was pinched directly from another web site. This is patently untrue. I spent hours writing this article, much of it was based on personal knowledge, statistics from non-copyrighted sites, etc. I can easily add the references to the non-copyrighted sites I used. Thank you. damannion

Sorry, it was completely lifted from http://dsa.csupomona.edu/athletics/womensbball/Coach_Darlene_May.asp?setactive=page. I'm looking at both of them right now, they're both identical, you've just put in paragraphs in different places, and taken a few sentences out here and there. You are free to rewrite with original prose. – Riana ^ऋ 05:03, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

deletion request

Hi Riana, I've been making a few changes in my userspace. I've shuffled things around on my main page, and now I have a request for you. I have a page called [[User:Kyoko/Status]] that I no longer use. It was created by (I think) User:Pilotguy at my request. Because other people have also edited it, I'm not sure if {{db-author}} would be applicable. Would you mind deleting it? And if you don't mind, let me know what you think of the new design. Thanks. --Kyoko 15:57, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, hi. I didn't do anything major, but I shuffled the interests around, so that literature and music are on top (they're the things I edit most often), and the health stuff is further down (no need to look like I'm seeking pity). I also added a minimalist Wdefcon indicator in the bar of useful links, located at the top. BTW, did you delete that page I asked? I probably should have looked before asking, but I'm typing now so I might as well ask away. --Kyoko 02:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I missed that. 'Bye!--Kyoko 02:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

User talk:167.86.1.223#April 2007

Link: User talk:167.86.1.223#April 2007

There's something about your message or sig that the schoolblock just doesn't like. Thought you should know. --Geniac 12:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Forgot to put in "1=" :) Cheers! – Riana ^ऋ 15:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Usernameblock

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:User_Driakko:_Offering_false_words_as_a_quote_is_a_fraud_%21

Hi, I provided a link above to a usernameblock that I think the account creation block should be lifted, unless the user has a history of inappropriete edits, is a sockpuppet, or has a history of malicious account creation. This way the IP the account orginated from will still be able to create a new account.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk • contribs) 17:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks, I forgot to allow account creation. Good catch! – Riana ^ऋ 17:11, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing, but when I looked back, it still said "account creation block", as opposed to "noautoblock", or something else.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk • contribs) 17:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

You got it going. Good job.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk • contribs) 17:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeahhh... long night, probably about time to get going ;) – Riana ^ऋ 17:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Same question for this one. The account creation is clearly malicious, but I wanted to know if you think the user should have one chance to create an accuont, based on the block log summary.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk • contribs) 18:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

• Based on that user's contribution, I'd say... not really necessary. – Riana ^ऋ 18:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• But I've done so anyway ^^ – Riana ^ऋ 18:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

IP address to be blocked as per your warning

See: more vandalism Matt Gies 17:58, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Blocked already. – Riana ^ऋ 00:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Two articles same subject

I have found two articles that are about the exact same thing, but I have no idea how to take care of it. The articles are: Run for the Roses and Run for the Roses (album) Any help would be appreciated. Moorematthews 18:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, in future use {{db-histmerge|title of the page to be merged into here}} :) – Riana ^ऋ 00:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Wah Yan College Cats

Greetings from Canada,

I have across the article Wah Yan College Cats to which you deleted per CSD criteria and, subsequently approximately four hours later, restored it. I'm seeking your rationale for second-guessing yourself as I am considering nominating it for an AfD. I have since reviewed the article in its entirety. I can find little established notability to justify the existence of this article. It appears to be dominated heavily by content which has not been attributed properly - most likely original research, as the article history shows that it has only been edited by one registered editor. Additionally per notability guidelines for organizations, there appears to be insufficient secondary reliable sources out there to support this article. At most, I can see this article having a section in the Wah Yan College article, but not its own. Would love to hear your thoughts. Luke! 04:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Luke. I deleted the article under A7, but the article creator showed me some external sources which made me reconsider the speedy deletion (the conversation is in my archives somewhere, I'll dig it out). I did tell the creator, however, that the article could still be deleted under AfD, and may have considered doing so myself, except I wasn't sure it would be proper for me to do so. Anyway, I don't believe the subject is important enough to warrant inclusion, but still believed that speedy deletion was a little excessive, and wouldn't object to an AfD debate. – Riana ^ऋ 05:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Here's the conversation, from the creator to me [4] and from me to the creator [5]. Hope that helps you set up your case somewhat. Cheers! – Riana ^ऋ 05:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info and taking the time to paste the discussion back onto my talk page as well. Much appreciated. :) Luke! 05:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

