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VASANT RAI

Greetings Riana So this controversy about Vasant Rai! Vasant Rai was indeed a very famous musician who unfortunately passed away in 1985. If you go to his website, and go to the photograph section, there are photos of him playing a duet with Ravi Shankar. This is absolutly not a publicity act, just type his name on google and see who he was. Its comprehendable that some young indians may not know him, however here in the U.S he is pretty synonomous with the Sarod. As far as the fact that many musicians considered him the best sarodist is also true, as it is true with many musicians. thanks if you have any questions please feel free to email me at kaasamir[at]yahoo.com regards Anjana Patel

While I don't doubt that Vasant Rai is certainly a well-known sarod player, I feel compelled to remind you about Wikipedia's neutral point-of-view policy. Statements like 'one of the world's best sarod players' should be avoided, as I'm sure that there would be many willing to dispute that claim. Since you seem to know a great deal about the subject, Anjana, do you think you can find some books, magazines, old newspaper articles, things that could be used to source the information in the article? Also, if some photographs could be acquired under an appropriate license to spruce up the article a little :) Thanks a lot! riana_dzasta 15:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

WooT! Riana's back!

Hey, welcome back Riana :) Hope you had a great time travelling, and a nice relaxing break from the weird world of the wiki :P It's great to have you back. Thε Halo ^Θ 11:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back from me, too, Riana. It is nice to see you back on deck. I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and an awesome holiday. All the best for the new semester. Cheers, Sarah 12:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Had great holidays, thanks very much. And the wiki-drama isn't getting me down so much, as it has made me more and more busy :( Ah well, huh ;) You take care as well, and hopefully I'll be around more once everything sorts itself out. Bye for now. Thε Halo ^Θ 15:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back Riana! Hope you had a good time, and glad to see you back :) Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 09:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Yay...

You are back, how was your trip? this is Seadog, I wish you happy editing! Cheers! ~ Arjun 14:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

	Welcome back from your good old friend S.D. (Sd31415). I know you just went to India, but here's some more Indian food. Bon Appétit! S.D. ¿п? § 15:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

From me too, good to see that your back with us. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 21:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Silver-tongued?

Alack, no, Riana; my passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure honesty. You cannot call my winds and waters sighs and tears; they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can report. This cannot be cunning in me. If it be, I make a shower of water as well as Jove.

Hmm, I see what you mean. Y'know, the great thing about this online communication is that I get to look up my Shakespeare adaptations, rather than have to deliver them completely off-the-cuff. Enjoy the reading and look after yourself as well. Cheers, Moreschi ^Deletion! 16:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

VASANT RAI

hey Riana (like your name) fair enough. I am in the process of attaching a few licensed photographs. thanks Anjana == = ==

Re: Howdy

<smart-aleck comment about father-to-be omitted> :P At least you spell favourite right. :P The explosion is gone—a little Mozart for mental stress and Schumann for resulting headache (not to mention the actual Schumann article for wikistress, check its history after clicking next 50 :O [amazing]), and I'm back to my normal good self. :) So how did your trip go? Some day soon I will do a lot of traveling, after not haveing traveled much at all for a long time due to monilessness. ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  23:25, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Palm Island ACOTF

Hi Riana dzasta, just thought I'd flag with you that Palm Island is the current Collaboration of the Fortnight, with the great work you did on the Torres Strait Islanders Collaboration I thought you might be interested in participating, or even if you would just like to leave your opinion here as to what needs to be done :) Thanks, Alec ^{-(answering machine)} 14:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I've been very busy lately, but if I don't get a chance to help during the COTF, I'll still have a look later on :) riana_dzasta 08:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks mate! This one has been a bit crazy with a record 160 edits so far, it's unbelievable how much the article (now articles) has changed so far :) look forward to seeing your work when things slow down a little in the outside world. Alec ^{-(answering machine)} 12:11, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I feel bad that I didn't welcome you back earlier.

Would you like a cookie? -Amark moo! 00:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Here you go!

