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Re:lol

I picked Editor at Large because at first I created an account to roam about fixing spelling mistakes and punctuation (which is not well treated on Wikipedia). Turned out my first contributions were brand new articles on some of the Mayors of Ottawa! If you do a Google search for "Editor at large" on Wikipedia you come up with lots of hits for editors at companies or publishing firms who oversee all aspects of publications. P.S. If you Google just "Editor at Large", without the Wikipedia perameters, my userpage is the 10th hit!
— Editor at Large^(speak) 10:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that was a quick reply to answer your basic question. Now, to elaborate: I can see the steel-toed boots. They're watergun-wielding vandals shorting the circuts of Wikipedia, diverting the firefighters' attentions to minor problems! Ack!
Godzilla + Tokyo + beautiful prose = me? Interesting picture... I'll have to make an image for that. But beautiful prose, where did you get the idea I wrote that? ;-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 02:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Aww, shucks! You're too sweet! But I don't think it'll be reaching FA anytime soon; it's still kinda stubby. — Editor at Large^(speak) 14:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Umm, yes. It's a long story! Thanks for asking, though; I really appreciate it ;) — Editor at Large^(speak) 19:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up vandilism on the Hinduism article--Seadog.M.S 13:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

<Archive span>Username pronunciation</span>

Um, kind of…come to think of it, I never thought about pronouncing my own username! But yeah, kind of a mix between the hard g and the "h" sound. —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  14:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC) (Although in Irish Gaelic, it's way different. But I won't bore you with that.) :)

My RfA thanks

Hi, Riana dzasta! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :)

--Coredesat 15:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for cleaning up vandalism on the Hinduism page. HeBhagawan 15:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Announcement: It's an administrator!

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Riana dzasta, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks again, Chris Griswold

Administrator?

Hi there! Are you an administrator on the English Wikipedia, and if not, would you like to be? I've seen you about - doing a lot of good work recently on articles related to Fiji, and I think your edit count is more than enough qualify. Being an administrator does not require you to perform any duties, but simply lifts a couple of security features. If you don't object, I'd love to nominate you for adminship. Please let me know. David Cannon 13:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd probably support this nomination, if you are interested. Alphachimp 14:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think I was completely clear there. I would completely support your nomination. By the way, David Cannon is an admin. Alphachimp 14:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to be highly arrogant and assume that out of over 2.5 million registered users, more than 2 might be willing to nominate/support me with regards to adminship (I know, it's probably a long shot). I'll just clarify here that I don't think I'm experienced enough (especially with regards to policy), so I might wait some time. At least 6 months. And 5000 edits. RfA standards are becoming increasingly stringent, which is something I support (perhaps not completely... less than 0.05% of registered users are administrators on one of the most visited sites on the Internet? Hmmm... ). I'm not yet prepared for the nastiness and dick-measuring that RfA sometimes degrades into. Thanks for the thought, though, and I'd love to serve Wikipedia in a greater capacity, but not quite yet. riana_dzasta 14:25, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Um, that's not quite correct. Yes, we have 2.5 million registered users, but only a small percentage of them are currently active. A lot of people just register, make a couple of edits, then disappear. Nearly all active users who behave themselves do get approved. Those who get rejected have usually done something major, or offended somebody major. I really think you'd be a shoo-in! BTW, I thought I read somewhere that your edit count was about 4000. But okay, when you've got 1000, I'll ask you again. You're the kind of user we need more of around here:-) David Cannon 00:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay then, I'll wait a little while - but only a very little while :-)))) Have a great day. David Cannon 00:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

It should be obvious that I would strongly support you as well, and co-nom if you like. You'd make an excellent admin. :) Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 10:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Eee! Thank you!

I can only assume by "all the above" you mean "all the nasty comments, insults, and indignation about deleted pages".  ;) (I had one user ask for the name of my supervisor!) Thank you so much!

