User talk:Riana/Archive 2

File:Old Hmong Man (Sapa Vietnam).jpg This is Riana's second talk page archive, dated 16-Aug-06 to 25-Sep-06. Please don't leave comments here; try this instead!

Exams make sad Well, they're over - I finished my last exam a little under an hour ago, and I don't have to worry about them any more until the end of October. Yay! History Extension this afternoon was hard, but nothing I wasn't prepared for. English Extension, on the other hand, was... strenuous. The less said about it, the better. ;) Anyway, thanks for asking about them. Overall, they weren't too bad, but I have a lot of preparation for the HSC. Come back soon, so I can bitch about it more! :) RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 06:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the message - yeah, I'll talk to you about it later. Have fun at uni. :) RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 07:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Woo, sorry for the slow reply, I was reading about gaming's best toilets. :) Yeah, I'm doing a pretty weird mix. Mostly I'm a history guy (man, I love that subject), but we're required to do a minimum of ten units in the HSC (so, between 5 and 8 separate subjects, depending on which extensions you do) - and unfortunately, this means I had to pick a few odd ones (like Physics) from my school's atrocious set of options. I used to do Software Design and Development, which I intend to do in uni next year, until I realise the teacher was, uh, less than ideal. I sometimes dream of bloody, bloody murders. It's a weird selection (I also do German, of all things), but it serves me well. And soon I can drop almost all of them - hooray! What, didn't you have some weird choices back in "the day"? RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 09:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC) You're only five months older than me? Way make me feel old, man. :( I'm beginning to think I should do something awesome at uni, like Arts/Software Engineering (modern history plus modern technology? OH NOES.), but maybe I'll just join a cult. Both good. And woo, my little riana's all grown up on Wikipedia! I suppose I can't talk - I've been here for, what, a month more than you? But damnit, I intend to use every, er, inch of it. Or, you know. Something. Kill me now. RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 10:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Yeah, I saw that guy too - I thought it was pretty hilarious at the time. Dissociative Identity Disorder, eat your heart out, kind of thing. And yeah, people are extremely tough about FACs - I'm current trying to get Personal computer game up to GA class, which is itself quite a lot of work, having looked at the standards. Yeesh. Maybe I'll give up, have a sip of medicine and call it a day. :) RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 10:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Woah, woah. Since when has it been more pathetic to devote a little time to copyediting an article on a famous singer... than to spend hours at a time completely rewriting an article on a class of video game? Let's keep things in perspective, here. ;) But yes, we need sparkles. And Fizz. It's really hard to find references for an article like that, but I'm trying - and it makes interesting reading, while I'm at it. RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 11:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Sure, I'll talk to you later. You can email me if you like, using the link in one of my userboxen - that might make things easier to live with. Good luck on your quiz! :) RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 11:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Editor review Thanks so much for taking the time to review! I'm very thankful for the comments!--Twintone 15:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Noel Gallagher cheers man, I'll look 9into it.--Crestville 21:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC) need a hand How may I help you? Teke 04:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Probably one of those daft questions with a really obvious answer :) Are normal editors allowed to block new users for creating inappropriate usernames? I hang around the new users' log a fair bit, and I usually just put a warning on their talkpages, but I'm not sure how effective that is. I often see editors who aren't admins placing blocks for attacking usernames on such userpages, and I always thought that only admins could block users, so I was wondering what the deal is. Thanks for looking into this! — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 04:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC) There is no such thing as a stupid question :) . Only administrators may block users; an editor may warn people of their names appropriately, but they cannot make or enforce a block. If there is a problem username you see come up, you can notify any administrator and it will be dealt with promptly at WP:AN/I, or if the user has vandalised, at WP:AIV. Happy editing to you! Teke 04:42, 18 August 2006 (UTC) By the way, keep on warning the names. Warnings are very effective tools. Teke 04:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC) So basically, when these other users are placing the templates on the page, it's not having any effect? Hmmm, do they know that?! Because I often see fairly well-established editors doing this sort of thing. Well, thanks very much for helping me out with that, have a good one! — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 04:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Yet more thanks! You might have given me a barnstar, but it's you who is the REAL star!! Thanks so much, it was truly a proud milestone in my life :-) I hope your self-imposed absence has come to an end; sure missed ya. As you can see if you go having a look, I've been busy: managed to create some sort of user page with archives and