Hi Riana

Nice to hear from you :), sure I guess. Talk to Husond, he knows all the details, Nishkid64 is also nominating me. So I would say sure...I would be honored. ~ Arjun 03:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I like your new sig by the way, pretty cool :p. ~ Arjun 03:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I don't think that 4 nominators could cause much more "damage" than 3 hehe. :-) Join in! :-) Regards, Húsönd 03:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

And by the way, you should start thinking about your own RFA. :-) And if you plan to cut nominators to just 3, I hope I'm one of those who'll have the honor. ;-) Húsönd 03:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Arjun01 Conom

I would highly reccomend you co-nom Arjun01 as you had planned too. Many co-noms just shows the communities excellent trust in an editors. Actually, a very recent rfa with 7 conoms made WP:200! Arjun seems to have no issue with it as far as I can tell either. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 04:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to stick my nose in here, but I came here to email Riana and just noticed this comment. I don't know anything about this nomination you're talking about, but I would very strongly caution against using Daniel's RfA to support the idea of using multiple co-noms. Daniel's RfA did so well because he has worked very hard for a long time and earned a lot of respect from a lot of people, the co-noms had nothing to do with the result and in fact, it went against him. He received an oppose and neutral !votes due to the number of co-noms and even some of the supporters commented that they felt it was a negative factor. Also, there was a discussion on the RfA talk page where a lot people said they find multiple co-noms a big turn off and will oppose people on that basis. Again, I don't know anything about the nom you're talking about but I just wouldn't like to see people thinking that Daniel's RfA is a precedent for using lots of co-noms because it does have the potential to backfire. Sarah 06:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Sarah (who, as always, stated the case much better than I ever could) :) That's the reason why I decided to drop out of the co-nom race! I'm sure Arjun won't mind :) riana_dzasta 08:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

3

I was obviously my 3 third. Everyone could see it from the RfA. I didn't want to be redundant.--Patchouli 08:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

It's not about being redundant, it's just about being transparent. You should make it as easy as possible for people coming to give their opinion; my apologies if you feel I was trying to tell you off or something :) riana_dzasta 08:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA:

Hello. Haven't talked to you in a while, but thought I'd take you up on your remark that you'd need a couple of months before being renominated. Well, here it is & you can't possibly break my heart by saying no a second time... I think you've improved even more so over the passed few months, as if you weren't admin material back then. please don't fear rejection, but say; "I am ready to join the cleaners..." :) Look forward to talking to you... Spawn Man 10:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh-ho! Lemme think about this one a little :) My wiki-activity is going to sporadic over the next few weeks, so I'll have to let this one sit for a little bit... I'll e-mail ya, Spawn Man. riana_dzasta 11:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

No fair! I've had dibs on Riana for months! Sarah 11:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Heh, maybe I should talk to User:Davidcannon, he talked to me about this way back in August or something! :) riana_dzasta 11:57, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Interesting Riana, I personally think it is time. You are one of the few editors that I look up to, I have always admired your decisions and still do to this day! I would love to co-nom, just email if you accept okay. Cheers! ~ Arjun 17:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd also like to co-nominate you as promised a few months ago if you don't mind. Michaelas10 (Talk) 20:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I think I either co-nominated her in Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana dzasta or was going to. And that means my co-nomination in Riana_dzasta_2 will be one of the first! ;) (Unless it happens while I'm asleep.) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  20:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey! I'm her admin coach surely I have first dibs on nominating her?! Glen 20:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Oi! What's all this queue jumping? I currently hold the RfA record as the only person to have two RfA nominations in a row make WP:200! I think that should count for more than what you lot have got!! Sarah 20:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

No fair. I wrote up my nomination on e-mail months ago. Seriously, go for this one, Riana. Moreschi ^Deletion! 20:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict! :o ) Fine then, Spawn Man nominates, you two three co-nominate the first two co-nominations, then mine comes thrid third fourth. :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  20:51, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hang on! Look at all the work we've done! I've been working towards this with Riana for months! :-P Glen 21:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Gosh, with all this rabble, maybe riana should just nominate herself? (Or if not, you know I'd be happy to ;-P. Whenever you're ready – don't let anyone push you.)--cj | talk 21:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Aww... So I don't get to nominate her then? Riana, some, if not most, admins have periods of inactivity. That doesn't mean you shouldn't become an admin. Some admins I know (some that I even got to adminship!) don't really even take part in sysop activities at all. You should really go for this one. Also, where did my nomination go? I spent a while writing it out & then someone reverted it. Gosh, if someone else really wants to nominate her that badly, i'll just co nom then I guess....... :( Think about it anyway... Spawn Man 23:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Riana doesnt feel she's ready - there's no point trying to reopen the nom Glen 23:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