How's the vandal-squishing? -- Merope 15:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

*gives you Tesco noodles*

Unfortunately, they're not that much edible, but what do you expect for 8p? Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 23:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Would a Ferrero Rocher make yourself feel better? That's the only edible thing that I can see. Anyway, I saw you on that discussion on Halo's page about gender and all that. Nice to meet you too. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 23:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

From what's said in your user box, you sound a lot like me. (except I'm male, therefore I don't wear skirts, I'm not Indian, I can't sing, and I can only play Frére Jacques). Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 00:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

And I can't speak French although I'm taking it for GCSE :D Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 00:03, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Never smoked pot, but I'm for its legalization. But I'm not here to canvass votes! Anything else on that list is true about me (except the ones above I've said about). I also misspelt "gives". D'oh! Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 00:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I download music, surely that's just as bad... Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 00:18, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

What, no beratement for downloading music? :P Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 09:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think Jón Þór Birgisson would adopt. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 12:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

There's the soundtrack of Wikipedians, is there not? Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 12:19, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Music

Let's see... fifteen of the forty-one albums on mine are British, seven are European, one is Canadian, three are Japanese, three are non country specific, leaving twelve American bands. Not very centric there. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 12:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

And I'm installing Ubuntu on a PC. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 12:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Didn't go as planned. Have to fix it tommorow. Anyway, consider the redesign done, I'll probably have it done by 12am tonight (UK) :) Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 16:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

re: Hey

Hi Riana, I got out of the hospital earlier today, with mixed results. But as I told Judith, I guess you have to take what good things you can get. Thanks for thinking about me. I hope you're doing well. --Kyoko 00:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, if you're read my userpage, then you know that I was recently diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, so going entirely off meds is not likely. I would like to think that the diagnosis wasn't a factor in my suicide attempt, but I honestly can't say. The past few months have been very eventful, to say the least. I'm coping with the added inconveniences. I'm on an extended leave of absence right now, so that has given me time to adjust. At least I'm better emotionally. --Kyoko 00:21, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

cu ltr!--Kyoko 00:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, I wanted to apologise for my prior message (no, not the "cu ltr" one), since it probably wasn't what you were expecting, and I didn't mean to dump that on you or leave you feeling guilty. I understand now that you were probably talking about antidepressants. I just read your message in the wrong way, so I'm sorry. --Kyoko 06:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

OK! BTW, I didn't mind your question, and no offence was taken. --Kyoko 06:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

vandalism

hi. no problem :) i was following the vandal around and saw their edit :P ttam~matt 06:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

yeah, i think so :) ttam~matt 06:26, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Melodrama

Heya,

Mind if I use a few choice quotes from this fiasco to help flesh out some (planned) content in an essay of mine? I'd like to spend a little time writing about staying calm and disconnected from Wikipedia, but how can I pass up some wonderful test as:

"I can't imagine how sexual rape must feel, but I now know how the rape of an identity feels"

and

"I will haunt you and everyone you know for as long as you use this website"

Hope you don't think this is unfair on anyone. I'd just like to use it to illustrate an extreme example of how not to think and act. :)

Cheerio, Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 10:35, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Glad you succumbedagreed. :) I hadn't noticed the edit summaries, but those are really funny too - and I'll certainly look at your responses. Awesome suggestion.

Yeah, these things happen. I'm often annoyed with users like that, more because they're disruptive than because they're insulting or threatening. There's nothing that can actually be done about it, but I'm impressed with how well you've done - on the whole, you handled it really well. I was thinking about a Purple Star for you, before I realised that it's just a dramatic way of saying something that goes without saying: that you're an awesome person. Good work. :)

By the way, now that I've sweet talked you, any word on the podcast? Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 11:41, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, ma'am! blush. Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 11:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. :) If you need a co-nom, you know where to find me... and now, to bed! Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 12:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello and thanks

Why, thank you Riana for your encouraging words.

I really find it difficult to understand or use the wikipedia talk or discussion page. I hope I don't make a mistake in posting this note.

regards,

Aryavarta 11:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFA/Cynical

Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! :)

Thanks for getting back to Laleena for me!! I completely forgot her request for help - well, actually, ironically I had just remembered it and thought to myself, OK, I'll leave her a note right after I look over my watchlist - and there was your reply to her!