everything... blimey! I'd also really appreciate it if you could have a look at Ian Anderson (musician). This is the first page I've really tried to move on significantly; not only does it need a good proof-read now, but I'd value your thoughts on what I've done to it compared to how it was before. I'm sure you can improve it. Looking fwd to hearing how things are going for you now. MoltonStPilgrim 09:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Ballia (also on my talk page) It's greatly improved, yes. Good job! The next step in improving its style would be to reduce the number of short paragraphs - I think the "op-ed" style chops things up too much. Even with the existing text, just running some paras together would work. I came across this in passing when verifying the EB1911 articles under Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1911 verification; I have no expertise in the topic. David Brooks 22:29, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Re: Ian Anderson Ah, thanks chuck, you're a brick :-) Oh no, I've come over all adorational - cuts across all my journalistic instincts. Now you know what kind of dreadfully out of date music I listen to. What about yourself? Anyhoo, I look forward to you returning my copy to the straight and narrow. Mucho grateful-o, whenever you're able to get to it. I've also begun mucking about with my user page, trying to copy those natty coloured boxes everyone seems to have. I'm trying to master the art of background colours, and getting nowhere - which is why I'm copying your colour at the mo! Consider it the sincerest form of admiration! MoltonStPilgrim 14:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC) Oh yeeeeaaaa I DEF need help with those coloured boxes, that are beginning to stop being natty and becoming more, how say I, pain-in-the-jacksy. I'm not familiar with html at all, so it's a bit confusing! MoltonStPilgrim 14:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC) Hope you ok The note at the top of your user page sounds ominous... hope all is OK with you. Go well. MoltonStPilgrim 10:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Phew, relief! Sorry to get the blue flashing lights going so quickly - I think it says more about my general pessimistic outlook than it does about your announcement-writing! Glad you're ok :-D Do you have a summer holiday from study coming up, or has it been and gone already? And please don't answer this if you should be doing something more important! We can catch up later MoltonStPilgrim 11:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the welcome :) Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the welcome to Esperanza. You might have noticed, my talk page is a little bereft of entries, so when the notice that I had a msg popped up, I got all excited, and it was a nice welcome note. So thanks :) Mnemeson 00:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC) My RfA Heya, thanks for the message on my talk page - it was really nice of you. :) Honestly, I think I'm doing just fine: I'm pretty stressed at the moment, but that's largely to do with events in real life, and nothing much to worry about. Thanks also for your support, even if it was a weak one. I'm pretty certain my RfA isn't going to succeed (I'm currently sitting at less than 2/3 support), but that doesn't bother me as much as it might have - at least now I know about my crappy NPP habit. Anyway, hope life is going well for you, too - how're things out there in the real world? Is uni being evil unto you? RandyWang (chat/patch) 08:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Oh, I probably sounded a bit more depressed in that last message than I actually am - life's pretty good on the whole, and I was particularly happy to see a production of The Tempest today (the set design was OMG AWESOME) and I have no homework, so something must be going right. :) I'll run again after my request at Esperanza's Admin Coaching program's been reached and I've had some time with an admin to help me - I'm not in any special hurry, after all. On User:DA MAN, I do believe you're right - I hadn't realised it was Xino until about five minutes ago, a tad after you left your last message. I thought it was one of the year sevens I coach in debating, but so much for that theory. ;) I don't think it'll be any major problem, but User:Golbez is keeping an eye on it with me in the future. Thanks for the offer of support, it may come in handy. Head him off at the pass! Yeehaw! RandyWang (chat/patch) 09:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC) By the way, mind if I nominate your page for the Esperanza user page award? Lex really loved your design (and especially the colour scheme), so I thought I should suggest you enter. :) RandyWang (chat/patch) 09:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Woah! Sorry, I didn't see your message on my talk page until just now -- my bad! If you like, you can withdraw your userpage, but I honestly think you have a chance of winning. :) Otherwise, just remove it from the page, since it isn't binding or anything. Maybe sometime in the future, ey? RandyWang (chat/patch) 09:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Yeah, we saw the Tempest, and it was quite good (I really, really loved the set design: it was amazing!). I'm not a big fan of the play, but I will say that it was a pretty excellent production of it, so it was at least bearable. I've never heard of The Boy from Oz, although it sounds pretty cool from the article. And it starred Hugh Jackman! :O As for your printer, show it no mercy - I'm a firm advocate of the beat-the-crap-out-of-it™ approach to technical support. If nothing's fix, at least you had the chance to vent. :) RandyWang (chat/patch) 10:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC) These printers, they're so selfish. I say you ditch that zero and get yourself a hero! Kick him to the curb, girlfriend! And other exclamations as well! RandyWang (chat/patch) 10:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Muahaha! Now I'll just add some more! exclamation! marks! And you'll be forever in my.. powah! :) RandyWang (chat/patch) 10:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Quite alright about the slow reply. I was, uh, studying. :) RandyWang (chat/patch) 12:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Parochialism in Sydney Hi Riana. This article was created during discussions at Talk:Westies (people) and to resolve a NPOV issue in the Wikipedia. You are welcome to participate in this discussion. --WikiCats 12:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC) User:Riana dzasta/StatusTemplate, User:Riana dzasta/Status Deleted as requested.