She said she'd think about it. I see no reason why the nom can't wait as is until she decides? But as I said, if you guys are all gonna end up resenting me cause I wanted to nominate her, I have no problems letting you guys nominate her first... Spawn Man 00:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Nah I was just kidding, of course Im happy for you to nom her :) Glen 00:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, let me start drafting a kick ass nom for ya ;) Glen 04:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow, what a rabble! :p If it's OK with everybody, maybe Glen, Spawn Man and Sarah can do the honours this time around? Glen 'cause he's been such great help during my admin coaching, Spawn Man because I don't want to break his heart :) and Sarah because she definitely seems to be something of a lucky charm (even though I doubt I'll get anywhere near WP:200). A lot of users I really look up to have offered to co-nom, which is very humbling, and I'm very grateful to all of you :) Can we not transclude this thing until next week, though? riana_dzasta 04:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Lol, it is okay with me. Go Riana! :). ~ Arjun 23:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd certainly recommend going with no more than three co-noms. Too many co-noms can be viewed negatively by some people. —Doug Bell ^talk 03:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately that is true, which is a shame. However, Byrant must have won a few votes on his 7 or so co-noms, far more than opposes. Dfrg.msc 00:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

So, accept then, Riana! :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  And if my <!---->ed co-nomination is too much, just remove it. 04:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Gimme 'til Thursday :) I'm still having fun wrestling with eigenspaces, but after Wednesday I'll be free to do this thing. riana_dzasta 05:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I am so tempted to vote "Support, beat the candidate!" --Kyoko 12:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Maybe leaving?

My best friend on Wikipedia just left & I'm kinda depressed. Don't know if I'm gonna stay here. All my "friends" never message me cause they're all too busy. I've just realised nobody likes me on here anyway, so what's the point of staying. Just letting you all know. I've already written a nomination in the template link up there, but I guess it doesn't really matter now... Don't know what I'm doing right now, so yeah, I don't know... Spawn Man 07:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

you've got mail

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I e-mailed you earlier. --Kyoko 07:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

You have a brief response, and BTW, do you like the new sig with the red "o", or did you prefer the earlier one without the link to my talk page? I think there's an example of one on Springeragh's talk page... --Kyoko 09:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

You've got more mail, and another sig test as well. What do you think of this one? --Kyoko 17:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem

Bad Riana! Indefblocked users are not supposed to edit until they get unblocked! Someone did that to me once: less that an hour later I had the very great pleasure of applying the indefblock template to their userpage for real. Lol, that was one heck of a "revision": having said that, the article still sucks anyway. Cheers, Moreschi ^Deletion! 18:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey you!

I wasn't exactly disagree with you on Cool Cat's RfA. I just , well, I think he's made a lot of contribs, and isn't cut out for admin, but that's my opinion. I know it was just an example. *hugs* And how are you? I haven't heard from ya in a bit. --Elaragirl^Talk|Count 08:06, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Heh, I bet my wikiphilosphy lit up the poor vandal bot IRC channel like it was New Years with my language. --Elaragirl^Talk|Count 23:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...

I am not so focused on making WP:100 I am focused on passing the darned thing lol :). What have you been up to Riana? ~ Arjun 23:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Note to people dropping by

Gimme a buzz if you're any good at HTML/CSS and you can tell me what's going on here - why's the TOC appearing in my welcome note, and how can I stop it from happening? The welcome note's here. Cheers people! riana_dzasta 00:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

This should do it. =D Happy editing! S.D. ¿п? § 04:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep, that'll do it. It's cause you start your template with a <div> and the contents will appear within that if its at the top of the page. But I guess you know that :S Glen 05:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Ohhhh. Pshh, yeah, 'course I knew that, I was just testing you guys :) riana_dzasta 07:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

What a rash question...