I guess my mind slipped; I'm trying to help settle a dispute and, of course, the whole real life side of things...Sorry!

You're a boatload of help! :)

Srose (talk) 18:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Userpage!

Gack! Riana, what did you do? I loved your userpage! Will you keep it if I change the colours for you?— Editor at Large^(speak) 22:18, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Riana! What a DZASTA!!!!! I can try, I mean, my user page's layout isn't the best, but I could probably make it fit together like your old page did! PLEASE… —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  23:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the warm welcome, Riana. I threw together a very bare-bones user page for you, since your page right now says that you wanted something less distracting. You can find my submission in your user page history. It's not terribly pretty, but it's got some virtues. For one, it doesn't use any tables. Tables are evil, evil things that break textual web browsers. Also, it's layed out so that it's really easy to add new sections on to it. Finally, it uses a time-tested 60/40 two column layout. Simple, classic, and clean. But nowhere near as pretty as your old one. Anyway, I of course won't be offended if you don't use it. Thanks again! EMan32x

This is funny. All the time you've been complaining mentioning the eye-popping tealness of your page nobody has ever done anything to it, and now you've had two whole page redesigns in as many hours! I wonder how many more will show up... Oh, and I lowercased the section header. I overreacted a bit, and hate capitals (YELLING!) just as much as the next person. Sorry!
— Editor at Large^(speak) 01:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, want some color? Let me see if I can't do something for you. EMan32x 08:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

How's that? Also - the Esperanza image is problematic. It will be chopped up in small windows. I'm going to fiddle with a fixed-width sidebar. EMan32x 08:46, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's actually VERY easy to do that. I included instructions in the source code for that page. Thanks for the compliment! It comes naturally from more than a decade of web page design ;). I'll pop in the new box and maybe it'll be obvious how to do it, so you can do it again later. Thanks so much for the work! It's a lot better than reading for my ethics class. EMan32x 09:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, try that. Diff it with a previous one to get a good idea how you can easily add other bars. Oh shoot, I just realized something dumb I did. One kick change and it should be set. I won't post about it here. EMan32x 09:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I said I'd do it, but, wow, I love how Eman's done it :) Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 10:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

My attempt Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 14:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Absotively, please feel free to change/snatch from/recolorify my design. No boxes are currently fixed width, they all scale 100%. However, the esperanza image is set to take up 100% of the availible space, but will NOT scale down. So if the window is small, part of your image will be chopped off. it's easy to test. Cheers, EMan32x 00:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't blame you for picking his design, I thought mine was bad ._. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 10:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm much better at doing pages without constraints. (see my website designs for how I've adapted them). Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 12:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

userpage (lower case)

My guess: something like crikey! >:D —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  00:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

MCB'S RfA

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that MCB replied to the optional questions posed by Malber, so feel free to make a decision supporting or opposing the user. See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MCB. Thanks. =) Nishkid64 01:43, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Re. Admin?

Thank you very much for your unexpected message - I'm glad that I'm appreciated around here! Coincidently, Nearly Headless Nick is nominating me on Friday 27th October, so if you wanted you could co-nom with him. I also see you a lot on RCP, and after reading the messages on your talk page I think you should also consider adminship sometime soon - you would make a great admin. All the best! --Alex (Talk) 11:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias

Hey Riana, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey! Thank you so much for the barnstar -- it's the first real one I've gotten! Yahoo! Off I go to wear it with pride...
I love the new design, by the way. I'm going to look at that code and figure out the floating div thing; never tried it before, but it looks very cool. And you don't have to worry about hurting people's eyes anymore! ;-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for my barnstar too. Google! *gets booed off stage* Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 17:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk page

Hello again! I created two talk page designs for you by tweaking your userpage design. The first one follows the original more closely, but leaves less width for messages: the second (which I prefer) has the table of contents within the message space and leaves the full width of the page for messages.
I hope you like them (and they're what you were hoping for)! — Editor at Large^(speak) 18:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to mention, they're in the history. I have them in one of my sandboxes but the messages aren't there; you can't tell what it's supposed to look like if there's no text! — Editor at Large^(speak) 19:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

*ahem* you may need this

vn-1This user talk page has been vandalised once.