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  13:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC) Re: Good work Thanks for your kind words about my photography -- it's always nice to get positive feedback. I add new photos on a semi-regular basis, when I stumble across an article that pertains to something in my photography collection. Cheers -- Moondigger 14:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC) Re:Younger Wikipedians I'm hoping that some sort of a mentorship program is possible, but it appears that we may be in a sort of legal dilemma: in the United States, it's illegal for children under 13 to communicate with other people on the Internet without their parents' consent. Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to figure out exactly who is under 13; it's easy to lie about one's age. Our sign up process at the moment doesn't even have a slot for "date of birth", so that's an issue first and foremost. If it did and we denied users that are under 13, people would just change their date of birth to reflect an age of 14 or older. I think the Wikimedia Foundation is trying to come up with a solution. I'm planning on being the very first to volunteer as a mentor if the solution involves mentorship, and I'll let you know right away, too. =) Thanks for your message on my talk page and your interest; I'll keep you updated!! Srose (talk) 12:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC) That's my concern, too. If younger users are allowed to contribute, they should be unable to display their age on their user page. The Internet's a scary place. Srose (talk) 13:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC) It's too bad that all people aren't well-intentioned. That would make everything so much easier. :) Srose (talk) 13:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC) Userpage Thank you! I love yours, too. I might borrow something from you for my talk page; mine is rather dull... — Editor at Large ( talk) 16:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC) My RfA Thanks! Thank you very much for your support on my recent Request for Adminship, even in the face of my funny smellothers' concerns regarding my work on newpage patrol. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns raised by the opposing !voters before running again. If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to make me crycomment at my talk page. Thanks! -- RandyWang (chat/patch) 13:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Aww, thanks. :) I might run again if I feel ready after my HSC/birthday (so, late November), but I'm not in any particular hurry - I'm looking forward to some Admin Coaching when my turn rolls around, and not really unhappy that my RfA didn't succeed. I've even applied for a new username - "Daveydweeb" - so if I suddenly disappear in the middle of the night, don't send help. :P RandyWang (chat/patch) 14:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Little boxes, little boxes Hey there Riana, how's it going? I wondered if you've got out from under the welter of studying that you've had to do enough to give me some hints on how to do boxes and stuff? No worries if you're still busy :-) MoltonStPilgrim 09:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Cool - if you sure you got the time right now! Thankyou. Like I said, I'm a total novie at html-type stuff, so pls bear with me. SO how do I draw a box, and modify it with stuff like borders and colour etc. MoltonStPilgrim 09:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Ah man, you're really good natured you know. I'm sorry to hassle you. I do have msn IM (which I don't use much at all) if that helps - I'm garethsturdy[at]hotmail.co.uk It's not the best time for a continuous conversation for me either as today I'm working in the office of one of my clients. Perhaps we should fix a time that's easier for both of us if it's the kind of thing that's lengthy (some days I work at home for example, or perhaps when it's a better time of day for you)? But that's really rude of me to say that, given that you've offered to help. Basically, whatever would suit you :-) MoltonStPilgrim 10:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Barnstar to head your way for this when I get a chance, 'cause you're a brick (as we say here). That sounds a brill plan, although we're still on Summer Time here (GMT + 1) so it will be 1530 for me - which is fine. If you'd prefer earlier than midnight, then 2300 your time would be ok with me too. I take note that you're as much of a night owl as me. I think most people with over-active brains like you, me and all other dedicated wikipedians are!MoltonStPilgrim 10:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Bingo! We'll talk at midnight your time on Friday. Feel free to change or cancel, just leave me a message to let me know. May your work go smoothly in the meantime :-) MoltonStPilgrim 10:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC) A pleasure to make your acquaintance Thanks so much for the kind welcome to ESP, I look forward to helping make the Wikipedia 'more approachable' through our group effort. Is there an archive of past Esperanza newsletters? I'd like to catch up with what I've missed. Thanks, and nice meeting you. User:Pedant 19:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC) Sorry the reply is late? Awww