Hi Riana, sorry for the delay, I was looking at some pages and I found Dermatosis as an example of something that uses the disease template, and I suppose it could describe rashes too. I guess if it's good enough for that page, it's good enough for whatever you were thinking about. --Kyoko 12:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I just can't stay asleep, and when I go without sleep, I end up either very depressed or rather silly.

I still don't see how this relates to your impending RfA... --Kyoko 12:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

True, there's the phrase "impending doom", which I hope has nothing to do with your future RfA. --Kyoko 12:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Good luck! --Kyoko 12:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Riana, I am 100% confident that your RFA will squeak through ;), I have faith! Cheers, ~ Arjun 13:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Now that you're on that topic... Good luck Riana! RyGuy Sign Here! My Journal 13:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

C'mon, when do I get to support the RFA? Cheers, Moreschi ^Deletion! 13:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Course you should bug them. Just say "I'm bored, need tools to liven things up, where's your co-nom?" It's not that hard. <tongue-in-cheek>If you really want to know, the only reason why I ran was to get there before you</completely tongue-in-cheek>. Cheers, Moreschi ^Deletion! 13:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

And yes, the debate's been good, lots of constructive criticism. Moreschi ^Deletion! 14:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Not Sleepy Yet?

Hey Riana, I just remembered that Australia is pretty far away from where I am. How many -time zones? Somewhere around 5 or 6? That would make it really early at about 2 or 3:48am. I guess I won't be seeing you online today much longer! lol RyGuy Sign Here! My Journal 13:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep

Actually I've started drafting it - but wasnt sure when you were back. Since you obviously are I will get it done (but allow me about 24 hours as Im about to head out to work) Talk soon! Glen 19:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

124.177.199.76

Is this IP's edits, by chance, yours? Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 03:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

That's me. Sorry I keep confusing people by signing in and out! I keep forgetting to log in as my alter ego in order to edit my userspace. But yeah, thanks for keeping an eye out :) riana_dzasta 03:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Just checking to make sure. =D Happy editing! S.D. ¿п? § 03:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

You have been nominated for adminship

Dear Riana, I have the pleasure and honour of nominating you for adminship. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana dzasta where you may (of course) accept or decline the nomination :) Please let me know either way as I would love to have the first !vote! :) Glen 06:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Riana, you're too late, because I have already voted for you here before you accepted. Hee hee. I know, that page is just a model for the actual version. I'm just waiting to vote on the real thing, and not just because I like you. --Kyoko 07:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey Riana, you have two RfAs...one by Glen [1] and another by Spawn Man [2]. And Glen's overwrote a previous declined RfA, which might not be a good thing. Not sure what you want to do about that! Also, am I still the Rabbit's foot? Is it still okay for me to add a co-nom? Sarah 07:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

For clarity I've added a note to the nom explaining the above. I think having it on this page is less confusing for users than have it as her fourth nom (as she has strictly speaking been nominated already three times). Hopefully this makes sense! ;) Glen 08:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

There was some bizarre stuff going on with your nominations, Riana, but I think Glen and I have sorted it out. I had a closer looked at Glen's nomination and I agree with how he's formatted things so I struck my earlier pondering about whether it was a good thing to over-write your original nomination. Let me know if I get the privilege of adding my co-nom. I promise won't be offended if you say no. :) Sarah 09:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Noticed you're about - is the nom okay? Glen 10:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

The questions? Meh, too easy for you... you've done it all before remember ;) Glen 10:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Check your email in two minutes :) Glen 10:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks matey, I've added my co-nom. I hope you're happy with it. Now, no pressure or anything, but I expect you to be my WP:200 RfA nomination hat trick.:) Sarah 14:07, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure you can pull it off, no worries! Sarah 14:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks everyone for completely discounting my first nomination which was going to be superimposed after Riana accepted. The real kicker was that Glen even used my support wording exactly "Nominator support of course!". I'm really happy for you Riana, but I'm far to angry right now to give my support. I'd rather not make any rash descisions so I'd like to stay out of this whole nomination right now. The last thing I need right now is a argument... Thanks, Spawn Man 21:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey Riana, you'll never guess what I thought of. :P —  $PЯINGrαgђ  ^{Valentine's Day admin!} 20:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey!