I'll create a talk page version for you... — Editor at Large^(speak) 04:31, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Lol! Just a note to tell you stay off of here and get those assignments done. Personally, it's 10:21 here and I still have about two hours of work to do. I was supposed to start at 7:30 and go to bed by 10:00. So much for that... Wikipedia has taken over my life! And I haven't even been doing anything! — Editor at Large^(speak) 02:20, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

love your new userpage

Hi Riana, I love your new userpage. It's very soothing on the eyes. I hope you like my new talk page as well. I do have a request: in your list of friends, would you mind changing my listing to "Kyoko" instead? I like my real name better than my username. I haven't looked at your code, but since you list usernames, talk pages, and contribs, you can use something like this: {{user|Tachikoma|Kyoko}}. While you're at it, you might want to ask User:Sceptre if he prefers to be called "Will", and User:Springeragh if he prefers "Cliff". I'm honoured that you consider me your friend, and I consider you one as well. Hope you're doing great! --Kyoko 05:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, the credits for my user page are a little complicated. I came up with the basic layout and the idea of what colour (shades of purple, my favorite) to use. User:Sango123 did the actual coding of the original redesign, including the contoured boxes. I've since made many changes to the page. The talk page is entirely — no, almost entirely my own. I did swipe the scrolling contents list from your page.

As for usernames, I've just added a paragraph to my page about that:

I should probably point out that I am a different person from all the other people who seem to use the word "Tachikoma" as their username on various other forums, many of them related to videogames, according to Google. I've only used the name "Tachikoma" on Wikipedia, and I'm not at all interested in videogames. I'm feeling slightly hurt, because I thought that my username was unique, and not as... generic as it apparently is. Maybe I will consider changing my username after all.

I didn't want to use my real name when I first signed up, because I was feeling (and still feel to some extent) somewhat paranoid following a very bad relationship. The guy involved is the one I refer to in my "Did you know?" box. Now I feel comfortable enough to share part of my name and my general location. I'm glad you like my talk page! --Kyoko 06:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It's OK to call me Will, by the way :) Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 07:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Me Tarzan. You Jane. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 08:20, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Heh, I've been known for my comedic talent :) Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 08:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Mollusky Goodness

Ah, thanks. Is there a page with every single stub listed? It's Wikipedia:stubs or something, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EMan32x (talk • contribs)

Ah, so sorry. Foolish me. EMan32x 08:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I forgot to sign my comment. :-) EMan32x 08:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, hah, I totally missed that bio-stub is biographical. Your =p makes so much more sense now. =) By the way - how do you know which pages I've edited like that? EMan32x 10:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey Riana :)

Just signed up as an admin coach (figuring I gotta be good for something ;) and saw your name there... be happy to take up the challenge (geepers and what a challenge it would be! - I'm kidding!) - Just say the word! :) Glen 23:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

on my new custom vandalism warnings

Hi Riana, I simply had to test my new custom vandalism warnings, which you can view here. It seemed safer to use the harmless self-reverted one (after all, I've messed up my own page lots of times by mistake, I swear) rather than one of the more serious ones.

Would you like me to put a warning on your page as well, just to see what it looks like? I could put my new welcome message if you prefer. Or nothing at all. I'm rambling. --Kyoko 01:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I was actually first inspired to do these warning messages after seeing Phaedriel's version(s). I thought that she had a whole series of them, but I can't seem to find them. I took some of User:Sango123's coding from my userpage for the layout, and modified the User:Kbh3rd's vandal whacking javascript so that it uses my warnings instead of the standard ones. So I guess you could say that these warnings weren't solely my work.

