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Good news (Reply)

I've replied to your post on my talk page. S .D. ¿п? § 00:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied to your post on my talk page. S .D. ¿п? § 00:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

...for that; I forgot about that! :p Cheers and I can't wait until you start hitting the admin backlogs. ~ Arjun 01:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lol; its late here and I am sick of the AIV. But I keep an eye on things, but a lot of reports are faulty. But I just blocked one of your username vios. Thanks for posting. ~ Arjun 01:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In fact I went through the list and I can't fine one suitable IP to block. Either stopped or just had warnings from a couple months ago. ~ Arjun 01:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Yes, I have discovered a great outlet for stress - vandal crushing. Natalie 06:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

Hello Dear User:

You seem to have reverted one of my edits and left me a nasty message on my userspace. I am entitled to vandalize wikipedia as I see fit. Have a happy valentines day! 141.164.91.16 06:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neil Buchanan

Hello fellow user

sorrry for editing Neil Buchanans page i was just having a laugh sorry i did plan to change it back again but i was too busy. thanks for compliment me on other contributions User:Danh90_Danh90 10:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please Ma'am

Please ma'am. Why do you delete my posts? I have won the lottery in nigeria. I need you to pay small amount of money and you keep all the rest. Please giv me ur monies. 141.164.91.16 06:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Youth of America

Sometimes, college students in the United States get bored and slightly tipsy. I hope I didn't cause you too much trouble. And maybe even a giggle or two. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.164.91.16 (talk) 06:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 12:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Woot! Congratulations, Ms Riana. :) Sarah 12:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats Riana! Let me know on my talk page if you ever need any help. Best wishes, --Majorly _{(o rly?)} 13:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Outstanding! Ohhh! Shiny new buttons… And remember, WP:BITE applies to new admins as well. Anyway, I wouldn’t bite you. Cheers! :-) JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 13:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. Yanksox 13:10, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nicely done! — Lost^(talk) 13:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oo-er! Thanks very much :) That 'delete' button on the Main Page is absolutely terrifying! riana_dzasta 13:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Daniel.Bryant 13:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

w00t! Congrats! ~ Arjun 13:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah clearing out CSD is great; but wait until the "why did you delete my article" questions start coming in. Or what I like to call the question^tm. Well anyway congrats; and remember to always check the contribs at the AIV. You'd be surprised how many faulty reports come in. And hope to see you on #wikipedia-en-admins soon! Congrats again. ~ Arjun 14:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your RfA

Congratulations! You are now an administrator! Just a word of important advice:

DO. NOT. BLOCK. YOURSELF.

I cannot stress enough how important that is.

I trust that you would never do that anyway, but I just had to say that. Once again, congratulations! --Kyoko 14:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Riana, you're welcome. Since I'm not an administrator, I don't know if you can actually block and unblock yourself. One thing I forgot to mention... move your mouse around my last message and see what you find. There's a wikilink in there (besides my name, I mean). --Kyoko 14:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Ah, you found the Simpsons reference. It should have been pretty obvious anyway. I was going to suggest one of the smiley faces that User:Bearly541 used to use before she left, but it seems as if the smile templates have been deleted. --Kyoko 14:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick note: congrats and good luck. And yes, you can block yourself and unblock yourself as well, and you are allowed to unblock yourself if and only if you block yourself by mistake. But I probably didn't need to tell you that. Anyway, heartiest congratulations! Cheers, Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 14:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fyi: Riana admins can ublock themselves ;).~ Arjun 16:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lol; you have to remember to put the "s" in the template to make it "sprotect" :). Take care and Cheers! ~ Arjun 16:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I can't say whether you are or not, the trolls would know: that could be dangerous. Anyway, I prophesy you will become more powerful than any other sysop, young admin. I have forseen it! It is your destiny...good luck. Cheers, Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 17:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just hone in on this topic instead of creating a new one. I'll have to teach you the secret handshake later. Welcome to the cabal! :-) —Doug Bell ^talk 23:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, many, many congratulations Riana, you deserved it. I'm sure you'll be handling that mop like a pro in no time! Thε Halo ^Θ 00:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Congratulations on your well-deserved and impressively supported request for the mop and bucket.--Anthony.bradbury 15:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA congrats

God help you if all 135 support voters come here to congratulate you! I'm glad your request was successful, best of lucks with the mop. Roadmr (t|c) 15:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2 things to say

Congratulations with you recent RfA Riana! I knew you would succed. Now the second thing: My cat Rudy has cancer, and a growth prevents him from eating very much. I may not be on very often. Just FYI in case you leave a message. :-| Right now is a hard time for my family. Again, congrats of your RfA. Ry Guy Sign Here! My Journal 15:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apnar ei notun positioner jonyo apnake subhechcha janai. — Nearly Bong Nick ^{C} 16:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another pour on of congrats to you Riana! Go get yourself warmed up with your new mop! ¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 17:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just had to add my pile-on congrats. Enjoy your new mop; it's well-earned. Again, congratulations! – Lantoka (talk) 18:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Riana! :-) Have fun with your new mop, use your shiny new tools wisely. Somebody stole my "wield me"?!--Hús ö nd 20:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Congrats on your shiny new mop. :-) EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gratz Riana dzasta. ~~If you misuse the tools, I will slap you in the face.~~ I will slap you because you are under my command muhahahaha! Anyway, grats and if you ever need any help with the admin tools, feel free to message me. =) Nishkid 64 01:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

Congrats on your admin-dom! I clearly messed with you on the right day, since now you can block me! Again, sorry for messing with your business. 141.164.81.196 22:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

— $PЯINGrαgђ 00:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Riana,

Thanks you for your kind note and your suggestions. I'm glad to have someone to talk to about my aritcle. I read a good deal of what was offered in the Tutorial before I wrote my aritcle. I have also read quite a few Wikapedia articles including some by colleagues that I know were written autobiographically. Since the notice of possible deletion has been put up, I've read the about reasons for deletion and I've just read the one you recommended about autobiography. All of this brings to feel that what I have written is factual and verifiable -and I avoided using any adjectives that would be self-promoting. The article begins with "Stephen Cohn is an Emmy Award winning composer" - this is a factual and verifiable statement. I've looked through the article and I don't any self-promoting or non-verifiable statements.

However, I'm not a professional jounalist and I may be failing to see what the problems are. If you dissagree or have other critiques, please let me know so that I may attempt to improve the article. Your input would be greatly appreciated.Stephen 00:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)Stephen Cohn[reply]

I appreciate you idea to move my article to a forum for discussion. Thank you for the idea. I look forward to the next phase. Stephen 04:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)Stephen[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the revert to my talk page! They're busy tonight, huh? delldot | talk 02:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, they usually don't get to me but that one was getting a little annoying. Peace, delldot | talk 03:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday Nights

Hi, riana. Congrats on your RfA. If you don't have anything to do Saturday nights between 12 and 3 a.m. American Eastern Time, can you please monitor the AIV logs because that's when I notice the vandalism occurs the worst. Thanks. And, I am trying to begin a multilingual warnings project, so any help on that would be great. Thanks. Real96 04:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Egad. I thought this guy was inviting you for a date. >:) — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 10:49, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:D riana_dzasta 10:51, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

Yay! So happy for you! Of course I'll keep an eye - and, of course, please gimme a yell if I can provide you with any assistance too (though I'm certain you'll do perfectly ;))

Welcome to the team, and enjoy those shiny new buttons! Glen 06:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey you

You come back from a WikiBreak and become an admin, and I didn't hear about it!? My only regret was that I didn't vote in it. Congratulations missy, I know you'll make a wonderful admin. I like the new user page look too. Mkdw ^talk 11:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, yeah you would find that satisfying and fun! I'm good though it is 3:24am here and I have class at 8:30am Mkdw ^talk 11:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey (Reply)

Do you reckon P:WB's ready for featured now? I personally think it's looking really great, and it's got enough content to satisfy portal reviewers. What do you think? Cheers, riana_dzasta 10:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's ready! Who, in your opinion, should nominate the portal (I think Dwaipayan could and then we could add any comments we have under the nomination)? Happy editing, S .D. ¿п? § 12:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and congratulations on your recent RFA! I (and a lot of others, judging from the RFA) know that you'll be a good sysop. Happy editing and mopping, S .D. ¿п? § 12:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, either Dwaipayan or PK should do the honours. Let's pass all the selected picture candidates (except the one with copyright problems - let's take it out for now, and we can negotiate via talk pages). riana_dzasta 12:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)11[reply]

I've already done that. :D I'll notify Dwaipayan and create the subpage for the nomination, and you could notify P.K. Niyogi. After that's done, they'll transclude the subpage on the main FP_ortalC page. Comments? Cheers, S .D. ¿п? § 12:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

West Bengal Portal

Great job done. Thanks a lot. Once Dwaipayan starts off the nomination process, we will follow up. This morning, I have included biography of Michael Madhusudan in the portal. I think it will automatically come on the front page when its turn comes. Thanks once again and regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 13:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage! Kafziel ^Talk 17:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portal news

Portal:West Bengal is now a Featured portal candidate. Thanks a lot for your work. And I am flattered for giving me the chance to nominate the portal. Please comment at the candidacy page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And belated congrats for your successful RfA. Onek shubheccha....--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have you ever been to Portal:India/Quiz? You may be interested.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...