yer teasin me! Thanks for the help! User:Pedant 08:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Who and what is the AMA? The AMA is in some ways a lot like Esperanza, we try to make the wikipedia flow and defuse disputes, we are a small friendly group that wants to make the wikipedia easier for everyone to enjoy. We talk to people. Particularly, we give advice to people who ask for it, we give advice to people who don't ask for it, we help people express their opinion when they are too frustrated with a discussion to deal with it etc. We help them figure out what the policy is that applies to their problem. We try to make problems go away as simply as possible without harming the wikipedia. We help people navigate through the formal dispute resolution process, if everything else doesn't work. We try to avoid escalation, to save the community resources for better things. Wikipedia:Guide to Advocacy (for people wanting to get help) and Wikipedia:AMA Handbook (for people wanting to offer help)... both give some detailed insight into our goals, techniques and guidelines. (we are still writing them) In some ways we are a new group, but we've been here a while. We're real informal, and trying to "build informality in as a formal part of our official policies", to prevent the group from becoming too bureaucratic, and give us some wide leeway on how we solve problems. Most of us try to solve problems wherever they are, rather than wait to be asked. this is our meeting page, currently we are in a meeting, discussing the new version we've become, you can look there to see how we are 'backstage'... the meeting's gone on for over a week, we are electing a new coordinator, probably the one we didn't elect, that volunteered, cause he's worked really hard in his interim position and made some templates and stuff that have drawn us closer together, and organised our request help page and we are rewriting our pages to formalise the informality a bit, so people can get who we are and what we do, etc... Look around and if you have any questions, I'll be real happy to answer them. We're really in flux right now, so if you see something that doesn't look right let us know and we'll fix it. You'd be welcome to join if you think it suits you. User:Pedant 15:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC) We'll be here We'll be here when you get back, thanks for your interest. User:Pedant 15:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Smile Michael 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! Ready when you are It's 2.30pm here, so if we've got our time zones right and you are 9.5 hours ahead of me, it should be 12am with you. If you've fallen asleep or are doing something far more interesting, wory not lol to refresh your memory, im at garethsturdy[at]hotmail.co.uk :-) MoltonStPilgrim 13:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Right, I've just checked it out properly and my original thought was right: because we're still on DST, then you are 10.5 hours ahead. Confusing, eh? ;-) MoltonStPilgrim 13:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Awwwwww :) Hi Riana, I got your message on my talk page! Thank you so much. I've had a sort of rough day, but you and Nate and Mike and everyone else have really been keeping my spirits up! :) You really are such a sweet person. I'm very grateful to you and for you; you've always got something to cheer me up with! Wikipedia(and the world, for that matter...)needs more people like you. :) Your friend, Sable Thx for your welcome message Hi Riana, thank you for welcoming me to the community. That is a great user page you have here! Hope I learn some tricks while adding content to WikiPedia. AnimalFriend 11:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC) A RfA thank you from en:User:Xyrael WikiThanks File:AviXyrael.gif I'd like to thank you Riana dzasta for either supporting, opposing, commenting, nominating, reading, editing, promoting and/or anything else that you may have done for my successful request for adminship (I've broken the one thousand sysop barrier!); I'm thanking you for getting involved, and for this I am very grateful. I hope to be able to serve Wikipedia more effectively with my new tools and that we can continue to build our free encyclopedia, for knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. Please do feel free to get in touch if you feel you can improve me in any way; I will be glad to listen to all comments. Again, thanks 8)             —Xyrael / 12:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC) And thank you for your congratulations! —Xyrael / 12:21, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia. With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you. (Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp laudare 05:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC) I'm glad you like my username. Like the monkey photo I found? alphaChimp laudare 05:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC) Re: Smile! Just thought I'd send one your way, for being one of the most level-headed, courteous people I've seen on the 'pedia. Best wishes, — riana_dzasta wreak havoc|damage report 14:15, 3 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the smile. I'm quite surprised as I'm unsure where I have run into you. Perhaps you could enlighten me. -- tariqabjotu 14:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC) Barnstar The Barnstar of Good Humor To the best Wikipedian I know, for all her fantastic and tireless efforts at getting a dullard to understand userboxes. Your dedication to the task in hand, despite the lateness of the hour, was exemplary; but your ability to do so with such good humour and patience was beyond the call of duty. You have made my experience of WP much richer and more fun, and I'm indebted to you! Keep up the good work, Riana!MoltonStPilgrim 20:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC) The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV (September 2006) The September 