I did not know that the warnings and welcome messages were creating redundant headers, thanks for pointing that out! --Kyoko 01:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello, Riana dzasta, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Editing tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! — Kyoko

I knew that you were only kidding, and please forgive the extremely late welcome! It's only a few thousand edits late. :) --Kyoko 01:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

About time! :( riana_dzasta 01:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

If I only had a time machine, so that I could send you a welcome message back to when you first registered (which I believe is before when I signed up, the end of January 2006)... I'd better stop and eat something. See you later! --Kyoko 02:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Mole Day!

Think 6.02 * 10²³ and you'll get it. --Kyoko 05:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza User Page Award

Greetings, Riana dzasta. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to MacGyverMagic for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.

If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. Daniel.Bryant 10:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

votes

if you look at my voting records they are very consistent. we do not need more vandal fighters, we need more editors contributing more content. note that i did not say i was neutral about anything. i am in fact very opinionated on this matter. when we have an order of magnitude more content, then we can talk about adding admins who are here to "fight vandals." until then, i'd like to see them spend more time handling {{db-owner}} and other such, ahem, administrative tasks. you see, i warn vandals when i see them, and i revert their changes when i see them, and i am not an admin. i've been here since 2004, never asked for adminship, and outside of a few times when i would have liked some complicated moves and deletes performed on my behalf, have never needed it in over 4,000 edits. this user, "alex" (not a reference to myself), needs to learn that this is not some BBS of the 80's with a cabal of rouge admins gatherin' up a posse and killin ded some varmints. maybe he'd even learn something. until then he's just wanting to play sheriff with all the other useless twits. ... aa:talk 14:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gilroy College

Ah, we all make them :D. I made a suggestion on the page, regarding a close per a number of reasons. If you agree with me, just say so on the page, and I'll do all the formalities; if not, that's sweet, we'll let it run 5 days and see how it is :) Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 10:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly

Heya!

First off, I like your new talk page design. It's very chic, and way cooler than mine. :)

Secondly, and to business: you may have noticed that the second episode of the Wikipedia Weekly podcast is now out. And if not, why not? :O Just thought I'd advertise that a wee bit, since I have a vested interest in people hearing my sexy voice: I was originally going to be a part of the panel, but due to an unfortunate incident of utter bastardryschedule conflicts, I was only able to join in the interview with Delphine, asking a total of a single question. I also introduce the episode, right after Tawker's "brought to you by" bit.

I also edited the episode, but that gets no credits. :)

Anyway, thought you might like to check it out. We never managed to hunt down Jimbo for an interview, but we're still trying to get onto him about that...

--Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 11:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Heya, thanks for the message. I'm glad you liked the show, even if I had fairly little to do with it - we've passed 500 downloads through the feed so far (not including people who download the show without subscribing), so we're quite happy with it, overall. :)

And yeah, Zero asked me about how accessible we'd been making the show on IRC yesterday, and I agreed that it was a tad too involved for many people to get much out of. Now that we have you to add to that, it seems like we seriously need to work on making it easier for newbies and other, less geeky people to get involved. Damnit.

Finally, yes, I do have a very sexy voice. Isn't it just... dreamy? :P Exams are going fine - I have German today, which is fine, but Physics tomorrow, which makes me quiver in my little booties. Oh, well. --Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 22:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you for expressing an interest in my recent RfA. As a followup, I wanted to let you know that unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. However, I do appreciate that you took the time to monitor the discussion, and I paid close attention to your thoughts, as I find it a valuable thing to understand how I am perceived by others in the Wikipedia community. My current plans are to continue contributing in a positive manner to Wikipedia, and if there is anything that I can do in the future to help further address your concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Elonka 10:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Hello Riana. Thank you for offering to co-nominate me, I really apreciate your kind gesture. :-) I am currently aiming my RfA for November 5th. I feel honored to have you as co-nom, I'll have you know when the RfA page is created so that you may fill your co-nom statement before I launch it. I'm also glad to know that you appreciated Portal:Iceland. It's not hard to collaborate with a portal, and even the tiniest help is most welcome. For example, if you hear any important news about Iceland, you may add them to the news section. If you discover something brief but quite interesting on an article about Iceland, you may add it to the DYK section. And of course, you may propose selected pictures, articles, biographies. And there are many more tasks yearning for participation, ideas yearning to be given life. Those ideas just pop in your head while you browse articles about Iceland and discover how remarkably astonishing is that country. :-) Once again, thank you very much for your support. Kindest regards.--Húsönd 00:05, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for wishing me a happy birthday. Have some cake. :-) --Húsönd 13:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Jungle