No worries! – Riana ^ऋ 07:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Riana

Hello Riana? Can I ask you for a favor? Can you semi protect my user page? I tried to do it myself but it couldn't work. Can you semi protect my user page for me please? King Lopez ^Contribs 09:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

OK well thanks anyway. Just check once in a while just to make sure no one has attack my page. OK? Thanks. King Lopez ^Contribs 07:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

– Riana ^ऋ 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. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Just ran across your page somehow, and was shocked at your layout! Then I remembered how you asked me if you could borrow it all those months ago... ^^ Hope you're doing good! – Riana ^ऋ 05:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

lol, thanks for the smile. I'd forgotten about that! Hey, a late congratulations on your RFA- you're already making a great admin. Cheers- CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 10:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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Riana; ok, thanks for the information and advice. I had not realised that he did that. There appear to be no sensible edits of any kind from that IP, so the block won't cause any collateral, I think. Surely we can't just do nothing, can we? I suppose a range block is not an option?--Anthony.bradbury 09:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Instructions are in Special:Blockip. You need the upper and lower parameters of the IP range within which he is working.--Anthony.bradbury 18:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, fair enough.--Anthony.bradbury 18:11, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Another question...sorry!

Hi Riana, sorry to keep bothering you, but I chalked up my 4,000th edit yesterday and am now in my 4th month of active editing (as opposed to occasional edits). Coupled with the answers I left to your additional questions at my editor review, do you think I might be ready to run now? Judging from recent RfAs, I'm a little concerned that the required editcount standard might be going up (recently, several candidates with over 3,000 edits have failed). So is it better if I wait another month? Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 12:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt response. And here is something for you... Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 16:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Awarded to Riana for helpful advice, and patience with my incessant questions. Walton Vivat Regina! 16:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I enjoy giving out barnstars. :) As to your comments earlier, I hope I didn't give the impression of being too eager to achieve adminship, or of treating it as a status symbol - I just think that with the kind of editing I do on Wikipedia, the admin tools would be very useful. All in all, though, I think I'll wait till I have 4,500 edits at least. I must admit I don't understand why the RfA process is so focused on the raw number of edits (as opposed to quality thereof), but it's the way things are. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 16:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB

Hi Riana, thank you for your kind message on my talk page. Yes, I do intend to try again with more experience, and thanks for your encouragement. See you around! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 13:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

open proxies?

Do you know anything about open proxies? I'm a technological luddite, so I don't know how to be sure something is an open proxy. Natalie 18:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Our friends just hit me when Jimbo's page was protected - [6]. Not sure what to do about this. Suggestions? Natalie 18:38, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

We were typing at the same time. I'm going over to ANI now. Natalie 18:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

hi, good luck with your studies

My RfA

Hi, my RfA has been successful. Thanks a lot for your support. :) --soum (0_o) 08:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Btw, whats the font that you are using? It looks great. --soum (0_o) 08:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hey! I just had a question. If an IP has received a final warning in the past 24 hours, and he/she vandalizes again, should it be reported to the AIV? -Mschel 16:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd give a test3 warning again just to be sure. – Riana ^ऋ 03:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Rule 34

Check your email :D Will

Heh, yeah, I've seen that one before. Chemists get bored :) – Riana ^ऋ 03:01, 7 April 2007 (UTC)