		Húsönd has frowned on you!
		I wanted to co-nominate! Grrr!

Good luck Riana. I'll be checking your RFA often. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 14:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't you know it, we have her RFA scheduled for tomorrow... :-) --Húsönd 14:53, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about opposes, they'll worry about themselves as some biting constructive response is predictable and inevitable. :-) --Húsönd 15:03, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

BTW, no, you were not the first one to get the dog. :-) --Húsönd 15:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, I've just voted in your RfA, and there are two minor things I didn't want to mention on the page: 1) please remember to log in when you edit your userpage; 2) try to use the preview button more often. I thought it would be extreme nitpicking to hold these against you.

I would have voted earlier, but I wanted to do the responsible thing and go through your contributions before voting. If you want to know how I voted, I guess you'll just have to see the page. Good luck. --Kyoko 17:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

And yes, I know that RfA's aren't ballots but discussions, but it's so much faster to just type "vote". I'll try to be more careful in my choice of words in the future.--Kyoko 18:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

A Bit More

That's just it, from how it seems, I don't think you did anything wrong in that situation, but rather that Freaknurture was at fault. You shouldn't apologize when you did nothing wrong. Maybe that was my bad feeling, you seem to be an incredibly nice person, but that situation makes me believe that you might be a "pushover". It's a delicate balancing act doing what's right while keeping your cool. It seems that very few admins have that, but you've got the latter, which is alot more important if you have to choose one or the other. Just H 03:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Back!

Hey, sorry I've been gone for so long! I went away for a bit when my computer died, and for a little while even before then, but I've been gradually easing myself back onto the intarweb ever since; that includes ripping in to Larry Sanger, which has been an interesting experience that has thoroughly put me off any other project but Wikipedia for the moment.

I'm really happy to see that you've finally gone for an RfA, and especially that it's going so well. I just wish you'd emailed me first, so I could co-nom... :) Bah, I'll just banninate block you for it later. -- Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 03:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Yah, CZ is pretty entertaining to watch, if you're the kind of person that watches movies like Der Untergang for kicks (I am :) ). In other news, I enrolled for Uni today ( =O ), only to find that my draft timetable is the most amazing mess of timing conflicts you've ever seen. Damn near every class conflicts with another one. I'm going to have to find someone to talk about this with... more work. Also, I'm now the Students Association's resident geek dude. Free money!

Err... and you? >_> Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 05:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow, it certainly does suck to be your friend. Err, I mean.. that one specifically. :) I'm off to have a powernap, since I had to get up early this morning (seriously, since when has there been a 7AM? Has that always been there?). Talk soonish! Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 05:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

One day in, ¾ + 1 of the way to WP:100

At this rate you'd reach WP:500, although the voting generally slows down quite a bit after the first couple of days. Congrats! —Doug Bell ^talk 11:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

You know Riana, it's obvious you are going to succeed. At this rate, you'll probably end up like Arjun, Admin'd and in WP:100! Yay Riana! RyGuy Sign Here! My Journal 12:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. =D Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 23:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank You, Riana/Archive 10 for your Support! Thank you for your support in my RfA, which closed at 111 / 1 / 2. I am humbled and rather shocked to see such kind comments and for it to reach WP:100. Please feel free to leave a note if I have made a mistake or if you need anything, I will start out slow and tackle the harder work once I get accustomed to the tools. Thank you once more, I simply cannot express in words my gratitude.

...fly on littlewing. ~ Arjun 19:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

BTW, your RFA looks like it is sailing through :), I can't wait until you help out. Yeah this was a long and (odd) road to adminship, I would have never thought I would be in this position. ~ Arjun 19:56, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Archived stuff midway

To save everybody some unpleasantness, I've archived 2 sections here... if you're feeling nosy, it's in the history. riana_dzasta 11:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

It's nothing :)

Not any more than I am. :) (I think since Sunday I've slept a total of only about fourteen hours…it's a good thing I'm usually more tired on ten hours a night than four. Strange, but good.) ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  01:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm going to put all of the news since the 1^st up after they're born, so you'll hear everything. :) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  20:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

– Lantoka (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{User:Cowman109/Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I'm sorry that things aren't going better for you and SpawnMan. Don't get too discouraged... you're about to make administrator by a huge margin and you're surrounded by a ton of great friends. I'm sure things will turn out just fine. =) – Lantoka (talk) 06:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry to have carried on on your talk page. Between this, your RfA and your personal life you must be pretty stressed by now and I'm sorry if I contributed to it in anyway. It was just too much for me to stay out of.