I will be addicted? Future tense? Have you seen my edit history? I'm already on the street begging for my next fix. I love it. It's everything I've ever wanted... a god complex, fighting an endless horde for the forces of truth and knowledge, human drama, slander fights, threats. It's like tiramisu. Erich Blume 01:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Archive box

Hey! Yes, I'll try to fix it. For some reason it looked fine on the monitor I was creating the page on, but I noticed that when I got home to my (huge) monitor it's hidden. I'll figure out what got messed up :)

And thanks for the suggestion; I'll keep it in mind if things get worse. You're such a nice person I can't be sad for long! — Editor at Large^(speak) 02:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Adding: idea flash. I think it's because the length of the header box is determined by the width of the monitor, meaning that when the monitor screen is wider the header box is shorter and the main box is higher up than on a smaller monitor. Aha! Will fix.

Well, I'll take care of the computer side if you take care of the chemistry side... I'm useless when it comes to science. Everything I learned on the subject came from The Magic Schoolbus!
On a side note: I was looking at your awards page -- I give out a lot of food, don't I? — Editor at Large^(speak) 23:41, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

LOL! On that thought though, I haven't given too terribly many awards to friends lately…well, I can fix that! —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  00:58, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Riana, you're getting popular! I didn't want to be too forward and add this myself, but if you like you can put this on your page:

<div id="VandalisedBox"   <!-- This is a copy of UserBox. Note that I changed the id and the content, and that's it. -->
style="
    position:relative;
    right:0;
    float:right;
    clear:right;
    margin-top:20px;
    width:35%;
    padding:5px;
    border:2px solid #009999;
    background:#87A6C4;
">
<center>
{{User:UBX/vandalised|3}}
</center>
</div>

It'll create another box with the vandalised userbox in it. Place it directly above the div titled "HeaderBox" and below the content of "ListBox". I'm still jealous... — Editor at Large^(speak) 16:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

No worries, I fixed it for you :) If you want it off, just delete from <div id="VandalisedBox"... to </div> directly below the userbox and above the next <div id="HeaderBox". I would have asked you if you wanted it and gone ahead and done it, but you're not usually on at this time... are you? I'm used to you coming on when I'm supposed to be asleep! — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I can make you another in my (or your) userspace with better colours if you like. It takes about 30 seconds and I wouldn't mind at all! So: tell me yes or no, create under youruserspace or mine, and then go to bed! You know, we should start telling eachother to go to bed when we're up at the same time. I actually spent from 5:00 (after school) on one Friday night until 7:45 the next morning on Wikipedia; we chatted a bunch, but I slept until 2:00 on Sunday... — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Ha! Impressive maybe, but the reason for it isn't... Anyway, shall I create it as a Riana subpage or E@L subpage? — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I promise, you can sleep soon... thinking (just typed "linking", oh dear) on it, it would actually be easier as a subpage of yours because the colour scheme will fit with your page. And what colours? Same or similar to your userpage, or something a little different like purple? Blue? Grey? — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Please accept my thanks for your support in my successful RfA, which I was gratified to learn passed without opposition on October 25, 2006. I am looking forward to serving as an administrator and hope that I prove worthy of your trust. With my best wishes, --MCB 06:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

To help you with your welcoming of new Esperanza members...