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This is an automated delivery by grafikbot 11:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC) JPD's RfA Thanks, Riana, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I remain level-headed and live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 16:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Yenta Claus Riana, Just a request to reconsider. The article was edited numerous times and all objections were addressed. Web sources were added to the article and linked. I admit there is not a lot of info on the web, to me that seems a very good reason to keep it I think, but there are sites which are unrelated to each other and in diverse areas referencing the Yenta Claus character that appear to confirm it independent of me. There is the emergence of Jewish Holiday Mythical Characters and one of them is Yenta Claus. The new info includes a play written by a Pace University Professor where Yenta Claus is Santa's wife! [1] Please reconsider --Bhires 17:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC) Thank you!--Bhires 00:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC) User page award (again!) Heya! :) Just thought you might like to know that a new round of the Esperanza userpage award is starting soon, and I wondered if you'd like to give it a try. I still think your userpage is pretty nice to look at. Could do with some sparkles, though... As for me, rather than entering again (I was a finalist, but came second-last ^^; ) I thought I'd give judging a go. Whee! --Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 02:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC) I removed your nom as judges aren't allowed to nominate. Sorry. However, feel free to nominate yourself.  Jorcoga  00:04, 10 September 2006 (UTC) Thank You! I saw what appears to be your handy work in "Wikifying" Yenta Claus. I'll start work on adding citations where indicated. It was good of you to give it your time and thus give Yenta Claus a chance. --Bhires 04:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks Thanks for the compliment about my user page. I really like yours too. Your substitute for useboxes is very clever (wish I'd thought of it!). I notice that you are also nominated for the userpage award, so I guess our pages are in competition :-) Bláthnaid 18:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC) SOS Riana, please help me. I am getting frustrated and you seem like a reasonable person. FreplySpang is making my life here unpleasant. I left a her/him two detailed notes on his/her user page trying to explain what I believe is a misunderstanding about me. She left me a note on my user page that is way out of line. I was not aware of the noose I stuck my head in when I posted a mini and version of Yenta Clause on the 5th and was taken quite by surprise at the response. Once I got the "picture" I simply tried to escape with my then tiny piece but was apprehended and placed back in the mix. While I still think Wiki is a great project, I am not at all sure I want to participate in the process. However, I care way too much about the subject to abandon it and allow the "Langoliers" of time, of Steven King fame, to devour and possibly destroy it. So, am I wrong about her threats to follow me around and delete referances to Yenta Claus where ever she finds them? I wonder, is it dossible for me and my work to escape this? I still think the subject is valid for wiki and depending on whose philosophy and interpetations of notability you follow, is at least marginally acceptable and likely to be more so once the season is upon us and references, usually only seasonal, and I might add the greeting card was off line from Feburary and at least through May or June of this year, the last time I looked for it and since is going up now with other holiday stuff and info as we near Toy Time, my favorite time of year. So, what should I do? Is a Rc Patroler allowed to say civil isn't nice and insult me by coping an attitude? I am going to work now but will check in later. Oh and thanks for your help and I hope not to be a problem here but I do feel trapped, as I was well intentioned when I started the article and even tried to escape early when I saw I was no match for the "process" and was kept here with Yenta Claus. I read about the deletion process and really don't want her deleted as to what I understand, she would remain here in a secure nonpublic area under the control of some somewhat aggresssive editors who I fear probably dislike it, me and have a misunderstanding as I probably offend a few due to my then complete ignorance of the working of the site. So, if Yenta gets booted can she and I go away as if I never had the spontaneous urge to contribute late one evening last week? Please advise. Thanks, and sorry.--Bhires 16:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Woah! Barnstar! Hey, thanks so much for the shiny new barnstar! ^_^ Aww... I wasn't expecting two of them so close to each other. Now where are my sparkles, damnit! Now, having thanked you for that, I should... ah... go play video games. And by that, I mean study maths. Violent maths. :) Thanks again, awesome person! Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 08:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC) My RFA Thank you, Riana dzasta, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 21:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Thank you Thanks for your support and best wishes with your studies. I am taking a break from Yenta Claus. Maybe if I am not the author of any changes, the RCPs will give it a rest. I don't know what wiki will do with the piece, but I think it should stay up through December. It has at least the references that many editors' articles in progress have and are allowed to be yet up for all to read and contribute to. I am certain there would be no harm in keeping it up awhile to give it a chance in the hands of other contributers and editors as the Holidays approach. Later, and thanks again. --Cuddles 15:57, 15 September 2006 (UTC) – The preceding unsigned comment was left by User:Bhires. Signature Excuse me, how did you change your signature like that? People Powered 19:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC) WikiLove! File:Pasta with tomato sauce.JPG Here's a plate of pasta for you! Pasta somehow promotes WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:smile! Happy editing! --TBCTaLk?!? 20:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC) Get it? A plate of pasta for Riana Dzasta? Anyhow, you've contributed a lot of great edits to Wikipedia, so keep up the good work! Also, thanks for the helpful review on WP:ER. :D (another ackward attempt at comedy by TBCTaLk?!?) Thank you The Golden Quackstar I award you Húsönd's Golden Quackstar for commenting at my editor review. It's very rewarding to see that my contributions to Wikipedia are being appreciated. Your comment was very kind and encouraging. Thank you. :-) Best regards.--Húsönd 15:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks Thank you for the info. You seem experienced, do you have any other advice on what's going on? You seem to know where it's at from looking above here. People Powered 02:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC) Belated thanks Thank you for participating in my RfA. Consensus to promote was reached, and I am now an administrator. I'll be using the tools cautiously at first, and everyone should feel welcome to peer over my shoulder and make sure I'm not doing anything foolish. --RobthTalk 04:13, 17 September 2006 (UTC) Cool Cool, i'll join the Signpost and Espanza. I had an idea, people carrying around digital cameras to upload onto here to avoid needing copyrighted pictures. Is there a group like that?People Powered 00:44, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Hey chief, Esperanza is just a big green rectangle when I get there. Figured you should know. People Powered 00:55, 18 September 2006 (UTC) [[ I was wondering if you could help, in New Hampshire Elections, 2006, there's an extra "[[" that won't go away. People Powered 08:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Cool, thanks. I tried doing the helpme thing before, but it didn't come up there. Oh well, que sera. I'll try it again, thank you for the quick response. 08:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC) RfA Thanks Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (50/3/0). If you have any further questions or suggestions, feel free to write me. I hope I will live up to your trust. Michael 01:29, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Talk like a pirate day Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ahoy, me hearty! How 'bout a good ol' jug o' grog? Reg-Arrr-ds Húsönd 13:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks... for the prompt welcome. Actually, I suspect that quite a few Esperanzians know my name by now, as I sparked off a major row a while back on the Esperanza talk page. That led to me getting the hell of out of Dodge and one other contributor leaving EA. Anyway, I thought that by joining I might be better placed to try to fix one or two minor problems I think that EA has, hence the demonic-sounding edit summary. Anyway, thanks for the welcome, and about this AfD stress business... see you at program development. Cheers, Moreschi 17:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC) September Esperanza Newsletter Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter. The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List. The Halo's RfA Thanks for the encourament Riana, you're a really great person :) Thε Halo Θ 20:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Since You're My Go-To Guy On Here I just wanted your opinion on how my baby's coming along. I think she'll be a real beaut once she's done. Is there anyway to recruit some help? Also, I might have asked this before, but how do I get the green letter in my signature? I assume that's a requirement for Esperanzans. People Powered 18:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Cool, thanks. And don't worry, if some random Carol Shea Porter volunteer from Manchester, New Hampshire can do it, so can you. :-) The two things that appear to be needed are transferring stats from this website Expertise with wikipedia tables. If you could do either, that would help me out tremendously, but you've already done alot, I hope to repay it some day. [[User:People Powered|P[[User:People Powered/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:People Powered|ople]] [[User talk:People Powered|Powered]]]] 01:55, 25 September 2006 (UTC) lmao. Nope, when we talk about football around here, we talk about the Pats, not that soccer stuff ;-) I'll play around with the sig too, I copy and pasted directly. [[User:People Powered|P[[User:People Powered/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:People Powered|ople]] [[User talk:People Powered|Powered]]]] 13:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC) RfA thanks Hey Riana, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your extremely kind comments and support. :) Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks Riana, I appreciate that very much! :) By the way, I enjoyed reading your user page and it's very nice to meet another Aussie. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 16:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC) Welcome to VandalProof! Hi, Riana/Archive 2, thank you for applying for VandalProof. I am happy to announce that you are now authorized for use, so if you haven't already, simply download VandalProof from our main page and install it, and you're all set! Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof Please join the VandalProof user category by adding either: {{User VandalProof}} (which will add this user box) or [[Category:Wikipedians using VandalProof]] to your user page. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page. Welcome to our team! —Xyrael / 20:45, 25 September 2006 (UTC)