By the way, let me be the first to congratulate you on making WP:100—especially since I was the first to predict it. Maybe that will relieve some of the stress. Take care. —Doug Bell ^talk 12:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Not at all! I'm actually pretty grateful for the back-up - just worried that you might be getting too involved, that's all :) And WP:100 is nice, too, I'm pretty surprised. riana_dzasta 12:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I probably did get too involved despite not intending to. —Doug Bell ^talk 20:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations ma'am. I just added you to the list. I now have all my noms making WP:100. Thanks for not letting me down! I'm currently on equal 10th spot and I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from pushing me out of the top 10. So please stop when you get to 161 !votes.;D Everybody I'v nominated so far has thanked me by pushing me down the list, ungrateful people! Sarah 12:56, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

/me apologises profusely to Sarah :) Good luck, Riana! Daniel.Bryant 20:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Just dropped in to say hi! We've never communicated before. In fact, I saw your user page for the first time after visiting your RfA! Anyway, best wishes. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's the first thing (that u r bengali) that I noted in your user page. Where are you originally from in India? I mean were u born in India or Aus (please don't mind if that's too personal). I am somewhat less active in WP nowadays. Do you happen to contribute in Bengal related articles? Many Bengal related articles are making it to the DYK regularly now, thanks to excellent effort from users like P.K. Niyogi. Although the volume of Bengal related articles are still less, a number of featured articles are there related to Bengal, for example, Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bengali language, Kolkata, Dhaka, Tagore, Nazrul, Shekh Mujib, Darjeeling, Kalimpong etc. Have a look at Portal:West Bengal. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I wanted it to push for Featured status as well. Ran it through peer review. However, IMO, it needs automatic features (automatic update of selected articles, for example). Also, the selected biography part is non-democratic, I mean those were not selected via a nomination process. I just selected some relatively better (or interesting or both!) biographies. Later other users also helped to build up the pool.

Most importantly, the portal needs more participation. Right now, Mr Niyogi is maintaining the portal almost single handedly. I sometimes help him. Otherwise, activity is low. Yet the portal gets more regularly updated than some other state portals of India. You can have a look at the Portal:Kerala, that's nice. Also portal:Hinduism became featured recently. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, either that "Show New Selections" feature, or, automatic updating after a specified period of time (say, 15 days). I personally like the Show New Selection button. Yes, we need more images. There are a few in the nomination right now. Please try to have some more. I'll also try. Hope the portal would soon be able to get featured status if an experienced user like you take interest. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Great! Waiting to see a wonderful result, and to see the portal get the featured status. --Dwaipayan (talk) 15:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

← (Reset) Talking about selected pictures, could Dwaipayan and you comment on this? Thanks! S.D. ¿п? § 21:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Chance of random duplication

Ok. I get your point. So we have to remove FAs from Selected Biography pool, and also take care so that some selectd image does not appear as the representative image of a selected article/bio. Agreed. Anything more?--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Email

Check your email. —Doug Bell ^talk 21:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

B P Taylor

I am but a lowly editor, lacking (at present) admin tools and skills. I give on AfD only an opinion as, on this article, did you. If the editor has made a genuine mistake - although I must say it is difficult to see how this could be - then ok, let him correct it. I have no problem with this - the article as submitted, while strange, was not offensive. As the nominator, I assume that you will make a comment on the AfD page? --Anthony.bradbury 22:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment; I have added one on the AfD page. In my view, the article still qualifies for deletion, on which, I think, we agree.--Anthony.bradbury 15:25, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Portal:WB

Hi SD! Nice image of the Indian Museum; would you mind keeping an eye out for other potential images to put into the portal? Thanks a bunch, riana_dzasta 08:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Riana. I'll help any way I can. =) Cheers! S.D. ¿п? § 13:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Riana, do you think I could make the SPC's that have 3 or more support !votes SP's? Here's a link to all the portal's subpages. Happy editing! Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 15:10, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

← (Reset) Here's a compiled list of stuff not needed. Also, would you like to submit this portal for a peer review at WP:PPREV or directly nominate it at WP:FPCAN?