... TangoTango has kindly written up a script that once a week lists all of the new members to Esperanza. The list can be found at User:Tangotango/New members of Esperanza; it is updated once a week, and will show all of the new members since the last update. If you're not sure if everyone who joined the past week has been welcomed, that is a great place to check! I hope that helps you in your welcome, and thank you for making a point to greet new Esperanzians! -- Natalya 18:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

New Pic

Thanks Riana, that's what I was going for ;) Got to say, I love your new user page and talk page. Really cool. Personally, I think you stand a very good chance in the User Page Awards. Also, I noticed that you attend Flinders Uni, which is cool, as I might be going there as well maybe.... Anyway, I have my fingers crossed that all goes well with your exams :) Thε Halo ^Θ 14:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Maybe, if everything goes well. Flinders has the right sort of course for me (Theatre studies), and I think that Australian actors are, by and large, better trained than elsewhere, and south australia is the best place to move to in australia (moving to SA gives you extra points for immigration. Not to mention all the wine made there ;). So, hopefully. If not, I'm certainly going to Australia on a holiday at some point (I'd just need a bit of money first....) Thε Halo ^Θ 14:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :) I'm just having to wait and see what happens right now :( Thε Halo ^Θ 14:40, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Ahh! My computer crashed, so sorry about the late reply. Thanks for the offer. Adelaide would be the largest place I'd have lived in, so me thinks I'd need a helping hand ;) Thε Halo ^Θ 15:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

deleting my msg

every time i add anything to wikipedia it gets taken off. i don't see whats wrong w/ linking a cheat scanner in the cheating article of a game, and pointing out the one already referenced is not 100%. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.190.146 (talk • contribs)

Aw crap

The clocks go back tonight for us, so that means you go from 8 (and a half) hours ahead of the UK to ten and a half in the space of a day. Which means a stall in the talking and the chatting and the *glaven*. Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 17:29, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

At least it's only twice a year. I'd have to get the clocks, VCRs, and the home phone clock changed, and that's about it. Everything else doesn't have the time programmed in. (P.S. MSN, if you're available) Will ^{(Glaciers melting in the dead of night)} 17:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

thank you for your message

Hi Riana, I had logged in just to check the coffee lounge and also to leave a message for User:Sceptre when your message arrived. If you've followed along, then you must realise that I'm feeling a bit stressed by the conversation that has been going on my talk page, especially because it doesn't concern me, and it keeps building on my page despite my repeated requests (4 times, I think) that it stop. I'm trying to be nice to the parties involved, but if it continues, I fear that I'll have to seek administrative action.

I explained mole day on the coffee lounge page for the people who didn't get the allusion. Thanks again. --Kyoko 01:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Please read the revised notice on my talk page regarding the whole ED matter. I've left similar messages on both Fredil's and Will's talk pages. I hope the wording wasn't too harsh, but the whole thing is making me feel depressed, and face it, both of them did persist despite my requests for them to stop. I hope they understand why I want to take a break. Thank you. --Kyoko 05:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Riana, I couldn't sleep and I felt that I was being mean in my userpage description of my current mood, which I why I have now revised it. I got apologies from both Fredil and Will, but nonetheless, I think I will still take a short wikibreak. Being on Wikipedia too much, especially when it's only causing more stress, is really unhealthy. I hope you understand, and I'm sorry if this disappoints you. Take care,--Kyoko 10:57, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Heya

Just some spame to say that Episode 3 is out, which is awesome because we released it a few hours before Jason Calacanis posted this bizarre article - which we pre-emptively rebutted in the podcast. We're awesome like that. :)

Oh! And this time I had a chance to actually speak, because we didn't record at 2am.

Hope things are going well for you. I've been wasting all afternoon before my maths exam, doing nothing of value -- but oy, was it fun. ;)

--Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 09:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

this is what I told Fredil and Will

Hi Riana, this is what I told Fredil and Will. I hope it's not too harsh, but it is how I feel:

Hello, I am stopping by briefly because from the levity of your apologies, you still don't seem to fully understand what you did.