Lol; I was just trying to help out. I am glad that you are helping out over there, it only seems like there is just a coupla regulars doing it all :). Welcome to the team :), oh and my comment on your RFA is the truth. Cheers! ~ Arjun 18:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But good lord, I was helping out with CAT:CSD today, in fact I cleared it (I'm a big boy now :D) and now look at it, *sigh*. Oh well, I g2g. P.S you are doing a great job with you tools, but now do you know what I mean about the AIV ;). ~ Arjun 18:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh one more thing :), isn't the edit this page and the delete this page button kindof scary on the main page. ~ Arjun 18:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the "delete" button on the main page should just say "desysop me". :-) —Doug Bell ^talk 19:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Offensive

How it is offensive? I am juse expressing an opinion. How does a stupid shit article such as the flag of Lithuania become a featured article. Maybe if it was the flag of the United States it would matter, considering the US is the only country that matters, but otherwise its just a waste of valuable wikipedia resources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.243.28.7 (talk • contribs)

Wow!

Arent you tired?! ;) Glen 20:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flag of Lithuania

Hello. Most likely from the same IP person continues disruptive campaign and now listed article for deletion. Could you please advise how to proceed? M.K. 20:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the response. M.K. 20:08, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Thanks

Heh, I had to think for a bit whether I should speedy close or what, but that seemed the way to go. :p Thanks to you, as well, keeping an eye on things. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request from User:VPRF

Hello my fellow newbie admin! I wanted to check with you on something. User:VPRF has tagged his talk page with an unblock request arguing to assume good faith for now and lift the block. Besides completing a very bad faith AfD nomination for the FA article Flag of Lithuania, I think that it wouldn't hurt to lift the block, seeing as he has not indicated trolling besides that incident. Is there any other instances where this user might have been trolling (such as creating other nonsense pages, etc.)? If so then the block should stand.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 20:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Riana

I'm about to start gethering up external links to verify the information in my article, as per your suggestion. Since I'm new at this, I want to make sure I understand your request. Are you suggesting that I add them to my aritcle or that I put them in a "talk" message such as this one? Also, although many of the items are available as links, the credits listed in the aritcle span about twenty years and a number of different countries so some of them are probably not available on the Internet.

Another question, If I may: I believe I read in a message on my article page, that no editing should be done while the article is being considered for deletion. One of the posted suggestions says that there are not enough internal links. I highlighted fifteen of them so I don't understand the suggestion and I'm not clear if it is appropriate for me to do editing at this point. Any light you shed on all of this will be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I'll getting the links together. Stephen 23:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)Stephen[reply]

Riana, please note, today I added a number of external links to verify the information in the article.Stephen 02:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)Stephen[reply]

Riana, Thank you so much for your guidance in getting my aritcle together and thank you for the welcome. I'm looking forward to your recommended reading and very happy to be part of Wikipedia.Stephen 23:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

My friend got on my account im going to go change my password. Jordanwaynesluss 04:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

you forgot something

Hi Riana, you forgot to list User talk:150.243.28.7 on the Wikipedia:List of protected pages/User pages as requested in the sprotect template, so I decided to be bold and listed it for you. I hope I did it right, and I hope that you're enjoying the new admin tools. --Kyoko 04:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the League

File:Fakebarnstar5.GIF		The Justice League Barnstar
		For sitting on my page with a large automatic rife, and reverting the vandalism three times, I award you the Justice League Barnstar. Riana dzasta: Justice, with a smile. King regards, Dfrg.msc 09:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks. That'll keep me warm on cold nights. But serously, thanks for again and again reverting the vandalism on my page. Check out my new policy. Yee-haw! Dfrg.msc 22:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wooo hooo!

This user enjoys contributing to Wikipedia without wearing clothes.

re:FA

Thanks, I saw it, ate dinner and came back to a congratulation. Today's a pretty good day. Oh yes and I'd be more than willing to accept an RfA now. Just a note though, my contribs have been a bit funny lately (I cannot preview a page when editing). James086 ^Talk 12:31, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it. While trying to cancel a feature of popups, I changed one of my preferences and blocked the preview function by accident. Haha, I feel rather... foolish. It's quite scary not being able to preview edits :) James086 ^Talk 12:52, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. I'll be out all day tomorrow so I won't be able to answer questions etc 'til the evening. But thanks again. James086 ^Talk 13:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kriss Akabusi

Look at the image. It is a fake. This article has been subject to ongoing abuse from the members of football365.com Catchpole 13:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Please stop

It's not a phoney image, it's an authentic and well-published spoof image that's simply been given an incorrect explanation beneath it. Kriss Akabusi's fame is almost entirely cult and within the United Kingdom, so I think the image is more relevant than a portrait photograph or a shot of him jumping a hurdle. I'd add another image so there's some balance, but I don't know how. You can remove the image again if you wish, but you should learn more about the subject first, instead of dismissing it without a second thought. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shepherd333 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Late to the party, but...

... err, congrats! You finally got your tools, and I'm glad to see you've been using 'em. Have fun. :) Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 00:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/James086 is now live. I added it to the main RfA page so I expect there will be at least 1 "beat the nom" support (I'm so modest). Thanks for the great nomination, it must have taken ages. James086 ^Talk 11:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Riana, I noticed your nomination, and I think that you have to put your support vote in the Support section for it to be counted by Tangobot for the 'crats RfA report. I just thought I'd let you know. --Kyoko 11:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations :)

I knew you'd get the mop. (Plus, there really should be loads of emails from me, but I haven't had time to write them. Uhoh.) Will ^{(talk to me)} 12:49, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Farewell, Riana

Riana, I have decided that I can't continue on wikipedia. I am going to leave for good. I hope this doesn't make a big impact, but I have to do it. I hope you can help make a difference with your admin-tools, and good luck. Farewell -- RyGuy(Retired)

Requests

Riana, could you delete the following unneeded subpages of the West Bengal portal?

Thanks a lot. Happy editing and mopping, S .D. ¿п? § 23:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and about your edit to the portal, try clearing your cache. Looks okay to me. S .D. ¿п? § 23:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

and

:) riana_dzasta 23:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! :D All the best with your Real Life^TM. Regards, S .D. ¿п? § 00:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mail you have.

Imitate Kyoko, I am :) Will ^{(Speak to Me/Breathe)}_{(Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash)} 00:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for the above message, it seeming like I'm bugging you for you to check your email, especially considering your dad's in remission. *sigh* Good luck to you and him. Don't read my email if you don't want to. Will ^{(Speak to Me/Breathe)}_{(Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash)} 01:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's just that I haven't got any e-mail from you... try sending it again? Take care, riana_dzasta 01:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure? The emails (both) are a week old. (one sent 11pm GMT 12 Feb, the other at 7:45pm the following day). Will ^{(Speak to Me/Breathe)}_{(Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash)} 01:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there

I just realised, I never congratulated you on your RfA. I was ready to do it about 15 minutes before it ended but thought I would wait and forgot! Sorry about that. Congrats on becoming an admin, you've been very active. Wish your dad well. James086 ^Talk 08:21, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for helping me delete those pages! It must have taken ages! --The preceding comment was signed by Us e r:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 11:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Back!

Hey Riana, you'll be happy to know that I'm Back!!! Ry Guy Sign Here! My Journal

Re: E-mail

I got it. :) — $PЯINGrαgђ 00:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Skyline Chili

Would you mind helping to watch this article for a bit? A persistent dynamic IP vandal keeps inserting unhelpful external links for the sake of being trollish (see the article history) and is then abusive to those that revert. I've been involved, so I am kind of reluctant to block or sprotect, so another admin watching the page would be helpful. Cheers. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 16:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing, sounds like a party :) – riana_dzasta 23:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. BTW, congrats on your promotion. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 00:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Condolences

Good afternoon (GMT time); I'm sorry about your dad - I didn't know he was in poor health. My best wishes for him and for you - I know what you're going through: my mother is in early stages of MS.

My kindest regards and thoughts,
Anthonycfc ^{[T • C]} 17:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks from another new admin

Hi, riana dzasta, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. Receiving your enthusiatic support was a great honour for me, and I hope my conduct as an administrator will prove your thoughts about me to be right. If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 06:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, so I'm managing to give people errors here, too. :-) At the smaller wiki where I've been an admin for almost a year, I used to have a reputation for giving people block errors. I guess I'm just incorrigible. :-) Heimstern Läufer 06:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, but I don't think it was ever in much doubt. All the best and happy mopping. ^Khukri 07:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LOL on your comment about the username block parameter. At least it being posted on my talkpage did some good! I'm never sure whether I should be flattered when people mistake me for an admin or worry that I'm in some way asserting authority I don't have. Ah well. But congrats by the way, you achieved adminship by no small margin :-). WjBscribe 07:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

oh, good news!

I don't follow RFA as often as I should, so I'm glad to hear that yours went well. =) As I expected. I'm confident that your many mouse clicks to come will be a boon to the community. See you around, — coelacan talk — 07:59, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]