Happy editing! S.D. ¿п? § 15:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you think Portal:West Bengal/Selected article removal candidates is needed? Thanks, S.D. ¿п? § 16:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

All done, this one is on the house but next time it will cost a buck fifty :P. Lol, ok glad I could be of assistance, hopefully everything is going okay with you. If you need anything just give me a call. ~ Arjun 16:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh lol, take care. ~ Arjun 16:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that

I just went to Jimbos page to revert the blanking of Spawn Man's statement of protest and saw that you'd already done it. Thanks. I don't feel right not leaving his statement intact—he's certainly entitled to it. —Doug Bell ^talk 18:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

It's fine by me, I was in a very bad mood when I made that revert - unsurprisingly. Anyway, congrats on making WP:100! The best thing about that is you know you'll make a good sysop, because that number of people just can't be wrong. If you want a little educational amusement, by that way, have you seen my left sock? Cheers, Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 18:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, good question. Well, the opera tickets are usually in the sock drawer, but the cheese was just a literary device to advance the enthralling plot. Cheers, Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 11:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for improving the WB portal. You and SD deserve a BIG thanks....--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Riana, you might be interested in these two posts. Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 00:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Not per week, how about per month? =D Cheers! S.D. ¿п? § 01:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know:

You've got a few emails from me. Enjoy reading them. Will ^{(talk to me)} 23:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

West Bengal Portal

Wow ... it was great to wake up to all the changes. The Portal looks fresh and modern. Thanks a lot for all that you are doing to brighten it up. I am still to get used to all the automated things. I know that for older people like me it would take a little time and effort but I will manage that part. In case I make a mistake somewhere I will get back to you for a fix up. Thanks once again and regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

A question on your RfA

Hi Riana, I put a fifth question on your RfA, and I would really like it if you would answer it. Thanks.--CJ King 01:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Very nice

Hi! your idea of taking up an Indian portal and elevating it is great. You and SD can do it. Please let me know if I can be of any help. Portal:Kerala is neat, you can try that. Portal:Government of India is another excellent one. Portal:Himalaya region has great potential. Thanks a ton for thw work you are putting in WB portal, even during such a busy stuff as your RfA! Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I agree — however, I was wondering Wikipedians would oppose the portal to featured status for the fact that it doesn't have more 15 of each type of featured content (warning: long sentence). Comments? S.D. ¿п? § 23:57, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

All right... In that case, this portals almost ready to be nominated (in my opinion, of course)! S.D. ¿п? § 00:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[Reset] Here's a link to my reply. S.D. ¿п? § 00:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's a link to my reply. Also, too add more selected pictures to the portal, here's what I've done. What do you think? Great work so far on the portal, Riana. Cheers! S.D. ¿п? § 01:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! Remember, if you move the selected article pages to featured articles pages, you can always get the selected article pages deleted if you need to. =D Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 01:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I heard that ;), just kidding. ~ Arjun 04:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh no! :p riana_dzasta 04:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

On the other hand, maybe you won't have to ask. S.D. ¿п? § 04:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's a link to my reply. S.D. ¿п? § 01:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Just for your information, I've replaced the former text with a categories tree to the portal. Does it look okay, in your opinion? Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 04:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I actually didn't either...I was browsing through the current candidates and stole it from the Electronics portal just learned how to do it. Cheers! S.D. ¿п? § 04:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA Vote Correction

Oops! Sorry! I mistakely put Support when I changed my mind about your nomination and I forgot to put line through my neutral comment. I fixed it and Support is now the official vote. Thank you for catching it. :)

Captain panda In vino veritas 02:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Big Note of Apology:

I know this is probably going to do squat for my reputation now (Not that I ever really had one), but I thought I'd leave a note of apology to everyone involved in my recent actions. An explaination is in order too. First off, I had a bad real life situation, that I really don't want to talk about, on the day this all started. I shouldn't have edited on Wikipedia afterwards, but I did. When I saw the situation with Riana's RfA, it kind of set off a build up of unvented anger at my situation & it was un needed. My whole tyraid had very little to do with the RfA, but I guess I took it out on that angle anyway. The way I was handled could have been better, but I wont go there in threat of making this sound like a back handed apology. My apologies go to Riana, who was also having a real life crisis at the time too. Basically the whole thing was a misunderstanding & venting process which I involved you all in. In regard to the whole sock puppetry thing, I had told my brother about my problems in due trust & he went & did something stupid on here. I don't really know what else to say but sorry. If that & a little bit of hard work repairing relationships on here doesn't change your current view point of me, then I don't think anything will. So again, sorry if I've inconvenienced you guys in any way & I hope that over time you'll think better of me. I'd love if you guys could forgive & hopefully forget & I wasn't really in control of myself these past few days. Hopefully things can get back to normal. :) Spawn Man 06:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

So yes above is the general sorry letter. However, I'm especially sorry to you Riana. I never should ahve taken my issues out on you. I'm sorry if you felt I was attacking your dad's situation, as it was never my intention. I didn't even know until much later. Having been in a similar situation by the sounds of it, I should have known to be more understanding. You're a young woman anyway, so I should have followed the laws of chivilry in any case. As I said, much of my drama had very little to do with your RfA. I'm sorry if my actions have tainted this great experience for you. I wish you well & although you probably wont want to immediately, I hope we can continue being friends at a later time when this thing has calmed down a bit... Thanks Riana... Spawn Man 06:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Things seem to be working fine. No problems yet. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 07:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Howdy!

You're back! And you're currently running an RfA! Damnit, I need to go around and let people know that if they ever do RfA they are to tell me so I can support them. It's kind of an ugly place sometimes, which is why I don't keep very good track of it. Anyway, I am well! I just registered for the French language Wikipedia today, which is making me very nervous. My French isn't so great, and I certainly don't know a lot of the technical terms. Plus I'm terrified of using English edit summaries by accident. And, uh, real life is good, too! Swamped at work and currently enjoying a delightful ice storm in my part of the world, but I have lemon ginger tea and constant access to the internet, so it's not too bad. I hope you're doing well! I'd wish you good luck with the RfA, but it seems you don't need it. Cheers! -- Merope 18:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I know you weren't hitting me up for a !vote. I was just surprised, is all. By the way, I like the new (ish?) theme for your user and talk pages--I should really overhaul mine. Right now it's hard enough to change my quote of the week.

Well, my part of the world is currently covered in about four inches of ice, plus quite a bit of snow on top of that. And I just know that I'll still have to go to work tomorrow--I work for a university that has cancelled classes twice in the past three decades, I think. It's not like my normally twenty minute drive took an hour and ten minutes, or anything. And I certainly didn't get stuck trying to go up a hill on my way home. *grumble* Still. Looks pretty!

At any rate, let me know if you want any help with learning the new admin-y buttons. I know you'll do great. -- Merope 06:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Not quite so excellent

I'm glad to hear about your timetable -- it sounds to me like you have WAY fewer contact hours than I do (I'm currently sitting at 23 hours/week). Lucky to have so much free time. :(

Actually, I'm a little worried about that. My timetable sucks to the point where I may have to quit my after school care job, which would suck all the more because I really like working there. :( On the plus side, it's market day today (O-week rocks!), and the Apple stall people gave me two iTunes cards just for having my iBook with me. So far, that brings the total I've ripped Apple off since starting Uni to $10.14, but I'm working on that.

I should probably go do something productive. Talk to you soon! :) Oh, and I'm glad to see your RFA is doing so well! Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 00:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Kind Reminder :)

Hey Riana, thanks for the kind reminder! Apparently he believes this is constructive criticism :P. I'm not taking the bait anymore though. Seems your RfA is passing with flying colors as well!¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 00:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

e-mail

Mail you have. --Kyoko 00:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

And from me too (you might have some tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow as well, then the day after, from me). Will ^{(talk to me)} 12:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

David Slava

David "Slava" Axe is definitely one of the more humorous and entertaining articles I have come accross. However, it is nonsense like this that helps take away the credibility of wikipedia.--ChesterMarcol 01:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)