Imagine that you're in your room, and two people whom you barely know walk in uninvited and start criticising, in a loud voice, Wikipedians whom you have never personally corresponded with. You're taken aback by their audacity at invading your space, and even more so, by their language. You beg and plead them to take it elsewhere, and finally you ask them to leave, but still they don't. You feel upset, irritated, and ultimately depressed that nothing you do will make them stop. That's how I felt and still feel to some extent.

You should also know that in discussing private legal matters on Wikipedia, you are in effect announcing them to the world.

I hope this makes my position clear to you. I'm sorry if you feel hurt by this, but you did do all of these things. I will probably be on break for a few days to a week.

Again, I don't want to hurt their feelings, but they really should stop and think about what they were doing. I would never have done anything like that when I was their age. --Kyoko 18:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I need advice...

Hi Riana, do you think I could have handled this recent situation better than I did? Will had tried to hide the conversation on my talk page without my permission, something which I chided him for. He tried to explain that he thought it was in the best interest of everyone, but I left him another message saying that he shouldn't alter other people's talk pages without their permission, something which I strongly think he should know as a former admin.

I ended up archiving the whole mess to make it less obvious to people.

I know that these words will be hard for him to read, but he should know better. I've tried to be nice and civil, but being nice and civil only goes so far when you're conveying unpleasant news. Again, do you think I handled this badly? I'm asking you because you happened to witness what was going on. I'm also concerned about Will because I don't know how well he handles criticism. Please respond as soon as you can. Thank you. --Kyoko 06:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, thanks for answering. As I said earlier, I ended up "hiding" it all my archiving the talk page, which seems to be a more legitimate way of doing it. I've been trying to build up my mainspace edits work myself out of my wikistress by clicking on "Random article" and making minor fixes, so I guess I must have instinctively known what you're suggesting. Thanks for the advice and support. Perhaps you might want to direct some of that goodwill towards Fredil and Will, while you're at it. Thanks again! --Kyoko 06:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

OK. As I've told both of them, I think they're good people, they just need to improve their judgement. So if you chat with them, maybe you can reiterate that. Thanks. I'm off to bed now — early doctor's appointment! 'Bye! --Kyoko 06:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandal

I did that because he simply repeated his vandalism and expanded it after being warned.--Vercalos 07:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, he gets test3 now; he did the exact same thing again..--Vercalos 07:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Of Tall Equestrians

Your edit note gave me quite the surprise. ;-) "Riana vandalized my page? That's.... odd." Hah, but yeah, whatever. Personally I'm thankful. I got to show off my cool head.Erich Blume 10:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Ironic - went to comment that I liked your vandalism, and found some new vandalism! It's nuked.Erich Blume 10:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to double post AGAIN, but... I have now forgotten to sign my comments to you twice in one night. Sigh. Erich Blume 10:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Uh... ACK. =) Erich Blume 10:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I was going to, but a about twenty minutes ago I discovered that a script kiddie on my campus network has been trying to "'sploit my b0x", as I believe they say. I'm deciding now whether I want to spank him or just patch up the security hole. I'll probably start RCP later tonight. Oh, it's 02:39 here, and I've a 08:00 class. Erich Blume 10:40, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Think of it this way: I'm going to do RCP on my OWN system, before I can do RCP here. :-) I'll be fine in the class, it's the classes after it that I'm worried about. Seeing as I will probably only fall asleep around them. I'm on Australia time, I tell you. Erich Blume 10:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

friend

sorry for not asking your permission to put my name in your list. Randfan 21:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

And Small Equestrians

To Riana: a souvenir from a Halloween vandalism-finding! Happy halloween, and thank you!
— Pumpkin Editor, at Large!

Not sure I understand the title, but... thanks for the vandalism! Yay! Admittedly I didn't even notice it until I saw the note here from Eman, and had a funny thought that maybe, just maybe... — Pumpkin Editor, at Large! 21:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC)